Zuo Lin hurriedly stopped Jing Xia. There was no need for further explanation at this moment.
Jing Xia looked at Zuo Lin, then took out the student's backpack. Seeing the few luminous pearls inside, his heart ached.
"Professor Zhou Lin, this is our fault. I failed to manage them properly. Please don't be angry. We will return these pearls to you now."
Jing Xia threw the bag he was holding over, then looked at Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin did not catch it, letting the luminous pearls roll onto the ground.
The people from Sakura Country saw Zhou Lin's reaction and knew that this situation would not end well.
"Are you people from Sakura Country foolish? You caused this mess, and now you expect us to clean it up for you? You have quite the nerve!"
Huo Qi looked at Jing Xia with a cold sneer.
"What do you want? This is my failure to manage them. Are you expecting us to go to our deaths?"
Jing Xia was furious at Huo Qi's demeanor.
"So, you mean for them to go to their deaths?"
The Professor of Metaphysics was equally displeased, his voice cold.
"Professor Jing Xia, didn't you cause this trouble? Shouldn't you be the one to clean up your own mess?"
Professor Fang was also getting annoyed.
The lava was already approaching. Unless one could fly, how could they get past it?
Was this not making things impossible?
In the live stream:
"Damn it, how can these Sakura Country people be so shameless? They can say such things? Do they think an apology makes them so great?"
"Exactly, what good is an apology? In the end, it's still up to Da Xia to deal with this?"
"Then what do you want? Should the capable do more work? Is that something you should say?"
"It was just the mistake of one child. Doesn't Da Xia always claim to be magnanimous? Why can't you tolerate even one student?"
"Holy crap, you're greedy for wealth, who's to blame? Is it your fault? You caused this disaster too, and you can still say such things? Are you ungrateful wretches?"
...
At this moment, Zhou Lin looked at Jing Xia.
As a professor, it was one thing to fear death, but to have no sense of responsibility at all.
Such people were a waste of life.
"Kneel down and beg me, and I'll help you solve it."
Zhou Lin's hands, which were hanging by his sides, clenched into fists before relaxing. He looked at Professor Jing Xia, feeling a sense of national solidarity.
Anger was surging within him.
"What did you say? You, a distinguished professor of Sakura Country, you actually..."
Song Lin thought he had misheard and looked at him in disbelief and anger.
"I said, if you kneel, I will save you. If you refuse..."
Zhou Lin then waved his hand, muttering incantations. Behind him, a wall of fire appeared, blocking the approaching lava.
Zhou Lin had just thought of this. By controlling and containing the funeral of the sea of fire, he could use it to control the lava.
The results proved effective.
Jing Xia looked at the sea of fire behind him and the lava in front of him.
His face instantly turned grim.
Huo Qi and the Professor of Metaphysics had thought Zhou Lin would demand money this time. They never expected...
Why did this feel so satisfying?
They began to look forward to Jing Xia kneeling.
"Aren't you going to try and persuade him? All your lives are in your professor's hands now. Just kneeling can guarantee all your lives. He's not asking for your money. Don't you want to live?"
Captain Zhao looked at the people from Sakura Country and kindly reminded them.
"Your time is running out. Think carefully."
Captain Zhao, seeing the lava approaching, kindly advised them.
Song Lin and the other students looked at the lava behind them, panicking. They urgently looked at Jing Xia, as if waiting for his response.
For the people of Sakura Country, kneeling was a profound humiliation.
The student who had been slapped earlier felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction seeing Jing Xia's expression. The resentment he had felt was finally dissipating.
"Professor, I took the blame for Sakura Country just now. You can do it too, right? Your life is also at stake here. Just make a small sacrifice. Compared to money, it's not that bad."
The student looked at Jing Xia with a smug tone.
"You... when is it your turn to speak here?"
Jing Xia was furious and could only vent his anger on him.
"Professor, we don't want to die. Can you save us? As long as you kneel, we can all survive. Are you going to sacrifice all our lives for your dignity?"
"That's right, Hong Hua has admitted to stealing. Can't you just agree? Why not?"
"Professor, if you don't agree, we'll reveal everything you said just now. You'll lose face then too."
One of the students, seeing that Jing Xia still wouldn't agree, was furious. For the sake of survival, they didn't hesitate to offend him.
Circumstances had changed. At worst, they wouldn't work in archaeology anymore.
Having a professor like this accompany them on an excavation was a disgrace.
Jing Xia looked at the students with immense anger, a knot of frustration in his chest.
The people from Da Xia were all waiting to see him kneel.
In the live stream:
"Holy crap, you Da Xia people are bullying us! How can you make someone kneel?"
"Da Xia, don't go too far. This is utterly shameless."
"This is an insult! This is a provocation against us."
"Do you want to see your professor die? Then you don't need to kneel. Money? Do you still have money?"
"People like you, shouldn't you be shamed? It's fine if you die, but you want to take us with you. Shouldn't you feel ashamed? Do you even have the face to be angry?"
"Heh, I just love watching these R-rated scenes. The boss is truly mighty. So satisfying."
Dean's conference room:
The entire conference room was watching Zhou Lin and Jing Xia in silence.
For a moment, no one spoke.
Then—
The dean's phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, he found it quite amusing.
The dean of the Archaeological Institute of Sakura Country?
Calling at this time...
Heh...
He then turned off his phone and continued to watch whether Jing Xia would kneel.
"Zhou Lin has truly opened my eyes. Will he kneel?"
Professor Hu was filled with anger just looking at Jing Xia. Now that there was an opportunity, he wanted to watch closely.
This video would definitely be circulated widely.
"He will, or he'll wait to die. Both options are quite satisfying."
Professor Wen, standing beside him, thought of the losses he had suffered at Jing Xia's hands before and now felt a surge of pleasure.
The entire conference room nodded in agreement. Excellent, excellent.
Inside the tomb:
"Kneel."