So predictably our journey in this zone ends with a big battle and an escape from improbable odds. The resolution is nihilistic initially (an everybody loses play by diplomat Chang) but then the tedious love story between Val and Ace resolves and moves on again. The Destiny Man returns and still lacks depth and real motivation despite an attempt to reveal the mystery of their identity and inject a new motivation for his animosity.
This arc is meant to bring us to the halfway point of the series and I'm probably dropping off here. Ultimately this comic is struggling to say something about modern America as the culture is changing faster than the team can keep up intellectually. While race is touched on in this arc it's mostly to try and acknowledge that the black American experience has a different perspective to the main narrative of the story. The black character is setup to create a new story in the possibility zone but literally ends up throwing away their ideas acknowledging that they weren't sufficient.
The story simply isn't providing enough suspense and mystery in the narrative or a deep enough empathy for the characters to invest in what happens to them.