Recaps

Jiang Yan Hai and the other defenders held off the Rebel Army while snipers eliminated its threatening fighters. When General Harlo ordered his troops to charge, Jiang Yan Hai deliberately wounded them instead of killing them, leaving the attackers screaming and breaking their will.

• Jiang Yan Hai received reports that enemy forces were gathering at each defended position, while the drones and the defenders kept their artillery from posing a serious threat.
• Lance praised the factory buildings’ construction, and Leng Feng said the world knew Chinese-built structures were reliable.
• General Harlo grew furious that hundreds of Rebel Army soldiers had failed to break through and threatened to kill the families of anyone who refused to charge.
• Carlos warned Jiang Yan Hai that the enemy was preparing to move, and Jiang Yan Hai said he had been too merciful.
• Jiang Yan Hai began shooting charging soldiers in the arms and legs rather than killing them, filling the battlefield with screams and crushing the Rebel Army’s will.

Jiang Yan Hai routed the Rebel Army with precise long-range shots, destroying its artillery and helping its fleeing soldiers escape. With the immediate attackers dispersed, he went downstairs and prepared to leave the building alone.

• Carlos watched Jiang Yan Hai shoot enemies at extreme range, while the Rebel Army eventually broke and fled after its leaders tried to stop them.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot the soldiers attacking the fleeing troops, allowing the Rebel Army soldiers to scatter and escape.
• General Harlo ordered artillery fire, but Jiang Yan Hai detonated shells beside the guns from nearly four kilometers away, destroying the artillery position.
• Snipers and riflemen in the other directions prevented the Rebel Army from advancing there as well.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Carlos went down to the fourth floor, where Jiang Yan Hai announced he would go outside alone.
• Shao Bing warned Jiang Yan Hai that it was dangerous, but Black Lion said Jiang Yan Hai would be safer outside than with them.

Jiang Yan Hai left his team and hunted the Rebel Army alone through the streets, using his weapons and the Electronic Warfare Program to intercept General Harlo’s retreating convoy. The convoy was thrown into chaos, and Harlo was badly wounded but remained alive.

• Jiang Yan Hai armed himself, left Black Lion, Leng Feng, and Shao Bing behind, and advanced alone toward the enemy.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot two Rebel Army soldiers near a corner and moved through the shadows as his gunfire drew closer to General Harlo.
• General Harlo ordered his forces to retreat and intensify attacks elsewhere, while Er Dan warned Jiang Yan Hai that the convoy was moving.
• Jiang Yan Hai located a damaged car, used the Electronic Warfare Program to start it, and drove to an intersection where he waited for the convoy.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot the machine-gunner and driver of the lead pickup, causing it to crash into an abandoned vehicle.
• General Harlo ordered another retreat, but Jiang Yan Hai’s next shot struck the passenger beside him and wounded Harlo with the bullet and broken seat-spring fragments.

Jiang Yan Hai killed General Harlo, his replacement, and the major who tried to take command, plunging the Rebel Army camp into chaos. He watched from a rooftop as one captain threw down his cap and rifle and walked out of the camp.

• Jiang Yan Hai killed General Harlo’s adjutant, ordered Black Lion to withdraw, and drove away to prepare his next move.
• Jiang Yan Hai hid across from the Rebel Army camp and shot dead a colonel who arrived to take command.
• Jiang Yan Hai waited as the major called someone and began issuing orders, then shot and killed him.
• A Rebel Army captain threw down his cap and rifle and started walking out of the camp, making Jiang Yan Hai laugh.

Jiang Yan Hai’s sniper attacks killed the Rebel Army’s commanders and drove its soldiers to abandon the city’s frontlines. The government forces moved to seize the abandoned strongholds, while Black Lion and the special forces struggled to believe one person had caused the collapse.

• Jiang Yan Hai shot a Rebel Army captain who threatened him, prompting many soldiers to surrender their weapons and flee.
• Jiang Yan Hai moved to the frontline and killed a colonel from 1,700 meters away, then assassinated other officers across the city.
• General Felix learned that General Harlo and twenty-nine other mid- and high-ranking Rebel Army officers were dead and ordered troops to occupy their abandoned strongholds.
• Black Lion received word that the Rebel Army had collapsed and informed Leng Feng, Shao Bing, and the other special forces soldiers.
• Leng Feng and Shao Bing questioned how Jiang Yan Hai’s decapitation operation had made the Rebel Army collapse so completely.

