"It wasn't built by the same group of people?" Qin Siyang grew interested in Shan En's explanation.
Shan En said, "Xiao Qin, you know the United Government named this place Area No. 18, but people still habitually call it the Sigma District. Even United Government officials call it that in private, because the United Government has no control here. The United Government is fiercely determined to control the Safe Zone, so how could it tolerate a place like the Sigma District?"
"The only reasonable explanation is that this area never belonged to the United Government in the first place."
Qin Siyang nodded. "That makes sense... Then why call it the Sigma District? Is it because sigma is the eighteenth letter of the European Nation Ancient Alphabet, so they used it in place of the number in Area No. 18?"
Shan En smiled. "You guessed right. That's exactly why."
"Why use the symbol sigma?"
"Because most people in the Sigma District are from the European Nation."
"And why is that?"
"Why?" Shan En said helplessly. "Because there's no place for those people from the European Nation in the Safe Zone, of course."
"Huh?"
"Xiao Qin, haven't you noticed? Although the 'United' in United Government means it includes people from every nation and race, most of those who truly have a place at the table come from Huaguo. Really, the Safe Zone is mainly your Huaguo people's domain."
"Now that you mention it... That really is true."
"Exactly. Once people control the conversation, they naturally favor their own. People like us had few opportunities to get ahead, but we weren't willing to live with our hands tied in the Safe Zone, either. So we chose to put down roots in the Sigma District, far from the Safe Zone. That's why we named