The banquet hall was spacious, with rows of long tables arranged from the center outward.
Only a few dozen people had come to the banquet today, not even enough to fill the innermost row of tables.
Everyone found a seat, but even their seating arrangements showed a clear divide.
The people from Zone 1 sat on one side, while everyone else sat on the other.
Qin Siyang looked at the wooden table before him. Several red wine stains had seeped through the faded tablecloth and soaked deep into the old wood.
He could tell that the Hall of Hope really had been filled with hope once.
Even Qin Siyang, who had never experienced those days and could only picture them in his mind, found the thought uplifting.
Everything from the past had become history, preserved in the memories of those who had lived through it.
If the Safe Zone's history were divided into eras, January 1, 2005, and January 1, 2011, of the Earth Calendar would be the two clearest turning points.
The first was when humanity awakened sequence abilities and the Safe Zone's power structure was rebuilt.
The second was when the Safe Zone's power structure underwent sweeping changes after the death of Gu Weiyang, the United Government's Secretary-General and nominal supreme leader.
Having been reborn, Qin Siyang had only vague memories of the first turning point. Back then, he had still been worrying about getting enough to eat and drink, unaware of the earthshaking changes taking place in the circles far above him.
But today, he would become one of the architects of a new era's power structure.
Once everyone was seated, the phantom figure spoke.
"I am very pleased that all of you have accepted the United Government's invitation to come here today and discuss the Safe