The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Shattuck birds fly very quickly.

From the towering gray pinnacles, to the endless black foothills, to the desolate and barren white plains.

This series of scenes greatly touched Qin Zhibo's nerves.

He also didn't expect that the journey to Leng Yuan would be so long. If he went at the same speed during the day, it would take at least a month.

On the white plain below, you can see faint firelights far apart, which seem to have traces of human activity.

But Qin Zhibo believed that it must not be a normal human being.

There is a high probability that they are the same kind as the cross-eyed businessmen. Let's call them "Leng Yuan people" for the time being.

For some unknown reason, these Leng people managed to tame the Shantak bird in order to survive in this high-altitude environment of ice and snow.

"Uncle, what should we do next?"

Kuroba Kaito also saw the fire below at this time and guessed that these shattuck birds would land soon.

If we land here, we will probably face something many times more dangerous than before.

Therefore, he planned to discuss countermeasures while there was still time.

However, Qin Zhibo tightened his lips and shook his head slightly.

This made Hei Qidou frown, feeling very puzzled.

Fortunately, the Shantak did not land on this plain, but flew quickly from low altitude to the gray granite hills at the end of the plain.

On a broad platform at the top of the hill stood a squat, windowless building made of strange stone.

The building is surrounded by a circle of huge natural monoliths, somewhat like Stonehenge.

Qin Zhibo speculated that the person living here should be the owner Leng Yuan said, and it was also the stone monastery rumored by the Yinganok miners.

As soon as the Shantak arrived near the hills, it flapped its huge wings and prepared to land.

As the altitude slowly dropped, Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito saw the two attendants standing at the door of the stone monastery.

In the ice and snow, Kong Wu's powerful attendant had his arms bare, revealing the dark skin underneath.

And in the arched stone door sandwiched between the two attendants, an indescribable shadow could be vaguely seen slowly creeping.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the sky above the north. The hazy light like mist was gradually dispersing the phosphorescence emitted from the clouds.

On the one hand, this means that the cold, dead night is about to pass and day is coming.

On the other hand, it shows that the mist-shrouded world is now close at hand.

It was the white world that I saw in my dream, and it was also the place called "Kadas" by the world.

It's now!

Qin Zhibo's eyes suddenly sharpened, he took out the Oath-Keeping Sword in his hand and stabbed at the Shantak bird on his crotch.

The extremely sharp sword tip only tasted a little resistance when it pierced the scales, and the rest of the sword sank into the flesh easily.

Feeling the severe pain, the wings of this abominable giant bird suddenly lost their rhythm and began to struggle wildly in the sky.

But Qin Zhibo had expected this, and had already grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands in advance, and shouted at Kuroba Kaito behind him.

"catch me!"

Kuroba Kaito, who was sitting in the back, didn't realize what happened, but when the bird's back under his butt began to shake, he still used his subconscious reaction to wrap his arms around Qin Zhibo's waist.

The giant bird made an unpleasant sound like scratching glass, which soon attracted other Shantak birds and Leng people in the sky.

But now they were in heaven, and they couldn't do anything except scream and curse.

Qin Zhibo quickly took out the purple talisman that he had made before and pressed it on the back of Shatak Bird.

At this point, all the conditions for the Immortal Spiritual Ascension have been met.

Purple talisman paper, spells carved with the blood of spiritual creatures, sacrifices of spiritual creatures, and Leng Yuan are within the scope.

Before, Qin Zhibo chose to board the Shantak Bird on his own initiative, because he was interested in the possibility that these giant birds would bring him and Black Feather Kaito to Leng Yuan.

As soon as he arrived at Leng Yuan, he could immediately turn against him and offer the Shantak bird as a sacrifice.

This is a risky move.

But luckily the bet was right.

As all conditions are met, the scene directly in front of the spell becomes spirally distorted, like a space vortex.

This space vortex is the gate of Kadasi!

At this moment, although the door has been opened, the situation has become critical.

