Conan Rick's Investigator

This is a medieval-style broadsword, slightly heavy. The cold light on the sword is cold and intimidating, and the sharp sword edge seems to have been baptized by ice and fire.

Qin Zhibo took the sword and tried to swing it left and right. It was a two-handed sword, so it was a little difficult to use with one hand.

At this time, the fighting skills acquired in the previous case came in handy.

Chop, hack, stab, pick...

Just as Qin Zhibo was familiarizing himself with various kendo moves and preparing for what might happen next, Koizumi Hongzi also saw the huge sword that suddenly appeared in Qin Zhibo's hand.

"Where did you get this sword?"

When Koizumi Hongzi asked in surprise, Qin Zhibo raised a smug smile at the corner of his mouth.

"You want to learn?"

"I'll teach you~"

As soon as these words were spoken, Koizumi Hongzi immediately turned her head away proudly.

"Hmph~ I don't need your teaching!"

"You don't want to learn, so don't blame me for not teaching you."

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly. He had completely grasped Koizumi Hongzi's character and expected that if he provoked her like this, she would definitely not ask any more questions.

Just as the two were communicating, the roars of several demons could be heard faintly in the ash space.

The two stopped and listened. The roars came from all directions and there were quite a lot of them.

"They may have discovered us..."

"Follow me!"

Qin Zhibo stopped joking and immediately took Koizumi Hongzi to a certain direction in the ash space.

Maybe the location of the teleportation was not very good this time. As soon as I landed, a lot of coughing and roaring sounds came from the surrounding darkness.

In order to avoid being surrounded by a large number of demons, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi must keep moving at all times and prevent the encirclement from forming.

While running, the roars of those monsters could be heard from time to time in the darkness no more than 20 meters around.

But these demons and ghosts just hid in the darkness and followed his steps without launching an attack immediately.

Soon, Qin Zhibo understood what these monsters were thinking.

They want to use each other's roars to scare their prey and slowly drain its energy.

When we show signs of fatigue and weakness, that's when the demons will attack.

"These beasts are quite clever..."

Qin Zhibo complained, but he was helpless against this harassment tactic. He could only run towards the ascending passage leading to Xin's tomb in his memory.

Although there are no landmarks here and the direction cannot be determined with the naked eye, Qin Zhibo's electronic map has his current location marked.

The last time Matsumoto Ryohei took him away, it showed that the ascending channel was located in the northwest corner of the entire ash space, so Qin Zhibo had no choice but to head northwest.

But at this moment, Koizumi Hongzi, who had a somewhat irritable temper, could not help it.

She rubbed her hands together to form a ball of fire and threw it in the direction where the roars were most intense.

The flame drew a bright arc in the dark space until it fell to a position twenty meters away, illuminating a group of running demons.

With the help of the light of this flame, Qin Zhibo also saw the real complete form of the demon for the first time.

Their bodies are similar to those of humans, but their posture is more like that of a deformed ape or kangaroo, and they move forward by jumping on their long legs.

The lack of important facial features such as forehead and nose makes them look extremely ugly and hateful.

When the fireball rubbed by Koizumi Hongzi's hands attacked them, the yellowish eyes of these demons immediately became bloodshot, and they howled and scattered around the flames.

The biggest weakness of these filthy creatures is sunlight.

Ryohei Matsumoto once said that just a little bit of sunlight can turn demons and ghosts into ashes.

Although the light produced by the flames is not sunlight, it is a great stimulation to the demons and ghosts that have lived in darkness for a long time, and can slow down their pursuit speed.

But what surprised Qin Zhibo was that Koizumi Hongzi could also use magic in the dreamland.

This is much more convenient than being a fake magician like myself who has an external magic source.

Qin Zhibo thought about it and decided to use Koizumi Hongzi's magic.

"Hongzi, from now on, you throw flames around. As long as we reach the ascending passage that leads out of here, we'll be safe!"

"You still need to teach me this?"

Koizumi Hongzi said this in a bad mood, but still did as Qin Zhibo said. She ran while rubbing a ball of fire with her hands.

The flame drew an arc in the air, driving away another circle of demons.

Circles of flames lit up the ashes space, and Koizumi Hongzi, a fire mage, was turned into Gandalf.

But gradually, Koizumi Hongzi's magic power gradually decreased, and the flame became smaller and smaller.

Fortunately, the two were very close to the northwest corner of the Ash Space, and the ascending passage should be nearby, but they had no experience with zombies and did not know its exact location.

"Do you have any more magic power? Light up the way ahead!"

Koizumi Hongzi did not respond. She gathered the last of her magic power, rubbed a flame of medium size, and threw it forward.

In the area illuminated by the flames, Qin Zhibo saw a huge staircase leading up the stone wall.

That's it!

The two of them ran to the front of the huge stairs first. Qin Zhibo let Koizumi Hongzi, who was almost out of energy, climb up first, while he followed behind.

Before the two men climbed up two stone steps, the demon behind them moved its filthy body and caught up with them.

In the darkness, monsters without foreheads and noses were crawling on the stone steps, baring their bloody mouths at the two people who were fleeing on the steps.

Qin Zhibo stood on the steps and raised his hand to strike with a knife.

A sharp cold light passed across the demon's neck, and its body paused. The ugly head rolled to the ground and then rolled down the stone steps.

Even Qin Zhibo couldn't believe it with this knife. He didn't feel much resistance and easily cut off the demon's head.

It is indeed a prop worth 12000, and its power is many times stronger than a 1000 crowbar!

This gave Qin Zhibo more confidence, and his hands holding the Oath-Keeping Sword became even stronger.

