Chapter 569: Moving Mountains, Splitting Mountains, Digging Sons and Armor

The next day, when Zhang Lin woke, the sun was already hanging at the zenith.

He checked the time—exactly twelve noon.

The matter of the Qin Ling earthquake had always struck Zhang Lin as off, so he opened his phone's news app to check the official bulletin.

The eye-catching headline made Zhang Lin's pupils contract.

Shocking! Miraculous Survival in a Magnitude 8 Earthquake!

The official side certainly wouldn't reveal anything about treasure hunters right now; the explanation given was that it was an official terrain-survey squad from the Qin Ling area.

These people had actually survived at the very epicenter of a magnitude 8 quake!

Zhang Lin couldn't help but draw a sharp breath, and a single word instantly surfaced in his mind.

Materialization!

This incident definitely wasn't that simple. A magnitude 8 quake was enough to topple the mountain ranges there, so the fact that they survived had to be connected to the bronze divine tree.

Zhang Lin deliberated in silence over whether to contact Squad Leader Zhou now and ask about Chang San's reaction.

Chang San had been taken away by the authorities—officially for cooperation, but in reality under surveillance.

Zhang Lin had no clear idea of the exact situation either.

But after thinking it over, he decided to set the matter aside for now; the timing wasn't right yet, and the bronze divine tree absolutely couldn't be hidden.

Once the authorities realized something was off, they would come to him first.

Both archaeological teams were currently unable to move out.

At the very least, they'd have to wait until one of them returned before discussing further.

Thinking this far, Zhang Lin stopped worrying; he trusted that the authorities wouldn't act rashly for the moment either.

After a quick lunch, he turned on the TV.

The livestream of Archaeological Team Two had already begun. The camera panned past Yang Lu, whose pretty face showed a trace of fatigue.

Just as Zhang Lin had warned her earlier, she didn't act rashly at this point, but instead found a place to rest and regroup.

Livestreams always thrive on hot topics. Watching Yang Lu busy herself, the crew instead swung the camera straight onto Young Master Zhao.

The moment this fellow saw the camera, he got excited like a dog spotting dung.

After all, he normally loved showing off, and this time he'd even spent such a huge sum to come here.

One of his main purposes was precisely to show off in front of all the netizens under the livestream camera.

So he was more than happy to put himself on display.

But at this moment, the attention of netizens across the entire web was fixed on the bamboo case strapped to his back.

【What's that treasure in Young Master Zhao's bamboo case? Looks pretty luxurious.】

【Wonder if it could be some kind of archaeological artifact.】

【You've read too many novels—where would you find any archaeological artifact?】

Everyone chimed in with their own guesses, and although Young Master Zhao couldn't see these comments, he instinctively glanced at the case as well.

Yang Lu's gaze suddenly snapped toward him.

This made him instinctively shrink his neck and laugh sheepishly.

Yet all of this was fully exposed under the livestream camera, making everyone even more curious.