Chapter 498: A Merit of the Greatest Magnitude

He had thought that even if he received a military rank, it would be at most Private level; having a Sergeant Major would have been good enough.

He never dreamed in his wildest dreams that he would directly receive an officer rank, and a Captain at that!

As far as he knew, graduates of the military academy who enlisted were apparently only granted the rank of Second Lieutenant.

"I already told you that you are in a technical position; this counts as a very low starting point."

Saying this, Li Mingzhao took out a card and handed it over:

"Your salary will be deposited into this card from now on."

There is a salary too? After Yu Dazhang took it, he discovered it was a Military Security Card.

He had previously heard that possessing a military rank meant receiving a salary; it turned out to be true.

This also meant that his status as an active-duty soldier was completely legal.

To say he wasn't excited would be a lie; he had never encountered such a thing in two lifetimes, to the extent that the hand holding the security card trembled slightly.

Li Mingzhao quickly noticed his emotional fluctuation and asked with a smile:

"Do you not know how great the merit you earned this time is?"

Did I earn merit this time... Yu Dazhang thought for a moment; he only remembered killing eight of the enemy, while the others were captured by the National Security Bureau.

According to the rules, not being punished for leaving no survivors would have been good enough; he had worried about it for several days.

However, one thing did surprise him quite a bit.

No one here asked him to write a report.

According to Li Mingzhao's explanation: You came to help, so just explain the situation to me; you don't need to worry about anything else.

How much trouble does that save?

Killing eight people without even having to write a report; if he went back and told his colleagues in Songhai, surely no one would believe it.

"It's not really merit," Yu Dazhang said truthfully:

"I just helped you catch the traitor; there wasn't anything else."

"Speaking of which, I should thank you; if you, Leader, hadn't arrived in time that day, I would probably have been cremated by now."

These were his true feelings; every time he thought back to the situation that day, he felt a chill of fear.

That man and woman were not only skilled in martial arts but also extremely well-coordinated; it was the first time he had been suppressed in hand-to-hand combat.

"No need to thank me," Li Mingzhao waved his hand casually:

"If something had happened to you, I would have no face to continue staying in the National Security Bureau."

Saying this, he changed the subject:

"This time you have the Primary credit; you didn't just catch the traitor, those three top-tier agents were captured because of you."

A trace of excitement revealed itself in his voice:

"You don't understand the work of the National Security Bureau; here, capturing a single top-tier agent is a Primary credit of the greatest magnitude, and its difficulty is higher than capturing a hundred spies."

"Capturing three in a row, you simply cannot imagine their value."

Yu Dazhang noticed that when he said "value," his eyes lit up.

The more he said this, the more panicked Yu Dazhang became.

Yu Dazhang didn't dare to think too deeply about the fate of those three agents next.

But one thing was certain: the National Security Bureau would inevitably dig out all the information they possessed.

As for what kind of information it was specifically, Yu Dazhang wasn't curious at all; that wasn't his job.

"Primary credit is an exaggeration."

While speaking, Yu Dazhang put the Shoulder insignia back into the cardboard box:

"Based on my ability, I simply couldn't have captured them."

Saying this, he was about to seal the cardboard box, but in the next moment, he suddenly saw a purple-red booklet in the gap of the box.

What is that?

Out of curiosity, he reached out and took it out.

The cover was purple-red, with the national emblem at the top and the words "Doctoral Degree Certificate" printed at the bottom.

After opening it, the internal endpapers were pasted with pale yellow silk, and a photo of Yu Dazhang was pasted inside the square frame in the upper right corner.

Yu Dazhang:...

This was undoubtedly a fake certificate.

Previously, for the convenience of his undercover work, Li Mingzhao had arranged a doctoral identity for him, but that was only temporary.

"What is this fake certificate for?" Yu Dazhang looked at Li Mingzhao and asked in confusion.

"That is real," Li Mingzhao answered with a serious face:

"Not only is the degree certificate real, but your doctoral identity is also real; otherwise, you would have been exposed long ago."

This was what Yu Dazhang had requested before; the doctoral identity had to be genuine and valid.

He thought that after the mission ended, his fake doctoral status would naturally be revoked.

"How would I know if it is real or not?"

Yu Dazhang placed the degree certificate on the table:

"Falsifying a degree is very serious; if someone catches hold of this, wouldn't I be wronged?"

He dared not keep this degree certificate; to put it bluntly, this was criminal evidence.

"I said, your doctorate is real."

Li Mingzhao explained: