If today's scene has any significance for Conan, it is that the worldview accumulated from past experiences has been completely overturned.
In the past, whether it was a parallel world, an alien named Mi Go, or a spiritual life form, the Yi people, they could still be explained by science.
After all, science does not stipulate that aliens must look like humans.
But the existence of this skeleton creature that looks like a "wolf" has nothing to do with "science" at all!
This is even blasphemy to science!
But this is not what we need to think about right now.
Under the black-framed glasses, Conan's wide eyes stared at the Hound of Tindalos, his brain completely in a state of sluggishness.
His body struggled to move, but his legs could only tremble in place as if he had been hit by a restraining spell.
This is not out of fear.
Because at this moment, even the part of the brain that creates fear was completely frozen by the huge shock.
Inside the wooden house, Qin Zhibo also saw Conan standing at the door of the wooden house through the skeleton-like hollow body of the Tindalos hound.
He still saw it...
However, there is not much to worry about at this critical moment. The most important thing now is not to let the hounds notice Conan's existence.
Otherwise, the Tindalos hound will hunt down every human who witnesses it.
But now, the hounds of Tindalos are focusing on themselves and have not found Conan yet.
Must take advantage of now...
Qin Zhibo forcefully swung away the claws of the Tindalos hound, and swung his Oath Keeper sword towards the dark, narrow wolf head.
The blade of the Oath Keeper missed the body of the Tindalos Hound again, and even Qin Zhibo's entire body inexplicably passed through the back of the Tindalos Hound's body.
This monster is indeed immune to physical attacks...
But when it attacks, the body seems to be inevitably materialized?
Due to too little information obtained in advance, Qin Zhibo was unable to fully understand the physical characteristics of the Tindalos hound, and he did not have time to figure it out.
He had already run to the door of the cabin, but without even thinking, he closed the door behind him.
Bang!
A thin sliding door isolates Conan outside the door from the danger inside.
This change also made Conan, whose brain was down, wake up immediately and quickly reached out to pull the door.
However, Qin Zhibo had already locked the door bolt inside.
"Hello!"
"Open the door! Open the door!"
Conan was outside the door and kept beating the sliding door with his small fists, but Qin Zhibo inside was silent with his back to the door.
Now he had no way to lure the Tindalos hounds out, leaving the two of them to face the risk of being chased to death by the hounds.
The Hound of Tindalos on the opposite side was suspended quietly in the air, its belly still constantly deforming, reshaping all kinds of disgusting shapes.
Between the narrow lower jaw and the upper jaw, a slender hollow straw slowly stretched out.
This is definitely not a simple decoration, but an offensive organ.
Such a wicked appearance reminded Qin Zhibo of an alien, a monster that sticks out things from its mouth.
It's just that compared to the aliens, the strength and speed of the Tindalos hounds are not too strong, and are only at a higher level than the average adult.
If the victim wants to resist desperately, he may be able to hold on for a while.
But just like the characteristics of the Tindalos hounds themselves, they can invade spaces with "horns" at will and are immune to physical attacks.
They can torture their victims to death, just like hyenas on the African savannah, constantly wearing down the prey's physical strength until the prey loses the physical strength and fighting spirit to resist.
Therefore, we must find a way to fight to the death here.
In just a few seconds, he formulated a strategy in his mind.
He guessed that the Tindalos Hound's body was not always immune to physical attacks, and that the body's physical immunity still had a cooling time.
Or switch back and forth between virtual and real, so that you can launch physical attacks.
Although he did not discover the switch for this state transition from the physical changes of the Tindalos Hound, he at least provided an idea for solving the problem.
If you use a thrown crowbar to "deceive" the hound's immune attack first, and then let the Oath Keeper's attacks follow, it might work.
Qin Zhibo has a feeling that the actual physical strength of the Tindalos Hound is not high, otherwise there would be no need to be immune to physical attacks.
There is even a chance to solve it with one blow.
Qin Zhibo took out the [Holy Sword of Physics - Crowbar] from the system and threw it towards the body of the Tindalos Hound. At the same time, he leaned forward and charged towards it with the Oathkeeper Sword in hand.
The crowbar struck the hound of Tindalos on the head like a spear.
