The Importance of the Anti-Fraud APP

After Wang Lei left the hospital and returned to the shop, Qi Lin headed back to the police station first. She had taken temporary leave after receiving Mengmeng's message. Although she was about to be transferred to the Super Soldier Company, she still wanted to finish her final shift at the station properly.

As for Wang Lei, Mengmeng forcibly made him rest. All he could do was lie in bed and continue studying Aether Encoding. In his own room, he could use it as freely as he pleased. Mengmeng would not come upstairs unless something serious happened anyway.

But things did not go as planned. Just as Wang Lei was experimenting with how to turn a sheet of paper directly into a paper airplane, Mengmeng came stomping upstairs again, "thud, thud, thud, thud."

"Boss! This is bad! There's a man in black wearing sunglasses and a red-haired delinquent girl downstairs. They say they're from Super God Academy and that they specialize in training gifted people like me. They want to talk to me privately. What should I do, Boss? They're not pyramid scheme scammers, are they? I don't dare go with them."

The moment Wang Lei heard that, he knew Jess and Rose had arrived. But judging from the way Jess had talked those Super Soldier Company recruits into joining in his memories, it was not unfair at all for someone to mistake him for a pyramid scheme scammer.

So, a minute later, Wang Lei stood behind the counter while Mengmeng hid behind him. The two of them scrutinized the man and woman across from them.

Wang Lei glanced at the credentials Jess and Rose had presented, wearing an expression that clearly said, Who are you trying to fool?

"Super God Academy? I looked it up online just now. There's no official national organization by that name. Still, your seal looks pretty convincing. Where did you get it made? Say, are pyramid schemes recruiting people this casually now? One guy dressed like he walked out of The Matrix, and one girl decked out like a biker gang member, just coming out to recruit people? And you're even trying to recruit the not-so-bright clerk from my shop. Aren't you afraid she'll eat you bankrupt? She eats three huge pork knuckles a day now. Can you afford to feed her?"

Mengmeng was embarrassed by what she heard, but she did not dare argue with Wang Lei. She could only mutter quietly to herself from the side.

"Waaah... I'm still growing. It's normal to eat more..."

Since Jess had investigated Rui Mengmeng's background, he naturally knew who Wang Lei was. He even knew Wang Lei's background inside and out. He knew that someone who had clawed his way up from nothing to where he was now would not be easy to fool. But his unit's information could not yet be disclosed to the public, so he explained, "Sorry, Mr. Wang Lei. We really are military personnel, not pyramid scheme scammers. But our unit's designation is currently classified from the public. Your clerk, Rui Mengmeng, is not ordinary. You should have noticed something yourself. She looks thin and frail, yet she possesses incredible strength."

Wang Lei sneered outright and looked at Jess with an expression of pure ignorance.

"Heh, maybe you don't understand. In the cooking business, no matter how thin someone looks, if they can toss a wok one-handed, their strength won't be weak. Knocking an ordinary person down with one punch is as easy as playing around. And tossing a wok is basic training here. It was the first skill Mengmeng learned. I'm not surprised at all that she's strong."

Jess was speechless. He was not a chef, so how could he know about all these culinary tricks? He only felt that this was far too difficult. That morning, Ge Xiaolun had stared at Rose with a lecherous look as soon as they started talking. In the end, Jess had only managed to talk him into joining by claiming he could share a dorm with Rose.

Then, that afternoon, Rui Mengmeng, who looked like she had little experience with the world and seemed adorably dumb, had directly mistaken him for a pyramid scheme recruiter. The key was that he could not prove his identity. When he showed his credentials, they simply said they could not find the department online, so they refused to acknowledge it.

More importantly, from the perspective of ordinary citizens, Wang Lei had done nothing wrong. What if criminals forged documents and made up a government department? This level of vigilance was necessary.

Actually, if there had been an Anti-Fraud APP now, Jess could at least have proven on the spot that he was not a pyramid scheme scammer. Unfortunately, there was not. Just as he was at his wits' end, Rose spoke.

"Our unit is called the Super Soldier Company. According to our records, your girlfriend Qi Lin agreed to join the unit yesterday. You can verify it with her."

Jess stared at Rose in stunned disbelief, his expression saying, Miss, why did you just reveal the name of a classified unit?

Rose rolled her eyes at Jess.

"Wang Lei can be considered a military family member. It's fine to reveal just the name. I'm sure he won't go around spreading it."

Wang Lei nodded. Since things had come to this, it was not appropriate to keep deliberately making things difficult for Jess and Rose. One phone call summoned Qi Lin back again. Of course, Wang Lei's stated reason this time was that someone was impersonating military personnel and coming to recruit soldiers. Jess and Rose's mouths both twitched when they heard that.

Still, Qi Lin knew that a unit called the Super Soldier Company did exist. She told Wang Lei to wait until she arrived.

Ten more minutes later, Qi Lin rushed into the shop in a fury. After contacting Commander Lianfeng, who had recruited her, she had confirmed that Jess and Rose were not scammers. To keep Wang Lei from losing patience and setting off the shop's emergency alarm directly, she had practically sprinted all the way there.

With Qi Lin's testimony, Rui Mengmeng finally believed Jess and Rose's identities. But another problem immediately arose. In the original story, Jess had lured Mengmeng over by telling her that the Super Soldier Company could teach her computer skills and would pay her a salary.

But Rui Mengmeng had no interest in learning computers now. Wang Lei's salary was not low at all, and she could learn a trade here too.

As for saving the world, Rui Mengmeng was not some edgy teenager. Her early experiences had long since turned her into a realist, so no matter what they said, she refused to leave Wang Lei's side.

In the end, Jess could only look helplessly at Qi Lin. But Qi Lin turned her head aside, making it clear that she would not get involved. She had known Rui Mengmeng for quite some time and had never noticed any special abilities in her. Besides, she knew their future enemies were aliens. In Rui Mengmeng's current state, no matter how she looked at it, she was not suited for an interstellar battlefield.

After thinking it over, Wang Lei felt it would be better to let Rui Mengmeng join the Super Soldier Company. After all, he had no way to help her develop her genes. Besides, the people who came here in the future would probably not be good people. If Morgana came by someday, saw Rui Mengmeng's unpolished potential, and directly abducted her, that would be awkward. So he said, "Since you two aren't scammers and really are soldiers, I have a few questions. You can choose whether or not to answer. Based on your answers, I'll decide whether to persuade Mengmeng to go with you."

The moment Jess heard this, he nodded frantically for Wang Lei to ask. If this went on any longer, the recruitment would fall through. This was an assignment given by his commander. If he failed, the commander would have to come personally, and that would damage his reputation.

"Are the Super Soldier Company's future enemies extremely dangerous?"

"Yes. Our enemies are terrifying, beyond anything ordinary people can imagine."

"If those enemies aren't dealt with, will the world be destroyed?"

"Mm... It's very possible..."

Wang Lei stopped asking after those two questions. Rui Mengmeng was not actually stupid. She understood that when the nest was overturned, no egg could remain intact.

So when Wang Lei subsequently told her to join the Super Soldier Company and defend the country, she could no longer refuse. She only cried as she thanked Wang Lei for taking care of her all these years. She truly saw Wang Lei as her own older brother.