You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

Dead silence.

Inside the entire giant reservoir, apart from the roar of the water pumps, no other sounds could be heard.

The SWAT team members who rushed in forgot to put down their assault rifles.

They stared blankly at the mountain of C4 explosives, weighing a full ton, piled up around the control panel, feeling their hearts pounding in their throats.

With just a spark, with just the slightest mistake, this thing could send them all, along with half of the capital, flying into the sky!

Li Mingyu swallowed hard, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

Having been a policeman for so many years, he had seen his share of big events, but this was truly the first time he had ever witnessed such a spectacle, comparable to a terrorist attack.

"Advisor Lin...Advisor Lin..."

Li Mingyu's voice trembled as he looked at Lin Chen, who was standing in the middle of the pile of explosives, leisurely patting the dust off his hands. His eyes were filled with nothing but fear and utter worship.

He simply couldn't imagine what kind of hell the capital would be like now if Lin Chen hadn't seen through Chen Yuan's scheme and arrived here in advance!

Su Qingge also snapped out of her shock. She quickly walked to the edge of the reservoir and glanced at the man on the ground, covered in blood and convulsing like a dead dog.

"Chen Yuan?!"

Su Qingge recognized the face; it was the "Deep Web Puppet Master" who had completely outmaneuvered their Major Crimes Unit and made them lose face!

The once aloof and elegant psychology guru is now like a lump of mud, his eyes filled with fear and despair. Where is the trace of his former arrogance?

"Cuff him! Call the medical team and bomb disposal experts immediately!"

Su Qingge immediately issued the order.

Several special police officers immediately pounced on Chen Yuan like wolves, turned him over, and handcuffed him tightly.

Lin Chen slowly walked back along the steel suspension bridge.

He came up to Chen Yuan and stopped in his tracks.

The special police officers consciously made way for him, their eyes filled with awe as they looked at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen looked down at Chen Yuan from his high vantage point.

Chen Yuan was also forcibly lifted up by the special police. He barely managed to raise his head and meet Lin Chen's gaze.

Those were eyes devoid of any emotion, as if looking at a piece of trash that had lost all its value.

"Chen Yuan, don't you like treating others like puppets and controlling their destinies?"

Lin Chen's voice was soft, yet it clearly reached Chen Yuan's ears, as well as the ears of every police officer present.

"You'll spend the rest of your life in a top-level mental prison."

"There are many 'patients' you've harmed there, as well as many extremely professional doctors."

Lin Chen leaned down slightly and whispered in Chen Yuan's ear in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"I'll talk to them and ask them to take good care of you."

"From now on, you are no longer the high and mighty puppeteer; you are their most perfect puppet."

"I was injected with sedatives every day, tied to a restraint bed, and couldn't even take care of my own bodily functions."

"Your brain will gradually shrink, and your pride will be completely crushed."

"You will live a very, very long time, until you forget even your own name."

Lin Chen's words were like the whispers of a demon from the deepest hell.

Chen Yuan's pupils dilated to their maximum size in an instant!

He was a psychologist, and he knew better than anyone that the kind of life where one is deprived of all will and kept and studied like an animal is a torment ten thousand times more terrifying than death!

"No...no! Kill me! Lin Chen, kill me!!!"

Chen Yuan completely broke down!

His mental defenses collapsed at that moment, and he let out a shrill scream that was not human.

He struggled desperately, trying to smash his head against the concrete wall next to him to commit suicide, but was held down firmly by the SWAT officers.

"Hahaha! I am a god! I am a puppeteer! You are all my toys! Bang! I'll blow you all up! Blow you all up!"

Just seconds later, Chen Yuan's screams turned into maniacal laughter.

His eyes were completely unfocused, drool dripped from the corner of his mouth, and he was laughing and crying at the same time, talking nonsense.

He's crazy.

This once-arrogant psychology guru, under Lin Chen's intellectual dominance and ultimate psychological suggestion, had his brain's protective mechanisms completely collapse, turning him into a true psychopath.

Lin Chen glanced at him coldly and straightened up.

For such a depraved person who disregards human life, death is too lenient; a fate worse than death is the best punishment.

"then."

Lin Chen casually tossed the battery-less detonator to Li Mingyu, who was still in a daze beside him.

Li Mingyu frantically caught the detonator, nearly dropping it in fright.

"Advisor Lin, this...this thing..."

"I've removed the battery; the bomb is safe now."

"The rest of the bomb disposal and cleanup work is now in your hands."

Lin Chen stretched, patted Li Mingyu on the shoulder, and then turned and walked towards the exit.

"Lin Chen, where are you going?"

Su Qingge looked at his back and couldn't help but call out.

Lin Chen waved his hand without turning his head, his tone carrying a hint of laziness and helplessness.

"Where else can we go? I've been up all night, and I'm starving."

"I have to rush home for dinner; the pork rib soup my mom made is probably getting cold by now."

His departing figure stretched long in the dimly lit underground passage.

Li Mingyu, holding the detonator, stared in the direction Lin Chen had disappeared, his mouth agape, and after a long while, he managed to utter a single sentence.

"Holy crap...that's some serious showing off...but he's really cool!"

The special police officers present nodded frantically in agreement.