Chapter 2480: Of Course You Can Give Up! The Choice Is Yours!

But Zhang Lin did not give up because of this; instead, he continued, "Just tell me — if you were to face Wang Canghai right now, would you feel fear, or anticipation? Or have you never, from start to finish, believed I could take Wang Canghai down?"

Hearing Zhang Lin ask this, Xue Long's heart gave a sudden lurch, and at the same time he turned his hand and slapped himself across the face; he knew that in the end, he had still said the wrong thing.

Or rather, the way he had expressed it was problematic; he truly should not have answered Zhang Lin in such a joking manner. Perhaps deep down, he too felt this matter was unrealistic.

After all, who exactly was Wang Canghai?

Even if he could not mobilize the Wang family's situation right now, he would not necessarily come here in person to do anything — Xue Long had been quite certain of this before.

But now that certainty could be thrown entirely out the window, because there was not a trace of jest in Zhang Lin's words.

He was using this method to tell him that Wang Canghai would indeed come to the Second Archaeology Team, and at the same time Zhang Lin wanted to see what kind of reaction he would have.

Xue Long's heart — if Zhang Lin was not satisfied with this reaction, then all the effort he had made before would be wasted entirely.

Under such circumstances, he also felt a great deal of dread. For a moment, he did not know how to face Zhang Lin's question, nor did he know whether he truly should take the initiative to answer the other's doubt.

And Xue Long was desperately guessing in his heart what the real purpose of Zhang Lin's call was. If it was merely a reminder, then he could understand.

But if there was an element of veiled probing, then he had certainly failed to pass just now. Xue Long's heart was pounding wildly, and he felt that if this matter was not handled well, then the path of survival he had been seeking before would also be entirely cut off.

Zhang Lin might even privately contact other members of the Second Archaeology Team, such as Yang Lu, and then wipe him out completely.

Through such a long period of contact, he had seen through Yang Lu — on the surface she seemed very merciful, and indeed toward her own team members she naturally had a merciful side, and would also protect their lives, doing her duty conscientiously.

She hoped they could go further down the road, but when facing outsiders like him, Yang Lu had never been stingy with her methods.

Because these outsiders had already brought far too much trouble to the archaeology team, especially the Second Archaeology Team.

Within the Second Archaeology Team, every time they went to a tomb, all sorts of messy people would show up. The earlier bunch like Ma Dadan were still manageable, but the later group led by Uncle Ming truly brought a great deal of trouble to the Second Archaeology Team.

Yang Lu harbored more or less such self-reproach in her heart, so she did not wish for this kind of thing to happen, nor did she want even the slightest hint of anyone appearing and then leaving the Second Archaeology Team at a loss for what to do afterward. On this premise, Yang Lu could already do everything to the absolute extreme.

This was also Yang Lu having received Zhang Lin's signal; subtly, under Zhang Lin's influence, Yang Lu was certain this was exactly what the other party was thinking.

If this kind of thought were merely lingering in her own mind, then perhaps Yang Lu would still be conflicted, still hesitate, still turn it over and over in her mind — but this thought came from Zhang Lin.

Then Yang Lu would not have any other thoughts. As long as she could confirm this point, she could then carry out the corresponding order without looking back — this was the mindset Yang Lu held at this moment.

And Xue Long saw it very clearly too. Precisely because Yang Lu had undergone this change, Xue Long was now feeling even more dread. He swore that this time he truly wanted to defect to Zhang Lin's side, and Zhang Lin had also given him a chance before.

It was just that now Zhang Lin had put this question to him, and after turning it over in his mind for a long while, he still had not spoken, when Zhang Lin on the other end of the phone gave a faint smile.