When Simon first saw the man, he was in his early twenties, wearing a blue plaid shirt, jeans, black-rimmed glasses, and typical IT guy's outfit. He thought he was the guy who had repaired his computer and was sending it to him.

The first thing the IT guy said when he looked at Simon was, "Simon? Are you that... that legendary doctor?"

Simon was stunned for a moment. He quickly put the cat bed in his bedroom before coming out to greet the young man. "Ah, yes, I'm a psychologist, my name is Simon. Who are you?"

The young man followed Simon into the examination room and sat on the examination chair. He raised his head, his nose was a little red, and behind the thick lenses, his pair of gray eyes looked dull and a little timid.

The timid young man glanced at the doctor shyly: "I am... I am in some trouble... um... my name is Qianlan."

"Hello, Light Blue," Simon said. "Can you tell me what trouble you're in?"

So the young man sitting on the sofa began to scratch his head, and his hair, which was not very neat to begin with, was messed up by himself.

The young man didn't even answer Simon's question. He said nonsensically, "I've heard of psychiatrists, but I've never tried one... I'm a very trendy... well... a very trendy monster, so I'm willing to try new things... maybe they'll work!"

Trendy monsters! All monsters look trendy to me, okay?! I just sent one snake demon away and before I could even catch my breath, another one shows up...

Ten thousand alpaca monsters were galloping through Simon's heart, but he could not lose his composure on the surface.

"Oh, how did you know me?"

The trendy young monster rubbed his hands and said, "Last night, a snake spirit came to my shop and asked to order a custom electronic sign called 'Monster Psychology Clinic.' She said your treatment was so effective that she's turned over a new leaf, becoming a snake again and practicing diligently."

So I heard it from the snake spirit Qingqing, Simon thought silently.

"Are you here to see me for medical advice?" Simon asked.

Qianlan showed an even more shy expression, rubbing his hands together, but did not answer the doctor's questions and talked about other things.

"I can say that I'm the most knowledgeable monster in this world. Moreover, I'm a newly developed type that's closest to human life. Doctor, do you want to see my prototype? Oh, no, I must show you my prototype. It's right here, okay? There's enough space here, it should be able to accommodate me."

Simon's brows knitted together: the patient kept answering irrelevant questions, and the only reason was resistance.

But this was their first meeting, so Simon decided to be gentle and not be ruthless, so he followed the young man and asked, "What kind of weird are you?"

So the young man's originally messy hair all stood up at this moment, and a strange light flashed in his black glasses.

Then, the young man disappeared and an old computer appeared on Simon's examination chair.

Simon was stunned for a moment, then he bent down and touched the computer case.

The chassis flashed blue light.

The computer was indeed quite old-fashioned, a desktop model that looked like it was from the 1990s. Electronic products are constantly being updated, so from that perspective, it was truly a staid antique.

However, for monsters... computer monsters are still... really trendy!

"Doctor, this is my oldest form. After I became a spirit, I upgraded myself and became an enhanced version!" The computer monster's speakers made a sound, a blue light flashed, and the old desktop computer turned into an old laptop.

"Okay, you can change back now," Simon said.

So the computer monster turned back into the young man in the plaid shirt.

"You transformed into a human form quite quickly!" said Simon, who had only a superficial understanding of monsters.

The poor snake demon took so long to cultivate into a human being.

The computer in front of me is estimated to be no more than 20 to 30 years old. It has transformed into a human form so quickly. It must be so pissing off the other monsters!

The young man gave an even more shy smile. "Yes, it's mainly because my master used to use me to read cultivation novels. Later, the Internet became more developed, and I also frequently browsed the Internet. I had access to a vast amount of information, and my comprehension was high. I also equipped myself with artificial intelligence, so my cultivation progressed very quickly."

Simon felt that he needed to strengthen his understanding of the demon world.

Then, for no reason, he thought of his unfortunate computer again.

My computer might become a spirit someday! If I went to a psychiatrist with a problem, would I tell them about watching porn?

The young doctor felt a little nervous.

But this computer geek named Qianlan obviously didn't notice that the doctor opposite was a little uneasy.

