The sudden Domain Merge caught everyone off guard, leaving them afraid to make any rash moves.
Both the Safe Zone and Sigma District closed all their exits, while the various factions tried to soothe the public's terror.
Qian Wendao was mobilizing the Engineering Team, trying to reconnect the Safe Zone and Sigma District as quickly as possible.
With everyone pooling their efforts, the Engineering Team had already begun work on opening a tunnel.
The Safe Zone covered a vast area and had a dense population, making any undertaking much easier to organize.
Sigma District, however, had no such advantage.
Constrained by the legacy of its environment, Sigma District had no shortage of people capable of destruction, but precious few who could build anything.
For resource-starved Sigma District, which had long depended on support from the main district, this meant more than severed roads. It meant losing its food supply, its lifeline.
Sigma District had become a pressure cooker with the pressure constantly rising.
It had always been a gathering place for notorious thieves and hardened bandits. Its earlier prosperity had merely allowed people to earn money in peace, glossing over everything beneath the surface.
Once it was completely cut off from the Safe Zone, the evil in many people's hearts began stirring again.
When Sigma District's powder keg would ignite depended entirely on when its factions lost their grip on the public's unease.
With Qin Siyang absent, the largest faction was the United Government established with Gu Yunpeng as District Chief.
District Chief Gu Yunpeng was frantic, pacing like a man with his hair on fire.
He personally led his people through the various settlements, searching for engineering crews.
**"The United Government needs civil engineers who can design and read blueprints! We need ability users with skills that can efficiently