14: Chapter 14 The Chosen One Wants a Suicide Scheme? We'll Put You Back to Factory Settings

Confiscate?

Qin Yan was completely stunned; his brain crashed for a full three seconds.

His Golden Eyes, which he relied on for survival, his only capital for Heaven-Defying fate-changing, his ultimate weapon to retaliate against everyone who looked down on him—they were to be "confiscated"?

What would he have left then?

A piece of trash at the bottom of society who relied on welfare, was drowning in debt, and faced multiple charges including peeping, fraud, trafficking in cultural relics, and unexplained huge assets?

No!

He did not want to turn back into that poor wretch rolling in the mud!

"No!!!"

A shrill scream erupted from Qin Yan's throat. His eyes instantly became bloodshot, and he struggled wildly in the interrogation chair, causing his handcuffs and shackles to clatter loudly.

"You can't do this! This is my ability! It was given to me by the Heavens! By what right do you take it away!"

His sanity snapped under the desperate fear of the future.

"Since you won't give me a way to live! Then let's die together!"

Qin Yan's red eyes stared fixedly, from a distance, at the black metal box on the table containing the "dragon fetus imperial seal".

Since reasoning was useless, then he would flip the table!

He wanted to detonate the massive Dragon Qi contained within that imperial seal!

This was the first underground level; once it exploded, the entire Bureau of Anomalous Affairs would have to be buried with him!

"Explode for me!"

Qin Yan roared madly in his heart, squeezing out the very last trace of mysterious Qi in his body and pouring it all into his eyes.

His pupils were no longer golden, but had turned into an eerie crimson, as if magma were churning within them.

Inside the interrogation room, the air began to thicken. The shadowless lamp on the ceiling flickered wildly, emitting a "zizz" sound of electricity, as if it could go out at any moment.

A layer of fine white frost actually began to appear on the surface of the special radiation-proof sealed box, and the box itself emitted a groan of unbearable strain.

"Playing with self-detonation on my turf?"

Gu Changan shook his head, his face devoid of even the slightest extra expression.

He just quietly watched Qin Yan court death, and in his mind, the cold System notification arrived right on cue.

[Detected that the target is attempting to detonate a high-energy Spiritual Qi source, endangering public safety, and has clear intent to assault the police.]

[According to Article 7 of the Emergency Plan of the "Anomalous Affairs Handling Regulations", law enforcement personnel are permitted to take all necessary means to immediately terminate their dangerous behavior.]

[Law enforcement action judgment: Reasonable, compliant.]

Having received permission, Gu Changan moved.

"Hum—" An invisible wave centered on Gu Changan instantly spread throughout the entire interrogation room.

[Law Enforcement Domain] activated!

The originally violent and restless Spiritual Qi fluctuations, the moment the Domain expanded, were like being doused with a basin of liquid nitrogen, suddenly solidifying.

The flickering lights stabilized, the humming box went quiet, and even the air returned to normal.

Qin Yan only felt that his power had rushed into a patch of cement, instantly being absorbed completely, unable to stir even a fraction more.

He looked up in horror, not yet having time to see what had happened.

A dark shadow appeared behind him like a ghost.

Gu Changan had stood behind him at some unknown point, and in his hand was a pitch-black baton that gleamed with a cold metallic light.

That was the System's special equipment—[Riot Control Baton (Enchanted Version)], with a micro-rune array engraved inside specifically to block energy flow.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Changan flicked his wrist.

The black baton drew a sharp afterimage, accompanied by a shrill whistle that tore through the air, and struck Qin Yan precisely on the back of his head.

"Pop!" A dull sound that was crisp to the extreme.

Qin Yan had prepared a belly full of crazy plans, but in the face of this one stick, they all turned into a blank.

He only felt an indescribable, intense pain coming from the back of his head. That force seemed to carry high-voltage electricity, instantly piercing through his skull and precisely severing all energy connections between his optic nerves and his brain.

"Uh..." Qin Yan's mouth opened, but he couldn't make any sound.

His Golden Eyes, which he was so proud of, that glimmer of brilliant golden light, flickered one last time before his eyes, and then, like a filament with its power cut off, with a "poof" sound, it went out completely.

The world instantly became blurred and unclear.

He slid down from the interrogation chair like a puddle of mud, collapsed on the ground, his hands instinctively covering the back of his head, his mouth emitting a wheezing, gasping sound.

After the intense pain came a deeper fear.

He discovered that his vision had become even worse than that of someone with a thousand-degree nearsightedness; everything before his eyes was just blurry patches of color.

His Golden Eyes were ruined!

Before he could recover from this fear, another cold and ruthless voice rang out in his mind.

[Ding! Successfully sanctioned the Son of Luck, Qin Yan; his Dao Heart has completely collapsed.]

[Detected that his core ability 'Golden Eyes' involves multiple illegal acts, including serious infringement of others' privacy rights, illegal profiteering, and undermining the principles of fair competition.]

[Currently forcibly stripping this ability... Stripping in progress...]

"Ahhhh—!" Qin Yan slammed his hands over his eyes, letting out a howl a hundred times more miserable than before.

An indescribable, intense pain came from deep within his eyeballs, as if two invisible hands were forcibly trying to yank his eyeballs out of their sockets!

He felt it; something was being extracted from his body.

That was the Foundation of his life, his only hope!

"No! Don't! Give my eyes back to me!"

"I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please! Don't take my eyes away!"

Qin Yan rolled on the ground in agony, his face covered in snot and tears mixed with blood oozing from the corners of his eyes, looking as pathetic as a maggot.

"I am the protagonist! I am the Chosen One! You can't treat me like this!"

Gu Changan walked up to him, looking down condescendingly at this once arrogant "King of Picking Up Leaks".

His gaze was as cold as if he were looking at an inanimate object.

"Your eyes have long been blinded by your own desires; you cannot see the law, nor can you see morality."

"Keeping it is a curse for you and a hidden danger for society."

Gu Changan's voice was like a scalpel, precisely cutting through Qin Yan's last fantasies.

"Stripping you of your ability is the greatest mercy to you, and it is also a duty owed to this society."

As soon as he finished speaking, the System notification rang out again.

[Stripping successful!]

The intense pain in Qin Yan's eyeballs stopped abruptly.

He tremblingly lowered his hands; the world remained a blur.

But that special feeling of being connected to his Bloodline, as if it were a part of his body, had completely disappeared.

He had turned back into an ordinary person. An ordinary person who was half-blind.

"No... No..." He stared blankly at the ceiling, nothing left in his mouth but desperate muttering.

"Click." The interrogation room door was opened.

Two fully armed Special Police walked in, expressionlessly grabbed Qin Yan's arms from left and right, and dragged this completely broken piece of trash out like a dead dog.

In the corridor, all that remained was his wailing, which gradually faded into the distance as it was swallowed by the heavy soundproof door.