Chapter 1944

At this point, Uncle Ming simply got straight to the point as Yang Lu had suggested, and Yang Lu raised an eyebrow and said, "We do want to go to the Reincarnation Temple, but what does that have to do with you?"

Uncle Ming clapped his hands together and said excitedly, "Our goals are the same, so we can cooperate."

Wang Kaixuan curled his lip and shot Uncle Ming a contemptuous glance.

Although Yang Lu had already given that order earlier, at this moment he had to play his part well.

One plays the bad cop, the other plays the good cop, so Wang Kaixuan willingly took this task upon himself.

"It's not that I look down on you, but we are an official archaeological team specializing in tombs, with plenty of experience, while you lot are nothing but a shabby ragtag bunch. What makes you think you can partner up with us?"

Uncle Ming wasn't angered by these words, because from every angle, he had to admit that what Wang Kaixuan said was indeed correct.

This was also why Uncle Ming had lowered his posture from the very start when he came. He knew all of this was something he was shamelessly asking for on his own initiative, and whether the other party agreed or not depended entirely on their mood.

If they truly refused, and they stubbornly tagged along, when danger arose the other party might simply shake them off, and that was what Uncle Ming feared most.

Since Yang Lu represented the official side, Uncle Ming was very clear that as long as Yang Lu personally promised to take them along, then barring truly desperate circumstances, Yang Lu would absolutely prioritize their lives.

Even though Uncle Ming knew a curse existed on the other party, given the current situation he had to use this method to indirectly pressure them—this was a form of moral coercion.

Yang Lu could naturally see this point, and Wang Kaixuan also felt contempt toward the other party because he clearly understood exactly what Uncle Ming was thinking. Someone who used such underhanded thinking to work with the Second Archaeological Team—Wang Kaixuan certainly despised him greatly.

Just then Yang Lu smiled calmly and said, "You need to think clearly about just how dangerous following us will be. If you've truly thought it through, I don't mind this matter, but before that I must ask you two questions."

Uncle Ming nodded hurriedly, and then Yang Lu spoke slowly and asked, "Exactly how many of the Second Archaeological Team's livestreams have you watched? You don't know much about me, do you?"

Uncle Ming nodded like a pestle pounding garlic. In truth, he really wasn't in this line of work, nor was he the tomb robber Wang Kaixuan had called him, but this time his actions were essentially no different from tomb robbing in nature—Uncle Ming was just trying his best to conceal this point.

But judging by the current situation, Uncle Ming was still in a state of smug self-satisfaction, believing Yang Lu simply couldn't see through his behavior.

Uncle Ming then said, "I've watched all the livestreams, including the parallel space in Worm Valley before—I already had Mr. Zhang explain it to me."

Yang Lu nodded slowly and continued, "Since you've watched the livestreams, I'll have to say the ugly things upfront. Just like the path we're about to take, it will certainly be fraught with all kinds of dangers. I can't guarantee I'll take care of you one hundred percent of the time, understand? There's no problem with following us, but if you're counting on following us to find some disguised protection, then you're absolutely overthinking it."

Hearing Yang Lu say this, Uncle Ming's expression remained unchanged. In his view, no matter what Yang Lu said afterward, it couldn't change his own thinking.

And the fact that Yang Lu could speak such ugly words upfront was even better for Uncle Ming. What Uncle Ming cared about was the feelings of everyone in the livestream room, and he knew the livestream hadn't started yet. Based on this, Uncle Ming could fully use this period of time to complete all his previous preparations.

Once the livestream started, Uncle Ming might switch to an entirely different demeanor.

The next moment Yang Lu shifted her tone and said, "Even so, if you want to follow me, you must have something of value to offer us. You know we're going to do archaeology, and this time we also want to break the curse on us. If you have no value to us, why would we take you along?"

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