Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

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Starting from the stone gate entrance, walking through a tunnel that was neither long nor short, and finally passing through the key layer of light curtain, Quan Yi couldn't help but frown.

“The air quality is really bad…”

Even air quality can be simulated. The technical content of "Cocoon" is beyond Bai Quanyi's imagination...

The air might have been intense, but Quanyi was more concerned with his surroundings. Judging by the surroundings, it must have been around midnight. Most of the lights in the surrounding buildings had gone out, apparently the residents were asleep, with only a few streetlights lit. A thick fog hung all around, through which he could barely make out the surrounding brick and stone European-style buildings. Stone buildings, streetlights, thick fog... Before they'd even properly explored this world, a sense of eeriness had already overwhelmed Quanyi and his companions.

"Is this London, the city of thick fog?" Yukiko couldn't help muttering to herself as she looked around. "Rather than being romantic, it's more like..."

"Weird." Xiao Ai took over her words with a smile.

"The air feels so dirty..." Little Loli Ayumi wrinkled her nose and couldn't help but whisper.

"London fog isn't just some clean substance condensed from water vapor," Ai explained casually, "but rather the smoke produced by the burning of coal and oil, mixed with water vapor."

"So smoke... exists in this era!" Ayumi couldn't help but mutter to herself after hearing what Ai said.

When Izumi heard Ayumi's cute words, he wanted to smile, but suddenly, a shrill scream made his hair stand on end.

"what--!"

"Jack the Ripper!" This time, Conan's reaction speed was much faster than Izumi's, and he chased after him almost the moment the sound was heard. It seemed that this stage called "Old London" had once again activated Conan's detective cells to a very active level.

When Quan Yi and everyone arrived, there was no sign of Jack the Ripper. They only saw Conan jumping around holding his foot, making sounds of "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" from time to time.

"Are you okay, Conan?" Yukiko asked worriedly, "Is there any problem?"

"Nothing." Conan forced a smile. "I wanted to use these strength-enhancing shoes to kick him down like before, but for some reason, they suddenly stopped working."

"It seems that Dr. Agasa's invention cannot be used here." Izumi looked at the shoes on Conan's feet and narrowed his eyes.

"That's right." Conan moved his glasses slightly. "The original tracking system of the glasses is not working anymore. They are just ordinary glasses. Although the antenna can be retracted, it is just a decoration."

"Our watch-shaped flashlight doesn't work anymore." Yuantai pressed his watch with a look of disappointment on his face.

"Compared to this." Quan Yi looked at Conan, "Did you see it?"

"Ah." Conan's face was serious, "Just..."

Before Conan could finish, a shrill scream suddenly came from the alley in front of Junyanghao jiu qi wu liu er ba ba si yi!

"Jack the Ripper has appeared!"

With the appearance of the first person who discovered the body, the originally quiet street suddenly exploded. People in the nearby blocks who had been asleep opened their doors and windows with horror and rushed to the streets.

"Call the police!"

The language in the game has automatically switched to Japanese.

"what happened?"

"It seems like another victim has appeared!"

"This is the third victim!"

"It's just like the real world..." Yukiko said a little uneasily.

"What I saw and heard, even the feeling of the low temperature seemed real..." Mitsuhiko retracted his arms.

Conan rolled his eyes and said, "Even the pain in my feet is real."

While Quan Yi and his group were observing, suddenly, the crowd was separated and several men dressed in British police uniforms from the last century walked out of the crowd.

"Give it! Let it go!"

The tall policeman in the lead looked down at the body, his expression suddenly becoming serious. He turned to his companions and whispered, "Contact Inspector Lestrade immediately!"

After hearing this, another policeman behind him hurriedly turned and left.

"Inspector Lestrade?" Conan's eyes turned slightly when he heard the familiar name. When he saw Quan Yi who also looked thoughtful, he couldn't help but smile.

"really……"

"Although we were asked to catch Jack the Ripper, where should we find him?" Standing on a stone bridge, the young man Moroboshi sighed.

"It seems we can only wait until daybreak before taking action." Mitsuhiko said worriedly.

"But it's really cold at night!" Ayumi shivered and said pitifully.

