Chapter 3340: Five-Minute Countdown! The Final Limit of Patience!

And if Wuya still can't persuade Fatty now, then Zhang Lin will definitely contact Mr. Wang the first chance he gets, make everything that was just said perfectly clear, and then all of this will undergo a qualitative change—so there'll be no need to care what Archaeology Team One thinks.

At that point, Archaeology Team One won't even dare mention conditions; they'll just eagerly tag along behind the Wang family people as they head down into the tomb.

The breach is already open now, and the Wang family is fully capable of carrying out the exploration on their own. Actually, Zhang Lin doesn't want this either—the key point is that he can't see what's happening down there in real time while the broadcast is live.

Letting the Wang family people lead the way at the front is absolutely a very risky thing, but even if others see this, they can't really say anything about it.

After all, this isn't what Zhang Lin really wants to do—it's just that Archaeology Team One has been holding things up too much. He can only report by phone offline, then sync up the information and give the corresponding instructions.

At that point, Zhang Lin would have indirectly achieved his goal, instead of being dragged into discussing conditions like now—that's the outcome Zhang Lin least wants to see.

In other words, Fatty's chances are getting fewer and fewer now. If he still thinks about using certain methods to refuse to talk with Zhang Lin, then Zhang Lin will immediately issue his first order.

Not further compromise—this is Zhang Lin's stance: whether they're teammates, friends, people under his command, or enemies, no one can endlessly negotiate conditions with him.

Those who take a mile when given an inch aren't friends but scoundrels. Zhang Lin wants to break them of this dependency, which is why he made those choices. Under this premise, there are many, many things Zhang Lin can do—even including abandoning Archaeology Team One at any time; he's already thought of that.

Of course, if Mr. Wang hadn't shown up in the middle to defect, and he had no way to control the Wang family's little squad, then Zhang Lin might have done the opposite and made some other choices.

But ultimately, that's not how things stand now. To put it bluntly, Zhang Lin could choose to rest easy, even let this matter drag on. But considering that Archaeology Team One had done a decent job before, and among the three-person team only Fatty has now gone off track.

So Zhang Lin can give them another chance to think it over. If after thinking it over they still approach the problem in this utterly stupid way, then Zhang Lin can't be blamed for cutting the Gordian knot.

Ending all of this quickly—that's the thought Zhang Lin has always held. Right now, Zhang Lin has already taken out the satellite phone and set a countdown for Fatty.

Five minutes. If Fatty and Wu Ya's argument still goes on endlessly, then clearly Zhang Lin will act according to the plan he was just thinking about.

Looking at Archaeology Team One now, Fatty is still self-righteous, while Wu Ya is desperately winking at Wu Tianzhen. At this point, whatever Wu Ya says has no effect at all.

Are they really going to draw blades on each other?

After all, they're members of the same team. Since Wu Ya arrived here, she has never put on airs or acted like she's above others just because she's Zhang Lin's assistant—she hasn't done any of that.

So within Archaeology Team One, she's not the annoying one. Relatively speaking, she just makes herself very low-key, doesn't get involved in anything, and only answers when someone asks her something.

If the answer to a question needs to be kept confidential, she stays silent. Wu Ya has done quite well, at least—Zhang Lin is actually very satisfied with her performance.

On this premise, Wu Ya has actually secured some vested interests for herself and for Archaeology Team One. Logically speaking, Archaeology Team One should be satisfied with these.

But human nature is just like that—they never seem to know what satisfaction is. So every time it comes to this, they want to fight for more, want everything. Take Fatty right now, for example.

After Wu Tianzhen saw that look from Wu Ya, he sighed inwardly, thinking that if he could get involved in this matter, he would have long ago—even at any cost.

But everyone's seen how stubborn Fatty is. From the angle of brotherhood, he's already talked to Fatty about it, but reality has given him very few chances within this window. Reasoning with Fatty now is completely useless.

Perhaps only relatively forceful means can secure more benefits, or open up the situation going forward. Having figured this out, Wu Tianzhen hardened his heart and then winked at Zhang Tianshi.

The three of them have had tacit understanding for a long time, so a single look can really convey a lot of information.

The instant Zhang Tianshi saw that look, he immediately understood exactly what the other meant. But Zhang Tianshi, usually so decisive, hesitated at this moment.

If they knocked Fatty out now, not only would things not get simpler going forward, they might even get more and more troublesome.

The reason is none other than that Fatty is someone who sticks to his principles to the death. If someone could convince him with reason at this point and truly make him submit, then Fatty definitely wouldn't cause trouble afterward.

Otherwise, Fatty would absolutely argue his case in any situation. And when he woke up and saw he was in the tomb, he would definitely bring this matter up again—that's Fatty's stubbornness.

Maybe it can never undergo a qualitative change at any time. This might also be the main reason the three-person team has made it to today. Their personalities are all different, so at every critical moment like this, they complement each other to some extent.

Zhang Lin even quite admires this kind of complementarity. But sometimes, when these things land on Zhang Lin himself and make him feel quite helpless, only then does he feel this complementarity really isn't all that great.