Heidi felt a little surprised to see that her new patient was an elf!

She rarely treated elven patients—not just mental physicians like herself, but most other doctors of all kinds generally didn't deal with elves.

This was because the elven race possessed physical gifts that were the envy of other races. In addition to their long lifespans, this race rarely fell ill. Most of the time, they were unbelievably healthy and able to survive well in various harsh conditions. Along with their healthy physique, their willpower was also quite strong.

Perhaps to adapt to their overly long lifespans, elves' mental states were very stable. Although not as strong as the Senjin, who were known as "stone hearts," they were still much stronger than humans!

It was precisely because of these innate conditions that many outstanding adventurers in history came from elven bloodlines. They were good at and dared to operate in the "border" waters, able to survive and return from those dangerous fogs and illusions. Today, among the many city-states on the boundless sea, almost two-thirds of the "border" city-states near the "Eternal Veil" were established by elven pioneers. The most famous of these was Lightwind Port, also known as the City of Adventure!

In Heidi's career as a mental physician, she had hardly ever heard of an elf developing psychological problems!

Of course, mortals always had weaknesses, even the elves with such excellent "talents."

Even the long-lived elves had already regarded those distant matters as things they or their parents had experienced when they were young, as some "insignificant little things."

Nowadays, the elves' abandonment by the gods and their physique still existed. Many of their ancient families, while accepting the teachings of Rahm, the God of Wisdom, still maintained many mysterious and traditional "heretical beliefs." However, this did not prevent them from becoming an extremely important part of the current civilized world!

In fact, due to their extremely high attainments in mathematics and mechanics, coupled with their deep connection to the faith of Rahm, the God of Wisdom, elves already held a pivotal position in this era of "steam and electricity."

In any case, in this era, no one incessantly discussed elves anymore. No one discussed those heretical beliefs that had been maintained among the common people, nor their physique that was not blessed by the three gods!

A delicate incense burner was lit, and a fragrance that calmed the mind gradually spread around the hospital bed. In the diffusing fragrance, the elven girl on the bed seemed to relax her brow slightly!

Heidi bent down, opened the girl's eyelids, and slowly waved a faintly glowing amethyst left and right in front of her eyes!

"You are still trapped in a dream, and the tense and uneasy emotions have woven a self-protective cage, but you need help now, so you will leave a key to someone you are willing to trust. This person you deeply trust will appear in your dream to help you fight against the things that scare you, or help you find a way out of the dream..."

Heidi spoke in a soothing voice. Compared to humans, their growth was slower, their learning ability was also lower, and their overly strong mental state also made it difficult for them to receive the blessing of divine power.

Apart from the power of the God of Wisdom being able to take effect normally, people had speculated about what factors led to the elves' "difficult to be sheltered by divine grace" physique. After all, the Senjin people also had high mental resilience, but did not have this negative characteristic of "weakened protection." Among the many speculations, there was a widely spread theory that the ancient and stubborn heretical worship in elven traditional culture led to their being abandoned by the gods. Only the God of Wisdom, because he was the "protector of all rational beings," was willing to show them mercy!

In history… in the "Dark Age" before the opening of the New City-State Era and the "Old City-State Era," the elves' "god-forsaken" physique, coupled with the natural prejudice between different races, had even triggered many bloody conflicts. But eventually, the elves discovered the steam rifle and high explosives, and reached a mutual understanding with the various races of the world!

After that, these long-lived and broad-minded races generously accepted the signals of reconciliation from humans and Senjin.

And they peacefully coexisted with the descendants of those short-lived races until now!

Heidi came to the hospital bed, probed the elven girl's breath, checked her heartbeat, then opened the medicine box and methodically took various medicines and devices to a small table beside her!

Those conflicts and dark matters had turned into history. Humans and Senjin, with their short lifespans, could only learn about the stories of their ancestors from books. Heidi slowly shook the crystal, accompanied by the gradually rising incense smoke, and whispered in the girl's ear in a low, almost magical tone!

