"I don't want to die..." someone sobbed.
Those words tore through the strength everyone had been pretending to show. Even the Jin family could no longer remain as composed as before.
"Mr. Yu, may I speak with you privately?" Jin Zi's grandfather said to Xu Huo.
Xu Huo followed him into a room nearby.
Once they came out, Jin Zi's grandfather finally explained his predicament.
It wasn't that they were unwilling to arrange for so many people to leave. They simply had no way to take so many people with them.
It sounded as if there were many Players in a country, but most of them couldn't take anyone with them when they left. First, they had far too few container items. Second, there were too many E-class Players. Even if they brought people along, they could only enter Dungeons directly and couldn't send anyone to other Sub-districts.
Container items also had their limitations. They couldn't hold many people, and they couldn't keep them inside for long. Even if every D-class Player traveled back and forth between District 017 and other Sub-districts, they could only carry a handful of people. Return Tickets were in short supply, too.
So the government had sent out its limited resources, prioritizing the survival of Elite Players and other talented individuals. As for government personnel, some with Players in their families might be able to leave, but most of the rest had no chance of getting out. The government's senior officials simply hadn't said so outright.
And those who did leave weren't necessarily safe. In any Sub-district, ordinary people were at the bottom of society. A small number might be all right, but once there were too many, the Sub-district Government would certainly step in. They could forget about being properly accommodated. They'd be lucky