Chapter 2762

Or rather, Wang Canghai's commanding officer chose to change course, very likely abandoning the situation over at Archaeology Team One and coming straight for him instead — it wasn't that Wang Canghai had truly gone mad.

It was because he was certain that going to Archaeology Team One was an entirely different matter from Archaeology Team Two; after all, there were far more people over there, and he alone couldn't resolve every problem, and besides, after coming out from Archaeology Team Two's side, how many of the men Wang Hu was leading remained was anyone's guess.

Wang Canghai was using these people as cannon fodder a hundred percent, but unfortunately Wang Hu still hadn't realized it — however, none of this was something Mr. Wang needed to consider.

He only wanted, with single-minded focus, to lead the Wang family forward properly; he had thought he'd seized an opportunity, but he hadn't expected Zhang Lin to be so utterly resolute, facing his trusted subordinate's almost accusatory stance.

Mr. Wang finally let out a sigh, waved his hand, and seemed unwilling to bring up the matter again.

That trusted subordinate was immediately stunned; in fact, given how clever Mr. Wang was, he should have been perfectly clear that the reason his subordinate had just raised such an idea wasn't merely on his own behalf — it meant the entire Wang family shared this thinking, and since that was the case, the choice Mr. Wang made should have been made very swiftly.

Afterwards he also realized: the reason Mr. Wang hadn't given him a direct answer was that he wanted to seek Zhang Lin's side's opinion, but precisely because of this, he couldn't understand it, and he was certain the other Wang family members felt the same way.

Under official protection, as long as they went back, the authorities wouldn't just ignore them, and the Wang family had already put on their own stance; besides, there were still Wang family members among the archaeology teams.

Since that was the case, the pressure of public opinion would fall on the authorities; if the authorities kept pressing relentlessly, trying to use some method to wipe out the Wang family directly, then no matter how many outrageous things the Wang family had done before, this time they would absolutely seize the moral high ground once again.

Every single Wang family member was absolutely certain of this, because when it came to playing the public opinion game, they were masters among masters; since that was the case, where these people should go from here was obvious.

There were even many people quietly questioning Mr. Wang's decisions of late behind the scenes; if only his decisions had the slightest meaning, or could truly lead the Wang family toward where it ought to go, perhaps the others wouldn't have raised such objections.

But reality was never like that, and this caused Mr. Wang's prestige to plummet again and again; if he kept stubbornly going on like this, it would certainly do him no good in leading the Wang family afterward, and someone might even rise up in revolt and directly oppose his leadership.

The entire Wang family had to understand that now, under the circumstances of their flight, looking at everyone's loyalty ratios fluctuating, since that was the case, they couldn't be trusted a hundred percent.

On this premise, everyone should be clear in their hearts about what they should and shouldn't do afterward; if their choices deviated even slightly from the baseline, it could very likely lead to total annihilation — even worse than death.

This was also the main reason why, if Mr. Wang didn't make a decision quickly afterward, others would try every means to force him to make one; and this trusted subordinate was, of course, a hundred percent loyal to Mr. Wang — he saw the pros and cons involved.

At this moment he felt it would be truly unkind not to give the man a reminder, and he also felt it was his duty; if he said nothing and just watched Mr. Wang go to his death for nothing, then he would have been a trusted subordinate in vain.

So the next moment he didn't withdraw directly like Mr. Wang had waved him off, but said without the slightest hesitation: "Mr. Wang, we can't hesitate any longer now; no matter what Zhang Lin's side says, what we need to do is turn around and go back immediately — you have to understand that now morale is scattered, and we have no choice but to make that decision."

The choice he referred to was leaving this drifting, rootless sea and returning to their own home; after all, every Wang family member, after all these years, had at least some sense of belonging in their hearts.

Even if they had been out on missions for a long time, this batch of people Mr. Wang had brought along hadn't actually stayed outside for very long — they were the true core from within, mainly from the Yunsuanbu Sect.

Of course, this didn't prove the Yunsuanbu Sect's abilities were poor; the key was that none of them understood Mr. Wang's current course of action, and if there was the slightest chance to go home, they would absolutely make the most active choice.

No matter what they had to face afterward, or what was about to happen, they feared nothing; Mr. Wang, seeing his trusted subordinate's reaction at this moment, couldn't help but freeze in shock.

He had never expected the man would speak to him in such an attitude — this had never happened before, and he was certain it would never happen in the future either.

But now this sort of thing had really happened; one had to know the Wang family placed great emphasis on seniority, and as the sole ruler of the Wang family beneath Wang Canghai, Mr. Wang had always been absolutely authoritative.

No one could raise any corresponding objections in front of him — he was in every sense the kind of person whose word was final; the moment any different voice appeared, Mr. Wang would suppress it immediately.

And this time, everyone stepping forward had already brought a sharp impact on Mr. Wang's prestige; but precisely because of this matter, he made a very clever decision — to no longer interfere with the others' choices.

This time he wasn't forcing everyone to leave with him, but opening up a channel for them; if they were willing to follow him, naturally no problem, and if not, no problem either — Mr. Wang displayed the utmost magnanimity, and precisely because of this, most people still followed him.

But now, with most people unable to see any hope, they still wanted to go home; Mr. Wang shook his head again the next moment, and then said: "Go home? Could it be they'd rather die at home?"

The trusted subordinate didn't hesitate at all this time, but nodded heavily and said: "Mr. Wang, when have the Wang family ever been so cowardly? So what if we die? Besides, I feel that even if Mr. Zhang doesn't help us, the Wang family still has a chance to fight for it."

This time Mr. Wang was completely stunned; he looked his subordinate up and down with a half-smile, and at the same time recalled the words Zhang Lin had said earlier — Zhang Lin had said that among his subordinates there must be a capable person who could see through the surface to the essence.

And then take control of the situation going forward; and the decision he had just made was also guided by an expert — at first, when Zhang Lin said these words, Mr. Wang was extremely unconvinced.

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