"I thought [Resident Evil] was already the limit."
Han Xiao came up to Yan Fushou then and said with a wry smile, "I never expected [Outlast] to be even more ridiculous—"
Yan Fushou came back to himself and dispelled the ill-timed thoughts in his mind, then asked, "Then Captain Han—for you, what exactly makes the Instance difficult? Pure fear and monsters shouldn't be enough to break you, right?"
"What makes it difficult—actually, it's the same as for everyone else. The main difficulty is visual deprivation, and having our combat instincts restricted."
Han Xiao took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and said, "In a pitch-black environment, having to use a DV camera to observe the surroundings is one thing, but the environment you observe is distorted, too. That DV camera also runs out of battery, and you have to manage its power.
"And having our combat instincts restricted really is troublesome. Your guide mentioned it, but I didn't expect it to be that much trouble. Fighting back is completely useless. You can only run like a rat.
"Once the DV camera runs out of battery and you're plunged into darkness, with the Instance's rule that you can't fight back taken into account...
"That feeling of helplessness is much stronger than Resident Evil—at least Resident Evil has guns.
At this point...
Han Xiao paused.
"And aside from that, it's still the same problem we encountered in Resident Evil. Fear really won't make us lose the ability to move, but the Instance places far too many restrictions on us.
"And the [Outlast] Instance has gone a step beyond Resident Evil. In Resident Evil, enemies merely couldn't be killed through conventional means, and much of the time you had to hide or take detours. Now, you're completely unable to fight back—this runs