"Because there are too many people who talk too much." Xu Huo's expression was cool.
Hu Wenhu didn't understand. He looked utterly confused.
"I can't stand people who talk too much, so I kill them whenever I see them. Naturally, that leaves me with plenty of Potions." Xu Huo smiled at him.
Hu Wenhu shrank his neck and stuffed a piece of bread into his mouth.
Zhou Ning couldn't help laughing. She patted his shoulder. "You haven't had much rest lately. Go get some sleep."
Hu Wenhu went into the room next door. Zhou Ning turned back and took out some of the odd Potions she'd collected: a Potion for eliminating body odor, a facial cleanser that made your face glow, a Potion that took away your voice, a Potion for insomnia, and so on.
"I don't have much use for these. See if there's anything you could use."
Xu Huo picked out a few things, then asked her about the Instances she'd completed.
"My rating keeps hovering between C and D. I'll have to complete several more Instances before I can become a D-class player," Zhou Ning said. "But I heard the Vanguard Forum recently started certifying D-class players. There are quite a few now."
"District 014 is huge. There are plenty of smart people," Sima Xiao Er said, glancing at Guan Sheng and Qian Xuwen with a gloomy look.
Zhou Ning knew Xu Huo had become a D-class player long ago. He and Yan Jiayu were among the earliest in the country to reach that rank, and their paths had been different from those of the Special Defense Department's players.
The Special Defense Department's players advanced by accumulating experience in Instances. They trained and leveled up by repeatedly entering fixed Instances. Some could enter four Instances a month,