A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

Isn't this the Grim Reaper's scythe held by the woman called Huang Quan in his dream?!

The environment of the entire space distorted again, and even transformed into another scene.

The once blood-red sky was instantly washed away to the color of extinguished ashes, and countless corpses appeared without warning on the ground ravaged by blood and war.

Among them were indescribable monsters and human figures, some dressed in Taoist robes and wielding long swords, others wearing hooded robes and clutching staffs, but all of them lay lifeless on the ground.

Zhou Ke'er instinctively kicked the corpse that suddenly appeared at her feet, but it went right through her.

It appears to be an illusion and cannot be directly touched.

The whole world is like a painting, and... it's a painting process that progresses from the edges to the center.

Finally... after the entire environment had been rendered and outlined, two very clear human figures finally appeared on the open ground in front of them.

No... that's wrong!

Not clear... but extremely blurry?

Two completely opposite senses constantly assaulted and intertwined, leaving one utterly bewildered as to what was happening.

One of them was the "Yellow Springs" that Zhou Ke'er had seen in her dream before.

She lay on the ground, a huge hole pierced through her abdomen, revealing the ground beneath. The massive scythe was completely shattered, its countless blades broken and lying broken and in disarray in the dust beside her.

Although she couldn't see it, Zhou Ke'er inexplicably felt that "her eyes were slowly dimming," and she seemed to be struggling to sit up, wanting to say something.

Standing beside her was a handsome man, but he was covered in blood, black and crimson mixed together, creating a somewhat strange color.

He held a golden bronze sword in his hand, which looked brand new.

He crouched down, knelt on one knee, and gently placed the sword in his hand on the ground beside him.

"No one can stay strong forever; everyone will have times when they are too tired to stand up."

He spoke softly, seemingly comforting Huang Quan, who could no longer stand, "If you've reached your limit, don't push yourself any further. No matter what..."

"Heh...heh..."

Huang Quan seemed to want to say something, but couldn't, and could only manage a weak smile.

"I remember you said... whether you live alone or everyone dies together, the pain is the same... right?"

He continued in a very gentle tone, "Then please let me bear all this pain, please you must live on... Even if, when you wake up again, you will remember nothing, even if it is after the world has been destroyed... at least that way, the pain you will suffer will be less."

As he spoke, he gently closed Huang Quan's eyes. Immediately, Huang Quan's entire body emitted a burst of light, eventually turning into specks of light that gradually dissipated into the horizon along with the smoke rising into the sky.

"boom"

Immediately, the whole world darkened and became pitch black, and the next second, a blinding white light shone through.

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100 chapters! One hundred chapters!

"Damn it... how could this happen? No... perhaps Chen Tian and the others really did have a backup plan? But the timing of this triggering is absolutely terrible! If it weren't me here... but one of those beings..."

The mastermind standing in front of Zhou Ke'er gritted his teeth, a bitter smile appearing on his face: "Really... it's all thanks to me betraying you in the end, otherwise I wouldn't be able to protect you now..."

"This matter cannot be known to anyone else for the time being, including you yourselves! Of course... that includes me as well."

As if making a firm decision, the boss said, "All memories from the moment I granted permission... erased!"

[Danger... Danger signal!]

[Violation of the agreement detected...]

[Detection failed... This behavior could not be detected]

[Detection error!]

The module is self-repairing...

[Self-repair complete!]

"Ding!"

A blinding flash of white light followed, and darkness fell. Then, as if restarted... the world lit up again.

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"I'd like to turn on some special effects, is that okay?"

Zhou Ke'er flicked her sleeve, turned her back to Honghe, and asked in a low voice.

Huh? It feels like I've said this before? Something's odd...

No, I can't grant you that permission.

The mastermind behind the scenes vetoed it.

Zhou Ke'er scratched her cheek. She had a feeling that this guy would agree... but she was rejected.

Oh my god, wouldn't that sudden turn around be super, super, super embarrassing?! Hazikashi!

Forget it, let's not play this joke for now. Cutting our losses is a good option.

But... what should we do next? Anyway, the sand between our fingers isn't here...

Ok?

Zhou Ke'er was stunned when she thought of this.

Hmm? Why do I keep thinking that the sand between my fingers isn't here? And why is it a subconscious feeling?

I hadn't thought of that before. Could it be that because the flamingo said it couldn't find the sand between the fingers, I subconsciously assumed it wasn't here?

That doesn't seem to make sense either...

