Elsewhere, Lin Yuan had returned to Lilia's Coffin and had the doll girl take him somewhere else, while he thought back to the three questions 3154 had just asked him.
The first was whether he had already become a Sanctum Knight.
The second was whether he had encountered Crawlers inside Paradise before.
The third was whether he had sensed any trace of Crawlers in this Instance.
Looking back now, those three questions were strange.
Lin Yuan felt that 3154 had not really been asking him anything. Rather, it seemed more as though he had been trying to alert him to something.
Was he warning me that there are Crawlers in this Instance?
Thinking of the special Crawler he had encountered before, whose tier was clearly only Kin but whose strength surpassed that tier, Lin Yuan felt it was very possible.
Given the noninterference relationship between the research institute and the Crawlers that 3154 had mentioned earlier, it was perfectly normal for him to reveal things in such an indirect way. He was even leaning a little too far in the players' favor.
So the research institute actually favors the players at heart, but has to remain neutral for some reason?
Lin Yuan pondered this inside the Coffin.
Meanwhile, Lilia pulled Lin Yuan along on a circuit through the streets and alleys of the Artisan Academy.
The Artisan Academy was about the size of a small city. If Lilia's base attributes had not improved, giving her a movement speed comparable to a small motorcycle, there was no telling how long the circuit would have taken.
Even with Lilia's speed, the sun was already setting by the time they finished.
Streetlights began to light up along the streets, and the Metal Golems wandering them gradually grew fewer, while the number of players