Recaps

Jiang Yan Hai recruited Black Hawk by revealing his secret history and promising to disclose Bei Chen Xiang’s identity, while he pursued approval for a new logistics brigade. Fan Tian Lei and Master Kang began planning how to staff the brigade, including seeking experienced Air Force logistics specialists.

• Jiang Yan Hai gave Black Hawk a phone number and invited him to join, but Black Hawk questioned the absurd-looking number after Jiang Yan Hai drove away.
• Hound reported that approval had been granted to obtain nationwide information-crime records, and Jiang Yan Hai told him to return to school and arrange business cards.
• Master Kang reviewed Jiang Yan Hai’s proposal to create a logistics-only Logistics 9th Rapid Reaction Brigade that would conceal Dark Blade within its establishment.
• Fan Tian Lei and Master Kang discussed recruiting logistics commanders and decided to seek specialists from the Air Force through Commander He.

Master Kang and Fan Tian Lei secured approval for Jiang Yan Hai’s Information Warfare Unit proposal, while the chief warned them they would be responsible if anything went wrong. Master Kang updated Jiang Yan Hai on the base’s construction and urged him to focus on his personal life, leaving preparations for the unit and its logistics brigade underway.

• Master Kang told Fan Tian Lei to print the report and fetch liquor while he prepared the materials to present their proposal to the Old Commander.
• The chief told Master Kang that Jiang Yan Hai’s report had been approved in principle, holding Master Kang and Fan Tian Lei responsible for its success and encouraging them to give Jiang Yan Hai and his partner more time to date.
• Master Kang called Jiang Yan Hai and confirmed that his document for establishing the Information Warfare Unit had been approved.
• Master Kang described the planned underground base, including its power supply, satellite equipment, supercomputer cooling, radar links, runway, and expected nine-month construction timeline.
• Jiang Yan Hai approved the arrangements and said the logistics brigade should prioritize professional personnel who could adapt to modern logistics.
• Master Kang told Jiang Yan Hai to pay more attention to his personal life, and Jiang Yan Hai promised to complete that mission too.

Jiang Yan Hai prepared to recruit skilled hackers for the Information Warfare Unit and reviewed two possible candidates in the capital. He chose to approach Shao Xiao Jia first, whose talent and patriotism stood alongside a record of reckless online conduct.

• Jiang Yan Hai decided to begin forming the Information Warfare Unit and waited for Black Hawk to choose whether to join.
• Jiang Yan Hai took leave, asked Er Dan to gather information on two potential recruits, and chose to seek out the twenty-four-year-old first.
• Jiang Yan Hai reviewed Shao Xiao Jia's record of hacking companies and foreign government websites and spreading unverified rumors.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that Shao Xiao Jia had strong internet imagination, had attracted interest from overseas organizations, and remained a pure patriot despite his many problems.

Jiang Yan Hai tracked down Shao Xiao Jia and provoked him by insulting celebrity Liu Piaopiao, hoping to draw out the hacker’s weakness. Shao Xiao Jia confronted him at the internet cafe, and their argument continued as Jiang Yan Hai challenged him to leave.

• Jiang Yan Hai used his authorized access to locate Shao Xiao Jia and went to the Second Night Internet Cafe.
• Jiang Yan Hai gave Hound instructions to handle several tasks before entering the internet cafe with a Strategic Deception Bureau business card.
• Jiang Yan Hai sat beside Shao Xiao Jia and posted insults about Liu Piaopiao on a celebrity fan forum.
• Jiang Yan Hai loudly mocked Liu Piaopiao and her fans, prompting Shao Xiao Jia to stop him and defend her.
• Jiang Yan Hai refused to stop insulting Liu Piaopiao and challenged Shao Xiao Jia to switch computers.

Jiang Yan Hai bet Shao Xiao Jia that he could win a solo squad match in PUBG, and used the training ground to study the game before starting. Shao Xiao Jia selected the Miramar map, while Jiang Yan Hai recognized that the choice would make survival harder.

• Jiang Yan Hai challenged Shao Xiao Jia to bet on whether Liu Piaopiao’s photos were unedited, and they instead agreed that the loser would listen to the winner.
• Shao Xiao Jia explained PUBG’s rules and set Jiang Yan Hai the challenge of winning a solo squad match for a chicken dinner.
• Jiang Yan Hai studied the game’s controls, then used Er Dan to measure weapon and movement data in the training ground.
• Shao Xiao Jia chose the Miramar map, claiming its size would help Jiang Yan Hai hide and survive.
• Jiang Yan Hai realized Miramar’s open desert terrain offered little cover and suspected Shao Xiao Jia was trying to sabotage him.

