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

Zhou Ke'er fell from mid-air, her arms outstretched.

"Waaaaah! Help me!"

Having secretly set the teleportation coordinates on the ground, Zhou Ke'er shouted and peeked at the silver-haired girl.

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115. It's so hard to choose a name.

The silver-haired girl watched with great interest as Zhou Ke'er plummeted from the sky, brandishing her claws, but made no move to intervene.

Zhou Ke'er secretly scoffed and teleported steadily to the ground before landing.

"Cough cough!"

The silver-haired girl coughed loudly a few times on purpose, then put her hands on her hips and solemnly addressed the group: "Congratulations! You've become the first player group to find a 'safe house,' or rather, a 'teleportation point,' in the main world! I am your guide, the crawling Chaos! Whoa! Great Chaos! Nyarlathotep!"

"You're the one who lured us here, aren't you? Or rather, you drove us here?"

Zhou Ke'er pushed up her non-existent glasses and spoke frankly.

"Oh dear, oh dear, don't say it out loud!"

Nyarko grinned and stuck out her tongue. "After all, I've been watching you closely, so I have to give you something in return, right? Consider this my greeting gift to you~ How about it, not bad, right? This place is quite memorable."

Chen Tian had retreated behind the crowd at some point, her head slightly lowered, her face hidden beneath her messy, scattered bangs, and she remained silent.

As for the others, they were all confused about the situation. Seeing that Zhou Ke'er seemed to know the silver-haired girl, they let them talk first.

By the way, she's started dozing off again due to spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue. I really don't know how she manages to fall asleep standing up.

Zhang He from Hejian, looking disgusted, took off his saliva-stained robe and tossed it aside, seemingly discarding it. Zhou Ke'er remembered that this robe seemed to have pretty good attributes; items that could increase luck weren't so common.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder related to cleanliness is truly terrifying.

"You're watching my presence? Hmm..."

Zhou Ke'er was startled upon hearing this, and stroked her chin as she thought: Indeed, he was being watched by two great beings, one of whom was that tall, dark-skinned man, which means... the other is this guy in front of him?

Is it that Huang something-king? But that doesn't make sense... She just said she was "a crawling, writhing chaos," Nyaruko...

No matter how you look at it, it wasn't that yellow-haired guy or whatever-named-king who crashed into the tall, dark-skinned man!

"You are watching my existence?... So who are you?"

After considering it for a moment, Zhou Ke'er finally spoke up and asked.

"What?! You don't even recognize me—Nyaruko, the number one super invincible beautiful girl in the universe?!"

Nyarko looked shocked and said indignantly, "Didn't I already say? I am a crawling, writhing chaos! Great chaos, Nyarko!"

"...But...isn't that the tall, dark-skinned guy? The one who was with you last time?"

Zhou Ke'er asked doubtfully, "Could it be...?"

"Car, car, it's so fast!"

Honghe suddenly interjected.

"The car wheel ran over my face..."

Finger Sand couldn't help but chime in, "I really underestimated your shamelessness. Putting aside the fact that there are girls here, what's your mentality in spouting dirty jokes at a little girl? Your level of shamelessness is truly eye-opening."

"Oh... I thought you were already used to it..."

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head, looking innocently at the sand between her fingers, and said, "Only now do I realize that I underestimated my limits. Laziness! I've been so incredibly lazy! Sand between my fingers!"

"Huh? You didn't know?... Oh, you really shouldn't know... I almost forgot, the records have been destroyed, hehe."

Nyarko stuck out her tongue, then stepped aside from the doorway, one hand on her hip, the other pointing at the door: "Anyway, as your guide, I need to tell you some necessary information about this first~"

"Speaking of which... does it mean that whenever a player team discovers one of these 'safe houses' or something, there's some great being who acts as their guide?"

