Chapter 1585: Triggering a Heavenly Tribulation?! It

"This is a manifestation of the ignorance of the ancients. Even though China's technological development already had preliminary concepts during the Pre-Qin period—for instance, you should all be familiar with Qu Yuan's 'Heavenly Questions'."

"Up until now, many of the questions Qu Yuan raised remain unexplainable, and he was likely the first person to want to see what exactly lies beyond the heavens!"

"But at that time, class stratification was extremely severe. Most people couldn't afford to study, let alone contemplate what existed beyond the heavens."

"This created a convenient environment for many to spread rumors!"

Upon hearing the words "spread rumors," the excitement that had flashed in everyone's eyes vanished instantly.

Because as soon as these two words came out, they understood roughly what kind of explanation Zhang Lin was about to give.

After hearing this, a look of disdain flashed across Wang Canghai's lips. He thought to himself, can such a small trick really deceive me?

Wang Canghai held unwavering faith in the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal, because he had found all the recorded materials regarding them.

He believed that as long as this formation could be successfully set up, he would certainly be able to achieve immortality.

As long as he found the object that manipulated the formation eye—but if Zhang Lin understood the thoughts Wang Canghai was harboring at this moment, he would surely tell him with great contempt.

He had walked into a massive misconception, a misconception rooted in the fact that he had not found the true answer within the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal.

If he had truly lived in modern times for a period, given how clever Wang Canghai was, he would definitely have seen the clues.

In reality, what Zhang Lin saw in the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal was nothing more than a modern power generation device.

It was just that, relatively speaking, it relied on the power of nature to draw in the electrical currents from the sky, utilizing things they didn't understand to complete this process.

And what King Xian called "achieving immortality" was basically being roasted inside and out by the lightning from the sky.

However, Zhang Lin didn't think the essence of the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal was wrong; it had its own reasons, but these reasons absolutely could not be told to these book friends.

The Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal were equivalent to forcibly triggering a Heavenly Tribulation. If one were to speak in mysterious terms, that was indeed the case, but only if it hadn't been bolstered by certain things.

A mortal object is always a mortal object. It is just like how, when the red and white fine silk threads are not combined with Qilin blood, they are merely red and white fine silk threads.

Not only can they not grant anyone a perfect, eternal life, but they will also bring about certain curses.

Zhang Lin explained the matters regarding the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal unhurriedly, and at this moment, the authorities had also transmitted all the previous messages back.

In fact, just a few minutes ago, when they heard all of this, they should have transmitted the message directly, as that was the habit the authorities usually maintained.

Whenever they heard relevant news, they had to transmit it to the Second Archaeological Team without fail. However, regarding the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal, the authorities hesitated.

The core reason for their hesitation was that these things were simply too sensational. Fortunately, Zhang Lin pulled the rhythm back afterward, and upon hearing this long-winded message, the expressions of the Second Archaeological Team changed in exactly the same way as those of the book friends.

At first, they really couldn't understand why Zhang Lin would bring the topic into this scope, but as Zhang Lin continued his explanation, a look of relief appeared on Yang Lu's face.

Wang Kaixuan followed up with a sigh of relief and immediately said, "That's a relief, that's a relief! I actually thought this King Xian had achieved immortality!"

In fact, the way Wang Kaixuan thought about problems was always so direct. In his view, whether or not the matter of achieving immortality existed was not important at all.

The key was that if King Xian had truly achieved immortality, then what they would face upon coming to King Xian's tomb would not just be the traps within the tomb itself.

There was also the possibility that the so-called immortal King Xian might pop out from some corner and deliver a fatal blow to them.

The so-called "gods fighting" was just a metaphor, but mortals were simply too insignificant in front of gods.

Hu Bayi understood the thoughts Wang Kaixuan was harboring at this moment after hearing just one sentence. He glared at him fiercely and said, "Put away your imagination, or else put your imagination to good use. Where the hell are there gods in this world?"

Anyone who is a materialist does not harbor any fantasies about things like achieving immortality, because this "eternal life" itself consists of two different concepts.

Eternal life is at least still within the scope of physical function, while achieving immortality has already transcended the realm of mortals; perhaps one might even reach another world.

This is often seen in Xianxia novels. If a novel isn't written in such a fantastical way, they wouldn't read it. But if someone in reality were to speak of things in such a mysterious way, most people would hold a disdainful attitude.

It was just like when Zhang Lin nodded and told them that immortality existed earlier; if those words hadn't come from Zhang Lin, he probably would have been beaten to death, or sent directly to a mental hospital.

And now, after Zhang Lin used this technique of "suppressing before elevating" and laid out all the groundwork, it was to let everyone understand that things like achieving immortality simply did not exist.

Even though Zhang Lin did not directly express it, achieving immortality and eternal life were also different concepts to him. Regarding eternal life, he could lobby back and forth to attract people and let them understand the principles within.

But regarding the act of achieving immortality itself, Zhang Lin would never mention the true substance within. Even if this formation were truly useful, Zhang Lin would not speak of it at the Crescent Hotel.

And through this method, he also wanted to see how Wang Canghai would choose. Because if Wang Canghai were still obsessed with his former thoughts, he would basically send his people directly here in the next instant.

Zhang Lin was deeply convinced of this point, so what he was thinking about now was where the other party had reached. If the other party's people were already rushing toward this side.

The Second Archaeological Team must finish everything quickly. The method to destroy the Sixteen Diagrams of the Exiled Immortal was very simple.

It was to destroy the object at the core position. This could be considered killing two birds with one stone. At first, Zhang Lin hadn't expected that such a thing would be hidden within King Xian's core mechanism.

And as long as these were destroyed, everything would be over. At the very least, this Ming Tower would lose its corresponding significance.

Originally, Zhang Lin had felt that if King Xian had merely wanted to change the Feng Shui layout and thus created such a Ming Tower, it was a bit like "taking off one's pants to fart." Such a waste of money and manpower might not have meant much to King Xian.

But if one were to be very persistent in calculating this matter, King Xian had also wasted a lot of time. Under this premise, if he hadn't made a similar choice, King Xian would certainly have been more time-efficient and labor-saving, so why bother doing such a thing?

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