Jiang Yan Hai played a battle royale game for the first time and used calculations to defeat enemies with astonishing sniper accuracy. As the match continued, Shao Xiao Jia watched in disbelief as Jiang Yan Hai dominated without looting or relying on his rifle.

• Jiang Yan Hai parachuted away from other players, found weapons, and drove toward the safe zone by a route he judged less crowded.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that the game's fixed values let him calculate shots, then headshot a motorcyclist with one M24 round.
• Jiang Yan Hai refused to loot the eliminated player's supplies and drove on, saying searching a battlefield corpse was dangerous.
• Jiang Yan Hai repeatedly landed one-shot headshots, even against moving enemies and without scoping, while Shao Xiao Jia watched in disbelief.

Jiang Yan Hai won a game with thirty-one kills and made Shao Xiao Jia swear to join the War Propaganda Bureau. After Shao Xiao Jia left the internet café, armed men abducted him, while Jiang Yan Hai set off with Hound to an arranged location.

• Jiang Yan Hai killed the last opponent and won the game with thirty-one kills, impressing Shao Xiao Jia.
• Jiang Yan Hai invoked their bet and had Shao Xiao Jia swear that he was voluntarily joining the War Propaganda Bureau and would not betray it.
• Jiang Yan Hai let Shao Xiao Jia leave the internet café, and two armed men seized him outside and forced him into a van.
• Jiang Yan Hai retrieved his remaining money, got into an SUV with Hound, and left for the prepared location.

Jiang Yan Hai brought Shao Xiao Jia to the Strategic Deception Bureau after claiming he had agreed to join, and Shao Xiao Jia realized he had been taken to a real military facility. The chapter left Shao Xiao Jia being led to an underground shooting range to test-fire pistols.

• Armed men transported Shao Xiao Jia for over an hour without telling him where they were taking him.
• Shao Xiao Jia saw the Strategic Deception Bureau sign and recognized Jiang Yan Hai, who appeared in combat gear with a rifle.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Shao Xiao Jia that he had joined the War Propaganda Bureau by agreeing and swearing an oath during their earlier conversation.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the men to take the newcomer for training, and Shao Xiao Jia was led through an armory filled with weapons.
• Jiang Yan Hai instructed the men to give Shao Xiao Jia two pistols and take him to the underground shooting range.

Jiang Yan Hai took Shao Xiao Jia to a shooting range, where Shao Xiao Jia tried rifles, pistols, and a six-barreled machine gun. After Shao Xiao Jia asked why he had been chosen, Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he knew Shao Xiao Jia's hidden identities, Snake Emperor and Human King, leaving him shocked and afraid.

• Jiang Yan Hai gave Shao Xiao Jia a rifle and had an instructor correct his stance before he fired at a target.
• Shao Xiao Jia practiced shooting the rifle and a pistol, discovering how difficult they were to handle.
• Jiang Yan Hai led Shao Xiao Jia to a room of machine guns and let him fire a six-barreled gun until its ammunition ran out.
• Shao Xiao Jia said the experience was exhilarating, then asked Jiang Yan Hai why the organization had chosen him.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Shao Xiao Jia Snake Emperor and Human King, and Shao Xiao Jia froze in shock and fear.

Jiang Yan Hai pressured Shao Xiao Jia into joining the War Propaganda Bureau by revealing he knew about Shao Xiao Jia’s crimes and claiming they had been covered up. Shao Xiao Jia accepted the post, recommended his disciple Azeroth, and received a military uniform and an officer’s certificate naming him a second lieutenant.

• Jiang Yan Hai listed Shao Xiao Jia’s hacking and online offenses, warning that he could face about twenty years in prison but saying the bureau had protected him.
• Shao Xiao Jia agreed to join the War Propaganda Bureau and recommended his disciple, the hacker Azeroth, for recruitment.
• Jiang Yan Hai said Azeroth could be invited if he joined voluntarily, then took Shao Xiao Jia to collect his uniform and identification.
• Jiang Yan Hai gave Shao Xiao Jia a genuine officer’s certificate naming him a second lieutenant assigned to the Logistics 9th Rapid Reaction Brigade.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned Shao Xiao Jia that future illegal acts would bring harsher punishment and a military court.