Shao Bing and Leng Feng helped their soldiers process the shock of fighting and killing on a real battlefield, reminding them to hold fast to their faith and accept their earned pay. After leaving the city, Jiang Yan Hai reconsidered how to build Blood Wolf, deciding that acting alone while the others handled support could be more effective.

• Shao Bing and Leng Feng's soldiers gathered to discuss their first day of real combat and the lives they had taken.
• Shao Bing told the shaken soldiers to remember their faith and maintain soldiers' standards, while Leng Feng urged them to talk with Blood Wolf's members.
• Shao Bing told the soldiers to accept their share of the one million U.S. dollars as legal income earned with their lives.
• Jiang Yan Hai realized that acting alone could let him operate more freely while Blood Wolf and Leng Feng's people carried out supporting operations.

Jiang Yan Hai headed for Eviya’s capital to negotiate a new mission, while arranging for Black Lion to manage Blood Wolf’s affairs in his absence. He secured a ten-million-dollar deal with the Eviya government and then approached one of Hans Grace’s enemies about a bounty, leaving the offer unanswered.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Black Lion to handle Blood Wolf’s affairs and consult him about missions while he operated alone.
• Jiang Yan Hai called the Eviya government and agreed to take on a job for ten million US dollars.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked a contact how much he would pay for Hans Grace’s life.
• The contact asked Jiang Yan Hai why he should believe he could kill Hans Grace.

Jiang Yan Hai demanded ten million dollars from Robert Goen to kill Hans Grace, then hired Arthur to carry out the assassination for five million. After arranging the job and asking Arthur to leave a name at the scene, Jiang Yan Hai drove toward the capital of the Republic of Evia.

• Jiang Yan Hai revealed Robert Goen's secret location and family, then demanded ten million dollars to kill Hans Grace.
• Robert Goen agreed and transferred the money to the Thai bank account Jiang Yan Hai provided.
• Jiang Yan Hai erased the phone number he had used and contacted Arthur to offer him five million dollars to kill Hans Grace.
• Arthur accepted the job, and Jiang Yan Hai sent him Hans Grace's information and asked him to leave a name at the scene.
• Jiang Yan Hai drove into the capital of the Republic of Evia by noon the next day.

Jiang Yan Hai used the Red Star Engine to assassinate Rebel Army commanders and sabotage their forces, allowing Eviya government troops to retake the capital. After five days, Prime Minister Donald called Jiang Yan Hai.

• Jiang Yan Hai killed the Rebel Army's highest commander and destroyed an ammunition truck before targeting officers throughout the camp.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Yan Hai continued killing Rebel Army leaders by sniping and infiltrating their bases while Eviya government forces stayed in position.
• As the Rebel Army lost its commanders and collapsed, government forces attacked, and many rebels fled or surrendered.
• Five days later, government forces had regained control of the capital, and Prime Minister Donald called Jiang Yan Hai.

Jiang Yan Hai agreed to help the Republic of Evia restore peace by targeting the Rebel Army’s leaders, then set out for the next city. Meanwhile, Arthur killed Hans Grace, and the news convinced Robert never to oppose Liston Han Xiao again.

• Donald formally asked Jiang Yan Hai to help restore peace in the Republic of Evia and offered him a commission and lasting honors.
• Jiang Yan Hai accepted the request and promised to thwart whoever was backing the Rebel Army.
• Jiang Yan Hai spoke with people back home, confirmed the country approved his plan, and headed toward the next city.
• Hans Grace’s bodyguards found him dead, with Liston Han Xiao’s name spray-painted on the wall, after Arthur escaped.
• Robert learned Hans Grace had been killed and decided he would never oppose Liston Han Xiao again.

