Learn one small skill every day

Before entering the instance, Bai Miao was actually in a social relationship. The gate directly suspended this relationship, forcing Bai Miao to experience another life.

Wang Xiang also approached the issue from this angle, explaining to Bai Miao in detail how he, Bai Miao, and Zhao Wanyang formed a team, how they arranged to meet offline, and what plans they made for the team's future development during lunch.

This allowed Bai Miao, who had been away for more than forty days, to quickly reintegrate into society.

"I envisioned this possibility after my first dungeon run."

Wang Xiang drove back slowly to give Bai Miao enough time to provide psychological counseling, so that the gap between the game and reality wouldn't be too great for him.

"What's possible?"

Bai Miao sipped his iced cola, savoring a beverage unique to modern society.

"If a person spends decades in a dungeon, which side is their original world to them?"

Bai Miao wanted to answer with reality, but he swallowed the words back.

"That's a difficult question to answer, isn't it? For us humans, the duration of consciousness and memory are both limited. Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly—were you the butterfly or Zhuangzi?"

Wang Xiang sighed, "People like this are actually the easiest to betray, and they are the ones we should be most wary of."

"I didn't quite understand before why there were so many traitors after the Future Gate invasion, but now I think I understand."

We still can't get too caught up in the completed story; we need to constantly remind ourselves where the original reality is.

But another voice whispered in Bai Miao's heart.

Isn't every world the same to you? This isn't your original world either.

"Which way do we go? Should I take you straight home?"

Wang Xiang suddenly asked.

"Hu Muyao and Zhao Wanyang's father both suffered psychological trauma because of the monster in the reservoir, right? Let's go to the hospital and heal them."

With the Staff of Universal Love appearing, Bai Miao believed it could definitely heal mental damage.

Moreover, I am now an excellent psychiatrist.

Wait... can I also see their spiritual forms?

It felt like a invasion of privacy, and after returning, my spiritual value attribute disappeared, and there were no other people's spiritual bodies appearing in front of me all the time.

In the city of Ar, the barrier between the spiritual and the real is quite weak, but here, the two are clearly distinct.

"Professor Wang, would you mind if I used psychoanalysis on you? I want to test whether the abilities I learned in the simulation are equally effective in reality."

Bai Miao, with Wang Xiang's consent, also fully explained the specific functions of psychoanalysis.

Wang Xiang nodded: "Use it if you want. If we can't trust each other, there's no point in forming this team. This ability is quite useful, so you can practice it more."

"it is good."

Under the influence of psychoanalysis, a phantom image gradually appeared behind Wang Xiang.

The shadow became clearer as Bai Miao's mental strength declined.

"Bai Miao, I'm also very curious about what my spiritual body looks like. Can you tell?"

"Hmm... I can see that."

Bai Miao looked at Wang Xiang's spiritual form and described it as: "A person with an eagle's head and a human body, wearing a suit."

End of volume remarks

I've been writing for over a month and I've finished the chapter on the Shadow of Yar.

To be honest, this section covers a lot of content, which made me refer back to previous sections several times while writing it...

However, I still finished writing it, and I feel that I have written everything that needed to be written.

As a chapter that marks the beginning of the middle of the story, this dungeon also sets some plot points for later developments, but it also provides a significant boost to the protagonist.

Later, I thought I might focus on writing stories based on reality, or I might write a single-player suspense story as a transition.

Thank you for your support.

Chapter 205 A Sense of Alienation

Wang Xiang was somewhat surprised upon hearing this and couldn't help but ask, "Does this mean that human spirits aren't human? Or am I special?"

"Based on my experience in Yar City, the spiritual bodies of normal people are all abnormal. On the contrary, when the spiritual body transforms into a human, the physical body becomes a monster. However, there are exceptions..."

"If possible, I suggest you go to a mental hospital to see what the mental state of the patients is like."

Wang Xiang pondered: "If everyone's spirit is a monster, doesn't that mean everyone is hiding a monster in their heart?"

As a professor of criminal law at the law school, Wang Xiang has seen far too many cases of evildoers.

His research also includes criminal psychology, so at this moment he is quite curious about Bai Miao's ability to directly observe other people's mental bodies.

