Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

The cold wind in Stockholm, Sweden, was still howling outside the concert hall.

However, in the world's network data centers, a silent digital storm is sweeping across the globe.

Only one day had passed since Lu Jingyan pulled out that silver USB drive on the Nobel Prize stage.

The download volume of the global version of the National Anti-Fraud Center APP is like a rocket powered by nuclear energy, soaring all the way forward.

Zhao Tiezhu, clutching a bucket of popcorn bigger than his face, slumped on the leather sofa, staring at the holographic projection screen on the wall.

The green numbers on the screen are jumping wildly at a rate of tens of millions per second.

"Seventy-nine billion...eight billion! We've broken eight billion!"

Zhao Tiezhu slapped his thigh hard, causing the popcorn in the bucket to scatter all over the floor.

"Chief, these foreigners are really good at listening to advice. Last night they were all so scared they turned pale, but today they all obediently installed the software."

Bruce stood by the window, a cup of black coffee in his hand, his eyes, hidden behind tactical goggles, revealing a serious expression.

"This is not about heeding advice; it is about having a reasonable reverence for the absolute power of the rule of law."

The Dark Knight took a sip of bitter coffee and provided a precise criminological profile.

"Based on Gotham City's experience, as long as the loopholes in human nature can be filled by coercive means, the crime rate will naturally plummet."

Su Xiaoxiao sat in front of the tactical control console surrounded by multiple screens, her hands flying across the keyboard.

The girl's face was full of excitement after staying up all night, and she was preparing to generate a battle report on her victory in downloading the app and reaching the top.

However, at that very moment...

Lu Jingyan's pale blue "absolute rationality" vision suddenly opened up deep within his eyes without warning.

What was originally just a tiny data fluctuation that occurred within a second was stretched out infinitely in his vision.

At 0.1 seconds, the green numbers on the holographic screen did not slow down or stop as expected after breaking through the 8 billion mark.

The number "8", representing billions, blurred into a green afterimage in an instant under the frantic deduction of the underlying code.

In 0.3 seconds, the number skipped nine and soared to a dazzling "10".

Su Xiaoxiao's slender fingers, which were pressing the Enter key, froze in mid-air.

At 0.5 seconds, the tactical server host, representing the world's highest computing power, emitted a roar similar to the roar of a supercar engine.

The rear fan of the case instantly sped up to full speed, spewing out a scorching wave of exhaust.

That's the physical reaction of computing power being squeezed to its limit in an instant.

In 0.8 seconds, the numbers on the big screen surged forward, finally freezing at a chilling astronomical figure.

12,000,000,000!

12 billion!

It ended in one second.

A soft "click" sounded.

The plastic lollipop stick that Su Xiaoxiao was using to keep herself awake fell straight onto the metal keyboard.

The girl suddenly jumped up from her gaming chair, her beautiful eyes wide open, and her voice cracked from unprecedented shock.

"Boss! Something's happened!"

Su Xiaoxiao pointed at the screen, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.

"Downloads have jumped to 12 billion! This data is definitely not right!"

Zhao Tiezhu stopped chewing popcorn and casually picked at his ear.

"Hey, it's just 12 billion. I bet those big bosses each have several cell phones."

"What do you know!"

Su Xiaoxiao was so angry that she grabbed a plush toy and threw it at Zhao Tiezhu's bald head.

"This app is linked to the independent iris and brainwave frequencies of carbon-based organisms!"

Even if someone has a hundred phones, it only counts as one unique download!

Su Xiaoxiao clutched her ponytail with both hands, feeling as if all her computer knowledge from all those years had been wasted.

"Even if you add up all the newborns and old men in intensive care units on Earth, the total number is only a little over eight billion!"

"Where did these extra four billion downloads come from? Are even the ghosts in the underworld afraid of being scammed?!"

Bruce's expression changed instantly upon hearing this.

He immediately put down his coffee cup, strode to the control panel, and began frantically scanning the data bands on the screen with his tactical goggles.

Lu Jingyan remained seated behind his large mahogany desk.

The man's impeccably tailored black suit was without a single wrinkle, and his deep black eyes revealed a cold, rational control over everything.

He didn't even flinch at the alarming surge of data.

"The underworld is under the jurisdiction of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, not under the jurisdiction of our Special Enforcement Bureau."

Lu Jingyan's voice was as calm as a dormant glacier, easily suppressing the chaotic atmosphere in the room.

