Conan Rick's Investigator

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Just twenty minutes ago, Qin Zhibo saw the statue of the Nameless One on the base of the temple and was inspired to decide to pretend to be the "Nameless One".

This is not the first time Qin Zhibo has pretended to be the King in Yellow. The last time was to brainwash three mental patients in Qingshan Mental Hospital.

This time, the goal is to deceive the countless Kunyang people outside the temple.

In addition to [The Robe of the Unnameable High Priest] and [Golden Chelsea], Qin Zhibo did not wear a pale mask this time, which is considered to be missing a bonus item.

But there were black stockings in Koizumi Akako's luggage. No one knew why she came down to explore, so why did she bring a pair of black stockings?

In short, Qin Zhibo can barely cosplay by putting black stockings on his head, which is at least better than showing his face.

The two most important factors that led to this cosplay were that this temple happened to be the temple of the Nameless One. With the idea that it was better to believe it existed than not, the people of Kunyang did not dare to invade rashly.

The other reason is that the Kunyang people outside are certain that two outsiders have entered. As long as the two outsiders are still there, they can only believe that this extra "person" is the unspeakable person.

So, Qin Zhibo asked Minase Yangmeng to control his bait puppet and stand with Koizumi Hongzi, while he himself pretended to be the "Nameless One".

At first, Koizumi Akako couldn't understand why there was a "Qin Zhibo", but when Qin Zhibo explained to her the dummy of Kaito Kid, she roughly understood.

When all the Kunyang people knelt down, Qin Zhibo looked down at everything below and secretly gripped the pistol in his long sleeves.

Although Qin Zhibo really wanted to blow Hassaji's head off with a Colt revolver at this moment, doing so would undoubtedly expose his identity.

He could only grip the gun tightly, raise his wrist slightly, and aim at the kneeling Hassaji and the sentries behind him.

Several bullets penetrated the Kunyang man's brain, but only produced one thought.

"Everyone kneel here."

Hassaji and several sentries trembled slightly, not out of fear, but out of excitement.

This is a true oracle!

They accepted the oracle!

Hasaji and several sentries immediately remained kneeling and conveyed this idea to other Kunyang people.

"Everyone kneel down! This is the oracle of the Nameless One!"

"Kneel down and don't move!"

"Just kneel down and don't move, and you'll be fine!"

"..."

The thought spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. In the silent spiritual communication, all the people of Kunyang understood the meaning of this sentence.

Now no one dares to move, even though this might let the outsider escape. But how can the excitement brought by the outsider be even one billionth of that brought by the Nameless One?

Seeing that the time was almost right, Qin Zhibo took a bold step forward.

The pace was neither fast nor slow, passing by the Kunyang people and opening up a reliable path.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi followed behind, and no Kunyang people dared to stand up and stop them.

……

In this way, the three of them gradually moved away from the Kunyang people and left Sato.

After leaving the Kunyang people's territory, Qin Zhibo took off his disguise, put away the bait doll, and hurried to Enkai with Koizumi Hongzi.

Sooner or later, those Kunyang people will realize what's going on and catch up with us.

But Enkai is a forbidden place for the Kunyang people. They fear the existence of Enkaili, just like they fear the nameless one, and will not chase in.

Following the 60° northeast direction indicated by the metal coin, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi avoided the ugly livestock along the way that would inform the Kunyang people and arrived at the foot of a mountain.

There is a huge crack in the mountain, and the magnetic force in the coin ultimately leads it to the darkness deep in the crack.

Gusts of cold wind blew out of the deep darkness, and it seemed to lead to a wider space.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi looked at each other, saw determination in each other's eyes, and then walked into the darkness resolutely.

Entering the crack is a long tunnel.

The environment suddenly switched from light to darkness, and the two had to rely on the light of head-mounted searchlights to move forward inside.

Compared with the tunnel from the ground to Kunyang, this journey is more difficult. Many of the ancient stone steps on the ground have been broken, so you must move forward carefully.

But fortunately, this section of the journey is much shorter, reaching the bottom in just over an hour.

Coming out of the passage, what they saw was not a dark abyss, but a world lit by red light.

Red arc-shaped light flickered continuously in the sky, illuminating this vast world.

"This is... Enkai?"

Koizumi Hongzi couldn't believe that the world in front of her was Enkai.

Qin Zhibo looked at everything, and a system prompt sounded in his field of vision.

[Congratulations on reaching the borderland between reality and dreams——Yousi]

Hissing?

Is this Yousi?

Qin Zhibo quickly took out the metal coin and found that the coin was still pointing to the northeast, which was not Enkai.

"This shouldn't be Enkai yet. We need to keep moving forward."

Qin Zhibo raised his wrist and looked at his watch. The time showed that it was already 3 o'clock in the morning.

His physical strength had been exhausted, and Koizumi Hongzi was relying entirely on her spirit to support herself. Both of them were tired and needed to find a place to rest.

But this is not Enkai, nor is it a forbidden area for the Kunyang people. We can only go deeper and find a safe place to rest.

……

This Yousi is very similar to the Kunyang mentioned above, but it is more ancient and desolate.

There is no living creature to be seen here, either in the sky or on the ground, not even an insignificant plant.

