Chapter 2671: Choice Reversed! Fatty Treads Carefully!

Because what he was about to say next was of vital importance, and as for people like Wang Cen on the Archaeology Team One who were sharp enough, they would immediately grasp what Zhang Lin actually meant.

What Zhang Lin was now dealing with had always been that mysterious figure in his understanding, and only those who had communicated directly with the mysterious figure knew just how terrifying the other party truly was.

So these people had not yet sorted out the pros and cons involved, yet presumptuously assumed Zhang Lin had abandoned them — in Wang Cen's view, this was simply too laughable.

Wang Cen did not care about any of this at all now. He believed that even though the vast majority of Archaeology Team One harbored such ill thoughts toward these orders, or rather toward the current actions, Wu Tianzhen would certainly see through it and tell these people at the first opportunity just how ridiculous their own thoughts were.

Since that was the case, Wang Cen naturally would not bother with what was happening over there; it was perfectly fine to simply continue following his own line of thinking.

Meanwhile, Fatty on the other side kept shaking his head. He really could not bring himself to praise Wu Tianzhen's decision, and even felt that what Wu Tianzhen had just said was wrong — an error that stemmed from a misunderstanding.

In his view, Wu Tianzhen had not analyzed Zhang Lin's intention at all. According to Lin's Claim, Zhang Lin absolutely was not telling them all to go down and die together; it was very likely a matter of waiting together.

The reason Fatty thought this way was that he still clung to his earlier belief that Zhang Lin would surely change his mind and would not hand everything over to Archaeology Team One.

So the next moment Fatty said, "Why couldn't it be a change of heart? Maybe Mr. Zhang isn't telling us to go down and scout ahead early, but to keep waiting."

Earlier, Fatty had been the boldest of anyone, but seeing the entrance here without any instructions from Zhang Lin, he did not want to gamble with so many lives. After thinking it over, the only thing he could pin his hopes on right now was exactly this.

Otherwise, Fatty could not find a single point of support to steady his own mindset. Although he knew this possibility was slim to none, at this moment he had no choice but to cling to such an illusion.

Seeing this, Wu Tianzhen shook his head helplessly. He had originally thought that Fatty's holding onto this idea meant he had some doubt, and even if it was only at the level of questioning, there would be no problem with that.

But now he actually saw a trace of worry in Fatty's eyes. If Fatty was afraid, Wu Tianzhen would absolutely be the first not to believe it — he estimated that what Fatty was worried about was not only himself, but also the people in the team.

If, according to what Zhang Lin had said earlier, they were to go down and scout now, based on this point, sending the three-person group from Archaeology Team One down would be enough. This was also the only response Fatty could think of within the scope of Fan Chou's appointment. He believed that once the three went down, they should first scout out the situation before considering whether the others should follow — that would be the best approach.

At the same time, it could also buy time well. Now he had instead fallen into the same mistake Wu Tianzhen had made earlier — he did not understand that these two things, fundamentally speaking, were mutually dependent.

Since Zhang Lin had specifically emphasized that everyone go together, it meant that in this place at the Three Saints Shanhe, no one knew when some corresponding accident might occur, which meant they absolutely could not waste time here.

Other things could be dealt with, but if it triggered an avalanche, this place would become everyone's grave. And based on Wu Tianzhen's previous experience, as long as they went down, the entrance would not have any problems.

Even if it were sealed shut, Zhang Lin would find a way to pull them through safely — after all, something similar had already happened back at the undersea tomb.

They had not run into too many accidents based on that outcome. Now Wu Tianzhen felt that since Zhang Lin had already given this order, what he had to do was quickly gather everyone to go down. Perhaps at this level, everything they were doing was just taking it one step at a time.

But after Zhang Lin made that phone call, Wu Tianzhen was firmly convinced that all of this was an order issued by Zhang Lin, and there would not be the slightest deviation. As long as this point was satisfied, Wu Tianzhen believed he could then handle everything that followed perfectly.

Of course, Fatty did not understand this point right now — he was still clinging to his own stubborn thinking. If there had been no one else around at this moment, Wu Tianzhen might really have landed a punch on Fatty's face.

Using that pain to sober him up properly, just like the moment earlier when Fatty pinched his own shoulder — both were meant to make the other person come to their senses.

Fatty now believed Wu Tianzhen's way of thinking was extremely dangerous, and might even drag everyone in Archaeology Team One down into the abyss together, so he was willing to stand on the opposite side from Wu Tianzhen.

He hoped to work things out with him regarding what came next. If they could not reach an agreement on this matter, Fatty would absolutely not let Wu Tianzhen lead these people to their deaths for nothing.

Having settled this in his mind, Fatty put several steps of distance between himself and Wu Tianzhen, and the emotion in his eyes was unusually resolute. Wu Tianzhen was stunned on the spot when he saw this.

This was something he had never expected from the start. He had originally assumed that no matter how firm Fatty was, he would still follow his own way of thinking about the problems ahead. He never imagined that this time Fatty seemed incomparably steadfast — but Wu Tianzhen was only surprised for a moment.

Then he stepped forward quickly and immediately said, "Fine, let me explain this to you. All of this concerns Archaeology Team Two. You have to understand that what Archaeology Team One faces is not as critical as what Archaeology Team Two faces. If it were you, which side would you focus on?"

Fatty's eyes rolled — he felt that what Wu Tianzhen said did have its logic, but ultimately it still did not answer his fundamental doubt: why this time they had to bring everyone down together.

He was firmly convinced that the word "together" in the message Zhang Lin sent later did not carry that meaning. Fatty even felt it necessary to have Wu Ya contact Zhang Lin in the most direct way and ask him the exact meaning of those two words.

To say that Fatty had no complaints in his heart at this moment would be completely impossible. He was also turning it over and over in his mind: why couldn't Zhang Lin lay everything out on the table and speak plainly.

For them, that would be the most helpful thing. If even this much could not be made clear, then where would Archaeology Team One go from here?

This was the main reason Fatty clung to his current notion with a death grip. In essence, this way of thinking was actually a covert form of moral coercion of Zhang Lin.

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