The height of the Shattuck Bird, which was gradually losing its vitality, began to slowly drop, and it was about to intersect with the space vortex hanging in mid-air.

Once they fall to the ground with the Shattuck Bird, they will lose the opportunity to go to the secret land of Kadasi forever!

At this critical moment, Qin Zhibo stepped on the back of the bird and jumped towards the spatial vortex without caring about his own safety.

"Jump!"

Qin Zhibo shouted loudly, and Kuroba Kaito behind him immediately understood what Qin Zhibo was thinking.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he misses it, he will never see his father again!

The two feet were separated from the support of the bird's back one after another, and they only relied on a moment of acceleration to resist the gravity under their feet.

Their bodies only hung in mid-air for a second. Qin Zhibo, who jumped off the back of the bird first, was the first to touch the center of the space vortex.

In an instant, the twisted scene in the space vortex sparked a burst of lightning.

The next moment, Qin Zhibo's body disappeared.

As for Kuroba Kaito's timing of taking off, his fingers touched the bottom of the space vortex, near the edge.

Similarly, after a burst of lightning, his body suddenly disappeared in mid-air.

Only the injured Shantak bird was left, dragging its shaky body and falling heavily to the ground.

Other Leng Yuan people witnessed everything that happened, but they didn't know what was going on.

They could only ride the Shantak Bird and keep circling near the place where Qin Zhibo and Black Feather Kaito disappeared.

"what is going on?"

"Where have they gone!"

"Damnable and cunning guy! Find him quickly!"

Leng Yuanren searched around desperately, but could not find any trace of the two of them.

At this moment, a rumbling sound came from the monastery.

Hearing this sound, all the Leng Yuan people suddenly stopped moving, and the Shantak bird seemed to be waiting for orders, floating quietly in the air.

Until waves of filthy roars came out from the dark arched stone door. This sound was like a horn of hatred, breaking through the cold and dead silence, echoing throughout the night sky.

After a while, these Leng Yuan people knew the whereabouts of Qin Zhibo and his two men.

They have gone to the secret realm of Kadath through the space tunnel.

Although the space tunnel is still in mid-air, they cannot go there.

Because the secret realm Kadath was created by the great God of Fan to ensure that the weak dream gods can always be under the protection of the God of Fan.

There is no creature in the entire dreamland that can disturb the purity of the gods, except for the God of Fan himself.

And now, the great Fan God will go there in person.

…

On a huge pale floor, a man in black robe moved his fingers slightly.

First the fingers, then the palms, arms, left foot, right foot...

Finally, he regained consciousness.

He slowly sat up from the floor and looked around confusedly at the scene around him.

here it is……

The pale floor, pale stone walls, pale dome, I wish everything was pale.

Qin Zhibo squinted his eyes slightly, his brain couldn't help but recall what just happened.

He jumped off the back of the Shantak bird, and his fingers touched the space vortex in the air, which was the Gate of Kadasi.

Immediately afterwards, as countless purple electric lights flashed in front of his eyes, he lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, I appeared here.

Could this be the secret realm of Kadasi?

Realizing the situation he was currently in, Qin Zhibo quickly got up from the ground and looked around for Kuroba Kaito.

However, no matter how he searched, he was the only one in this empty, pale room.

Didn't Kuroba Kaito jump over?

This bad idea suddenly popped into Qin Zhibo's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

The moment he encountered the space tunnel, he clearly felt that Kuroba Kaito was behind him and could fully access the space tunnel.

Qin Zhibo thought for a while and thought of a possibility.

The teleportation location of the Kadath Gate is likely to be random, and different people will be teleported to any location within the secret realm of Kadath.

The advantage of this is that if those Leng Yuan people chase them, they will be transported to different locations in batches.

The disadvantage is that he and Kuroba Kaito are separated.

The most sensible way now is to exit from here and return to the real world to discuss their respective positions with Kuroba Kaito.

But after all, the secret realm of Kadath is not another place in the dreamland. This space is the city where the gods of the dreamland live, and it must have some special attributes.

