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Upon hearing the assertive woman’s words, the portly man suddenly snapped awake. He tapped his forehead in realization, muttering, "You’re right, I should report this first. I lost my composure because you all made me so angry!"

"I’ll deal with this now, and handle you all when I return!"

With that, he glared fiercely at the people in front of him, turned around, and hurriedly waddled off to report.

Behind him, several crew members exchanged glances, all a bit deflated. They whispered among themselves,

"Are we in big trouble? Such a huge train... just gone like that."

"I don’t know. Sigh... I thought this was a good assignment, but it ended up being a trap."

"Yeah. Sigh... what are we going to do now?"

Hearing the crew’s discussion, the assertive woman who had just stepped forward turned around and interrupted them, saying, "Stop thinking and talking nonsense!"

"It’s obvious this was done by an Awakener, what can ordinary people like us do?"

"So, we just need to cooperate with the investigation honestly. Trust that the Security Bureau or the Special Service Department will give us a fair result."

Upon hearing the young woman’s words, the other crew members’ expressions finally eased a bit...

....

Meanwhile,

In the Provincial Government of East State, Fang Ze also met with the reception staff of East State.

Given Fang Ze’s current position and status, East State’s reception was at the highest level: the Chairperson personally led the delegation, with two Vice Chairpersons accompanying, along with officials from various levels of the foreign affairs department.

Since East State and the Eastern Administrative Region share a mutually beneficial relationship, their relations are quite close.

Recently, the Eastern Administrative Region underwent significant turmoil, and even now space channels remain closed, greatly impacting East State.

Therefore, during this reception, the Chairpersons of East State also wanted to establish a rapport with Fang Ze, the Uncrowned King of the East, to see if they could restore the Eastern Administrative Region to a normal commercial environment and order. This made them particularly enthusiastic towards Fang Ze.

And since one should not strike a smiling face, seeing them so warm, Fang Ze could only politely engage with them. As for opening the channels... because Fang Ze hadn’t fully sorted out the Eastern Administrative Region yet, he could only postpone, saying he’d open them when the time was right.

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Originally, Fang Ze thought after some small talk with them, he could quickly change vehicles and leave East State to head to Central State: this was also part of Black Shark’s plan.

But who would have thought, the Chairperson of East State and his team seemed to feel a sense of affinity with Fang Ze, chatting with him non-stop in the car. More mysteriously, the road to the Central Station seemed endless, driving for an entire hour without arriving.

Fang Ze wanted to ask Black Shark about the situation, but with the East State Chairperson constantly by his side, he couldn’t find an appropriate opportunity, hence he had to hold back for now.

However, he began to suspect: is this road to Central Station really this long? Or is there something fishy with the East State reception staff?

And what puzzled Fang Ze even more was: initially, both a Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson accompanied him, but midway, one of the Vice Chairpersons received a call, whispered a few words to the Chairperson, and then hurriedly got off the vehicle.

This further deepened Fang Ze’s confusion: what on earth is going on with these people from East State?

...

At this moment, in East State, Central Station.

The Vice Chairperson who had temporarily gotten off was already quietly present here, asking questions with a stern face.

Beside him, the Director of the State Security Bureau and the Minister of the Special Service Department were following him, quietly reporting as they walked.

The Director of the Security Bureau said, "Chairperson Wang, no fluctuations of the Power of Laws were detected on site. It doesn’t seem to be the work of an Awakener."

"Moreover, we also checked the surveillance on site. No suspicious people or creatures appeared beforehand. In the surveillance, the train indeed disappeared in a flash."

On hearing this, the Minister of the Special Service Department glanced at him and added, "There is also no demigod presence on site. We can largely rule out the involvement of a demigod-level expert."

Hearing the two officials’ words, Vice Chairperson Wang’s veins bulged with anger, and he said furiously, "So what you’re saying is, there were no demigods involved! No Awakeners involved! And no one used technological means! The special train allocated by the Federation just disappeared into thin air!?"

"Is it made of paper!? Gone just like that!"

With that said, Vice Chairperson Wang took a few deep breaths in fury, then waved a hand, saying, "Let’s not talk about this for now!"

With that, he shouted at a middle-aged woman in the distance, "Director Shu! What’s the situation?"

The middle-aged woman addressed as Director Shu quickly walked over upon hearing the call, her face serious and anxious, "Chairperson, it’s not possible."

"All means of transport to Central State require prior certification. Smaller means of transport are fine, but a large-scale one like the maglev train requires specialized inspection and approval from the Transportation Department of Central State."

"And our state only has one maglev train that underwent prior inspection and reporting."

Vice Chairperson Wang interrupted her, "Deploy that train directly!"