Jiang Yan Hai eliminated 172 Rebel Army leaders in the Republic of Evia, helping government forces regain control and bringing the rebellion close to collapse. Prime Minister Donald prepared to restore order and livelihood, while keeping evidence of foreign support for the rebels and resolving to steer Evia toward China.

• After Arthur confirmed the mission was complete, Jiang Yan Hai arranged for the payment to be transferred through domestic channels.
• Jiang Yan Hai spent more than a month eliminating Rebel Army leaders across the Republic of Evia, including over a dozen commanders killed in a bombing at a secret meeting.
• After Jiang Yan Hai killed the final target on the list, Er Dan confirmed the mission was finished, and Jiang Yan Hai told him to notify Donald and the others.
• In the capital, Prime Minister Donald learned that the last mid-level Rebel Army leader had been eliminated and ordered government forces to take control of every town and restore order.
• Donald learned that Liston Han Xiao had provided detailed evidence of countries backing the rebels, but decided Evia lacked the strength to confront them and would keep the evidence while pursuing closer ties with China.

The Republic of Evia suppressed the rebellion and signed agreements that allowed China to build military facilities and deploy troops and instructors there. After Jiang Yan Hai completed the first stage of his mission, he stayed in a nearby city to help Bill with a chemistry problem.

• The Republic of Evia announced that it had suppressed the rebellion and thanked China for loans and food aid.
• The Republic of Evia announced that China could deploy up to 5,000 combat personnel and build docks and an airport to protect its workers.
• The Republic of Evia announced Chinese weapons and 5,000 instructors to train its military, and a nearby fleet entered port with Marines to provide security.
• Rebel activity in the Republic of Evia dropped sharply, and Black Lion and the others recognized that another rebellion was now unlikely.
• Jiang Yan Hai postponed his return after Er Dan reported that Bill had arrived in a nearby country and requested his help.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Bill if he wanted him to teach him chemistry.

Jiang Yan Hai trained Bill in chemistry and other skills before returning home, while Bill carried out an attack on a major CIA branch in North Africa. The explosion destroyed the building, and the CIA began assessing the devastation.

• Jiang Yan Hai taught Bill how to prepare chemicals, disguise himself, enter buildings, and use mechanical support structures.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Black Lion he would operate alone, then traveled home under a different appearance and with forged travel records.
• Bill left the North African CIA branch, and less than ten minutes later an explosion collapsed the building.
• CIA staff in Langley received news of the attack and saw footage showing the branch reduced to ruins.
• A CIA officer reported that the blast was equivalent to roughly one ton of TNT and appeared to have started in the underground parking garage.

After Bill claimed responsibility for bombing a CIA branch and accused the agency of arranging his team’s deaths, CIA officials moved to suppress the video and blame the affair on Hans Grace. They then reassessed Liston Han Xiao, whose growing abilities and opposition to them threatened CIA personnel worldwide.

• A technician showed the shaken CIA commander Bill’s video, in which Bill promised further attacks and accused the CIA of hiring the Rebel Army of the Republic of Evia to silence his team.
• The commander ordered the video removed, a disinformation campaign prepared, and information gathered on Hans Grace and his associates.
• A technician reported that Liston Han Xiao had killed Hans Grace more than a month earlier, leaving his name written on the wall.
• The CIA’s top official and other department leaders agreed to blame the operation on Hans Grace and classify Bill as a terrorist.
• CIA leaders discussed Liston Han Xiao’s role in the Republic of Evia and questioned how to change their approach to him, given his ability to hunt their officials.

The CIA and military leaders suspected the Pantheon was helping Liston Han Xiao and decided to infiltrate the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group while targeting Han Xiao. The CIA publicly offered rewards for information and a ten-million-dollar bounty for his death, and assassin organizations received the same order through the dark web.

• The CIA director told the generals that Liston Han Xiao’s disappearances suggested the Pantheon was sheltering him or that he had joined the organization.
• The CIA director proposed infiltrating the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group to investigate its capabilities and its cooperation with the Eviya government, and the generals agreed.
• The CIA director proposed hiring assassins through a third party and offering ten million dollars to kill Liston Han Xiao, and the officials approved the plan.
• The White House spokesperson called Bill a terrorist and denied any U.S. government connection to Hans Grace.
• The CIA issued a public reward notice for information about Liston Han Xiao and sent a ten-million-dollar bounty order to assassin organizations on the dark web.

