[{"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-609":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},1865540,2473,"Chapter 609 - 508: Aftereffects","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-609",609,"\u003Cp>Telling Chen Yuanshan the truth, the wish of his son that Ye Qiu painstakingly kept hidden, might be shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he doesn’t tell Chen Yuanshan the truth, he will have to live forever in his own dreamland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Zheqi masticated the youtiao, feeling somewhat uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when he was about to speak and decide to tell Chen Yuanshan the truth, Chen Yuanshan surprisingly spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you eating so little? Is there something on your mind?\" Chen Yuanshan glanced at the half piece of youtiao left on Shen Zheqi’s plate and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Zheqi looked up, his gaze meeting that of the breakfast shop owner he had known for a long time, in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncertain if it was an illusion, Chen Yuanshan’s eyes seemed to be filled with something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My son, Chen Shaotian... Shaotian, he is actually already dead, isn’t he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unexpected that Chen Yuanshan would say this directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he know all along?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The tone is indeed alike, the handwriting has no issues, and even some childhood anecdotes known only to him and me he can clearly recall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Yuanshan spoke, he used his eight arms to open those letters one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case, why do you think he’s already dead, Uncle Yuan Shan?\" Shen Zheqi asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qiu has always been prudent in his dealings; even after battling the Apostle and having a period of mental instability, he would have prepared his subordinates’ farewell messages long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not Ye Qiu’s fault, so where did it go wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuanshan shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because they are too ’stable’, stable to the point they feel like a routine task.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, I shouldn’t use this word to describe the person who painstakingly faked all of this; he must be a very kind person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, as a father, I do not feel the emotions in these letters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lies can deceive, but emotions cannot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to deceive emotions, you must immerse yourself into them first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, the person who forged the letters could not put themselves into the identity of Chen Yuanshan’s son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\" Listening to Chen Yuanshan’s explanation, Shen Zheqi suddenly understood a point, which is why Chen Yuanshan’s Desire Dream Realm does not feature his son!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Chen Yuanshan’s desire was to reunite with his son, there should at least be an image of his son in the Desire Dream Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ever since Shen Zheqi entered the Desire Dream Realm, he was still in this breakfast shop of three acres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this also indirectly indicate that Chen Yuanshan already knew his son was dead, and these letters were all fakes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why do you still...\" Shen Zheqi thought of this and looked at Chen Yuanshan again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly knew everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he was still lured by desire, entering a mutated state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone harbors an obsession, even if rationality tells them there’s a 99.99% probability of failure, he would still gamble on that 0.01% chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how much I console myself, telling myself that my son might have fallen on the battlefield, but, what if?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t just about deception and being deceived, but the difference between refusing to believe and choosing to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But no matter how beautiful this dream is, there should be a day to wake up, shouldn’t there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Yuanshan said this, he put down the pots, pans, knives, spatulas, spoons, and chopsticks in his hands, looked at Shen Zheqi, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, tell me the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Shen Zheqi also took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he exhaled this turbid breath and said, \"Uncle Yuan Shan, your son, Chen Shaotian, as a member of the Qiulin Guard in the Third War Zone, has already died in the battle against an Old Covenant Apostle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Shen Zheqi finished speaking, the Desire Dream Realm before his eyes began to shatter inch by inch like a mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the Desire Dream Realm was entirely shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Zheqi also returned to the original breakfast shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposite him, Chen Yuanshan, released from the frozen frame state, his eight mutated arms vanished, and he returned to his original human appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sadness in Chen Yuanshan’s eyes flashed by and was gone in the blink of an eye, returning to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this pain had brewed in his heart countless times, that’s why he was so quick to let go, or perhaps, buried it deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Xiao Shen.\" Chen Yuanshan thanked Shen Zheqi, who shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Yuan Shan, we can discuss pleasantries and comforting words later. For now, tell me how you felt after mutating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Shen Zheqi’s inquiry, Chen Yuanshan tried to recall and began to speak:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I felt something my heart yearned for seemed to sprout, blossom, and grow rapidly into a gigantic tree, filling my entire mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I was immersed in my own dreamland, losing perception of the outside world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it doesn’t differ much from my previous speculation.\" Shen Zheqi nodded slightly, \"Amplified desires can cause mutation, and after mutation, self-awareness gets trapped in one’s own dreamland, leaving only instincts in external behavior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon confirming this point, Shen Zheqi devised a fixed method to solve individual mutations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By using \"Telepathy\" ability, establishing a bridge into the dreamland of the person, and successfully awakening them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it’s possible to successfully resolve the mutated state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, after hearing Shen Zheqi’s analysis, Chen Yuanshan let out a long sigh, his expression becoming much heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Shen, you’re oversimplifying the problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuanshan’s words made Shen Zheqi raise an eyebrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Legion Commander of the Fourth War Zone, being instructed on perspective by a breakfast shop owner?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Zheqi patiently asked him, \"Uncle Yuan Shan, what insights do you have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn’t say insights, but in some issues, we ordinary people of Great Xia have a different perspective from yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuanshan continued, \"Great Xia has now recovered its lost lands, avenged great enmity, technology is rapidly advancing, military strength is soaring, everything is moving towards a good direction, and that’s truly great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But some wounds aren’t that easy to heal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many families were torn apart by disasters, how many lovers were separated by war, how many warriors lost their future utterly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In Great Xia, major problems are solved, but there are still many small cracks, almost invisible, yet densely packed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time indeed can heal all wounds, but only a few years have passed since Great Xia endured that greatest catastrophe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Desires, in a way, can be seen as unwillingness, as obsessions, and if it truly is the root cause of mutations, then the entire Great Xia...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuanshan didn’t finish his sentence, but Shen Zheqi understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there is a huge problem for the entire Great Xia!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the aftermath of calamity and war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1142,"2026-06-10T05:31:29.628Z",1,"novelbin.me","f6225252c61a784e87b213f3ef08596a5943b3c4dcfb173ed70717eefac57d21","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-610","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-608",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]