"The spiritual world should be a real place. The thickness of the barrier between the spiritual and the real world is different in different worlds. Places like Yar City are more likely to allow the monsters in people's hearts to appear."

Bai Miao was also contemplating the relationship between the spiritual and the real.

Because if one wants to reach the fourth level and manifest one's spiritual body in reality, knowing the connection between the two is essential.

But after his mental strength reached 100 points, Bai Miao did feel that his mind had become stronger and that he was closer to reality.

If you do nothing, perhaps when your mental strength exceeds a certain value, you will naturally reach the fourth level and transform your spiritual body into reality.

Bai Miao could not give a specific value for this limit.

After reporting to the military hospital in advance, Wang Xiang drove Bai Miao smoothly into the special treatment room for those who suffered mental damage in the battle with the reservoir monster.

Here you'll find a team of top psychiatrists and experienced door knockers, dedicated to providing highly effective treatment plans.

Even from a great distance, Bai Miao could hear them arguing.

It seems that an effective solution has not yet been determined.

"If you ask me, we shouldn't have brought the psychiatrist. This is an internal matter; they don't know anything about it!"

"You dare to operate on people's brains without any professional guidance? And I want to emphasize again, we are surgical neurosurgeons, not psychiatrists!"

Both sides seemed to look down on each other, each believing their own method was the most effective.

Wang Xiang winked at Bai Miao: "What are you planning to do?"

"What should we do? Let them argue? Where's the ward?"

Wang Xiang found a nurse and asked her some questions.

"Here, everyone is in a private room and receives individual treatment."

"Then let's make a quick decision."

As Bai Miao spoke, he took out the Staff of Universal Love, pushed off with his feet, and shot forward.

As he passed by the wards along the way, Bai Miao used his compassion to induce healing within them.

Bai Miao, who was treating patients in Yar City, also learned about the criteria for identifying factions in the philanthropic movement.

That is, when using the "Love" skill, if you believe you are on the same side, then "Love" will be used for healing; if you intend to use "Love" to attack, then it will cause damage.

very convenient.

He ran from beginning to end, and everyone was cured. Bai Miao also put away his philanthropy.

"Which ward is Zhao Wanyang's father in?"

"here."

Wang Xiang opened the door and waved to Bai Miao.

Upon seeing Bai Miao, Zhao Wanyang asked anxiously, "How are you? Have you taken care of things over there? Are you alright?"

Her eyes were still slightly red, as if she had just been crying.

“He’s fine now. I also treated your dad a bit earlier. The Compassionate Staff can heal his mental trauma.”

With his current mental strength, Bai Miao's healing power is 5 points per second, which is only 5 points per second for someone whose average strength is only 5. That's just a matter of a moment.

However, after being injured, the body will enter a coma to protect itself, and it will take some time to wake up.

Bai Miao looked at the bed: "Are you going to... wait for your uncle to wake up, or pretend nothing happened and come with us now? Your father should have someone to take care of him, so you don't need to worry too much."

After they wake up, they will probably have to undergo some tests, and of course, there will be various follow-up confidentiality policies. It is not appropriate for Zhao Wanyang to stay here any longer.

Unless she is willing to accompany her father as the one knocking on the door.

But then my father would find out my true identity.

Zhao Wanyang lowered her head and said, "I'll go with you. Since you say everything is alright, then I don't need to stay here anymore."

Just then, a gasp suddenly came from outside the ward. Bai Miao immediately went to the corridor and saw a figure swaying and walking with his back to the wall.

It is Hu Mu Yao.

As the one who knocked on the door, she also had the best physical condition among them, so after recovering from her mental trauma, she was the first to wake up.

"Someone's awake!"

The nurse quickly called the group of specialized treatment experts to check on the situation.

Hu Muyao took two steps, stopped, turned to look at Bai Miao, nodded slightly to him, and then walked forward.

"Where are you going? Aren't you going back to rest for a while?"

Faced with Bai Miao's question, Hu Muyao gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going back to the reservoir to destroy that monster."

"I've already solved it."

Hu Muyao paused for a moment, then continued walking forward.

"Where are you going again?"

"I...I'm going to the restroom..."

Seeing that Hu Muyao had taken two more steps, Bai Miao received a private message from the person who had knocked on the door via the internet.

It was sent by Hu Muyao.

"Thank you."