The attitude of the team leader and Professor Liu made me change my view of their team. Perhaps they weren't Meng Qingyu's subordinates but were temporary members following her lead due to some unavoidable reason.
At least they were anxious about losing teammates. Despite the leader suspecting the blood was poisonous, he still jumped into the blood pool to pull Cong Zhibo and the others out.
This is a team with feelings and a sense of righteousness, or at least not entirely devoid of conscience.
Meng Qingyu suggested leaving immediately when the blood pool spread to the Stone Forest's boundary. She disagreed with the leader's decision to go back and save people. Even though Cong Zhibo was still making sounds at the time, she believed those three were beyond saving and should be abandoned.
It was the leader's defiance that made me change my view of them and confirmed the gap between Meng Qingyu and the team members.
