Is this how you play with this thing? You can threaten these things anytime, anywhere?
Before, I saw many creatures or ghosts threatening humans. Now I see humans actively threatening them?
Haha, this is truly unprecedented.
But why does this comfortable feeling persist?
Before, I was extremely uncomfortable from being burned by their flames. Now that the county's security is different, I finally have a chance for revenge.
It feels...
Great.
Netizens in the live stream.
"Damn, the boss is indeed the boss. Their methods are amazing. Who can say otherwise?"
"Haha, finally we can hold our heads high. We were bullied by these guys before. Look at them, they were almost roasted. Now, let's see who bullies whom."
"Oh my god, this world is so magical. It can be played like this. This is the first time I've seen someone threaten obsessions. Haha, exhilarating, exhilarating!"
"The boss is awesome. Just look at their mentality, their courage. This skull is perfectly molded. It's truly perfect."
Inside the tomb.
Zhou Lin was unaware of the thoughts of these netizens, professors, and participants, and he wouldn't have cared even if he knew.
After all, he was doing this for money. If he didn't do a good job, he wouldn't feel at ease taking the money.
The money was a bit less, but every little bit counts. There was no reason to let this money fly away.
Five hundred thousand yuan, enough for a down payment on a house. He could buy a house in the future, haha.
"I'll say it one last time, are you going to give it or not?"
Zhou Lin's heart was already racing, but his expression remained grim, and his fingers began to tighten.
As Zhou Lin tightened his grip, the obsessions beside him began to show signs of pain, and their bodies started to become transparent.
"You... you're not even respecting the dead. Are you even human?"
The leading obsession looked at Zhou Lin, clearly furious.
"You're not human! Don't you see what you just did? Stop the nonsense, are you going to give it or not?"
Zhou Lin looked at them indifferently, his hand about to exert more force.
"You wish! Even so, we won't give it to you. Obsessions do not surrender."
The elder leading them was extremely stubborn. Even if they were all about to disappear, he wouldn't agree. Moreover...
There was a gamble in his heart. He didn't believe he couldn't bluff this man.
"Heh... is that so?"
Zhou Lin then looked at the Olympic champion opposite him. He remembered this guy seemed to smoke.
"Do you have a lighter?"
Zhou Lin smiled faintly at him.
"Ah? Yes."
The Olympic champion, not understanding, hurriedly fumbled through his pockets and finally took out his lighter.
He handed it to Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin took it, lit it gently, then dropped the skull in his hand and picked up a bamboo slip.
"You're not giving it to us, right? We can't take it with us anyway. This thing looks quite distressing... why not..."
As soon as Zhou Lin finished speaking, he brought the bamboo slip over the lighter, and it began to burn.
"Hey... Zhou Lin, what are you doing?"
Old Tang was utterly shocked by Zhou Lin's actions. He looked at the bamboo slip, already blackened by the flames, with great distress.
This was a cultural relic!
He was just burning it like this? Didn't he feel any pain?
"Old Tang, you must have misunderstood. This thing isn't a cultural relic right now. This thing doesn't belong to us. If we can't have it, we shouldn't be polite to them," Zhou Lin said with a faint smile, seeing the previous situation.
Professor Lin and the other archaeology students were heartbroken to see the bamboo slips being burned like this.
But thinking about Zhou Lin's words, they realized he was right. Since it wasn't theirs, it was better to destroy it. It was still quite heart-warming to watch.
Later, when the archaeological team entered here, they would also be in danger.
"No, no, don't burn it, I promise, I promise."
The leading obsession cried out in haste upon seeing this, his face filled with anxiety.
He spoke without thinking.
"You said it. How about this, we won't bully you. We'll take half, from the beginning to the middle. And when someone comes later, don't stop them, otherwise..."
Zhou Lin's meaning was clear: if they dared to interfere, he would smash all these books and skulls.
"What did you say? Half? That's our life's work, our treasure. We were arranged to be here only after death. Are you going too far?"
Another obsession was immediately displeased at the thought of half of it being taken away.
"Too far? You're the ones going too far! I only want half. If you don't agree, I won't give you any of it. I'll just smash all your bones, and that half will be mine."
Zhou Lin sneered.
These obsessions were not thinking clearly. What time was it, and they still dared to bargain with him?
Don't they see their current situation?
"Fine, we agree to your terms, but don't go back on your word, or I'll use my last breath to make sure you don't get away with it easily."
The leading man's face was extremely displeased upon hearing this. Then, with a gust of dust, he disappeared.
The other obsessions followed closely behind. The corridor, which had been filled with ghostly energy and obsessions moments ago, was now eerily quiet.
Old Tang, Professor Lin, and the others were stunned.
Old Tang: ...
Archaeological team: ...
Taoist priest: ...
Olympic and Gymnastics champions: ...
Wolf King: ...
Biologist, Historian, Architectural champion: ...
Security personnel: ...
Netizens: ...
All of them were dumbfounded.
Old Tang looked at Zhou Lin in astonishment. A flicker of light, born of shock, flashed in his cloudy eyes.
His eyeballs nearly fell out.
This was the first person to negotiate with ghosts... no, with obsessions, wasn't it?
Half of the bamboo slips. He had thought they wouldn't get any at all before. Forget the bamboo slips, just surviving was good enough.
But now... not only were they alive, but they also had half of the bamboo slips...
Old Tang felt that the five hundred thousand yuan was truly worth it. If the conditions allowed, he would have loved to generously offer another fifty thousand yuan.
But he couldn't do that.
The Wolf King also looked at Zhou Lin in shock. This young man's courage... was truly extraordinary.
The Taoist priest beside him was also bewildered.
He had seen obsessions before, but they weren't like this. How could Zhou Lin have so easily intimidated them and successfully scared them away?
Why was he the one being bullied by the obsessions before, and it was only with his master's help that the obsessions were driven away?