Recaps

Jiang Yan Hai learned that a General Staff operative he had encountered before was involved in a mission connected to the Black Cat situation, forcing him to arrange a new identity. He prepared a cover file while waiting for Wu Laoqi to explain the situation, leaving the wider operation unresolved.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Zhao Gang that he recognized one of the people involved in the General Staff operation because he had once disrupted the operative’s mission and broken his arm.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Zhao Gang returned to the provincial department, where Jiang Yan Hai asked Yu Dong to create him a new identity after Old Wen approved the request.
• Jiang Yan Hai instructed Yu Dong to use the name Bai San and select a village with substantial population movement rather than simply choosing a poor, isolated village.
• Yu Dong found a suitable village that had been merged and relocated, and he created Jiang Yan Hai’s background file with a date set one year earlier.
• Jiang Yan Hai waited for Wu Laoqi’s call while Old Wen contacted the General Staff, and his phone rang at three in the morning.

Jiang Yan Hai received a new identity as Bai San and reviewed the documents prepared for him. He spotted a historical error in Bai San’s records, leaving the officials stunned as they sent someone to verify it.

• Wu Laoqi told Jiang Yan Hai that his new identity was Bai San and that someone would contact him with more details about the operation.
• After completing his daily ten deaths, Jiang Yan Hai woke to Yu Dong’s phone call and learned that officials had arrived to brief him.
• A middle-aged official gave Jiang Yan Hai identity files for Bai San and Jiang Ling, which Jiang Yan Hai quickly read and scanned.
• Jiang Yan Hai pointed out that Bai San’s sister could not have earned the academic master’s degree listed in her file because Peking University had canceled the relevant programs before then.
• The middle-aged official sent an aide to check the error while Fan Tian Lei and the others stared at Jiang Yan Hai’s memory and reading speed.

After verifying Jiang Yan Hai’s prepared identities and impressive intelligence analysis, a middle-aged General Staff Department official asked him to help investigate a spy network tied to Wu Laoqi and Tang Ming. Jiang Yan Hai agreed to cooperate while continuing his helicopter training, and Fan Tian Lei learned that he expected to be ready for solo flight soon.

• A document check confirmed Jiang Yan Hai’s claims about Peking University’s policy, and the middle-aged man questioned him about his memorization and analysis skills.
• The middle-aged man offered Jiang Yan Hai a position at the General Staff Department, but Jiang Yan Hai asked whether he could fly aircraft; the man said he would not force him to transfer.
• The middle-aged man explained that Tang Ming was a spy who had contacted Wu Laoqi and that their task was to uncover and dismantle the spy network.
• Jiang Yan Hai agreed to help, asked whether the operation would let Wu Laoqi buy guns, and learned that he should keep studying at the Army Aviation Academy for now.
• Fan Tian Lei pulled Jiang Yan Hai aside, checked on his training, and heard that Jiang Yan Hai expected to be ready for solo flight soon.

Jiang Yan Hai passed every emergency simulator assessment flawlessly and asked Zheng Bei to let him observe a real flight from the copilot's seat. After Zheng Bei explained Jiang Yan Hai's extraordinary record to the other trainees, he began Jiang Yan Hai's simulator graduation assessment.

• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the school, resumed studying, and trained with Zheng Bei in G-force and emergency procedures.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Zheng Bei to take him up in a helicopter if he passed the morning's emergency tests, and Zheng Bei agreed.
• Jiang Yan Hai flawlessly completed the emergency simulator assessments while Zheng Bei watched.
• Song Fei and the other trainees arrived and questioned why Jiang Yan Hai was taking his graduation assessment after only one day.
• Zheng Bei described Jiang Yan Hai's academic and military achievements to Tang Ming Yang and the trainees, then started the assessment.

Jiang Yan Hai completed his simulator assessment with an average score of 97, earning Zheng Bei’s praise and an offer of real flight training. At the airfield, Zheng Bei considered guiding him toward the Air Force, while Jiang Yan Hai eagerly asked about flying advanced fighter jets.

• Jiang Yan Hai completed the simulator assessment with a final score of 98 and an average score of 97, impressing the trainees and instructors.
• Zheng Bei congratulated Jiang Yan Hai and said he would take him for an actual flight that afternoon.
• Song Fei and Zheng Bei agreed that Jiang Yan Hai’s ability could motivate Wo Wei, Tang Ming Yang, and the other trainees.
• Zheng Bei drove Jiang Yan Hai to the airfield and asked what he wanted to do after learning to fly helicopters.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked whether Zheng Bei could help him fly a J20, then settled for the latest J10 Improved Variant, while Zheng Bei considered steering him toward the Air Force.