"Hey, where did you put the sand between your fingers?"

Zhou Ke'er thought for a moment and asked in a low voice.

[It's in another place, of course... Anyway, focus on getting things done here and don't think too much about it. I don't have much time left.]

"Time is running out? What does that mean?"

Zhou Ke'er frowned.

Of course, there are time limits for renting equipment! I can't leave you here forever!

The boss behind the scenes sounded somewhat helpless.

But Zhou Ke'er didn't believe it. Although she didn't know why, Zhou Ke'er was convinced that this guy was definitely not some so-called "director" and must have another identity and ulterior motives!

Who are you talking to?

Honghe rubbed her head, which was inexplicably aching for some reason, and asked Zhou Ke'er, who was muttering to herself with her back turned and looked extremely suspicious.

It's so strange... I feel like random fragments are popping into my head, but they're all blurry...

Honghe closed her eyes, reached out and pinched her brow, then frowned slightly in confusion.

No, I can't remember. These fragments just appeared and disappeared suddenly, as if they were just stopping to rest. They left no trace at all, and they were so blurry that I couldn't see anything clearly.

"Who am I talking to? Ha, isn't it obvious?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er turned around, shrugged with an extremely exaggerated expression, and said, "Didn't I already say that? I am the mastermind. I was just instructing my subordinates to hurry up and take care of Zhijiansha."

"..."

Honghe opened her eyes, rolled her eyes at Zhou Ke'er with a helpless, dead-fish-like expression. Ha... Zhou Ke'er is really persistent. She never expressed her belief that Zhou Ke'er was the mastermind from the beginning, but he just didn't care and seized the opportunity to emphasize it.

What an idealistic and ambitious young man, with great patience and perseverance...

The flamingo couldn't help but sigh.

"You still don't believe me, do you?"

Zhou Ke'er suddenly darted up to Honghe.

Honghe subconsciously took two steps back, afraid that Zhou Ke'er would say "This smells like a lie" again.

"Then I'll... show you some compelling evidence."

Zhou Ke'er approached Honghe and whispered in her ear, "For example, that 'Frankenstein' lying on the ground, he's a fake, just a puppet. Do you believe me now?"

Hmph, this is a perfect plan to kill 3,650 birds with one stone! Come on! Let me see your true colors! Flamingo, oh flamingo! Are you hiding something?!

After saying that, Zhou Ke'er snorted a few times, slowly retreated to her original position, crossed her arms, and looked down at Honghe.

(Because he wasn't tall enough to stand on, he went to his room and brought a small stool to stand on.)

"..."

Honghe was taken aback by what she heard. She squinted at Zhou Ke'er, seemingly trying to confirm whether the girl was lying. However, she couldn't tell anything from Zhou Ke'er's smug expression, so she had no choice but to walk directly to Fran, who was lying on the ground, to check the body.

"Haha, instead of running away, you chose to actively approach me, Zhou Ke'er!"

Zhou Ke'er stood on a small stool, crossed her arms, and laughed loudly and arrogantly.

He's laughing hysterically!

"I wasn't even getting close to you..."

Honghe looked at Zhou Ke'er with pity.

Even though she didn't do anything, Zhou Ke'er inexplicably read from her eyes that "she pointed to her head, as if to say, 'Are you mentally challenged?'"

This is outrageous! The Red Cranes are discriminating against Zhou Ke'er! What's wrong with this society? Can this world ever get any better? There's persecution of Zhou Ke'er everywhere. When will Zhou Ke'er's community finally stand up?

Hmm... speaking of which, it seems Flamingo really doesn't know that Frankenstein's corpse isn't a real person... If this is acting, then it's incredibly realistic. Although for Flamingo, it's just a blank expression.

That means... this confirms Zhou Ke'er's previous guess. In this module, if the player dies due to unforeseen circumstances, will there be additional story events...?

So that means Zhou Ke'er doesn't need to be afraid of dying from her recklessness, right? Nor does she need to worry about whether Hong He will be killed by her, making it impossible to continue tormenting Hong He?

That's awesome! Spalashi!

It seems that I can finally erase all the tally marks I drew for the flamingo in this module!

"It really is a puppet... How could this be? No... How did they do that?"

Flamingo couldn't help but frown, reached out and twisted Fran's broken neck, tearing his head off.

When we ran away together just now, everything seemed perfectly normal... When was she switched?

The flamingo peered into Fran's severed neck and found it to be completely empty—a hollow puppet.