There was a loud clang and the crowbar fell to the ground.
Qin Zhibo was shocked. He was not immune to this attack?
Could it be...
At this time, Qin Zhibo had already rushed in front of the hound, holding the oath-keeping sword and slashing at the thin neck below the wolf's head again.
At the moment when the sword light arrived, the string of bones suddenly transformed into empty black energy, causing the sword body to pass through again without any feeling of hit.
When the move failed, Qin Zhibo quickly took a few steps back and leaned his back against the sliding door of the wooden house again.
He looked stern and rubbed the fingers holding the sword hilt slightly.
If I guess correctly, this monster can predict which attack will cause harm to itself...
For example, if the crowbar throws an attack, it can choose to use its body to defeat it.
But every time the Oath Keeper Sword attacks, it uses its physical immunity to avoid it.
This shows that the attack of the Oathkeeper Sword is indeed effective, but the problem is that it cannot actually hit it...
Qin Zhibo frowned, held the sword horizontally in front of him, and turned into a defensive posture, while thinking about countermeasures that could make the attack effective.
At this time, the Tindalos Hound didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack. Its body was suspended quietly, and a pair of huge hooks were polished brightly in the darkness.
Suddenly, Qin Zhibo thought that before Kudo Shinichi died, he held Liao Dan in his hand.
If Inufushi Chiko wanted to kill Kudo Shinichi, his way would be to sneak into Kudo's house in the middle of the night.
Because Kudo Shinichi could not leave the bedroom, he could quietly put the lit coal stove into the room and slowly kill him in his sleep with carbon monoxide.
But in fact, Kudo Shinichi's action of putting the coal stove broke the rules in the room and created a "horn", which allowed the Hound of Tindalos to take advantage of it.
In other words, before carbon monoxide killed Kudo Shinichi, the Hound of Tindalos had already appeared.
And because Kudo Shinichi's will was already very fragile after long-term torture, when he saw the Hound of Tindalos appearing next to him, he was so frightened that he suffered a cardiac arrest and died immediately.
But before he died, why did he desperately hold on to Liao Dan?
Could it be that he wanted to continue escaping?
Qin Zhibo's eyes glanced at the floor behind the Tindalos Hound. Three people were lying on it.
They are Hattori Heiji, Inufushi Yukihime, and Inufushi Chiaki.
Although he didn't know why the three of them were lying here, the Tindalos hound never glanced at these three easier prey.
This means that the Hounds of Tindalos are not hungry for food.
It enjoys the thrill of chasing its prey.
Liao Dan can transform people's consciousness to other times, which to a certain extent can be regarded as a means of escape.
Because Tindalos hounds will always chase escaped prey, even if they are only conscious.
This is what hunting is.
It just so happens that the Oath Keeper Sword can also be activated with only consciousness. This is a fact that has been verified in the Dreamland.
Maybe give it a try...
Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo decisively took out the Liao Dan from his pocket and swallowed it in one gulp.
There is a hard shell on the surface of Liaodan, but it can be broken by biting with a little force.
The moment I bit it into pieces, a cool feeling immediately invaded my mouth and nose, reaching straight to the Tianling Cap.
A trance like falling into chaos swirled in Qin Zhibo's mind.
As the world was spinning, he felt that his body was light and airy, as if he was about to take off.
When he came to his senses again, Qin Zhibo suddenly found that he was floating in the air dozens of meters high.
In the distance, he saw the castle-like Inubushi Mansion, the cliff at the end of the forest road, and the slender and winding river.
He also saw a few flashlight lights hovering around the swamp at his feet.
Taking a closer look, it was Mouri Kogoro and others who got out of the car with flashlights to check.
Are Maori and the others here too?
No, they can't go to the cabin...
But soon, Qin Zhibo noticed something unusual.
What got off that car was not only Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri, Kazuha Toyama, but also Conan, Heiji Hattori, Sou Yamamura... and himself!
Under Zhihuang's instructions, everyone used flashlights to shine in the direction of the swamp.
This is……
Qin Zhibo's eyes widened in shock. This was clearly the scene when everyone came to check out the cabin last night!