Jiang Yan Hai joined the ground crew inspecting a Zhi-8B Transport Helicopter and used his knowledge to spot maintenance issues, quickly earning their respect. Zheng Bei prepared to take him flying that afternoon, while Jiang Yan Hai asked Squad Leader Wang to call Zhao Peng over.

• Zheng Bei brought Jiang Yan Hai to the hangars to look at helicopters and explained that their earliest chance to fly was that afternoon.
• Jiang Yan Hai approached the ground crew maintaining a Zhi-8B Transport Helicopter and used Intermediate Scan to help identify problems.
• Jiang Yan Hai pointed out a worn cable and offered maintenance suggestions, impressing the ground crew with his knowledge.
• Zheng Bei urged Jiang Yan Hai to leave so they could prepare for the afternoon flight, and Squad Leader Wang asked whether he really was a pilot.
• Zheng Bei confirmed that Jiang Yan Hai was his student and explained that he studied aircraft maintenance to help handle emergencies; Jiang Yan Hai then asked Squad Leader Wang to call Zhao Peng.

Jiang Yan Hai identified Zhao Peng’s early-stage sciatica and joined Zheng Bei for his first helicopter flight, handling the copilot duties calmly through demanding maneuvers. On the return flight, Jiang Yan Hai requested control of the helicopter and called for the transfer before Zheng Bei answered.

• Jiang Yan Hai recognized that Zhao Peng’s leg pain came from early-stage sciatica, and Squad Leader Wang arranged for Zhao Peng to get examined at the hospital.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Zheng Bei flew the Z-8B Helicopter after Zheng Bei approved the takeoff procedures.
• Jiang Yan Hai handled the copilot commands flawlessly and remained calm during Zheng Bei’s dives, low-altitude flight, and other maneuvers.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Zheng Bei to let him take over the helicopter and requested a transfer of control.

Jiang Yan Hai took control of the helicopter, completed the training flight flawlessly, and landed without Zheng Bei’s assistance. Impressed by his performance, Zheng Bei approved him to begin flight training the next day.

• Zheng Bei released control, and Jiang Yan Hai took over without disturbing the helicopter’s flight.
• Zheng Bei trusted Jiang Yan Hai to re-enter the training airspace, where he completed each exercise without a mistake.
• Jiang Yan Hai requested permission to return and landed the helicopter smoothly without handing control back or asking Zheng Bei for help.
• Jiang Yan Hai thanked Zheng Bei, who told him he could begin flight training the next day.

Jiang Yan Hai progressed through helicopter flight training at extraordinary speed, prompting Zheng Bei to clear him for solo flight. After completing his first solo flight with disciplined, standard maneuvers, Jiang Yan Hai was recognized as a mature pilot.

• Zheng Bei told Song Fei that Jiang Yan Hai’s abilities and background justified accelerating his training, and planned to advance him toward solo flight.
• Jiang Yan Hai studied in the library, then spent a full day practicing flight maneuvers under Zheng Bei’s instruction.
• After only three days, Zheng Bei applied for Jiang Yan Hai to fly solo despite opposition, and Jiang Yan Hai trained alone in a WZ-10 Attack Helicopter trainer.
• Jiang Yan Hai completed his basic maneuvers and returned when the helicopter’s fuel reached the warning line, without attempting flashy stunts.
• Zheng Bei and Song Fei congratulated Jiang Yan Hai as a mature pilot, and Jiang Yan Hai saluted and thanked his instructors.

Jiang Yan Hai completed an extraordinary amount of helicopter training and earned an F-rank Aerial Driving Skill before leaving to carry out a mission. Zhao Gang gave him a suit and a department-owned Patek Philippe watch for disguises.

• Jiang Yan Hai accumulated eighty flight hours in seven days and received the F-rank Aerial Driving Skill from the Red Star Engine.
• Jiang Yan Hai improved at the Illusion Simulation Combat System by practicing helicopter maneuvers and evading missiles, though he remained trapped within the base.
• Jiang Yan Hai told his instructors he was leaving for a mission and would return later for his graduation assessment.
• Jiang Yan Hai rode with Zhao Gang, who gave him a suit and a Patek Philippe watch purchased by the provincial department for disguise use.

Jiang Yan Hai prepared to infiltrate the criminal underworld by adopting the identity of Bai San'er, a refined but shady womanizer. After arriving at a briefing apartment, he received the resources and fabricated criminal history for his new identity.

