Chapter 1954: Is There Really Something Fishy, or Did They Simply Not Take It Seriously

Even if Zhang Tianshi and Fatty wanted to strike directly, they still had to consider the feelings of the people in the livestream.

Seeing such bloody scenes would certainly make them uncomfortable.

Even though these viewers also hate the Wang family, Mr. Wang has already had someone stir up certain rhythms.

If the Archaeology Team One really were this bloodthirsty, once this rhythm picked up, the officials would have a hard time quelling this wave of public opinion.

If such a thing really happened, it would actually be good news for Wang Cen, because regardless of whether he had fully scouted the road ahead, at least Zhang Lin seeing this would mean I won't bother calculating any other schemes.

Thereby affecting the Wang family's desire to follow Archaeology Team One this time.

What Wang Cen had feared before was exactly this. If Zhang Lin's subtle influence worked just like it did in Worm Valley, then what the Wang family would suffer this time would be the same as before.

Since they had already accumulated some experience in Worm Valley, Wang Cen told himself that this time he absolutely must not fall for the trap.

Only his thinking was good, but reality is always stark. After all, under Zhang Lin's all-around surveillance, many things simply wouldn't develop the way Wang Cen imagined.

Including his wanting to step into this matter itself had no great meaning in making arrangements in advance. During the pathfinding process, he hoped a few people could survive, thereby completing the arrangements he mentioned.

At the very least, he also knew what the road ahead actually looked like. If they really rushed in rashly, Archaeology Team One would definitely follow Zhang Lin's instructions on exactly how to proceed next.

Would they follow at that time?

If they followed, could the Wang family really walk the paths that Archaeology Team One could walk? In the past, Wang Cen would have thought the answer was yes.

But now he truly didn't have such confidence. This was equivalent to saying that if he touched the paths Archaeology Team One had walked again, he might fall into a bottomless abyss.

This intense lack of confidence had already caused his mindset to become unbalanced, but Wang Cen was very clear that no matter what he thought in his heart, at least on the surface absolutely no other state could appear, because that would only give others a handle to use against him.

And the team he had brought.

Wang Cen was a cold person to the bone. From this point alone, as a member of the Wang family, he was very dutiful and responsible—everything was entirely tilted toward the Wang family.

But now that Wu Tianzhen suddenly agreed, Wang Cen thought for a long time and still couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only sum it up as the other party having an absolute confidence, never having let things develop to the current situation.

Actually, in their plan, they clearly hadn't thought about really going to scout the path at this time. And even if they headed all the way to Tiangong, for Archaeology Team One, the will they had to follow also came from Zhang Lin.

In other words, wherever Zhang Lin told them to go next, that's where they would go. This was what Wu Tianzhen had been waiting for all along.

Once they were on the same page as Zhang Lin at the New Moon Inn, they could continue forward. Zhang Tianshi had no objections to this either, even though such a situation would bring some cluttered thoughts to Zhang Lin.

But right now Wu Tianzhen couldn't worry about these things, after all, what Zhang Lin had done before still leaned toward both archaeology teams.

In this situation, he believed Zhang Lin wouldn't be so petty. This was also a kind of arbitrary thinking, but based on Zhang Lin's current reaction, everything did indeed lean toward his way of thinking.

Time had already reached the afternoon. If this matter couldn't be settled, Wu Tianzhen was very clear that they would still keep clamoring.

The current Wu Tianzhen had no mind to waste time with the other party. As for not agreeing at first, that was actually an indirect probe—he wanted to see what kind of mindset this Wang Cen had.

And what kind of way he wanted to use to face the things coming next. If this Wang Cen really was, as he imagined, wanting to arrange certain traps and mechanisms on the road behind.

Then even if Wu Tianzhen had to face the crisis of falling out with the other party, he would still stop this from happening. He absolutely would not let the other party succeed so easily.

But later, when he saw the mindset this person held, and he thought Zhang Lin at the New Moon Inn hadn't made a baseline judgment on this matter, Wu Tianzhen understood that there was simply no need to take the other party too seriously.

Even though Fatty, or Archaeology Team One as a whole, wanted to kill this Wang Cen right now, based on a horizontal comparison of what they had to do now, this Wang Cen alive might be more valuable than dead.

The key was that this Wang Cen wasn't some perfect planner either. Even if his brain was a bit smarter than Leng Feng's, the final result would definitely be a complete failure. Wu Tianzhen was a hundred percent sure of this.

Moreover, the other members of Archaeology Team One all carried this kind of confidence. This confidence wasn't blind—it had been built up by Zhang Lin for them before.

Without continuing to dwell on it, Wang Cen, despite his doubts, also nodded. But at this moment Sunan pulled Wang Cen aside and asked in a low voice, "They suddenly agreed—is there something fishy about this?"

Wang Cen sighed, shook his head and said, "I can't be sure either. Either there's something fishy, or they simply didn't take me seriously at all. I really hope it's the latter."

Wu Tianzhen's assessment wasn't wrong. Wang Cen was a relatively smart person. He understood that when his opponent looked down on him, it was actually most advantageous for him.

Only this matter depended on from what angle. If the opponent's contempt for you was completely justified.

And you had no hope of turning things around, this situation itself would not only fail to help but could also crush your confidence. This could be seen from both Zhang Lin and Wang Wang Canghai.

Wang Wang Canghai knew that the current Zhang Lin already looked down on him quite a bit. At first he didn't care about such contempt, but later Zhang Lin used a step-by-step pressing plan, which made Wang Wang Canghai understand just how foolish his original thinking had been.

In other words, Zhang Lin had never taken him seriously. But Zhang Lin still maintained such caution, using this cautious attitude to gradually crush Wang Wang Canghai's mindset.

Even though Wang Wang Canghai felt regret about this, he still didn't show it outwardly, because Wang Wang Canghai was very clear that regretting now had no meaning at all and would only make Zhang Lin laugh at him.

Perhaps Wang Wang Canghai knew that the current situation still had to do with saving face.

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