Chapter 1889: If Yang Lu dies! Are you really not heartbroken?

After understanding all of this, Wang Canghai took a deep breath and slapped himself in the face with a backhand.

He thought to himself that if it were a hundred years ago, perhaps faced with such a failure, he would have directly and shamefully chosen to commit suicide by poison and disappear from this world.

Wang Canghai's pride at that time was much stronger than it is today; he could not find any opponent and hoped for one to appear. After these few hundred years, this mindset of Wang Canghai's has become increasingly intense.

However, after this true opponent finally appeared, Wang Canghai initially felt a hidden sense of excitement in his heart. But in the end, the bloody reality of Zhang Lin told Wang Canghai that he was simply not worthy of being Zhang Lin's opponent. This was what Wang Canghai found most difficult to accept.

If Zhang Lin had said such things merely out of mockery toward him, Wang Canghai could have barely accepted it.

But all the facts told Wang Canghai that Zhang Lin was right, which led to Wang Canghai's current mindset falling into a state of total imbalance.

Looking at the phone, Wang Canghai gritted his teeth fiercely and finally dialed. In fact, just as Zhang Lin hung up on Yang Lu, this call from Wang Canghai had already come in.

Zhang Lin looked at this familiar yet strange number and answered. He didn't say anything, instead listening to what exactly Wang Canghai wanted to discuss with him.

Regarding Wang Canghai as a person, Zhang Lin's interest had become increasingly dull, because Wang Canghai had begun to feel fear, and this fear came from the depths of his soul.

Even if Zhang Lin did not know what else Wang Canghai was hiding behind the Bronze Gate of the Cloud Top Palace, beyond the secrets he already knew.

But since Wang Canghai had such fear, Zhang Lin certainly needed to investigate the answer within it. In fact, if Wang Canghai hadn't shown this fear from the beginning, perhaps Zhang Lin wouldn't have solved the problem in this way.

But since the other party carried such fear, it only made Zhang Lin increasingly interested.

Now, Zhang Lin no longer viewed Wang Canghai as his opponent; perhaps Wang Canghai was just a small problem Zhang Lin needed to solve. Facing such a problem, Zhang Lin was naturally in a state of calm and detachment.

To him, perhaps the person truly plotting everything behind the scenes—the one who made Wang Canghai feel fear—was his true opponent. This was also what Zhang Lin had always been worried about.

However, worry is worry, and Zhang Lin did indeed have a hidden sense of excitement in his heart, because being invincible is always lonely.

And when Zhang Lin saw someone able to enter his field of vision in such a way, using all those who had once dominated as his chess pieces to conduct this game.

Zhang Lin became increasingly expectant about the game of chess he was playing. As long as this expectation continued, then for Zhang Lin, the subsequent events were certainly within his planning.

This was everything Zhang Lin could think of at the moment.

And regarding such a result, Zhang Lin was not surprised; the key lay in the fact that Wang Canghai at this moment seemed not to have considered the seriousness of this matter.

However, Zhang Lin didn't say anything about this; he just wanted to hear what kind of emotions Wang Canghai wanted to express. In fact, if Wang Canghai were even a little bit smarter, he would be very clear that calling him at this time was definitely a huge mistake.

Because the more one says, the more mistakes one makes, which would lead to Wang Canghai exposing more of himself. Once certain situations were exposed, it would lead to a complete imbalance in subsequent judgments.

Wang Canghai still didn't understand this point, which is why Zhang Lin felt that at this very moment, he was not worthy of being his opponent.

Of course, an unexpected situation could not be ruled out—that this call from Wang Canghai might bring him some surprises. However, Zhang Lin no longer had expectations for such things.

Through his probing over such a long time, he basically already knew very clearly how much weight Wang Canghai carried.

This was also the reason why Zhang Lin's current mindset was very peaceful.

In fact, he could have chosen not to answer Wang Canghai's call, but since the other party wanted to take the initiative to expose their flaws to him, why wouldn't Zhang Lin be happy to oblige?

That was why he interpreted his mood in this way. The next moment, Wang Canghai spoke slowly: "Zhang Lin, tell me the truth now: you want to know what else is hidden behind the Bronze Gate besides the so-called Ultimate, right?"

Wang Canghai did not avoid the answer of the Ultimate, because in his concept, Zhang Lin was very clear about the two words "the Ultimate" and the so-called answer hidden behind it.

The key was that there was another answer behind this answer. It might sound like a tongue twister, but that was the actual situation!

Hearing Wang Canghai say this, Zhang Lin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, then laughed: "Alright, it seems you've guessed more than I thought. I thought you would still pretend to be profound and talk to me about the topic of the Ultimate!"

Hearing Zhang Lin say this, Wang Canghai snorted coldly and then said: "You and I both know what the concept of the Ultimate is, but Zhang Lin, I can give you a very certain answer now: there is indeed another answer hidden behind the answer."

"If you want to know, don't investigate this matter now. Consider it me begging you. Give me a few years. A few years later, if you want to know, I will tell you everything. There is no need to let that confidante of yours take risks for you again."

"If that Yang Lu really dies in the tomb, I don't believe you won't be heartbroken?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lin feigned a sigh and said: "How can you say that? I let the Second Archaeological Team go to break the curse, not to head to your Cloud Top Palace. The one heading to the Cloud Top Palace now is the First Archaeological Team."

Zhang Lin did not beat around the bush. This time, he instead followed Wang Canghai's rhythm, because he already knew what Wang Canghai was afraid of.

The core point of this fear did not come from the answer behind the answer, but rather from some agreement Wang Canghai might have reached with King Wannu at the time, as well as what exactly happened during those hidden hundred years.

The events of those hundred years in the fracture zone were what Wang Canghai truly feared, and his current talk of the Bronze Gate and so on was all still centered on those hundred years.

Zhang Lin knew that Wang Canghai was ultimately still deliberately leading his attention away, and his so-called begging him and so-called laying out the pros and cons to him.

These were all strategies used by Wang Canghai. If Zhang Lin couldn't even see through these basic things, he wouldn't have been able to fight Wang Canghai to this point today.

……. ===== CHAPTER 1890 =====