The World Core Obtained Once More, but Rice-Grain Sized

Just as Lu Xingshi had expected, the entire train was sealed off. A special Federation unit moved in and began a thorough search.

Yet because of confidentiality protocols, none of the passengers knew what had happened. Lu Xingshi was the only one who understood perfectly well.

Still, he had nothing to fear and did not care in the slightest whether they found him.

As for anyone shouting their dissatisfaction and triggering a conflict, that simply did not happen.

Every member of that special unit was a fifth-tier Arcane Treasure Master. There were a full five hundred of them, and they had made it clear that anyone who refused to cooperate could be shot on the spot.

Yet after three days of upheaval, they found none of the results they wanted. In the end, they could only withdraw, and the train resumed its journey as usual.

If there had only been thirty or fifty people, they could have taken them away and locked them up for life, or even killed them outright.

But there were over a thousand passengers on this train. Naturally, they could not take them all away.

If this dragged on too long, public opinion would arise.

Those high-ranking Federation senators truly did not care about public opinion. Say whatever you wanted; they would not change.

But such behavior was tantamount to handing a knife to their political enemies. Their enemies could never possibly pass up such a good opportunity. So what they had never feared was the public, but their colleagues.

Thus, under pressure, they ultimately had to release everyone.

However, that did not mean the matter was over. The lost item was extremely valuable, and some senator had paid a tremendous price to acquire it.

How could he possibly give up so easily?

It was simply