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

A terrible thought popped into Zhou Ke'er's mind.

He preferred to believe that Chen Tian missed his original world too much after transmigrating, which was why everything looked like a familiar place to him, and he had simply mistaken it for something else.

But... judging from his appearance, this guy seems to be very serious.

"Hmm...actually, I think that's unlikely, but...is it possible that the game somehow copied this place?...

Chen Tian wasn't entirely sure either, her eyes flickering as she scratched her head. "How about this... I'll lead the way and see if I can find my house. If I can't, then it means I've mistaken someone else for someone else. But... just in case, if there's even a one in ten thousand chance... I can find my house... if that's the case..."

Chen Tian... uh, he should be called Chen Tian now. He swallowed hard and didn't finish his sentence.

"I can't believe something like this actually happens..."

Zhou Ke'er rubbed her temples helplessly.

Is this really just...a coincidence? If this is guidance from a great being, could it be intentional? Or have they already discovered Chen Tian's existence?

Otherwise, why bring Zhou Ke'er here? Especially... with Chen Tian present?

The more Zhou Ke'er thought about it, the more she felt there was a strong sense of conspiracy involved.

Those great beings are all elusive things. Zhou Ke'er took advantage of her free time to look up information about these beings, but... she found that it was as if it had been deliberately erased, leaving a blank space that made her wonder if something had been tampered with.

In this light, it seems that not only were those great beings involved in the final battle of the old era that led to its destruction, but even the new era that followed might have been orchestrated by them behind the scenes.

Indeed, when Zhou Ke'er was studying the history of the Old Era in college, she was puzzled to find that... there were no documents or materials about how the Old Era was destroyed and how the New Era was born.

How ridiculous that humanity now lives in a society and world that we don't know when or how it came to be...

It's even chilling.

"Okay, no problem..."

Zhou Ke'er pondered for a moment and then nodded.

If there are indeed beings stirring things up, what is their purpose? If they have the power to destroy the entire world once, why rebuild it again? What is the purpose of rebuilding? Is it still for destruction?

Just for fun? Just for enjoyment?

Zhou Ke'er had absolutely no idea what the motivations behind those existences were. In fact, based on his own way of thinking, the only answer he could come up with was "because it's interesting."

If there is some being watching this place right now, and wanting to stir things up...

Perhaps now is a good opportunity to lure the snake out of its hole.

Zhou Ke'er snapped out of her reverie, nodded to Chen Tian, ​​and gestured for them to return to the others.

"What were you two discussing just now? And why did you talk about it for so long?"

Seeing Zhou Ke'er and Chen Tian return, Zhijiansha glanced at Honghe, who was still expressionless, coughed twice, and asked the two of them.

"Ah, it's like this. You might not believe it, but actually..."

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head, coughed twice, and tried to put on a serious expression, but others could tell that she was secretly showing off. "Actually, I studied the history of the Old Era in college and even got a doctorate."

This woman, Ilya, whose real name is Chen Tian, ​​is actually my junior. She's currently working on a paper about the Old Era, which happens to cover aspects of Chinese architecture in the Far East...

Because she'd been researching lately, seeing these buildings immediately made connections between them. She found in some obscure source that if it were a complex of buildings like this, there must be a unique, central building somewhere...

She wanted to look for that building for her thesis, so she asked for my opinion. I thought it was a good idea, but I still needed to get your opinions. What do you think?

Zhou Ke'er naturally told lies without batting an eye, without even breaking a sweat, and rattled off a long string of them smoothly, without anyone seeming to suspect a thing.

This statement was so reasonable and well-founded that Chen Tian almost believed it.

"Uh... I'm fine with it. If I don't have a specific goal, it doesn't matter where I go... But you? A PhD in history? Aren't you a psychiatrist?"

Cold-cooked Rabbit looked at Zhou Ke'er with shock and disbelief, "Are the requirements for psychiatrists now so high that they need a PhD in history?"

Five players present believed your disguised identity as a "history PhD".

[Title effect triggered]

You have gained the buff "Deception - Sanity Recovery", with a current recovery rate of 5% per minute.

Your maximum sanity storage is 150%, and your current sanity is 100%.

Wow, Zhou Ke'er raised an eyebrow without making a sound. This cold-cooked rabbit, he said he didn't believe it, but he actually believed it in his heart! He really is a hypocrite.

"Ah, that's a long story. After graduation, I became a member of a glorious archaeological team, traveling back and forth between various ruins to rummage through tombs... oops, I mean to explore back and forth, until I took an arrow to the knee..."

Zhou Ke'er spoke slowly, as if reminiscing about the glorious past.

Cold-cooked Rabbit felt that asking Zhou Ke'er a question that gave him room to maneuver was simply cruel to himself.

“I’m fine with that too. If I could be lucky enough to see some of the distinctive architecture from the old era, that would be a wonderful thing.”

Zhang He nodded and answered, stroking the long hair draped over his right shoulder.

Honghe and Zhijiansha naturally had no objections. As for spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue, she was still dozing off, so her opinion didn't matter; she was just going along anyway.

"That's wonderful, thank you so much everyone..."

Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Although it was Chen Tian, ​​not her, who was eager to confirm the situation, it was still necessary to observe proper etiquette. Besides, she was also quite curious about Chen Tian, ​​but he seemed to have forgotten many things, retaining only fragmented memories. Now, he seemed to have remembered something, and it would be too much not to check on him...

"Boom!"

Just then, a loud noise came from behind them, as if a building that was already on the verge of collapse could no longer hold on and crashed to the ground.

