Chen Fei and the others fell silent after hearing Old Zhang's words.
Indeed.
Their learning curve in this instance had been practically nonexistent.
Other than the Special Infected, they could tell what everything else was at a glance.
Even when it came to the Special Infected, once they saw their traits and encountered them, they could immediately figure out what abilities they possessed.
Like the Charger, Boomer, Smoker, and Jockey they had just encountered—
Moreover, these monsters basically could not wipe out the entire team in an instant.
Compared to Monster Hunter, this was practically kindergarten-level—after all, in the Monster Hunter instance, they first had to overcome movement restrictions that were fundamentally different from reality, get used to every move being deliberate and rigid, and learn how to use weapon techniques. That was not even mentioning those complex weapons with all sorts of forms.
Even the seemingly simple long sword had instance-exclusive techniques like Foresight Slash, Iai Slash, Spirit Helm Breaker, and Spirit Gauge Charge that had to be learned from scratch.
Then there were all sorts of complicated systems: Sharpness, monster hit zones, mounting, armor, talismans, decorations, mantles, ecological interactions, Palicos—
Just listing them was terrifying enough.
But this instance—
It had no flashy mechanics whatsoever.
There were only firearms, bullets, melee weapons, and a handful of consumables that anyone who could read could understand.
It could be said that if you could fire a gun, you could fight; if you had hands, you could kill.
It had perfectly stripped away every game-like learning cost, leaving behind a pure apocalyptic training ground that came infinitely close to reality.
The only torment was the sheer number of monsters and the constant interference from Special Infected.
Wait—
Wasn't this just like the Jade Capital front line?
As Chen Fei thought of