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

She was so stupid, really. She shouldn't have come to the main world with Zhou Ke'er tonight. Now the situation is... utterly terrible. She had originally planned to stay hidden and wait for Nyaruko to leave quickly, but she never expected to make such a mess of things.

Incidentally, although Zhou Ke'er and the others didn't know, the working principle of this void was actually like this... Nyaruko set the void's treasure vault link to the entire main world, and then activated the filtering measures.

In other words, the weapons and equipment that appeared in Zhou Ke'er's hands were originally scattered in the main world, and it is quite obvious that the weapons and equipment suitable for Chen Tian, ​​or rather... Chen Tian, ​​are all... in Nyaruko's own little treasure trove... so naturally they will not receive any reaction and be teleported over.

The only Primordial Sword is still in Zhou Ke'er's hands. Weapons or equipment that are deemed to have an owner will not be teleported over, so... this has created the current awkward situation.

"Oh? Is that so... Miss player, you're quite picky! Let me take a look for you myself."

Nyaruko, who was originally ready to pack up and leave, suddenly became interested and poked her ahoge (cowlick) up as she spoke.

"Um... well... I guess I don't need to trouble you..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Tian almost burst into tears and hurriedly stammered her refusal.

Let Nyaruko examine him with her own eyes? Isn't that just asking for trouble?! They're practically throwing themselves into a fire!

Just then, a crack suddenly appeared beside Nyaruko, who was eager to try, and a beautiful and charming woman walked out from it. Half of her face was covered by a gorgeous little fan, and her slightly hoarse but charming voice rang out: "Not ready yet? Something's about to happen over there."

Chen Tian—no, it should be Chen Tian—his pupils constricted sharply the moment he saw the woman. To avoid showing any unusual reaction, he relinquished all control of his body, handing it back to Chen Tian, ​​and quickly retreated to the farthest corner of his consciousness. It wouldn't be a problem if he encountered Nyaruko, since she was often confused, but…

The person we've encountered is... one of Nyarlathotep's incarnations, the "Swelling Woman"! She's far more dangerous than Nyarlathotep!

Nyarko just likes to play tricks on others, but this guy... is more interested in torturing people to death and then eating their brains!

Nyarko pouted, as if she wanted to say something.

Fortunately... just then, a silver-white cross pendant flew out of the hole and landed steadily in Chen Tian's hand.

"Eh...is it just a slight delay?"

Seeing this, Nyaruko looked uninterested, pouted, and waved boredly at everyone: "Alright, alright, since it's all over, I'll be going now! Have fun~"

As she spoke, Nyaruko was forcibly dragged into the crevice by the alluring woman.

However... Zhou Ke'er had a feeling that the woman gave him a half-smile at the end...

Ugh, Zhou Ke'er felt a chill run down her spine; it was such an unpleasant feeling. She felt a little nauseous.

Seeing that Nyaruko and the woman had finally left, Chen Tian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and leaned against the door of the house, feeling utterly exhausted.

As a result, she forgot that the door was ajar and fell straight in without any warning, landing headfirst with a loud "bang," seemingly quite badly hurt.

"puff"

Zhou Ke'er, devoid of any sympathy, laughed without any restraint. She then casually tossed the broken wooden sword she was holding to Chen Tian, ​​who was lying on the ground, and said inexplicably, "Here, return it to its rightful owner."

Chen Tian instinctively reached out to catch the sword, which caused her to fall back down because she lost her support. Not only did she fail to catch the sword, but she was also hit in the face by it.

Okay, Zhou Ke'er has a pretty good understanding now.

Chen Tian is really not someone you can judge by appearances; he's actually a goofball at heart.

However... she didn't object at all to Zhou Ke'er's statement about "returning the item to its rightful owner"... Did she tacitly agree?

It seems that Zhou Ke'er's deductions were indeed correct. This Chen Tian... his importance in the Old Era War was far greater than Zhou Ke'er had previously anticipated.

He's a dangerous person...

Zhou Ke'er didn't really want to get involved with her.

Ultimately... he didn't really want to be involved in such a shocking secret. To him, even if it was an illusory, manipulated world, as long as he was happy... there was nothing wrong with it.

Like Neo swallowing the red pill in the classic movie The Matrix... it's not a good decision for everyone.

However, the problem now is... the situation has reached a point where even if Zhou Ke'er tries her best to break free, she can only helplessly fall into it.

All of this happened too quickly. In just a few days, Zhou Ke'er had been dragged to an irreversible point. At this point, even if she pretended not to know anything and reiterated that she didn't want to get involved, it would be of no use.

The mastermind behind all this will not allow Zhou Ke'er to continue like this.

The feeling of helplessness is... awful, just like back then.

A strange look flickered in Zhou Ke'er's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.

So what if I'm just getting involved? Then I'll participate. There are benefits too, at least I won't be afraid to take the special rewards that are offered to me in the module like before. Besides... the secrets of the old era are indeed something he's interested in.

Finally... we can also help Xu Qingming out of the way.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er sighed and shook her head.

While Zhou Ke'er was lost in her own thoughts, the others had entered the house one after another and quickly surveyed the place.

Chen Tian... well, Chen Tian naturally knew this house inside and out. For a moment, he was lost in nostalgic memories, leaving his body entirely in Chen Tian's control.

