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

"The light of righteousness, purification."

Lu Jingyan's voice was soft, yet it sounded like an imperial edict.

What he pulled from his pocket wasn't some magical artifact, but an ordinary police badge. However, with the system's enhancement, that badge was now radiating an almost blinding golden light.

The light, like a sharp sword, instantly pierced the oppressive air in the interrogation room, directly penetrating Lin Feng's mind, which was on the verge of spiraling out of control.

"ah--!!!"

Lin Feng let out a scream, his whole body arching up like a boiled shrimp.

He felt a vast and unparalleled force surging into his brain, gradually peeling away and squeezing out the "Entertainment Tycoon System" that had been parasitizing the depths of his consciousness.

[WARNING! Unknown energy intrusion detected!]

The firewall has crashed! The core code is being rewritten!

[Attempting to restart... Restart failed... Restart failed...]

The system's cold, mechanical voice was now filled with panic and electrical noise, like the babbling of a dying man.

"Impossible...this is impossible..."

Lin Feng clutched his head, blood gushing from his nose, his eyes glazed over. "My system is a product of a higher dimension... how could you lower beings possibly..."

"Inferior?"

Lu Jingyan sneered, the police badge in his hand shining even brighter.

"Before the law, there is no distinction of rank or status. Your system is suspected of illegal publication, copyright infringement, dissemination of harmful information, and endangering public safety."

"Since it dares to operate in this world, it must accept the judgment of this world."

"Get it down!"

With Lu Jingyan's sharp shout, the police badge seemed to transform into a giant vortex.

"Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—"

Lin Feng's body trembled violently, as if something was being forcibly ripped from his body. Blood began to flow from his seven orifices, and he rapidly withered away, as if all his energy had been drained.

Above his head, the blue orb of light that was about to self-destruct was now firmly locked in place by the golden light, and no matter how much it struggled, it was to no avail.

It's like a criminal being pinned to the ground by the police.

[System...System crash...Core data lost...]

[Performing a forced shutdown procedure...]

Error code: 404...

With a final, desperate electronic tone, the once invincible "Entertainment Tycoon System," which allowed Lin Feng to command the world, completely shut down.

The blue light flickered a few times, eventually turning into a dim, lifeless gray-white sphere of light, hovering in mid-air.

"Thump."

Lin Feng rolled his eyes back, collapsed to the ground like a dead dog, and completely lost consciousness.

Without the system's support, he's just an ordinary person with a little bit of cleverness. In fact, because of his long-term reliance on the system, he's now even more useless than an ordinary person.

The interrogation room was deathly silent.

Zhao Tiezhu's eyes widened in disbelief, his mouth agape as if he could fit a light bulb inside. Su Xiaoxiao even forgot to turn off her computer, staring blankly at the gray sphere of light floating in the air.

"Captain Lu... Captain Lu..."

Su Xiaoxiao swallowed hard, pointed at the ball of light, her voice trembling, "What...what is that thing? A UFO?"

"exhibit."

Lu Jingyan put away his police badge, and the golden light emanating from his body dissipated. He took out a specially made transparent evidence bag from his pocket and skillfully "stuffed" the ball of light inside.

"Seal it up and put on the label."

He handed the bag to Zhao Tiezhu, who was still in a daze. "This is the core of that illegal system. Have the technical department study it carefully later; they might be able to dig out some good stuff from it."

Zhao Tiezhu held the bag as if it were a time bomb, his hands trembling.

"Captain Lu, this...this thing won't explode, will it?"

"Don't worry, it's already crashed."

Lu Jingyan straightened his slightly disheveled collar, glanced at the unconscious Lin Feng on the ground, and looked indifferently.

"Wake him up and continue the interrogation."

"Without the cheat code, I'd like to see how long this 'entertainment godfather' can keep up his stubbornness."

……

Half an hour later, Lin Feng was awakened by a basin of cold water.

He opened his eyes groggily, and his first reaction was to call out to the system in his mind.

"System! System, save me! Exchange for a nuclear bomb!"

However, only deathly silence answered him. The voice that had once always answered his every request had vanished completely.

An unprecedented emptiness and fear instantly overwhelmed him.

"Stop shouting."

Lu Jingyan sat opposite him, toying with the evidence bag containing the orb of light in his hand, and said in a mocking tone, "Your cheat has been banned for 'serious violation of regulations'."

Lin Feng stared intently at the bag, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

That was his system! That was everything to him!

"Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"

He tried to lunge forward like a madman, but was firmly restrained by handcuffs to the chair, only able to let out a powerless, furious roar, "That's mine! It's a perk of being a transmigrator! You have no right to take it!"

"Welfare?"

Lu Jingyan tossed the bag to Su Xiaoxiao, leaned forward, and that powerful sense of oppression once again enveloped Lin Feng.

"That's stolen goods."

"Lin Feng, you used this illegal software to plagiarize more than 300 novels, more than 500 songs, and more than 20 movie scripts in this world, illegally profiting billions."

"This is called welfare? This is called unexplained wealth, this is called copyright infringement, this is called illegal business operations!"

Lu Jingyan pulled a piece of paper from the thick file and slapped it in front of Lin Feng.

"This is your arrest warrant."

"For the rest of your life, you can spend your time in prison reminiscing about all the classics you 'transported.' But this time, no one will give you a reward; only the prison guards will give you a score."

Lin Feng stared at the red-headed document, then slumped into his chair like a deflated balloon.

Gone.

It's all gone.

His mansion, his beautiful women, his fame, his empire... all vanished the moment he lost the system.

He was no longer the aloof godfather; he was just a thief facing a long prison sentence.

"take away."

Lu Jingyan waved his hand, no longer glancing at the pitiful wretch.

As Lin Feng was taken away, the interrogation room returned to silence.

Holding the bag containing the system, Su Xiaoxiao poked it curiously: "Captain Lu, can this thing really be studied? If we can crack the database inside, won't we have countless classic works?"

"What are you thinking about?"

Lu Jingyan tapped her head. "Those are other people's things. We can't use them. Using them would be breaking the law."

"So... what should we do with this?"

Lu Jingyan pondered for a moment, his gaze falling on the grayish-white ball of light.

Although the system had crashed, he could sense that it still contained a vast flow of information and some kind of unknown energy. If it fell into the hands of someone with malicious intent, it would likely be another disaster.

"Hand it over to the state."

Lu Jingyan gave the most standard and hardcore answer.

"Let those old academics at the Academy of Sciences deal with this kind of high-tech dangerous stuff. Maybe it can even contribute to our country's quantum computer research."

"As for us..."

He pushed up his glasses, glanced at the sky outside the window that was gradually turning white, and a tired but satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

"The second volume, 'The Entertainment Industry Chronicles,' is now completely finished."

"Let's go have breakfast. It's on me, with an egg."