After a noticeable pause, Sha Jia merely smiled and didn't pursue the topic, instead asking, "Do you believe in causality?"
Xu Huo gestured with a "please" motion, indicating for him to continue.
"Sow the seeds and reap the fruits; what we see at every moment could be a cause or an effect. The effect could be bitter, but those who endure the bitterness may not truly be pitiful; perhaps they have sown seeds of evil." Sha Jia sat opposite, speaking calmly. "The environment in Zone 026 has always been harsh, and it didn't change after evolution began. Those carnivorous mutant plants in other zones couldn't even sprout here, but it's always been easy to share hardship, hard to share prosperity."
"In the past, Gathering Zone 01 relied on mutual aid and collected acid rain in containers to survive with difficulty. So even in such an environment, new cities were established, but as the population grew, resources dwindled, inevitably sacrificing some people."
