Chapter 453

Zhang Lin hadn't yet found a breakthrough to obtain the thunder-listening technique, so he could only look for an opportunity from Chang San!

Forcing him to say who the master of the Unbeatable Stone was, was the first step.

This step would allow Zhang Lin to verify a lot of useful information!

In fact, he didn't care at all who the master of the Unbeatable Stone was.

What he cared about was the method and accuracy of the thunder-listening clan in stripping information from thunder sounds!

It was just that the Unbeatable Stone happened to be something the authorities valued, which led to this cooperation.

Yesterday, when Shen Qiong told him that the authorities had withdrawn the people protecting him near the residential area, Zhang Lin realized that the people of the thunder-listening clan had already made a move.

This preemptive strike was indeed effective, but they had underestimated the intelligence and courage of those above.

Especially the foolish move of screening the first batch of treasure-seekers.

It fully reflected the arrogance of the thunder-listeners!

This was basically a major taboo in cooperation!

Of course, Zhang Lin knew that these things were very normal for the thunder-listeners.

They had been this arrogant since ancient times!

Perhaps in the hearts of the thunder-listeners, there was never any such thing as cooperation.

They had always been above the rest of the world!

But unfortunately, they had met Zhang Lin this time.

If Zhang Lin didn't seize this opportunity to give them a head-on blow, would he still deserve to be called a storyteller?!

At this time, Chang San held the pen and wrote down a name with his back to everyone.

But he didn't hand over the note; instead, he thought for a moment, crossed it out with the pen, and wrote another one.

Chang San repeated this process five times, and each time was extremely slow.

It made the audience in the venue lose their patience!

After more than ten minutes, he tore off the part with the written name and handed it to the special operations team captain.

The other names he had crossed out were put into his pocket.

After the special operations team captain received the note, he ordered his team to withdraw.

At the same time, he said to everyone in the venue: "Everyone, today's events end here!"

"Regarding the blind bet and its results, there will be an official announcement."

After speaking, he said to Chang San: "Mr. Wei, someone wants to see you; I wonder if you have time now?"

Chang San's heart shook; he knew it must be the person in charge of this cooperation.

He nodded and followed them out.

After the special operations team left, the master of ceremonies of the Crescent Hotel came up to control the scene.

"Everyone, the Crescent Hotel has not hosted you well today."

"So the boss said that today's tea and tickets are all free; I hope you don't mind."

"As for Mr. Zhang, please allow him to go down and rest for a while; he will come back on stage to tell stories for everyone later!"

Hearing the master of ceremonies' words, many people expressed their understanding.

Having just experienced a major upheaval, everyone was still a bit dazed and in no mood to listen to stories.

Zhang Lin going backstage to rest would also allow them to ease their emotions.

Most importantly, they could go online to find a place to vent and complain!

It had to be said that today's farce had too many explosive points; it would be a huge loss not to brag about it with netizens!

As soon as Zhang Lin returned backstage, the special operations team captain who had led the team was already waiting for him.

Seeing Zhang Lin enter, the man took out the note from his pocket.

"Mr. Zhang, he only left one name, but in our citizen system, there is no such person."

Zhang Lin opened the note and saw a name clearly written on it.

Zhang Qilin.

Zhang Lin nodded; this name was within his expectations!

However, this name wasn't important; what Zhang Lin cared more about were the ones Chang San had crossed out!

He had crossed out at least four names!

"Captain Zhou, did you get the note on his person?"

Captain Zhou shook his head apologetically: "No, before we could get someone to steal it, he had already disposed of it."

Zhang Lin clicked his tongue, lamenting that this old brat Chang San was truly fast!

But this method of gambling could only be used once; it wouldn't work a second time.

Not only that, but for the thunder-listening clan, it wasn't easy to use torture to force a confession.

For future events, there was no standard value to determine truth or falsehood.

Putting himself in his shoes, if Zhang Lin were Chang San and was being tortured, he would likely just write down a few random names.

These names would not only confuse the situation but also affect normal development!

This was the terrifying thing about thunder-listeners; the uncertainty of the future made them difficult to deal with easily.

Because for things like prophecies, either you don't believe them, or if you do, you're easily led by the nose by the prophet.

A single random word from him would interfere with the behavior of normal people!

Even Zhang Lin could think of ten thousand ways to make the authorities unable to do anything to him!

Therefore, this one and only opportunity only successfully yielded one confirmed name.

The rest had all been destroyed by Chang San!

Zhang Lin secretly thought it was a pity; he hadn't yet figured out how to scam Chang San next time.

But now that he had only obtained the name of the Little Brother, it really seemed like a loss!

Zhang Lin thought for a moment and asked: "Was the footage of him writing recorded?"

Captain Zhou nodded, "Recorded, the sound capture is very clear, but he was also very alert; from several angles, you basically can't see the trajectory of his strokes."

Zhang Lin's fingers tapped on the note Chang San had written.

Then, with a sudden thought, he said to Captain Zhou: "I might have a way to restore his strokes!"