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

Provincial Department, Interrogation Room No. 1.

Ye Tian sat on the cold interrogation chair, his wrists and ankles locked in specially made shackles, as if he were nailed to the chair.

His once handsome face was now filled with despair and... resentment.

It’s over.

It's all over.

The newly acquired system hadn't even been properly used yet. The "national treasure" I just found hadn't even been monetized. My newly started life of triumph hadn't even left the beginner's village before I was instantly killed by the BOSS.

This script is wrong!

Didn't the system say I was the chosen one? Didn't it say I could turn bad luck into good, slap faces and win over a rich and beautiful woman?

Why?

Why would you encounter Lu Jingyan, an unpredictable "bug"?

"Name."

Across from him, Lu Jingyan's voice was as calm as a glass of plain water, yet it sent a chill down Ye Tian's spine for no apparent reason.

"Ye... Ye Tian."

"age."

"22".

"Profession."

"Jinghai University, Department of Archaeology, Senior Student."

"Archaeology major?"

Lu Jingyan raised his head, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes. "Knowing the law and breaking it is an even greater crime, classmate."

"I don't!"

Ye Tian reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly becoming agitated. "I told you, I didn't know it was an antique! I thought I'd found it by chance!"

He decided to deny it to the death.

As long as you insist that you were unaware of the situation, at most you'll just be an "innocent bystander who was deceived."

"ability?"

Lu Jingyan smiled.

He looked into Ye Tian's eyes, which were still trying to feign innocence, and slowly spoke.

"Ye Tian, ​​I advise you to confess honestly."

"Your little 'skills' won't work on me."

Ye Tian's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition surged into his mind.

Could it be... that he knew about the system's existence?

Impossible! This is a product of a higher dimension, a miracle that transcends the dimensions of this world!

Ye Tian decided to make one last test.

He concentrated, silently chanting in his mind, "System, activate 'Treasure Eye'! Scan this man across from me!"

[Ding! The God-Level Treasure Appraisal System has been activated!]

[In-depth scan of target 'Lu Jingyan' is underway...]

The perspective before Ye Tian instantly changed.

The world seemed to have become a model made up of data and lines.

He could see that the interrogation table was made of cheap plywood, that the steel bars in the walls were rusty, and even that the internal circuitry of the surveillance camera on the ceiling was visible.

That's his secret weapon!

See through all illusions and reach the essence of things!

He turned his gaze to Lu Jingyan.

He wanted to see through this man's cards, to see through his weaknesses, and then... launch a counterattack!

However, the moment his gaze fell upon Lu Jingyan's body...

"Sizzle—!!!"

An indescribable, vast golden data stream, like a sea of ​​stars, erupted from Lu Jingyan and fiercely rebounded back!

Ye Tian's vision went completely white in an instant, and his brain felt as if it had been pierced by ten thousand needles at the same time, causing him excruciating pain!

"ah--!!!"

He let out a piercing scream, clutching his eyes and struggling frantically in the chair, two lines of bloody tears slowly seeping from between his fingers.

[Warning! Warning! Under attack by an unknown advanced law! System core damaged!]

[The opponent is covered by an unanalyzable "justice" force field! Scan failed! Scan failed!]

[Forcefully disabling the "Treasure Appraisal Eye" function... Disabling failed! System... System is about to crash!]

In my mind, the system's voice was filled with terror and despair, finally turning into a piercing electrical sound and falling completely silent.

Silence returned to the interrogation room.

All that remained was Ye Tian's heavy, labored breathing, like a broken bellows.

"How is it?"

Lu Jingyan's voice, like a demonic sound from the deepest hell, slowly rang in his ears.

"How's my 'trump card'?"

Ye Tian slowly lowered his hand.

His eyes, which once seemed to see through everything, were now bloodshot, his pupils dilated, and everything he saw appeared double.

His cheat code... is ruined.

He was completely overwhelmed by the other party's extremely domineering "righteousness".

"Who...who exactly are you?"

Ye Tian's voice was trembling; it was the purest fear that came from having all his values ​​shattered.

"I am a police officer."

Lu Jingyan stood up, walked up to him, and looked down at him.

"A police force specifically designed to... arrest you 'chosen ones'."

He picked up the statement from the table and placed it in front of Ye Tian.

"Now, do you still want to talk to me about your 'skills'?"

Ye Tian's psychological defenses completely collapsed at this moment.

He looked at the written confession on the white paper, then at Lu Jingyan's eyes that seemed to pierce through his soul, and finally burst into tears.

"I'll confess... I'll confess everything..."

"It was Master Zhang who found me... He said I had extraordinary talent and was a rare gem in the art of treasure appraisal... He found that bowl in a newly excavated Ming Dynasty tomb... He put me in charge of 'appraising' it, finding a buyer, and promising me 30% after the job was done..."

He cried like a 300-pound child, revealing everything completely.

Lu Jingyan didn't speak, but listened quietly.

Only when Ye Tian was exhausted from crying and could no longer speak did he slowly open his mouth, his voice devoid of any sympathy.

"Alright, stop crying."

He patted Ye Tian on the shoulder, his tone as calm as if he were comforting a primary school student who had failed an exam.

"Since your 'Eye of Insight' is already useless, there's no point in keeping it."

Lu Jingyan pushed up his glasses, a devilish smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Perhaps we should keep it in jail and examine it carefully."

"Is today's steamed bun made with cornmeal or wheat flour?"

"I heard that's more useful for you 'newcomers'."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tian's body stiffened.

Then, his eyes rolled back and he promptly fainted.

Lu Jingyan looked at this "protagonist" whose mental fortitude was even worse than Gu Yanchen's and shook his head helplessly.

"Take him away and take him to the infirmary."

He waved to the police officer at the door, "Tell the doctor not to let him die. Selling national first-class cultural relics—that's enough to keep him in there identifying cornbread until he retires."

Just then.

The office door was suddenly pushed open.

Su Xiaoxiao rushed in, clutching a laptop, her face filled with anxiety and seriousness.

"Captain Lu! Something's happened!"

She even forgot to knock and simply placed the computer on Lu Jingyan's desk.

"Longyin Mountain in Qingcheng City is on fire!"

"The fire was huge, and... the cause of the fire is highly suspicious!"

On the screen is a stunning video shot by a drone.

In the pitch-black forest, a beam of fire shot into the sky, forming a giant fireball that illuminated half the night sky.

At the center of the fireball, a tiny human figure could be vaguely seen.

The figure looked up to the sky and roared, its voice filled with endless anger and resentment.

Immediately afterwards, a roar brimming with adolescent bravado was clearly heard through the on-site recording equipment:

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"

Never underestimate a young person's potential!