"Xiaoxiao, abandon the conventional local area network tracing."

"Immediately access the deep space exploration frequency band of the BeiDou satellites and find out the physical location of these four billion IP addresses."

"receive!"

With Lu Jingyan as her anchor, Su Xiaoxiao immediately took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

The girl's fingers danced across the keyboard like phantoms, and lines of complex reverse tracing code poured down like a waterfall on the black screen.

"The firewall restrictions have been lifted, and a reverse cell tower connection is being established via a low Earth orbit satellite."

"Crossing the atmosphere...crossing lunar orbit...entering deep space communication bands..."

As the tracking distance increased, the color drained from Su Xiaoxiao's face little by little.

Her breathing became rapid, her eyes fixed on the red coordinate point on the radar map that kept extending outward.

"Boss...we've found it."

Su Xiaoxiao swallowed hard, turned her head, and her eyes revealed an absurd feeling, like a science fiction movie coming to life.

"These extra four billion data nodes are not even on Earth."

Su Xiaoxiao projected a vast star map onto the big screen.

A huge, densely packed ball of red light remained in the dark abyss.

"These unknown independent intellectual property rights all come from the Kuiper Belt at the edge of the solar system."

A deathly silence fell over the hall.

The popcorn bucket in Zhao Tiezhu's hand fell to the ground with a "thud," and the popcorn spilled out and rolled all over the ground.

He stammered as he pointed at the screen, feeling his materialistic worldview crumbling madly.

"The edge of the solar system? There isn't even a base station there, so where would four billion internet users come from?"

Bruce's deep, husky voice echoed in the quiet space, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

"The only explanation is that a massive alien fleet is lurking in the Kuiper Belt."

A dangerous red light flashed in the Dark Knight's tactical visors; he had entered a state of first-level combat readiness.

"They are trying to intercept Earth's network communication signals in order to collect intelligence about our civilization."

"But these aliens never dreamed that this would be the first high-frequency signal they intercepted."

Bruce paused for a moment, a rare hint of humor in his tone.

"It was an 'anti-fraud app' installation package that was forcibly sent via satellite by the superior during the awards ceremony."

Zhao Tiezhu was stunned for two seconds, then burst into a deafening laugh.

"Hahaha! This is hilarious!"

"These aliens wanted to spy on our Earthlings' privacy, but as soon as they connected to WiFi, they were forcibly fitted with malware!"

"I bet their spaceship's control screens are currently covered in anti-fraud pop-ups!"

The facts were just as Bruce and Zhao Tiezhu had guessed.

At this very moment, in the command center of an alien mothership far away on the edge of the solar system, an unprecedented chaos is brewing.

Those invaders with octopus-like tentacles who call themselves a superior civilization.

He was sweating profusely as he patted the control panel in front of him, which was emitting black smoke.

They originally intended to infiltrate Earth's defense systems, but as soon as they connected to the signal...

The mothership's quantum computer, which was thousands of years ahead of Earth's technology, encountered a high-dimensional logic lock.

A green warning box flashed frantically on the screen: [Unknown network risk detected. Please complete real-name authentication immediately.]

Even the noble alien commander was driven to a mental breakdown by the inability to close the pop-up window.

On Earth, Lu Jingyan slowly stood up.

The man straightened his suit sleeves, his deep gaze looking through the floor-to-ceiling window at the unfathomable universe.

There was no fear, no panic, only the pure light of the rule of law in the trial.

"Intercepting our communications signals? This is a classic case of attempted theft of state secrets."

Lu Jingyan put one hand in his pocket, his tone cold and devoid of any human emotion.

"Since they have already installed the app, they are automatically included in my jurisdiction."

"Who cares if it's an alien or some other advanced life form?"

"They dare to stalk their way out of my territory without a valid interstellar entry visa."

Lu Jingyan snorted coldly, and a powerful aura of rules exploded out.

"Then treat them all as victims of human smuggling and cyber espionage, and have them all physically exorcised."

The moment Lu Jingyan finished speaking.

The red private phone on the desk, connected to the world's most secure communication line, suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

The blinding red light bathed the entire room in a blood-red hue.

Su Xiaoxiao pressed the speakerphone button with a pale face, and the director of the United Nations Observatory shouted hoarsely on the other end of the phone.

"Director Lu! We've just detected an anomaly using the James Webb Telescope!"

"Outside Mars' orbit, thousands of enormous alien warships are approaching Earth."