Upon seeing this, Mitsuhiko quickly took off his long-sleeved shirt and handed it to Ayumi: "Ayumi, you can wear mine!"

"Is it okay?" Ayumi looked at Mitsuhiko in surprise.

"Yeah! No problem!"

"Thank you, Mitsuhiko!"

Shiraizumi Masu turned to look at Yukiko and Ai and asked, "Are you cold?"

Xiao Ai: "A little bit."

Yukiko: “Not bad.”

Bai Quanyi circulated the energy in his body. The energy in his body could circulate freely because his mental strength was far beyond that of the "cocoon". The "cocoon" could not cause any harm to him or control him.

An invisible energy enveloped everyone, and the chillness on their bodies suddenly subsided.

Bai Quanyi reminded everyone, "Be careful not to die in the game. If you die in the game, you really die. However, the environment in this game is actually quite good. The worst outcome is just being captured, so the chances of losing your life are relatively small."

Although Shiraizumi Mashi will protect everyone, his main targets are Ai, Ayumi, and Yukiko. He may not be able to take care of others, so it is better to remind them.

The little kids were frightened when they heard Bai Quanyi's words.

"Huh? Is what Noah said about the Ark true?"

Bai Quanyi nodded and said, "Yes, let's work hard together."

"Huh?" Conan was puzzled when he suddenly saw the stone bridge under his feet crack with a sound. He immediately reacted and hurriedly shouted to the people who were still in a daze, "Run! The stone bridge is going to collapse!"

Just as Conan finished saying this, the cracks on the stone bridge under his feet began to grow larger and larger in the middle, and finally broke into two pieces with a loud bang.

Everyone hurried to the bridgehead.

"Ah!!" Kikukawa, who was running at the end, had no time to dodge and his feet slipped. Just as he was about to fall off the bridge, Conan grabbed him.

Unfortunately, Conan was small and had limited strength, and was being pulled by Kikukawa. Conan even had the tendency to fall. Fortunately, Izumi rushed over and grabbed Kikukawa's other hand, saving them both.

Yukiko touched the back of the frightened Kikukawa and comforted him, "It's okay, everything is fine now."

Moroboshi and the other three people on the side looked at Yukiko and the others with some confusion and shame in their eyes.

"Then where should we find characters who can help us?" asked Zhuxing.

"Didn't those two policemen just reveal it to us?" Quan Yi smiled.

"Contact Inspector Lestrade! (Zhao Hao)" Conan's face was full of pride as he took over Quan Yi's words.

"Could it be Inspector Lestrade from the Sherlock Holmes novels?" Yukiko was also surprised. "But doesn't that appear in novels?"

"I guess this world is a mixture of reality and fiction." Xiao Ai said.

"Then the character who helps us is..." Yukiko looked at Izumi and Conan with some doubts and expectations.

"It must be Shinichi-san. Shinichi-san is known as the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era!" Conan said shamelessly.

"You really dare to say that!" Xiao Ai couldn't help but complain.

"Haha..." Conan laughed dryly, "Actually, I want to say that the character who helped us was Sherlock Holmes!"

"Really?!" The children of the Junior Detective League were very excited.

"With the help of Sherlock Holmes, we will have the power of a hundred people!" Mitsuhiko widened his eyes excitedly.

"We have definitely passed this level!" Yuantai was even more excited.

"Then let's go to Baker Street!" Ayumi waved her little fist.

Shiraizumi Mashi felt that things were not that simple. With Suzuki Shiro's involvement, the game had changed.

"Suzuki Shiro said he wanted to challenge me, I wonder how it works?"

Shiraizumi Masu naturally believed that Suzuki Shiro was the mastermind, otherwise he would not risk his life to participate in the game.

439. The Phantom of Baker Street

With Quan Yi leading the way, they made it through safely, even though the distance was a bit long. After turning a corner, while Quan Yi was observing the situation, Zhu Xing, who was following behind him, suddenly said, "Brother Bai, do you think there's something wrong with that clock..."

"Clock?" Quan Yi raised his head and saw the clock on a huge tower not far away, which made him stunned for a moment.

