The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Xin's Tombs?"

The elder of the Snake Tribe stood there and thought for a moment, hissing the Snake Letter back and forth.

"It goes to a deeper world. What are you doing in the Tombs of Xin?"

Qin Zhibo touched his nose and said: "We plan to leave this place from Xin's Tombs..."

"Wait a minute!" The Snake Tribe elder suddenly became excited, "Are you talking about the Tombs of Xin group being able to leave Youxi?"

"Yeah...don't you know?" Qin Zhibo asked in surprise.

"have no idea."

The elder of the Snake Tribe shook his head like an ignorant child. This made Qin Zhibo feel for the first time that this intelligent species spanning 65 million years was a little cute.

"I see……"

The elders of the snake people stared into the void, recalling the past and some of the history of the snake people.

In the understanding of the ancient snake people, there is no concept of dreamland.

They believe that the Tombs of Xin are the same space as Youssi, but they are just deeper than Youss.

When the curse of Yig, the father of snakes, gradually came, all the snake people who believed in Tsathoggua entered the tombs of Xin.

These heretical snake-men also said that in order to appease Ige's anger, they took the initiative to enter a deeper space to accept the punishment on behalf of the entire race.

In fact, these snake people who believed in Tsathogua just escaped into the Tombs of Xin under the guidance of Tsathogua.

The curse of the Father of Snakes cannot penetrate into another world, so only the snake people who originally believed in Yig were left in Youss to bear the eternal curse.

"We were lied to!"

"We were tricked! Hiss—"

The elder of the Snake Tribe looked up to the sky and let out two roars, vomiting grievances and unwillingness like Snake Xinzi madly.

Qin Zhibo couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw this magical version of the story that "good people should be pointed at guns."

As the saying goes, if a good man is bullied, a good horse will be ridden.

And these snake people have taken advantage of both. They are deceived by their own people and ridden as livestock by outsiders.

The snake people cried sadly, and the hissing on the plains could not be silenced for a long time.

…

After a long time, the snake people gradually stopped crying and lamenting their unfair fate.

During this period, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi did not leave, and kept sitting beside them watching them cry.

Qin Zhibo was okay, but Koizumi Hongzi originally liked snakes.

In ancient Egyptian civilization, the snake was a symbol of strength and wisdom, rebirth and rebirth, and was also the guardian of the River Styx.

The ancient Egyptian pharaohs carved snake shapes on their headdresses and crowns, which also represented the supreme kingship granted by God.

Therefore, Koizumi Anko, who loves ancient Egyptian culture, also made a golden snake shape on her clothes.

But now seeing these snake people from 65 million years ago, being deceived and crying, Koizumi Anko suddenly felt unlovable.

He, Tui~

Fortunately, the two of them finally achieved results despite their bored waiting.

The elders of the Snake Tribe told Qin Zhibo the location of Xin's tombs and promised to take the two of them there in person.

The condition is that if you encounter the group of heretical snake people who believe in Tsathogua in the Tombs of Xin, you must scold them severely.

These snake people in Youxi are now in a state of souls, without bodies, and cannot lead to the space passage to Xin's Tombs.

Chatting in the air is the only way they can express their bad temper at the moment.

As for Qin Zhibo, he has become a good person in their eyes and will definitely help them.

Qin Zhibo: "Well, don't worry, I will definitely help you!"

…

Five kilometers east of the Nameless City is a ruins surrounded by several ruined walls. The entrance to the Tombs of Xin is here.

Under the gaze of the Snake Tribe with ardent hope, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi jumped into the dark entrance.

This place is different from the outside world. There is neither day nor starry night in Youxi, so the entrance to the dreamland is always open.

When the two jumped into the dark entrance, the surrounding space became blurred and quickly darkened.

When the vision became clear again, the two of them were already in a dark world.

There were ashes like snowflakes floating in the dark world, so Qin Zhibo unilaterally called it the "ash space".

