Those images and sounds vanished a moment later, but Lin Yuan already knew who owned that serpentine rune ribbon.
It was none other than the former deputy director of the institute, the powerful Authority Holder known as "Elder Zhao," who had defected to the Crawlers.
Research Institute 3154 had once mentioned that Elder Zhao's main field of research was the Game System. He could be called the human who understood the system best in the entire Endless Sea.
From the looks of it now, after defecting to the Crawlers, the man had been plotting something, trying to infiltrate the Game System!
As for what exactly he intended to do after infiltrating the system, Lin Yuan did not know.
But it hardly took any thought to know it could not be anything good.
Fortunately, through a twist of fate, Lin Yuan had stopped Elder Zhao's intrusion.
Judging by how badly Elder Zhao had been injured, they probably would not dare make another move anytime soon.
But I stopped him this time. What about next time?
Lin Yuan felt somewhat worried.
He knew perfectly well that what had driven Elder Zhao back this time was not some defensive measure of the system, but a third-party force: himself, another intruder.
The system itself really did seem riddled with holes, barely able to keep itself going.
The next time Elder Zhao invaded the system, he would have a very good chance of succeeding if he did not run into Lin Yuan.
And Lin Yuan could not stay here forever to guard against Elder Zhao.
Even setting everything else aside, Lin Yuan could feel the power of the seven-colored light gradually weakening.
He could not stay here for too long.
That damned traitor. The institute really raised one hell of an enemy.
Lin Yuan felt