Conan's grammatical investigator

A toad-like god?

The mural depicts a huge toad monster. Qin Zhibo guessed that this should be the god of toads, Satogua.

And the god that the snake people first worshiped was Yige, the father of all snakes.

You must know that snakes and toads are natural enemies and feuds, whether in reality or in a ninja comic.

The actions of these snake people are no different from being two or five youngsters who have been raped by snakes.

So Yig, the father of all snakes, punished and cursed the snake people, and the snake people of Yoth began to degenerate.

The murals, in a format similar to the famous diagram of human evolution, demonstrate the gradual degeneration of the snake people.

The snake man's limbs degenerated step by step, from standing upright on two feet to walking on four legs, and finally turned into a somewhat familiar monster.

Qin Zhibo took a look, isn't this the livestock raised by the Kunyang people, Gai Ai Yousi?
Those degenerated snake people lost most of their intelligence and language ability, and their limbs gradually degenerated. They were captured by the Kunyang people and became livestock.

Not all snake people are degenerate, though.

There are also some snake people who escaped the curse under the protection of Tsatogua, but the greatly weakened race has made it impossible for them to live in Yoth.

So they entered a green world through an underground entrance in Yoth.

The murals depict the appearance of that world in the way of color painting. The sky there is different from the light blue of Kunyang and the red of Yosi, but a piece of green.

There is also a plain under the green, but there are many tombstones on the plain.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhibo immediately thought of Xin's Tombs, the lair of ghouls in the dreamland.

The content on the mural shows that there is also a passage leading to the dreamland in Yoth.

Or Kunyang, Yoth, Space of Ashes, Tombs of Xin, these places are respectively the waking world, the underground of the dreamland, and also the zone between reality and dreamland.

And Abyss Enkai is likely to be the boundary line between the waking world and the dreamland.

……

After reading the history of the Snakeman, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi confirmed that there was no danger here, and their tension was finally relieved.

The two found a slightly cleaner place in the temple, spread out heat-insulating mats, and fell asleep on the ground.

Although they have sleeping bags, this place is not absolutely safe. Lying in sleeping bags will limit the reaction speed in a crisis situation.

In his sleep, Qin Zhibo refused to enter the dreamland, just wanting to get the best rest.

When he woke up again, the distortion of his body had completely returned to normal.

He checked the time on his watch, and it was already 12 noon in the outside world, and the two of them slept for a full eight hours at a stretch!

Although Qin Zhibo felt that the exhaustion in his body had not completely subsided, he could no longer rest.

Although those Kunyang people dare not go to Enkai, this is not Enkai, but Yosi.

Judging from the fact that the Kunyang people captured the degenerated snake people in Yoth, they did not shy away from entering Yoth.

Once they found that no one left Kunyang through the exit, they would definitely send people into Yoth to search.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the stone ground two meters away, and Koizumi Hongzi was still sleeping curled up with his head facing the stone wall on the other side.

"Hongzi, it's time to wake up and leave."

"Meals can only be eaten on the road, we can no longer wait..."

While Qin Zhibo was packing the insulation pad and equipment, he called Koizumi Hongzi to get up.

But when everything was packed, Koizumi Hongzi was still curled up in the same place, motionless.

In the dim environment, Koizumi Hongzi's figure was lying silently on the stone ground two meters away. Qin Zhibo felt that her lying posture was a bit like a long coiled snake.

Qin Zhibo's heart trembled, and he took out the nuclear lighter. Under the light of the fire, everything seemed to be normal again.

"We should go..."

Probing words sounded in the dim space, but Koizumi Hongzi still didn't respond.

This gave Qin Zhibo a bad premonition.

He cautiously came to Koizumi Hongzi's side on his stomach, and as soon as his hand touched her shoulder, he immediately felt the temperature of a dead person.

drink!
Qin Zhibo was startled, if he didn't see the investigation point, he really thought she was dead.

Without further ado, he hurriedly pushed and pushed to wake him up.

"Wake up!"

Qin Zhibo shook Koizumi Hongzi vigorously, and that soft and boneless body turned around with a push.

