"...Although he had obtained the potion he needed, it hadn't felt good to have his path laid out for him in advance, with someone watching from the shadows. Xu Huo began to wonder when Dr. Zhang had started keeping tabs on him again. Was it because of Zheng Yuci? The Brain-Boosting Ball? Or had it happened even earlier?"
"He'd already said it: anger had temporarily robbed him of his reason. Now, it seemed that he'd been irrational for rather too long."
"Dr. Zhang had merely produced an S-version potion suited to his Evolution rate, and Xu Huo had already lost his composure. That was very likely the potion's intended effect. What was more, the other party had tampered with it. From a cost perspective, taking this step earlier would have greatly improved the chances of success."
"But Dr. Zhang's blatant move still puzzled Xu Huo. The other party had gone out of his way to have a disciple deliver the potion, as if openly announcing that he was watching Xu Huo. Someone who lost his reason in a fit of anger couldn't accurately judge Dr. Zhang's true intentions."
"Xu Huo himself had begun Perfect Evolution a long time ago. The strange thing was, why hadn't he considered that there might be other Perfect Evolvers in the game? Arrogance makes people shortsighted. It's an age-old truth."
"...Although he'd removed the hidden danger from the potion, the cowardly Xu Huo still decided to set it aside and leave it unused for now. What could he do? Potential dangers might emerge in the future, and for the time being, it was acceptable to lie low and bide his time."
"...The Player called Sparrow had poisoned the air several times. Unfortunately, the Players responsible for cleaning had been so thorough that her repeated small