Chapter 2817: Two Tombs! What Secrets Do They Hide?

But if he could have loosened his grip, or given someone else a way out, then none of what followed would have happened—neither Xue Long nor Mr. Wang would have chosen to betray.

And such betrayals are forever caught in an endless vicious cycle; Wang Wang Wang Canghai has no idea how absurdly wrong he is, nor how important this matter truly is.

And now Mr. Wang has reached the moment to pledge his loyalty—just ten-odd minutes ago, Mr. Wang told Zhang Lin that he could offer up the entire Wang family.

And if he chooses to turn back, that counts as fully agreeing to this deal with Zhang Lin, which is why Zhang Lin is now using words to pressure him. Mr. Wang being afraid of death is not wrong in itself, but keeping himself and the Wang family safe is equally important.

So the next moment Zhang Lin said at once: "Since that's the case, you have to choose to trust; and since you trust me, you have to trust the authorities."

Mr. Wang sighed once more and said: "Trusting you is no problem, but trusting the authorities—I really can't do it."

Zhang Lin gave a mocking smile, thinking to himself that Mr. Wang was still playing word games with him at this point. In the past, he certainly wouldn't have had this patience, but this time Archaeology Team One had indeed made the matter far too big!

The main issue is still the situation on Fatty's side—he can stall for ten or twenty minutes, but after an hour Zhang Lin still can't predict what will happen with Archaeology Team One; he must intervene in it.

Now that bunch of Wang's scoundrels showing up is inevitable, and what will be affected after they appear is also an unknown to him—this is Zhang Lin's only worry.

So if Mr. Wang can't wholeheartedly help him with what comes next, then many things will lose their meaning.

This is also the main reason Zhang Lin has kept bringing the matter up with the other party; as long as he wants to keep discussing it, he can't be in an impatient state—on this point Zhang Lin is more certain than anyone.

So the next moment Zhang Lin could only take a deep breath; no matter how mocking it was toward the other party, or how absurd he realized the matter was, Zhang Lin still had the patience to discuss it with him.

But with things having reached this point, Zhang Lin was acting out of helplessness, and also wanted to add a double safeguard.

If Zhang Lin didn't have this in mind, he could have simply cast everything aside—regardless of what the other party thought, Zhang Lin had already arranged everything properly and had no need to consider the other's feelings.

He could just have proceeded according to his own ideas, but now things clearly aren't like that, so Zhang Lin still has a lot to do. The next moment Zhang Lin's sigh reached Mr. Wang's ears, and Mr. Wang couldn't help but be stunned—he truly couldn't figure it out no matter how he tried.

Regarding this matter, he really had no idea what Zhang Lin was thinking. Mr. Wang believed his own words held no problem, so Zhang Lin had already given him his guarantee—but later Zhang Lin still said all that nonsensical rambling, which made his state of mind somewhat panicked.

This is what Mr. Wang understood least of all: if Zhang Lin wanted to suppress this matter in the truest sense, then he shouldn't have said those things to him.

If it were the opposite of his own thinking, then Zhang Lin would also change his previous attitude—in short, it was a deal blocked at both ends. Yet Zhang Lin, for some reason, chose to cut in the middle; Mr. Wang kept turning these things over in his mind.

But after hearing Zhang Lin's sigh, he couldn't help but become serious again. He knew that what Zhang Lin was about to say next must be very important; if he kept approaching it from a tricky angle, that would absolutely be pushing his luck.

Actually, speaking up to now, Mr. Wang felt that with Zhang Lin's temper he should have blown up long ago, but this time his bottomless probing did cause Zhang Lin some small trouble.

However, these troubles only existed because Zhang Lin tacitly allowed them; if Zhang Lin didn't approve of them, then no matter how clever Mr. Wang was, or how much he liked playing petty tricks, it would have no effect whatsoever in front of Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin may be young, but the so-called cunning of old foxes simply doesn't work on him—this is certain. Regarding this matter, Wang Wang Wang Canghai has deep personal experience.

At the very beginning, Wang Wang Wang Canghai had hoped to use his own cunning to teach Zhang Lin a lesson; he never expected it to backfire—trying to snatch a chicken but losing the rice instead. In the end, when Wang Wang Wang Canghai himself was cornered with nowhere to go, he was forced straight into a dead end by Zhang Lin.

If Wang Wang Wang Canghai could see the scene before him now, he would also understand how absurdly wrong he had been—from the very start he had chosen the wrong direction, from the very start he had misjudged the situation on his own side.

This is also the main reason Wang Wang Wang Canghai was utterly defeated.

Since that's the case, Zhang Lin basically has nothing to fear—and this is the issue Zhang Lin needed to consider in the details from the very beginning.

And right now, among the two tombs, what exactly is hidden—Zhang Lin is very curious.

The same goes for the matter of the Qingtong Sect; it's possible that everything understood before was merely an illusion.

The Qingtong Sect itself carries other meanings; even the records of the artifacts within, and all of this, hold different variations—even the Queen of Jingjue could be connected with the Qingtong Sect.

This is the essential difference, and in response to such a difference, one must always find the best way to deal with it—this is what Zhang Lin has in mind. And once such thoughts are put into practice, there will always be people who, with different mindsets, handle what comes next.

What Zhang Lin has to do is cut off this source at its root; right now that source is Wang Wang Wang Canghai, but the timing must be handled carefully.

He absolutely cannot pick a time at random, or act in haste—he needs to find the most suitable moment to cut off all the sources, and let Wang Wang Wang Canghai realize just how foolish his ideas are.

And before that, he still needs to use all sorts of probing methods to make Wang Wang Wang Canghai understand what he should do next. Mr. Wang was pondering this and that when Zhang Lin's voice drifted over leisurely.

"You must choose to trust; I'm too lazy to keep talking to you."

Mr. Wang's heart skipped a beat, knowing that his side's demands had reached their limit. He then sighed as well, nodded, and said: "Alright, Mr. Zhang, just give the order."

Zhang Lin didn't waste words this time, and said directly: "Have your team turn back immediately and return to shore; then on your end, await my next order. Also, have your people go out after waiting five minutes—their sole task is to help Archaeology Team One, nothing else."

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