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

"But your eyes are quite unique, aren't they?"

Lu Jingyan's voice was very soft, yet it was like a fine ice needle, piercing straight into Tang Yu's central nervous system through his ear canal.

Tang Yu's maniacal laughter froze instantly.

He turned his head sharply, like a wildcat whose tail had been stepped on, and forcefully shook off Lu Jingyan's hand that was on his shoulder.

"Who are you?! Are you crazy?!"

Tang Yu let out a guilty shout, subconsciously rubbing his eyes. His pupils, which had been glowing with a faint blue light, shrank abruptly the moment they met Lu Jingyan's gaze, and the blue light quickly disappeared.

"What eyes? I'm just having a lucky streak today! Don't you dare spoil my fun!"

He cursed and swore as he shielded the mountain of chips on the table with his body, looking like a greedy food-grubbing man.

Lu Jingyan was not angry at his rudeness.

He didn't even retract his hand; instead, he snapped his fingers crisply in mid-air.

"Good luck?"

With one hand in his pocket, Lu Jingyan walked around Tang Yu's creaking chair and went straight to the opposite side of the gambling table.

He sat down in the empty VIP chair with an air of nonchalance.

His long, slender legs were crossed, his black casual jacket open, revealing a well-made shirt underneath. In the dim, ambiguous lighting of the casino, his gold-rimmed glasses reflected an enigmatic, roguish charm.

"Since you're so lucky, why don't you let me win?"

Lu Jingyan slightly raised his chin and beckoned to the casino manager, who was staring in disbelief not far away.

"Bring over ten million chips."

"Put it on the Lu Group's account."

The entire room fell silent.

The gamblers who had been watching Tang Yu dominate the game suddenly gasped in astonishment.

Ten million?

He's asking for ten million right off the bat?

And he doesn't even swipe a card, he just uses facial recognition to record the bill? Where did this rich kid come from?!

The casino manager was a shrewd old fox. The moment he saw Lu Jingyan's imposing presence and heard the words "Lu Group," his legs went weak on the spot.

Everyone in the provincial capital knows that it's a behemoth that just swept through Jinghai City and is now at the height of its power in the province's business world!

"Yes! Yes! Young Master Lu, please wait a moment! It will be delivered to you right away!"

The manager, wiping away cold sweat, scrambled off to exchange for chips.

Sitting opposite Lu Jingyan, Tang Yu watched his smooth and skillful "show-off" performance. The fear in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by a greed that had been suppressed to the extreme and was now erupting.

"Ten million?"

Tang Yu licked his chapped lips, his heart pounding in his chest, his blood boiling with extreme excitement.

He was originally just a poor deliveryman who couldn't even afford rent and was constantly called a loser by his girlfriend.

Just yesterday, he was hit by a dump truck that ran a red light. He thought he was going to die, but when he woke up, he not only had a strange voice in his head, but his eyes had also changed.

He can see through clothes, he can see through walls, and of course... he can also see through the dice cups and playing cards on this gambling table!

This is the legendary superpower!

This is what they call "X-ray vision" in novels!

Tang Yu is the chosen one of this era!

"You're rich, right? A second-generation rich kid, right?"

Tang Yu sneered inwardly, his eyes once again uncontrollably gleaming with a faint blue light.

"Since you're so eager to throw money at me, then I'll grant your wish today! I'm going to beat you until you're left with nothing but your underwear! I'll show you what true 'dimensional reduction attack' really means!"

Soon, ten custom-made chips with a face value of one million were respectfully placed in front of Lu Jingyan by the manager.

"Young Master Lu, what shall we play? Shall we play dice again?" The dealer was a middle-aged man wearing a vest, whose hands were trembling as he held the dice cup.

"This is so boring."

Lu Jingyan glanced at the ordinary dice cup and said lazily, "Let's play something more skill-based. How about Texas Hold'em? Want to try?"

This is a poker game that extremely tests one's mental fortitude and luck.

Three cards, compare their values.

"Let's play! Who's afraid of who!"

Tang Yu agreed without hesitation.

joke!

With X-ray vision, all the playing cards are transparent! Mental fortitude, luck—they're all just transparent data to him!

"Deal the cards!" Tang Yu slammed his hand on the table, his manner arrogant.

The dealer wiped his sweat, opened a brand new deck of cards, shuffled it three times in the shuffling machine, and then carefully cut and dealt the cards.

Each person receives three cards, which are placed face down on the table.

The air around the gambling table suddenly became viscous.

All the gamblers held their breath, their eyes glued to the table. On one side was a wildly lucky underdog, and on the other, a wealthy and unfathomable young master. This high-stakes gamble was sure to be thrilling!

Tang Yu did not touch the cards on the table.

He didn't even move his body.

He merely narrowed his eyes slightly, the deep blue light in his pupils swirling like ripples on water.

My gaze went through the patterns on the back of the playing cards.

Ace of Hearts, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts.

Flush!