Seeing that Nyaruko seemed to be trying to bluff her way out of it, Zhou Ke'er didn't continue—she had just mentioned the word "erasure"! Sure enough! The history connecting the old and new eras, how the new era was born, what those great beings were... all the answers to these questions had been erased!

Zhou Ke'er deeply understands the principle that "the more you know, the faster you die," especially when the other party is trying to hide something. If you keep pestering them with questions, that's suicide.

"Huh? How could that be! We just gave them a regular system notification, and sent them a few handbooks to read on their own."

Nyarko gave a "Are you kidding me?" look, snorted with her nose up, and said smugly, "Only you, as a mortal under my watchful eye, have this honor! Hurry up and thank this Great Chaos!"

"Hey hey! Long live the Great Chaos! The Great Chaos is supreme!"

Zhou Ke'er raised her arms perfunctorily and shouted twice.

Rather than encountering this guy, he would rather the system simply send them two instruction manuals to read on their own.

"Um... so, what is a safe house? What does it mean?"

Seeing that Nyaruko was chatting idly with Zhou Ke'er and making no progress on the matter of informing her of the information, Cold Rabbit finally couldn't help but ask.

"Yoshi yoshi, good question! Let me start by giving you some fun facts about the main world~ This is information that other players don't know, it's exclusive to you!"

Nyarko pointed to herself with a thumbs-up, held her head high, and said in a very flippant tone, "First of all, the main world is... huge! And monsters might be lurking everywhere. Most importantly! If you die in the main world, all your weapons, equipment, and items will be lost!"

Isn't that obvious?

Cold-Cooked Rabbit fiercely suppressed the urge to complain. No, no, this is a magnificent being! I can't complain, or I'll die! If I die, everything will be lost, all my efforts will be in vain! I must remain calm and composed, my heart as clear as ice, unfazed even if the sky falls...

"So, ta-da! We randomly set up these safe houses in various places. As long as you enter them, the monsters won't chase you in!"

Furthermore, convenient and fast teleportation arrays have been set up at the center and edges of each city or region. Once you activate the teleportation array, you can use it for rapid travel!

By the way, you can also teleport to activated teleportation arrays inside the safe house!

"Hmm, I see..."

Zhou Ke'er nodded thoughtfully, looking like she understood perfectly.

"Oh right, there's another little feature that's kind of a bonus or Easter egg for players. Um... it's like this~ you can find all sorts of strange and wonderful items, equipment, weapons, and the like, whether they're useful or useless, anywhere in the main world! And it's everywhere! For example, you might be walking down a street and there's one right in the trash can next to you!"

Nyarko explained in a serious tone, "Besides, weapons from the main world can all be brought into the mod world! Some of these weapons are very strong, some are not very useful, and some you can't use even if you find them because of equipment restrictions. So it all depends on luck!"

"...Is it alright?"

Zhou Ke'er stroked her chin. This "weapon can be picked up anywhere" setting is just too arbitrary...

It gives off a feeling of: "Ah, I'm too lazy to clean up all this trash that fell into various places after those guys were killed. I'll just leave it there and not care about it anymore!"

"Oh, by the way, there's a weapon right inside this safe house. Since I'm in a good mood, I'll just give it to you without you having to find it yourselves."

Nyarko seemed to suddenly remember something, snapped her fingers, and a wooden sword with half a broken piece flew out of the house and floated in front of everyone.

【Name: The Primordial Sword】

[Type: Weapon (Sword)]

[Quality: Trash (or Epic? Just from a commemorative perspective XD)]

[Lethality: Extremely Low]

Special Effects:

① Damage dealt to "Deep Divers" is increased by 200%.

②Recognizing the greatness of this sword will surely bring you more "care"~

③ Grip the sword hilt tightly, and you will have more courage when facing something great!

[Note: This is the weapon used by a brave individual who dared to defy a great being when he first defeated a Deep One—humanity's anthem is an anthem of courage! (Although he still died in the end XD)]

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116. Come and hit me, you idiot!

