Chapter 2413: Zhang Lin is the one holding the sword

Wang Canghai remained silent, while Zhang Lin, ignoring that, said directly: "It's very simple: you are too self-righteous, thinking you are some extraordinary figure who has traversed three hundred years without a single rival. It is precisely this perception that has made you what you are today. Your failure is not a coincidence."

"And my appearance is not some inevitable result. Even without me, there would be others to stop your ridiculous ideas. You can continue to be obsessed and deluded, but the reason I said I wasn't disappointed isn't because your reaction proved anything; it's just that I wanted to give myself an explanation."

Wang Canghai was stunned after hearing this. Although what Zhang Lin said earlier was unpleasant, he understood the meaning, but he was truly bewildered by this sentence.

So he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of explanation do you want?"

Zhang Lin said very casually: "It's very simple: the fact that you can have this reaction now proves that you haven't reached that level of stupidity yet."

Wang Canghai frowned, becoming increasingly uncomprehending.

The next moment, Zhang Lin continued: "If you were stupid to an extreme degree, I would have to change my plans, because using that method to target you would only make me look particularly cheap. Do you understand now?"

This sentence made Wang Canghai's breathing instantly become disordered. Zhang Lin was scolding him; although he didn't use a single dirty word, this was naked humiliation.

Zhang Lin could clearly hear the sound of Wang Canghai grinding his molars on the other end of the phone, but since his goal had been achieved, he prepared to hang up the phone.

Unexpectedly, Wang Canghai on the other side roared: "Zhang Lin! You can kill me, but if you use this method to humiliate me again, believe it or not, I will throw everything away!"

"I can have Su Nan detonate a bomb right now! Even if I can't kill your Yang Lu, I will make her spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair!"

Zhang Lin shook his head helplessly upon hearing this and said: "Fine, do whatever you want. But reality will tell you that you won't be able to get your wish in the end."

After finishing, Zhang Lin hung up the phone.

Regarding the matter of Su Nan, it wasn't that Zhang Lin had no arrangements, but one must eat a meal one bite at a time; all plans must be carried out slowly. Zhang Lin understood this better than anyone else.

The so-called "haste makes waste"—being too anxious would only lead one into a state of chaos, which was not a choice Zhang Lin would make.

Moreover, Zhang Lin now held all the initiative. With this premise, he was even less anxious.

As long as Wang Canghai made a move, he would respond; the so-called "meeting moves with moves" was the principle here.

Zhang Lin believed that although Wang Canghai sounded strong, he had long been driven dizzy by him. He didn't know where to go next.

At the same time, he didn't know how to face the butcher's knife that Zhang Lin might drop at any moment. Now, Zhang Lin was the one holding the sword; Wang Canghai's life and death were decided by his words.

It was only because some secrets had not yet been unearthed that Zhang Lin was not in a hurry to take the other party's life.

And Zhang Lin believed that even if Wang Canghai were this stupid, he should be very clear about this shallow truth.

This was why, when Zhang Lin mentioned Mr. Wang at the beginning, the other party didn't fly into a rage, but when he used words to nakedly humiliate him, the other party suddenly lost his temper.

In the past, this logic was reversed.

The current Wang Canghai was in a semi-manic state; his superficial calmness was only to cover up the churning sea in his heart. A person without confidence was destined to be unable to defeat Zhang Lin, let alone when the gap in strategy between him and Zhang Lin was so large.

This was the reality Zhang Lin wanted Wang Canghai to recognize, step by step crushing his mentality. One of the reasons, as mentioned before, was to make the plan more stable.

There was another reason: through this method, he hoped Wang Canghai would eventually call back and confess everything that had happened in the past, which would also save Zhang Lin a lot of trouble.

Wang Canghai wanted to continue arguing with Zhang Lin; even if it meant cursing, he wanted to vent his emotions. But he roared at the phone for nearly two minutes before realizing that Zhang Lin had already hung up, which made Wang Canghai even more furious and crazy.

In fact, such things were imaginable; perhaps no one could truly accept it.

Let alone someone like Wang Canghai, who had dominated the ups and downs for so many years and stood at the peak; never had anyone been able to force him into a desperate situation in this way.

The former him had such strong self-confidence that he could stand at the peak and look down on everyone. In his view, besides himself, everyone else in the world was just a clown.

The so-called "Heaven and Earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs."

But that dog would definitely not be him. Later on, Zhang Lin even pointed out exactly where Wang Canghai had gone wrong, but unfortunately, in this manic state, Wang Canghai could not distinguish right from wrong. He could only hold onto his initial ideas and continue to be obsessed and deluded.

Of course, this was also the result Zhang Lin truly wanted. If Wang Canghai weren't crazy, perhaps his subsequent plans wouldn't have been so easy to succeed.

Seeing the opponent clearly before making plans was always better than building a cart behind closed doors. Fortunately, Wang Canghai's body was much stronger than an ordinary person's!

After all, he was a person who had attained immortality; otherwise, he would probably have rolled his eyes back in anger by now, or suffered a heart attack and died.

Even if that weren't the case, Zhang Lin controlled the scale of his speech very well. The words he just said would definitely make Wang Canghai's mentality explode even more, but at the same time, they could also stir up the more intense feelings of unwillingness in his heart. The subsequent results were self-evident.

Wang Canghai would definitely continue to make wrong judgments, and then Zhang Lin, by guiding the situation, could truly grasp the people of the two archaeological teams in his own hands. Zhang Lin was not interested in controlling the Wang family, but if he could help Yang Lu or Wu Tianzhen, he would still make this choice.

On the other hand, regarding the Second Archaeological Team at this moment, during the time Zhang Lin was at the Crescent Hotel, the thoughts of everyone were actually different.

Yang Lu was already used to it, but Wang Kaixuan still couldn't help but raise questions, but in the end, his words were all blocked by Hu Bayi.

Hu Bayi was more certain than anyone else that whether it was questioning or the kind of doubt that came from instinct, saying it out loud at this time seemed very inappropriate.

Because inside the Crescent Hotel, Zhang Lin had already made his attitude very clear.

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