Everyone underfoot headed towards the cabin, except Chihuang who stayed alone in the car.
However, he is not restless.
When everyone else arrived near the swamp, he immediately got off the car and found a prop hidden in the nearby grass - a string of lighters tied with piano wires.
He placed the lighters one by one at 20cm intervals along the slope on the other side of the road, and then opened all the lighter vents.
After doing this, he ran back to the road and blew the dog whistle.
The dog ran out of the woods not far away, wearing a specially made dog suit with burning charcoal still on it.
And then comes the drama part.
He pretended to be chased by the "Fire Demon Dog" and was knocked down during the chase.
In fact, he burned his arm with a lighter out of sight of everyone.
Although this series of operation techniques is complicated, with such an intuitive demonstration, no matter how complicated it is, it becomes very easy to understand.
While Qin Zhibo was watching Zhihuang wailing and screaming on the grass, he suddenly saw a figure standing quietly in the forest not far away, watching everything.
That is……
Qin Zhibo flew down a little, and then he saw the identity of the figure clearly.
It turned out to be Inubushi Yukihime.
Why does she appear here?
I remember that Yukihime stayed in Inubushi City at that time and did not follow her...
Suddenly, Qin Zhibo thought of the reason.
Could it be that Xing Ji also took Liao Dan?
The effect of Liao Dan is to allow people to travel back in time. Xingji probably also used Liao Dan to go back to the past.
What he saw was not Yukihime herself, but her consciousness standing there, watching everything.
If this is the case, could the real culprit be...
At this moment, an eerie black mist spread out from the dark grass below.
A long and narrow wolf head slowly poked out from it.
Qin Zhibo saw this change and immediately realized that the hound of Tindalos was chasing him.
As expected, it will not give up on the prey it is targeting.
Qin Zhibo glanced at the people standing below and struggled in his heart.
Although I don't know if these people can see me and the hound, I can't take the risk and try it.
So, Qin Zhibo took steps again and drifted into the distance.
At this time, Yukihime below was staring closely at Chiko, who was focused on acting, and did not notice anything strange in mid-air.
Until a certain moment, her eyes glanced above and saw the black air floating in the night sky.
In the black air, there seemed to be a hungry "wolf"-shaped creature.
Suddenly, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she subconsciously let out a scream.
The Tindalos hound in mid-air also turned its head and glared at Xing Ji with a pair of slender scarlet eyes.
However, it did not immediately change its target, but continued to chase Qin Zhibo.
…
On the other side, Qin Zhibo is still floating.
His body is translucent, and his feet are in the air, as if he is in a fairyland.
In the sky above his head, even the stars moved with his footsteps.
In the originally dark night sky, the sun slowly rose from the western horizon as if it were going back in time!
This kind of consciousness travels in a very special way. Many times it is unable to control the direction and speed independently, and can only passively float in a certain direction.
This may be due to some obsession with the past. People who take Liaodan are obsessed with something in the past and will travel to the time and place where that event happened.
However, even Qin Zhibo himself is not sure which past event he is obsessed with.
Soon, the answer was revealed.
Qin Zhibo was floating on the forest road leading to Inufushi's house and saw a van slowly approaching from a distance.
He could tell at a glance that this was the car that Mouri Kogoro rented when he came here.
It seems like...
He looked back and saw the cliff tens of meters high at the end of the road.
I actually traveled back in time before I arrived at Inubushi's house?
I remember that everyone in the car was distracted by discussing the case and did not notice the sign on the roadside, which resulted in the car almost driving off the cliff.
Fortunately, someone reminded me at the critical moment and I was able to stop the car just before falling off the cliff.
Who is this person?
Qin Zhibo floated quietly, planning to use this opportunity to find out.
The car passed the road below at a constant speed and soon reached a place dozens of meters away from the cliff.
However, until this moment, no one appeared either on the roadside or in the woods.
On the other hand, a few dozen meters behind the car, Inubushi Yukihime was chasing her from a distance on a battery car.
But even she, who seemed to be the closest, seemed to be too late.
Seeing that the van was only about 20 meters away from the edge of the cliff.
not good!
Qin Zhibo's heart trembled, and he quickly floated downwards, shouting at the same time.