As for the demon ghosts, although the first demon ghost that rushed up died instantly, it did not prevent the remaining demon ghosts from rushing up and pouncing on their prey.

Qin Zhibo held a big sword in his hand and took advantage of the advantageous terrain on the stone steps, killing almost every kid with one sword.

Some demons and ghosts had their bellies pierced by a cold light in mid-air before they could even jump onto the stone steps. They fell heavily to the ground and collided with other demons and ghosts that were climbing up.

Qin Zhibo, standing on the stone steps, was like a war god possessed. Soon, the ground beneath his feet was filled with the corpses of demons and ghosts.

But even so, these demons and ghosts still rushed forward one after another.

Qin Zhibo looked around with his night vision goggles and immediately felt something was wrong.

The number of these monsters and ghosts far exceeded his imagination. There were hundreds of them in the visible range alone, and new monsters and ghosts were still pouring into those dark places.

The noise was getting a bit loud...

Qin Zhibo, whose arms were already a little sore, wanted to withdraw, but he was entangled by the demons and ghosts that kept surging in front of him and could not leave.

If you leave at this time, you will expose your back to the demons.

Just as Qin Zhibo was thinking about how to escape, a flame suddenly exploded above his head among the pile of demon corpses in front of him.

boom!

The blazing flames light up this dark world.

And behind Qin Zhibo, a sound similar to crying of the zombie was also heard.

Chapter 1002 Qin Zhibo: “???”

The flames burned rapidly on the bodies of the demons, forming a wall of fire between the group of demons and Qin Zhibo.

Intimidated by the light and heat, the demon dared not move forward, and its bloodshot eyes could only look at Qin Zhibo with hatred through the flames.

At this time, a large group of zombies also arrived.

Because they have to pass through the Ash Space to reach the waking world all year round, ghouls, demons, giants and other underground creatures are in a state of opposition.

As the saying goes, enemies become particularly jealous of each other when they meet. Dozens of zombies rushed down the stairs one after another, and immediately roared at the demons across the flames.

Although the demons and ghosts had the advantage in numbers, they were blocked by the wall of fire, and Qin Zhibo, who had been possessed by the God of War, had killed dozens of them. Their momentum was greatly reduced, and soon they retreated like a tide and disappeared into the endless darkness.

Qin Zhibo looked back at the group of zombies behind him, and a familiar person walked out.

"Mr. Qin, we meet again."

The person who came was Matsumoto Ryohei.

Compared to the last time we met, he now looks more like a zombie, with a particularly prominent mouth, and looks more and more like a "dog".

Seeing Matsumoto Ryohei, Qin Zhibo asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Matsumoto Ryohei turned around and pointed to the high stairs behind him. "That lady found us and said you were in trouble underground..."

Qin Zhibo looked in the direction of his finger and saw Koizumi Hongzi standing there.

It turned out that after Koizumi Hongzi climbed up, she quickly found the zombies living in the Xin tomb group.

These zombies then brought the people to Matsumoto Ryohei. After hearing the whole story, Matsumoto Ryohei rushed over with a large number of zombies to provide support.

"Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go up quickly."

"Gu-gu-ling!"

Matsumoto Ryohei said something to Qin Zhibo, and then called out to the zombies. The zombies turned around and returned in unison like a well-disciplined army.

……

Under the gray-green sky, zombies crawled out of the holes in the plains.

Two of the discordant figures are Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.

The two followed dozens of zombies and returned to the zombie camp.

It's called a camp, but it's actually a large cemetery made up of tombstones stolen by zombies from all over the world.

This is an ancient custom of traditional ghouls. If you pack up and take away the body from the grave, you must bring back the body's tombstone and erect it on the Xin's tomb.

Ghouls do not produce tombstones, they are just tombstone carriers.

Now, countless tombstones stand on this plain, which is enough to show how many corpses the ghouls, as nature's decomposers, have digested.

In the zombie camp, the exhausted Qin Zhibo first suggested taking a good rest.

In a world of eternal daylight, he had gradually lost the concept of time and only knew that his body was very tired.

The Oath-Keeping Sword's ability to slash through evil demons is indeed powerful, but even in the dreamland, the consumption of physical strength is enormous.

In addition, the loss of willpower caused by meeting Tsathoggua and witnessing the various secrets in the Temple of Enkai has never been replenished.

Qin Zhibo put forward his request, and soon Matsumoto Ryohei arranged a relatively clean cave for the two of them.

If you ignore the small pile of leftover bones at the entrance of the cave and the fishy smell it emits, this is already the most ideal living environment in the past few days.

Koizumi Anko sniffed her arm, not quite satisfied with her cleanliness, so she asked Matsumoto Ryohei, "...Excuse me, is there a place to take a shower here?"

Matsumoto Ryohei gave an apologetic smile, "If you want to take a shower here, it's best to wait for a rainy day..."

"If you want to take a bath on a non-rainy day, there's a reservoir underground here. It's the ghouls' public bath."

When she heard that she had to bathe in the same pool with zombies, Koizumi Hongzi was so scared that she shook her head.

Qin Zhibo himself is a rough man, so it doesn't matter whether he takes a shower or not. What he wants to do most now is to sleep.

He chose a bed, which was actually a spacious coffin board with some soft dry straw on it.

Not long after, Qin Zhibo fell asleep lying on the coffin.

In his sleep, he once again came to the long staircase leading to the dreamland.

Looking at the familiar stairs in front of him, Qin Zhibo was a little surprised. Could it be that someone who has already entered the dreamland can enter the dream again?

Double dream? Dream within a dream?