The peaceful atmosphere was suddenly broken, and everyone subconsciously looked toward the source of the sound.

A thick cloud of smoke and dust billowed out, with dust particles rising into the sky. In the distance, one building after another collapsed like dominoes, the collapse extending directly towards the crowd!

All the people could see through the hazy smoke was a vague figure that looked like a giant worm.

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113. Where is it taking us?

"It's a monster! Run!"

The drowsy spring and autumn fatigue that had been dozing off suddenly jolted awake, and without hesitation, he ran forward at top speed, shouting to the others as he went.

Zhang He, who had been suffering from misfortune, had naturally anticipated being chased by monsters. He was calm and composed, and followed Chun Kunqiu Fei, who was exhausted, and quickly ran away.

The others present were not slow to react either; they all made their escape as soon as they arrived.

As Zhou Ke'er ran, her eyes lit up, and she quickly moved closer to Chen Tian. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone else was too engrossed in their escape to pay attention to anything else, she whispered to Chen Tian, ​​"Run faster and lead the way! Take us directly to where you want to go."

Chen Tian was taken aback upon hearing this, but then she understood and immediately quickened her pace, running ahead of everyone else.

Indeed, at first glance, the explanation seemed to make no mistake, but once we arrived at our destination... some suspicious details emerged.

That's what's called a "special core building." Although Zhou Ke'er said it that way, there's no guarantee that Chen Tian's residence will have any special appearance...

When they get there, it's one thing if others are greatly disappointed, but if they subconsciously become suspicious... that would be a bit troublesome. After all, Chen Tian doesn't seem to want others to know about her.

The others present weren't fools either; upon reflection, they realized something was amiss.

If they lead the way and run now, they can explain it away as running away in a moment of panic, and no one will have any reason to suspect anything. At worst, they can just say it was too dangerous and they won't go looking for that so-called core building, and everyone will understand.

Plans are in place!

Zhou Ke'er was truly impressed with her own resourcefulness; she had actually come up with such a solution in a moment of desperation.

Although all of this is based on the premise that everyone can escape.

I have to say, that monster...seems a bit too fast...

Zhou Ke'er suddenly remembered the ridiculous title effect of "Spring Drowsiness and Autumn Fatigue" (please refer to previous chapters for details), and almost forgot about it.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er immediately shouted loudly to Chunkunqiufei, "Chunkunqiufei, tell the truth, did you bring this monster here? Resisting is lenient, confessing is severe, you know that!"

"I didn't do it! If it were a problem with my title, the system would have notified me, but it didn't! Also... aren't you saying the opposite of what you meant?!"

He was usually dozing off, but when he was running away, he was incredibly energetic. He immediately explained to himself, feeling drowsy and tired, and couldn't help but complain.

"Of course, confessing means you'll be punished severely! If you confess, it means you did it! You deserve to be hung up and beaten!"

Zhou Ke'er explained casually as if it were a matter of course, but in her heart she was analyzing: "If it wasn't caused by spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue, then that means either this monster just happened to run into us by chance and chased after us on a whim, or... there is something behind it all, right?"

Zhou Ke'er is starting to have some doubts about everything she's experienced. Although there's Zhang He, the ultimate jinx, in the team, it's not impossible that she might have attracted a few monsters by sheer bad luck. However, Zhou Ke'er is more inclined to believe the second theory.

If the second guess is correct, then the purpose of that being is definitely not to wipe out Zhou Ke'er and the others here. If that were the purpose, there would be no need for such a big fuss. Besides... is it reasonable to wipe them out right after entering the main world? Even if you're going to mess with people, you should still follow the basic law and treat the police officer properly.

Therefore, Zhou Ke'er felt that... the purpose of letting this monster come here was probably... to drive everyone somewhere!

However... upon closer examination, this still doesn't make sense. If more monsters were sent to block off the other routes, allowing Zhou Ke'er and her group to escape only through a designated path, that would make sense... but that would make the intention too obvious.

Zhou Ke'er thought and thought but couldn't determine whether her guess was correct, so she gritted her teeth, made up her mind, stood still, and turned to look at the monster.

If there was another purpose, even if Zhou Ke'er stopped here, that monster probably wouldn't kill her!

However, simply standing there is not Zhou Ke'er's style. If she's going to have a wild time, she has to go all out!

Zhou Ke'er first raised her hand and used a title skill on the monster.

[Activate title effect ②, command: Make it believe that I am "its master"!]

[Title effect is being calculated...]

[Rationality depletion check in progress...]

【warn!warn! 】

[The sanity depletion is estimated at 720%, exceeding player "Zhou Ke'er's" sanity cap!]

[Title effect failed to activate!]

"Tsk... So it really doesn't work? Speaking of which, ever since I got this title, I've never been able to achieve this effect! Every time, I exceed the limit, which is just too useless!"

Although Zhou Ke'er had more or less anticipated the outcome, she still couldn't help but purse her lips.

"Hey! What are you doing standing still?! Are you looking to die?! Run now?!"

Zhijiansha, who happened to glance back at the situation, saw Zhou Ke'er standing still and immediately called out to her.

"Don't worry about him. He knows what he's doing. He's probably either trying to make a joke or he has some kind of plan."

Honghe replied without turning his head, "Anyway, someone like Zhou Ke'er wouldn't put herself in danger without a reason. When it comes to escaping for her life, she's faster than anyone else."

"Don't worry about me! I'm fine!"

Zhou Ke'er waved her hand toward the sand between her fingers almost simultaneously and shouted loudly.

It looked like she was seeing off her departing husband by the railway tracks (lol).

Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er felt a violent impact coming from her body.