Recaps

After completing his confidential work, Jiang Yan Hai returned to Sharpshooter Fourth Company and received a welcome ceremony for his contributions. He was awarded First Class Merit and promoted to captain, while the Red Star Engine notification sounded again.

• Jiang Yan Hai finished documenting his system improvements and handed the completed work to Ding Tian before his leave ended.
• Old Hei brought Jiang Yan Hai back to his company, where the soldiers had gathered to welcome him.
• Gong Jian read the Southeast Military Region commendation order awarding Jiang Yan Hai First Class Merit.
• Gong Jian announced Jiang Yan Hai’s exceptional promotion to captain and said he would attend an academy for training later.
• The Red Star Engine notification sounded in Jiang Yan Hai’s mind after the two orders were announced.

Jiang Yan Hai received a captain’s rank, a firearm permit, a pistol, and a secret consultant appointment, along with a million-yuan reward for his contributions. Back in the barracks, he discovered that his Red Star Engine permissions had upgraded and gained a firearm-scanning function.

• Gong Jian pinned captain’s insignia on Jiang Yan Hai, and Jiang Yan Hai celebrated with He Chen Guang, Wang Yan Bing, and Li Er Niu.
• Gong Jian told Jiang Yan Hai he would serve as a special consultant for the Strategic Command Center’s information department and gave him a registered pistol and firearm permit.
• Gong Jian informed Jiang Yan Hai that one million yuan would be transferred to his allowance card as a confidential reward for his work on military systems.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the barracks and saw that his Red Star Engine permissions had increased, enhancing his data-scanning system and adding a firearm-scanning function.

After Fan Tian Lei used a drinking trick to take soldiers from Master Kang's regiment, Jiang Yan Hai and three others were ordered to join a special forces selection exercise. At the mall where they were told to buy civilian clothes, Jiang Yan Hai treated the shopping task as the start of the test and secretly concealed himself from the surveillance system.

• Jiang Yan Hai continued training Sharpshooter Fourth Company, teaching the soldiers a breathing method along with sniping and camouflage techniques.
• Gong Jian summoned Jiang Yan Hai and He Chen Guang to report to regiment headquarters, where they learned Fan Tian Lei had come to recruit soldiers after getting Master Kang drunk.
• Fan Tian Lei drove Jiang Yan Hai and three other soldiers to a mall and gave them one hour to buy civilian clothes without communicating with one another.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his Scanning System to locate surveillance blind spots, bought civilian clothes and a backpack, and hacked the mall's cameras to conceal his movements.

Fan Tian Lei sent Jiang Yan Hai and the other three recruits to separate destinations without money, phones, or identification, ordering them to obtain intelligence and return to the provincial capital within two days. Jiang Yan Hai anticipated Fan Tian Lei’s traps, prepared a female disguise and hidden electronics, and boarded his bus.

• Fan Tian Lei collected the recruits’ phones and told them to travel to separate destinations, find intelligence, and return within two days without money or identification.
• He warned the four recruits that calling the number on their tickets would end their assessment, then forbade Jiang Yan Hai from advising the others.
• Jiang Yan Hai parted from He Chen Guang, Wang Yan Bing, and Li Er Niu and went to the restroom before boarding his bus.
• Jiang Yan Hai used the Disguise Technique to plan a realistic female disguise, fearing Fan Tian Lei would arrange traps to target him.
• Jiang Yan Hai checked his secretly purchased phone and laptop, returned to his original appearance, and boarded the bus toward his destination.

Jiang Yan Hai rode a bus to An Huai City and realized that Fan Tian Lei had arranged for a beautiful woman to sit beside him as part of a scheme. After spotting a familiar suitcase, Jiang Yan Hai prepared to turn the tables on Fan Tian Lei.

• Jiang Yan Hai sat near the back of the bus, checked his program, and rested while waiting for departure.
• A beautiful woman sat beside Jiang Yan Hai and struck up a conversation about their trips to An Huai City.
• Jiang Yan Hai joked that people in Inner Mongolia rode horses to school and took exams in tent-pitching and archery.
• Jiang Yan Hai spotted a familiar suitcase on the luggage rack and suspected the woman was connected to Fan Tian Lei.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked the driver about restroom stops, then returned to his seat determined to prepare for Fan Tian Lei's scheme and get even.

