Chapter 2682: Betrayed by All, Abandoned by Kin! This Is the Cycle of Heaven!

You must understand that the greatest taboo before setting out on a campaign is someone sowing chaos in the troops' morale—at a moment like this, internal stability within the team is absolutely essential. And as the leader, Wang Canghai actually showing that kind of expression only proves he isn't very optimistic about what comes next.

Wang Hu had been trying from the very start to think of ways to steady the situation inside the team; he didn't want any deviation to appear within the group, but despite his efforts the results weren't all that obvious.

Originally Wang Hu had still been counting on Wang Canghai to make some choices afterward that would be very beneficial to internal harmony within the team. Most importantly, he hoped Wang Canghai could lead everyone to defeat Archaeology Squad Two even once and gain some small benefit—that would count as lifting the current slump in morale, and would stop them from doubting the truth of this whole affair.

No matter how stupid Wang Hu was, he understood that if these people kept pressing forward carrying that instinctive doubt, it would do them no good at all in the future—in fact, if they kept on like this single-mindedly, whether they even had a future was uncertain. The pros and cons involved here, Wang Hu had thought through with perfect clarity.

Given all that, he didn't want Wang Canghai to keep on like this right now.

So the next moment, Wang Hu summoned his courage and took a deep breath.

Then he said, "Master, would you like to say a few words to everyone?"

We're about to formally enter that plain—this point is crucial for Wang Hu as things stand now. Even if Wang Canghai doesn't care about these things, Wang Hu had to build that awareness in him.

This wasn't him overstepping his role. He figured that, as the other's loyal slave, in a situation like this he couldn't just think of himself—he had to think of sharing Wang Canghai's burdens.

This shows that Wang Hu now believed in Wang Canghai's identity without the slightest reservation; in fact, during Wang Canghai's exchanges with Zhang Lin, Wang Canghai had at times been in the weaker position.

Wang Hu didn't say anything more—in any case, he was simply convinced that as a member of the Wang family he had to follow Wang Canghai, and only that way could the Wang family truly be carried to glory. Following Zhang Lin instead would only earn the contempt of their own ancestors.

This was the result of Wang Canghai's brainwashing of the Wang family people. You have to understand the Wang family had long since ceased to exist—under Zhang Lin's subtle, 潜移默化 influence, Menzhe Gang had been forced to flee beyond the Wang family's existing sphere.

By that point the Wang family had already existed in name only, so from this alone one can see just how laughable Wang Hu's current thinking really was.

Wang Canghai shot Wang Hu a glance. From that emotion one could tell Wang Canghai had already started getting angry—or rather, was outright furious. Looking at the matter from Wang Canghai's angle, he certainly felt he had done nothing wrong.

And he attributed all of it to Zhang Lin. So now, if even a single person in his ranks said something like that, it amounted to declaring Zhang Lin stronger than himself.

So Wang Canghai couldn't possibly not flare up—this is simply the way of thinking of a person who loves to twist others' meanings. Zhang Lin was right about one thing: a person like this can never earn genuine loyalty, because he trusts no one, and even those who are absolutely loyal to him will all be treated as cannon fodder by him and then thrown away.

As long as there's enough profit in front of him, he'll stop at nothing—this is fundamentally completely wrong. The reason Wang Canghai couldn't beat Zhang Lin is, on the one hand, that Zhang Lin's scheming was extremely precise; and on the other hand, most importantly, Wang Canghai had lost the support of everyone.

You have to know that in the very beginning, Mr. Wang's loyalty to him was no less than Wang Hu's current loyalty. In fact, over these years Mr. Wang had also made it very clear that without Wang Canghai there would be no him today.

Given that, his loyalty to Wang Canghai was certainly one hundred percent. Even if it really came down to giving his life for the Wang family or for Wang Canghai, Mr. Wang would pay any price—and that wasn't just empty talk. If Mr. Wang had made this clear to Zhang Lin, then Zhang Lin would have chosen to believe him.

Because Mr. Wang had indeed caused Zhang Lin a great deal of trouble before that. The reason Mr. Wang later ran off with everyone was that he had seen Wang Canghai's madness.

If it were only his own life being thrown in, that would be one thing—but if it meant dragging others down to lose their lives along with his, Mr. Wang felt he would be the sinner, and the most unforgivable kind at that.

Looking at the present, when Wang Hu caught that look in Wang Canghai's eyes, he was so scared he quickly turned his head away. He also clearly figured Wang Canghai was in a fit of anger right now; if he kept pressing the point, he'd only be running straight into the line of fire, so Wang Hu didn't dare say another word.

But in his heart he still clung to that idea, hoping Wang Canghai would say something—something that could, in some way, stop the others in the队伍 from thinking about all that乱七八糟 stuff.

And the person in his ranks had already reported his current position to Mr. Wang. Before this, Mr. Wang had called and told him to report in real time, and when Wang Hu had just betrayed them, this person had actually been very much a blind follower.

He was naturally loyal to Mr. Wang, but if Mr. Wang's arrangement for this was also half-hearted—if all of this was actually Zhang Lin's scheme—then should he keep on persisting?

What this person feared most was not having proper orders, so that in the end he could only respond to what followed in some ambiguous, noncommittal way. But ever since receiving Mr. Wang's call, his whole state of mind had settled down.

He also understood that from here on, as long as he acted according to Mr. Wang's orders, that was enough—he didn't need to keep overthinking, and he could still get the outcome he wanted.

After all, this time it wasn't only Mr. Wang directing the operation—behind him was also Zhang Lin. Although as a member of the Wang family he ought to hate Zhang Lin to the bone, the matter had already reached this point.

And Zhang Lin was also willing to help the Wang family people escape from that former awkward predicament, so any Wang family member with a shred of sense, upon learning of this, would absolutely be overjoyed.

From this person one can see he is a perfectly normal member of the Wang family—at the very least, his logic hadn't fallen into that so-called circle of obsessive faith.

You have to understand that in a situation like this, that kind of obsession and faith is worth absolutely nothing. If Wang Hu had been able to see this point and handled what came after in this manner, he wouldn't now be following Wang Canghai around like a dog.

Most importantly, he himself still hadn't come to his senses—even now he believes that sticking with Wang Canghai will get him what he wants. From every angle you look at it, this is undeniably a little pathetic, but Mr. Wang's earlier judgment was correct: no matter how pathetic he is, he doesn't deserve pity.

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