This turn doesn't matter, Qin Zhibo was immediately taken aback by the scene in front of him.

Koizumi Hongzi's face turned into that of a snake man!
The flat facial features are covered with snakeskin-like patterns, and the two nostrils with only round holes are breathing weakly.

Qin Zhibo: Will -5
Qin Zhibo was taken aback by this sudden change, even more so than when Xu Xian found out that the white lady was a snake.

But after all, he has a will of iron and steel, and his courage is different from ordinary people. He didn't scream out of fright, but quickly woke up Koizumi Hongzi.

"Ok?"

"What happened?"

Koizumi Hongzi who was awakened by the shaking got up sleepily, and the snake-like face quickly faded away, replaced by that beautiful face.

"Hongzi, don't you...be transformed from a snake? Or do you have the bloodline of a snake girl in your ancestors?"

Koizumi Hongzi had strange eyes, and asked in confusion, "What are you talking about? What kind of snake?"

"That's the case, just now you..."

Qin Zhibo told Koizumi Hongzi exactly what he saw just now.

"really?"

"But I didn't feel anything, did I?"

Seeing Koizumi Hongzi's confused expression, it was obvious that this matter had nothing to do with her personal consciousness and bloodline.

Then there is only one possibility left, that is, there is something weird about this place.

The spacious altar, the thick stone pillars, and the dark alcove seemed to be alive at this moment, and there was a faint "hissing" sound.

hiss--

hiss--

The hearts of the two tightened, and they looked around but couldn't see any living things. Fear and uneasiness spread in this short and wide space.

"Let's get out of here, immediately! Immediately!"

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi didn't dare to stay any longer, quickly took their luggage, left the Snakeman's sacrificial temple, and continued towards Enkai.

……

Leaving the nameless city of the snake people, the two continued to head northeast.

Although he came to Yoth from Kunyang, the direction guided by the metal coin has not changed.

Qin Zhibo took out some compressed biscuits from his backpack, and Koizumi Hongzi and Koizumi Hongzi headed northeast while nibbling on the hard biscuits.

Along the way, there were still no animals or plants to be seen on the barren plain, and the land shrouded in red light seemed to have been cursed by the father of all snakes.

From noon to 6 pm outside time, the two finally reached the end of the plain.

The short mountain at the end of the plain is still a fissure, and there is a passage leading directly to the depths in the fissure.

The metal coin pointed to the dark place deep in the crack.

Qin Zhibo put the searchlight on his head and entered it first.

Inside is a deep, lightless canyon. Walking in it seems to have entered another world beyond Kunyang and Yousi.

As he walked, Qin Zhibo smelled a pungent ore smell.

"Sulfur ore?"

Qin Zhibo squatted on the ground, identifying a pile of crushed ore beside the road. The surface of these ore had traces of artificial mining, although the traces had been very long ago.

At this moment, Koizumi Hongzi who was walking behind seemed to hear something, her ears quivered, and she turned her head to stare at the darkness behind.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Zhibo noticed Koizumi Hongzi's reaction and asked back.

Koizumi Hongzi murmured, "There seems to be a voice behind..."

"sound?"

Qin Zhibo immediately lay down on the ground, pressed his ears to the ground, and listened.

Unrhythmic mixed sounds spread into the ears along the vibration of the ground. Such a large-scale and purposeful sound can only be made by the Kunyang people and their four-legged livestock in this quiet and desolate Yoss.

"They're here!"

"Who?"

"Kunyang people!"

Qin Zhibo hurriedly dragged Koizumi Hongzi into the canyon.

The Kunyang people behind were even faster in terms of speed, and their voices became tighter and tighter. After a while, their melodious and sonorous voices could already be heard in the ears.

"Outsiders, stop running!"

"There is a dead end ahead, come back with us, the council is ready to accept you!"

Kunyang's Spanish came from behind, Koizumi Hongzi repeated to Qin Zhibo while running, but Qin Zhibo sneered sarcastically.

