Conan Rick's Investigator

Did the fight start because of uneven distribution of the spoils?

Qin Zhibo was a little confused about this situation, but he immediately discovered something.

The number of zombies below is about twice as many as we saw just now.

Dozens of zombies were biting and beating each other in the puddle, and they let out angry roars from time to time.

Qin Zhibo immediately made a new judgment on this situation.

Just now, a new group of zombies came from somewhere and started fighting with the existing zombies.

Although Koizumi Hongzi next to her couldn't see the situation below clearly, she suddenly thought of something with her amazing sixth sense and rich knowledge.

"I remember now! This should be a battle between two groups of ghouls from different factions."

"There are also different factions among the ghouls. Based on their beliefs, they are divided into the traditional faction that eats carrion, and the heretical faction that eats living people."

"Clashes often break out between these two factions..."

After Koizumi Akako said this, Qin Zhibo also remembered that Matsumoto Ryohei said in the Dreamland that the ghouls living in the Dreamland all believed in the traditional "King of Ghouls" and only ate corpses.

And when I first came into contact with Ryohei Matsumoto and his Corpse-Eating Cult, I found that they were divided into the Autobots and Decepticons. The Autobots ate corpses, while the Decepticons attacked the living.

It seems that factions have already appeared in the process of humans transforming into ghouls.

The battle between the two is like the wars of faith in human history, such as the battle between Islam and Christ for the holy city of Jerusalem.

Qin Zhibo looked at the zombies fighting each other below and felt a little confused. Could it be that these new zombies came from the Dreamland?

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo came up with a bold idea.

If there is also a passage to the Dreamland in this place, then is it possible to use this passage to return to the Dreamland exit behind the Suzuki family villa in Japan?

In theory, as long as you choose a suitable cave in Xin’s Tomb Group, you will appear at the corresponding exit.

Wouldn't that allow time travel?

I am so talented!

Qin Zhibo was impressed by his own imagination, but the battle below was not over yet.

The two groups of zombies fought very fiercely, and some of the brutal bites even bit off the zombies' ears.

At this time, a prompt pops up on the side of the system's field of view.

Chapter 985 Entering the Dreamland

Dog fight...

Although this description is very apt, Qin Zhibo still feels powerless to complain.

Show some respect, will you? That's a kobold!

This task was triggered somewhat suddenly. Qin Zhibo looked at the countdown under the system task, but he couldn't leave immediately without even taking a look.

【00:19:57】

【00:19:56】

……

Judging from the countdown, I have to lie here and watch for at least 20 minutes.

It really proves the old saying that wives often use to scold their husbands who like to join in the fun - you can watch dogs fight for a long time!

Even if they didn't appear during this mission, Qin Zhibo still wanted to see where the traditional ghouls came from. They seemed to have suddenly emerged from the shaft just now...

So, Qin Zhibo turned around and whispered to Koizumi Hongzi and Hondou Eisuke.

"You guys go first, I'll stay here and watch for a while..."

"Look?" The two of them showed puzzled expressions at the same time.

Can you join in the fun?

But on second thought, isn't it a detective's instinct to join in the fun?

However, Koizumi Hongzi still reminded: "You can look, but don't look too much... otherwise you will blend in with them..."

The origin of the ghouls is recorded in the magic book of the Red Magic Family.

In addition to native ghouls, humans can also transform into ghouls. As long as they gradually come into contact with, identify with, and integrate into the ghouls' living habits and everything else, their bodies will naturally transform into ghouls.

The witch clan once made a pact with the ghouls to make them their servants.

But after a long period of time, the witch discovered that if she had long-term contact with the zombies and accepted their way of existence, she would slowly transform into a dog-headed man.

This is also the reason why some legends about witch hunting describe witches as extremely ugly, with wrinkled faces and as ugly as dogs.

In fact, it's not just ghouls. Creatures that can sign contracts with witches, or strange gods summoned by summoning spells, cannot be deeply contacted or understood.

Because of this, Koizumi Hongzi always treated the things she summoned as pure tools, sending them away immediately after use, without wasting even a moment.

"I see. You guys go ahead and I'll catch up later."

Qin Zhibo nodded in response, watched the two leave, and then lay on the ground to watch the "dog fight".

……

The battle down the shaft was very protracted.

The physical strength of zombies is much stronger than that of humans, and they seem to never get tired. Qin Zhibo has deeply experienced this in the dreamland.

The zombies below bit each other and fought each other for life for twenty minutes, until they were all covered with bruises and the blood dyed the puddles red, and then they gradually calmed down.

Congratulations on completing: Watching "Dog Fight"

[Acquire 1000 general skill proficiency]

They were separated from each other and made sounds like crying, as if they were negotiating a ceasefire.

Qin Zhibo listened to a series of strange voices, but since he couldn't understand them, he could only imagine their conversation in his mind.

"We are all dog heads, and we can't tell them apart. What should we do?"

"Let's make an appointment another day, let's go!"

"How to withdraw?"

"Go back and forth from there!"

"Okay, let's go back to where we came from!"

"Ears! Pick up your ears!"