Jiang Yan Hai turned Shao Xiao Jia into a soldier and assigned him a high-stakes assessment at a banquet. Shao Xiao Jia left with Hound to investigate a suspected intelligence transaction while Jiang Yan Hai followed their operation remotely.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Hound arranged a staged opportunity to push Shao Xiao Jia toward an active role in the military.
• Shao Xiao Jia changed into his military uniform, saw his Second Lieutenant insignia, and agreed to dye and cut his hair before taking a mission.
• After Shao Xiao Jia got a crew cut and changed into a suit, Jiang Yan Hai briefed him on a suspected intelligence transaction involving information about the J20.
• Jiang Yan Hai made Shao Xiao Jia the highest commander at the banquet and instructed him to lead Hound and inspect attendees' electronic devices.
• Hound drove Shao Xiao Jia to the banquet, while Jiang Yan Hai boarded a surveillance truck and ordered its crew to follow them.

Shao Xiao Jia traveled with Hound toward his new assignment, feeling unexpectedly changed by wearing a military uniform. Meanwhile, armed soldiers raided a private club banquet after receiving intelligence about a sale of state secrets, leaving the guests detained for questioning.

• Shao Xiao Jia asked Hound about the commander and learned that Hound considered him an outstanding soldier.
• Shao Xiao Jia reflected on how wearing the uniform made him feel grown up and ready for military life.
• A captain led armed soldiers to the private club and ordered teams to secure its exterior.
• The soldiers stormed Banquet Hall Number 1, surrounded the guests, and prohibited them from contacting anyone outside.
• The captain told the banquet's person in charge that the soldiers were investigating a suspected sale of state intelligence, and the guests agreed to cooperate.

Shao Xiao Jia arrived at a heavily secured clubhouse to inspect attendees’ phones for intelligence, and he encountered Liu Piaopiao among them. He began scanning the devices and uncovered intimate files on her phone.

• The captain ordered everyone at the clubhouse to surrender their phones and wait while the soldiers awaited their chief.
• Shao Xiao Jia and Hound arrived after police sealed off the area, and armed soldiers escorted Shao Xiao Jia into the banquet hall.
• The special forces soldiers stood at attention as Shao Xiao Jia entered, and he kept walking despite seeing Liu Piaopiao.
• Shao Xiao Jia set up his military laptop and began scanning attendees’ phones for information while soldiers checked them for concealed items.
• Shao Xiao Jia inspected Liu Piaopiao’s phone and found intimate photos and videos involving her and different men.

Shao Xiao Jia completed his mission and faced the end of his feelings for Liu Piaopiao, while Jiang Yan Hai pushed him toward reconciling with his parents. The next day, Jiang Yan Hai received an unexpected notice to report to the tactical training room ahead of the scheduled Battle Command Confrontation Training.

• Shao Xiao Jia finished inspecting Liu Piaopiao’s belongings, reported that he found no information, and left with the inspection team.
• The captain apologized to the people at the banquet, warned them not to reveal what happened, and departed.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Shao Xiao Jia to rest, go home the next day, and speak with his parents; Shao Xiao Jia thanked him for assigning him the mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that Liu Piaopiao had called Shao Xiao Jia, but Shao Xiao Jia had refused to answer.
• After training and breakfast the next day, Jiang Yan Hai received a notice ordering him to report to the tactical training room.

Jiang Yan Hai toured a virtual battlefield command training facility and met Professor Wu Min, a computing expert he knew through Pantheon. He agreed to test the system, and his program immediately reported an error when he started it.

• Jiang Yan Hai visited two command center halls with Principal Zheng and learned that the training system was based on Glorious Mission and a supercomputer.
• Principal Zheng introduced Jiang Yan Hai to Professor Wu Min, whom Jiang Yan Hai recognized from Pantheon's files.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Wu Min that he was partly affiliated with Pantheon, and Wu Min praised his ability.
• Principal Zheng and Wu Min asked Jiang Yan Hai to test the battlefield command training system for bugs.
• Jiang Yan Hai started his program on a computer, and it immediately issued an error warning.

Jiang Yan Hai inspected Professor Wu Min’s battlefield command simulation system and discovered that its designers had partly changed the underlying machine-language architecture. The next day, he was selected to test the simulation against General Hu Shaofei, and began entering his information in the command center.

