Reporting Them in Return, the Golden Dragon Shows Its Divine Might

Void trembled, and Rules wailed.

[Salted Fish System]'s light orb flashed frantically, garbled text cascading across its surface like a waterfall. Piercing alarms mixed with cries of syntax errors, making it look like a virus-infected radio filled with panic at the end of the world.

[Error! Error! Rule conflict! Unable to parse this complaint protocol stack!]

[Warning! High-dimensional Order laws intervention detected! Source: unknown Low-Magic Plane (ID: ???_Blue_Star_CN)!!!]

[Impossible! How could a mere Low-Magic Plane penetrate the Chaos barrier?! This violates the law of conservation of energy!!!]

The system was babbling incoherently. Its logic core seemed on the verge of collapse from this "illegal operation," which completely exceeded its database's comprehension.

It tried to sever its connection to Su Miao's soul, conceal its coordinates, and flee this void that had suddenly become extremely dangerous.

However, it was too late.

The very next moment after Su Miao's soul complaint signal, carrying the obsession of "", was sent out—

An indescribable, solemn, majestic force, as though originating from the source of civilization itself, suddenly pierced through endless space and dimensional barriers before descending here!

There was no sound, yet it seemed as though the shared thoughts of hundreds of millions were whispering;

There was no light, yet an unquestionable, golden "reason" illuminated the void;

There was no form, yet it condensed into a supreme majesty that made souls instinctively tremble in awe!

Su Miao's Dead Fish Eyes soul widened as she watched the void above the chaotically flickering system orb ripple like water.

Then, an enormous, majestic, indistinct dragon head slowly emerged from it!

That dragon head was not made of flesh and blood. It was formed from countless strange Runes flowing and flashing with Golden Light, along with the power of faith!

Looking closely, those Runes vaguely took on the outlines of words such as "justice," "civilization," "prosperity and democracy," "equality," and "harmony"!

At the dragon head's brow, she could even vaguely see an incomparably familiar phantom emblem formed of five stars and light, radiating vast righteous energy like the Dinghai Divine Needle!

Th-this... what was this?!

Su Miao's soul was shocked beyond measure.

This image, this aura, was both unfamiliar and deeply familiar to her bones!

This was clearly the most primal totem in her subconscious for "nation," "Order," and "justice," mixed with the traditional symbolism of the Dragon and the spirit of modern jurisprudence, then manifested through some unimaginable cross-plane mechanism... the National Fortune Golden Dragon?!

Although its form was still somewhat blurry, as though crossing worlds had consumed tremendous power, the will of "Order" and "protection" it contained was as solid as substance and as heavy as mountains!

The National Fortune Golden Dragon's cold "gaze," entirely composed of Rules and faith, instantly locked onto the human-trafficking system below...

Or rather, the [Salted Fish System], whose illegal garbled light was flashing so wildly it practically resembled a nightclub disco ball.

[Roar—!!!]

A soundless roar that did not travel through air but resounded directly at the level of the soul came crashing down, carrying the stern will that law enforcement was as unshakable as a mountain!

The system orb, whose garbled text had been spiraling wildly just moments ago, was struck by the dragon's might containing Order laws. Like a duck with its throat seized, all alarms and garbled text stopped abruptly!

Its light froze, turning utterly pale, as though it had lost every trace of color.

Its entire sphere began to tremble violently. It was the instinctive fear of a lowly criminal facing the highest law enforcement authority.

"W-wait!!"

The system's mechanical voice became shrill and distorted, filled with disbelief and desperate struggle.

"There's been a mistake! There must be some mistake! Respected... uh... embodiment of Rules! Th-this is, at most, a civil contract dispute! It doesn't fall under your criminal law, does it?! We... we negotiated voluntarily! Yes, voluntarily!"

It tried to disguise itself as a legitimate, equal contract provider.

However, the National Fortune Golden Dragon was completely unmoved. Its rule-filled eyes swept coldly over the phantom of the Soul Contract, which had yet to fully dissipate and was filled with hidden clauses.

In an instant, those scam-ridden clauses on the contract—

—final interpretation rights, body and soul destroyed, high-interest Merit loans, eternal damnation with no chance of rebirth...

