Chapter 2718: A Three-Way Standoff! The Conflict About to Erupt?!

Or rather, on his level, he wondered if he had gone too far; he wasn't clear on any of these matters now, and if things really were as he imagined, then Wu Ya would likely find herself in a very difficult position.

Thinking of this, she let out a long sigh; at the same time, she didn't want to interfere in this matter any longer, because Mr. Zhang had already made it clear there was no need to worry about Fatty's situation, and Zhang Lin had also concluded that no matter what unknown thing had happened to Fatty, it would at the very least not affect the progress of the Archaeology Team One.

It's just that there was one thing Zhang Lin hadn't said—Wu Ya's worry really was possible, but the probability was far too low; after Fatty had fallen into the hot spring earlier, he had already purged all the toxins from his body.

Based on this, Fatty wouldn't experience any other problems afterward; Zhang Lin was absolutely certain of this, he just hadn't chosen to tell Wu Ya.

On one hand, it didn't matter whether he said it or not; on the other, he didn't want to dampen Wu Ya's enthusiasm over this matter; at least from the current perspective, Wu Ya's approach wasn't seriously wrong.

A competent subordinate is hard to find; in all this time, Zhang Lin had only come across one who was relatively suitable, and he didn't want to throw cold water on the other party over some trivial matter—that would also make him seem like a less than magnanimous boss.

Zhang Lin's emotional intelligence wasn't that low, so he would absolutely never make that kind of choice; now Zhang Lin stood with his arms folded, watching the livestream, waiting quietly.

He naturally wasn't in any rush; he also knew the archaeology team would definitely make a corresponding choice afterward, and the current dispute between Fatty and Wu Tianzhen was understandable—once such a dispute reached a stalemate, it would have a major impact on what followed.

And Wu Tianzhen, right in the middle of this stalemate, made the wisest choice: he was going to lay everything out in the open, explain things clearly to the other party, rather than hiding and holding back.

Once you start hiding and holding back, it only makes everything that follows more troublesome; whether the two of them now came to blows or each argued their case from their own standpoint, at least this matter could be resolved quickly.

If you kept these things bottled up inside, deliberately telling others you were only thinking about how to handle things afterward, then it would only make what followed increasingly troublesome—Zhang Lin was more certain of this than anyone.

In that case, since he saw a fairly positive tendency, Zhang Lin certainly wouldn't step in to block it again; this was certain.

Looking back at Archaeology Team One now, Fatty didn't argue; he let Wu Tianzhen drag him to a corner, and at this time Zhang Tianshi followed along as well—the three of them formed a triangular standoff, each with different emotions in their eyes; Zhang Tianshi was completely composed, as if whatever happened afterward didn't matter to him at all.

Besides, however Wu Tianzhen chose didn't seem to matter to him either; Zhang Tianshi didn't need anyone to give him orders, he simply felt he was absolutely the most suitable person to go down and scout the way.

Of course, if Fatty was too insistent on going down in his place, Zhang Tianshi wouldn't object either—this was simply a way of taking things calmly as they came.

This had always been Zhang Tianshi's habit, never changing.

But now it was clear Wu Tianzhen didn't think this way; he had his own ideas, and Zhang Tianshi was quite curious and wanted to come over and listen, while also feeling there was something else going on here.

And Fatty at this point still had a look of utter defiance on his face; just as he was about to explain, he saw Wu Tianzhen point at his own nose and ask angrily, "I'm asking you—how many years have we known each other?"

Fatty couldn't help but be stunned again, thinking to himself that bringing this up now was kind of a stretch, but he didn't overthink it and still answered the other.

Right after that, Wu Tianzhen asked a lot of things only the two of them would know, like all those little details from their university days; this left Fatty increasingly bewildered, but in the end Fatty answered each one without any hesitation.

Hearing these answers, Wu Tianzhen finally let out a heavy sigh of relief, then without hesitation took two steps back, adjusted his stance, and delivered a solid kick right to Fatty's backside.

That kick was as heavy as it could possibly be, sending Fatty stumbling forward; he stared at Wu Tianzhen with a look of utter disbelief, just then realizing that Wu Tianzhen dragging him to this spot had very likely been to fight.

But he hadn't expected the other to ask a bunch of random questions before throwing a punch; at this point Fatty also adjusted his own state, ready to take him on head-on—but the next moment, Zhang Tianshi stepped directly between the two of them.

He shook his head and said coldly, "I don't know what you two are arguing about, and I don't know why you're so insistent."

When he said this, he was looking at Fatty; Zhang Tianshi felt Fatty didn't need to carry such stubbornness, and he shared the same suspicion as Wu Tianzhen.

Or rather, that something had happened to Fatty, that some kind of problem had occurred—any of these were possible; regarding this, Zhang Tianshi felt that resolving things in the calmest way possible was the key.

Not like now, coming to blows—that way nothing could be solved, and it would only intensify the conflict; everyone has their own little schemes in their heart.

This was true whether they were brothers or not; the only difference was that true brothers wouldn't stab you in the back, just like their trio here—it was simply a difference of opinion.

These things wouldn't cause too much deviation on a practical level; as long as you got used to all this happening, it was fine, but looking at Fatty's state now, he didn't seem used to these things at all, and Zhang Tianshi also understood why Wu Tianzhen had asked Fatty those questions earlier.

It was nothing more than suspecting the other must have had some problem, or that the toxins on his body hadn't been purged—all of this was worth suspecting; if he couldn't even react to this much, then he wouldn't be Zhang Tianshi; but even after asking all this, what was the point?

Zhang Tianshi came across as very carefree; whether or not Fatty had a problem, they could just observe him afterward, and besides, the logic of this matter seemed quite simple—Fatty, if he had even the slightest problem, wouldn't have made this kind of choice, because this choice was clearly a deliberate one to go to his death.

In that case, he should understand what he should and shouldn't do afterward; right now, no one was clear on what exactly lay beneath where the Kunlun Fetus was located.

Based on this, it was very likely that going down would mean dying without a burial place; of course, since this place had been pointed out by Zhang Lin, it meant they could, relatively speaking, resolve everything quite smoothly—only no one was clear on exactly what would happen.

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