The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Always heading to the northern continent?" Qin Zhibo felt a little incredible. If the ship was heading north, what was the purpose of the moon beasts? Isn't it their habit to transport humans to the moon as slaves? If they went to the northern continent, wouldn't that be the original destination of the ship? Qin Zhibo frowned slightly and confirmed it again. "Are you sure, Brother Lajin?" Lajin took a step forward, the bright candlelight shone on his face, but his face was dark. "Yes, I can be sure." "If you keep the current course, you can see the continent within a day..." Upon hearing that there was still hope of survival, and even the situation was far less serious than imagined, the passengers on the ship immediately cheered and cheered. However, after the cheers, there was a very realistic problem, which was to ensure that the ship had the power to continue moving forward. There were 13 pairs of oars on the second-floor oar layer, a total of 26 oars. The oars on this ship were very large, and at least 2 people were needed to paddle them. In other words, 52 people were needed to paddle at the same time. There were about 100 passengers on the ship, just enough for two shifts.

But even so, the sailing speed was much slower than that of the tireless skeleton monster.

Considering that it was midnight, everyone planned to rest up tonight and wait until dawn to reach the northern continent.

...

The next day, early morning.

When the first ray of sunlight in the dream world rose from the distant sea level, Qin Zhibo sat on the horizontal bar of the mast, holding the tip of the mast with one hand and looking into the distance.

There seemed to be nothing worth paying attention to on the calm sea except the sparkling waves.

There was no land in sight, not even a trace of wind and waves.

The sails drooped lifelessly, like a person who had been hungry for five days standing on the street.

Qin Zhibo remembered that there was still some breeze on the sea yesterday, but it suddenly disappeared today.

In this case, the oars became the only power.

And no one on this ship had ever adjusted the black sails on it.

It seemed that these sails were just a decoration to make people believe that this was an ordinary ship.

In addition, Qin Zhibo also further confirmed the direction of the course.

The Fantasy Dreamland is largely a mirror image of the real world, where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

In other words, the sun rises in the west.

Qin Zhibo gestured with his free other arm and found that the bow of the ship was almost perpendicular to the direction of the rising sun.

In addition, there has been no wind or waves on this sea since last night, and the Fantasy Dreamland does not have as complicated ocean currents as the real world.

This means that when the ship was controlled by the Moon Beast, it was indeed heading north.

Doesn't this mean that as long as he didn't do anything extra and killed the Moon Beast, everyone could arrive at the northern continent on time?

The next second, Qin Zhibo shook his head again and denied his idea.

His original purpose was to rescue Kuroba Kaito, and killing the Moon Beast was just a coincidence.

In addition, the blood obtained from the Moon Beast was also used to make the Immortal Realm Bu Ling Sheng Lu.

The only problem is that the corpse of the Moon Beast, which had been dead for a long time, no longer meets the conditions for being a ritual sacrifice.

The so-called sacrifice must be the fresher, the better and more sincere it is.

It seems that we can only wait until we get ashore...

Qin Zhibo climbed back to the ground along the rope and woke up the passengers in the public cabin.

After everyone simply ate some food they brought with them, they entered the cabin and paddled according to the division of labor last night.

Everyone shouted slogans while rowing hard.

Every hour, the second wave of people replaced the first wave and continued to row.

Under this rotation system, the speed of the entire ship was not much slower than before.

At noon, a dark coastline finally appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky.

That was exactly the place everyone dreamed of. After more than half a month of sailing on the sea, the northern continent was now in sight!

With a clear and sufficient goal, everyone paddled harder and shouted more vigorously.

But even so, it was not until dusk that the ship slowly entered the basalt pier.

…

When the black sailing ship entered the dock, all the passengers on board walked onto the deck.

Most of them came to the Northern Continent for the first time, but there were also some "veterans".

These "veterans" looked at the distant blue-gray peaks, some sang cheerful songs, and some knelt on the ground to pray devoutly.

