The strangeness lay in this—
even so, it took Huan Liuyan a whole minute to kill a monster.
That might not sound like a long time.
But in the game, if you needed around a minute to defeat a minor monster, players would definitely feel the malicious intent of the game designers in the numerical setup.
"If it touches you... your health will decline by about ten percent,"
"The monsters aren't fast, but the situation is the worst kind, they seem to possess some intelligence, rather than purely programmed behavior."
"We can only use our perception to find those monsters that have strayed from their group."
"But here lies the problem, this significantly lowers our monster-killing efficiency."
"Moreover, we haven't encountered any wild bosses yet, but it's certain that a boss could easily kill us."
"The most troublesome part is... the dropped equipment is all white, with only one piece being yellow."