[{"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-460":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},1865291,2473,"Chapter 460 - 359: Second Senior Brother, What Did You Actually Foresee?","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-460",460,"\u003Cp>\"There are still sixty percent of unexplored locations remaining.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the forty percent of locations we have already explored, we found this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A photograph was transmitted to the virtual meeting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something resembling a totem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About the height of an adult man, entirely black, with strange patterns carved artificially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were erected in various places around the city, unnoticed corners, underwater, or buried in the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To complete the exploration of this forty percent, we lost four hundred Spirit Contract Masters and two thousand intelligent patrol robots,\" Ye Qiu said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were contaminated by the Breath of Corruption during the approach to the totems, leading to self-destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After self-destruction, the ink splattered onto others and the intelligent devices, repeating and recycling endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qiu’s expression was not pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second Senior Brother, I hope you’ll tell us the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a Divination Master who comprehends the River Map and Luo Book, you should have foreseen today’s events from the hexagrams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, you wouldn’t have urged Little Junior Brother to enter the Fruit World urgently, seeking the only solution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, I want to hear you personally tell me, how many Combat Spirit Contract Masters must die, how many companions’ lives must be sacrificed to fill this ’gap’?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sacrifice is an awareness that should be there, but it can’t be as unclear and meaningless as it is now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qiu thought of the deceased Meng Xiaobei and couldn’t help but ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second Senior Brother, what exactly have you predicted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the calm Shen Zheqi, Ye Qiu is more emotional and passionate, related to their responsibilities and personal characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jingxuan was not surprised by Ye Qiu’s words, nor did he mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I’ve predicted, I can’t say now.\" He shook his head, \"However, I hope you’ll be mentally prepared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the Imperial full-scale attack on North County has just begun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>North Strange Peak is located south of Jubei Pass, a precipitous mountain peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing atop the mountain, one can see the faint outline of Great Xia North County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain wind is biting, causing the green grass hidden in the stone cracks to shiver tightly against the stone wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clip, clop, clip, clop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several figures on warhorses appeared on North Strange Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The entire sky over Great Xia North County is already shrouded in the Breath of Corruption.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With its nourishment, the Fallen Stone Sculptures planted in various cities can successfully take root and sprout.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis XVII, speaking to this point, turned his head to look at the high sky behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a massive obsidian-like book was flipping on its own, with black gas forming new words above it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is the deployment status of the Imperial Knight Order?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Four Great Knight Orders have already completed assembly, beginning deployment to the designated locations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have the other major forces responded?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Longevity Company rejected our invitation, their leader Frog has entered seclusion, and during this time, the whole company will be dormant, making no movements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dream Demon Frog, huh? When I first met him, he was still a formal scientist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the Knight’s Code, faint black words gather and dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Can Shang Company is overwhelmed, they are fighting fiercely with the ancestors, and it is estimated there will be results soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the Old Covenant...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Covenant now barely exists, leaving only the Pope as its sole figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight’s code, shimmering with obsidian luster, turned another page, and new dark words emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can offer him more promises.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis XVII was momentarily stunned; he looked up at the knight’s code, his gaze deep and profound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a brief motion; he quickly lowered his head again and responded, \"Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Four Great Knight Orders will reach the target location in three days. Last time, when we surrounded and attacked Li Shutong, the Imperial did not display its iron hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, it’s time for everyone to know the prestige of the Imperial Iron Riders!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the knight’s code did not respond, nor did it generate new words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to have fallen into sudden silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis XVII said no more. He only silently looked behind him as four Imperial Knights stepped forward to catch the slowly descending Imperial Supreme Treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced back in the direction of North County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black aura and golden light entangled and flickered among the clouds, ebbing and flowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis XVII withdrew his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was unsure of what he thought in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spurred his horse and leaped down from North Strange Peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these three days, the loss of Combat Spirit Contract Masters and intelligent mechanisms continued to increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troublesome nature of the Breath of Corruption caused significant difficulties for North County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Lin Jingxuan’s Original Daoist River Map and Luo Book, suppressed by the Heaven and Earth Array and Eight Trigrams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Shang Siteng’s Heaven’s Origin breaking through one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>North County might have already become a living purgatory by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, many lives were still lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their sacrifices were not in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of dark totems were eradicated, reduced to powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given another ten days, North County could eliminate these dark totems and unravel this long-plotted conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, things went contrary to plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just past the third day, those remaining dark totems in North County, after absorbing a large amount of the Breath of Corruption, had grown from human height to the height of buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resembling black obelisks rising from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engraved upon them were strange, eerie patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some depicted strange-shaped beasts, others simply had ghastly faces and monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twisted, chaotic, corrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these black totem obelisks rose, a series of calls seemed to emerge from the abyss beneath the earth in North County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in North County could clearly hear it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was breaking through the earth, emerging to descend upon the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the leader of the Heaven and Earth Array,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the node of the formation, a trace of black vapor suddenly appeared in Lin Jingxuan’s brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, it was dispelled by the golden light enveloping his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jingxuan suddenly opened his eyes, his expression grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made no extra movements, directly opening the emergency communication channel prepared by Celestial Net Bob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those black totem obelisks are coordinates for the arrival of the abyss of corruption.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each coordinate is an anchor point; they lock North County’s location. Soon, the abyss of corruption will descend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By then, North County will become the new abyss of corruption; no one will be able to leave alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must retrieve all the defensive forces of the Heaven and Earth Array, focus fully on suppressing the anchor points, and prevent the descent of the abyss of corruption.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I appoint Shang Siteng to take over my subsequent command work; everyone report to her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communication ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underneath the cushion where Lin Jingxuan sat cross-legged, a golden-white scroll slowly unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, the Heaven and Earth Array that protected all of North County disappeared without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the people in North County felt a chill.\u003C\u002Fp>",1185,"2026-06-10T05:31:13.180Z",1,"novelbin.me","21594e8c5519c80037eb8f5e2da85224aef5f79bba0a8db2ee37691be19b287b","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-461","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-459",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]