That mountain range was the mysterious "Cold Plain", and it was also the location of the legendary "Secret Realm Kadath".

Qin Zhibo squinted his eyes and looked at it, and couldn't help being shocked by the scene in front of him.

It was a series of huge blue-gray mountains connected into a piece, but it was more majestic than any mountain range he had ever seen.

It was supposed to exist only in mythology, standing as sacredly and solemnly as "Mount Olympus".

And those mountains were not only towering, but the tops of all the peaks were shrouded in the eternal clouds, as if the clouds were hiding the secrets of this world that could not be detailed.

And at the altitude below the mountains, it was a world wrapped in darkness.

The Northern Continent was different from the Western Continent, and it was always dark here.

Even summer noon, when the sun should be scorching the sky, seems to be dimmed here, just like dawn or dusk elsewhere.

Qin Zhibo once heard the elders of Usa say that cats in Dreamland are born adventurers, have been to many places, and have settled in many places.

But only in the northern continent, humans cannot find any cats that have settled here.

Because cats hate the cold and darkness here, as well as the very ominous atmosphere that is always revealed to the outside world in the depths of Leng Yuan...

"Hey, uncle, what are you looking at?"

Kuroba Kaito came up from behind with their luggage.

Qin Zhibo frowned in thought, then pointed to the mountains in the distance and said.

"Leng Yuan should be over there..."

"Leng Yuan?"

Kuroba Kaito's eyes were startled, and then he also looked at those blue-grey mountains.

Because the sky in the northern continent darkened extremely quickly, in just a short while, only the towering outlines of the mountains were left.

But even so, Kuroba Kaito's eyes are still deep and persistent.

Is it right there?

Father……

Just then, a dark-skinned man walked along the side of the ship.

"Your destination is Leng Yuan?"

Qin Zhibo looked to the side and saw Larkin.

"Well, almost..."

"Brother Larkin, do you know how to get there?"

Although Leng Yuan is now within sight, his current location is still quite far away from it.

There are no flat roads and convenient transportation like the real world here. In addition, the legendary Leng Yuan is uninhabited, so it is quite difficult to get there.

And Leng Yuan is the place where the Illusory World Stepping Spirit Ascension Ceremony is implemented, so it’s impossible not to go there.

Larkin stared at Qin Zhibo blankly, his skin still darkened in the night.

He replied: "There is a way, and that is to walk step by step along the 'road' in the mountains to Leng Yuan."

"There have been humans who have accomplished such a feat before, so it must work."

"Then good luck to you..."

After saying that, Larkin turned around and left.

Qin Zhibo glanced at his back, then turned to look at the low-altitude mountains closer to him.

Is there a road there?

Qin Zhibo is not sure, but he can only take one step at a time.

But the most important thing now is to find a place to stay in the city.

…

The northern mainland city where the sailboat is docked in front of you is called "Inganok".

Like the entire cold continent in the north, this place is not very popular in the entire Dreamland, and almost no one wants to come here.

However, this city has a resource that no other place can ignore, and that is minerals.

Among them, onyx is the most famous, and even the entire city of Inganok was built with onyx.

Therefore, the place is full of quarries.

Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito got off the ship with their luggage and walked into this ancient onyx city.

The first thing they felt when entering Inganok was "black".

Almost all the buildings here are black. Coupled with the already gloomy sky, it looks completely dark from a distance.

However, as long as you get closer, you can still find the ingenuity of the locals in house construction.

People will decorate the outside of the house with swirling gold products, grooves, and vine flower baskets.

The house has numerous windows, each side of which is carved with intricate, exotic flower patterns, the symmetry displayed through the dark tones is dazzling.

In addition to the architecture being different from the places I have been before, the people here are also unique.

There are people with skin of all colors here, but mostly black skin.

Among people of all skin colors, there are some special humans with narrow eyes, long leaf-shaped ears, thin noses and pointed chins.

The reason why they are special is because Qin Zhibo has heard rumors about them in Usa.