On the uncovered plains, you can occasionally see some strange animal bones lying quietly on the broken basalt piles.

The animal's cheek bones are flat and long, its upper limbs are relatively short, and it has a long, thin tail bone at the buttocks.

This is obviously not a human being, nor a Kunyang person, but more like the livestock that the Kunyang people control.

These animals are called "Gai Ai-Yousi" by the Kunyang people.

After walking a little further, a city under red light came into view.

This city is different from the Satuo of the Kunyang people. It is a city built beside a mountain, and you can see many man-made caves on the stone walls of the mountain.

This time, Qin Zhibo asked Shui Lai Yang Meng to fly over to explore the way, while he and Koizumi Hongzi sat there to rest.

It was during this waiting time that the exhausted Koizumi Hongzi leaned on Qin Zhibo's shoulder, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Qin Zhibo didn't disturb her and let her lean on him.

When Minase Yangmeng flew back, he saw Koizumi Hongzi leaning on Qin Zhibo's shoulder and immediately became jealous.

"A thieving cat! You stole something while I was away!"

"Get up quickly!"

“Get up—!”

Minase Yangmeng waved his little fists and hammered and hit Koizumi Hongzi, but his fists fell like raindrops, but their effect was less than that of raindrops, and they all went through.

But Koizumi Hongzi still felt the smell of anger in her sleep and slowly opened her eyes.

"That ghost, has it come back?"

On the way into Yousi, Qin Zhibo told Koizumi Hongzi that he had an invisible ghost helping him.

As a witch, Koizumi Hongzi can easily understand this kind of thing. It is just like the existence of a "familiar".

But she didn't expect that this familiar would have such rich emotions.

"She's back." Qin Zhibo glanced at the angry Shui Seyangmeng.

"what did she say?"

"she says……"

Minase Yangmeng floated in front of Koizumi Hongzi and made faces, "You bad woman! I warn you, stay away from uncles in the future!"

Koizumi Hongzi: "Hmm?"

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo coughed a few times and said, "Okay, Yang Meng, what's the situation over there?"

Minase Yangmeng turned around reluctantly and whispered the information to Qin Zhibo alone, even though Koizumi Hongzi couldn't hear her at all.

It turned out that the city was different from Sato, it was a completely abandoned city.

There was no living creature in any of the buildings in the city or in the caves on the cliffs.

Qin Zhibo thought about it and decided to go into the city to rest.

Considering this, firstly, there may be some unknown dangers in the Gobi Desert, especially the original creatures of those animal skeletons, which are at least not easy to be discovered if they are hidden in the city.

Second, if the Kunyang people chased after us, we would have time to react while hiding in the city.

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After walking for half an hour, the city came into view.

Passing through the wide-open city gate, there are densely packed earth-gray buildings with peculiar structures, which have a staggered beauty.

Just as Minase Yangmeng said, this place has been completely abandoned and there is no sign of life.

Although Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi were very tired, they decided to find out the origin of this place first before they could rest here with peace of mind.

Walking along the central avenue, the two came to a temple-like building in the center of the city.

This is different from the temples in Kunyang that are randomly built along the road. There is only one such building in the entire city, which is different from anywhere else.

This is a pyramid-shaped building, about ten meters high, but the door at the entrance is surprisingly low.

The low door is the same as other buildings here. All the entrances in this place are very low, and even Koizumi Hongzi has to bend down very deeply to enter.

Qin Zhibo had just passed through the [Golden Chelsea] and his height had become a giant of over two meters. He almost had to crawl to get in.

After entering the temple, the two were stunned by what they saw.

The area of this place is quite large, but the ceiling is still so low that you can't even straighten your knees when walking inside.

Everything here, including the altars, stone pillars and niches, is very low, and walking inside makes people feel like they have entered the kingdom of dwarfs.

They are like Snow White who has strayed into the place and may face the returning dwarfs at any time.

On the walls and ceiling panels, Koizumi Hongzi, who could look up more easily, saw some murals and patterns.

These realistic motifs, along with the murals, reveal the rich history of the city and its owners.

This city, and indeed the entire Yousi, was once inhabited by a race of reptiles, who could be figuratively called "snake people."

The snake people originally established a prosperous civilization on a continent, but with the end of the dinosaur era and the rise of mammals, the snake people had to move their civilization underground, which is now Youshi.

Over the next 50 million years, the Serpent People's civilization grew increasingly powerful, and this remarkable and creative race was even able to create other life forms at will.

Although the snake people have achieved unprecedented luxury and pleasure, they have never abandoned Yig, the father of all snakes, whom they have always believed in.

It wasn't until a curious snakeman explorer found the dark and lightless abyss Enkai that the end of Yousi gradually approached.

Because in that place, the toad-like god has unparalleled wisdom and power.

This caused many snake people to abandon the Father of Snakes and turn to believe in the toad-like god.

In simple terms, this world is too crazy, and the cat is the bridesmaid for the mouse.

Chapter 995 Escape

A toad-like god?

The mural depicts a huge toad monster. Qin Zhibo guessed that this should be the Toad God, Tsathoggua.

The first god worshipped by the snake people was Yig, the father of all snakes.

You should know that whether in reality or in a certain ninja comic, snakes and toads are natural enemies and sworn enemies.