The New Year's Eve dinner Qin Siyang had organized was unlike their previous gatherings.
The dishes on the table were no longer their usual gathering fare, but truly exquisite delicacies.
There were shark fins, sea cucumbers, abalone, and fish maw shipped from State No. 5's special-supply food district, along with fine aged wines unearthed from the cellar.
Apart from a handful of the first-batch chosen ones who had seen these things in the earliest days, everyone present was utterly astonished.
Wei Rulai pointed at the shark fin and asked, "Doesn't this stuff only come from the sea? There isn't even a pond near the Safe Zone. How did they grow it?"
Chu Zhongxiong explained, "When we first arrived, the Safe Zone consisted of nothing but the Sigma District. It was like Noah's Ark inside, with a little of everything. Birds, beasts, flowers, fish, and insects all survived there."
"Later, we built up and expanded the Safe Zone into what is now the main Safe Zone, then moved all those creatures to the area where State No. 5 is today. State No. 5 has several bodies of water specifically for marine life. They're simply sealed off, so ordinary people can't get in."
Xie Nanyun said, "These supplies used to be reserved exclusively for the people of Zone 1, to sustain their extravagant lifestyles. Tonight, thanks to a single prohibition order from Minister Qin, they were all diverted onto our dinner table. If not for Minister Qin, I doubt I'd have had the chance to taste them either."
"So that's how it is." Wei Rulai clicked his tongue in wonder. "I really was ignorant."
Everyone Qin Siyang had invited was a leader in his own right and a staunch ally of his. At the very least, they had all stood firmly by