In the brief silence, An Ke spoke softly, breaking the quiet:
"Huang Liang, you don't need to blame yourself. Han Yuer and the others simply had too little room for error. Even if they'd survived this round, what about the next? What would they have done then?"
"If their next round had been set in ancient times, how do you think they would have survived? Their abilities were far too limited."
After saying that, An Ke sighed inwardly.
She mourned the deaths of Han Yuer and the others, but she had seen far too many similar incidents.
Huang Liang remained silent.
Although An Ke's words sounded somewhat cold, they were the truth.
The White Jade Team had relied too heavily on past experience. Their previous rounds had all involved technological settings and puzzle-solving. To maintain their advantage, they had kept strengthening their existing abilities without considering how to shore up their weaknesses.
The system did give everyone a way to survive, but when an entire team had glaring weaknesses, their margin for error became extremely small. Even a slight mistake could get them all wiped out.
He Zheng sighed at her words. As though something had occurred to him, he looked at An Ke:
"An Ke, no wonder you stopped us from redeeming guns right from the start."
"If we'd started out redeeming nothing but guns and cannons, we probably would've gotten into that habit too. We'd likely have died in the third round."
"I've thought about this before, but honestly, sometimes it's really hard to resist. How could the strength we gained with those few points early on compare to a missile?"
Looking back on this round's battles, He Zheng also realized just how great the advantages-and disadvantages-of technological enhancements were.
Technological weapons were useful, immensely powerful, cheap to