Conan's grammatical investigator

too thin, don't...

Qin Zhibo glanced at the comatose Hondo Yingyou. He really had thin arms and legs, and there wasn't much flesh on his body.

If he could mutate into a ghoul, he would really be a "little dog".

If human civilization goes back to primitive times, such a figure means that the ability to survive is very poor, and it will not survive a severe winter.

Since you don't want it, I'll bring it myself.

Qin Zhibo made a joke in his heart, and still carried Hondo Eiyu on his back and tied it with a rope.

Two barley-bodied men in underpants, with their backs sticking to their stomachs, are indeed "man plus man".

Although this look is strange, but fortunately, they are all "ghosts" here, which can reduce some shame.

"Let's go, let's go."

……

Including Ryohei Matsumoto, the ghoul group dispatched a total of three ghouls to escort the two back to the waking world.

Two of the ghouls need to carry a long wooden tombstone together.

Ryohei Matsumoto said that this is the key prop for leaving this world.

And Qin Zhibo himself needs to carry Hondo Yingyou on his back, and also carry the packed clothes of the two of them.

It's fine in the dreamland, if you go back to the world over there and don't wear clothes, you will definitely die.

In order to make the clothes look less awkward in his hand, Qin Zhibo rolled the bag in the soil a few times to make it look like the first-class food just dug out of the grave.

After all the equipment was finished, Qin Zhibo followed Ryohei Matsumoto and two other ghouls carrying the tombstone to a dark cave near the ghoul camp.

Entering the burrow, one second was still a glimmering plain, and the next second it suddenly transformed into a dim, lightless world.

The team stood among a huge group of steles, each monolith was about 6 meters high and shaped like an irregular column.

"This is the cemetery of the Gug giants, and ghouls often come here for food."

Qin Zhibo scanned the surroundings, and found that the range of visibility here was much larger than when he first came in.

At a distance of more than ten meters, he vaguely saw a huge humanoid figure resting and dozing against the monolithic tombstone.

Ryohei Matsumoto also looked in the direction of Qin Zhibo's line of sight, and said in a low voice, "That's the Guge giant, and it's on guard."

"But it's not ghouls that it's wary of, but ghosts."

It was only then that Qin Zhibo remembered that Ryohei Matsumoto had introduced before that ghosts and Guge giants lived together in the "Abyss" here.

Since these two races are low-intelligence and tyrannical races, there is no peaceful coexistence, and conflicts often break out.

In this space, ghouls are occasionally attacked by some vengeful ghosts.

In contrast, the Gug giants are somewhat afraid of ghouls, and even find that there are ghouls enjoying a feast in their tombs, and the Gug giants will run away in fright.

To make an appropriate analogy, ghouls appear in the dungeon of the Guge giants, just like Jerry the mouse in "Tom and Jerry" appears in front of the black-skinned heroine.

Of course, this also means that the Gug giants do not need to be afraid of ghouls in essence.

……

Passing through the lackluster monolithic tombs is the stone dungeon built by the Gug giants.

As a city where giants live, it is needless to say how majestic this place is. Just one passage in the city is more than 10 meters high.

The entire city is made up of some huge circular towers, the tops of which tower endlessly into the gray air.

And what the group of people and the ghouls are going to is the tallest of these towers, Casta.

Entering the majestic city of the Gug giants, the team should not move too fast, and try to keep a low profile.

Ghouls have come to the city in groups to steal corpses more than once, which has caused the Gug giants not to back down blindly, and sometimes to drive off the invaders.

But even with that added risk, ghouls make a regular visit here.

Because taking the body of a gug giant from here is worth a year's worth of digging in a human cemetery.

After walking through the city for about half an hour, the team gradually approached the tallest tower in the center.

Contrary to Qin Zhibo's imagination, there were no Guge giants on the streets of the dungeon, and even after walking for such a long time, no one was found, except for the sentinel in the tomb.

But just as he was about to enter Casta at the corner, Ryohei Matsumoto, who was walking in front, made a gesture to stop the people and ghouls behind.

At the entrance of Casta sits a giant Gug, who also seems to be a sentinel.

But this Gug giant is more conscientious and keeps its eyes open.

Until now, Qin Zhibo could clearly see the full appearance of the Guge giant.

