Conan Rick's Investigator

The six Kunyang people who approached were shot and fell to the ground, with white smoke coming out of the bullet holes on their bodies.

But at this moment, a blue ray flying from a distance brushed past Qin Zhibo's cheek, leaving a charred mark on the stone wall behind him.

Although the shot did not hit Qin Zhibo, it made him feel the closest to death.

Qin Zhibo looked in horror in the direction where the blue ray came from. It was the captain of the Kunyang Sentinel Team, Hasaji.

He was seen holding a torch in one hand and a silver-white metal object in the shape of a pistol in the other, with the muzzle aimed at Qin Zhibo.

"That thing of yours is a 'gun', right?"

"...It seems so, but we actually have guns too, and they are more advanced than the ones you humans use."

Qin Zhibo could feel that he was not bluffing this time. The gun in his hand was indeed a major version of the gunpowder gun used by humans, and was somewhat like the laser gun in "Star Wars".

But in fact, the Kunyang people's gun is more advanced than the laser gun. It emits a ray that can disintegrate particles. It is a weapon called a "disintegration ray gun."

This ray gun was not originally invented by the Kunyang people, but was a weapon used by a race called the Ancients.

Just when Qin Zhibo was shocked that the Kunyang people had such powerful weapons, the Kunyang people who had been shot on the ground woke up again, rubbed their wounds, and stood up again.

Hassagi smiled and said, "Since we already know that people from the outside world invented the kind of gun you use, of course we have to be on guard."

Qin Zhibo looked at the bullet holes on the Kunyang people's bodies, and saw that they were wearing metal vests underneath.

hateful!

"Okay, stop struggling."

"Being able to summon the Nameless One is enough to prove to us the value of your existence."

"And the invisibility that just made us invisible, that should be a kind of magic, right?"

"You are magicians, right?"

Feeling he had the upper hand, Hassaji began to talk incessantly, his tone filled with condescending sarcasm.

"I still remember that 15 years ago in the human calendar, an outsider who called herself a witch broke into Kunyang and caused a lot of trouble for our patrol team..."

Finally, Khashoggi spoke out about that history.

Hearing this, Koizumi Akako clenched her fists angrily and shouted at Khashoggi in Spanish.

"What happened to that witch?"

"Hmm?" Hassagi was startled. "Are you interested in their fate?"

"It's not impossible to tell you, because they..."

"They are all dead."

Chapter 996 Arrival at Enkai!

"die……"

Koizumi Hongzi stood there with her eyes wide open, unable to believe her ears.

Hassaji's Indian face had a chuckle on it. "I remember there were three people: an old man, a woman, and the woman's servant."

"That old man was the first to die. He didn't pass the council's review. The natives of this land can't provide us with much useful knowledge, but they are best used as slaves."

"That woman wanted to go to Enkai. Her servant fled towards the exit alone to lure us away, but we caught him just as he was about to reach the surface. We chopped off his hands and feet and inflicted the most severe punishment."

"As for that woman, although she entered Enkai, she never came out again..."

Khashoggi's words revealed the fate of Koizumi Akako's mother, servants, and Old Gray Eagle 15 years ago.

This reminded Qin Zhibo of the corpse without hands and feet that Minase Yangmeng saw on the mound when he entered the underground tunnel. It might be the servant of Koizumi Hongzi's mother.

And then there's Koizumi Akako's mother, who actually got into Enkai.

"Okay, after all this talk, you should know that no one can get out alive after entering Kunyang, right?"

"Don't worry, as long as you return with us peacefully and teach us how to summon the Nameless One, we will not treat you unfairly."

The Kunyang people around them all returned to normal, drew their swords from their waists, and approached Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.

But at this moment, countless light green, slender shadows walked out from the stone walls of the canyon and surrounded the Kunyang sentry team.

Qin Zhibo took a closer look and found that these slender shadows were actually snake people.

A group of snake-men's shadows surrounded the Kunyang people. Hasaji and his sentinels immediately became confused and waved their swords around wildly.

But these swords seemed unable to cause any damage to the snake-man shadow, and all the attacks passed through the green shadow.

Before Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi understood what was happening, the shadow of a snake man stood in front of them.

"We are the snake people cursed by Yig. You have learned our history in the temple, right?"

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi recalled what they saw in the nameless city and nodded at the same time.

The serpent-man shadow continued, "For our betrayal of Yig, we have been cursed with a vile and eternal curse."

"Although our bodies have degenerated and perished, our souls are forever imprisoned, unable to leave this desolate place."

"So we would like you to enter Enkai and tell the Toad God Tsathoggua about our tragic plight, and ask him to lend a hand and save his miserable but devout believers."

The snake man's flat facial features, which seemed to grow on the fleshy wings of a cobra's neck, did not open his mouth, but Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi already understood what he was saying.

"Come on in! We can't hold them off for long!"

