Chapter 856

But when it came to Zhaogongzi, it was different—everyone believed this was the price he ought to pay.

Zhang Lin, on the contrary, had saved his life; if this situation had been allowed to continue, no one knew what state Zhaogongzi would end up in.

He might end up like Sun Wu, becoming a walking corpse in the end—even without the Corpse-Gu Worm Pill's effect, Zhang Lin Has Already said this was a kind of poison.

But at this moment, someone noticed another question and immediately raised a hand to ask: "Mr. Zhang, why Zhaogongzi and not someone else?"

After hearing this question, Zhang Lin gave a faint smile and said: "It's simple—this poison is a spiritual toxin. You can understand it as these snakes having been affected by the Corpse-Fragrant Titan Arum."

"Although right now it hasn't reached the range of the Titan Arum pollen, these snakes roam inside the Ancient City of Jingjue all year round—mechanisms can't stop them."

"They themselves are the guardians of this city and this tomb, so once these things' corpses explode, the corresponding toxin will spread along with them."

"And this spiritual toxin isn't as strong as the Titan Arum pollen, so it will only affect those whose minds collapse first—that is, people with weak psychological fortitude. This way, it actually proves that Zhaogongzi is the one with the weakest psychological fortitude in the entire team."

The crowd nodded in understanding, their hearts growing even more contemptuous of Zhaogongzi.

Thinking to themselves, how could such a cowardly weakling have come to a place like this?

If he could, then everyone watching the livestream and those people at the New Moon Restaurant could too—it was truly infuriating.

As the saying goes, endure for a moment and the sea grows calm, but step back and you only grow angrier the more you think about it!

Under these circumstances, there were even many people thinking they might as well not give Zhaogongzi the antidote and just let him stay like this.

Presumably Yang Lu Si should have a way to stabilize him, or at least a way to snatch back that jade eyeball during Zhaogongzi's brief moment of being dazed.

At that point, whether Zhaogongzi lived or died wouldn't matter—even if he finally turned into a monster, it would be exactly what he deserved.

But if Zhang Lin heard such thoughts, he would feel these people were being a bit too extreme.

Of course Zhang Lin also understood that the reason some people thought this way was based on Sun Wu's appearance earlier.

But right now, Zhaogongzi becoming like this wasn't because of greed—it was entirely his nature.

He was a spoiled child; although the jianghu doesn't believe in tears, and not everyone under heaven is his mother who'll indulge him.

But some things absolutely don't warrant death—Zhaogongzi right now is exactly such a case.

If he can be saved, he should be saved. This isn't to say Zhang Lin is a saint; he just doesn't want to watch innocent lives be wasted like this.

Of course, if under extreme circumstances this Zhaogongzi still made some baffling choice and was influenced by it,

And it dragged down the entire Archaeology Team Two's baseline, then without Zhang Lin needing to say anything, presumably Yang Lu Si would also make that extreme choice.

To no longer protect Zhaogongzi's life.

But after all, those things haven't happened yet. This is also why Yang Lu Si, though she clearly could have forcibly snatched back the jade eyeball, didn't do so.

Because once she did that, it would very likely endanger Zhaogongzi's life.

Even Wang Wang Kaixuan actually thought the same way; otherwise he could have immediately raised his gun and shot Zhaogongzi right between the brows.

At that point, snatching back the eyeball would have been child's play.

News from the New Moon Restaurant side quickly reached Archaeology Team Two. Yang Lu Si and Wang Wang Kaixuan exchanged a glance—just then, Zhaogongzi's position wasn't behind the snake blood from earlier.

Perhaps because he found the smell too strong there, even running backward he had strayed from that direction.

And Wang Wang Kaixuan walked over there without hesitation; Zhaogongzi hadn't received any official news.

Wang Wang Kaixuan took out a spare empty canteen, poured a little snake blood into it, and quietly walked over!

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