In fact, this is also the dividing line between fantasy and reality. Only filthy creatures who have been severely banished by the gods will live here.

"Be careful, this place is inhabited by demons and ancient giants..."

Qin Zhibo did not easily use the space passages of Xin's Tombs at first. He wanted to find Xin's Tombs by falling into a dream, which were the two major threats in the Ashes Space.

Without the escort of ghouls, ordinary humans breaking into this place with their bodies would be like breaking into a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.

But it's different now. I just gained 30,000 general skill proficiency, and I can buy whatever I want in the store.

Qin Zhibo checked the system. The current proficiency level is 38373, which is enough to purchase the remaining two items of this week [Oathkeeper Sword] and [Bloodborne Curse].

This also indicates that the world will enter "next week" in the near future.

But now Qin Zhibo is still struggling with whether to buy [Curse of Blood]. The effect of this item is "Blood Grace", which can quickly repair heavy injuries on the body with blood, similar to a vampire.

But the side effect is that the dream is connected to the ancient gods. The more times you use "Blood Grace", the closer this connection becomes.

At present, the best way for Qin Zhibo to regain his will is to sleep. As the saying goes, "sleeping can solve a thousand worries."

But if you lose consciousness even in a dream, I'm afraid the way to regain your willpower while sleeping will be completely cut off.

This is not the "grace of blood", but the "blood bar of will."

Therefore, Qin Zhibo is not in a hurry to redeem this [Curse of Blood Origin] now.

But correspondingly, the [Oath-Keeping Sword] must be redeemed now, because whether it is to break through the current dragon pond or the tiger's den, or to rescue Sawada Hiroki next, it is a must-use item.

Qin Zhibo made a thought and exchanged the [Oath-Keeping Sword] in the props.

The proficiency figure displayed by the system was regressing rapidly, and when it stopped, it had lost 12,000 proficiency levels.

This made Qin Zhibo feel a little painful.

Looking at the new [Oath-Keeping Sword] that appeared in the system item bar, he stretched out his right hand, and a large sword slowly appeared in his hand.

This is a medieval-style broad-edged sword, slightly heavier. The cold light on the sword is sharp and the sharp sword light seems to have been baptized by ice and fire.

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

At this time, the fighting skills (kendo) acquired in previous cases will be useful.

Split, chop, stab, pick...

Just as Qin Zhibo was familiar with various kendo movements and prepared for what might happen next, Koizumi Hongzi also saw the sudden appearance of a large sword in Qin Zhibo's hand.

"Where did your sword... come from?"

Koizumi Hongzi asked in surprise, and Qin Zhibo raised a proud smile on his lips.

"You want to learn?"

"I'll teach you~"

As soon as these words came out, Koizumi Anko immediately turned her head away proudly.

"（｀へ）Hmph~ I don’t need you to teach me!"

"It's because you don't want to learn, but don't blame me for not teaching you."

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly. He had completely figured out Koizumi Hongzi's character, and he expected that as long as he provoked her like this, she would definitely not ask again.

While the two were communicating, the roars of several monsters could be heard faintly in the ashes space.

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

"They may have discovered us..."

"Follow me!"

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

Perhaps the location of the teleportation was not very good this time. As soon as he landed, there were a lot of coughing and roaring sounds coming out of the darkness around him.

In order to avoid being surrounded by a large number of demons and ghosts, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi must keep moving at all times and not allow the encirclement to form.

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

But these monsters just kept hiding in the darkness and followed their pace, and did not launch an attack immediately.

Soon, Qin Zhibo understood the thoughts of these monsters.

They want to use each other's roars to inflict fear on their prey, and at the same time slowly consume the prey's physical strength.

When your side shows fatigue and weakness, it's time for the demons to attack.

"These beasts are quite clever..."

Qin Zhibo complained, but he had nothing to do with this harassment tactic. He could only run towards the ascending passage to Xin's Tombs in his memory.

