Hearing Sigma District mentioned yet again, Qin Siyang felt the situation had grown even more complicated. "How did something in Zone 5 end up involving Sigma District?"
Yu Yongyou said, "What's happening in Zone 5 is, at its core, about the mines. Sigma District is involved because it has mines too, of course. There are five enormous mineral deposits in the Safe Zone: four in Zone 5 and one in Sigma District."
"How come I've never heard about this?"
"None of the factions have a foothold in Sigma District. You could call it an enclave outside everyone's interests. Who would bother bringing it up?"
"But you said the Yu Family has mines in Sigma District. Can your family handle things even the United Government can't? Isn't Sigma District crawling with heretical cults? They'd just hand the mines over to you?"
"The heretical cults can't use up that much ore themselves, and they have no channels for selling it within the Safe Zone, so naturally, they have to work with the Mining Company. The United Government's decrees carry no weight there. Only the Police Department does any actual work, but even its influence is limited. We pay a little protection money to the World-Destroying Church, the Reincarnation Church, and the Police Department, and we can transport the ore out."
Qin Siyang said, "Why do I get the feeling that profits on that scale can't possibly be secured with a little protection money?"
Yu Yongyou murmured thoughtfully. "Perhaps you're right. Maybe that was when my father established contact with the Reincarnation Church. The Yu Family and the Huan Family hold relatively large shares of Sigma District's mineral resources. Even the Wang and Xie Families combined can't match the Yu Family."
"With the Yu Family backed by the Reincarnation Church and the Huan