• Zhao Gang told Jiang Yan Hai to build a reputation in the underworld and get used to posing as Bai San'er before contacting Wu Laoqi.
• Jiang Yan Hai changed into a suit and watch, then shifted his demeanor to match the educated scoundrel persona Zhao Gang had suggested.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Zhao Gang arrived at an apartment where Old Wen introduced him to the mission team as Bai San.
• A middle-aged man gave Jiang Yan Hai car and apartment keys, bank cards, and operational funds, then explained his cover identity as Gao Mingze, a wanted murderer and corrupt official's fixer who financed himself by picking up women.
• The middle-aged man offered Jiang Yan Hai another option for his backstory.

Jiang Yan Hai refused to use Li Ruo Bai as part of his undercover persona and instead criticized the intelligence officers’ approach to creating cover identities. He offered to help them investigate illegal payday lenders and raise operational funds, leaving the room astonished by his confidence that he could secure several hundred thousand by the next day.

• Jiang Yan Hai rejected the suggestion that he become Li Ruo Bai’s boyfriend, warning that involving her could put her in danger and cause serious consequences.
• The middle-aged man advised Jiang Yan Hai to avoid seeing Li Ruo Bai for the time being, and Jiang Yan Hai complained that their proposed cover persona was implausible.
• Jiang Yan Hai requested a list of illegal payday loan companies in the provincial capital and offered to provide internal information to help the province shut them down.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained how to build a convincing undercover identity, while Fan Tian Lei recorded his advice and Old Wen shared his experience.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked whether confiscated illegal funds could support intelligence operations, then said he would handle the funding and could have several hundred thousand by the next day.

Jiang Yan Hai arranged for Qiao Mingyu to pose as his corrupt bureau chief and insisted that a villa and one hundred million in cash be prepared as evidence. He then contacted Li Ruo Bai for help finding a lawyer and drove to meet her as Bai San, ready to return to the scene.

• Old Wen introduced Qiao Mingyu as Jiang Yan Hai's corrupt bureau chief and had them exchange contact information.
• Jiang Yan Hai demanded a villa and one hundred million in cash to make Qiao Mingyu's corrupt identity convincing, but the officials said they could not provide them.
• After Jiang Yan Hai left, Fan Tian Lei explained that the requested details could help the mission, and Qiao Mingyu agreed to visit the villa if one was arranged.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Li Ruo Bai and asked her to bring a lawyer experienced in commercial matters and patent transfers to a private meeting.
• Li Ruo Bai sent Jiang Yan Hai an address, and he drove there as Bai San, declaring that Third Master Bai was returning to the scene.

Jiang Yan Hai met Li Ruo Bai at her private club and asked to use his engineering plastic as collateral for a loan, but she refused to treat their help as a transaction. He left the meeting with her arranging a discreet villa and one hundred million in cash for him by the next morning.

• Jiang Yan Hai arrived at Li Ruo Bai's private club and was escorted to her residence.
• Li Ruo Bai introduced Zhang Ruo Lin, a legal expert, and Jiang Yan Hai showed her the ownership documents for his engineering plastic.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Zhang Ruo Lin to draft a contract transferring the plastic to Li Ruo Bai, but Li Ruo Bai insisted she would help him as a friend.
• Jiang Yan Hai requested a secure, private villa whose ownership would not be traced to Li Ruo Bai, along with one hundred million in cash.
• Li Ruo Bai told Zhang Ruo Lin to prepare the villa and money by the next morning, then Zhang Ruo Lin left them alone.

Jiang Yan Hai said goodbye to Li Ruo Bai after promising to treat her to ten meals, then went looking for manpower in a demolition area. There, he recognized Siberian Wolf and Old Cannon from the Lone Wolf Special Assault Team and called Fan Tian Lei to ask what had happened to Old Cannon.

• Li Ruo Bai criticized Jiang Yan Hai’s mission outfit, and he agreed to owe her ten meals before they pinky-swore.
• Jiang Yan Hai left and went to a demolition area on the outskirts of the city to look for people he could use.
• Jiang Yan Hai heard a military-style count and saw a man carrying logs in a construction worker’s camouflage uniform.
• Siberian Wolf ran up to the man and called him Squad Leader Bear, prompting Jiang Yan Hai to recognize the two men as Siberian Wolf and Old Cannon from the Lone Wolf Special Assault Team.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Fan Tian Lei and asked what had happened to Old Cannon, and Fan Tian Lei fell silent.

