Chapter 2700: The Endpoint Is Coming Soon! The Altar Switch Is the Key!

Since that's the case, they might as well set aside all independent thinking and simply follow Zhang Lin's lead in everything.

From this angle, one can see that even these outsiders watching the livestream don't want to think too much, let alone the archaeological team in the thick of it—they've essentially found a cheat.

As long as Zhang Lin is present, they can rest easy. Fortunately, Zhang Lin had long since seen this point, and now he's doing his utmost to salvage the situation, which has brought everything into a controllable state.

Zhang Lin believes that if he doesn't choose to intervene, things will only get more troublesome, and he's certain the outcome won't be what he wants to see. The Second Archaeological Team is currently facing exactly this kind of awkwardness. Zhang Lin gave the Second Archaeological Team an order, but relatively speaking, that order is still somewhat ambiguous.

It's just that Yang Lu must have seen through it clearly, but because of the matter with Ake, Yang Lu didn't explain to everyone what the reason behind that order actually was.

But since Yang Lu is certain of that answer, they no longer hesitate—whatever Yang Lu says goes. As long as they follow Lead Yang, they can smoothly resolve all the problems, which is the outcome everyone wants to see. Now all that's missing is for Ake to spell these things out.

Hearing Ake put it that way, Yang Lu slowly shook her head, then said, "What you said, we had roughly guessed before. Mr. Zhang of New Moon Restaurant also told us."

Yang Lu wasn't lying—Zhang Lin had indeed said similar things before, so she felt that what Ake was saying now didn't carry much weight.

In that case, there's no problem with Yang Lu raising such a question, but the next moment Ake smiled faintly.

"You haven't grasped my point. What I mean is that breaking the curse doesn't require any especially special method. Mr. Zhang of New Moon Restaurant should tell you this the day after tomorrow. But right now, based on the evidence in my long poems, you should reach the altar I mentioned very soon. The altar is currently in an open state, so all you need to do is close it."

Hearing these words, everyone drew a sharp breath. Normally, it's Zhang Lin who reveals such things, and they're not used to an outsider laying out the core of the matter.

The key is they don't know whether the so-called core this outsider mentioned is correct or not, but instinct drives them to be unwilling to believe these things are true.

Based on this instinct, they became even more dismissive of what Ake said, and the first to voice a dissenting opinion was Wang Kaixuan.

"Easy for you to say. What altar switch? How can you be so sure? Surely your long poems didn't tell you what would happen thousands of years later?"

Wang Kaixuan knows when Ake's long poems existed, but since they record the history of the Demon Kingdom, they must be over a thousand years old.

So Wang Kaixuan raising such a doubt is perfectly reasonable. His implied meaning is very clear—he's criticizing Ake for sounding too mystical.

If Ake really could pin down the answers to these things, he wouldn't have ended up in his current position. This is like Yang Lu's initial suspicion of Ake, which came from her belief that Ake must have his own agenda for going with them to the Demon Kingdom, to Kunlun Divine Palace, and to where they are now.

But to maintain stability within the team, Yang Lu didn't make a fuss. She chose to stay silent and let Ake follow them.

Yang Lu also believes that as long as this Ake has a problem, he'll eventually show his true colors. If that's the case, Yang Lu can truly set her mind at ease.

She only needs to split off a little attention to keep an eye on Ake. As things unfolded later, Yang Lu also felt her suspicions were somewhat weak—the key being that Ake hadn't shown the problems she had imagined.

But Yang Lu still hadn't given up. Earlier, she was wary of Ake because of a certain intuitive doubt; later, continuing to be wary of him was because Zhang Lin had also issued the same warning. With both of these backing her, she could be absolutely certain of what to do next and how to handle it.

As long as her response deviated, Yang Lu believed disaster would surely strike.

As the leader of the Second Archaeological Team, Yang Lu naturally doesn't want any problems within the team. Ake also just said they're about to reach the endpoint soon. Even if Yang Lu doesn't acknowledge anything else he said, she has to admit that this one statement is right.

Because she herself thought so too. Moreover, before this, Zhang Lin had subtly told Yang Lu that they were about to reach the final location. That's also why the First Archaeological Team was pushing forward so hard, and also wanted to sync up with the Second Archaeological Team.

It turns out neither archaeological team had understood this so-called "syncing" at first, but later they got it—this syncing came from starting together and ending together, and that ending point didn't have to be the final point.

But Zhang Lin hopes that once the Second Archaeological Team breaks the curse, they can help the First Archaeological Team, and it's very likely that the First Archaeological Team is in an irreversible situation right now.

In response to such a situation, Zhang Lin must make arrangements in advance. This is Zhang Lin's well-intentioned effort. If she couldn't even understand such good intentions, Yang Lu felt she didn't deserve to be his junior sister.

This is also what comforts Zhang Lin the most. Most people probably don't understand him, or rather, many people have already raised doubts in their hearts about what he did at New Moon Restaurant last night.

But Zhang Lin doesn't care about any of that. The core point here is Yang Lu—as long as nothing goes wrong on Yang Lu's end, Zhang Lin can gladly accept everything. This is certain.

At the same time, Zhang Lin himself hasn't avoided this matter. He hopes to resolve all problems in a peaceful way. This is the Top Priority.

It's just that Wang Canghai isn't giving him that chance right now. It's just like the situation inside the Second Archaeological Team—seemingly stable, but once Wang Canghai arrives, who knows if Su Nan will cause trouble, or if Ake and his people will pull something. These are all things Yang Lu needs to consider.

Facing Wang Kaixuan's doubt, Ake's smile didn't change, as if something perfectly ordinary had happened. Ake simply waved his hand and said, "This is what's recorded in my long poems. Believe it or not, it's up to you."

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