[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts":3,"chapter-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-35":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1865066,2473,"Chapter 35: Breeze Dance Hall","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>The Breeze Dance Hall is open 24 hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are daytime guests during the day and late-night guests at night, without conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Han Zhan and his group of three arrived at Breeze Dance Hall, there were still quite a few people scattered around, each with one or two dancers in their arms, whispering jokes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quite rare to see someone like Han Zhan, accompanied by two stunning beauties, coming to the Breeze Dance Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the doorman stared at them in surprise for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You come here often, order some drinks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be too expensive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan added to Li Lingzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had just raided the City Guardian’s warehouse and the wallets were still well-stocked, he wasn’t someone who spent lavishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two glasses of fruit wine, an iced coffee, and a snack platter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingzhen immediately said to the waiter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They found an inconspicuous corner booth to sit in and surveyed the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the stage, scantily clad dancers were performing, with many off-duty City Guardians below watching intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, a few dancers responsible for livening up the atmosphere were going from table to table offering drinks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black stockings, long legs, scars, garish makeup. It perfectly matched Han Zhan’s stereotypical impression of a dance hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They quickly arrived at Han Zhan’s table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ignored the two, who were obviously not their target audience and even more beautiful than themselves, Li Lingzhen and Xia Youwei, and directly approached Han Zhan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you here alone, brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\" You could tell that lie with your eyes open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a drink with us, darling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The scent on you is so alluring!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dancer leaned close to Han Zhan’s neck, took a deep breath, and said with a face full of intoxication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen had strange expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it true that you love what you do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You find that scent alluring, that’s unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this also indirectly proves that these dancers aren’t parasitized by Erosion Insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, we’ve already ordered drinks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Li Lingzhen interrupted the seduction routine of these gaudy women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dancers’ income comes from three sources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic appearance fees, guest tips, and commissions from selling drinks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why they worked so hard to persuade guests to drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Lingzhen’s words, the dancers’ expressions instantly turned cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a bore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, bringing these two pretty chicks to a dance hall? What’s the show-off about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as boring as that guy yesterday who only drank water and didn’t talk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dancers left, clearly uninterested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the waiter delivered their order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two glasses of pale golden transparent fruit wine, a cup of iced coffee with white frost on the cup walls, and a snack platter with steaming fries and unidentified beast meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All this, and the price was surprisingly high, costing several thousand, making Han Zhan click his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing the dancers on stage performing energetically, he let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the iced coffee, Han Zhan casually started asking the young waiter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have a woman here called Red Iris?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan’s voice wasn’t loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, as soon as he finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, with a tray in hand, the waiter’s gaze fell on him with a strange look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire bar, perhaps it was an illusion, everyone seemed to stop moving and turned their heads towards him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All their eyes fell on Han Zhan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of this eerie scene,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan subconsciously clenched his fist, his mind slightly sinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This guest, did you just say, Red Iris?\" The waiter wore a smile on the corner of his mouth, seemingly confirming again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan pursed his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire bar, those drinking and joking stopped, the dancers entertaining guests stopped, and even the dancing ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Han Zhan confirmed, preparing to fight this large group of parasitized Erosion Insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the waiter excitedly shouted: \"Great, this guest said ’Red Iris,’ he will cover the tab for everyone here, renting the entire place!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Woohoo—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others cheered along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Han Zhan was still somewhat confused, the waiter came over to explain to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s like this, customer, yesterday there was a guest who came here, he racked up a huge tab, then said someone would come later and say ’Red Iris,’ and cover the cost and his bar debt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The waiter’s words immediately made them think of someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Fan, who had gone missing from the hospital!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been to Breeze Dance Hall too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was indeed investigating the Erosion Insect issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just let him rack up a tab like that?\" Han Zhan asked in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, he’s a City Guardian, and it wasn’t his first time running a tab here, everyone knows him...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was undoubtedly Yi Fan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan shook his head, choosing not to elaborate, and decided to help Yi Fan pay off the tab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sort of thing used to be handled by Bai Shuang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Bai Shuang may no longer be around, god knows how many times Yi Fan’s tab debts might get run up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi Fan’s \"prank\" quickly brought new clues to Han Zhan and his team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw another waiter approach them with a wooden box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person said, once the tab is settled, we are to give you this wooden box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can’t open this box, guest, please see for yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the box Yi Fan left behind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint layer of golden light enveloped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Yi Fan’s Spirit Contract Master talent, \"Immortal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Han Zhan reached out to take it, the protective light film on the box seemed to sense something and slowly dissolved away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the box, inside were two pieces of paper, each recording different information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Year 23 of the Insect Disaster, February, Captain Yi Ming of the Deep Blue City’s City Guardian Team 1 successfully returned from exploring a nearby ruin, and the City Guardian Organization rewarded him. The entire team went to Breeze Dance Hall to celebrate.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Year 23 of the Insect Disaster, March, Yi Ming was transferred to the frontline for special reasons and then went missing.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In the same month, Deputy Captain Zhao Hu acted as Captain.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information on the first paper concerned Yi Ming, Captain of Team 1 of Deep Blue City. Han Zhan didn’t understand why Yi Fan left this information for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to look at the second paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The asexual reproduction and division cycle of the Erosion Insect mother insect is one month, splitting one offspring per month.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill the mother insect, and all the offspring will die together.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second piece of information was about the Erosion Insect. Killing the mother insect was known to Han Zhan, but this first division cycle was something new to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combining the contents of the two papers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Yi Fan wanted to indicate that Yi Ming brought back the mother Erosion Insect from that ruin outside Deep Blue City!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which means, the mother insect’s division started in February, so now there are a total of seven parasitized individuals!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This information was crucial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It allowed Han Zhan to narrow down the target range immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, they just need to find the seven parasitized individuals to solve the Erosion Insect problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waiter, please wait a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan thought of this and called the waiter, asking, \"Do you remember if Captain Yi Ming came to the Breeze Dance Hall in February?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1238,"2026-06-10T05:31:12.900Z",1,"novelbin.me","41c973bbc4af392120e868634ae8bd8d8f03740d9a242b05b40db939a656fe65","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-36","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-34",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]