The next few days in Sector Gamma were strangely peaceful. For the first time since they had all woken up in their strange pods, people felt like they could breathe.
Outpost #7 was at the center of this new calm. It had transformed from a scared, struggling little town into the bustling capital of the whole sector.
The Sector Exchange, Ryan's new trading system, was a huge success. The central plaza was filled with people from different Outposts, carefully inspecting wares and making deals.
A tough-looking woman from Outpost #4 traded a pile of monster hides to a quiet man from Outpost #9 for a basket of rare, glowing mushrooms. The trade happened instantly and safely through their god Interfaces, and everyone walked away happy.
The whole sector was starting to feel less like a dangerous jungle and more like a real neighborhood.