All the zombies didn't care whose ears the ground belonged to, they just picked them up and left.

The subway driver's body was also carried away by a zombie.

There were two waves of zombies, one wave ran towards the sewer pipe in the vertical shaft, and the other wave came towards it.

Qin Zhibo immediately put on the [Magic Ring], entered invisible mode, and was ready to escape at any time.

Because zombies have an excellent sense of smell, just like dogs, they can still smell things even at close range.

Although traditional ghouls do not eat living people, they may still attack living people, but not with the intention of eating them.

But these zombies did not reach the height of the iron bridge, but instead passed through a hole in the well wall halfway.

Only after the shaft returned to calm did Qin Zhibo dare to stick his head out to check.

He used the [Hook Claw] to fix himself on the iron bridge, grabbed the rope, and climbed down along the abandoned pipe that meandered along the wall of the well.

At a height of only 10 meters from the deepest part of the shaft, there is an abandoned pipe opening on the wall of the shaft.

The diameter of the pipe opening is less than one meter, allowing only an adult to crawl in by curling up.

As for the inside of the pipe, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen clearly.

Qin Zhibo picked up a small piece of cement from the wall of the well next to him and threw it in to explore the way.

However, the cement block sank into the darkness and disappeared without even making a sound of impact.

Obviously, this is the spatial passage leading to the dreamland, just like the cellar in the cemetery of the Suzuki family villa.

This kind of space channel is usually located in remote zombie nests, forests, sewers, and cemeteries, and is time-limited, so it is difficult for humans to discover it.

Qin Zhibo looked around at the layout of the surrounding pipelines, silently memorized the location in his mind, and climbed back to the iron bridge along the rope.

By the time we caught up with Koizumi Akako and Hondou Eisuke in front, they had already finished calling for help, and people from the subway operations agency arrived soon.

Koizumi Hongzi was somewhat dissatisfied with Qin Zhibo for not listening to the advice and watching the "dog fight" for 30 minutes.

"Why did you come so late?"

Qin Zhibo waved his hand and said with a smile: "No man can refuse to watch a wonderful dog fight..."

"If there is, it must be the excavator next to it that has started construction."

……

When the three of them returned to the Hilton Hotel, it was already 2 a.m.

tomorrow……

No, they all had to go their separate ways today, so after washing up, the three of them quickly went back to their respective rooms to sleep.

Qin Zhibo was lying on the bed, and couldn't help but think of the dream again.

There are three ways to enter the dreamland: as a dreamer, as a dream maker, and as a physical body.

For Qin Zhibo, in addition to using the space channel to enter with his physical body, entering a dream is a good way.

Entering the dream world is the way most people enter the dreamland, because this method is the simplest, which is to have a dream full of "downward stairs".

The last time Qin Zhibo had this dream, he was interrupted by a phone call, and he didn't dream about it again for a long time.

He thought that if he used the Dream Realm to travel between the various ghoul lairs in the real world, he would not dare to travel so frequently.

To pass through the ghoul's lair, one must go through the Gray Space and the dungeon of the Gug Giants. Without the escort of the ghouls, it is almost impossible for humans to pass through.

It is impossible for me to always run into Matsumoto Ryohei looking for food.

Therefore, the best way is to enter the dreamland by dreaming, agree on a time, and then let Matsumoto Ryohei take you into the dreamland.

The advantage for the dreamer is that although they do not enter the dreamland in their physical body, they do not have to worry about dying in the dreamland. The only price they pay is the loss of the ability to dream forever.

The difference between a dreamer and a dreamer is that the dreamer can create certain things in the dreamland, become a rich man if he wants to, and even be resurrected in a dream if he dies in reality.

Unfortunately, this ability to "daydream" is not possessed by everyone, but it is an innate ability...

As Qin Zhibo was thinking, his head fell into a sleepy state due to fatigue.

When he "woke up" again, he saw a staircase leading downwards in front of him.

It was still that long, sloping staircase. In the endless darkness, I could only see the first 3 to 5 steps clearly. This was the only passage here.

"This... did you really dream about it?"

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised. It was true that "what you think about during the day you dream about at night."

I didn’t know the meaning of this dream before, and I didn’t think about it anymore, so naturally I won’t dream about it again easily.

But this time is different, Qin Zhibo not only wants to go to the dreamland, but even went to the dreamland once.

With his previous experience, he took a bold step down this time.

Keep walking down 70 steps and you will see the familiar flaming cave in front of you.

On both sides of the cave entrance stood gatekeepers wearing double crowns and dressed as temple priests. After confirming Qin Zhibo's identity, the heavy stone door behind them slowly opened.

"go in."

"The gods of dreams will bless you..."

The gatekeeper's voice gradually faded as the stone gate closed, until it disappeared.

There are tongues of fire raging everywhere in the fire cave, but for Qin Zhibo in the second round, they are just psychological obstacles and can be ignored.

After passing through the Fire Cave, there is an even longer journey up the stairs.

Perhaps because of his psychological expectations and experience, Qin Zhibo walked the route with ease this time and was not worried about the sudden jumpscare in horror games.

The dark stairs passed by before his eyes, making him dizzy.