Conan Rick's Investigator

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Three days later, Qin Zhibo and others arrived in Binger Town, Oklahoma, USA.

Also traveling with them were Koizumi Akako, Kuroba Touichi, Akai Shuichi, and Furuya Rei.

Their purpose of this trip is naturally to return to the underground world - Kunyang.

Chapter 1528: The Kunyang People Were Destroyed

When Qin Zhibo went to the Kunyang world for the first time, he went there with Mr. Clock and Koizumi Hongzi.

A few hundred meters away from the town of Binger, on a plain, stands a bare hill.

Decades ago, that place used to be an entrance and exit to the Kunyang world, and people from Kunyang often entered and exited there.

Therefore, there are many strange legends about "Qiu" in Binger Town.

Last time, Mr. Clock chose to go directly from the top of the hill into the underground because he could use the earthquake mining machine.

But Qin Zhibo didn't trust him, so he hired a local Indian named "Benniu" and went through a valley 40 kilometers south of Binger Town, where there was also an entrance at the bottom of the valley.

This time when they returned to Kunyang, Qin Zhibo and his team still hired Benniu.

On the way to the valley, Qin Zhibo asked Benniu whether anything unusual had occurred near Binge Town during this period.

Benniu’s answer was that apart from a few small-scale earthquakes, nothing special had happened.

However, other Indians living in nearby settlements have heard some "wailing sounds" coming from underground.

When they heard Benniu say this, their fellow travelers, Kuroba Toichi, Akai Shuichi, and Furuya Rei, couldn't help but look serious.

Because on the way here, Qin Zhibo had already explained to the three people the dangers of the Kunyang world.

Because this mission is somewhat dangerous, especially because it involves the Kunyang people, not too many people are allowed to join the team.

Conan felt very sorry about this.

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An hour later, the car arrived at the valley.

Led by Qin Zhibo, the group came to the entrance of the cave where they had gone deep underground last time.

It’s just different from the last time. The last time I came, the entrance of the cave was hidden behind several huge sandstones, and weeds were growing between the cracks in the rocks. It was difficult to find if you didn’t look for it specifically.

At this moment, the sandstone outside the cave entrance was smashed into head-sized pieces by some force, and the dim cave entrance was directly exposed.

Obviously, this shows that something happened during this period of time that caused these solid rocks to be broken into pieces.

And the only people who possess this kind of power in the deep mountains are the people of Kunyang.

Qin Zhibo and others sorted out the equipment they brought, especially weapons, outside the cave entrance, and then entered the cave.

The inside of the cave was the same as last time, with a dark passage slanting downward into the ground.

After walking for about three hours, they came to a stone door that had also been shattered.

Behind the stone gate is an endless dark green plain.

The "sky" above the plain is floating with a blue color like the northern lights. Although it is not as bright as the surface world, it also provides sufficient light.

The reason why we realize that the "sky" here is not the real sky is that the dome is hung with huge stalactite columns with a base diameter of hundreds of meters.

Everyone stood on the hillside, looking at the plain in front of them.

Hei Yu Daoyi had lived in the Dreamland for at least many years, so he was accustomed to such scenes.

But for Rei Furuya and Shuichi Akai, who were experiencing this new world for the first time, everything was so incredible.

"It's unbelievable, this is actually underground..."

Although Qin Zhibo had already introduced the situation here in advance, when the scene here actually appeared before his eyes, Fōtani Ling still couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Akai Shuichi's pupils widened, his lips slightly parted, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

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After resting for a while on the hillside, the team continued on their journey.

From here forward, it is basically the territory of the Kunyang people, an area called "Sato".

However, Qin Zhibo and others did not want to have any contact with the Kunyang people on this trip. The best choice was to bypass the Kunyang city and go directly to the abyss Enkai below.

But this is not an easy task.

Because the Kunyang people raised a kind of slave creature called "Gai Ai-Yousi" on the plains, an ugly white creature with four legs.

They were originally snake people, but were cursed by Yig, the father of all snakes, and degenerated into such inferior creatures.

The "Gai'ai-Yousi" look harmless, but in fact they will secretly report information about outsiders to the Kunyang people who raise them.

If one wants to sneak into Kunyang secretly, one must bypass all the Gai-Yousi on the plains.

But this time when he entered the plain, Qin Zhibo did not find a single Gai Ai-Yousi.

Koizumi Akako rode her magic broom to check in the sky, but did not find Gai-Yousi.

Not only that, in the distant city of Kunyang, the so-called "never-extinguished energy device" also came to a standstill.

The Kunyang people possess technology far superior to that of humans on the surface. They have not only completely overcome aging and death, but also mastered inexhaustible energy.

In fact, this is an energy source similar to atomic energy, but the Kunyang people thoroughly developed it into a sustainable and clean energy thousands of years ago.

The symbol of this energy is the cloud of fog that always lingers over the city, created by huge electromagnetic coil towers.

Now, the clouds have dissipated.

"This may indicate that something has happened in the city of Kunyang people during this period..."