He said to himself, "Even though my cultivation is very fast... that's where my trouble lies!"

Let’s get to the point!

"Isn't it good to practice quickly? Are there still worries?" Simon asked.

The young man grabbed his hair with his hands, sighed, and threw his black-framed glasses on the coffee table in front of him.

"Ever since I started practicing, I can't help but reboot. And the worst thing is, every time I reboot, it's like reinstalling my computer. My cultivation notes, my selfies, and my address book are all gone!"

The young man's eyes were red and swollen. He clutched the corner of his clothes tightly, his lips trembling. "Doctor, do you know what it means to a computer to keep rewinding?"

Simon shrugged his shoulders to indicate that he didn't know.

Light Blue's voice was faint and gloomy: "This means that every few years, all my cultivation will be wiped out and I will have to start all over again! I've already established my foundation eighteen times and formed my elixir twenty times, but now - I'm starting to embark on the path of a Qi cultivator once again..."

This poor computer geek...

Who can accept that after building the foundation eighteen times and forming the elixir twenty times, he would wake up from a sleep and become an unknown person again in Qi training?

The computer geek hasn't developed schizophrenia yet and is still able to force himself to see a doctor. He's so strong!

However, it could also be that the computer blames itself for being too old. Simon thought silently, and his thoughts couldn't help but drift to his computer.

He woke up at five in the morning to record his dreams, slogged through tens of thousands of words only to have them scoured by the computer. Now, he could calmly face another computer geek. He felt pretty strong.

Just as Simon was thinking this, his phone rang.

Simon usually muted his phone during consultations, but he forgot to do so this time. The cheerful ringtone broke the solemn atmosphere of the consultation room.

Simon had no choice but to answer the phone, and the voice of the guy from the computer store came from the other end.

"Hey, your computer's motherboard is burned out, and the hard drive is basically irreparable. I see your CPU is pretty old too. Are you sure you want to fix it? It's almost worth buying a new one!"

Simon said briefly: Then get a new one.

After saying that, he hung up the phone and turned it to silent mode.

When I turned around, the computer geek on the sofa suddenly started sobbing.

It’s okay that he’s crying, but the key point is—the computer monster’s tears are black motor oil!! Black motor oil!!

Simon silently ignored the oil-stained sofa cushions and, trying his best to show the professional qualities of a psychologist, asked patiently, "Qianlan, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying all of a sudden? Is it... did I just answer the phone and make you unhappy?"

Light Blue wiped away her tears and choked up as she said, "No, doctor, it's just that I heard you were going to throw away your computer. I felt so sad. Please, our computer is not easy to find, and it's even harder to find a good owner. Just throw it away if you don't want to use it anymore..."

Simon was bewildered and speechless.

Is it really that easy for us humans to own a computer? What's even more bizarre is why, after hearing this weird computer talk, I actually felt a surge of guilt about my own computer! Why should humans feel guilty about an old machine?!

Simon's expression was serious, his voice sincere. "I don't think most computers mind being thrown away. Electronic products are updated very quickly."

The computer monster burst into tears, and the psychologist could only sit there and wait for him to cry.

Simon didn't mind patients crying, but - if a monster covered in black motor oil cried, and the oil and wires were flying everywhere, that was another matter.

For the first time, Simon spoke before the patient had finished crying: "Qianlan, stop crying and tell me what happened. Have you ever been abandoned by your master?"

Light Blue cried and said, "Actually, nothing really happened. My owner was a little girl... I was her father's birthday present to her. Later... later they didn't like me anymore, so I ended up in the old factory. I was really sad at that time."

It turned out to be the trauma of being abandoned! However, the first diagnosis and treatment should focus on a comprehensive understanding of the situation, so Simon ignored the trauma and continued to understand the situation: "So how did you get over the heartbreak and embark on the path of cultivation?"

The computer monster controlled his emotions at this moment, and he recalled his long journey to immortality.

When it was sent to the old factory, it was heartbroken and frantically filled its hard drive with cultivation novels. Finally, one dark and windy night, after reading a thousand cultivation novels, it suddenly felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the old factory!