A race that cares so much about happiness and the stimulation of life, actually keeps the outsiders who are its prey from running away.

This further shows that there is something in the canyon that makes them afraid.

And even now they are still telling such indecent lies, this race is indeed degenerate.

"Don't worry about him, keep running!"

The two ran to a slightly spacious open space, but were still chased by the sentry team of the Kunyang people.

Seeing that something was going wrong, Qin Zhibo immediately turned around and hugged Koizumi Hongzi by the waist, and the magic ring in his hand immediately came into play, allowing the two of them to enter a state of invisibility.

The sentry team of the Kunyang people also came to the open space at this time, and Hasaji, the leader, rode on a Gaai-Yos, looked around, but found no one.

"The sound is gone here?"

"It should still be around here, look carefully!"

Hasaji ordered his men to spread out, while he rode on a four-legged animal, holding a blue torch in his hand, guarding the only exit.

Qin Zhibo hugged Koizumi Hongzi tightly, not daring to move an inch, any slight sound might disturb these Kunyang people in this silent environment.

Koizumi Hongzi also knew that she had entered a state of invisibility at this time, and the two had had such contact before in the mansion of the smiling mask.

Unfortunately, this time the two of them didn't go into battle lightly, they had a lot of equipment on them.

As time passed, the unfinished half of the compressed biscuit in Hongzi Koizumi's pocket gradually slipped out of the pocket and fell to the ground.

The rule of the Lord of the Rings is that anything that leaves the wearer loses invisibility.

Half of the compressed biscuit suddenly appeared in the air and fell to the ground.

The sudden appearance of compressed biscuits did not escape Hasaji's eyes. With quick eyesight and quick hands, he immediately pointed the torch to the open space.

"What's there!"

Hearing the sound, other Kunyang people went over to check, and saw a hazy shadow reflected on the ground.

This is another disadvantage of Lord of the Rings, being invisible does not lose shadow.

Seeing that he had been seen through, Qin Zhibo stopped hiding, and lifted the invisibility of the Lord of the Rings.

The sudden appearance of two large living people on the originally empty open space startled the Kunyang people including Hasaji.

"Huh!"

Taking advantage of the moment when the Kunyang people were surprised, Koizumi Hongzi in Qin Zhibo's arms controlled the flame in his palm and threw it towards the faces of several Kunyang people around him.

A few flames, neither big nor small, bloomed on the faces of the Kunyang people, frightening them to slap the flames on their faces indiscriminately, and kept making sharp screams.

Qin Zhibo took out his Colt pistol again, and poured bullets on the Kunyang people in an American style.

Pia, Pia, Pia...

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

But at this moment, a blue ray flying from a distance brushed Qin Zhibo's cheek, and made a scorched black mark on the stone wall behind.

Although the shot missed Qin Zhibo, it made him feel the closest to death.

Qin Zhibo looked in horror at the direction where the blue ray was flying, it was the captain of the Kunyang sentry team, Hasaji.

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

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

"...It seems to be, but we actually have guns, and they are more advanced than what you humans use."

Qin Zhibo could feel that he was not bluffing this time, the gun in his hand was indeed a big version more advanced than the gunpowder guns used by humans, a bit like the laser gun in "Star Wars".

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

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

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

Hasaji smiled and said, "Since we already know that people from the outside world invented the gun you used, of course we must be prepared."

Qin Zhibo looked at the bullet holes where the Kunyang people were shot, and they were still wearing a metal vest.

hateful!

"Okay, don't struggle anymore."

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

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

"Are you magicians?"

Khashoggi felt that he had the upper hand, and began to talk, with a hint of superior irony in his tone.

"I still remember that 15 years ago in the human calendar, an outsider who claimed to be a witch broke into Kunyang and caused a lot of trouble for our sentinel..."

Finally, Khashoggi spoke out about that period of history.

Hearing this, Hongzi Koizumi clenched her fists angrily and asked Hasaji loudly in Spanish.

"What happened to that witch!"

"Huh?" Hasaji was taken aback, "Are you interested in their fate?"

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

"They're all dead."