On the bus to An Huai City, Jiang Yan Hai forged a female identity and used it to deceive Captain Wen into arranging a police pickup. He left the call expecting to reach the bus station in a little over an hour and travel back to the provincial capital in a police vehicle.

• Jiang Yan Hai chatted with Bai Ling on the bus, then moved to the front and checked that his program had infiltrated the system and gained top permissions.
• At a service area, Jiang Yan Hai slipped the driver cigarettes and used his phone in a restroom stall to create a detailed, backdated profile for Jiang Ling.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Captain Wen in a woman's voice and claimed to be an information officer assigned to test surveillance and facial-recognition systems for Operation Red Sky Net.
• Jiang Yan Hai gave Captain Wen a forged file number and requested a police uniform, identification, and a pickup at the An Huai City long-distance bus station.
• Captain Wen agreed to arrange the pickup, and Jiang Yan Hai ended the call, coughing after imitating a woman's voice.

Jiang Yan Hai prepared a partial female disguise and rode on with Bai Ling, suspecting she planned to frame him. As the bus neared the station, he knocked her unconscious so he could carry out his plan, unaware that Fan Tian Lei had arranged for police to intercept him.

• Jiang Yan Hai used tape to remove his leg hair, put on stockings and a bra, and sent Captain Wen a message with an edited photo.
• Jiang Yan Hai noticed Bai Ling acting more intimate and suspected she would accuse him of robbery or molestation when he got off the bus.
• At the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade exercise command center, Fan Tian Lei learned that Skylark had contacted Jiang Yan Hai and ordered local police to be ready to stop him.
• Fan Tian Lei explained that he wanted Jiang Yan Hai to fail and be humbled before joining the brigade.
• When the bus was less than ten minutes from the station, Jiang Yan Hai grabbed Bai Ling by the neck and knocked her unconscious.

Jiang Yan Hai incapacitated Bai Ling, escaped the bus station, and used the Disguise Technique to transform himself into a striking woman. He called Wang Haiqiang as Jiang Ling and headed out to meet him for the ride to the provincial capital.

• Jiang Yan Hai used his knowledge of the human body to make Bai Ling lose consciousness, left her a message on her phone, and took her suitcase.
• Jiang Yan Hai got off the bus at the station and changed into women's office attire in a restroom.
• Jiang Yan Hai applied makeup and put on a wig, then took the passport, pistol, bullets, and phone from the suitcase.
• Jiang Yan Hai finished his disguise in the women's restroom and called Wang Haiqiang as Jiang Ling.
• Jiang Yan Hai walked out of the station to meet Wang Haiqiang.

Jiang Yan Hai arrived at the bus station under the identity of Jiang Ling and set out to enter the provincial department, but he was pulled into a police response to a report of armed suspects. Bai Ling woke after he had knocked her out and realized the operation was unraveling as police arrived.

• Wang Haiqiang picked up Jiang Yan Hai, gave him his police uniform and ID, and prepared to take him to the provincial department.
• Jiang Yan Hai noticed officers entering the station in response to a report of armed dangerous individuals and joined them under the name Jiang Ling.
• Fan Tian Lei learned that the team had lost contact with Skylark and ordered her people to keep watch and wait for her response.
• Bai Ling woke in the vehicle, learned Jiang Yan Hai had left, and asked where he had gone.
• Bai Ling heard that the police had arrived and feared her side of the drill had failed.

Jiang Yan Hai exposed Bai Ling’s false account when she reacted to his attack with trained combat skills. After police confirmed her military identity, Jiang Yan Hai pressed her to explain who had ambushed her and whether he posed a threat.

• Jiang Yan Hai questioned Bai Ling about the young man she claimed had attacked her.
• Jiang Yan Hai kicked at Bai Ling, and she blocked him before he drew a pistol and demanded to know who she was.
• Bai Ling said she was a soldier on a mission and offered her military ID for inspection.
• Wang Haiqiang and another officer verified that Bai Ling’s military documents were genuine.
• Jiang Yan Hai inferred that Bai Ling belonged to a specialized military unit and questioned her about her attacker, mission, and the danger he posed.

Jiang Yan Hai turned Bai Ling’s attempt to frame him into a reason for the police to detain her, then left under the pretense of an urgent mission. Bai Ling realized she had been outmaneuvered but did not learn his real identity.

