Conan Rick's Investigator

"Hmm..." Qin Zhibo groaned, "I guess I'm used to it."

Habit?

Kuroba Kaito's expression was stunned. Can he get used to this kind of thing?

If you get used to this kind of thing, you're probably not far away from becoming a lunatic, right?

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and immediately imparted his experience.

"You need to practice more with this stuff~"

"If you're not good at it, practice more~"

"Uncle, I usually watch horror and bizarre movies, so naturally I'm not afraid of these now..."

"Believe me, you can be like uncle~"

Kuroba Kaito's expression was stunned again, and he didn't know what to say.

In the end, he could only give Qin Zhibo a thumbs up.

you are vicious!

……

There was a lively fight in the cabin on the second floor, but it did not affect the sleep of the passengers in the public cabin on the first floor.

In the darkness, Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito worked together to lift the floor door leading to the first floor and returned to the public cabin.

In the cabin, the two quickly woke up other passengers by making loud noises.

In the face of Qin Zhibo's language explanation and the irrefutable evidence of the second-layer paddle layer, the passengers quickly believed everything that happened here.

It seems that the Moon Beasts are quite notorious in the Dreamland, and many passengers have heard of this race.

It’s just that no one has seen or experienced it.

In other words, those who have actually experienced the moon beast incident have been kidnapped on the moon.

So the secrets on the black galleon can be maintained to this day.

However, as the truth was revealed, the passengers' emotions were also aroused.

The fire started, and complaints, curses, and fears were heard everywhere.

"Damn it! I didn't expect this ship to belong to that damn moon beast!"

"Why is this happening? I just wanted to do some business..."

"So what should we do now? Will we starve to death at sea?"

For a time, the situation got a little out of control.

Just then, a man in the crowd stood on the wooden box, holding a burning candle high in his hand.

"Quiet!"

Qin Zhibo yelled at the crowd, which made the crowd of Liushenwuzhu slowly quiet down.

"Now, everyone, listen to me."

"The biggest problem we face right now isn't the ship losing power. After all, with so many of us here, we can still row the ship to our destination even without those skeletons."

"The biggest problems we face now are food and direction."

"I assume everyone prepared their food precisely in time for their arrival in the Northern Continent. Although we prepared a few extra days' supply, there shouldn't be much left now."

"We can gather all the food and supplies and distribute them together, so we can last as long as possible."

"Of course, just holding out for a few more days won't help. We still have to reach the mainland before our supplies run out."

"Is there anyone standing here who knows the direction?"

Qin Zhibo frowned and glanced at the dark crowd in front of him, praying in his heart that a miracle would happen.

In fact, even if the ship had no chance of escaping, he and Kuroba Kaito would not die.

Worst case, just delete the file and play again.

But in that case, we have to go back to the Enchanted Forest and start from scratch.

The adventure in Dreamland finally arrived here, and Qin Zhibo didn't want to give up so easily.

Just then, an arm rose from the crowd.

Qin Zhibo's eyes lit up and he quickly raised his finger and pointed over.

"you!"

Everyone also looked in the direction of Qin Zhibo's finger and made way for the man.

that person

Slowly walked out of the crowd.

Qin Zhibo took a closer look and realized that this person was Augustus Larkin, who he had been chatting with in the past two days.

In the dim cabin, his chocolate-colored skin exuded a dark luster.

"Do you know the direction of this ship?"

Larkin nodded. "Yes, I have. Since I boarded the ship, I have been keeping an eye on its direction."

"Actually, we've been heading towards the northern continent..."

Chapter 1253 Arriving at the Northern Continent

"Always heading towards the northern continent?"

Qin Zhibo felt a little incredible. If the ship was heading north, what was the purpose of the moon beast?

Isn’t it their habit to transport humans to the moon as slaves?

If it went to the Northern Continent, wouldn't it be the original destination of this ship?

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly and made sure again.

"Are you sure, Brother Larkin?"

Larkin took a step forward, and the bright candlelight shone on his face, but his face was dark.

"Yes, I'm sure of that."

"If we maintain our current course, we'll be able to see the mainland within a day..."

As soon as they heard that there was still hope of survival and that the situation was far less serious than imagined, the passengers on the ship immediately burst into cheers and joy.

