168: Chapter 168 Charm Points Drop to Zero Before the Law

The heavy Sanskrit chanting of the Great Compassion Mantra and the sound of the Wooden Fish exploded in Zhao Yingnan's invisible earpiece.

It felt like a basin of ice water being poured over her head in the middle of winter. Zhao Yingnan's fingers, which were reaching for the bank card in her Hermès bag, suddenly froze in mid-air. Her eyes, which had been unfocused and hazy due to pheromone stimulation, regained absolute clarity within a tenth of a second.

The alertness belonging to a provincial Sanda champion and the Lady Overlord of the Criminal Police instantly returned to her body.

At this moment, Hua Wuque had no idea what had happened. His face, which rivaled that of a top-tier male star, still wore a deeply affectionate and perfect smile. He even pursed his lips slightly, preparing to use the next System skill to complete the final brainwashing.

Looking at the face before her, Zhao Yingnan felt a strong, inexplicable surge of physiological nausea. This wasn't the heart-fluttering feeling of love; it was pure chemical toxin poisoning.

Without any hesitation, Zhao Yingnan flipped her hand and grabbed Hua Wuque's slender wrist, which was resting on the back of her hand.

Hua Wuque was stunned for a moment and was about to speak. Zhao Yingnan suddenly stood up, exerting force from her waist and shoulders simultaneously, and executed an extremely ruthless military-police shoulder throw.

Hua Wuque didn't even have time to cry out. He was swung into the air like a tattered sack and then slammed heavily onto the expensive Persian carpet.

The dull thud caused all the other female customers in the shop to look over.

Before Hua Wuque could get up, Zhao Yingnan's limited-edition high heels, worth twenty thousand yuan, stepped hard into the hollow of his knee. At the same time, her hands, like iron pincers, twisted Hua Wuque's right arm firmly behind his back. A tooth-aching crack came from his shoulder joint.

"Ah—! My hand!"

Hua Wuque let out a scream like a slaughtered pig. He struggled desperately, but the foot stepping on his leg was as immovable as a hydraulic press.

The System alarm in his mind was frantically scrolling.

[Warning! Target has exited the charmed state!]

[Warning! Hormonal interference was forcibly interrupted by an unknown high-frequency audio!]

[Warning! Host is suffering physical damage, please counterattack immediately!]

Just then, the expensive bulletproof glass door of the "Perfect Boyfriend" Experience Store was violently kicked open from the outside by a foot wearing tactical boots.

The entire door, frame and all, collapsed with a crash, kicking up a cloud of dust as it hit the carpet.

Gu Changan walked in, clutching a newly bought cigarette and stepping over the shattered glass. Behind him followed fully armed Special Police officers holding riot shields.

Gu Changan walked up to Hua Wuque, who was pinned to the ground. He looked down at the other man's face, which was distorted with pain.

"Boss Hua, business is booming," Gu Changan said flatly. "Did you report the use of this biochemical weapon, with a pheromone concentration three hundred times over the limit, to the Municipal Health Bureau and the CDC before using it?"

Hua Wuque struggled to lift his head. He saw a man walking in, carrying a powerful sense of oppression that came from having experienced life and death countless times.

He immediately realized he had run into a tough nut today. This woman named Zhao Yingnan wasn't some rich lady at all; this was a trap.

If he couldn't charm the woman, he'd use it on the man. As long as it was a human, the System could forcibly interfere with the central nervous System.

Enduring the intense pain, Hua Wuque roared frantically in his mind: "System! At any cost! Activate SSS-level hidden skill: Deep Brotherly Affection! Target lock on the man smoking in front of me! I want him to become my loyal and devoted 'big brother'!"

This was Hua Wuque's trump card for saving his life. Once this move took effect, the victim would trust him unconditionally and even be willing to take a bullet for him.

An invisible brainwave that only the System could detect instantly surged toward Gu Changan's brain.

Gu Changan had kept his Eye of Data Insight active. He clearly saw a green data bar pop up out of thin air above his head the moment that wave touched his body.

[Favorability +100].

With the appearance of this data bar, Gu Changan felt as if a clump of sour pink cotton candy had been forcibly stuffed into his brain.

An extremely absurd urge to immediately squat down and help Hua Wuque up, and even to perform a blood brotherhood ceremony with him, was forcibly interfering with his subjective will.

Gu Changan's stomach churned. He was disgusted by this low-handed method of forcibly modifying cognition.

He sneered and flicked the ash from his cigarette.

"Sorry, I'm not interested in men," Gu Changan said, looking down at Hua Wuque. "Besides, I'm an only child. I don't need a 'big brother' who goes into heat everywhere."

Gu Changan didn't waste any words. He directly issued a command in his mind.

[All Beings Equal Domain, activate].

A layer of transparent energy ripples centered on Gu Changan instantly swept through the entire "Perfect Boyfriend" Experience Store. These ripples penetrated walls, passed through human bodies, and completely cut off all abnormal energy fluctuations.

Within this absolute Law Enforcement Domain, all transcendent powers and System cheats were forcibly reset to zero.

