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

The night wind, carrying the smell of gunpowder and dust, blew against the dilapidated walls of the detention center.

Lu Jingyan stood amidst the chaos, the sounds of his colleagues controlling the scene and cleaning up the mess filling his ears, but all his attention was focused on the system notifications that kept refreshing his mind.

System version 2.0 upgrade complete...

[Unlocking a brand new active skill for you...]

coming.

Lu Jingyan's heart stirred. Since binding with this "Light of the Righteous Path" system, he had only gained passive skills, such as "Absolute Rationality" and "Business Crime Insight." Although powerful, he always felt that something was missing... simple and straightforward joy.

He needs a more direct and efficient interrogation method to deal with those "protagonists" who are as stubborn as city walls.

【Ding! 】

A crisp notification sound seemed to herald the arrival of a new era.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully unlocked the active skill "Truth Mantra Overpowering Technique"!]

"..."

Upon hearing this name, even with Lu Jingyan's composure, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Truth... Big Penis?

Isn't this name a little too... down-to-earth?

He suppressed the urge to complain and continued reading the skill description.

【Skill Name: True Word Overload (Active Skill)】

[Skill Effect: This skill can be activated when facing an interrogation subject who refuses to confess, lies, or is agitated. Making physical contact with the target's face (commonly known as "slapping") will trigger the following effect:]

[1. Forced Calming: Instantly clears all excited emotions from the target's brain, bringing them into a state of absolute calm.]

[2. Forced Truth: For the next 60 seconds, the target will be unable to lie; their thoughts and language will be forcibly synchronized, answering only what is asked, commonly known as an "enhanced version of drunken truth-telling."]

[Skill Note: This skill is intended to assist in interrogation. It is intended to be subtle and not extremely harmful, but highly humiliating. Please use it with caution to avoid causing unnecessary psychological trauma.]

Lu Jingyan read the skill description carefully three times.

Then, he couldn't help but chuckle softly.

This isn't some kind of "truth-telling magic pocket," it's practically a walking lie detector, and the kind with physical purification effects at that!

It is not very harmful and extremely insulting.

This sentence was practically tailor-made for him.

He could already imagine the ridiculous scene of those arrogant CEOs, dragon kings, and war gods being slapped so hard by his big butt that they questioned their existence and then cried out and confessed to their childhood bedwetting.

This skill is just what I'm looking for.

"Captain Lu, those five masked men have confessed."

Zhao Tiezhu walked over carrying a masked man whose face was bruised and swollen, and threw him on the ground like trash. "They are members of a mercenary organization called 'Heavenly Punishment' from overseas. They are under the orders of a man named Chu Tianjiao to cooperate with Shen Youchu in breaking him out of prison. Their goal is to rescue Gu Yanchen."

"Chu Tianjiao?"

Lu Jingyan repeated the name. Fragments of the plot about the "Guardian God of War" flashed through his mind. Another troublesome "protagonist".

"Where are their weapons?" Lu Jingyan asked.

"They were all smuggled in, and they're pretty tough." Zhao Tiezhu grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth. "But compared to our Type 95 rifles, they're just a bunch of firewood. Now we've caught them red-handed; none of them will get away."

"Well done."

Lu Jingyan nodded and was about to give the order to retreat.

Just then, a middle-aged man in a prison guard uniform scrambled out of the cell block, his face filled with terror and panic, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

"Captain Lu... Captain Lu! Something terrible has happened!"

The prison guard ran up to Lu Jingyan, breathless from running so fast, "Something...something terrible has happened!"

Lu Jingyan frowned, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

"Take your time, what is it?"

"Gu Yanchen... Gu Yanchen is missing!"

The prison guard's voice trembled with tears, "When things got chaotic outside, the commotion spread throughout the cell block. When we went to take a headcount, we discovered that cell 302... was empty!"

What?!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tiezhu's expression changed, and he grabbed the prison guard by the collar: "What did you say? A grown person can just disappear into thin air, can't they? Where are the security cameras?"

"The surveillance footage... the surveillance cameras were deliberately tampered with during that time, showing only static..." The prison guard was almost in tears. "And... and the lock on room 302 was intact, with no signs of forced entry!"

The door lock was intact, the surveillance cameras were malfunctioning, and a perfectly healthy person simply vanished from the heavily guarded detention center.

This sounds like a paranormal event.

Su Xiaoxiao also ran over with her laptop, her face pale: "Captain Lu, I checked, the detention center's internal network firewall was breached from the outside. The attacker was a top-tier hacker who erased all traces!"

Lu Jingyan's face instantly darkened.

He rushed into the detention center and headed straight for cell 302.

Everything here remains exactly as it was, the blankets are folded neatly, and even the toothbrushes are placed with utmost care.

If it weren't for that empty bed, no one would have guessed that a horrific prison break had just taken place here.

Lu Jingyan put on gloves and began to carefully examine the confined space.

His gaze swept across every corner like a hawk's, leaving no stone unturned.

Finally, he found a very inconspicuous... hair on the iron railing of the bed.

It was a long hair dyed flaxen.

Gu Yanchen has short hair.

Lu Jingyan carefully put the hair away in the evidence bag, his eyes becoming incredibly deep.

It seems this is neither a paranormal event nor a simple prison break.

Instead, someone colluded with him from the inside, using a method he couldn't yet understand, to "transport" Gu Yanchen out of here.

[Ding! Unknown "protagonist halo" energy residue detected!]

[System is analyzing... Analysis failed! Target capability exceeds the current database range!]

The system alarm in his mind confirmed his suspicions.

"interesting."

Lu Jingyan stood up, a cold smile curving his lips.

He had initially thought that the "protagonists" of this world were just ignorant people with brute force or money. Now it seems that things are far more complicated than he imagined.

It's astonishing that there are opponents who know how to use high technology and unknown capabilities to play the "disappearance in a locked room" game.

"Captain Lu, what do we do now?" Zhao Tiezhu followed him in, looked at the empty cell, and slammed his fist on the wall. "Damn it, the cooked duck just flew away!"

"It can't fly."

Looking at the dark night sky outside the window, Lu Jingyan's eyes showed no panic, but rather an unprecedented fighting spirit.

He can run for a while, but he can't run forever.

He turned his head and looked at the prison guards with faces full of self-reproach and the team members with solemn expressions. His voice was not loud, but it was full of reassuring power.

"Issue the order: martial law will be imposed throughout the city."

Lu Jingyan's gaze swept over everyone. "Tell the brothers, the game has leveled up. Our opponents might be much more interesting than we imagined..."