Thoughts raced through Li Shengkai's mind.
He took a deep breath, looked at the beautiful young woman before him, and finally found the words. "Miss Lu Xiu, the thing is, we've come uninvited because we'd like to ask your advice about your new instance."
Lu Xiu blinked. "You know about Goddess Intervention, don't you? I can't tell you anything specific about how Sifu works."
"I know."
Li Shengkai nodded. "We're not asking about Sifu's progression. We'd just like to understand the underlying design principles behind a hand-to-hand combat instance."
With that, Li Shengkai shifted slightly aside, giving Sun Yi the floor.
Underlying design principles?
Lu Xiu looked at Sun Yi with interest.
Sun Yi snapped back to his senses, swallowed, and instinctively looked away from Lu Xiu's face. Staring into empty space, he stumbled through an explanation of his idea.
By the time Sun Yi finished speaking, Lu Xiu's clear eyes had brightened slightly.
A lower-tier alternative? A stepping stone?
Wasn't that exactly her Plan B?
Someone had volunteered to do the work for her?!
Talk about perfect timing. She had just been thinking that making a lower-tier instance would be a pain and hoping the players could find their own way forward.
"A lower-tier alternative, huh?"
Keeping her expression neutral, Lu Xiu asked, "How far have you gotten? Have you built the basic framework? Designed the enemies? Chosen their martial arts styles?"
At that, the already nervous Sun Yi froze. He looked thoroughly embarrassed and stammered for a long while before answering, "Uh... right now, it's only a rough idea. I have a basic framework, but I haven't figured out how to design the enemies, how to make it closer to Sifu, or how the Neutralize mechanic would work."
Lu Xiu: "..."
She was speechless.
So he hadn't started