Fei Xian got the atmosphere going, downing a few drinks before launching into a long, rambling conversation with Xu Huo and the others. After expressing his thanks at length, he started venting his frustrations. He didn't dwell on how miserable or difficult life was in District 010, though. Instead, he focused on his grievances, mostly against the Outer District Cannibal Players from Sand Sea Center.
The Sand Sea Players he described were even more despicable than Chang Shoujie had said. Since the open war between the Safe Zones had ended, the two sides had mostly kept to themselves. To avoid trouble, District 010 didn't provoke them, either. But the Sand Sea Players secretly abducted women from District 010, especially female Players.
At first, the other Safe Zones assumed they did it for some sordid purpose. It was only later, from a few female Players who managed to escape, that they learned the Sand Sea Safe Zone did this to make the people of District 010 reproduce. They believed female Players were physically stronger than ordinary people and therefore better suited for experimentation. To achieve their goal, they even made Aliens mate with humans, all so the people of District 010 would produce a next generation.
The Sand Sea Safe Zone was controlled by Outer District Players. Whether the people of District 010 could continue reproducing was neither their responsibility nor their duty; they simply wanted more food. They could easily have raided ordinary people in other Sub-districts, but they seemed intent on ruling this place forever, which was why they wanted the people of District 010 to keep reproducing generation after generation.
Xu Huo had previously considered that the Sand Sea Safe Zone could have Outer District people reproduce there instead, replacing the people of District 010 and achieving the