The outskirts of Giant Ridge had become a land of exile.
Everyone roaming this dangerous territory was a criminal guilty of serious offenses within the Safe Zone.
The United Government had laid down a simple, brutal rule: if they wanted to return alive to the shelter of the towering walls, they had to trade in enough god remains.
Once they handed over sufficient disc carapace and god remains, their crimes would be wiped clean.
This "god-hunting sentence reduction" provision of the Exile Act had first been introduced after the Safe Zone merged into the [Evolutionary Origin Domain] and Giant Ridge appeared. Originally, it had applied only to thugs who committed serious crimes after the new order was established.
But now, the law had been amended to apply to all criminals.
As the number of Sequence Ability Users within the Safe Zone surged, resources for Sequence Abilities were visibly growing scarce.
Scarce resources meant finding new sources and cutting costs.
After Chu Zhongxiong discussed the matter with staff from the Secretary-General's office, they found that the imprisoned Sequence Ability Users consumed enormous quantities of Ability Suppressant every day. Large numbers of guards also had to be assigned to prevent them from escaping or harming others in prison.
Without question, keeping a group of powerful fighters in iron cages and feeding them like "bloodsuckers" was an enormous waste of resources.
Since the front lines lacked manpower and the rear lacked resources, they might as well drive them out.
And so, the Exile Act's scope was quickly expanded to cover every imprisoned Sequence Ability User.
The United Government set its terms-all previous sentence reduction policies were abolished.
There was only one way to get out of prison early: voluntarily apply to have the remainder of one's sentence converted into a specific "god-killing quota."