#Cultivation novel saves old computer#

When Light Blue said this, she asked Simon sincerely, "Doctor, have you read any novels about cultivation? I really envy the cultivators in those novels, who can kill people and steal treasures, and kill monsters everywhere to level up..."

Simon carefully recorded what Light Blue said. When he heard "kill monsters to level up," he thought to himself, "You're a monster! You're a monster! You're a monster! You can just kill yourself!"

"What happened next?" Simon asked, "When did you realize you had restarted and cleansed yourself?"

Light Blue thought for a moment and said, "I think it was when I saw the master's contact information... Oh, I can't remember clearly..."

The computer geek tried hard to recall, but unfortunately he had forgotten everything because he had lost his data countless times.

If it were an ordinary patient, Simon could only let him lie on the sofa and slowly recall the past, perhaps even through hypnosis, but this was a computer.

So Simon simply said, "Change back to your original form and let me see."

With a bang, Light Blue turned into that old computer.

There was indeed a label on the chassis of the old computer, which read: Li Honghong, and the contact information was a landline phone number.

Although Simon had no hope for the landline number, he still called him.

To his surprise, he actually found this woman named Li Honghong.

"Hello, is this Li Honghong? Um, yes, my name is Simon, and I found an old computer."

"You...you saw my computer?" a mature woman's voice came from the other end. "Oh my God, it's been almost twenty years..."

Soon, Li Honghong told what happened that year.

"I was in a terrible mood during that time and suffered from severe depression. I used to be able to play on the computer. But then the computer was infected and couldn't be repaired... so I sold it."

Simon hung up the phone silently and looked at the young man in the plaid shirt on the sofa.

Twenty years ago, computers were valuable items, worth one or two years' income for many people.

Simon thought for a moment and asked Light Blue, "What do you think about the fact that you keep rewinding?"

Light Blue said, "Doctor, I've downloaded every book on psychotherapy in the world! I've also analyzed my symptoms, and to be honest, I've even treated myself."

Simon was all ears.

Light Blue said, "Psychoanalysis believes that neurosis is caused by sexual repression. Doctor, do you agree that my constant rewinding is a neurosis?"

Simon was confused and felt that no matter how effective Freud was in treating neurosis, his sexual theory could not be applied to a computer.

Light blue began to describe the self-treatment in detail.

He was initially obsessed with psychoanalysis, so he downloaded a bunch of pornographic films, but when he found that they were useless, he gave up on the genre.

During his second flashback, he began to try behavioral therapy.

He backed up his system once, only to find that the next time he backed up the system, even the backup was lost.

The third time he rolled back the game, he became obsessed with cognitive therapy. He searched for his own irrational cognitions over and over again, and finally concluded that computer rollback was the most reasonable!

The fourth time he tried humanism, he also downloaded the therapy video of humanistic master Rogers, but before he started watching it, he rewound again.

The fifth time...

The sixth time...

Finally, after rewinding countless times, he finally came to Simon.

Simon said, "Light Blue, you are quite knowledgeable, even more so than a psychiatrist like me. I've never heard of any psychotherapy."

So the young man in the plaid shirt lowered his head shyly: "I have a 500-terabyte hard drive!"

The doctor was merciless: "After listening to so much, I think you forgot one question."

The young man in the plaid shirt looked at the doctor with his eyes wide open.

Simon said, "You forgot to check your body."

"Huh?" Light Blue didn't understand. "I'm a computer. Why am I checking my body?"

Simon quickly dialed a number, and the voice of the guy from the computer store came from the other end of the line: "Hello?"

"Hello, could you come over here? My computer is broken. Can you help me check it out?"

The guy from the computer mall arrived very quickly, bringing not only a full set of tools but also the latest computer brochures.

Soon, the hardware of this computer monster was checked.

"It's not a big problem. It's just that the CPU is a bit old and the hard drive is a bit small. How about a bigger one? We've recently introduced a nano hard drive that can hold 1024x1024TB. By the way, what's wrong with your computer?"

Simon said, "It keeps going back..."

So the guy turned on the computer as he was familiar with it, took a look at the computer screen, and cursed: Damn it!

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