Jiang Yan Hai returned to China while the CIA and the underground world sought Liston Han Xiao, prompting several allies to warn him about the danger. At the airport, he reunited with Li Ruo Bai.

• The underground world’s assassins avoided taking the bounty on Liston Han Xiao because his record made him too dangerous to pursue.
• 47 called Jiang Yan Hai and warned him that he had been placed on a wanted list by the CIA and the underground world.
• Arthur told Jiang Yan Hai that Liston Han Xiao was being hunted and warned him that someone might still risk taking the bounty.
• Jason Bourne and Barney also called Jiang Yan Hai to check on him and offer support.
• Jiang Yan Hai arrived in China and met Li Ruo Bai at the airport, where she ran into his arms.

Jiang Yan Hai returned after more than three months away and reunited with Li Ruo Bai, who had missed him deeply. They went home together, where Li Ruo Bai eagerly asked him to carry her to the bath.

• Li Ruo Bai embraced Jiang Yan Hai and told him she had missed him, while he admitted he had missed her too.
• Li Ruo Bai noticed Jiang Yan Hai’s reddened eyes and roughened appearance, then took his arm and headed home with him.
• In the SUV, Li Ruo Bai kissed Jiang Yan Hai and explained that she had shared her daily life online so he could see what she was doing.
• Li Ruo Bai asked whether she should become a celebrity, but Jiang Yan Hai refused and privately teased her about the comments on her trending posts.
• After Sparrow drove them to Li Ruo Bai’s apartment, Li Ruo Bai jumped into Jiang Yan Hai’s arms and asked him to carry her to the bath.

Jiang Yan Hai spent a quiet morning with Li Ruo Bai before receiving a message that his old squad leader was retiring. He and Li Ruo Bai traveled to the former Iron Fist Regiment camp to visit him.

• Jiang Yan Hai watched Li Ruo Bai sleep, and they agreed to visit her parents that day.
• Jiang Yan Hai received a message about his old squad leader's retirement and told Li Ruo Bai he needed to go see him.
• Li Ruo Bai asked to come along, and Jiang Yan Hai agreed.
• Hound drove Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai to the former Iron Fist Regiment camp, where Jiang Yan Hai recognized the old farm where he had once raised pigs.

Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai returned to his former barracks, where they heard Squad Leader Liu Ming addressing the soldiers as their unit was retired and reassigned to logistics. Jiang Yan Hai greeted his former squad leader and embraced him, leaving Liu Ming astonished by how far his former recruit had risen.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai approached the barracks where Jiang Yan Hai had once served.
• They overheard Liu Ming telling his soldiers that their farm unit was being retired and that they would move to logistics work.
• Jiang Yan Hai reflected on the sacrifices and service of soldiers who had spent years supporting the military away from the front lines.
• The soldiers spotted Jiang Yan Hai and stood at attention to greet him.
• Jiang Yan Hai saluted the group, identified himself to Liu Ming, and hugged his former squad leader.

Jiang Yan Hai reunited with his former squad leader, Liu Ming, as Liu retired from military service. At the retirement ceremony, Jiang Yan Hai removed Liu Ming’s insignia, marking his return to civilian life.

• Liu Ming proudly introduced Jiang Yan Hai to the recruits as a soldier he had trained, and appointed Wang Peng as the new squad leader.
• Jiang Yan Hai introduced Liu Ming to his wife, Li Ruo Bai, and the three traveled together to the military subdistrict headquarters.
• Liu Ming told Jiang Yan Hai that he planned to use his retirement allowance to open a pig farm.
• At the retirement ceremony, Jiang Yan Hai removed Liu Ming’s rank insignia as the retiring soldiers said goodbye to military life.

Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai witnessed veterans leave the military, and Jiang Yan Hai reflected on how soldiers pass their spirit and responsibility to the next generation. He and Li Ruo Bai recognized that soldiers endured their sacrifices to protect ordinary people.

