Chapter 2859

On the contrary, if the officials really made that call, it would be fine if Yang Lu's satellite phone was on silent, but if the previous commotion inside the tomb had caused Yang Lu not to put it on silent this time, then they would be the most foolish people in the world.

Because doing so would not only fail to help Yang Lu, but would instead cause her to be exposed ahead of time.

Facts proved that, as usual, the officials' choice this time was correct.

Zhang Lin also heard all this, but compared to the delight on Wang Canghai's face, he merely frowned slightly.

According to Zhang Lin's speculation, although Su Nan certainly had a way to reach the location of the Second Archaeological Team, he had originally assumed the other party would not arrive so quickly.

But soon a faint smile curled at the corner of Zhang Lin's mouth. Whether fast or slow, he had already thought all of this through beforehand, and now the time for him to make his appearance today was drawing ever closer.

Based on this point, Zhang Lin had no need to worry about anything at present.

In fact, according to Zhang Lin's own preference, he truly hoped Yang Lu could reach a brief cooperation with Su Nan. As for the subsequent situation in this tomb, it was hard to say at which point Su Nan's help might really be needed; this was also a compromise made when necessary.

But even so, Zhang Lin still would not contact the other party directly, using the form of issuing orders to tell Yang Lu to make such a choice.

The reason was simple: at the level of choice, he wanted to leave this matter entirely to Yang Lu herself; only in this way would it be the greatest respect for her.

After all, Yang Lu had already been carrying a burden in her heart. Moreover, facing the death of her other self, although she had not spoken of it, Zhang Lin was very clear that Yang Lu should have been immersed in that self-reproach all along.

She was a person of very deep feelings. Facing such a matter, if she could not personally cut down the enemy, then this extreme pain might follow her for the rest of her life.

Taking all these considerations together, Zhang Lin would hand over the choice of this cooperation to Yang Lu as well. Now it all depended on whether the two sides would actually fight when they met.

But one thing Zhang Lin could determine before that: even if Yang Lu had the intention of directly killing the other party, Su Nan would absolutely not do the same.

This time, the method Wang Canghai used for Su Nan's arrival was definitely through Wang Cen. But human nature is the thing least able to withstand testing. If Zhang Lin truly wanted to turn Su Nan, he could completely have Yang Lu pass a message to Su Nan.

Even in a subconscious state, by exerting certain specific influences on Su Nan's choices, in the end everything would certainly tend toward Su Nan betraying her so-called feelings, as well as Wang Canghai.

On this point, Zhang Lin was more certain than anyone.

Only now, as before, everything depended on Yang Lu's choice. Zhang Lin would not overstep his authority. If Yang Lu truly wanted to discuss subsequent cooperation with Su Nan—

Then Zhang Lin would go with the flow and complete the matter. After all, Su Nan had not committed any serious mistake. As long as this premise was satisfied, Zhang Lin naturally would not take other circumstances into account.

Looking at Wang Canghai's side, his eyes were full of excitement. In fact, even he himself had not expected Su Nan to arrive so quickly.

At first, according to Wang Canghai's calculations, even if Su Nan sped up as much as possible, arriving at the current location in a few more hours would already be good. After all, the underground river was bound to be winding and twisting, and would absolutely not be as simple as Su Nan had initially thought.

It was even very likely that Su Nan would suffer casualties all the way here. This was also why Wang Canghai had strongly advised Su Nan at the beginning to absolutely not come to this place in person, but instead to find some hired lackeys—even the local ragtag mercenary bands would be far better than going alone.

Although Wang Canghai was a lone wolf, he also understood that one person's strength was ultimately limited. In a tomb like this, what was needed was coordinated teamwork, and only in this way could his plan be carried out.

As for Su Nan's emotions, Wang Canghai had never considered them. Whether he would later fulfill his promise to the other party was also not within Wang Canghai's scope of consideration.

Just as Su Nan had suspected from the start, Wang Canghai was most likely deliberately deceiving him by using the matter of Wang Cen, because he no longer had anyone he could use.

Even using Su Nan was a last-resort scheme Wang Canghai had come up with. Someone had to enter the Second Archaeological Team to help him accomplish these things.

As mentioned before, Su Nan was an unexpected blessing to him. Originally, Wang Canghai had even truly planned to give up on the Second Archaeological Team side, then shift all his attention to the First Archaeological Team—first bury forever those secrets he believed must not be uncovered, and only then think about the matter of the Muchen Pearl.

But afterward Wang Canghai also realized that doing so would be completely putting the cart before the horse, even though he had noticed that Zhang Lin might be deliberately using this method to divert his attention.

But he still had not thought of giving up on the Second Archaeological Team side again.

Regardless, the current Wang Canghai could be considered fully determined. No matter what kind of plan Zhang Lin employed, it would not change his original intention. He would rather give up on the Tiangong side than successfully obtain the Muchen Pearl.

The reason Wang Canghai did not also deploy Wang Cen to this side now was simply because he was certain Wang Cen would absolutely not accept this.

Unless he truly let him know that Su Nan was right there with the Second Archaeological Team—at that time, it was hard to say whether the other party would change his current thinking.

After thinking all this through, Wang Canghai took a deep breath. Now everything could finally proceed according to his original plan.

At least regarding this tomb, he now had a certain say in the matter.

Immediately after, Wang Canghai thought of the promise he had made to Su Nan earlier—telling the other party that Wang Cen would call her in half an hour, and that she must pick up.

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