"Um... shall we call it a day for today's exploration of the main world? I think we need to discuss the plans for later. I'm thinking of moving on to the next module to relax. What about you guys?"

After a while, Zhou Ke'er came to her senses and went into the house. She didn't look at anything much, but casually said to everyone, "According to Nyaruko, this is our teleportation point in the main world, right?"

"Probably. Uh, never mind, I'm a little tired... even though I haven't been online for more than an hour..."

Chen Tian scratched her head sheepishly, "I think I'll log off and rest for a bit... He was quite shocked; he seemed to have been startled by something."

The others didn't understand what Chen Tian was saying, but they wisely refrained from asking. Zhou Ke'er, of course, understood immediately.

"I'm logging off, I'm going to sleep... yawn..."

Finally, overcome with spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue, he opened his eyes and let out a big yawn.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er's face darkened – So what?! If you're so eager to sleep, why are you playing games so late at night?! Why don't you just go to sleep quietly?!

"I want to wander around the main world—I'll just come back here after I die, right? I don't have anything useful on me, so I'll just leave the equipment I just got here."

Zhang He waved his hand and then walked out of the room.

"Um...actually..."

Cold-Eating Rabbit hesitated for a few moments before saying, "Actually, I'm a peripheral member of a game studio that isn't very well-known, but... since we've all acquired ownership of the safe house in the main world, we should be considered a group, right?"

Since that's the case... to avoid the studio finding out about this and forcibly joining in... you'd probably mind, right? So I'll take this opportunity to complete the formalities and leave the studio. I didn't expect something like this to happen...

"Huh? Should I just quit the studio?"

Sand Between Fingers was a little surprised: "Won't this affect your life? Isn't this choice a bit too hasty? You should think about it more."

"It's okay... If my family were poor, I wouldn't play games all the time."

Cold-cooked Rabbit shrugged indifferently and quickly logged off.

Only Zhou Ke'er, Hong He, and Zhi Jian Sha remained on the scene, staring at each other blankly.

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119. My cause of death (zero)

"...Um..."

Feeling deeply embarrassed, Zhijiansha glanced at Zhou Ke'er, then at Honghe, and whispered, "How about... I slip away too? So I won't disturb you..."

Zhou Ke'er: Stare~

Flamingo: Dead fish eyes, staring~

Finger Sand felt a chill run down her spine from the stares of Red Crane and Zhou Ke'er, and finally couldn't resist, raising her hands in surrender and saying, "Okay, okay, I'll do it, alright? Seriously... why do I have to be a third wheel!"

"A light bulb? You can even emit light?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er asked in surprise, "Interesting, can you perform for me?"

Upon hearing Zhou Ke'er's words, Zhijiansha couldn't help but reveal the same dead fish eyes as Honghe. He glanced at Zhou Ke'er, then took two steps forward, stood between Zhou Ke'er and Honghe, and said in a lifeless voice with squinting eyes, "How was it? Did I perform well? Are you happy now? Did you have to lure the dog in to be slaughtered?"

"..."

Zhou Ke'er didn't understand. He was still wondering: the sand between his fingers wasn't glowing.

(Please forgive the intermittent mental illness of a lifelong single man with a steely lack of emotional intelligence.)

The flamingo stared at the sand between her fingers with dead fish eyes, still unable to clear up the misunderstanding between them, but she was too lazy to explain anymore.

People will only believe what they want to believe, and no matter how much others explain, it's useless.

Flamingos have no interest in doing things that are meaningless.

Successfully selected "Hard" "Multiplayer" (Team) Dungeon

Number of participants: 3-5 people

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Enjoy the game!

After all, it's meant to be relaxing, not something to torture. So forget about Fog or Nightmare difficulty; Hard should be about right.

The scene flashed before my eyes, and the opening CG began.

A blurry blackness slowly brightened, as if a camera was slowly focusing.

Before me was a mirror—a... dilapidated mirror, reflecting a blurry figure whose face was indistinct.

However... soon, the old mirror became a shattered mirror.

Without warning, the mirror shattered violently, shards scattering all over the ground.

The scene then flashes by rapidly. It is the ground floor of a building, and looking upwards, a woman with an indistinct face is falling from the highest point.

But it did not fall to the ground.

Somehow, she ended up hanging precariously from a window frame on a certain floor.

But just then, a hand holding a dagger suddenly reached out from behind the window and stabbed the woman viciously—the person holding the dagger couldn't be seen clearly, everything was hidden in the darkness.

The scene shifts again before the dagger pierces the woman's body.

The film quality seemed to be deteriorating, with flashbacks, images that were sometimes yellowish and sometimes black and white, a hissing sound, and many strange-looking things due to the distortion of the image—perhaps people?

They walked past lifelessly in the scene, and finally... all of them looked at a man with a blurred face.

He raised the gun and pulled the trigger on himself.

A small rose was shot from the muzzle—a bright red, flowing color, the only color in this gloomy world.

But... for some reason, the man seemed to have been shot and fell backward.

A bullet that had emerged from his body flew out of the frame.

The scene flashes back to the mirror from the beginning, where the woman whose face is obscured is shot by a bullet that seems to come from nowhere. Blood blooms on the shattered mirror, like beautiful flowers.