They are the products of the dream gods living in the secret realm of Kadath and their sexual intercourse with humans.

Although these humans are born as "demigods", their powers are no different from ordinary humans.

And their father or mother has abandoned them, leaving no property or special abilities.

To put it simply, these people are the abandoned sons of the dream gods in the human world.

But even so, they still maintain the arrogance inherent in their blood, and tirelessly tell others about the memories of gods deep in their minds that were inherited from their father or mother.

"Elf, elf?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at these "demigods" walking on the street and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

After all, these people are indeed very similar in appearance to the "elves" described in fantasy literature in the real world.

But it was this unfamiliar word, coupled with the undisguised glance, that made the "demigod" walking opposite notice it and cast a displeased look.

On the one hand, these "demigods" enjoy the pride of their bloodline, but on the other hand, they are also a little disgusted that others regard them as special, so they constantly look at them.

Especially a female "demigod" with eyes as sharp as knives, as if she had scratched Kuroba Kaito a thousand times in her heart.

"Stop looking, let's leave quickly..."

Qin Zhibo didn't want to cause trouble. At this moment, he just wanted to keep a low profile.

…

The two quickly found a hotel in the city, and after paying for one night's room, they stayed temporarily.

After putting away their luggage and eating dinner, the two returned to the room to discuss their next trip.

After finally arriving at Inganok City, they had no intention of staying here.

Now that Leng Yuan is close at hand, both Kuroba Kaito and Qin Zhibo are very eager to reach the unknown and mysterious secret realm of Kadas.

Kuroba Kaito's purpose is to find his father who died in an "accident" eight years ago.

Ever since he learned the whereabouts of Kuroba Toichi from the ghoul Pickman, Kuroba Kaito has suffered a lot in searching for his father.

However, compared to seeing his father again, these hardships are nothing to mention for Kuroba Kaito.

In addition to helping Kuroba Kaito, Qin Zhibo also has to complete his main mission-to go to Kadasi.

This main quest has a huge reward of 30,000 general skill proficiency and 5,000 mysterious mythical skill proficiency!

The richness of this reward is similar to that of going to the Abyss Enkai in the underground world of Kunyang.

Based on this, Qin Zhibo guessed that the "Secret Land of Kadasi" must not be a dreamlike and beautiful place as the world spreads.

The so-called "beauty" is often a stinking thing cloaked in hypocrisy.

This is true for humans, and so is God.

In addition, it has been many years since Black Feather Pirates went to the secret realm of Kadasi. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have arrived by now.

Or there is no possibility of an accident at all, because Black Feather Pirates is a gifted "dream maker".

The Dream Maker is a powerful existence that reigns like the Creator in this dream world.

But to this day, there has been no news about Kuroba Toichi in either the dreamland or the real world.

This probably means that what is waiting at the end may not be relief...

…

The next day.

Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito came out of the hotel early in the morning and headed to the nearby market.

After a brief discussion last night, the two decided to accept the suggestion provided by the hotel owner and purchase yaks.

Compared with horses, yaks are more tolerant of cold and plateaus, making them a more ideal mount.

The initial capital donated by the citizens of Usa was quite sufficient, and soon Qin Zhibo bought two of the strongest-looking yaks in the entire market.

Kuroba Kaito used the other part of the money to re-purchase necessary supplies on the road.

At the market, Qin Zhibo saw many merchants who seemed to be from foreign lands in the north, selling some rare items.

Such as exquisite emerald goblets, masks made of gold, and Shantak bird eggs.

According to others, the egg of this kind of Shantak bird is a legendary delicacy. Even in this market, it is a rare treasure found in several years.

Qin Zhibo looked at the giant egg, which was slightly larger than an ostrich egg, and had an idea in his mind.

Can this egg be used as a sacrifice?

However, this idea only stayed in the imagination of the mind and was not implemented.

Because the current bidding price for this egg has far exceeded the entire net worth Qin Zhibo carries.