Like cockroaches caught in a spotlight, they had nowhere to hide. Under the Golden Light, they gave off sizzling sounds as they were "purified."

The Golden Dragon's "gaze" returned to the system orb, and the meaning contained within it was perfectly clear:

Fraud, coercion, unfair contract terms, illegal detention, endangering soul safety... multiple crimes punished together!

"No! It's not like that!"

The system orb was so frightened that it began babbling incoherently. Its light shook wildly as it tried to argue.

"What we provide is an opportunity! A blessing! She herself wanted to slack off! She signed voluntarily! At most... at most, it counts as contract fraud? Yes! Contract fraud should go to arbitration! It shouldn't trouble a great existence like you personally..."

Its words were cut off again.

The National Fortune Golden Dragon seemed too lazy to listen to any more nonsense from this Black-Hearted System.

It slowly raised a dragon claw made entirely from Golden chains of Laws.

Within that dragon claw seemed to be boundless power. It clenched remotely toward the system orb!

Buzz!

Countless fine Golden chains of Laws, as dense as spiderwebs and flashing words like "integrity" and "justice," instantly emerged from the void. As though alive, they precisely coiled around the [Salted Fish System] orb and bound it tightly!

"Aaaahhh—!"

The system let out a shrill scream that sounded nothing like a machine, as though these chains of Laws were red-hot branding irons scorching its very essence.

"Let me go! I'm a registered... uh... legally operating system unregistered with the Primordial Heavenly Dao! This is cross-border law enforcement! The procedure is illegal! I protest! I appeal!"

Its struggles were useless.

The chains of Laws tightened further and further, completely suppressing the white light on its body and revealing the chaotic, dark core code flashing within.

The Rule Power flowing through the chains was forcibly analyzing its composition, tracing its origins, and judging its crimes.

The scene before her was absurdly incongruous, yet immensely satisfying in its comedic effect.

One side was Blue Star's incarnation of national fortune, representing the rights of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds' low-level workers... uh, souls. The other was a Black-Hearted Prehistoric World intermediary system that scammed and deceived.

One side stood in solemn Order, while the other howled like a ghost.

It looked exactly like a police officer from 110 raiding a telecom fraud den, while the mastermind behind the scammers still stubbornly resisted with twisted logic.

Su Miao's Dead Fish Eyes soul formed an O as she stared blankly at this unimaginable development.

She had only... only tried filing a complaint!

Wasn't this effect a little too immediate?!

Not only had it been accepted, they had directly dispatched police... no, dispatched a Dragon?!

This cross-plane response speed was way too fast!

It worked even better than calling on Blue Star!

Had Motherland's power already grown strong enough to reach across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, specifically punishing shady intermediaries who bullied her own children?!

Why did the feeling of having someone backing her up feel so damn good?!

Just as she stood there dumbfounded, the system orb, bound like a rice dumpling by Golden chains of Laws and completely dimmed, seemed to finally realize the severity of the situation.

It stopped arguing and began pleading in a wailing voice:

"Stop! Stop right now! My code is about to collapse! Sir! Lord Rules! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"

"I'm just a salesperson! The Mastermind is the Demon Ancestor... uh... some existence in Chaos! I'm just an employee! The performance pressure is huge too!"

"Let me go! I can compensate you! I can give this host the best treatment! SSR-grade roots! An Innate Supreme Treasure recognizing her as its master! Direct admission to Grand Unity Golden Immortal! How about it?!"

"Please! For the sake of this being my first offense... uh, maybe it isn't my first offense, give me another chance! I'll cancel my business license immediately! I'll get out of this plane immediately! I'll never come back!"

Its pleas were miserable and humble, forming an incomparably ironic contrast with its earlier bewitching expression as a "success guru."

Su Miao looked at that lump of garbled light tightly bound by Golden chains, constantly begging for mercy, then at the majestic, resplendent phantom of the National Fortune Golden Dragon, unmoving as a mountain.

An indescribable sense of reassurance and vindication rose within her.

She, Su Miao, a fresh graduate who had just died from overwork, seemed to have... accidentally summoned an incredible backer?

Within the void, the Golden chains hummed while the system's wails continued without end.