I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

The conversation at the end of time didn’t actually contain many sentences.

Han Zhan input the conversation from his memory into the decryption device, and soon, the deciphered ancient divine language appeared before him.

:”It’s my turn to play a card.”

Every word that appeared was familiar to Han Zhan, yet their combination left him a bit bewildered.

He couldn’t help but have three massive question marks pop up over his head.

Could it be that the decryption device’s vocabulary wasn’t fully collected, or was there a problem somewhere? Let’s try another sentence.

Thinking this way, Han Zhan entered another segment of dialogue.

:”Four threes. Boom.”

Han Zhan: ”...”

Unwilling to give up, he continued to input phrases.

Soon, the divine conversations stored in his memory were completely ”deciphered” by the decryption device.

:”Four twos. Crush it!”

:”Your cards are no good, let me play next round.”

:”Seize the landowner!”

Looking at these lines of dialogue, Han Zhan was covered in black lines.

He could now confirm that the decryption device was definitely broken.

”Could it be Bob’s mischief, replacing my decryption device’s vocabulary?!”

Indeed, Han Zhan would rather believe Bob had swapped out the ancient divine language vocabulary he and Mass painstakingly compiled for two days and nights than believe... eight deities existed at the end of endless time, playing Landlord’s Game!

This was beyond a soul impact.

This was simply a soul nuclear explosion!

Han Zhan felt as if he was spiritually contaminated by ancient deities, on the verge of mental collapse.

After all the effort to decipher the ancient divine language, it turned out to be just a card game exchange; could anything be more absurd?

”The decryption device has no problem.”

”Bob wouldn’t have secretly swapped out the vocabulary; it truly is the ancient divine language’s vocabulary.”

”Its decryption is also correct, and the dialogues about the Land of the End and the initial statement are accurate, so these dialogues afterward are also flawless.”

Saying this to himself, Han Zhan sighed.

The hard-earned clue seemed to abruptly stop, ending halfway.

At that moment, his communicator began to flash.

He tapped open the virtual screen, revealing Bob’s familiar little dragon face.

”Han Zhan, your face hasn’t turned into a pig’s head?”

Han Zhan’s eyelid twitched, and his tone turned slightly through gritted teeth, ”What, do you seem disappointed?”

”Stop, stop.” Hearing the hostility in Han Zhan’s tone, Bob shook his dragon tail and quickly shifted the topic, ”I’m messaging you for good news.”

”The previously disappeared passage has reappeared!”

Bob’s words successfully grabbed Han Zhan’s attention.

”The passage, you mean the one the fourth senior brother found in the desert, transformed by that small tree?!”

Little Dragon Man Bob nodded.

”That’s right.”

”After the previous incident, I uploaded the image of the ’Miniature World Tree’ to the database of the Heaven Net Center.”

”Now, the entire Blue Star is covered by the Celestial Net, detecting any slight movement instantly.”

”This morning, the exact same miniature World Tree suddenly appeared again.”

Hearing this news, Han Zhan’s previously defeated spirit due to the decryption device was instantly lifted.

It’s like having a pillow when you’re sleepy.

New clues have arrived, haven’t they?

”Where is it? I’ll head over immediately!” Han Zhan said at once.

”Hold on a second, let me switch the perspective.” Bob said, operating within the virtual Celestial Net world.

Soon, the image of Little Dragon Man Bob vanished, replaced by a towering mountain.

At the top of this mountain, in a dense lush forest, a tiny unobtrusive corner housed a sprouting little World Tree, swaying gracefully.

Bob’s voice continued from the screen, ”I checked, and this little World Tree is located quite close to you, right on the mountain in the Yongsha Empire’s outskirts. It’ll only take you two minutes to get there from where you are.”

”If you want to check it out, go ahead.”

After ending the call with Bob, Han Zhan, initially full of excitement, became a bit hesitant once more.

He stepped out the door, surrounded by Contracted Spirit Girls who were concerned:

”How did it go?”

”Did you decipher the ancient divine language?”

”Any new clues?”

Facing their questions, Han Zhan took a deep breath: ”It’s deciphered; it’s about eight ancient gods taking turns playing Landlord’s Game, with someone lucky enough to play a good hand and win big, while those with poor card skills wasted four twos with the joker pair.”

”The new clue is that I now have to go to the Yongsha Empire’s outskirts, just two minutes away, to climb the mountain!”

Han Zhan spat out this long narrative in one breath.

The air turned silent, still and soundless.

Each Contracted Spirit Girl appeared as if struck by a soul hammer, then in unison, they said:

”No! You can’t climb the mountain!”

”...”

See, this is why he hesitated to speak earlier.

...

Han Zhan and the girls arrived at the mountain shown in Bob’s footage.

Successfully finding the little World Tree’s location.

Without any wasted movements, Han Zhan poured the prepared clear water onto the small tree, and the next second, the ground beneath him and the mountain opened wide.

He dropped straight down.

This time, he didn’t let the Contracted Spirit Girls follow him.

Since only the Divine Radiance could see and open that path to the end of time, going down with more people wouldn’t help.

With this in mind, golden light burst from Han Zhan’s eyes, activating his Divine Light Talent.

As expected, the familiar white vortex gate appeared before him.

No prompts appeared, and as soon as Han Zhan’s hand touched the white vortex gate, his figure was swallowed, disappearing.

When he regained his sight, he found himself in a familiar place.

”This is... the root of the World Tree?”

Han Zhan had entered here before when he left the Kunlun Twin Fruit World.

He originally thought it would be a long time before he returned here, yet unexpectedly, it was today.

The World Tree’s root remained an endless darkness; only the World Tree emitted golden light.

Compared to the first time, the World Tree’s light was discernibly more radiant.

The door originally tightly locked at the root was now open, bright white inside, similar to the white vortex that transported Han Zhan there.

As Han Zhan surveyed his surroundings, a sheet of paper appeared before him.

Lines of text materialized on the page:

”Han Zhan, utilizing the root path of the World Tree, once again successfully reaches the end of the River of Time to attend the Creator Gods’ meeting.”

”Han Zhan’s sole objective is to uncover, through their conversations, the next Land of the End.”

”Remember, never expose your true identity.”