"Ha ha ha, Old Lu, don't be scared. I'll take you through a few more jumps, and you'll get used to it," Yang Rui said with a hearty laugh.
Lu Shi's legs were still trembling slightly. "N-No... it's nothing. It's just my first time, so I'm a little scared..."
"Ha ha, don't worry. The first time, he probably wasn't much better than you," Jiang Yan Hai said with a smile, reaching out to pat Lu Shi on the shoulder.
After letting Lu Shi calm down, Lu Shi finally let out a breath and asked once his body had stopped shaking, "What mission do you have for me, Chief?"
"It's like this. We found Ghost Gate Pass, so we asked you to come take a look," Jiang Yan Hai said. "After all, you knew a little about it before."
Jiang Yan Hai had merely come up with an excuse.
"Ah?!" A trace of shock flashed across Lu Shi's face. "Is it real?"
"It's real, but Ghost Gate Pass is actually just a folk legend. There are no ghosts or gods. You'll understand once you go over there," Jiang Yan Hai said bluntly.
"Understood." Lu Shi took a deep breath. It would have been impossible to say he was not afraid, but these past days of military camp life alongside the soldiers had taught him many things.
At the very least, the Great Qin soldiers had taught him that there were no ghosts or gods in this world. Many powers created by humans were even stronger than the ghosts and gods of legend.
Thinking about what they had done before, Lu Shi and the others felt that the other side was right. After all, they had indeed accomplished many things that Lu Shi's people had once regarded as myths.
And now, since