349: Chapter 349 The Stubborn Old Archaeologist

Lin Xiao was not very panicked.

If there were any dangerous situations, the doomsday system probably wouldn't stay this quiet.

However, if he continued to stay here, there was no guarantee what might happen.

Lin Xiao immediately went to find the director.

"Hi, Director Zhang, we meet again."

Looking at an old acquaintance, Lin Xiao greeted him warmly.

Director Zhang also hadn't expected to run into Lin Xiao here.

"Lin Xiao, you..."

"Ah, Director Zhang, it's like this: I keep feeling that something isn't right here, and since the live broadcast signal has cut out, why don't we leave first?"

Lin Xiao couldn't be bothered to make up any more excuses, so he interrupted Director Zhang.

"Leave?"

Director Zhang was stunned, seemingly somewhat hesitant.

From last night until now, some very strange things had indeed happened.

He also wanted to end the program early and leave this place.

However, for this program, they had done a lot of preparatory work beforehand and invested quite a bit of capital.

If they just left like this, it would be difficult for him to explain it to the leaders and the investors later.

Lin Xiao watched Director Zhang's hesitating expression and urged, "After we go back, they will definitely understand; after all, the situation this time is special."

"This..."

Director Zhang still couldn't make up his mind.

At this moment, the Archaeology Expert returned from picking hairy fig fruits.

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, he hurriedly ran over, "No, no, we can't leave!"

"..."

Lin Xiao felt an instant headache.

He had specifically chosen to come over when Director Zhang was alone, just so he wouldn't be overheard by others.

When he watched the live broadcast yesterday, he felt that these members of the Archaeology Expert team were all stubborn old diehards who were both rigid and pigheaded.

They were on the verge of finding the ancient tomb, so they definitely wouldn't give up just like that.

Now it seemed, that was indeed the case.

The Archaeology Expert stared at Lin Xiao and said with a serious face, "Young man, I don't know where you came from, suddenly joining our team today, but I hope you won't interfere with our work!"

"No, I just hope you understand the situation."

Lin Xiao really couldn't help but want to explain a few more sentences.

But the Archaeology Expert raised a hand and said sternly, "What is there not to understand? Isn't it just that the live broadcast signal cut out? But the staff can continue recording; it's just that they can't broadcast live. The program can still continue. Moreover, the main purpose of our trip is archaeology, not to play to the gallery for a livestream, so it is impossible for us to give up halfway!"

Listening to the Archaeology Expert's words, Lin Xiao knew that anything he said would be useless.

He now only hated that this lousy doomsday system had teleported him here.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even bother paying attention to these stubborn old diehards.

No, wait, Fifth Sister is still here.

If something happened, he definitely couldn't just sit by and watch.

The more Lin Xiao thought about it, the more irritable he became.

If he had known it would be like this, he wouldn't have let Fifth Sister come to participate in this variety show.

...

Soon, it was noon.

The village chief from yesterday appeared again and invited everyone to the dining table.

Before long, those delicious dishes were served again.

"Damn, eating so lavishly again!"

A Production Crew member exclaimed, their eyes sparkling.

"Great, I've been hungry for a while."

Everyone else also looked eager to start.

Lin Xiao leaned over to Lin Ran and asked in a low voice, "Did you eat those things from yesterday?"

Lin Ran shook her head, "Only Song Xi and I didn't eat; everyone else did."

Lin Xiao frowned and asked suspiciously, "Before the live broadcast cut out last night, I saw some people listen to your advice; why did they still..."

"Sigh, there's no helping it; perhaps the food was just too fragrant."

Lin Ran shook her head silently.

Recalling the situation last night, she looked at the other guests with an expression of frustration at their lack of self-discipline.

It turned out that after she advised them, those few guests who were on diets did indeed put away their chopsticks.

But among the people present, celebrities only made up a small portion.

Most were members of the Production Crew, and the Archaeology Expert's team.

They didn't need to go on a diet.

Looking at that table of food that was visually and aromatically appealing, how could they not pick up their chopsticks?

People are most easily influenced by their environment.

The celebrities watched them eating until their mouths were glistening with grease, and in the end, they couldn't help it either; they all ate a little bit.

Only Lin Ran and Song Xi kept feeling that something was wrong, and they didn't usually like eating greasy food like big fish and meat anyway.

So they just each ate a little bit of the biscuits they had brought themselves and didn't use their chopsticks.

"Alright, it seems they intend to have a full meal again."

Lin Xiao watched the others pick up their chopsticks early, planning to gorge themselves, and knew that even if he tried to persuade them, they wouldn't listen.

He might as well just not say anything.

Song Xi looked at the food on the table and couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Even though she didn't usually like eating these things, she had only eaten a few biscuits all day, so she was still a bit hungry.

Lin Ran slapped Song Xi's thigh and said coldly, "Hold it in!"

"I know, I know!"

Song Xi glared at Lin Ran indignantly.

She huffily opened her backpack, took out the last few biscuits, and stuffed them all into her mouth as if to spite her.

Lin Ran sighed softly and also took out her own biscuits to eat.

"A-Xiao, do you want some?"

"No need."

Lin Xiao wasn't very hungry.

Moreover, seeing that Lin Ran seemed to only have this little bit of food left, he felt embarrassed to share it.

Just as he was wondering whether to go back into the deep mountains from before to find some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, a sudden exclamation came from beside him.

"Wait a second, why do I feel like this food seems a bit wrong..."

It was the previous Production Crew member who spoke. He pointed at the roast chicken on the plate on the table and said in astonishment, "Yesterday, there was a hair on that chicken leg that hadn't been plucked, so why does this one today have one too? And it's in the exact same spot!"