"Come on in! Enkai's entrance is over there!"

The snake man raised his finger and pointed to the darkness deep in the canyon, which was exactly the direction the metal coin pointed.

Qin Zhibo took a look at the snake-man Shadow and the Kunyang people who were still entangled with each other, and immediately realized that the snake-man now had no combat power and was just constantly scaring and disrupting the Kunyang people's vision.

"let's go!"

Qin Zhibo made up his mind and dragged away Koizumi Hongzi, who still wanted to settle accounts with the Kunyang people.

The two of them dived into the darkness and disappeared from the sight of the snake people and Kunyang people.

……

After running for a while, Koizumi Hongzi broke away from Qin Zhibo and asked, "Why did you let them go?"

"That's the best chance to kill them!"

After what Hasaji had just said, Koizumi Hongzi's hatred for the Kunyang people had become overwhelming.

She wanted to kill the Kunyang people to avenge her mother and the unknown servants of the Red Magic Clan.

But Qin Zhibo was more rational than her at this time and knew that there was no point in doing so.

"Even if we kill them now, it will only attract more people from Kunyang."

"But if we choose to escape at this time, they will think we have no other means and will let down their guard."

In his contact with Khashoggi, Qin Zhibo could feel his arrogance as a Kunyang person, and his disdain for everything about the people on the ground.

This arrogance would make him disdain to ask for help and insist on eliminating the threat from outsiders with the strength of their sentinel team.

In other words, when he came out of Enkai, there was still only one sentry team waiting outside the canyon.

As long as they can get rid of Hasaji and his sentries and find the entrance to the Tomb of Xin in the Serpent City, they can return safely.

"no!"

"I'm going back to find them! I want to avenge my mother!"

Having said that, Koizumi Hongzi was about to turn around and go back regardless of everything.

Snapped!

At this moment, a crisp slap sounded in the silent space, and Koizumi Hongzi's face immediately turned red.

This was a palm from Qin Zhibo, used to help her regain her sanity.

"Even if you fight them right now, what will happen? Will your mother be happy?"

"Don't forget, what is the purpose of your trip?"

"It is to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Red Magic Clan and obtain the legendary ultimate magic!"

Koizumi Hongzi looked up at Qin Zhibo, with a hint of red appearing on the whites of her eyes.

But she finally controlled her tear glands and did not shed a single tear.

The witch's rule is that if she cries, she will lose her magic power, no matter who she cries for.

"Calm down now?"

Qin Zhibo turned around and looked at the darkness ahead. "Then let's get on the road quickly. We still have a long way to go..."

……

The two continued walking forward and finally arrived at the foot of the cliff at the top of the mountain.

There was no flat road ahead, only a cave sloping downward, which seemed to be a road leading underground.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi entered one after another with the help of the searchlight. The slope here was steeper than the previous sections.

And below the slope that is over a thousand meters long is a dim underground hall.

There is no difference between day and night here. The glow emanating from the rock dome illuminates the place just right, just like the moonlight from the outside world.

At the edge of the underground hall, there are still several unmarked passages, or forks in the road, extending deeper into the ground.

Just when Qin Zhibo was confused about what to do next, a figure walked over from an inconspicuous position.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

The person who came was Mr. Clock.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi experienced a bumpy journey, and both their mental state and clothing can be described as dusty.

On the other hand, Mr. Clock looked the same as he did on the ground, except for his natural expressionless face, he was still full of energy.

Qin Zhibo asked, "Did you come down directly?"

Mr. Clock replied expressionlessly, "Yes, the seismic mining machine can move the target to a place several miles above or below the ground."

Qin Zhibo looked around and did not see the earthquake mining machine.

"You are underground now. Can you also control the machine above ground?"

Mr. Clock shook his head. "No."

"Then how do you go back?"

"I'll go back the same way you came here."

"Returning from Kunyang?"

"Yes, returning from Kunyang."

Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether Mr. Clock knew that Kunyang was inhabited by those decadent and xenophobic Kunyang people.

Or does Mr. Clock have any way to deal with the Kunyang people?

"All right……"

Mr. Clock turned towards the several passages at the edge of the underground hall. "We should keep moving forward. Enkai is waiting for us up ahead."

Mr. Clock took Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi into a passage in the middle, but in Qin Zhibo's eyes, this passage was no different from other passages.

"Why choose this path?" Qin Zhibo asked.

Mr. Clock, who was walking in front, stopped and looked back, explaining stiffly, "Because the other roads don't lead to Enkai, but to other places..."

"Inside this is the path to Atlach-Nakea, the Spider God."

"Inside this is the path to Abhoth, the source of the unclean."

"There's a path leading to the Wormi people's lair..."

"Whichever path you choose, none of them leads to Enkai."

"Because this is the only way to Enkai."

"Om..."

After the sound of Weng Mingyin fell, Mr. Clock walked forward on his own and entered the dark tunnel.