• Jiang Yan Hai ran diagnostics and found that his program could not scan the system’s underlying data.
• Professor Wu Min explained that her team had applied a different machine-language architecture to specially designed hardware.
• Jiang Yan Hai tested the system’s security, found no major issues, and left without trying the battlefield simulation.
• The next day, an instructor assigned Jiang Yan Hai and General Hu Shaofei to opposing command centers for a special simulation.
• Jiang Yan Hai entered his student ID into the system as three majors prepared to assist him.

Jiang Yan Hai configured a defending force for a simulated campaign against General Hu Shaofei, despite the observers’ doubts that his force could withstand the enemy. The battle began with both sides about a hundred kilometers apart, and Jiang Yan Hai had to use reconnaissance to locate the enemy.

• Jiang Yan Hai drew the red defenders’ side and configured a heavy mechanized division with naval support, an armored regiment, an artillery regiment, a Special Operations Regiment, air and information units, and logistics support.
• Professor Wu Min authorized adjustments as Principal Zheng and two two-star generals discussed Jiang Yan Hai’s unusual force composition and its weaknesses against the enemy’s armor, artillery, air force, and air defenses.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s opponent, General Hu Shaofei, completed his deployment, and Jiang Yan Hai put on his headset as the simulation prepared to begin.
• The generals in the observation hall predicted that General Hu Shaofei would win, while the simulation displayed both sides’ positions about a hundred kilometers apart.
• Jiang Yan Hai examined the real-time strategy-style map and learned that enemy positions would appear only after he sent out reconnaissance units.

Jiang Yan Hai ordered his forces to conceal themselves while his team tracked enemy satellites and prepared a submarine missile strike. The generals realized he was using the Type 095’s ballistic missiles to attack satellites, though Hu Shaofei’s response remained unknown.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered his units to take defensive positions and commanded the satellite team to locate enemy satellites and calculate their orbits.
• The satellite team locked onto all enemy satellites, and Jiang Yan Hai ordered a Type 095 Attack Nuclear Submarine to prepare a ballistic missile attack.
• Hu Shaofei’s reconnaissance units began repositioning as a reconnaissance aircraft took off.
• The Type 095 surfaced and launched four ballistic missiles, surprising the generals watching the exercise.
• Liu Qiang realized that Jiang Yan Hai had targeted the enemy satellites.

Jiang Yan Hai opened the battle by targeting Hu Shao Fei’s military satellites with ballistic missiles, exploiting Hu’s inactive early-warning radars. As Hu scrambled to respond, Jiang prepared a naval cruise-missile strike and electronic warfare, leaving the generals stunned by his strategy.

• Jiang Yan Hai launched four ballistic missiles toward Hu Shao Fei’s satellites while Hu’s early-warning radars were still off.
• The generals realized Hu had not expected a naval attack and would struggle to detect threats from outside his defensive zone.
• Hu Shao Fei detected the missiles through his satellites and ordered his radars activated, air defenses readied, and two fighters launched.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered a Type 055 destroyer and a Type 095 submarine to prepare cruise missiles, while an electronic-warfare aircraft and anti-radiation satellites prepared to locate and disrupt Hu’s defenses.
• The generals watched Jiang’s naval forces mobilize and wondered why his opening attacks were all coming from the navy.

Jiang Yan Hai opened the simulated battle by destroying Hu Shaofei’s satellites, suppressing his radar, and launching a surprise missile strike while using electronic warfare to fabricate a large enemy air formation. Hu Shaofei scrambled to recover intelligence and prepare an interception, but Jiang Yan Hai remained in control of the battle’s tempo.

• Principal Zheng and the other generals recognized Jiang Yan Hai’s unconventional opening and expected Hu Shaofei to lose the round badly.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s satellites targeted the enemy’s exposed early-warning radars, and missiles destroyed several of Hu Shaofei’s satellites as electronic interference disrupted his radar detection.
• Hu Shaofei ordered reconnaissance drones into the air, unaware that a Type 095 submarine and a Type 055 destroyer had launched sixteen cruise missiles toward the combat zone.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s cruise missiles flew at ultra-low altitude while his electronic warfare aircraft created false targets that appeared to be a large enemy fighter formation.
• Hu Shaofei ordered fighters and early-warning aircraft to assemble in B3 airspace and prepare to intercept, while strengthening radar and electronic countermeasures.