But after the cheers, there is a very real problem, which is to ensure that the ship has the power to continue moving forward.

There are 13 pairs of oars on the second oar layer, a total of 26 oars.

The oars on this boat are so huge that it takes at least two people to swing them.

In other words, 52 people are required to paddle at the same time.

There are about 100 passengers on board, just enough to operate two shifts.

But even so, the sailing speed is much slower than the tireless skeleton monster.

Considering that it was midnight, everyone planned to recharge their batteries tonight and wait until dawn before heading to the northern continent in one go.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

When the first ray of sunlight in the fantasy world rose from the distant sea level, Qin Zhibo sat on the crossbar of the mast, holding the tip of the mast with one hand, and looked into the distance.

There seemed to be nothing worth paying attention to except the sparkling waves on the calm sea.

There was no land in sight, not even a hint of wind or wave.

The sail was hanging lifelessly, like a man who had been hungry for five days on the street.

Qin Zhibo remembered that there was some breeze on the sea yesterday, but it suddenly disappeared today.

In this case, the paddle becomes the only power source.

And no one has ever seen anyone adjust the black sails on this ship.

It seems that these sails are just a decoration to make people believe that this is an ordinary ship.

In addition, Qin Zhibo also further confirmed the course.

The dreamland is to a large extent a mirror image of the real world, where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

In other words, the place where the sun rises is in the west.

Qin Zhibo used his free arm to indicate the direction and found that the current bow of the ship was almost perpendicular to the direction of the rising sun.

In addition, since last night, there have been no waves on this sea, and the dreamland does not have as complicated ocean currents as the real world.

This shows that the ship was indeed heading north when it was controlled by the moon beast.

Doesn't this mean that as long as he doesn't do anything unnecessary and kills the moon beast, everyone will be able to reach the northern continent on time?

The next second, Qin Zhibo shook his head again and denied his idea.

His original purpose was to rescue Kuroba Kaito, but killing the moon beast was just a coincidence.

In addition, the blood obtained from the moon beast was also used to create the Immortal World Buling Shenglu.

The only problem is that the long-dead moon beast's corpse no longer meets the conditions as a ritual sacrifice.

The so-called sacrifices must be fresher, the better, and the more sincere they are.

It seems we can only wait until we get ashore before talking...

Qin Zhibo climbed back to the ground along the cable and woke up the passengers in the public cabin.

After everyone simply ate some of the food they had brought with them, they entered the cabin and paddled according to the division of labor last night.

Everyone shouted slogans and shook the oars vigorously.

Every hour, the second group of people replaces the first group and continues rowing.

.

Under this rotational replacement system, the sailing speed of the entire ship was not much slower than before.

At noon, a dark coastline finally appeared where the sea and the sky meet.

That is the place that everyone dreams of. After more than half a month of sea voyage, the northern continent is now in front of us!

With a clear and sufficient goal in mind, everyone rowed harder and chanted slogans harder.

But even so, it was not until dusk that the ship slowly sailed into the basalt pier.

……

When the black schooner sailed into the dock, all the passengers on board walked onto the deck.

Most of them were visiting the Northern Continent for the first time, but there were also some "veterans".

These "veterans" looked at the distant blue-gray mountains, some sang cheerful songs, and some knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly.

That mountain range is the mysterious "Leng Plain" and the location of the legendary "Secret Realm of Kadath".

Qin Zhibo squinted his eyes slightly and couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of him.

It was a series of huge blue-gray mountains connected together, but it was more majestic than any mountain range he had ever seen.

It was originally supposed to exist only in mythology, standing as sacred and majestic as Mount Olympus.

And those mountains are not only towering, but the tops of all the peaks are shrouded in the everlasting clouds, as if there are unspeakable secrets of this world hidden under the clouds.

At the altitude below the mountains, there is a world shrouded in darkness.

The northern continent is different from the western continent. There is darkness here all the time.

Even summer noon, when the sun should be scorching the sky, seems to be dimmed here, just like dawn or dusk elsewhere.

Qin Zhibo once heard the elders of Usa say that cats in Dreamland are born adventurers, have been to many places, and have settled in many places.

But only in the northern continent, humans cannot find any cats that have settled here.