The atmosphere in the Safe Zone grew solemn. Players and ordinary residents alike bowed their heads in unison, paying their final respects to those who had sacrificed their lives.
The corpses of the Sand Sea players hung behind the convoy. They were there to let the people vent their anger. One person after another picked up stones and hurled them at the bodies, and even when they had been battered beyond recognition, no one stopped.
"This place is pretty far from the Sand Sea Safe Zone," said a player who, like Xu Huo, had helped the Polar Safe Zone.
The other man understood his unspoken meaning. "Do you find it incomprehensible? It's as if even these ordinary people have a deep-seated grudge against the Sand Sea Safe Zone players."
"The Sand Sea Safe Zone hasn't had many direct conflicts with other Safe Zones in recent years, but there were fierce battles in the years before that. News travels between Safe Zones, so people here have heard that some Safe Zones were wiped out by the Sand Sea Safe Zone."
"You could say that the people of District 010 who remain in the Safe Zone are practically the last embers of this sub-district. They have no descendants, so every death means one fewer person. When it looks like their entire people may disappear, of course they'll hate those who killed their compatriots to the bone."
"And the grievances between the people of District 010 and Outer District Players go back further than just these past few years. For more than twenty years, Outer District Players have been involved in every major upheaval in District 010. Cannibal Players especially thrive on chaos, since it makes hunting easier for them. After enough incidents, there's no need for a direct conflict. Even people who