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

The last time Matsumoto Ryohei took him away, it showed that the ascending passage was located in the northwest corner of the entire ashes space, so Qin Zhibo could only head toward the northwest now.

But at this moment, Koizumi Hongzi, who had a bit of a temper, couldn't help it anymore.

She created a ball of flame with her hands and threw it in the direction of the loudest roars around her.

The flames drew a bright arc in the dark space until they fell twenty meters away, lighting up a group of running demons.

Through the light of this flame, Qin Zhibo also saw a truly complete demon ghost for the first time.

Their bodies are similar to humans, but their posture is more like a deformed ape or kangaroo, jumping forward with their long legs.

Their faces lack important features such as foreheads and noses, making them extremely ugly and repulsive.

When the fire balls rubbed by Koizumi Hongzi's hands attacked them, the yellowish eyes of these monsters immediately became bloodshot, and they whined and scattered around the flames.

The greatest weakness of these dirty creatures is sunlight.

Matsumoto Ryohei once said that as long as a little bit of sunlight touches the ghosts, they can be wiped out.

Although the light produced by the flame is not sunlight, it is also a great stimulus to the monsters and ghosts who have lived in darkness for a long time, and can slow down their pursuit.

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

This is much more convenient than a fake magician like myself who plugs in a source of magic power.

Qin Zhibo thought for a while and decided to use Koizumi Hongzi's magic.

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

"You still need to teach me this?"

Koizumi Hongzi said angrily, but she still followed Qin Zhibo's instructions and rubbed another ball of flame with both hands while running.

The flames drew an arc in the air and once again dispersed a circle of demons.

Circles of flame lit up the ashes space, and Koizumi Hongzi, a fire mage, suddenly became Gandalf.

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

Fortunately, the two of them were very close to the northwest corner of the ashes space, and the ascending passage should be nearby. However, they had no experience with ghouls and did not know the specific location.

"Do you still have magic power? Light up the front!"

Koizumi Anko didn't respond. She gathered the last of her magic power, made a medium-sized flame, and threw it forward.

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

That's it!

The two of them ran to the front of the huge stairs first. Qin Zhibo asked Koizumi Hongzi, whose physical strength was almost at the bottom, to climb up first, while he took the rear position behind.

Before the two of them could climb up the two stone steps, the demon behind them moved their filthy bodies and chased after them.

In the darkness, monsters without foreheads and noses were crawling on the stone steps, exposing their bloody mouths to the two people who were running for their lives on the steps.

Qin Zhibo stood on the steps, raised his hand and struck with a knife.

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

Even Qin Zhibo couldn't believe that this sword cut off the monster's head easily without feeling much resistance.

It is indeed a prop worth 12,000, and it is many times more powerful than a 1,000 crowbar!

This made Qin Zhibo more confident, and his hands holding the Oath-Keeping Sword became 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 to pounce on their prey.

Qin Zhibo held a big sword and took advantage of the favorable terrain on the stone steps to almost kill a child with one blow.

Before some demons could jump up the stone steps, their stomachs were cut open by a cold light in the air, and they fell heavily to the bottom, where they collided with other demons and ghosts who were climbing up.

Qin Zhibo on the stone steps was like a god of war possessing him. After a while, the corpses of demons and ghosts were piled under his feet.

But even so, these monsters still rushed over one after another.

Qin Zhibo looked around with his night vision goggles and suddenly felt something bad in his heart.

The number of these demons and ghosts far exceeds my imagination. There are hundreds of them within the visible range, and new demons and ghosts are still pouring into those dark places.

The commotion has become a bit loud...

Qin Zhibo, whose arms were already a little sore, wanted to pull away, but was entangled by the demons and ghosts that kept coming up in front of him and was unable to leave.

Once 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 above his head suddenly exploded among the pile of demon corpses in front of him.

boom!

The burning flame lights up this dark world.

Behind Qin Zhibo, a ghoul's cry-like sound also came from behind.