Jiang Yan Hai exploited Hu Shao Fei’s fear of an imminent attack to draw his fighter formation into the air, then prepared a coordinated missile strike against the enemy’s radar network and aircraft. The chapter ended as both sides launched air-defense missiles while Hu Shao Fei’s forces struggled to react to the incoming cruise missiles.

• Hu Shao Fei launched his fighter formation and an Early Warning Aircraft after Jiang Yan Hai used electronic warfare to create false targets.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered his HQ-9C Air Defense Missile battalion to reveal itself, lock onto the enemy formation, and await orders.
• After satellites helped identify enemy radar sites, Jiang Yan Hai ordered sixteen Yingji-18B Cruise Missiles to attack the exposed radars.
• Hu Shao Fei detected the cruise missiles only thirty kilometers away and ordered his airborne formations to evade.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered every air-defense missile launched, and twenty-four HQ-9 missiles fired as Hu Shao Fei’s defenses reacted too late.

Jiang Yan Hai’s forces destroyed Hu Shao Fei’s radars and air force in the simulated battle, earning an Epic Victory. Afterward, Hu Shao Fei accepted defeat and told Jiang Yan Hai that he was no longer his superior in the contest between them.

• Hu Shao Fei’s air defenses intercepted only two of the incoming Yingji-18Bs, and the rest destroyed his exposed radars and air defense regiments.
• Hu Shao Fei ordered his aircraft to attack Jiang Yan Hai’s formation, but their missiles targeted false electronic targets while Jiang Yan Hai’s air defenses destroyed the fighters and remaining aircraft.
• The system declared Hu Shao Fei defeated and awarded Jiang Yan Hai an Epic Victory.
• The generals applauded Jiang Yan Hai when the commanders left the simulated battlefield.
• Hu Shao Fei saluted Jiang Yan Hai and said that, from then on, he was the one Jiang Yan Hai had defeated, not his superior.

After the battlefield simulation, Jiang Yan Hai explained why a real conflict could favor his side if both sides lost their satellites and high-tech systems. The generals applauded his strategic perspective as the training program closed for adjustments.

• Hu Shao Fei agreed to treat the generals to a meal and invited Jiang Yan Hai, who accepted.
• The instructor ended the simulation session and led the group to the observation hall, explaining that the system needed adjustments.
• Liu Qiang said the generals needed to study new tactics and weapons, noting that Jiang Yan Hai's thinking was more current.
• Feng Mingliang asked whether Jiang Yan Hai could attack satellites in a real conflict and warned that the enemy could retaliate.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that destroying satellites could lead to a contest of industrial recovery that favored his side, while a loss of high-tech systems would weaken an enemy fighting across an ocean.
• Feng Mingliang and the other generals applauded Jiang Yan Hai's explanation.

Jiang Yan Hai explained how he used Hu Shao Fei’s Army background to anticipate his choices and win their simulated battle through naval missiles, electronic warfare, and satellite attacks. The review ended with Hu Shao Fei discovering that Jiang Yan Hai’s fighters had stayed grounded while false targets drew his aircraft into a trap.

• The instructor compared both sides’ forces, and the audience saw that Jiang Yan Hai had chosen a small fleet and limited ground forces while Hu Shao Fei had a larger conventional force.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that Hu Shao Fei’s Army background and the exercise’s land-war setting led him to expect conventional Army tactics, while Jiang Yan Hai used long-range cruise missiles to attack satellites and radar systems.
• Hu Shao Fei learned that Jiang Yan Hai’s fighter jets had not taken off during the middle phase and realized he had been fighting false targets simulated by Electronic Warfare Aircraft.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that scrambling aircraft would let him exploit his superior surveillance and electronic warfare systems, while keeping them grounded would preserve them from being wiped out in one wave.

After the command simulation review, Jiang Yan Hai considered how the logical decision-making program in his saved Illusion Simulation Combat System data could improve Professor Wu Min’s training system. Er Dan confirmed the algorithm could be extracted and used on ordinary computers, leaving Jiang Yan Hai eager to combine it with Professor Wu’s program.

• The instructor ended the review, ordered everyone not to leak the top-secret battle footage, and dismissed the group.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to his accommodations and recalled the Illusion Simulation Combat System data he had saved.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Er Dan to search the data for a logical decision-making program, and Er Dan found one.
• Er Dan confirmed the program could be extracted separately, was 12.7342 GB, and was designed for ordinary computers.