Chapter 1947

Although Zhang Lin hadn't assigned him any follow-up tasks, only letting him follow Archaeology Team Two, a smart person like Xue Long—

figured it out at once. He felt Zhang Lin was making him the one who passed along information, though of course this so-called passing along information wasn't meant to cause trouble for Archaeology Team Two.

Rather, given their current situation, it was to report the general state of affairs to Zhang Lin in the absence of a livestream.

Xue Long understood that once the livestream began, making phone calls wouldn't be so natural anymore—after all, he had to avoid the camera's lens. Having thought this through, Xue Long hurriedly grabbed his phone and called Zhang Lin.

It was already afternoon. Zhang Lin was watching the situation over at Archaeology Team One, but the people on Team One didn't seem to have any plans yet to regroup and investigate what kind of danger lurked in the woods. On this point, Zhang Lin offered no opinion of his own.

The key lay in how complicated the situation of these people already was, and in what choice Archaeology Team One should make next. According to Yang Lusi's thinking, they should wait until she spoke before going to investigate.

But since Wang Cen had come over to Archaeology Team One's side, and with regard to Su Nan, Wang Cen would certainly put forward some suggestions of his own.

This also showed that they would definitely investigate ahead of time what kind of danger existed in the woods, because what they worried about wasn't the situation inside the woods itself, but rather whether, after Zhang Lin went up to New Moon Restaurant, some other response would be made to the dangers there.

In other words, following Zhang Lin's words, he might use some method to reduce the Wang family's numbers once again.

Right now Su Nan had no interest in completing Mr. Wang's task, but as long as Wang Cen spoke up, she would listen to him.

Watching the livestream now, Mr. Wang and Wang Canghai shared the same thinking. After this night had passed, Wang Canghai had thought about a great deal—he was mulling over how to handle what came next.

But during the day his mind had also been entirely on these matters. Only now the way of responding might have to undergo some change. Most importantly, Wang Canghai had never handed his fate over to anyone else, especially when that someone was still his subordinate.

But now Wang Canghai truly had no choice—he could only quietly watch the livestream situation here. And there was another point weighing on him: just where had Archaeology Team Two gotten to? The people he had sent out had detected no movement from Team Two whatsoever.

This time the authorities weren't overconfident either; they hadn't even started the livestream directly.

Wang Canghai didn't think Archaeology Team Two was out of danger yet. He only believed that the authorities, out of caution—or because Yang Lusi had voiced the same opinion to them—would only start the livestream when Zhang Lin was up on New Moon Restaurant.

On this point Wang Canghai wasn't too surprised. But in his view, once the livestream started it wouldn't be cut off lightly—unless Archaeology Team Two had finished everything. Otherwise, even when they were resting, the livestream would stay on. So long as that was the case, Wang Canghai would have a way to lock down their position.

Locking it down was one thing, though. Wang Canghai thought to himself: just who should he send over there to handle this matter?

Could it really be that he'd have the entire Wang family rush in at once?

Given the encounters with the three tombs before, including the heavy losses his Wang family people had suffered in Worm Valley at the end, Wang Canghai didn't dare undertake such a thing on a large scale.

Because from his perspective, thinking about this matter, the perception might already have escaped that category. If the Wang family suffered further heavy casualties, Wang Canghai couldn't guarantee that he himself would be able to reach the Wang family smoothly afterwards.

Even relying on personal strength, it would likely be the same.

Now Wang Canghai was staying in a hotel, and not far from him was New Moon Restaurant. Wang Canghai had already made his preparations.

He had no intention of intercepting Zhang Lin before Zhang Lin spoke, nor of going to discuss certain matters with him, nor of going to Zhang Lin's home to talk about this—even if he had a way to find Zhang Lin's address.

But for Wang Canghai, he was still in that state that looked decisive on the surface but was in fact tangled within. He understood perfectly that if he waited until today, when Zhang Lin went up to New Moon Restaurant, and confirmed a few more things, he might have a greater hold over Zhang Lin.

Taking this into account, Wang Canghai was now holding his forces in place. He had come here under this identity precisely so that subsequent events would have a decisive development, and to see whether he could use this point to force Zhang Lin to compromise with his arrangements.

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