Chapter 2730

Clearly there were smart people among the barrage of comments; this rhythm wasn't picked up. In fact, watching the livestream, Zhang Lin glanced at the barrage and frowned slightly.

But very soon the barrage returned to a peaceful scene. Zhang Lin subconsciously nodded, feeling there was no problem—at least the situation was now stable, and he didn't need to put any special effort into handling anything.

As long as this point was met, it was already enough for Zhang Lin. As for those people arbitrarily trying to set the tone, Zhang Lin could completely ignore them, because he knew very well that even if he didn't deal with it on his end, someone would surely help him resolve the corresponding issues.

Even if no one watching the livestream was willing to intervene, at the very least the officials wouldn't let such a thing continue to develop. If they did, it wouldn't just affect Zhang Lin's mood—it would also affect the officials' vested interests.

This was the benefit of a partnership of interests. Once the matter touched on fundamental interests, Zhang Lin didn't even need to give any orders. When the officials saw the tone shift, or saw that it would affect what came next, they would absolutely step in at the first moment to intervene in everything. This was exactly the outcome Zhang Lin wanted to see.

Looking at the archaeology team now, everyone's expression was very solemn. They didn't know what was being said in the barrage. Even if they had seen those armchair-expert comments in the barrage, they would have just laughed them off without a care.

This wasn't because these people didn't take the viewers seriously—essentially, the viewers really couldn't solve any problem. Archaeology Team One had to be responsible for their own actions and their own lives and deaths.

Given that, they couldn't be too concerned about the feelings of those watching the livestream. They couldn't use their own lives to create buzz, and these people weren't attached to such things either.

For them, some things were the same whether they existed or not. As long as they held firm conviction and walked straight ahead, that was enough. Any other thoughts were nonsense. This was what these people truly thought in their hearts—even Wang Cen felt the same.

He felt that once things had reached this point, there was no need to think about all that messy stuff anymore. Since Zhang Lin had given them the answer to go down and scout the path themselves, the best choice for everyone right now was to follow Zhang Lin's order and keep moving forward.

If they had any other thoughts, it would be disrespectful to Zhang Lin. Even Wang Cen could see this clearly, let alone the others.

On this premise, Wang Cen handled the matter very absolutely. A person who doesn't hesitate to stake his own life actually has far, far too many things he can give up. Sometimes, without anyone else needing to remind him, he can push things to extremes on his own. This is a kind of talent, true—but it's also a kind of courage.

A person without courage could never willingly go to his death, let alone appear so carefree about it. That was truly not easy. This was exactly the outcome Wang Cen wanted everyone to see right now—or rather, once the situation reached this state, Wang Cen believed he could truly rest easy.

In any case, Zhang Lin's side had already spoken up to intervene in everything, and his own situation was the same. Wang Cen was certain that by then, even if Zhang Lin wanted to go back on his word, it wouldn't be realistic—because things had already reached this point. If Zhang Lin brought up anything else, it would make him look like a man who went back on his word.

In Wang Cen's view, that was absolutely not the outcome Zhang Lin wanted to see. So right now, doing these things carried no psychological burden for him. No matter from which angle he spoke, he firmly believed that either Wu Tianzhen or Wu Ya would surely understand what he was doing.

As long as this held, Wang Cen could make his next choices without any scruple. At the same time, Wang Cen was also certain that even if one of his choices was truly wrong—whether it was Wu Tianzhen or Wu Ya—someone would definitely sound a warning.

First, everything Wu Tianzhen was doing now was for the sake of Archaeology Team One, while Wu Ya was acting on Zhang Lin's assignment. These two together satisfied all his subsequent course of action and thinking.

Therefore, when Wu Tianzhen faced that kind of questioning earlier, he was so at ease. If there had been no such cooperation, or if Wu Tianzhen himself hadn't yet figured it out, then faced with that situation earlier, his choice would certainly have been to vehemently deny the existence of these things. If it had really come to that, the matter would only have grown more suspicious the more he tried to explain.

Not only would it not have helped anything he needed to do afterward, it would even have pulled him into that inescapable quagmire of having no way to defend himself.

Just as everyone maintained a solemn silence, they were all waiting for the people in the distance to appear. Because right now, from the sound of those footsteps, only two outcomes could be guessed.

One was the earlier assumption that this was the Wang family deliberately revealing themselves, and at the same time showing off their original strength.

That was why they kept moving forward in this manner. Of course, there was another possibility—the main reason Wu Tianzhen and the others remained wary: these people simply had no good intentions. The reason they were doing this was to create a diversion; you never knew when they might suddenly appear.

And then stab Archaeology Team One in the back. Only then would Archaeology Team One truly face an enormous trouble. Right now, Archaeology Team One absolutely could not afford any loss of personnel, because in that kind of situation, the road ahead would grow narrower and narrower for them.

Even though Zhang Lin was at the Crescent Moon Restaurant and could direct them to complete the corresponding tasks, ultimately, on the practical level, many things still had to be done by them personally.

Apart from the trio, everyone else in Archaeology Team One was very clear: if everything depended on the trio, then their own reason for existing would become very thin.

Besides, the trio couldn't protect them every moment of every day. As a member of Archaeology Team One, one had to learn to protect oneself, rather than making things difficult for others at every turn.

Wu Ya didn't realize that it was precisely her earlier actions that had served as a wake-up call for everyone in Archaeology Team One outside the trio. Back then, Wu Ya was still Regarding Lou Wan—she was an ordinary person in the absolute sense. Precisely because of this, her final choice made everyone look on with solemn respect.

One must understand that in that desperate situation, Sun Wu's appearance marked a turning point. An ordinary person, when coming into contact with these unknown and powerful things, and when able to accomplish things he could never have seen through or touched before—his very first reaction would absolutely be to lose himself, just like Sun Wu.

He swallowed the Corpse Beetle Pill, and paid no heed to the drawbacks Zhang Lin had mentioned.

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