North Wuling Exclusion Zone

The North Wuling Exclusion Zone (North Wuling EZ) is located at what was once the Wuling Science Station. Ten years ago, a small town was built around the Science Station. The town had amenities that included a school, a hospital, and Tanjian Hall. The latter trained many members of the Yinglung Special Task Force (YSTF), and even provided basic education for children of schooling age who lived together with parents working at the Science Station.

During Talosian Calendar Year 142, the Tianshi stationed at Wuling Science Station of the Hongshan Academy of Sciences (HAS) attempted to reverse the growth of the Very Large Rift (VLR) with Xiranite. This experiment triggered a rift rupture of disastrous effects, with Wuling Science Station and its prototype Xiranite facilities being completely engulfed by the Blight Tide within two hours. Although the HAS directed vast amounts of resources and personnel to support subsequent search-and-rescue operations, only a handful of survivors were saved. The HAS then committed all of its emergency response forces to contain the disaster within Yinglung Pass and enforced strict access control to the stricken area that covered the entirety of Wuling Science Station. This area became known as the North Wuling EZ.

For ten years, the HAS imposed a complete lockdown of the North Wuling EZ out of safety considerations for the Civilization Band, and even assigned Yinglung Special Task Force (YSTF) teams to long-term garrison duties at Yinglung Pass. After the completion of Wuling City, the HAS constructed a new comprehensive system for containing anomalous Blight phenomena in the North Wuling EZ. The system featured facilities based on Xiranite technology, such as the Tianshi Pillar Array.

During the early phases of North Wuling EZ lockdown, many within the Civilization Band questioned whether the HAS might abandon the region of Wuling entirely. Certain voices in the HAS seemed partial to this course of action, but the people of Wuling still hoped for a day when they would triumph over the VLR. The Wulingers remain strongly and wholly committed to this belief.