If you exit at this time, it will be troublesome if the progress cannot be saved.

Just like the settings of many games, if the challenge fails after entering the boss room, the character will start again outside the boss room.

If put into the game, this setting is understandable.

But I had exhausted all my strength and finally entered this boss room, and I didn't want to start over without doing anything.

At least find out what's going on here first...

Having made up his mind, Qin Zhibo looked at the stone arch not far away.

There is bright light outside the stone arch, which is obviously natural light from the outside world.

The moment Qin Zhibo walked through the door, he saw the vast world outside.

What appeared before his eyes was the pale onyx city in his dream.

This onyx city is built against the mountain, like huge steps leading upwards. It is dotted with countless pale and shining lighthouses, as well as battlements and terraces full of wonder and solemnity.

And at the pinnacle of these scenes is Kadasi, which is also the highest point of the entire dreamland.

There stands a magnificent onyx castle.

Even if you look at it from a distance, it is a castle that absolutely surpasses ordinary people's imagination.

It emits a shining colorful halo like a god, and even the stars in the sky, which are almost integrated with the entire peak, are somewhat eclipsed in comparison.

It was as if every arc and every constellation in the dreamy sky was a pattern reflected from that miraculous castle.

Qin Zhibo stood beside the agate railing, looking at it obsessively, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

Even though I had seen it once before in a dream, when I saw this scene with my own eyes, I was still extremely shocked.

He guessed that the magnificent castle on the top of the mountain that no one knew in the world should be the home of the dream gods.

It is also the end of this journey of exploration.

Although he is now in the secret realm of Kadath, there is no completion prompt for the main mission, indicating that he must reach there to be completely completed.

Kuroba Kaito, who is somewhere in Kadasi, should also have his final destination set there.

And his current position is at the edge of the entire Kadasi, and it is also the lowest step of the onyx city built in a staircase.

If you want to reach the top, it will take at least half a day.

This is without getting lost or taking long detours throughout the entire journey.

After all, this city is too big, and the criss-crossing pure white design is dazzling at a glance. It is simply a real-life version of "Monument Valley".

Such bad luck...

Qin Zhibo shook his head, but quickly accepted the setting that he was relatively unlucky.

It seems that we can only climb up step by step.

…

On the other side, Kuroba Kaito wakes up from a coma.

As he looked around, he quickly discovered good news and bad news.

Good news, he's arrived in Kadath.

The ubiquitous pale onyx here is unlike any sight seen anywhere before.

Such magnificence can only be explained by the place where gods live.

Bad news, the random location he arrived at was a dungeon.

It was a cold dungeon, with bars and doors made of ebony trapping him within.

In his limited field of vision, he could see the long and narrow corridor outside the cell door, as well as the steps leading upward at the end of the corridor.

There seems to be a world full of light above the steps, but what it is exactly is impossible to know.

How can you be so unlucky!

With his IQ, he has already understood the random teleportation mechanism of the Gate of Kadath.

It was just the location of the teleportation that made him complain in his heart.

But fortunately, his other identity is that of a Phantom Thief!

Kuroba Kaito touched his body and found that in addition to the ancient sword left by Kuroha Robbery that he carried with him, there was also a small ear-picking spoon.

Because the manufacturing technology is not that mature, the ear scoop of Dreamland is very rough, almost like a piece of iron wire with a blunt end.

This thing is usually inconvenient for picking ears, but it comes in handy now.

Kuroba Kaito put the thin end into the keyhole, and with just a few pokes, the locks of the cells opened.

After regaining his freedom, he put away the ear pick, and after confirming that there were no guards in this place, he started searching from cell to cell.

In his imagination, if his father Kuroba Toichi was still alive, he might be imprisoned here.

But soon, this idea came to nothing.

There are only a few cells here, and he is the only one being held there.

The other cell doors didn't even have a lock and looked abandoned for a long time.

This shows that he did not come here randomly, but was brought here and locked up.

Who is the one?

Thanks to Shitou K for the tip!