Chapter 3081: The Ink Has Not Yet Returned to Place! Mr. Zhang Has Already Seen Through It!

Setting that aside, the eerie situations they experienced here were actually the fewest, but Yang Lu instinctively felt this place was the most dangerous instead, because they had reached the final destination, and the answer to everything seemed to lie right before their eyes.

In reality, just like the Evil Luo Sea City they had seen, it was nothing more than a mirage; what kind of answer lay hidden within was unclear to anyone, and they could only rely on exploring step by step, which only further entrenched their earlier thinking.

They absolutely had to thank Zhang Lin for everything he had done for them. Zhang Lin had only given them the corresponding instructions from atop the New Moon Restaurant, without personally experiencing it or sharing in the crises they resisted together, but for them, that was already enough.

After all, Zhang Lin could selflessly give everyone the answers and tell them how to proceed next. If not for Zhang Lin, the Second Archaeology Team would not even dream of entering the Kunlun Divine Palace; they would not have been able to move an inch within the Jingjue Ancient City either, as those Corpse Fragrance Giant Yams alone would have gradually forced them to retreat in defeat.

Fatty's thinking, however, was even clearer. The crisis they encountered in Wang Canghai's undersea laboratory was a completely hopeless dead end with no chance of survival. At that time, both Fatty and Wu Tianzhen had already given up—above was seawater, and the dome itself was on the verge of collapse.

Had Zhang Lin not given them the corresponding method, they could never have escaped with their lives; such a way out was something no one on the First Archaeology Team could have come up with.

Therefore, whether it was the trio or the others on the First Archaeology Team who could now stand here, they all had to thank Zhang Lin.

So at this moment, in just the span of a brief daze, their mindset became quite steady. In their understanding, they only needed to quietly watch this mural and nothing else.

Four or five minutes passed, and the ink on the mural was still constantly shifting, but at this point they were still holding back; no one dared to speak first.

But anyone with eyes had long since noticed that the changes in the ink itself had actually begun to show a faint pattern!

This included Zhang Tianshi, and Wang Wang Canghai, who was watching all of this on the train.

At this moment, Wang Wang Canghai narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had noticed some other situation. At first he had assumed that what was happening on the mural was simply microorganisms at work.

But now the changes in the ink grew increasingly strange. A flash of inspiration struck Wang Wang Canghai, and he instinctively nodded, feeling that these things were actually the mechanism itself.

And just at this moment, Wu Ya's phone rang. Zhang Lin had not called her directly, but had only sent a message.

The wording on it was very clear: the mural itself was the mechanism, and what was hidden beneath should be related to the Wan Nu King. If the First Archaeology Team couldn't understand it, they should keep moving forward; he would explain it to them tomorrow—the message was sent.

After that, Zhang Lin also rested. Ordinary people needed to wait until the ink fully returned to its original position before they could understand what this mural actually depicted, but Zhang Lin, within five minutes, at the moment the ink's movement had already shown a pattern, had basically already determined the mural's content.

So he was going to rest now. Being woken up in the middle of the night this time was itself an accident, and regarding the things on the mural, Zhang Lin was neither overly disappointed nor particularly surprised.

By his calculation, in another ten-odd minutes the mural should return to normal. Before that, he could have given the First Archaeology Team a rough explanation of the relevant situation, but Zhang Lin did not do so. On one hand, he was not currently atop the New Moon Restaurant, so it was not appropriate to use such a method to direct the First Archaeology Team in anything.

That included answering for them the matters related to the tomb. And on the other, most important hand, Zhang Lin wanted to use this matter to see how much independent thinking the First Archaeology Team had, from Wu Tianzhen down to the people below.

According to Zhang Lin's calculation, he wasn't sure about the others, but Zhang Tianshi should be able to read these murals very easily.

However, on this point, Zhang Lin did not want to be too insistent in demanding they achieve anything; as long as a few people had this kind of thinking ability, it was fine.

Wu Tianzhen brought so many unrelated so-called professionals to Tiangong; he should have understood that it was impossible for all of them to come out alive, and that someone was bound to encounter danger.

Tiangong was full of dead ends, and all kinds of dangers could not be restrained. Under this premise, from Zhang Lin's perspective, some people were not suited for this journey, but since Wu Tianzhen, as the leader, had stubbornly made this choice, Zhang Lin could not interfere too much.

But what Zhang Lin could do now was to raise these people's vigilance once more. On this point, the Second Archaeology Team had done far better than the First.

It might be because the members of the First Archaeology Team did not bear any curse on them; they thought, how could a tomb this dangerous possibly be more dangerous than Wang Canghai's undersea laboratory? After going through the Forbidden Women, Sea Monkeys, and so on in the undersea laboratory—

The mindset each of them held had also undergone a shift. This was a good thing, but at the same time also a bad thing.

The good part was that they had seen more things. Whether it was the Forbidden Women or the Corpse Beetles, the crises they had caused back then were far too many. After experiencing those things, they would certainly have a foundation in their hearts and would not be scared out of their wits at the first moment. This was naturally the benefit.

But the bad part was that these people believed what they had already experienced was extremely dangerous, so whenever they encountered something similar again, there was always a limit sitting there.

Yet Zhang Lin knew better than anyone that there was never an upper limit to be found when it came to the dangers of tombs. If one wanted to restrain such danger, or make it reach a limit—

Then after coming out of the undersea laboratory, they should have chosen to wash their hands of it, never touching the archaeology line of work again, and never descending into any tomb with the archaeology team. Only then would their danger come to an end.

But if they continued to engage with the tombs that followed, the danger would always increase. There was no such thing as calm and easy, because the undersea laboratory was built by Wang Canghai.

Tiangong was likewise built by Wang Canghai. Since these two shared this common point, the danger contained within Tiangong would absolutely be far greater than that laboratory.

This was not Zhang Lin crying wolf. The key lay in the geographical position of Tiangong itself, which was also connected to the history of Eastern Xia.

Although Eastern Xia came first and Tiangong came after, essentially speaking, since Eastern Xia was already a kingdom, why did it later have Wang Canghai build a Tiangong?

Including what the Wan Nu King of that region was actually thinking in his heart—he had left Wang Canghai behind and did not have him buried with him.

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