Chapter 2760

This was precisely the difference between him and Wang Wang Canghai—Wang Wang Canghai wanted everything, never once considering leaving any room for others.

At the very beginning, when he was playing this game of wits against Zhang Lin or the archaeological team, if he had known to rein himself in a little and not been so aggressively overbearing, none of this would have happened to him.

The range of choices available to him was simply too vast—after all, at that time Zhang Lin didn't even know he was alive; he only had some suspicions.

At the same time, he let you use your own advantages, step by step through all sorts of subtle, imperceptible methods to verify this point. The final result was indeed that Wang Canghai exposed himself, but part of that exposure back then was entirely deliberate, because Wang Canghai had not yet discarded his own pride.

Convinced that all these matters would remain entirely within his own control, that a single Zhang Lin amounted to nothing—based on this, even if he laid everything he had before the other's eyes, he believed Zhang Lin couldn't do anything to him.

And now the roles of the two had been reversed. The overwhelming advantage he had assumed at the start had entirely shifted to Zhang Lin's side. This was certainly not what Wang Wang Canghai wanted to see, but at this point he had no choice but to bear it.

Mr. Wang understood that if he asked this question and incurred Mr. Zhang's wrath, then his fate would very likely be the same as Wang Wang Canghai's—having no room for choice at all right now.

Then he could only fight with his back to the wall, seeking life through death. Of course, for Wang Wang Canghai there was still a certain probability in this—even if that probability was one in ten thousand or even one in a hundred thousand, at the very least Wang Wang Canghai could stake everything on one throw.

But for him, these chances were so slim as to almost not exist. He simply didn't possess the kind of ability Wang Wang Canghai had—this Mr. Wang fully acknowledged.

Given this, he was very clear that he shouldn't harbor such thoughts when considering the problems ahead. But in the end, as that saying goes, forced by circumstances he had no way out and could only go along with the entire rhythm, just walking forward like this. Including those things he had wanted to do before, the very concept itself had actually changed.

Because once these matters were laid out on the table, they would certainly be completely different from what he had previously thought—Mr. Wang was very clear on this point. Right now he was waiting for an answer. This was the true burning of one's boats. If Zhang Lin were to turn hostile over this, then Mr. Wang would be thoroughly disheartened as well.

Knowing he no longer had to cling to those messy, chaotic thoughts, and could just keep running—that was precisely why he hadn't ordered the ship to turn back now. Mr. Wang was very clear: if he couldn't exchange for a verbal promise from someone like Zhang Lin, then no matter how much he charged forward, it would be utterly meaningless.

Since the outcome was so obvious, Mr. Wang certainly knew how to choose. In fact, right up to now, Mr. Wang still felt fortunate that he wasn't Wang Wang Canghai—even though Wang Wang Canghai controlled so many secrets and had also obtained immortality.

Yet Mr. Wang didn't feel the slightest envy. Perhaps in the past, serving under this master, he would have envied him to some degree.

But the current situation was entirely different. He knew that if Wang Wang Canghai hadn't encountered Zhang Lin, he might truly have been invincible under heaven. But unfortunately, the existence of a Zhang Lin overturned the rhythm of everything.

This was precisely where Zhang Lin's terror lay. When Mr. Wang heard Zhang Lin agree to his defection at that moment, his immediate joy in the first instant was because he felt he had finally seized an opportunity.

His second-moment relief was the feeling that he had finally seen through Zhang Lin's strength, and that at last there was something he could rely on.