• Bai Ling told the officers that Jiang Yan Hai was a dangerous criminal tied to an overseas intelligence organization and handed them his photograph.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Wang Haiqiang to detain Bai Ling and verify her identity, claiming she might be impersonating an intelligence officer.
• When Bai Ling protested, Jiang Yan Hai pointed out differences between her appearance and her ID photo, and the officers handcuffed her.
• Jiang Yan Hai gave the officers another photograph and left, saying he had to report to the provincial department.
• Bai Ling asked who Jiang Yan Hai was, and the officers admitted they did not know him; she concluded he was an expert who had outplayed her.

Jiang Yan Hai escaped the police during the exercise, disguised himself as Jiang Ling, and traveled with Wang Haiqiang to the provincial department. He reported to Captain Wen and was assigned to handle information technology as the authorities prepared to capture the suspects.

• Jiang Yan Hai drove out of the city with Wang Haiqiang while applying black nail polish, and Fan Tian Lei learned that Skylark had been arrested and Target One had vanished.
• Fan Tian Lei ordered his team to locate Jiang Yan Hai through the provided phone, but Jiang Yan Hai had altered its signal to point to An Huai City.
• Jiang Yan Hai received the mission text, threw the self-destructing phone out of the car, and continued toward the provincial capital with Wang Haiqiang.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Wang Haiqiang arrived at the provincial department after nine that evening and reported to Captain Wen.
• Captain Wen welcomed Jiang Yan Hai as Jiang Ling and assigned him to handle information technology, while Wang Haiqiang volunteered to drive back overnight.

Jiang Yan Hai, posing as Jiang Ling, faced skepticism from Yu Dong about her ability to work on the police information systems. She demonstrated her skills by infiltrating the provincial public security system and taking control of its administrator access.

• After Wang Haiqiang left, Captain Wen assigned Yu Dong to assist Jiang Ling, but Yu Dong challenged her qualifications.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked for time to change, put on a police uniform, and returned with a more commanding appearance.
• Jiang Yan Hai questioned Yu Dong about security tasks and vulnerabilities that he could not handle, then said she could do them.
• Within five minutes, Jiang Yan Hai accessed the provincial public security system's administrator panel and kicked every user in the hall out of the system.

Jiang Yan Hai proved his abilities by exposing a vulnerability in the provincial department system, then took command of the technical team to search for the enemy’s logistical base. He organized the thirty-six staff members into twelve groups and began coordinating their surveillance analysis.

• Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated that he had already obtained the system’s highest administrator privileges, silencing Yu Dong’s doubts about Jiang Ling’s skills.
• Yu Dong instructed everyone in the hall to follow Jiang Ling’s commands, and Captain Wen accepted Jiang Yan Hai’s explanation while asking him to report the vulnerabilities after the mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai took over a workstation and ordered the team to route surveillance feeds from every county, city, and town to him.
• Jiang Yan Hai had the thirty-six staff members introduce themselves, memorized their names, and divided them into twelve groups of three.

Jiang Yan Hai organized twelve groups to gather personnel, traffic, surveillance, and communications data while he built an improved facial-recognition program. When a suspect fled in Qian Su City, he used the live information to coordinate the pursuit and began directing the teams on the ground.

• Jiang Yan Hai assigned tasks to twelve groups and began preparing a real-time operation support system.
• Jiang Yan Hai wrote an optimized facial-recognition program using the Electronic Warfare Support Program’s computing power.
• An information officer reported that a suspect was fleeing from Armed Police and officers in Qian Su City.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the groups to assemble personnel records, maps, surveillance feeds, and communications data for the pursuit.
• Jiang Yan Hai connected to the on-site commander and ordered Gao Jian Guo’s team and Liu Yang’s team to block routes around the suspect.

Jiang Yan Hai remotely coordinated a rapid manhunt in Qian Su City, capturing a suspect and earning praise from Director Wen. He then began tracing the remaining trainees’ communications and told Director Wen he could find the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s hideout before dawn.

• Jiang Yan Hai analyzed surveillance footage, directed 186 police and Armed Police personnel to seal off escape routes, and helped them capture the suspect in under twenty minutes.
• Director Wen praised the operation, and Jiang Yan Hai recommended deploying reconnaissance drones and developing an algorithm to match suspects against provincial surveillance footage.
• Jiang Yan Hai privately reflected that a more powerful version of his matching algorithm could have exposed He Chen Guang, Li Er Niu, and the other trainees, but he had deliberately held back.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Groups Six through Nine to collect data from civilian communications interfaces and private company frequencies so he could locate Old Fan’s group.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Director Wen that he could find the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s hideout before dawn, though the exercise was not yet halfway over.

