The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

[Reading completed, total loss of 4 will points]

[Acquire 400 points of mysterious mythological knowledge and skill proficiency]

[Congratulations on completing the hidden mission and unlocking the challenging main mission]

[Main Mission: A Night in the Cemetery]

[Task requirements: Go to the designated location alone and survive until dawn the next day, time limit is 72 hours]

[Task reward: 5000 general skill proficiency, number of draws +2, 500 weird mythological knowledge and skill proficiency]

[Mission countdown begins]

【72:00:00】

【71:59:59】

Seeing this mission description, Qin Zhibo had a bad feeling in his heart.

This is the first time Qin Zhibo has heard this statement about a main challenge mission.

Since it is a challenge main mission, the biggest difference between it and the main mission is that there is a time limit.

On the plus side, having a time limit means that at most the task will time out and fail, and there will be no situation where a main task cannot be completed and subsequent tasks are blocked.

On the downside, the time limit means the tasks become more difficult.

As for the mission location

Qin Zhibo opened the electronic map of the navigator, and as expected, a red coordinate that had not been there before lit up on the huge map.

The red coordinates are about 70 kilometers away from Qin Zhibo's current location. Strictly speaking, it is not very far, but it is also far beyond the scope of Mihua City.

And what worries Qin Zhibo the most is that there are two words in the task description given by the system.

One is "graveyard" and the other is "survival".

cemetery.

Obviously, the location designated for the challenge mission is a cemetery.

Survive.

It shows that staying here for a night may encounter some kind of threat, even to the level of survival.

“Stay overnight in a cemetery and still survive.”

"I have to think about this."

Qin Zhibo began to pace back and forth in the office, thinking about whether he should choose to accept this task.

It's nothing to live in a cemetery for a night. Qin Zhibo, who has an iron will, doesn't have any psychological pressure.

But what does this survival mean?

Is it simply survival in the wild, or are there other "dirty things" involved?

After experiencing the main mission in the art museum last time, Qin Zhibo understood one thing.

There may or may not be some supernatural beings in this world.

They are rarely seen, they are isolated, they are otherworldly.

In normal human perception, they should only be a page of sketches in a fantasy work, or an unknown painting by an unknown artist, or a misty legend passed down orally by the older generation.

They shouldn't exist.

But they do exist.

Perhaps as a famous saying goes, human beings live on an island called "ignorance", surrounded by a black ocean full of unknowns.

But do I want to set sail this time and face the "unknown" for a while?

Qin Zhibo: Huh? Whose famous saying is this? How would I know?

After a rational analysis with his brain, Qin Zhibo felt that the 72-hour mission time was still relatively generous.

Although he had to spend one night in the cemetery, he still had two days and one night to prepare in advance.

Even if you feel like things are not going well after you get to the place, you should be able to opt out.

So, just do it!

When he woke up in the morning, Qin Zhibo quickly put a sign on the office that it was temporarily closed and went out to prepare various supplies.

The mission location shown on the navigator is an uninhabited mountain, so at least you need to buy various wilderness survival supplies first.

Tents, camping lights, compressed food, flashlights, kettles.

After purchasing the outdoor survival supplies, all that’s left are the “survival supplies”.

Qin Zhibo needs some suitable weapons.

At present, all Qin Zhibo can prepare in advance is physical exorcism.

In physical exorcism, Qin Zhibo was pretty good at Krav Maga, Kendo, and firearms.

There is no need to prepare anything for Krav Maga, just bring your hands and feet.

Kendo requires a sword, and firearms requires a gun.

Unfortunately, both of these are strictly controlled weapons in Japan. If you want to possess them, you need to register them at the police station and specify their specific uses.

You can carry a bamboo knife casually, but this thing has no lethality at all.

If you encounter someone with good physique, it's almost like scratching an itch.

So after careful consideration, Qin Zhibo chose the crowbar that worked very well in the library last time.

For some reason, since he used a crowbar last time, Qin Zhibo felt that this black, hard, long guy with a curve in the front was tailor-made for him.

And more importantly, it’s not illegal to bring a crowbar!

With all the supplies ready, Qin Zhibo got on the bus to the suburbs 70 kilometers away.

Sitting next to the car window, Qin Zhibo looked up at the sky and found that the sky was covered with clouds, and it looked like rain would fall soon.

This is not a good thing for Qin Zhibo.

Because Qin is taking the last bus today, he will have to wait at least tomorrow if he wants to go back.

In other words, even if you don't go to the mission location to do the mission today, you still have to spend the night outside.

Judging from the navigator, the area near the mission location is an out-of-the-way place.

It seems like the beginning of hell?

As the bus drove, batches of passengers got off the bus.

When Qin Zhibo got off the bus, it happened to be the terminus of the entire bus line, and Qin Zhibo was the only passenger on the bus.

Qin Zhibo picked up the crowbar standing at his feet and was about to walk out of the opened car door when the driver behind him spoke.

"Do I need to wait for you to come back?"

"What?" Qin Zhibo was a little confused.

The middle-aged driver on the seat turned around and explained: "According to the rules, I have to wait here for ten minutes before setting off again."

"But today, including you, there are only three passengers sitting at this terminal."

"The other two passengers have already said they won't leave today, so as long as you don't leave either, I won't have to wait any longer."

After the driver finished speaking, Qin Zhibo finally understood.

The driver was trying to save trouble and wanted to drive away directly from the terminal.

However, the driver's words did provide some information to Qin Zhibo. Since someone came and didn't leave on the same day, it meant that...

"Is there any village near here?"

"No."

The driver's two decisive words completely shattered Qin Zhibo's hope.

"There is no village and there is still a terminal here?"

"It doesn't happen now." The driver took off his hat and fanned his face, "There used to be."

"About ten years ago, there was a small village in this mountain."

"Later, people in the village contracted an infectious disease and almost all of them died, so there was no one left."

"It's really strange. Normally, no one comes to this terminal. Today, including you, there are three."

"The other two are a little girl and a little boy."

"Is it possible that there is a villa in this deep mountain?"

The social skill (eloquence) was activated, and the driver said something unrelated to Qin Zhibo's question.

Thanks to Dark[Rider] for the tip!