The matter with the Wang Family had been settled, and Joint Mining was thriving. Everything seemed to be moving in the right direction.
Yet Qin Siyang increasingly felt that he was running out of time.
After advancing to origin sequence level three, Qin Siyang had become far more comfortable in combat.
There were now very few people in the entire Safe Zone he could not beat. Unfortunately, every one of them was a formidable opponent.
Qi Tian, Zhu Haifeng, Olof, Qian Wendao, and the others needed no explanation. They were on his side now.
But Manderson, who had killed Gu Weiyang, Royt, the leader of the Heretical Cults, and Ander, the Safe Zone's greatest villain, were all serious threats.
Most importantly, he knew next to nothing about those three. His knowledge was limited to a single encounter with each of them.
In other words, if those three had other identities within the Safe Zone and used them to quietly approach and assassinate him, he probably would not even have a chance to react.
Knowing himself but not his enemies was a very dangerous sign.
Qin Siyang had no good solution to that. He could hardly suspect everyone of being Royt and use the Lie Detector on every person he met.
He still had to keep growing stronger.
The battle outside the Sigma District, in particular, had driven that lesson home.
The seemingly tranquil Safe Zone was actually far more dangerous than he had imagined.
His allies had shown their prowess, and his enemies had taken the stage. Together, their performance had revealed the Safe Zone's ultimate hidden hand-sequence level seven fighters were worth less than dogs, sequence level eight fighters were everywhere, and sequence level nine fighters occasionally appeared.
If Qin Siyang wanted to hold his ground, he still had