Tang Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he almost shouted out in excitement.

His first hand was a straight flush, it was like God was giving him money!

He suppressed his elation and turned his gaze to the three cards in front of Lu Jingyan across from him.

3 of diamonds, 7 of spades, 9 of clubs.

Loose cards.

The smallest kind of loose hand, without even a pair, is pure garbage.

"It's safe!"

Tang Yu roared inwardly.

He looked away, pretended to pick up the cards in front of him, lifted a corner to take a look, and then slammed them down on the table with a loud bang.

"One million!" I thought to myself.

Tang Yu immediately threw out a million-dollar chip, looking at Lu Jingyan with a provocative gaze.

"Bet without looking at your cards" is a psychological tactic used in Texas Hold'em that creates a lot of pressure.

The surrounding gamblers were in an uproar.

"Is this kid crazy? He bet a million in the very first round?"

"He's really acting strangely today. He was winning every time he played dice earlier, and now he's playing cards just as wildly?"

Lu Jingyan sat opposite, listening to the surrounding discussions, his expression unchanged.

He didn't even touch the cards in front of him.

[Ding! Abnormal activity detected in the target person's eye neurons!]

[Energy spectral analysis: Microwave radiation, which has the characteristic of penetrating physical media.]

[System Conclusion: The target is using 'X-ray vision' to cheat.]

In my mind, the system's electronic voice was cold and mechanical.

As Lu Jingyan listened to this assessment, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

X-ray vision?

So that cheap blue light I just saw was what they call X-ray vision.

With supernatural abilities, instead of making scientific contributions to the country or becoming a human X-ray machine to benefit humanity, they run to underground casinos to cheat people out of millions of chips.

The scope of this "protagonist" is pitifully small.

"You secretly called for a million?"

Lu Jingyan picked up a chip in front of him and nimbly flipped it between his fingers.

"That's against the rules."

Tang Yu was taken aback, thinking Lu Jingyan was scared, and immediately mocked, "What? Young Master Lu can't afford to play anymore? Are you just leaving ten million chips here as decoration?"

"I mean..."

Lu Jingyan flicked his long, slender fingers.

The million-dollar chip traced a graceful parabola through the air before landing steadily in the betting area in the center of the table.

"If you're going to play, play big."

"I'll bet one million, then I'll give you two million more."

Lu Jingyan rested his chin on his hands, his eyes behind his glasses deep and unfathomable as he quietly looked at Tang Yu.

"A total of three million."

"Are you going to join or not?"

hiss--!

Gasps of astonishment filled the air.

Without even looking at his cards, he called and then re-bet, throwing in three million in one go! This isn't gambling with money; it's gambling with his life!

Tang Yu's breathing became rapid instantly.

He stared intently at Lu Jingyan's calm face, and a sudden, inexplicable sense of panic rose in his heart.

This script is wrong!

He clearly saw that the opponent's hole cards were a weak hand, so why did he still dare to raise so arrogantly?

Was he trying to trick me?

Yes! They're definitely trying to trick me! These rich kids love playing mind games!

Tang Yu focused his mind again, his eyes glowing blue as he stared intently at the three cards Lu Jingyan had placed face down on the table.

3 of diamonds, 7 of spades, 9 of clubs.

Nothing changed! Absolutely nothing changed! They're still three bad cards!

"Are you trying to scam me?"

Tang Yu seemed to see through everything; the panic in his eyes was instantly replaced by arrogance. He suddenly stood up and pushed all the chips in front of him, along with the millions he had just won, onto the center of the table.

"This hand of cards I'm dealt could kill you!"

"I'm going all in!"

"Eight million six hundred thousand! Show your cards!"

Tang Yu roared hoarsely, his eyes bloodshot from extreme excitement. He could almost see the arrogant rich kid opposite him losing everything and begging for mercy on his knees.

Countless chips were piled up on the table, forming a small mountain, shimmering with a dazzling light.

All eyes were focused on Lu Jingyan.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for this mysterious Young Master Lu to reveal his trump card.

however.

Faced with Tang Yu's all-in bet and the mountain of wealth piled up...

Lu Jingyan did not reveal the nameplate.

He didn't even take his hand off his chin.

He simply sat there quietly, watching the seemingly deranged "X-ray vision protagonist" opposite him, who thought he had the world at his fingertips.

The dim, ambiguous overhead lights in the casino shone on Lu Jingyan's face.

The lenses of the gold-rimmed glasses reflected a cold and dazzling glint of light.

In the deathly silence of the entire venue.

Lu Jingyan looked at Tang Yu, and suddenly, very slowly, smiled.

That smile contained neither the loser's frustration nor the winner's ecstasy.

There's only one kind of superiority: the hunter's gaze as he watches his prey struggle desperately in the trap...

Cruelty and mockery.

Tang Yu looked at that smile.

I don't know why.

A bone-chilling cold instantly shot from the soles of my feet straight to the top of my head!