The System in Hua Wuque's mind emitted an extremely sharp sound of garbled code, like a computer host having its power plug pulled, instantly going black and crashing. All skill panels turned gray.

The pheromones frantically secreting from his body stopped instantly. The dizzying perfume scent in the store was also quickly sucked away by the ventilation System.

But that wasn't the most fatal part.

Without the support of the System's level-ten beauty filter and temporary facial bone reshaping, Hua Wuque's originally flawless face began to collapse rapidly like a low-quality wax figure melting in the sun.

His high, straight bridge of the nose collapsed, turning into a bulbous nose. His deep, charming almond eyes quickly shrank, becoming triangular eyes glinting with a shrewd light. His broad jawline also shriveled into a clump.

The skin on his face, which had been as smooth as a peeled egg, instantly became dull and coarse. His pores grew large, and several inflamed acne spots even popped up on his forehead. Even his height of 1.85 meters dropped by a full ten centimeters due to the contraction of his bones.

This was no national heartthrob. This was simply an ordinary-looking man who looked wretched, likely from staying up late and being in a state of mental exhaustion.

The socialites and wealthy women waiting in line to pay were originally angry at the sudden police intrusion. They watched with their own eyes as the "god" in their hearts turned into an ugly freak worse than a passerby in less than five seconds.

The air was deathly silent for three seconds.

Then, the wealthy older woman who had just been clamoring at the counter to swipe a hundred thousand yuan for red wine for Hua Wuque pointed at him on the ground and let out a hysterical scream.

"Ah—! A ghost!"

The wealthy woman looked at the signed credit card slip in her hand, then at the wretched ordinary man on the ground. The massive sense of disparity and the anger of being deceived rushed to her head. She trembled with rage, nearly suffering a brain hemorrhage and fainting on the spot.

"My money! I just swiped a hundred thousand yuan for him! Refund my money!"

"You ugly freak! Give me back my heartthrob! Where did you hide Hua Wuque?!"

"Scammer! You damn scammer!"

The dozens of women at the scene went completely mad. Designer bags and limited-edition high heels rained down like raindrops on Hua Wuque. Several emotional young girls even broke through the police line, lunging forward to scratch and claw at Hua Wuque's face.

When women discover they've been cheated of their feelings and money by a scumbag, the combat power they explode with is extremely terrifying.

If several fully armed Special Police officers hadn't forcibly separated the crowd with shields, Hua Wuque would definitely have been trampled to death on the carpet by these angry women today.

Standing behind the shields, Gu Changan pulled out his ID and waved it in front of Hua Wuque's scratched face.

"Suspected of large-scale contract fraud, using prohibited chemicals to control others' minds, and illegal business operations."

Gu Changan coldly recited the charges.

With a head full of bumps, Hua Wuque was forcibly hoisted from the ground by two Special Police officers. His hands were locked tight in cold silver handcuffs. Looking at his ugly, true face in the glass reflection, he completely broke down.

"You can't arrest me! I didn't lie!" Hua Wuque shouted. "I make a living with my face! What I brought them was emotional value and top-tier romance! They spent the money voluntarily! This is my talent!"

Hearing this, Gu Changan couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh.

"Your talent is getting rich using holographic beauty cameras and chemical hallucinogens?"

Gu ChanganI straightened my collar. "Since you love providing emotional value so much, go to the Northwest Third Maximum Security Prison. I hear the murderers and robbers there are quite lacking in romance. They'll really like a talented cellmate like you."

"You can go perform your 'living off your face' routine for them. Looking at your build, your speed at the sewing machine should break records."

While Hua Wuque was wailing in despair, Chen Xiaobei and several officers from the Technical Division used hydraulic shears to force open the safe behind the boss's desk.

Chen Xiaobei's face was ashen. He walked over quickly, holding a thick stack of documents and three large-capacity hard drives.

"Director Gu, this guy is a real piece of work. He deserves to die."

Chen Xiaobei put the hard drives into an evidence bag and said through gritted teeth, "There's no cash in the safe. These three hard drives are filled with private photos and videos of the women this bastard scammed."

"Besides the photos, there are dozens of huge IOUs and threatening letters forced upon the victims."

Chen Xiaobei pointed to the documents with red thumbprints. "This isn't a simple 'pig-butchering' scam. This is organized crime involving mental control and extortion. Whenever a victim woke up and tried to get away, he would use these photos to threaten their families and careers, forcing them to pay hush money."

"The famous female entrepreneur in Donghai City, Zhang Man, was filmed by him and forced to embezzle eight million in public funds."

Gu Changan's gaze turned completely into Siberian ice.

He had originally thought this was just a gigolo using cheats to scam women's money. Now it seemed he was a beast who sucked people's marrow. Once these private photos leaked out, there was no telling how many innocent people would be driven to their deaths.

"Take him away. Interrogate him through the night," Gu Changan turned and strode out. "Seal this place. Bring all electronic equipment back to the bureau and physically destroy the data on the hard drives."

Hua Wuque was forcibly dragged out of the shop by the Special Police. As he passed the victims, he was hit by several loud spits.