Chapter 854: You Idiots! It's All My Achievement!

The situation just now was, after all, a question Zhang Lin had raised on his own initiative, and everyone had the corresponding right to rush to answer it. No matter how much they envied this young girl for receiving the praise, they could only grit their teeth and bear it.

In the final analysis, she had the ability and a quick mind.

Since Zhang Lin had posed the question this way, it proved their chances were equal. Under this premise, no one could say anything else.

But now this smart-aleck young girl had forcibly interrupted Zhang Lin's words, which made those previously envious gazes instantly turn into disgust.

Even the barrage did not choose to let this young girl off.

【Superfluous move. Who does she think she is? What right does she have to interrupt Mr. Zhang's words?】

【Heh, showing off how clever she is, coming here to make an appearance?】

【A sand-sculpture, probably a streamer too, trying to ride the wave of popularity.】

Although the young girl had not seen the barrage, the way everyone was looking at her at this moment said everything.

Since she had been able to deduce those previous matters, it was enough to prove she was no fool, so at this point she sat down somewhat abashed.

But Zhang Lin at this moment did not mind too much, merely smiling slightly and saying, "What you just said was very close to the correct answer."

"Young Master Zhao did not completely become another person, which means he was not fully controlled and still retained a certain degree of autonomous consciousness."

Such an answer thoroughly dispelled the crowd's doubts.

And it was precisely at this moment that the officials were just about to pass the message over, when they saw Young Master Zhao slowly stand up and walk in front of Wang Kaixuan.

Wang Kaixuan did not think much of it, but in the very next instant, Young Master Zhao moved with swift precision and directly snatched the jade eyeball from Wang Kaixuan's hand.

By the time he reacted, Young Master Zhao was already three meters away.

"What are you doing?!" Wang Kaixuan said angrily.

And at this moment the others were only briefly startled; no one paid any attention to this behavior.

Hu Bayi patted Wang Kaixuan on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down, and said, "Old Wang, no need to worry."

Wang Kaixuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Old Hu, how can such an important thing be handed over to this kind of person?"

At this moment Wang Kaixuan thought, shouldn't we snatch it back immediately? Why is everyone so calm?

Even Yang Lusi's expression hadn't changed at all?

Hu Bayi shook his head and said, "What's the rush? Look at where this is. Can you find a way out?"

Wang Kaixuan was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but immediately reacted and slapped his own head hard.

This place was a completely enclosed space with no exit whatsoever. Unless Young Master Zhao could teleport, even holding the eyeball was useless.

Actually, if the jade eyeball hadn't been snatched from Wang Kaixuan's hand, he wouldn't have had a momentary brain short-circuit either.

The next moment, Yang Lusi took a deep look at Young Master Zhao, and had actually already noticed that his current state was somewhat abnormal.

But Yang Lusi immediately followed up by saying, "Young Master Zhao, whether we can find the next path may very well depend on this eyeball. Hand it over to me."

Upon hearing this, Young Master Zhao took another step back, and the next moment his voice rose several pitches as he said, "This is my thing. Why should I hand it over to you?"

Wang Kaixuan, who already had a bad impression of Young Master Zhao, became even more furious upon hearing this.

Wang Kaixuan raised the military shovel in his hand and pointed it at Young Master Zhao's nose, saying, "You little bastard, don't push your luck. Hand it over right now, or I'll waste you!"

"Shut up! You fat bastard! I already said, this is my thing. I'd rather destroy it than give it to you!"

Everyone was filled with suspicion. Young Master Zhao talking like this wasn't strange, but that was before.

Throughout the journey to the outer perimeter of the Ancient City of Jingjue, no matter how Wang Kaixuan treated him, Young Master Zhao had always endured it.

What was going on now?

Had he finally been unable to hold back and exploded?

Just then the message from the officials arrived. Yang Lusi learned what Zhang Lin had said earlier and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

She had felt something was off about Young Master Zhao earlier, and it seemed her guess was correct.

And the next moment, before anyone could ask another question, Young Master Zhao laughed out loud.

His laughter was full of contempt, and he then said, "Without my compass, you brain-dead idiots could never have found the tomb of the Prince of Gumo."

"If we hadn't found the tomb, how could we have gotten this jade pendant? And that final mechanism—I was the operator of the first mechanism. If I hadn't held on, what damn Banguan Master, wouldn't he have died in the end? All of this is my achievement!"

After hearing these words, the barrage actually had no curses, everyone was in a speechless state.

They finally understood Young Master Zhao's exact situation. Zhang Lin was absolutely right—Young Master Zhao definitely retained his autonomous consciousness, otherwise his train of thought wouldn't be so clear.

It was just that now, due to the influence of something in the Ancient City of Jingjue, he had become this shameless and extremely bold state.

This was fundamentally different from Sun Wu of the First Archaeological Team. That one was pure greed; the current Young Master Zhao was reflecting his true inner thoughts, which were rather despicable.

After hearing these words, Wang Kaixuan could barely restrain himself from cursing, thinking he had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless.

But just as Wang Kaixuan was about to open his mouth, Yang Lusi suddenly raised her hand to stop him.

Since Young Master Zhao's mind had already been affected, cursing was useless no matter what, and even actually fighting now might not work out well.

Young Master Zhao might very well do exactly as he had just said—fight to the death and leave everyone dumbfounded.

So Yang Lusi absolutely could not take this risk now.

Precisely because she had thought of all this, Yang Lusi stopped Wang Kaixuan's action. Regardless of what had influenced Young Master Zhao's current state, he absolutely could not be provoked further.

The next moment, Yang Lusi took a deep breath, adjusted to an extremely calm emotional state, and said, "Young Master Zhao, you're right."

At these words, everyone raised their eyebrows.

【What the heck? Right? Where is he right?】

【You idiot, Yang the leader is clearly trying to temporarily placate Young Master Zhao. If this guy really smashes the eyeball, it'll be trouble.】

【Damn! Should never have let this thing follow from the start. Is this archaeology or babysitting?】

【Know what the power of capital is? This is it.】

【Nothing wrong with that. As long as you have money and connections, the officials will compromise. It's the same with anything.】

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