Looking at the old man before her.
Lu Xiu generously held out her hand and gave his a light shake. "Hello—just call me Lu Xiu."
"This is Chu Huai."
Zhou Zhenyue smiled, then turned slightly to introduce him. "The ace of our Jade Capital Defense Line."
Upon hearing that, Chu Huai stepped forward and gave her a salute first.
Then this handsome, upright middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties looked at Lu Xiu and said, "Miss Lu, I've finally met you in person."
"I didn't expect you to really be younger than my daughter."
"Thank you for your instance. It really helped us tremendously."
Chu Huai's words were full of sincerity.
Lu Xiu looked at the middle-aged man and smiled. "As long as it helped."
"It definitely helped a lot."
Chu Huai laughed heartily. "Of course, it'd be better if the instance weren't quite so difficult. But I know that instance difficulty is proportional to the rewards. I also heard what you told the Coordination Bureau: if you want a high rating, the theme needs to fit the entire instance's progression.
"And if you want good rewards, you need to push the instance progression to some kind of extreme."
Lu Xiu froze for a moment and turned to look at Li Shengkai.
The meaning was obvious.
You even publicized that?
Li Shengkai shook his head and explained quietly, "Never mind the players. We can't exactly have the frontline soldiers cursing you too, can we?"
"—I see."
Lu Xiu fell silent for a moment, then looked at Chu Huai. "Then I'll see if I can make them easier in the future. Maybe I can create a multiplayer instance suitable for your soldiers."
Easy was a lie.
After all, it wasn't appropriate to say "play it or don't" in