Although this monster is known as a "giant", its body is more like that of an orangutan, and its 6-meter-long body is covered with black soft fur.

Its arms split and grow two arms from the elbow joint, and the ends of the arms are the claws that are indispensable for a beast.

The two soles standing on the ground were nearly 1 meter high, and each toe was also covered with terrifying claws.

The weirdest thing about it is the abominable alien head.

The giant mouth on the head is vertical, the span of the mouth is close to 180°, the eyes are on both sides of the mouth, and there is a black pupil in the scarlet eyeball.

Seeing this shape, Qin Zhibo's heart trembled a little, especially when his eyes fell on that head.

This is the ugliest and disgusting head he has ever seen. Compared to the dog head of a ghoul, the ghoul is ten thousand times more beautiful.

Qin Zhibo: Will -10
Qin Zhibo didn't want to read more, so he asked Matsumoto Ryohei how to pass.

This Guge giant didn't take a nap, and it was obviously not easy for several people to sneak in.

Ryohei Matsumoto shook his head, saying that there was no good way, but to pass in front of it in an open and honest manner.

Generally speaking, Gug giants will not pursue too much when encountering a small number of ghouls.

"I'll go first."

Ryohei Matsumoto took the lead, took Qin Zhibo's luggage, and ran towards the giant guge at the entrance.

Although ghouls may be like mice in the consciousness of the gug giants, it is obvious that ghouls are not as small as mice.

The Guge giant found Matsumoto Ryohei running towards him within a few seconds, and his scarlet gaze was fixed on him.

However, it didn't take any action, it just watched Matsumoto Ryohei run past him, the expression on his face seemed to be dull and numb.

Seeing that Ryohei Matsumoto disappeared behind the stone wall unharmed, two ghouls carrying long tombstones also set off.

This time, two ghouls appeared in one breath, carrying a strange tombstone, passing in front of the Guge giant.

But the Gug giant still didn't react much, just sat and watched the ghoul leave, just like a pedestrian walking on the road seeing a ground mouse scurrying from one bush to another, so dazed and indifferent.

Let me ask, who has nothing to do to chase the ground mice on the side of the road?

The first two groups passed smoothly, which gave Qin Zhibo more confidence.

He took a few breaths heavily, mustered up the courage in his heart, and took firm steps towards the entrance of the tower.

When Qin Zhibo appeared with Hondo Yingyou on his back, the giant Guge's gaze immediately focused on the two of them again.

Scarlet's gaze remained inseparable for a moment, and it seemed that it was really carrying out the mission of the sentry.

Qin Zhibo's gait and posture are not human's chest up and head up, but hunched over, with a big stride jogging posture as if he might fall at any time, trying his best to imitate the appearance of a ghoul.

But even so, Qin Zhibo was still very guilty.

He stared closely at the ground, not daring to raise his head to face the eyes of the Gug giant. Beads of sweat secreted from his forehead, falling on the stone ground at intervals.

Fortunately, Qin Zhibo passed beside the body of the Guge giant without any risk, and entered the gloomy tower.

But when Qin Zhibo climbed up the tall steps dedicated to the Guge giant with Hondo Eiyu on his back, and met Matsumoto and the ghoul, the Guge giant at the entrance suddenly stood up.

It opened its mouth vertically through the skull, revealing the scorched teeth inside, and the flesh on its face made a distorted expression.

"Not good! It found it!"

"Come on!"

Matsumoto Ryohei was the first to notice something was wrong and yelled.

Qin Zhibo and the ghoul responded immediately, and continued to climb up the steps.

After a while, the roaring roar that Qin Zhibo expected did not appear, but was replaced by the reverberation of wooden sticks hitting the tower.

An empty voice sounded in the middle of the silent city, and soon there were other similar voices.

The sound of countless wooden sticks knocking shocked Qin Zhibo's heart. There are many more Guge giants in this city than he imagined!

"The Gug giants were punished by the gods and could not make sounds, but they could communicate through expressions and trigger sounds."

"It's summoning companions now!"

Ryohei Matsumoto explained the current situation to Qin Zhibo while dragging him up the steps.

Obviously, if they were caught up by the Guge giants, they would not end well as humans.