• At the discharge ceremony, Jiang Yan Hai and the other soldiers saluted the veterans as they boarded buses and left the camp.
• Jiang Yan Hai realized the ceremony represented the inheritance of military spirit and responsibility from veterans to active-duty soldiers.
• Li Ruo Bai asked whether Jiang Yan Hai would someday leave the military, and he said soldiers would answer the country's call even after returning to civilian life.
• After eating with Li Ruo Bai's mother, Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai returned to their home, where she said young soldiers rushed into danger for the veterans who came before them.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Li Ruo Bai that soldiers made their sacrifices for ordinary people, so they could live, work, study, and reunite with their families in safety.

After spending two weeks with Li Ruo Bai, Jiang Yan Hai returned to Great Qin to review reconnaissance and investigate a warning about the virus he had released. Satellite surveys showed a world with nearly twenty million survivors, dangerous wolf packs, and a possible second Stargate, while their source remained unknown.

• Li Ruo Bai comforted Jiang Yan Hai, who said he could never be a good husband, father, or son, and she told him he was a good soldier.
• After his leave, Jiang Yan Hai traveled toward the Stargate to investigate his new scanning authority and the information returned by the virus.
• Jiang Yan Hai reviewed reports showing Great Qin's geography, surviving population, and the distribution of Red Mad Wolves and other monsters.
• Black Hawk told Jiang Yan Hai that their forces could destroy large wolf packs but could not yet locate hidden nests or stop the packs' source.

Jiang Yan Hai and Black Hawk discussed the need to expand reconnaissance and secure the Great Wall before another power could enter the world through a Teleportation Gate. Jiang Yan Hai identified the location corresponding to Area 51 and began considering an aircraft mission to reach it, despite the likely one-way trip.

• Black Hawk explained that spring weather, reconnaissance equipment, and satellite coordination could help monitor a vast area and secure the second ring of the Great Wall.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned that the team needed to accelerate its progress because the United States had begun secret Energy Ore research at neighboring Area 51 and might open its own Teleportation Gate.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Black Hawk to calculate where Area 51's coordinates would correspond on the Great Qin map, and Black Hawk quickly found the location.
• Jiang Yan Hai examined the forested plain and considered sending aircraft there, but noted that the trip might be one-way and that a safe landing site was uncertain.

Jiang Yan Hai learned from Er Dan that the Teleportation Gate was an activated Alpha 3 Type Invasive Star Gate, and that the Red Mad Wolves were meant to adapt to the planet’s viruses rather than destroy its civilization. He left the gate open for now, realizing that an unknown force might arrive after the wolves developed antibodies.

• Jiang Yan Hai arrived at the secret base as workers planned wider passages and new rail lines around the Teleportation Gate.
• Er Dan warned Jiang Yan Hai that the gate was an activated Alpha 3 Type Invasive Star Gate.
• Jiang Yan Hai met with Kang Lei and the others, then asked Er Dan what the gate was and whether it could be shut down.
• Er Dan said the gate could be shut down with energy from the Red Star Engine, but Jiang Yan Hai chose not to close it yet.
• Er Dan explained that the Red Mad Wolves were meant to become infected with local viruses and develop antibodies for the Star Gate’s deployers.

Jiang Yan Hai realized the Red Mad Wolves’ powerful immune systems might offer useful antibodies and urged Professor Zhou to investigate. He then asked Er Dan whether shutting the Alpha 3 Type Invasive Star Gate with the Red Star Engine would prevent it from reconnecting, and learned that it would.

• Jiang Yan Hai recognized that the Red Mad Wolves existed to adapt to viruses and that their immune systems could be their greatest strength.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Professor Zhou and learned that Red Mad Wolves carried antibodies to many viruses found in this world.
• Jiang Yan Hai suggested that Professor Zhou’s team look for antibodies from Red Mad Wolves that humans might use, like cowpox.
• Professor Zhou told Jiang Yan Hai that Dai Yuan’s genes were almost identical to those of humans.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Er Dan whether using the Red Star Engine to close the Alpha 3 Type Invasive Star Gate would stop it from reconnecting, and Er Dan confirmed that it would.