"Is this the Elizabeth Tower?" Conan also looked at the clock tower that looked somewhat familiar to him.

"Brother Quan Yi? What is Elizabeth Tower?" Ayumi asked curiously.

"Elizabeth Tower, also known as the clock tower of Westminster Palace, is one of the most famous Gothic buildings in the world. It is the nickname of the large clock in the clock tower attached to the British Parliament Chamber. In the real world, it is located on the banks of the Thames in London, England, and is one of London's iconic buildings." Xiao Ai, who was beside Ayumi, explained for her.

"Oh...I see..." Ayumi looked at the clock tower with even greater interest.

"I'm still confused..." Yuan Tai frowned, "Weiss... What Thames..."

"It's Big Ben." Conan rolled his eyes. "So you know what I mean."

"Oh, hey..." Yuan Tai touched his head embarrassedly, and suddenly his eyes swept across the clock tower and shouted: "Hey! Look, the minute hand of the 073 clock is reversed!"

"Huh?" Quan Yi suddenly raised his head and saw the time on the clock slowly turn from 12:50 in the evening to 12:49.

"What's going on..." Just when everyone was puzzled, the big clock clicked again, and the minute hand moved back one space again, and it suddenly became 48 minutes.

"50 points to 49 points, and then to 48 points..." Conan frowned, "Could it be..."

"This should represent the number of people participating in the game!" Quan Yi also looked serious.

"So...reversing two points means..." Mitsuhiko widened his eyes.

"Two people should have been eliminated on other stages." Yukiko's voice also sounded a little low.

real world.

In the game venue, there were rows of static capsules. Suddenly, two of the capsules shook violently, followed by a loud bang. A large amount of gas spurted out from the bottom. The capsules, with the lights on the surface turned off, began to spin with a roar and slowly sank under the floor.

"Kang Yu!" In the meeting hall, a woman couldn't help crying as she looked at the sinking capsule. It seemed that she must be the mother of this child.

"Pengzhi!" A man growled, and the woman beside him couldn't help but cover her eyes, unable to bear to watch anymore. They were also a pair of parents.

"Fengzi...Fengzi, she..."

"Pirate scene, two people are out!"

"Colosseum, two are out!"

"Solomon, three out!"

Everyone in the game control room frowned at the bad news that came one after another. The situation had already become like this not long after the game started. The subsequent development was really worrying.

game world.

After passing through a dark alley, Quan Yi and others finally walked out of the White Church area and came to the main road.

Before reaching the main road, Quan Yi, who was walking in front, suddenly pulled Conan. Conan understood and hurriedly stopped the people behind him and asked everyone to stop.

"What's wrong?" Conan looked at Quan Yi and asked in confusion.

"There are two policemen over there," Quan Yi said softly, "If we get caught, it'll be GAME OVER! Besides, they seem to be discussing Jack the Ripper..."

"You know, in the alley on Mitte Street, I heard there was another victim." A policeman's voice slowly came from the end of the alley.

"Two incidents in one hour." Another police officer sighed, "This is already the fourth one. What a terrible world..."

With that, the two of them left with the lanterns in hand.

"How scary..." After hearing the police's conversation, Ayumi shrank back in fear.

"We seem to have come to a very absurd world..." Mitsuhiko also echoed.

"Although London in the late 19th century is known as the last glorious era of the British Empire," Ai continued in a cold voice, "it was actually an era of enormous wealth disparity, brutal crime, and sinister human nature. In other words, we've arrived in a very dangerous place."

"By the way, I once heard Shinichi say that if Sherlock Holmes is likened to the light of the times, then Jack the Ripper is the shadow of darkness." Yukiko looked at Conan and said.

"In that case, let's hurry to the Light of Time." Conan said with a smile, inadvertently interrupting Yukiko's words, "Baker Street is almost here!

"We're about to arrive at your home turf." Quan Yi also looked at Conan with a smile on his face.

Once they had exited the alley and reached the main road, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Even walking through a dark alley in brightly lit modern society can be unsettling, let alone the dark alleys of this era rife with fear. Even Quan Yi's heart had been in a state of tension throughout the entire journey.

But just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a homeless man came towards them from the other end of the street corner.