Chapter 2841

Regardless of whether he wanted to catch up with Yang Lu and help her solve the problem, at this moment Uncle Ming happened to be standing on his side as well, so a subconscious feeling involuntarily welled up in Wang Kaixuan's heart.

He wondered if he had truly done something wrong—if not, how could Uncle Ming possibly have agreed with his opinion?

After figuring this out, Wang Kaixuan raised his hand without hesitation and slapped Uncle Ming across the face.

Uncle Ming spun three full circles on the spot before coming to a stop. No matter how heavily Wang Kaixuan had struck him before—whether it was the time with the military entrenching tool, or the countless times he had kicked Uncle Ming—

—none of those were as serious as this. This slap was solid; Wang Kaixuan had used eighty percent of his strength.

Blood seeped from the corner of Uncle Ming's mouth. Had that palm strike been just a little harder, Uncle Ming would have lost a few teeth. Fortunately, Wang Kaixuan pulled his hand back in time at the last moment.

At this moment, Peter gripped his dagger and stepped directly in front of Wang Kaixuan. If Yang Lu had been the one to act, that would be one thing—

—but if Wang Kaixuan kept behaving like this, then he would certainly need to help his boss first thing and eliminate the hidden danger right before his eyes.

Even though Peter greatly admired Wang Kaixuan, this did not conflict with his loyalty to his own boss.

Wang Kaixuan's eyes were full of fury, and he said in a cold, harsh tone: "We're discussing matters here—it has nothing to do with you! Stand aside!"

His words revealed a tone of absolute certainty, leaving no room for doubt. This was the thought Wang Kaixuan held.

Right now, the Second Archaeology Team was facing such an extreme situation that it could no longer allow anyone to keep stoking the flames while discussing what came next. This was precisely why Wang Kaixuan was so furious at this moment.

Even Shen Qiong, who was holding him back, couldn't help but let out a breath of relief. At this moment, having this fool appear to calm Wang Kaixuan down was still necessary.

After all, given what had happened before, if Wang Kaixuan once fell into that kind of uncontrollable impulse, at least the Hu Hu Bayi Society would step in to stop him.

But at this moment, Hu Bayi clearly stood on the same side as Wang Kaixuan. Seeing that he had mostly calmed down, Shen Qiong immediately took a deep breath.

She said earnestly: "I know you're all worried about Captain Yang, but think about the situation earlier—if at this moment we don't follow her orders and instead just add to Captain Yang's troubles, do you really think that's helping her solve the problem?"

Shen Qiong's words were irrefutable. The two men exchanged glances. Fortunately, at this moment Hu Bayi was the first to calm down—he understood that Shen Qiong was right.

If they kept that impulsive mindset, they would not only fail to solve the problem but would also make everything that followed increasingly troublesome.

After figuring this out, Hu Bayi tried his best to hold Wang Kaixuan back. But Wang Kaixuan was the type who, once he had made up his mind, couldn't be pulled back even by nine oxen.

He was certain his approach was right. At this moment, apart from two people, no one else could possibly hold him back.

Either Yang Lu would have to come back and give Wang Kaixuan another order to calm him down, or Zhang Lin would have to send a message and tell Wang Kaixuan outright to calm down.

Looking at the other side, Wang Canghai watched the Second Archaeology Team descend into this standoff, and he felt deep regret.

If from the very beginning, when Gawa arrived here, he had not intended to strike heavily and let Yang Lu smoothly and logically wipe everyone out, then at this moment he could have briefly blended into the Second Archaeology Team.

Even establishing some kind of cooperation with them would not have been a problem.

At the very least, they could have used this opportunity within the Second Archaeology Team, and might really have been able to replace the others in chasing after Yang Lu and seizing the Corpse-Repelling Pearl.

The more chaotic the scene, the more advantageous it was for Wang Canghai. But now, although the scene was indeed chaotic, Wang Canghai simply had no one usable. What was he supposed to do about it?

Wang Canghai was so anxious he paced in circles around the room, but there was no way to solve the current problem. The Second Archaeology Team was not like the First Archaeology Team, where he had no one of his own inserted at all. Given this premise, Wang Canghai could only watch helplessly as the situation spiraled further out of control.

But he was not willing to give up. Since he had no one of his own to use, he would have to do everything he could to stop this situation. Right now, everything depended on Zhang Lin.

He couldn't even continue to contact Xue Long.

At the very beginning, Xue Long had contacted him and chosen to handle the upcoming matters through a show of force. Wang Canghai was very certain that the man had made up his mind and would not contact him again—probably out of fear that getting in touch would create corresponding loopholes and cause Zhang Lin's plan to be exposed later.

He had to admit the man had some brains. Wang Canghai was more certain than anyone that if he could still establish contact with Xue Long, he would reach out to him from time to time. Even knowing the man was in a livestream, he would not hesitate to expose himself.

Because contacting Xue Long and talking with Zhang Lin were two entirely different outcomes—the relationship between active and passive would also be reversed.

In his dealings with Xue Long, Wang Canghai could exploit the loopholes the man revealed and think about how to handle many things going forward. But conversely, if that person were Zhang Lin, he believed things would be far from that simple, and he would easily be counter-played by Zhang Lin.

After all, this kind of thing had happened more than once. Time and again, Zhang Lin had used all sorts of methods to try to persuade him with words, and in the end Wang Canghai had his mindset disrupted and was forced to reveal certain thoughts. Wang Canghai had long since had enough of this.

So now he had to be cautious. However, looking at the current situation, Wang Canghai realized that no matter how cautious he was, anything that was going to be exposed had already been exposed long ago.

Even the situation with Su Nan, whom he had sent out—Zhang Lin's side already knew all about it. He didn't care whether Zhang Lin had deduced it or was merely guessing.

In any case, the situation had already developed to this point. He could instead set down the burden on his mind. Since the conspiracy had become an open strategy, it was nothing more than moving everything out into the open and competing with the other party head-on.

Wang Canghai had no room to retreat—one step back was an abyss of ten thousand fathoms. Any half-step forward would be advantageous to him.

So Wang Canghai no longer needed to hesitate. Having thought all this through, he directly picked up the phone and dialed Zhang Lin again.

This time he hoped Zhang Lin would pick up. After all, some time had passed since the previous incident. Even if Zhang Lin tried to use some method to disrupt his mindset again and put him in a fatal position—

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