General Zhang was, of course, extremely pleased with Lin Yuan's decision.
Facing the Crawlers' suddenly intensified offensive, he was under immense pressure as the sole Nine-Star expert stationed here.
Now that he had Lin Yuan's help, the situation was completely different.
"All right, I'll register you and report it. I'll also give you a secret communication conch. If anything changes in the theater, I'll have someone notify you immediately."
General Zhang immediately took care of the arrangements.
"But you need to be careful, too. I keep feeling there's something unusual about the Crawlers' movements this time. Don't venture too deep when you're acting alone."
Lin Yuan naturally nodded in agreement.
He also felt there was something unusual about the Crawlers this time.
Based on what had happened to Never Skunked, Lin Yuan deduced that the Crawlers were searching for a way to further alter themselves and completely evade the Great Being's perception.
Back at the Life Sect Main Cathedral, Never Skunked himself had not attracted the Great Being's attention, which proved that the Crawlers had indeed made progress in this regard.
But clearly, the Crawlers were still in the research stage. They were absolutely not prepared to face the Great Being's descent now.
What they should have been doing most right now, then, was stalling for time and accelerating their research.
Not fighting some major war with the Federation here to stop the Game Main Quest from progressing.
Especially since they had recently been sending in more troops, as though they would stop the Game Main Quest at any cost.
It was baffling.
No one knows the ultimate objective of the Game Main Quest yet.
*But since the system originated from the Headless Corpse, which was at odds with the Great Being, the main quest's ultimate objective most likely runs