Chapter 3339

Even those once-invisible members of the Archaeology Team One were now looking at him with strange gazes, and even some who had once been timid were now stepping forward to question him directly.

The Fatty didn't care about any of this. The outcome was right there in front of him, and he believed that a straight man fears no crooked shadow. He had to take this matter to such an extreme, and he was sure that when Zhang Lin stepped in to wrap things up, he would give extra consideration to Archaeology Team One's side.

So the Fatty was holding exactly this kind of thought. In other words, the Fatty didn't actually believe there was anything fishy going on inside, or that Wu Ya's message was sending Archaeology Team One to their deaths. At the root of it, the other party was still Zhang Lin's assistant, and Wu Ya wouldn't dare impersonate that identity even on a bet.

So the Fatty had seen through everything in secret. However, because Zhang Lin's command of the archaeology team the previous night had been rather ambiguous, based on this point, the Fatty decided he had to sacrifice himself a little, and then fight for certain vested interests for Archaeology Team One.

This might be exactly the choice a key figure of Archaeology Team One should make, rather than going with the flow every day and following the team forward together. In ordinary times, the Fatty might be exactly this kind of person, but at critical moments, he would always undergo a qualitative transformation, just like now.

But Wu Tiangen always felt this change was really not at the right time. At some past point in time, he had hoped the Fatty would use his brain to think carefully about how to face the things to come, and then the three of them could discuss and arrive at a desired outcome. But what did the Fatty do at that time?

He didn't refuse a hundred times over, just scratched his head and gave an extremely infuriating answer — the kind of answer that, if you thought about it for even one second, could never have come out of his mouth.

This showed the Fatty didn't like using his brain. Wu Tianzhen had originally believed that bringing the Fatty in was a good thing from every angle, but now he realized he was wrong, and terribly wrong at that.

What he saw before him now was an established fact — the Fatty had indeed joined in, but the final result seemed unacceptable to everyone. Either don't participate, or the moment you do, you start throwing sand in people's eyes — no one could stand that.

Even those little invisibles of Archaeology Team One began to question the Fatty, even going so far as to attack him. Even though they knew very well what kind of explosive temper the Fatty had, they didn't hold back at this moment — enough to prove how extreme things had gotten.

Wu Tianzhen sighed inwardly. He certainly realized the Fatty might be acting clever, and that using such a method was also a way of indirectly pressuring Zhang Lin. But in the end, if Zhang Lin compromised, at most he'd just swallow the loss in silence.

There was nothing else to it — the Fatty simply wouldn't think about Archaeology Team One's future anymore.

Inside Cloud Top Tiangong, perhaps Zhang Lin's report would focus entirely on their side, but what about Archaeology Team Two? What would Yang Lusi choose? This was making trouble for Zhang Lin, not helping him.

The Fatty had no confidence in Cloud Top Tiangong, and even less confidence in Zhang Lin's previous statements. Under this premise, the Fatty would make such an extreme choice.

And he kept telling himself forcefully in his heart that all of this was for the team as a whole, not for himself personally. As long as everything was satisfied, that alone was enough for him.

Now everyone was looking at the Fatty with bitter, strange, even hateful gazes.

Only a few people could understand his approach — among them Wu Tianzhen. Wu Ya had been angry at first, but afterward he also caught on. Once he saw through everything, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Fatty, I know what you're thinking — nothing more than having no confidence and hoping Mr. Zhang gives you a clear answer. But doing this won't get you an answer; it'll only bring down Mr. Zhang's endless wrath. You shouldn't need me to explain this to you — can't you figure it out yourself?"

The Fatty was stunned when he heard Wu Ya say this. It wasn't strange that Wu Tianzhen could read his thoughts, because the Fatty's mind was always so wildly imaginative. But why could Wu Ya see through him too? This greatly puzzled the Fatty.

But in the end, the Fatty shook his head and decided not to think about it anymore. No matter how Wu Ya had figured it out, it didn't matter to him. The die was already cast — he had no way back.

This matter had to be carried through to the end. The Fatty then snorted coldly and said: "How do you know what my purpose is? As Mr. Zhang's assistant, coming to Archaeology Team One, you actually have no real authority. But all of us respect your thoughts. This time is absolutely different, though — I want to fight for a future for the archaeology team, especially regarding Cloud Top Tiangong."

In fact, by saying this, the Fatty had already indirectly admitted that he needed to use this matter to get Zhang Lin to give a clear statement, rather than remaining in that ambiguous state. The Fatty's heart was already in complete panic. Meanwhile, Zhang Lin, who was watching the livestream, casually crossed his legs, but the look in his eyes grew slightly sharper.

But the next moment, Zhang Lin smiled and said to himself: "This Fatty is quite interesting. So far, he's the first member of the archaeology team to try to negotiate terms with me."

This was Zhang Lin's understanding and assessment of the matter. And Zhang Lin really wasn't wrong — the Fatty was using this method to see if he could discuss certain conditions with him.

There were still many more things to do afterward. If he could just get the conditions negotiated this time, then afterward he could truly rest easy.

But the Fatty had always forgotten one fact — the person standing across from him was Zhang Lin, not some nobody. If Zhang Lin were so easily swayed by certain people's threats, or if he could be made to resonate through this so-called goodwill and thus be morally kidnapped, then he wouldn't be Zhang Lin.

Therefore, Zhang Lin never cared about any of this. Especially regarding Archaeology Team One, what he truly cared about was the situation with the Wan Nu King. If Archaeology Team One didn't go down into Cloud Top Tiangong now, Zhang Lin had other options.

In other words, someone could replace them and go down into that tomb at any time — it didn't have to be them. Zhang Lin had already arranged all of this long ago; the Fatty just wasn't aware of it yet.

This was why Zhang Lin told Mr. Wang that there was no need for that group of people to appear first — everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.

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