Even the two ghouls may be worried about harming the fish in the pond, and they no longer count on the fear that the Gug giants have for ghouls, so they crawled quickly while carrying the tombstone.

Qin Zhibo thought that his physical strength was not bad among human beings, but in front of the vigorous and seemingly indefatigable ghouls, it was not enough at all.

Soon, the two ghouls were climbing out of sight above.

Qin Zhibo struggled to climb up with Hondo Eisuke on his back, and Matsumoto Ryohei was on the steps to support him, so the speed was a little faster.

The situation at this time is the same as the plot in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk".

The slight difference is that Jack is climbing down the vines to avoid the pursuit of the giants, while they are climbing up.

The giant below seemed to have finished playing the "Assembly", and stopped making the sound of clubs hitting stones, and the dungeon fell into silence again.

But in fact, those giants chasing without sound is a thousand times more terrifying than chasing with sound.

Because they don't know that at a certain moment, they will suddenly appear from the darkness frighteningly.

Matsumoto Ryohei also noticed the seriousness of the situation, and suggested: "If it doesn't work, you can throw him away."

Qin Zhibo understood that the "he" Matsumoto Ryohei said referred to Hondo Eisuke.

Although Hondo Yingyou's weight is relatively light, it is not a small burden, even a burden, on Qin Zhibo's back.

But Qin Zhibo shook his head firmly and did not accept this suggestion.

……

During the lengthy climbing process, Qin Zhibo couldn't remember how many steps he climbed.

His body has been exhausted for a long time, and he is constantly climbing up with the instinct of survival.

And the darkness behind him has been in a state of silence, neither the sound of heavy footsteps nor the sound of intensive breathing can be heard.

But it would be a big mistake to think that those Guge giants didn't catch up, so they relaxed their vigilance and sat down to rest.

They are like hunters in the dark. Most of the time on weekdays they are either sleeping or fighting with a small number of ghosts.

But once they gather on a large scale, it is not so easy to let go.

Qin Zhibo's heart was heavy, and his body was even heavier. He could only squeeze out the power from every muscle in his body, and climbed towards the top of his head.

In the process of climbing, Qin Zhibo's body inevitably rubbed against the rough stone surface.

The friction makes the skin more and more sensitive, and each contact sends a tingling pain to the brain through the nerves.

But fortunately, his brain is no longer able to think about these things.

Now he has only one thing on his mind, which is to climb up.

Finally, the pitch-black darkness that stretched out into the distance came to an end.

The upward steps are gone, replaced by a platform.

There is a large stone trap door above the end of the platform.

Inside this door is the space passage to leave the dreamland. At this moment, the trap door has been pushed open by the tombstone brought by the ghoul.

The ghoul was gone, apparently having fled in.

"Come here!"

"Come on!"

Matsumoto Ryohei has climbed onto the trapdoor following the tombstone, and waved to Qin Zhibo below.

Qin Zhibo ran to the bottom of the trap door step by step, every step seemed to fall, but he persisted.

He untied the straps on his body, lifted Hondo Eisuke, and put it on top of his head.

Ryohei Matsumoto wanted to say something, but he still didn't open his mouth, and dragged Eisuke Hondo up like bacon.

Just when Matsumoto Ryohei turned his head and continued to meet Qin Zhibo, a bloody mouth suddenly rushed out from the darkness behind him.

The huge vertical mouth was like a hungry shark, and it rammed straight towards Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo seized the last opportunity to take off, and grabbed Matsumoto Ryohei's hands with both hands, but the whole person disappeared into the darkness inside the trapdoor with a whoosh.

The giant Guge took a big bite, and the expression on his face became even more distorted, but he couldn't make a sound, so he could only angrily smash open the tombstone on the top door.

Bang!
The trapdoor fell.

……

In the dark space, Qin Zhibo felt his body moving.

Pieces of blurry scenes shuttle around, among which there seems to be a port city, a magical forest, and a secret place on the plateau...

Countless scenes passed by quickly, disappeared like tears, and finally converged into infinite light.

The light made Qin Zhibo dizzy, and he passed out after a moment of inattention.

When he woke up again, he found himself lying between the damp soil and the threshold of the cellar, surrounded by rotting tombstones.