Chapter 2712: Fatty About to Change His Mind Again

So Wang Cen also felt that those who left weren't worth him saying anything more about; he was now going to focus his attention on what came next and on the people who stayed. In truth, Wang Cen was also very surprised—he had never expected so many people to remain.

At the same time, this made Wang Cen feel deeply gratified. In his heart he secretly vowed that he would absolutely not let these people down. Whether those who stayed trusted him completely or simply trusted their own judgment didn't matter at all.

First of all, this matter had been proposed by Wang Cen. Since they chose to stay, it proved, more or less, that they recognized Wang Cen's reasoning was correct.

Wang Cen didn't believe some people were simply curious and would therefore stake their lives. One had to know that this time Wang Cen was hoping to use his own life to exchange for the lives of others, and the main subject here was definitely Su Nan.

But later Wang Cen also realized that if he could save the lives of others in this way, it might just earn him some merit. Most importantly, Wang Cen thought that afterward Su Nan would certainly have no way out.

If they could grasp this lifeline now, the road ahead might be easier to walk than it was now. Wang Cen didn't even deliberately conceal this little scheme; he believed that given Wu Tianzhen's intelligence, no matter how much he tried to hide it, the other would surely see through it.

Based on this point, Wang Cen now felt that being completely forthright was the right choice. In the end, Wang Cen surveyed the people on his side who had stayed, then looked at Wu Tianzhen. The two exchanged a glance and nodded; at this moment, everything seemed to be understood without words, no need for superfluous speech.

Wu Tianzhen understood what Wang Cen was thinking, and likewise Wang Cen was very clear about what Wu Tianzhen would do next. The two had unconsciously formed a similar tacit understanding.

Seeing this, Fatty couldn't help but purse his lips, because he really wasn't comfortable with this kind of eye-contact exchange. It wasn't that he was unused to communicating with Wu Tianzhen through glances—he had long been accustomed to that.

The key was that this Wang Cen was acting just like he usually did, which made Fatty feel as though someone was poaching on his territory. And Wu Tianzhen, reading Fatty's mood, immediately knew what the other was thinking.

Then he shook his head, walked up to Fatty, gave his shoulder a heavy pat, and glared at him fiercely.

The meaning was very clear: the two had known each other for so long, yet Fatty still had such thoughts at this point—it seemed rather petty.

The next moment Fatty also came to his senses. Then the three-person archaeology team prepared to set out. They arrived at the breach that had been blown open earlier, and Fatty scratched his head.

He then said: "Have you overlooked something? Mr. Zhang didn't tell us whether this Kunlun Embryo is actually the true feng shui site. If it isn't…"

Before he could finish, Wu Tianzhen cut him off immediately. Wu Tianzhen said: "Whether it is or isn't, we have to go down and take a look. We can't hesitate any longer."

When he said this, Wu Tianzhen was even a little displeased, for a very simple reason.

From Wu Tianzhen's perspective, since Fatty had previously agreed with his idea and shown that submissive attitude, it meant he had already thought through everything that would happen afterward.

If that were the case, then he shouldn't be causing any more trouble. But this time Wu Tianzhen was genuinely mistaken—Fatty didn't have such thoughts. Just as Wu Tianzhen understood him:

once a decision was made, no matter how much Fatty had opposed it before, as long as he gave his agreement, he wouldn't object one bit more. That was the answer.

So Fatty hurriedly said the next moment: "Tianzhen, you've got me wrong. That's not what I meant. Don't you know me by now? Once something's been agreed on, I could never go back on it."

Wu Tianzhen was taken aback, then smiled faintly and asked: "Then what do you mean?"

At this point he had also grown curious. If Fatty had some other idea, saying it right away would definitely be beneficial, as long as he didn't disrupt morale before the operation.

But on second thought, Wu Tianzhen also realized Fatty was absolutely not that kind of person. No matter the circumstances, he always stood on the archaeology team's side and would never say all sorts of messy things to disrupt the team's rhythm—he wasn't some spy sent by that mysterious person.

At this thought, Wu Tianzhen couldn't help but recall what Zhang Lin had said earlier about another group of Wang family people. If they went down now and the entrance hadn't been sealed shut, these people might follow the original path into the tomb as well. But if some accident caused the entrance to be sealed, then these people would have come for nothing.

Now Wu Tianzhen didn't know which way to lean, but after thinking it over, since these people had been dispatched here on Zhang Lin's orders—

—it meant they would be helpful to their subsequent operation. Therefore Wu Tianzhen thought he should perhaps lean toward the former: that after they moved, these people could enter through the current entrance.

Ideally, these people would sense something during the operation and then meet up, so that from then on the two teams could act together. He trusted that since Zhang Lin had made such an arrangement, there wouldn't be any deviation. This was the thinking Wu Tianzhen had always held.

As for Fatty, the next moment he said outright: "What I mean is, different feng shui sites naturally have different methods. We should send one person down first to scout the situation before we say anything else. Even setting aside the Kunlun Embryo, we should at least think about what's actually down there!"

"Whether it can hold all of us. Don't forget this place is in a state of ten-thousand-year ice seal. Wang Wang Canghai didn't open this passage easily either. Who knows, once we go down from here, there might be corresponding mechanisms?"

After these words came out, everyone looked at Fatty in surprise, and Fatty felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at like that.

Then he shrugged and said: "Why are you all looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?"

Fatty was quite unconfident at this moment, afraid that some of his views might be wrong and thus affect the archaeology team's overall judgment. Hearing this, Wu Tianzhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Not wrong, definitely not wrong. Not only is it not wrong, it's something I had overlooked before."

Wu Tianzhen wasn't deliberately flattering Fatty, nor trying to praise him to make him feel better—after all, as brothers, the two of them had no need for such empty formalities.

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