Lin Shiming was focused on his notes and failed to notice Li Xian's little gesture. He still did not understand why that doctor had accidentally injured a teammate, but pursuing that question would take them off topic, so he returned to the matter at hand and asked for the details of the Death Train instance.
Having gulped down three large cups of tea while waiting, Jiang Qiuyue confidently launched into her account. Since this instance had been relatively short, she was able to describe it much faster than the Asylum, recounting their entire experience from beginning to end in under ten minutes.
Lin Shiming finished his notes just as Jiang Qiuyue finished speaking. He capped his pen, closed his notebook, and said to Li Xian:
"The instances are almost entirely designed to target you."
Lin Shiming had known this ever since watching Li Xian's instance livestreams in the Novice Zone. But now that he had learned about the two instances Li Xian had entered after reaching the Advanced Zone, it was clear that the targeting had only intensified-and the intent to kill him was plain to see.
Li Xian's eyes widened in surprise at those words.
The difficulty of the instances he had experienced had always been like this-it had never changed from the very beginning. With no one else's "normal difficulty" to compare it to, Li Xian had assumed that constantly finding himself in mortal danger was the norm.
Ji Xie quietly began paying closer attention as well-the instances were actually targeting Li Xian?!
He had never properly been a player, nor had he ever paid any mind to instance difficulty. Now that Lin Shiming had pointed it out, the two people directly involved turned out to be the most surprised.
Though surprised, Li Xian quickly grasped the key