Universe Infinite Canteen

Ma Lu placed the cardboard box and computer on the desk, then introduced himself, "I'm Ma Lu, the owner of Universe Infinite Canteen, and your teacher for the course on preventing online scams."

Hearing this, the people below relaxed instantly, "Oh, you're one of us? You scared me."

The speaker was a man who looked like a local boss, wearing a gold chain and a small watch, clutching a leather bag. After speaking, his body deflated like a popped balloon until only his skin remained, draped over the chair like a coat.

It looked quite fitting.

Next to him, a construction worker on his right removed his head from his shoulders, and a large group of small, arm-bearing fries jumped out from the hole in his neck, yelling at Ma Lu.

"Quick, close the door! Don't let the stray cats and pigeons come in."

Besides them, there were others who could float in midair with eyes on the backs of their hands, who wore mosaic on their faces, shone like glow sticks in the dark, and the biscuit people who were all made of biscuits and still eating biscuits...

Ma Lu was astonished, feeling like he had gone to an alien expo.

He didn't rush to start the class but called roll again, "Xiao Jian Country, who here is Xiao Jian Country?"

"Me!" The chubbiest guy in the room, who looked the most normal, raised his hand.

"The receptionist downstairs asked me to tell you to stay away from her; she has a brother who works at the police station."

Xiao Jian Country asked curiously, "If I stay away from her, will she introduce her brother to be my friend?"

"What are you thinking about? She means that her brother will arrest you."

"But I haven't committed a crime. Teacher Song told me, only those who committed a crime are arrested by the police."

"This is just a common threat used by the locals. Basically, it means you should stop approaching her. Anyway, what did you do to her that made her so wary of you?"

"I don't know, I just told her that if she's willing to be friends with me, I could show her my 'chicken' in exchange."

While saying this, Xiao Jian Country dropped a pen he was holding, and the moment it touched the ground, it turned into a flapping hen.

The appearance of the hen also made those fries feel threatened, and they scrambled back into the headless body, without forgetting to put the head back on, but unfortunately, in their panic, they put it on backwards, with the back of the head facing the chest.

"Ah?" Ma Lu was also stunned, "What kind of superpower is this?"

"It's not a superpower. In my hometown, everyone can do this; toss something and it turns into various small animals. Mine is a chicken, my dad's is a goose, my mom's is a mink, and my sister's is a jumping pancake bat-fish.

"When we make new friends, we like to show them our little animals," Xiao Jian Country bent down and picked up the hen from the ground.

"Hm? Could your family start a farm then?"

"No, the animals we create can only live for an hour before they change back."

"Uh, what a pity; still, I understand the chicken thing now. But why do you want to be friends with the receptionist? Do you like her?"

"I know I know."

The one who spoke this time had already transformed into Zhang Pi, the clay boss, "This is our test, until the training ends, we need to make at least one human friend to graduate smoothly and start a new life on this plane alone."

"Turns out it's an assessment..." Ma Lu realized, no wonder the City Manager decided to set up the training camp at a rural homestay.

It was probably meant to get these newcomers used to interacting with humans, at least to ensure the receptionist downstairs couldn't spot any flaws in them before letting them go out.

"Stop using the 'Chicken Stare' move; it doesn't work on us here." Ma Lu waved his hands at Xiao Jian Country, signaling him to sit down, and opened his notebook, "Alright, time for class."

"Mr. Ma, the wifi password is 'shan shui yi fang die whole family 8888' in Pinyin." A keen student said.

"Not bad, you've even learned to connect to wifi." Ma Lu praised, "It looks like you've learned quite a lot this past week."

That remark stirred the hornet's nest again as some students started to brag about what they had learned that week.

This included, but was not limited to, observing traffic lights, using WeChat, Alipay, ordering takeaway, using sensor taps in malls, online shopping, and ordering in restaurants, pretending to be foreign tourists.

"Hold on, what's this about pretending to be foreign tourists?" Ma Lu casually asked as he was downloading the slides sent by Shen Yue into his mailbox.

"Mr. Zheng taught us that when we go out on our own and encounter something we don't understand, or if we say something wrong, we can first pretend to be foreign tourists to see if we can bluff our way through," a French fry creature quickly answered, "If it doesn't work, then we find the City Manager."

After saying that, it even impersonated a foreigner with broken Chinese, "I am French, it's my first time visiting China, could you please tell me how to get to the nearest McDonald's?"

Ma Lu couldn't help but laugh, and not because their words were particularly funny, but because their attire of safety helmets, reflective vests, and rubber-soled shoes made them look like construction workers, not foreign tourists at all.

However, Ma Lu was here to teach about internet scams, and he didn't meddle with everyday life issues.

Especially since there would be a teaching competition among the teachers later, the worse the others performed, the easier it would be for him to win in the end.

So Ma Lu clapped his hands, "Quiet, quiet, I'm about to discuss very important things, everyone listen carefully, otherwise when the time comes you'll have nowhere to cry. And you, the one stacking stools up there, act decent, have some decorum."

Ma Lu had been playing the role of a tyrannical principal for over a month and, even without the help of Dignity Candy to boost his authority, he already had a strong presence.

Upon hearing him, the originally noisy students immediately settled down and Xiao Jian Country even managed to restrain his chicken.

Ma Lu scanned the conference room, seeing everyone was all ears and eyes fixed on him, he then satisfiedly opened the PowerPoint.

Clearing his throat, he said, "Internet fraud is defined as acts that aim to illegally possess large public or private properties using the internet with methods of concocting facts or hiding the truth."

"This internet fraud, well, comes in many forms, and the tactics constantly evolve day by day. Common methods include impersonating friends and phishing…"

As Ma Lu read on, his brow furrowed—he found the content of the slide too dry, almost like an article from Baidu Encyclopedia.

So he casually opened Baidu, and upon searching, he was infuriated. Damn it, it really was copied word-for-word from Baidu Encyclopedia.

Not even bothering to paraphrase, such unprofessional work!

Ma Lu left the students still craning their necks in the classroom and dashed out with his phone, calling Shen Yue on the spot.

By 9:40, unsurprisingly, Shen Yue was still deep in sleep in her bed, and it took Ma Lu four calls to finally wake her up.