Qin Zhibo's words seemed to have deep meaning, and at the same time he glanced at Koizumi Hongzi beside him.

After leaving Enkai last time, Koizumi Hongzi released the "Inner Breeder" that she brought out from the Temple of Tsathoggua using her own body to the Kunyang scout team that came to pursue her.

The Inner Feeder is a parasitic creature that can live inside the host's mind, amplifying its inner desire for destruction and spreading insanity.

This was to avenge the fact that the Kunyang people had hunted down Koizumi Hongzi's mother many years ago, causing Koizumi Hongzi's mother to break directly into the temple of Tsathoggua and die tragically there.

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After the group arrived at the Kunyang city, they found that everything was just as Qin Zhibo had guessed.

The once clean and tidy city has become dilapidated.

Many of the tall buildings in the city were reduced to ruins, and even those that were still standing had large holes blown out of them.

Such an attack could only come from the Kunyang people's own technology - the ray gun.

Although the riot seemed to have been over for some time, there was still a faint smell of burning and blood in the air.

Qin Zhibo and others walked and looked, and found that there was no living Kunyang people in the city.

As for the very few survivors, they should have escaped through the exit.

These survivors must have fled in a hurry.

The evidence is that they panicked and chose to use the weapons in their hands to blow up everything that blocked their way, forgetting that their bodies could be particle-ized to pass through these obstacles directly.

Qin Zhibo was not surprised by this happening.

Although the Kunyang people had advanced technology, they became depressed and extremely spiritually degenerate over the eternity of time.

They have long lost interest in science; laziness and an endless sense of emptiness have caused them to degenerate into animals that only seek sensory stimulation.

Abuse, torture, torture, cannibalism of humanoids, depraved orgies, and competitive games of brutality and violence make up much of their daily lives.

The problem that arises from this is that once the inner breeders magnify the negative desires in their hearts, the consequences will naturally become out of control.

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Qin Zhibo and others did not stay in the city for long.

The team continued to move forward, passing through the abandoned Kunyang city.

Following the direction of memory, everyone arrived at a dark and secret valley.

The deepest part of the valley is blocked by a mountain that towers over the sky.

This is literally "standing on the ground", because the top of the mountain is connected to huge stalactites hanging from the dome, making the whole mountain close to the shape of a funnel.

At the foot of the mountain is a cave that leads to the underground abyss.

The group continued to go deeper into the cave until the ground beneath their feet became flat.

A dim underground hall appeared in front of the few people, with several corridors extending in different directions from the edge of the hall.

The last time, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi met Mr. Clock here.

According to Mr. Clock's guidance, these routes lead to different places, including the lair of the Spider God, the cave of the source of the unclean, and the lair of the Wommies.

There is only one way that leads accurately to Enkai, the temple of Tsathoggua.

Qin Zhibo led the team along the passage they had walked through last time. Only the footsteps of a few people could be heard faintly in the dull air.

Speechless all the way.

At the end of the road is a cylindrical cave that extends vertically downwards. On the wall of the cave, there are vertically protruding stone pillars, which just form a downward staircase.

At the bottom of the stairs is the temple of Tsathoggua.

"Here is the destination of this trip."

"Let's take a break first..."

Chapter 1529 Portal

On the open space next to the cave, Qin Zhibo and others were making final repairs.

Although this is a closed cave with no natural light sources around, the human eye can see everything around it clearly.

It's still the same as when I left last time, nothing has changed here.

After all, this place is close to the abyss Enkai, which is a forbidden area for the Kunyang people. They would rather die than hide here.

Otherwise, if Tsathoggua, who is sleeping in the temple, is awakened, he will face a fate more terrible than death.

Shuichi Akai and Rei Furuya loaded their submachine guns with bullets.

Of course, these guns are not used against the "Invisible Sons" in the Temple of Tsathoggua.

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After a short rest, the team set out again and walked down the protruding stairs on the wall of the cave.

Qin Zhibo walked at the front of the team, followed by Koizumi Hongzi.

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo felt that the stone steps under his feet were a little loose.

He reacted immediately, exerted force on his feet, stepped suddenly to the stone steps in front, turned around to remind Koizumi Hongzi behind him.

However, because Koizumi Hongzi was following very closely, she had already stepped on it before Qin Zhibo could remind her.

click -

The root of the stone steps suddenly broke, and Koizumi Hongzi, who happened to be standing on it, also lost her balance.

"what--!"

Koizumi Hongzi screamed subconsciously and her body fell towards the darkness below the hole.

At the critical moment, Black Feather Daoyi jumped towards the bottom of the hole without hesitation.

The two figures were almost instantly swallowed up by the darkness.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo, Furiya Rei, and Akai Shuichi hurriedly quickened their pace and quickly reached the bottom along the stairs.

After 5 minutes, the two groups finally reunited.

Qin Zhibo and the other two were very surprised to see that Kuroba Toichi and Koizumi Hongzi were both safe and sound.

Because this operation was carried out lightly, Qin Zhibo knew that Heiyu Daoyi did not carry a glider device.