Chapter 3064

Actually, if you think about it from another angle, even someone like Fatty wouldn't harbor the slightest doubt now—he's already convinced, let alone Wu Tianzhen.

The instant the satellite phone rang, everyone knit their brows. They instinctively exchanged glances, and in the end every gaze settled on Wang Cen.

Wang Cen was stunned at that moment too. Honestly, he hadn't held out much hope when he made that call to Wang Canghai. In his view, although this mysterious figure was undeniably capable—

—making the call was a shot in the dark. First, he wasn't sure this mysterious figure could even analyze the situation, and as for Wang Chao, he wasn't very optimistic there.

Second, just as he said, even if this mysterious figure he knew of could truly see what had happened inside the tomb, from the other party's standpoint there was no obligation to tell him. But the reason he wore such a surprised expression was that he assumed the other party meant to talk about something else.

In Wang Cen's view, if this mysterious figure wanted to pass along a false answer to make him change his mind, that was absolutely impossible.

Because no matter how stupid this mysterious figure was, no matter how much he was counting on Wang Cen to turn back, he should have known clearly that this matter concerned Su Nan, and it wasn't because Wang Cen had any subjective intention to betray—that was why he had taken this step.

He was forced by the other party to take this step forward, which was why he made the corresponding choice. Since this choice wasn't his own doing but rather the mysterious figure weaving a cocoon around himself, then this mysterious figure—Wang Canghai—should have known perfectly well that he had no hope of winning Wang Cen back.

But this time Wang Cen truly guessed wrong. He was reasoning along normal logic, though—who could have imagined that the Wang Canghai before them had already had his judgment and mental clarity disrupted by such setbacks, which led him to this foolish idea.

Wang Cen held the satellite phone at this moment, then looked up at Wu Tianzhen. The latter nodded without hesitation; Wang Cen didn't need to spell it out.

He also knew exactly who this call had to be from. Since the other party wanted to talk, they'd simply lay everything out on the table—no need to keep things bottled up.

Let's see what the other party actually wants to say. Wang Cen was currently with Archaeology Team One, so naturally everything favored them.

On that premise, Wu Tianzhen had no need to worry about Wang Cen doing anything else. Of course, the reason for all this wasn't that Wang Cen himself was all that persuasive, or that he inspired great trust in people—it was simply that Su Nan was still being held as a hostage with Archaeology Team Two.

Both of them were in this state. Since they had agreed to the terms of cooperation, the moment they showed any change, even if Mr. Zhang didn't say anything, both Wu Tianzhen and Yang Lu's side would take matters into their own hands and directly remove that obstacle. Actually, right now Zhang Lin has already been very generous.

Since both Wang Cen and Su Nan had chosen to betray, he could simply kill them both outright, and that wouldn't count as breaking his promise.

But even if Zhang Lin had such thoughts, and even if Yang Lu and Wu Tianzhen both agreed, he couldn't make that choice during the livestream—the public-opinion backlash would be far too great, and the authorities couldn't bear it either.

But taking it a step further—even without the livestream, since Zhang Lin had made such a promise, he wouldn't go back on it. Unless the other party broke their word first, Zhang Lin would only then take corresponding countermeasures.

Otherwise, according to his habits, he would absolutely never go back on his word. Zhang Lin had never once disappointed those who trusted him, which proves there will be no exception this time either.

Likewise, Wang Cen isn't a fool. He trusted Zhang Lin precisely because Zhang Lin had already established his character at the Crescent Hotel, just like the ancient story of establishing a post to gain trust.

With such character as his support, Wang Cen dared to trust the other party. This was also one of the main reasons Wang Canghai misjudged the situation.

Seeing Wu Tianzhen nod now, Wang Cen picked up the phone without the slightest hesitation, and at the same time turned on the speaker. Wang Canghai hadn't expected Wang Cen to be so straightforward—he had seen the speaker being turned on clearly in the livestream.

The next moment, Wu Tianzhen shook his head at Wang Cen, signaling him to turn off the speaker and simply step aside to take the call.

Even Wang Cen felt a bit overwhelmed by this trust. A flash of surprise crossed his eyes, but he quickly figured out why Wu Tianzhen had given him that look.

Wang Cen was sure he hadn't guessed wrong about what this approach implied, but the reason behind it—his initial understanding had definitely been wrong.

It wasn't because of trust; on the contrary, it was to let Wang Cen use this method to make the mysterious figure give himself away and reveal other things.

But Wang Cen wasn't optimistic about this point. In his view, this mysterious figure was absolutely top-tier clever, and while the mysterious figure might be a step behind Zhang Lin in scheming—

—when facing the archaeology team, he could absolutely toy with them in the palm of his hand. Otherwise Wang Cen wouldn't have been forced to compromise before, having to accept the demands the other party put forward instead of taking the offensive himself.

The gap between the two was still considerable.

Wang Cen caught on instantly, turned off the speaker, and walked aside. Wang Canghai watched the situation in the livestream and couldn't help narrowing his eyes slightly, but at that moment he was certain the rest of Archaeology Team One couldn't hear what he was about to say.

Wang Cen also had his back to everyone. Based on this, he could safely say everything he wanted to say. Wang Canghai didn't waste any words and got straight to it.

His first words were: "Wang Cen, I apologize to you. What I did before was wrong. Now I can give you one more chance—come work for me again. I can guarantee nothing will happen to Su Nan's side, because I'll be heading to Archaeology Team Two very soon."

Hearing these words, Wang Cen's eyes went wide. The earlier part had at most surprised him, but that last sentence left Wang Cen somewhat at a loss.

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