Chapter 1396: Acting as a traitor at a critical moment? Wanting to loot a burning house?

"There is only one drop-off point for this Soul-Suspension Staircase, yet he left two marks. According to the corresponding order they walked down just now, I made the discovery."

"And in this situation, relatively speaking, the two points that need to be found are: one is the point one hundred and twenty-eight steps forward according to the mark under Yang Lu's feet, and the other is the one hundred and thirty-second step. There is only a difference of four steps between them, yet it is a world of difference."

"Of this choice between two, only one is the path to survival. From the perspective of the Eight Trigrams, one is the 'Cui' hexagram, and the other is the 'Yao' hexagram. Both hexagrams represent a glimmer of life."

"Leaving these two gaps is Li Chunfeng's test of luck for those who came later!"

After hearing this explanation from Zhang Lin, the barrage started to clamor instantly.

【Damn it! I thought this Li Chunfeng was some kind of good person; it turns out he's also a lowlife!】

【You can't say it like that; after all, he left an opportunity for those who came later, just like an interview.】

【Interview? How can you drag everything to this?】

【What does this interview have to do with anything?】

【It is said that Fortune 500 companies will randomly pull a stack of resumes and throw them into the trash can.】

【What does that mean?】

【It means they don't recruit people with bad luck.】

【Following your logic, does that mean people with bad luck are destined not to get the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book?】

【It's not like that; after all, under the premise of taking the lead, it's not necessarily one person or two people; they still have experimental subjects.】

Now everyone finally understood why Zhang Lin would leave the corresponding people behind; this is the original definition of cannon fodder, right?

These tomb raiders themselves are the touchstones for exploring the path, and for them, there is no need for any mercy. After all, they had already taken things to that extent before.

This news quickly reached the Second Archaeological Team.

Yang Lu did not struggle beforehand about who should jump down. At this time, she just carefully counted one hundred and twenty-eight steps according to the footsteps under her feet.

Then she made a mark, and immediately after, she counted four more steps down and made another mark. They were only separated by four steps. If it weren't for what Zhang Lin said, according to her logic, four steps would be a world of difference.

Then most people would think that at such a close distance, basically, if there is a path to survival after jumping down, relatively speaking, there definitely wouldn't be too much difference.

But since Zhang Lin said so, there must be a reason for it. Yang Lu also firmly believed that the answer Zhang Lin gave must be correct.

Looking at these two triangular marks, everyone fell into confusion.

And they all knew what kind of position they were in now. Actually, Yang Lu felt from the beginning that she had fallen into some kind of cycle.

Until the moment Shen Qiong patted her shoulder, even without Zhang Lin's explanation, she could understand that this was the composition of a Soul-Suspension Staircase.

And in this mechanism, if they couldn't find the corresponding drop-off point, they would be trapped to death here forever.

Dying before achieving success—even after having experienced those things before, Yang Lu didn't want to let herself die in this kind of inexplicable mechanism.

Fortunately, there was Zhang Lin. Afterwards, Yang Lu took a deep breath and scanned the four people of the Second Archaeological Team. At this time, the previous rope played its corresponding role again.

Immediately after, Yang Lu said: "Ma Dada, arrange for one of your men to go down from here first and use the rope to lower him twenty meters. If he can't find the drop-off point, pull him back up."

Ma Dada did not hesitate at all. At this time, he had the awareness of being cannon fodder, but just when Ma Dada wanted to arrange manpower, that Lao San suddenly stood out and said: "Why? Why should our people go down? Why don't your people go down?"

Wang Kaixuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "You have to know that this is the opportunity we are giving you. If you don't go down, you don't need to follow us on the road ahead."

This Lao San still wouldn't have it and roared: "Is it up to you whether we follow or not? Look at that ugly face of yours, like a tumbler motorcycle, and you're still clamoring. I've long since had enough of you, damn it!"

After speaking, Lao San immediately wanted to make a move. Wang Kaixuan was not a pushover, and he was never a parent who spoiled children. He immediately wanted to go over and have a scuffle with Lao San.

And at this time, Yang Lu pushed both of them away with her left and right hands, her gaze very cold, and then she looked at Ma Dada and said: "Ma Dada, I can take back what he said just now. You can still follow me down later, but I tell you, if you don't make any corresponding contribution in the tomb this time..."

"... including your group, then the 'meritorious service to atone for crimes' will also be taken back. Instead, after we take you out, you won't have any qualifications to negotiate terms. Do you understand?"

Ma Dada was a desperado, that's true, and the lines Yang Lu revealed subtly were telling Ma Dada that the choice was his; how he wanted to act was his own business.

And Yang Lu had given him a chance; if Ma Dada didn't cherish it himself, he couldn't blame her.

At this time, Ma Dada took a deep breath. Actually, after Lao San stood out and said those words, Ma Dada also reacted slightly.

He felt that he couldn't negotiate terms after going out, but rather, by using such a live broadcast lens to negotiate terms with the other party right here, maybe he could get even greater benefits after going out. This was what Ma Dada really wanted.

If he couldn't support himself with these primitive benefits, then the series of actions Ma Dada made later seemed to have no meaning.

Having thought of this, Ma Dada immediately said: "Don't talk about negotiating terms with you after going out; let's talk about terms now."

This was the only coping strategy Ma Dada could think of at this moment. He understood that he and his group definitely couldn't beat Yang Lu.

Even if they hadn't seen the scene of Yang Lu spiraling down from such a high place and playing with that giant spider before...

... but just facing so many mechanisms and all of that, Yang Lu was the most composed person, and the skill she revealed subtly also indicated that Yang Lu was definitely the number one figure among them.

It wasn't just because of the title of 'Team Leader' that the people in the team respected her so much.

It was because her skills were solid that she became the team leader, and along with it, she received the corresponding respect. The logical relationship before and after this was very mysterious.

Ma Dada only now understood the real logic inside.

Hearing Ma Dada's intention to loot a burning house, Wang Kaixuan didn't choose to scold Ma Dada directly this time.

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