Jiang Yan Hai learned about the anti-drug operation targeting the Ma Family and persuaded Owl to let him take charge of coordinating with Old Cannon. After recruiting Old Cannon as his bodyguard, Jiang Yan Hai entered the detention center to meet Liu Shun Min as Bai San, or Third Master.

• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that Old Cannon was undercover against the Ma Family and arranged for him to meet with Owl and Old Wen.
• Owl explained that Old Cannon was meant to infiltrate Ma Yun Fei’s network while local criminals plotted to kill him, and outlined the wider drug routes linked to the Ma, Chu, and Wu Families.
• Jiang Yan Hai proposed combining his plans with the anti-drug operation, and Owl agreed to put him in charge and send Old Cannon to help.
• Jiang Yan Hai met Old Cannon outside the detention center and appointed him as his subordinate and bodyguard.
• Jiang Yan Hai entered the detention center and introduced himself to Liu Shun Min as Bai San, also called Third Master.

Jiang Yan Hai recruited Liu Shun Min by promising to arrange his release in exchange for his hidden money and cooperation. He then armed himself and Old Cannon for an operation, while warning that Zhuang Yan might pull other former Wolf Fang soldiers into it.

• Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he knew where Liu Shun Min had hidden his money and offered to get him out of prison in exchange for it and his help.
• Liu Shun Min agreed to follow Jiang Yan Hai, who left and called Qiao Mingyu about the next day’s plans.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the apartment prepared for him by the General Staff and retrieved cases of firearms.
• Jiang Yan Hai introduced himself to Old Cannon as Jiang Yan Hai, currently known as Bai San, and learned that Old Cannon was Zheng San Pao, codename Mountain Wolf.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned that Zhuang Yan might involve Qiang Xiaowei or Siberian Wolf in the operation, but Old Cannon hoped to keep them out of it.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Old Cannon sorted the weapons, loaded them into the car, and prepared to do something together that night.

Jiang Yan Hai began enforcing his authority over illegal small-loan companies as Bai San, spreading rumors of his influence through the prisons to pressure underworld figures. After raiding Feng Tai Chang’s company, he demanded a share of its profits and ordered other loan sharks to pay by the next evening.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Old Cannon set out to visit illegal small-loan companies while rumors about Third Master Bai spread through the provincial prisons.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his surveillance system to locate Feng Tai Chang’s company and entered its conference room with Old Cannon.
• Jiang Yan Hai introduced himself as Bai San and demanded thirty percent of the company’s monthly profits.
• When Feng Tai Chang questioned his demand, Jiang Yan Hai shot one of the men in the thigh and threatened the company’s staff.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Feng Tai Chang and other loan-shark operators to transfer money by six the next evening, then left Old Cannon to deliver the account details and instructions.

Jiang Yan Hai used a staged encounter and fabricated rumors about Third Master Bai to unsettle the provincial capital’s underworld while collecting payments from microloan companies. By evening, the provincial department had begun planning a crackdown, and its undercover agents were asking who Bai San was.

• Feng Tai Chang took his wounded subordinate to the People’s Hospital using Third Master Bai’s name and agreed to pay Jiang Yan Hai.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Old Cannon that he had shot the subordinate because Feng Tai Chang had ruined families, then spread information through underworld channels to build the Third Master Bai legend.
• Feng Tai Chang paid Jiang Yan Hai five million yuan, and twelve of the seventeen companies Jiang Yan Hai had named sent payments by evening, bringing the total above fourteen million.
• Old Wen and the provincial department monitored the transfers and decided to target the microloan companies with help from other departments.
• Old Wen reported that undercover agents were asking about Bai San, whose supposed connections and years of underworld activity had become common knowledge.

Jiang Yan Hai used his reputation as Bai San to coordinate a crackdown on predatory loan companies and pressure their owners into handing over records and protecting their borrowers. He left them with a warning to reduce interest for struggling debtors and avoid causing trouble.

• Feng Tai Chang told Jiang Yan Hai that twelve companies would pay while five refused, and Jiang Yan Hai arranged to meet one company the next morning.
• Wu Laoqi arranged a meeting between Jiang Yan Hai and Tang Ming, explaining that Bai San’s reputation rested on keeping his word.
• Jiang Yan Hai met Captain Chen at the company address while police and other departments cleared out the small-loan company in a staged show for Feng Tai Chang and the other bosses watching nearby.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Feng Tai Chang to collect copies of all loan records, including the girls’ nude photos, and warned the bosses not to leak the photos or increase debtors’ costs.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the bosses to lower interest for people in genuine hardship and warned them against causing trouble.

