The three days passed quickly.
The sinking of the God Sea Cruise Ship had a major impact throughout the Federation. When war began affecting civilian lives, people became afraid.
War was no longer a battle between soldiers. It had begun to harm ordinary people.
The public demanded that the Federal Government severely punish the culprits and soothe the dead's anger with blood.
The fleet responsible for the rescue had also returned to the Federation. Because the attack on a civilian cruise ship had caused such a terrible impact, the rescue team docked directly at Bu Peien.
As a victim's family member, Lin Qi was also invited to the scene. There might be something—or someone—that required an explanation. In any case, he arrived at the site.
The disaster had dealt the Federation's society a heavy blow. War was no longer far away from the people; it was right beside them.
As they approached the port, Lin Qi noticed seven or eight people at an intersection. Young and old, they stood there holding up antiwar signs reading, "Let War Leave the Federation."
For the present-day Federation, antiwar sentiment was actually not very strong. It was far weaker than the number of people who supported the war.
As long as the war could bring the people benefits and profits, they had no reason to reject it.
Only when war harmed the people's interests would they resist it and start thinking about opposing the war.
These people were holding up their signs at this particular time. Either they had some political objective, or they were being controlled by someone.
Buying off people in an enemy country and creating internal conflict was a method people had developed long ago, but it remained effective! A fortress was always breached from within first. As long as they