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Chapter 2476: Lay Down the Butcher's Knife! BANSHAN Leader Yang Sends Them to Meet the Buddha!

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Anyway, there's a sheer abyss behind him now; rather than falling straight in, he might as well go all out.

Even if what Zhang Lin said was true, Wang Canghai still wanted to see whether he could rely on his own willpower to pull off this unprecedented miracle.

Zhang Lin had told him countless times before, and had already reminded Wang Canghai plenty — it was only because the other party was far too stubbornly deluded.

That was why the whole situation had ended up the way it had today, yet even under these circumstances, Wang Canghai believed he could still gamble for a miracle.

If Wang Canghai's idea was merely to do something against Zhang Lin, then naturally there would be no problem at all.

His struggle with Zhang Lin was at least still within the Dao; but if he insisted single-mindedly on the so-called path to immortality, then that thing would absolutely never be achieved.

Zhang Lin had spoken earnestly with Wang Canghai several times, yet the other party remained firmly convinced that the reason Zhang Lin had given him a chance.

Was simply that he feared him — otherwise how could he possibly hand a chance to a man about to die? If Zhang Lin truly had absolute confidence in protecting every member of Archaeology Team Two.

He wouldn't be talking to him in this manner. In a certain sense, Wang Canghai's thinking wasn't wrong — at least he saw clearly that Zhang Lin definitely had concerns.

On that premise, Wang Canghai was very clear about what he should do next, but what he didn't understand was that even in those previous situations, Zhang Lin had his own worries.

But Archaeology Team One and Archaeology Team Two would gradually grow more mature, their coordination growing ever stronger, and the way every Wang family member sent over afterward had responded — including their final fates — had proven to Wang Canghai that things really wouldn't develop as he imagined.

Only now Wang Canghai had cast aside all his reservations, and at this moment Wu Tianzhen's reaction in Archaeology Team One genuinely surprised Wang Canghai greatly.

But very quickly the corner of his mouth curled into a disdainful smile. Although he had already shifted his entire focus over to Archaeology Team Two, thinking it over, he figured even if Wu Tianzhen could guess all this, so what?

Would he really dare to set out right now, head to Three Saints Mountain, and finally enter Tiangong? That was absolutely unrealistic — right now they were already at a loss.

Even if they made any discoveries, they would only grow more timid and hesitant. Originally Zhang Tianshi, being within Archaeology Team One, could still offer the team relevant guidance.

And in many cases Zhang Tianshi could take the lead and resolve certain troubles — after all, the way every one of his people existed was different.

This had also given Archaeology Team One their greatest reliance, but with Zhang Lin's appearance, that dependency had arisen in the team.

Furthermore, Wang Canghai was more certain than anyone that, given Archaeology Team One's current ability, they were not suited to head to Tiangong — even if the things he had set up back then were long neglected and in disrepair, or had anomalies.

Zhang Lin certainly didn't care, but Archaeology Team One couldn't afford not to. The strength of that three-person group still couldn't reach that level, and Zhang Lin would later need to command both archaeology teams.

Meanwhile, he himself was in Archaeology Team Two, so the other side would surely focus their attention there. Based on this, Zhang Lin might well be unable to mind both ends — so at that point, how should Archaeology Team One make their own choice?

Because he had figured all this out, that was why Wang Canghai had made that earlier phone call. His reminder to Zhang Lin was also sincere — though of course, behind that sincerity lurked another kind of calculation.

Namely, he wanted Zhang Lin to temporarily shift his attention toward Archaeology Team One, and to see whether Zhang Lin's side had actually guessed where he would head next.

Reality was just as Wang Canghai had anticipated — nothing had escaped Zhang Lin. But Wang Canghai wasn't very surprised by this; the him of now appeared more composed than anyone.

He closed the phone, watched the scenery flying backward outside the window, the sound of the train wheels sliding over the rails in his ears, slowly closed his eyes, and quietly plotted in his heart what his next step should be.

He didn't believe Zhang Lin could really resolve everything so lightly.

It was already deep into the night, and Archaeology Team Two was resting at the pillar — no anomalies had appeared, and Su Nan's condition was also very stable right now.

Although earlier Su Nan had been constantly agonizing over how things would unfold afterward, and A wasn't sure whether she could really keep her life.

At least for now, the answer reality gave her wasn't very optimistic. But Su Nan understood that, with no choice left to her, she could only leave it to fate.

No matter where she ended up, this was all she could do now. In fact, if she didn't choose to cooperate with the other party, she could only become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Weighing these two sides, Su Nan was very clear about how she should make her corresponding choice going forward.

That is, the path she had taken now wasn't forced on her — reality had genuinely told her that this choice was more advantageous for her.

Even though she wasn't the most refined egoist, just for Wang Cen's sake she could make many choices other people wouldn't understand.

For instance, in the current situation, Su Nan even thought that as long as Wang Cen could live, even if Yang Lu Si later transferred all that hatred and loathing onto her head, there wouldn't be any problem.

Maybe if some other young couple thought this way, it would only draw many people's envious gazes — but these two just happened to both be Wang family members.

In outsiders' impressions, the Wang family had always been cold-blooded and selfish; they had no feelings, and would never sacrifice their lives for anyone else — not even former comrades.

Yet this time, both Su Nan and Wang Cen — their choices were challenging everyone's bottom line and perception. But precisely because that bottom line and perception had shifted.

Their original choices had also deviated. Many netizens watching the livestream were inclined to hope these two could survive, but even though they voiced such thoughts in the bullet comments, their naive, childish ideas were instantly shot down.

The reason was simple — they needed to think about those who had died in the past, and there was also the other Archaeology Team Two. That Yang Lu Si was still up in the sky staring fixedly as the current Archaeology Team Two moved forward — they had entered a parallel space and encountered another group of people.

On that premise, the current Yang Lu Si, this Banshan leader, had made a corresponding promise to her other self: as long as she was still alive, she would absolutely find a way to track down Wang Cen for revenge.

So-called "lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" — those things had nothing to do with Yang Lu Si. Perhaps forgiving the other party was the Buddha's business, but Yang Lu Si's aim was to send the other party to meet the Buddha.

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