Jiang Yan Hai used his Third Master Bai persona to pressure loan companies into handing over information and money, then prepared a villa as a staged scene with cash supplied by Li Ruo Bai. He left Old Cannon helping him hide one hundred million in cash, with the purpose of the setup still unrevealed.

• Jiang Yan Hai let Feng Tai Chang and the other loan-company bosses spread Mr. Bai's message and report rivals who refused to cooperate.
• Jiang Yan Hai received transfers from several companies, recorded their names, and told Old Cannon to collect their materials and upload future evidence.
• Old Cannon warned the bosses that Third Master Bai would take thirty percent and punish anyone who hid information.
• Jiang Yan Hai brought Old Cannon to Villa Number 18 and told him they were setting the scene.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Old Cannon spread twenty million in cash across the bed and hid the remaining money around the villa, stowing all one hundred million.

Jiang Yan Hai arranged a meeting with Wu Laoqi and Tang Ming, drawing Tang Ming into paying one million yuan to see what Jiang could offer. He then led the group away with Old Cannon and the night-vision camera, leaving his promised demonstration to come.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Old Cannon that they would wait for Ma Yun Fei to seek them out and gave him a night-vision camera.
• Wu Laoqi and Tang Ming arrived, and Jiang Yan Hai gave Wu Laoqi a pistol and offered him work.
• Jiang Yan Hai rejected Tang Ming’s request to get acquainted unless Tang paid five million yuan, then offered him a glimpse of prospects for one million.
• Tang Ming transferred one million yuan, and Jiang Yan Hai promised to show him something after they waited.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Old Cannon to bring the camera and led Wu Laoqi and Tang Ming out of the car.

Jiang Yan Hai showed Tang Ming and Wu Laoqi a villa where a man poised to become the city’s top police official kept huge amounts of cash, using the discovery to secure Tang Ming’s cooperation and demand that Wu Laoqi work for him. The chapter ended with Jiang Yan Hai holding Wu Laoqi at gunpoint and warning that his criminal activities in the provincial capital could expose them all.

• Jiang Yan Hai, Wu Laoqi, Tang Ming, and Old Cannon hid near Villa No. 18 and filmed a middle-aged man arriving and entering a villa.
• After the man left, Jiang Yan Hai led the others into the villa and revealed that the visitor was about to become the city’s top police official.
• Jiang Yan Hai opened a refrigerator and a bed to show Tang Ming and Wu Laoqi stacks of cash worth at least tens of millions of yuan.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Tang Ming that some of his money was among the cash and agreed to provide connections in exchange for five million yuan.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Wu Laoqi to work for him, then pressed a pistol to Wu Laoqi’s head when he hesitated and warned him against operating in the provincial capital.

Jiang Yan Hai forced Wu Laoqi to work for him and exposed Tang Ming as an Intelligence Operative, then turned the revelation into a business arrangement. Tang Ming left planning to connect Jiang Yan Hai with his superiors, while Wu Laoqi was ordered to report to Jiang Yan Hai the next day.

• Jiang Yan Hai threatened Wu Laoqi with a pistol and coerced him into working for him, threatening his daughter if he betrayed him.
• Jiang Yan Hai confronted Tang Ming at gunpoint and asked whether he was an Intelligence Operative.
• Tang Ming admitted his identity, and Jiang Yan Hai put away his gun and proposed working together for profit.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Wu Laoqi to pack and report to him the next day, then left with Old Cannon.
• Tang Ming told Wu Laoqi he would introduce Jiang Yan Hai to his superiors and asked Wu Laoqi to keep him informed.

Tang Ming recruited Wu Laoqi to share intelligence and keep him informed about threats to Third Master's superior, while Jiang Yan Hai coordinated the wider operation with his contacts. He secured Qiang Xiaowei's assignment and considered bringing Zhuang Yan and Fire Phoenix into the effort.

• Tang Ming offered Wu Laoqi five hundred thousand and asked him to share intelligence and alert him if Third Master's superior faced danger; Wu Laoqi agreed.
• Jiang Yan Hai reported his progress to Old Wen and was put in charge of coordinating the operation, with instructions to recover every negative of the loan sharks' photos.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that Ma Yun Fei's group was expected to act within a day or two and arranged for Wu Laoqi to come meet him.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Director Wen to send Qiang Xiaowei and raised the possibility of bringing Zhuang Yan back into service; Director Wen approved Qiang Xiaowei's transfer.
• Jiang Yan Hai considered recruiting more personnel, including Fire Phoenix, and picked up his phone to contact Old Fan.