As soon as Gu Zhe said that,
the others all turned to look at him.
They said nothing, but the doubt in their eyes was plain.
We support you, and you take the lead?
Why?
Because you can show off, talk big, and see monsters through some unknown means?
More importantly, what if you're lying?
"Don't tell me you're scared!"
Ming Xuan could no longer hold back either. Her younger sister was still inside.
There were monsters in there, and countless people were still in danger.
"You-you! There are countless students and civilians in there. Stop hesitating!"
"I trust my boss. He's even killed a ghost that possessed someone!"
The expression of Zhou Cheng, the eighth-rank Jinyiwei captain, shifted.
"Killed a possessing ghost?"
Then he fixed an intent gaze on Gu Zhe.
"What makes you qualified to take the lead? You said yourself that there's something in there above the seventh rank, possibly a sixth-rank monster!"
"I know your family once held the title of richest in the country, and that you've worked in death-related trades for generations. Perhaps you really do have some inherited resources left. But the changes happening to the world now are completely different from the past. This is a new era, a new expansion of the mysterious."
"We want to rescue them immediately too. But if we charge ahead without knowing when to advance or retreat, or understanding what's at stake, we'll only grieve our loved ones and delight our enemies. So tell us... what qualifies you?"
"Besides, I can sense that your actual body... is only... an ordinary person's! You have no fluctuations of mysterious numinous force..."
Ming Xuan stared at her boss in astonishment.
She had seen Gu Zhe slay monsters and exorcise ghosts with her own eyes. Ming Xiao Fei had even