Jiang Yan Hai located the rookies’ gathering place by analyzing radio communications and surveillance footage, then set off with Captain Wen to raid it. On the way, he tested his newly acquired driving skill at high speed, leaving Captain Wen gripping the handle in fear.

• Captain Wen agreed with Jiang Yan Hai to locate the target before dawn and go there with Captain Gao.
• Jiang Yan Hai analyzed communication data and surveillance footage, identifying a site near a sparsely populated development zone.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Yu Dong to watch the station, then joined Captain Wen and contacted Captain Gao before heading out.
• Jiang Yan Hai drove Captain Wen toward the target and tested his driving skill by speeding and weaving through traffic.
• Captain Wen grew alarmed as Jiang Yan Hai drifted through a turn and drove faster.

Jiang Yan Hai drove Captain Wen and Captain Gao to Fan Tian Lei’s hideout after helping locate it. Fan Tian Lei was stunned when he learned the two commanders had arrived, unaware that they had found his location so soon.

• Jiang Yan Hai drove recklessly to the Armed Police headquarters, and Captain Wen cautioned him about safety.
• Captain Wen introduced Jiang Ling to Captain Gao and praised her command of the earlier arrest operation and her improvements to the emergency command center.
• Captain Wen told Captain Gao that Jiang Ling had found Tian Lei’s hideout, and they set out to capture the group without a large-scale operation.
• Captain Gao offered Jiang Yan Hai a job at the provincial department, and Jiang Yan Hai deferred the decision until after the mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai led Captain Wen and Captain Gao to the hideout, where Fan Tian Lei learned they had arrived and was left dumbfounded.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed how he had tracked Fan Tian Lei’s hideout, then sparred verbally with Chen Shan Ming after Captain Wen suggested they keep in touch. After Fan Tian Lei defended Chen, Jiang Yan Hai challenged the local special forces soldiers and won permission to stay and teach them a lesson.

• Captain Gao and Captain Wen brought Jiang Yan Hai to Fan Tian Lei, who learned Jiang had found his hideout by monitoring communications across the province.
• Jiang Yan Hai greeted Chen Shan Ming, and Captain Wen suggested the two single soldiers keep in touch.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he would not date someone weaker or shorter than him, prompting Chen Shan Ming to challenge him to a match.
• Fan Tian Lei told Chen Shan Ming not to argue seriously with a female comrade, and Jiang Yan Hai objected that the remark looked down on women.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked to stay and teach the special forces soldiers a lesson, and Fan Tian Lei approved the request.

Jiang Yan Hai agreed to stay with the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade and offered advice on improving its information warfare methods. After pointing out flaws in the brigade’s concealment and communications interception, he began examining its computer operations and judged its capabilities lacking.

• Director Wen and Director Gao left to direct the ongoing exercise after Jiang Yan Hai promised to provide the police with a detailed report and procedures.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Jiang Yan Hai how the brigade could disguise itself, and Jiang Yan Hai criticized its use of camouflage uniforms in a city.
• Jiang Yan Hai advised the brigade to operate in a busy urban area, where its radio traffic would blend in with civilian communications.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Chen Shan Ming to show Jiang Yan Hai the brigade’s system, and Jiang Yan Hai went to inspect the soldiers’ computer operations.
• Jiang Yan Hai assessed that the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s information warfare capabilities were limited and relied too heavily on military equipment.

Jiang Yan Hai showed Chen Shan Ming how Wolf Fang could use disguise, surveillance access, and information camouflage to improve its tactics in the joint exercise. After Chen Shan Ming reported her advice, Fan Tian Lei praised her expertise and urged him to pursue her romantically.

• Jiang Yan Hai asked Chen Shan Ming about his skills and suggested using fake police IDs to access surveillance systems during the exercise.
• Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated how Wolf Fang could monitor a city, prepare escape routes, and disguise its communications, while Chen Shan Ming objected that this might disrupt civilians.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that the exercise should test local authorities under pressure, then finished explaining her tactics.
• Chen Shan Ming reported to Fan Tian Lei that Jiang Yan Hai was an expert, and Fan Tian Lei agreed Wolf Fang needed someone like her.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Chen Shan Ming how he felt about Jiang Yan Hai and urged him to make a move; Chen Shan Ming doubted she was interested.

