Chapter 2701: The Black Altar Is the Guide! The Darkness Before Dawn!

In fact, Ake wasn't hiding nothing at all—he chose to leave a few things within the bounds of intuition.

Of course, these things were what he called truly harmless. The reason Ake had to say it was very simple: he had to leave Zhang Lin of Crescent Restaurant something to talk about. If he laid everything out right now, it would feel like not giving Zhang Lin face.

Actually, looking at it from this angle, Ake was overthinking it. Zhang Lin would have loved nothing more than to have a truly clear-headed person inside Archaeology Team Two who could explain everything, which would save Zhang Lin a lot of trouble. After all, from start to finish, Zhang Lin had been keeping close tabs on the situation over here.

The moment the slightest deviation appeared, Zhang Lin would shift his attention over. For Zhang Lin, this really was a case of being stretched too thin. Archaeology Team One was about to face something very major, and whether they had the ability to handle it on their own was still in question.

The key was another important point—Zhang Lin's current choices, plus Wang Canghai's situation. Taking these two together, Zhang Lin had no choice but to devote all his attention to Archaeology Team Two.

But if Ake really could master the way to all of this, then naturally Zhang Lin could shift his focus back to Archaeology Team One. This was beyond dispute.

Looking at Wang Kaixuan, faced with Ake's lukewarm words, he gave a cold little laugh.

"Fine, since you've said that much, can you tell us the way to shut down this altar?"

Ake slowly closed his eyes, as if thinking, then said: "Amitabha, the specifics I don't know. You can ask that Mr. Zhang from Crescent Restaurant—he definitely knows more than I do. But I suspect all of this ultimately has to do with the Muchen Pearl."

Hearing this, Wang Kaixuan once again showed his disdain. Just as he was about to speak, a hand landed on his shoulder—Hu Bayi right beside him had pressed his hand down on it. Wang Kaixuan turned his head and saw Hu Bayi shaking his head at him repeatedly.

At this moment Hu Bayi was very clear: there was no need to keep arguing with Ake. Everything depended on Yanglusi's reaction. If Yanglusi accepted this point, then naturally they didn't need to say much; if not, likewise there was nothing to say. This was a deal that blocked both ends.

The key was that Zhang Lin hadn't yet ascended Crescent Restaurant, so saying more now meant little. But at this moment Yanglusi had fallen into deep thought. The others didn't understand, but Yanglusi was very clear: it seemed they really were getting closer and closer to that answer.

The next moment Yanglusi declared in a clear voice: "The other things we have no way to verify, but there's one point I have to admit—we really are getting closer and closer to that endpoint now."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. Within the archaeology teams, when Zhang Lin spoke it was absolutely the most persuasive. Even though he hadn't personally followed along, everyone in the archaeology teams had to acknowledge this. As such, so long as it was an order Zhang Lin gave, they couldn't say a single word against it.

This was the great premise of everything. Next came the leader of each archaeology team—for instance, Wu Tianzhen of Archaeology Team One making his corresponding judgment, and the other member of the trio giving his take would also stir some ripples, and his persuasiveness was fairly strong too.

Of course, one person was excluded from this: Fatty.

Although Fatty's every expression of his own thoughts would also draw some influence, the weakness and authenticity of that influence always drew criticism. Because Fatty himself was the somewhat exaggerated type—he always used baseless things to make his judgments.

Under this premise, it was only natural that he found it hard to be persuasive. This was just like Wang Kaixuan right now—if he had Yanglusi's kind of persuasiveness, Hu Bayi naturally wouldn't have said anything.

Looking at Yanglusi, she had given this answer, which could be considered giving quite a few people a reassurance pill ahead of time. They could truly put their hearts at ease.

As the group exchanged glances, they nodded to each other, feeling that hope really was just ahead.

After Yanglusi finished saying all this, the group's morale had risen considerably. Seeing this, Yanglusi gave a slight nod.

This counted as steering past all the previous matters. Then he once again fixed a scrutinizing gaze on Ake. At this moment Ake had assumed Yanglusi was still going to press the attack.

For him, he really didn't want to see that outcome. If Yanglusi had any sense of the world, she should have been very clear that she had already made herself perfectly plain before—he really did only know that much. No matter how much they pressed him, it was still just that much; there was simply nothing else.

So he sincerely hoped Yanglusi would let him off quickly. Ake knew that if he didn't say something soft soon, Yanglusi might keep clinging to that persistent attitude. So in an instant he pressed his palms together. Just as he was about to speak, Yanglusi raised a hand.

"Alright, I believe you. And once Mr. Zhang ascends Crescent Restaurant, I expect what you said will be indirectly confirmed."

In fact, after Ake finished saying all this, Zhang Lin, who was watching the livestream, slowly nodded. So although Ake couldn't give the specific details, his direction was already correct.

Based on this, Zhang Lin was also quite gratified. At the same time, Zhang Lin was certain that to push this matter further, this was the only thing he could do—he absolutely could not harbor other ideas.

First they had to find that altar; that was the most critical point. The Black Tiger Altar was here precisely to serve as a beacon.

Although they could reach the endpoint afterward, Yanglusi had one perception that wasn't wrong—the entire process of reaching the endpoint wasn't as simple as they imagined. Since that was the case, they shouldn't approach it with a casual attitude.

Including the raised morale these people now had, it couldn't be allowed to slacken because of this. The closer to the endpoint, the harder it gets—the darkest hour is before the dawn. Faced with such darkness, every person should hold fast to their original heart; only then could the situation be kept well under control.

Although what Ake had said didn't yet offer any concrete help for the journey ahead, for Zhang Lin this was already enough.

So long as someone was paying attention to these details, it proved that Zhang Lin hadn't held these expectations toward Archaeology Team Two for nothing.

If things didn't go as Zhang Lin expected, it would also add countless troubles for him.

After all, right now everything was in Zhang Lin's rhythm.

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