You Told Me to Play the Villain, So Why Am I Teaching the Police to Solve Cases?

[The buildup to Episode 6 is rather long. If you don't like it, you can skip to Episode 7 in Chapter 122 without affecting your reading.]

The large-scale simulated-crime livestream show, The Merciless Net, goes viral across the internet, with celebrities from all walks of life joining the cast.

In the first episode, Ning Li plays a psychopathic killer, matching wits with the police. Three days later, the police surround and capture him.

In the second episode, Zhang Wen plays a drug manufacturer who has three escape routes. He is caught on the fourth day.

In the third episode, Wang Baobao plays a robber and hides in the mountains, living like a wild man. He is caught after seven days.

No one manages to last until the end of the show's fifteen-day run.

That is, until the fifth episode, Accidental Killing, begins.

Because of scheduling conflicts with the celebrity cast, the production team hastily recruits an ordinary man named Meng Yang.

They expect to take the heat for it and wrap things up in three days at most.

But Meng Yang is a transmigrator. Drawing on his extensive experience watching crime dramas in his previous life, he drives both the production team and the investigation team into a desperate corner.

To protect the police's honor, the production team has no choice but to cheat, planning to force the episode to an end.

Instead, they get thoroughly humiliated.

Meng Yang becomes the first person to clear the show.

Everyone thinks he just got lucky.

When Episode 6, Campus, begins, Meng Yang is brought on as a lucky mascot. Everyone assumes he'll do nothing, but he secretly kills his way through the entire episode, giving the investigation team another harsh lesson.

For Episode 7, the production team limits his options by drastically shortening the time and restricting the location, but he still manages to break through their trap.

After that, clearing the show becomes the norm for Meng Yang.

The police force promptly invites him to become a consultant. Meng Yang now plays the villain on the show while helping the police solve cold cases.