As a mental physician, she had many ways to help her patients. In the normal diagnosis and treatment process, she was of course good at using questionnaires and psychological cues to confirm the patient's mental state and provide targeted guidance.

But when things were not so normal, she also had many effective techniques! These effective techniques included bludgeons, gold needles, and gunpowder, as well as mind-calming incense, magic potions, and ritual crystals!

After all, being a mental physician was a profession full of dangers. What she usually had to deal with was not just insomnia, nervous students, and office workers, but also filth that jumped out of those patients' dreams and "imaginations"!

Heidi continued to speak softly. At the same time, she noticed that faint silver glows had begun to emerge from the depths of the elven girl's pupils. This was a sign that the blessing of Rahm, the God of Wisdom, had begun to take effect.

Fortunately, although the elven race had a "god-forsaken" physique, they could still normally receive Rahm's blessing, which made Heidi, as a follower of the God of Wisdom, much more at ease!

"You left a door, that door is very close to you, you have already given the 'key to open the door' to the person who will help you in advance, now you are hiding in a safe place, quietly waiting for that door to open.

You are very at ease because you know that only the person you trust the most will walk in from that door..." Heidi said softly, and with her last words, the elven girl's breathing obviously became long and steady!

This was temporary! But Heidi had already prepared for the next "treatment"!

She quickly left the elven girl's side, holding the amethyst pendant she had just used to hypnotize her, and lay down on an empty hospital bed next to her!

She held the amethyst she had obtained from her father tightly, softly reciting the prayer of Rahm, the God of Wisdom, and slowly closed her eyes!

After a moment, she opened her eyes and sat up with some confusion!

She had not successfully fallen into any dream—the hypnosis had not worked?

Heidi got up from the hospital bed and cautiously confirmed the surrounding environment. Then, she came to the elven girl and lay down. After repeatedly checking for a long time and performing two more fruitless hypnotizations, Heidi found that she could not connect to this elven girl's dream at all!

A sense of frustration surged into her heart!

She stayed beside the hospital bed in frustration for a while, silently pondering other alternative treatment plans. After who knew how long, she sighed, stretched her slightly sore neck and shoulder joints, and got up to walk towards the door of the ward!

But before she touched the door, footsteps had already come from outside, followed by the sound of a key turning. As the handle turned, the government hall staff member in the deep blue uniform opened the door to the ward!

"Miss Heidi, how is it going?"

The staff member seemed to have been waiting in the "safe area" outside for a long time, and was now asking about the progress of the treatment with great tension!

"There is still no effect. Conventional hypnosis methods have failed. I may need to prepare some more effective rituals or magic potions." Heidi shook her head regretfully, while raising her hand to hang the amethyst pendant back on her chest, then picked up her heavy suitcase.

"I have to go back and think carefully about the next treatment plan."

"Okay! I believe you have done your best this time." The staff member sighed and said with understanding, "Other mental physicians have tried before, but all failed to break through this patient's dream, because the situation is too strange."

"The priests sent by the church are very worried that this is some kind of strange mental pollution brought about by the solar flare, and they attach great importance to this matter... But there is no way, even experts like you find it difficult, so it seems that we really can't rush for success!"

"Do you need us to arrange a vehicle to take you back?"

The staff member asked politely! "No need, my car is parked outside!" Heidi shook her head! "Okay, then I won't see you off. Just return the way you came—I'll go check on the patient's condition again!"

Heidi gave a sound of agreement, gave the staff member a friendly smile, then turned around and walked towards the long and deep corridor outside!

Behind her, the staff member in the blue uniform also turned around and walked towards the elven girl who was still in a deep sleep!

Footsteps sounded behind her, currently about five meters away!

Heidi silently lifted the dark compartment at the bottom of her suitcase, then turned around without expression and pulled the trigger! *Bang*… The bullet pierced the blue-uniformed figure's heart from behind, exploding a hazy mist of blood.