Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

The roar of helicopters gradually faded into the distance above the unfinished construction site.

Ye Tian and Zhang Sanye were escorted by two heavily armed special police officers, one on each side, towards the riot control vehicle parked in the distance.

Ye Tian was still completely dazed.

He felt as if he had just woken up from an absurd dream.

One second, he was a chosen one with a system, about to defy fate; the next second, he became a criminal suspect involved in the trafficking of cultural relics, wearing a pair of cold silver bracelets on his wrist.

This script is wrong!

Didn't the system say I have "good fortune" and can "turn bad luck into good"?

[Ding! Host's life is under serious threat! Emergency response plan being activated!]

[Consume 1000 Luck Points to exchange for the skill: God-level Escape Technique!]

In my mind, the system's voice rang out again, like a ray of holy light saving me.

A flame of hope instantly rekindled in Ye Tian's eyes.

That's right! He still has the system! He hasn't lost yet!

"Now!"

Suddenly, Zhang Sanye, who was standing next to him, roared and slammed his body backward in an extremely bizarre posture. At the same time, he pulled out another handful of black powder from his pocket and smashed it hard on the ground!

"Fire Release: Great Smoke Technique!"

"boom--!"

Another thick cloud of smoke, thick with a pungent sulfur smell, burst open instantly, enveloping an area of ​​several meters in diameter, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

Caught off guard, the two special police officers escorting the suspects instinctively stepped back and covered their mouths and noses.

"Snap!"

Almost at the same time, Ye Tian suddenly exerted force on his wrist.

"God-level Escape Technique" activated!

The handcuffs, made of a special alloy and strong enough to restrain a bull, snapped in two!

"Trying to run away?"

Seeing this scene from not far away, Lu Jingyan not only didn't panic, but actually smiled.

He didn't even move; he simply stood there calmly, raising his wrist.

On his seemingly ordinary tactical watch, a miniature electronic map of the city was clearly displayed.

On the map, the two red dots representing Ye Tian and Zhang Sanye are frantically fleeing in two different directions at extremely high speeds.

"That's interesting."

Lu Jingyan pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, spoke into his earpiece, and began his "God's command" in an almost languid, chess-playing tone.

"Team A, block the sewer entrance on East Third Street. The target, 'Old Farmer,' will emerge from there."

"Group B, wait on the rooftop of that 'Global Center' building up ahead. The target 'student' is going to jump from there... oh no, I mean jump to the building across the street."

"Team C, evacuate the bus stop at the intersection ahead. The target is agitated and may take hostages."

"Sniper in position."

Lu Jingyan's gaze was fixed on the red dot that was about to reach the rooftop, his tone as calm as if he were ordering a cup of coffee.

"No need to kill him, switch to tranquilizer darts."

"Just kick the legs."

……

On the other side, Ye Tian was running for his life.

The effect of "being blessed with good fortune" seems to have really kicked in.

He felt lighter than ever before, moving as fast as the wind. Every time he was about to be overtaken, a fork in the road would inexplicably appear; every time it seemed like there was no way out, he would find a low wall to climb over.

The surveillance camera above him "just happened" to malfunction, and the police car behind him "just happened" to have a tire blowout.

Is this the treatment given to the chosen ones?

A surge of joy welled up in Ye Tian's heart.

He felt like the protagonist in a movie, with the whole world making way for his escape!

Goodbye, you stupid cop!

He rushed to the rooftop of a commercial building, looked down at the city below, which looked like ants, and let out a triumphant roar.

If he could just jump from here to the slightly shorter residential building across the street, he could completely shake off his pursuers and be free to roam the world!

He took a deep breath, stepped back, and took a running start.

The body drew a "graceful" arc in the air.

However, just as he was about to land on the roof of the building opposite...

"call out--"

A soft whooshing sound.

A thin, long anesthetic needle was precisely inserted into his thigh.

"Well……"

Ye Tian felt a numbness in his legs, followed by an intense wave of drowsiness that swept over his entire body.

His prized "luck" seemed to have been drained away at that moment.

"thump."

He collapsed onto the rooftop of the residential building like a lump of mud, unconscious.

And higher up in the building opposite him.

A sniper in a ghillie suit holstered his weapon and calmly reported to his superior through his headset:

"Reporting to Squadron 6, the target is 'asleep'."

……

Almost at the same time.

Beside a stinking ditch in the east of the city.

"puff!"

A manhole cover was suddenly pushed open from below.

Old Master Zhang crawled out of there, covered in dust and dirt, and breathed in the air of "freedom" with deep breaths.

"Damn it, we finally escaped."

He spat out a mouthful of dirty water, a look of relief on his face, as if he'd escaped death. "No matter how tough those cops were, they'd never guess I'd be crawling through the sewers, would they?"

He was just about to stand up and brush the mud off his clothes.

"Click."

A dozen flashlights lit up from all directions at the same time, surrounding him completely.

Zhao Tiezhu's honest face, magnified several times, appeared before him, his smile more painful than a grimace.

"Sir, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Zhao Tiezhu shook the brand-new handcuffs in his hand. "Captain Lu said your earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of martial arts technique) is quite good, but... the choice of this role is a bit off."

Master Zhang: "..."

He looked at the dark gun barrels around him, his eyes rolled back, and he promptly passed out again.

……

The other side of the city.

Ye Tian's final escape route led to a busy bus stop.

What he didn't know was that a trap had already been set up there.

Just as he rushed out of a dark alley, ready to jump onto a bus that was about to leave the station and blend into the crowd.

A huge black net descended from the sky and instantly enveloped him!

The net was specially made, extremely tough, and carried a faint electric current.

Ye Tian crashed headfirst into the net, his whole body jolted from the electric shock, and he struggled in vain like a fish pulled ashore.

Lu Jingyan slowly emerged from the shadows.

He held the remote control that controlled the large net in his hand, looked at the disheveled "Chosen One" inside the net, and shook his head.

"Hey classmate, I told you not to run away."

He walked to the net, squatted down, and looked at the monkeys in the zoo.

"See? You got what you deserved for not listening to the police!"

Ye Tian stared at him intently, his eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

"How...how did you know my route?!"

"Want to know?"

Lu Jingyan smiled and pointed to his head.

"I guessed it based on my skill."