Jiang Yan Hai stayed disguised as Jiang Ling in the command center while the special forces assessment continued, and Fan Tian Lei asked him to help find the missing soldier without realizing who he was. As the exercise ended, Jiang Yan Hai revealed his identity in front of the assembled soldiers, giving Fan Tian Lei the lesson he had promised.

• Jiang Yan Hai endured Chen Shan Ming's attempts to get personal information from him while the rookies returned to base during the forty-eight-hour assessment.
• Fan Tian Lei and Chen Shan Ming discussed Jiang Yan Hai's disappearance, and Fan Tian Lei admitted he wanted him both to fail and to complete the mission.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Jiang Ling to use her skills to find Jiang Yan Hai, while he and Chen Shan Ming discussed the clues suggesting she had military training.
• The final soldier arrived just before the deadline, and police sirens sounded as Director Gao and Director Wen entered the command center.
• Jiang Yan Hai interrupted Fan Tian Lei's closing speech, announced that he had come to teach him a lesson, and removed his wig and breast padding to reveal himself.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he had infiltrated police headquarters in disguise, shocking the recruits and officers before fighting Chen Shan Ming. He then defended his actions to Fan Tian Lei, who confronted him over bringing the enemy to headquarters.

• Jiang Yan Hai removed his makeup and revealed himself as a man, stunning Chen Shan Ming, Fan Tian Lei, and the recruits.
• Chen Shan Ming charged at Jiang Yan Hai, and the two fought fiercely until Fan Tian Lei ordered them to stop.
• Fan Tian Lei sent Miao Lang to lead the selected recruits to the vehicles, then called Jiang Yan Hai over to question him.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that Fan Tian Lei had told him only to reach the destination and had never explained the other rules.
• Jiang Yan Hai pointed out that he had brought the two enemy commanders to Fan Tian Lei, who had not ordered their arrest.

Jiang Yan Hai explained that he had exposed flaws in the exercise to help the authorities, then left after the commanders acknowledged the lesson he had taught them. Fan Tian Lei later described Jiang Yan Hai’s exceptional abilities and background to Captain Gao and Captain Wen, who were astonished by his genius.

• Jiang Yan Hai defended his actions as an effort to reveal vulnerabilities and apologized to Captain Gao and Captain Wen.
• Captain Wen thanked Jiang Yan Hai for teaching the recruits and commanders a lesson, while Fan Tian Lei ordered him to leave.
• Captain Gao told Jiang Yan Hai that his bag was outside and remarked that he had made the commanders look foolish.
• Jiang Yan Hai joined the formation of twenty recruits, and Miao Lang praised his skills as the recruits laughed and gave him thumbs-ups.
• Captain Gao and Captain Wen asked Fan Tian Lei about Jiang Yan Hai, and Fan Tian Lei called him a difficult soldier to manage.
• Fan Tian Lei revealed that Jiang Yan Hai had graduated from Peking University at eighteen with degrees in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and said Jiang Yan Hai chose soldiering because he enjoyed it.

After passing the initial Special Forces selection, Jiang Yan Hai arrived at the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade and learned that the Red Star Engine had unlocked a new system that would activate during his sleep. There, Song Kai Fei discovered Jiang Yan Hai was the recruit who had shot him down during the previous military exercise, and the others teased them about it.

• Fan Tian Lei admitted that he had withheld the mission’s assembly point from Jiang Yan Hai, then parted ways with Captain Wen and Captain Gao to resume training.
• Jiang Yan Hai and the others changed into military uniforms at a Military Airport and flew to the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade.
• The Red Star Engine told Jiang Yan Hai that passing the initial selection had unlocked the Illusion Simulation Combat System, which would begin during his nighttime sleep.
• Song Kai Fei criticized the helicopters, prompting Wang Yan Bing and He Chen Guang to challenge his attitude toward the Iron Fist Regiment.
• Wang Yan Bing revealed that Jiang Yan Hai had shot down two attack helicopters and several transport aircraft during the previous exercise, and Song Kai Fei recognized him as the man who had given him his first death.
• Jiang Yan Hai joked that he would have shot the pilot in a real war, while the other soldiers teased Song Kai Fei as they walked away.