Perhaps everyone's memories had been distorted, or perhaps Blue Star's geography had truly changed as well.
Without uncovering the mystery of the apocalypse, there would be no conclusion to this discussion.
"In short, our safe zone was built along a massive mountain range, the one we know as the Divine Rise Mountain Range," Harrison continued, "The safe zone is not shaped like a square. It's relatively long and narrow."
"Areas close to the Divine Rise Mountain Range are usually safer, so they develop faster in all aspects and tend to have lower district numbers."
"For example, our District 7 is located beside the Divine Rise Mountain Range. To reach the core Exit 123 of District 7's safe zone, you need to pass through a tunnel and reach the other side of the mountain range."
"Areas farther away from the Divine Rise Mountain Range usually have larger district numbers. They don't have as much population or resources, and their development is slower. I'm sure everyone can understand that. Even in peaceful times, it would be impossible to develop every area equally, let alone in an apocalypses where everyone is worried about survival."
"Also, because the safe zone is long and narrow, most districts have some degree of contact with the outside of the safe zone, which is where the gods are active."
"All districts located on the outer edge of the safe zone have exits. Even districts that are not on the edge usually have district passages leading to safe zone exits. Altogether, there are more than twelve thousand such districts. In other words, nearly ninety percent of districts have safe zone exits, and Sequence Ability Users living there can go out and hunt gods."
"Of course, some of the students here probably come from districts without a single safe zone exit. For example, the one thousand districts of State 4 and half the districts of State 12 are entirely located inside the safe zone."
"These internal districts without exits are relatively safe and stable, so they are usually used for livestock farming, crop cultivation, and heavy industry within the safe zone."
"These internal districts provide strong support for humanity's survival in the safe zone. Most of the food and drink you consume every day comes from these internal districts. Even the god-hunting equipment you buy through official channels is mostly processed and manufactured by Sequence Ability Users living in those internal districts."
When he heard this, Qin Siyang paused for a moment.
He couldn't help recalling the first time he bought god-hunting equipment.
Li Tianming and Zhang Kuang had taken him to the Zhao family's black market, where he bought a Short Bee Dagger and a Red Silk Armor.
He frowned.
'What Harrison just said is god-hunting equipment purchased through official channels?'
'This stuff is also sold through official channels too?'
'So it isn't necessary to go to the black market or make private deals?'
'Those two slippery old guys did nothing but mislead me!'
'No wonder I recently feel that my moral standards are declining. So this is what happens when you stay around bad influences!'
Harrison continued teaching at an unhurried pace.
"This is the geographic structure of the districts within our safe zone. One thing to note is that districts with consecutive numbers only have similar levels of development. They are not necessarily adjacent geographically. This is especially true for the first hundred districts. Their administrative status is equivalent to that of a state. In order to drive the development of the entire safe zone, they are evenly distributed throughout it."
"Overall, the United Government's arrangements are very appropriate."
"If we return to ourselves, I would say that the United Government places great importance on education. For example, when Xiao Zhigang served as the principal of a certain university, he proposed eliminating tuition and meal fees for high schools and lower-level schools, and he received strong support from the United Government."
"Also, when selecting locations for top universities, the United Government places them in core districts. Central Glory University is in District 3, West Glory University is in District 5, East Glory University is in District 6, and our South Glory University is in District 7..."
A student raised a hand and asked, "Professor Harrison, then what about District 4? Doesn't it have a university?"
Harrison smiled, "What I'm talking about now is unrelated to the course content, so I won't answer that question."
"Oh..."
Qin Siyang lowered his gaze slightly.
He seemed to remember Li Tianming once saying that the top universities were originally the Five Glory Universities of East, West, South, North, and Central, but North Glory University had ceased to exist because of something that happened.
The original North Glory University was probably located in District 4.
Judging from Harrison's reluctance to discuss it, whatever happened to North Glory University was probably not a good thing.
"Aside from the ordinary districts we are familiar with, the safe zone has one special district, District 18, also known as Sigma District."
Qin Siyang immediately paid attention.
He had heard the name Sigma District many times but had never learned much about it.
"Although it is called District 18, Sigma District is actually very large. Its size is roughly equivalent to an entire state. Also, Sigma District is not connected to the safe zone where we live. It is an enclave outside."
"I mentioned earlier that the safe zone was built along the Divine Rise Mountain Range. Sigma District is on the other side of the mountains."
Qin Siyang frowned.
'The other side of the mountains?'
'Doesn't that mean it is outside the safe zone?'
He had wandered outside the safe zone for quite a while and had never seen any area built with protective glass.
"Although it is on the other side of the mountains, Sigma District is not symmetrically positioned across from the safe zone on opposite sides of the Divine Rise Mountain Range. To be precise, Sigma District lies to the south-southwest of the safe zone, and most of it is located on the Divine Rise Mountain Range itself."
At that point, Qin Siyang suddenly understood.
No wonder he had never encountered it before.
So Sigma District had been built on the mountains.
After arriving in District 7, he had never gone near the mountain range.
That also explained why Sigma District was in such chaos, with Church attacks one day and officials being killed the next.
Places with less convenient terrain often had more complicated situations.
"We can travel to Sigma District through a long tunnel built inside the mountain range. The first hundred districts all have routes leading to this tunnel."
"But I hope all of you understand that the United Government's control over Sigma District is not strong. The situation there has always been extremely chaotic, and there are many criminals. The headquarters of Churches such as the Annhilation Church and the Samsara Church are all located in Sigma District."
Harrison adjusted the glasses on his nose, put away his smile, and said seriously, "Sigma District is very dangerous! You absolutely must not go there!"
Qin Siyang listened with complete attention, wishing he could carve every word Harrison said into his mind.
Except for the last sentence.
The moment Sigma District came to mind, many fragments that stirred a faint excitement in him immediately appeared in his thoughts: Remaining Sin, Divine Gifts, Orlov, Origin Sequence.
After being colored by those words, Harrison's serious warning was automatically revised in Qin Siyang's mind into: 'Sigma District is very dangerous. But that doesn't mean you can't go.'
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