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

The wind on the top floor of the building was still howling, but Gou Dagui's heart instantly plummeted into an abyss of ice.

As Lu Jingyan hung up the highest-level private line call, the originally aloof and arrogant system voice in Gou Dagui's mind suddenly emitted a piercing electrical garbled sound.

"Beep! Warning! Domestic traditional bank settlement channels have been forcibly cut off!"

"They are attempting to circumvent regulations, preparing to generate overseas encrypted virtual currencies, and reconnect to dark web liquidity pools..."

Gou Dagui seemed to have grasped at the last straw, lying on the ground staring intently at the system black card in his hand, a frantic hope rekindling in his eyes.

"Did you hear that! My Godly Rich System is invincible! Your mortal methods can't stop it at all!"

However, before his maniacal laughter could even escape his throat, Su Xiaoxiao's extremely disdainful chuckle came through the tactical communicator that Lu Jingyan was carrying.

"Boss, this inferior chip is trying to use a backdoor in an overseas encrypted node."

Su Xiaoxiao typed on her keyboard in the command center, her tone full of disdain for such third-rate hacking skills.

"I just packaged and forwarded its underlying data packets directly to the National Anti-Fraud Center's strongest firewall."

"Now this broken system has not only been completely locked down by the anti-fraud app, but its cloud-based virtual wallet has also been wiped out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the physical virtual card in Gou Dagui's hand, which was emitting an eerie black light, suddenly made a faint "poof" sound.

Immediately afterwards, a wisp of black smoke emerged from the card.

That top-tier black card, which boasted unlimited credit and the ability to buy the entire city of Jinghai, melted into a piece of black waste that emitted a pungent plastic smell, right before Gou Dagui's incredulous gaze.

"No... my money! My Swiss bank's Hyperloop!"

Gou Dagui gripped the scalding hot piece of plastic in despair, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.

Lu Jingyan kicked away the smoking electronic waste and looked down at the clown who had been completely devoured by greed.

"Now, your unlimited pool of funds has been turned into frozen state-owned assets."

Lu Jingyan's voice was as cold as ice, without a trace of pity.

He pointed to the central square below the glass railing, a place where traffic had been completely paralyzed and the area was a mess due to a robbery.

Those once pristine hundred-yuan bills were now trampled and torn by the frenzied crowd, mixed with mud and blood, becoming a gruesome sight.

"Article 293 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China states that you caused serious disruption to public order by creating a disturbance in a public place, which constitutes the crime of provoking trouble."

"Article 43 of the People's Bank of China Law states that your intentional damage to RMB is egregious."

With each legal provision recited by Lu Jingyan, the pressure of his Absolute Rationality pressed down on Gou Dagui, making it impossible for him to even lift his head.

"Most importantly, the 100 million yuan you just used to buy up stocks by exploiting an unknown network vulnerability is a huge amount of money with an unclear source, and you are suspected of committing a major money laundering crime."

Lu Jingyan coldly concluded this farce.

"This 100 million yuan, along with all the virtual chips you've been manipulating in the stock market, will now be confiscated and turned over to the national treasury."

"Not only will you not be able to take a single penny with you, but you will also face up to ten years in prison."

Gou Dagui trembled violently. He finally realized that he hadn't provoked some mindless NPC who was just trying to advance the plot.

Rather, they are the most unyielding and inviolable defenders of the rule of law on this land.

But at this moment, legal sanctions are no longer what he fears most.

Because the countdown in his mind had finally come to an end.

"Ding! One-hour money-giving mission failed!"

"The system's ultimate punishment program has been activated and is currently executing a physical elimination of the host—"

Gou Dagui let out an extremely shrill scream, and his whole body suddenly fell backward.

He gripped his own neck tightly with both hands, his eyes rolled back, and his limbs convulsed wildly on the ground as if he had been electrocuted.

The nanomechanical chip implanted in the back of his neck was preparing to release an ultra-high voltage microcurrent to directly burn out his brainstem nerves.

"Help me! Officer, help me! I don't want to die!"

In extreme pain, Gou Dagui reached out a hand to Lu Jingyan, whom he had just been mocking, pleading for help.

Zhao Tiezhu took a step back, holding the Gatling gun, and frowned as he watched this bizarre scene.

"Boss, is this kid having an epileptic seizure? He was acting like a madman just now, and now he's trying to scam me?"

"It's not a staged accident; it's that substandard system executing a so-called erasure program."

Lu Jingyan's expression was cold, but his actions showed no hesitation.

He strode forward, grabbed Gou Dagui's violently convulsing shoulder, and a dazzling golden light burst forth from his deep black eyes.

"In my jurisdiction, even if the King of Hell came to collect someone's body, they would still have to go to the police station to fill out a registration form first."

"A piece of shady electronic waste dares to be executed in front of Chinese police?"

Without hesitation, Lu Jingyan activated the upgraded [Causality Weapon - Absolute Codex].

A surge of righteous energy flowed from Lu Jingyan's palm and forcefully rushed into Gou Dagui's nervous system.

The absolute sanctioning power of the code is like a sharp scalpel, precisely severing the connection between the nanochip and the cerebral cortex.

"Sizzle—!"

A small bump suddenly swelled up on the back of Gou Dagui's neck, followed by a faint popping sound.

The wicked chip was completely burned up, turning into a handful of harmless metallic ash.

Gou Dagui's convulsions stopped abruptly.

He was panting heavily, his entire body completely soaked in cold sweat.

Immediately afterwards, a pungent, foul smell filled the rooftop.

This "infinite tycoon" who was about to buy the police station just a second ago is now horrified to the point that he wets his pants because a large, suspicious wet patch has appeared between his legs.

Captain Liu of the Economic Crime Investigation Division covered his nose in disgust and waved his hand.

"Take him away immediately! The amount involved is so large. Get him back to the station for an emergency interrogation tonight, and make him tell me the whole story of how he was kidnapped!"

Two special police officers pounced on him like wolves, lifted the limp Gou Dagui from the ground, and dragged him unceremoniously toward the fire escape.

As this absurd farce came to an end, Lu Jingyan wearily pinched the bridge of his nose.

This is just one of hundreds of thousands of fake systems. Completely eradicating this cancer in the city will be a tough battle.

"Boss, well done! These fake rich people deserve to be taught a lesson."

Zhao Tiezhu grinned and leaned closer, just about to shower him with compliments.

At that moment, the top-secret communication line in Lu Jingyan's tactical vest pocket suddenly rang.

Lu Jingyan frowned and pressed the answer button.

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was the desperate cry for help from the director of the municipal education bureau, his voice trembling with sobs.

"Team Leader Lu! Help! The Special Investigation Team needs to send reinforcements immediately!"

"The Municipal Education Bureau?" Lu Jingyan keenly sensed the seriousness of the situation and asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Take a deep breath and tell me slowly."

"Today is the Jinghai City special session of the national unified civil service recruitment examination!"

The education bureau chief was so anxious on the phone that he was practically jumping up and down, and the background noise could even be heard from outside the exam hall.

"Less than ten minutes into the exam, our radio monitoring vehicle detected strange, unknown frequency signals in several exam rooms!"

"We used the highest-level signal jammers, and even cut off civilian base stations around the exam site, but it was completely ineffective!"

The education bureau chief's voice sounded somewhat sharp due to extreme tension.

"Someone is using a high-tech method that we completely cannot understand to see through and cheat on state-secret exam papers!"