To be honest, the President's words did not surprise Lin Yuan too much.
When he had accidentally entered the Game System's core before, Lin Yuan had discovered that Elder Zhao, who had defected, was helping the Crawlers destroy the system's core code.
Although Lin Yuan had thwarted that attempt, the Crawlers clearly had not given up.
There was just one thing Lin Yuan could not understand:
"Why do the Crawlers want to destroy the Game System?"
Ever since the Paradise Stage, the Crawlers had shown an extraordinary interest in the game.
But on closer thought, the game itself actually had nothing whatsoever to do with them.
Could it be... that the Crawlers' ultimate objective was the headless corpse in the System Core?
As Lin Yuan pondered this, he heard the President say in surprise:
"Destroy the Game System? I never said that."
"I said they wanted to ruin the game."
"Hmm, perhaps I phrased that poorly. To be more precise, they want to stop the Game Main Quest."
"You may not know this yet, but the research institute has already calculated that this time, the Island of Beginning and End will definitely appear in the Central Sea region."
"The Crawlers want to occupy that area, prevent the players from landing on the Island of Beginning and End, and stop the game's main quest."
"Oh, I see." Only then did Lin Yuan realize he had misunderstood.
It seemed that the Crawlers' actions this time were indeed intended to stop the main storyline, rather than destroy the system.
Still, their actions in the System Core had been no less real.
After some thought, Lin Yuan told the President about Elder Zhao's hacking.
The President was shocked by Lin Yuan's words as well:
"What? They're actually trying to hack into the system?!"
"How