"...That's alright..."

Zhou Ke'er stared at the half-finished wooden sword, its attributes utterly useless. With such weak attack power, what good would it do to multiply the damage several times against those of varying skill levels...?

And the last special effect is just for laughs! To die with dignity in the face of something great? The most ridiculous thing is the last sentence in the note... is this supposed to be sarcastic?!

If all the weapons and equipment you find in the main world are similar to this thing... then it's completely useless! The description clearly states that this thing is just a souvenir!

Everyone—no, Honghe noticed—that Chen Tian stood quietly behind them, head bowed, her body trembling almost imperceptibly. Her lips, hidden beneath her hair, moved slightly as if she were muttering something to herself, but not a sound came out.

Zhou Ke'er should have noticed it too, but he was standing at the very front, and for someone like him who didn't have eyes in the back of his head, it was simply impossible for him to do such a thing.

"Oh, right! I almost forgot!"

Just then, Nyarlathotep slapped her forehead, and the tuft of hair on her head bounced twice. "As the first player group to discover the safe house in the main world, there will be a reward!"

You will randomly receive a weapon or piece of equipment that has a high affinity with your character—note that it's high affinity, not necessarily suitable. The quality could be low or even epic; it all depends on your luck.

As she spoke, Nyaruko snapped her fingers—though no sound came out. Unconvinced, she snapped them several more times, all to no avail. So she decided to give herself a sound effect (by blasting open space to make a sound), and then slashed open a dark hole in the air beside her.

"Okay, you can go one by one. Since sensing and teleportation may take some time, let me take this opportunity to explain some other precautions."

Nyarko waved to the crowd, indicating that she would come up to collect her reward. Then she added to herself, "Once you discover this safe house, it will remain bound to you unless you give it up yourself. Even if other players try to coerce or bribe you, or kill you tens or thousands of times, the ownership will not be transferred. Don't worry."

Of course, new players can be added to the safe house if more than half of the players agree.

As Nyaruko spoke, Zhou Ke'er turned her head and exchanged glances with the others—although no one understood what the glances meant, they understood it when they saw Zhou Ke'er walk towards the empty space, and there were no objections.

It's just a matter of first come, first served; the quality of what the last person gets won't be lower or higher.

After Zhou Ke'er walked to the front of the hollow, a black light emanated from the hollow, scanning Zhou Ke'er from head to toe.

"Wait... what is this light...? What's the principle behind it? If I have a split personality, how is compatibility determined?"

Although Zhou Ke'er didn't feel anything under the light, she still couldn't help but ask. She glanced discreetly at Chen Tian; that guy had what appeared to be the mark of a transmigrator, and... that transmigrator had probably participated in the final battle of the old era. This game was clearly related to those beings; if this black light scanned them and exposed them...

Well, it doesn't matter to Zhou Ke'er, but that guy is probably finished without a doubt.

"Oh...that belongs to some god from the past...I forgot what that god's name was, but he had a lot of treasures, so he made this thing to filter them. I don't really know how it works, but I just picked it up and used it."

Nyarko scratched her head and explained nonchalantly.

Hey... this description gives me a weird sense of déjà vu!

Zhou Ke'er held back her complaints. Since it was some kind of god, it shouldn't matter. After all, this guy himself said he didn't know how it worked—she shouldn't need to lie to Zhou Ke'er about something like this.

After hearing Nyaruko's explanation, Chen Tian, ​​who was hiding behind the crowd, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Sure enough, she had been worried about this issue just now.

"Oh...and what about that god? How is he now?"

Upon hearing Nyarlathotep's description, Shizuka stroked her chin and subconsciously asked, "What's going on?" Based on her previous gaming experience, those considered "gods" in games were either late-game NPCs or the final boss—basically, very important characters...

The fact that it's being casually mentioned so openly so early on might trigger some hidden quest! That's what Finger Sand thought—after all, that's how games usually work!