Recaps

Jiang Yan Hai taught the assembled trainees and instructors how to disguise themselves, using Chen Shan Ming as a reluctant model. The lesson continued with Jiang Yan Hai preparing to demonstrate how to create fake breasts.

• Fan Tian Lei announced Jiang Yan Hai’s disguise lesson and introduced Chen Shan Ming as its volunteer model.
• Jiang Yan Hai had Chen Shan Ming remove his shirt and explained how to account for his hands, skin, and body hair when disguising himself as a woman.
• Jiang Yan Hai used packing tape to rip hair from Chen Shan Ming’s arm, making him cry out and drawing laughter from the crowd.
• Jiang Yan Hai shaved Chen Shan Ming’s remaining arm hair and introduced the next step: creating fake breasts.

Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers how to use prosthetics, makeup, and a wig to disguise a man as a woman, using Chen Shan Ming as his model. Chen Shan Ming saw his transformation in the mirror and was left stunned as the soldiers laughed and applauded.

• Jiang Yan Hai attached silicone breasts to Chen Shan Ming and explained how to blend their edges with his skin using makeup.
• Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers about cosmetics, concealing an Adam’s apple, and choosing sweatproof products.
• Jiang Yan Hai completed Chen Shan Ming’s disguise with a sports bra and long-haired wig, turning him into a convincing woman.
• Fan Tian Lei and the soldiers applauded and teased Chen Shan Ming about his appearance.
• Chen Shan Ming examined himself in a full-length mirror, froze in disbelief, and told Miao Lang to get lost when he joked about taking him home.

Jiang Yan Hai completed his disguise as Jiang Ling and set off by helicopter for the airport near Fire Phoenix. He studied the Thunderbolt Commando Unit’s records during the flight as he prepared for his mission.

• Fan Tian Lei concluded that the Special Forces needed to improve their disguise and infiltration training after watching the recorded course.
• Chen Shan Ming saw Jiang Yan Hai dressed as Jiang Ling and instinctively took her bag, then drove her to the helicopter airfield.
• Chen Shan Ming warned Jiang Yan Hai that Thunder God would kill her if he recognized her, and she assured him she would be fine.
• Jiang Yan Hai boarded the helicopter and studied the Thunderbolt Commando Unit’s members and records during the flight.

Engineer Xiang Zuo’s team completed tests on a dramatically improved Type 10 Sniper Rifle and its new engineering plastic, while Jiang Yan Hai traveled to the Fire Phoenix training base. The chapter ended with Thunder God and King of Hell waiting for a new rookie and preparing for an instructor’s arrival.

• Engineer Xiang Zuo reviewed test results showing the redesigned Sniper Rifle was lighter, more accurate, and more adaptable than the original Type 10 Rifle.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo ordered the team to compile the specifications and considered bringing the soldier who designed the weapon to the research institute.
• Jiang Yan Hai arrived by helicopter and was driven to the Fire Phoenix training base.
• Thunder God told King of Hell that a new rookie would join the camp and that she would have to follow his rules.
• Thunder God told King of Hell to pick up an instructor who would teach the rookies makeup, camouflage, and infiltration in three days.

Jiang Yan Hai, posing as Jiang Ling, arrived late at the training base and faced Thunder God’s harsh induction challenge. She refused to obey his ultimatum and began confronting Yuan Bao, leaving the encounter unresolved.

• Thunder God questioned Jiang Ling’s arrival, then brought her into the training base after King of Hell drove over the rough road.
• The female trainees watched Jiang Ling arrive, and Tan Xiao Lin silenced their comments.
• Thunder God ordered Jiang Ling to complete a thousand push-ups in the mud pit to make up for her two-week delay, but she refused to change clothes and challenged his authority.
• Jiang Ling removed her outer shirt and taunted Thunder God, who ordered Yuan Bao to teach her whose rules they were.
• Yuan Bao charged at Jiang Ling, but she lifted the hem of her camouflage shirt, making him stop and turn his head.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that she was wearing a camouflage tank top and used Yuan Bao’s distraction to kick him into the mud pit, then defeated King of Hell in a fight. Thunder God stepped forward to challenge her, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Jiang Yan Hai threw her camouflage shirt over Yuan Bao’s head and kicked him into the mud pit.
• Thunder God ordered Yuan Bao to do one thousand push-ups after Jiang Yan Hai criticized his reaction.
• Jiang Yan Hai fought King of Hell and kicked him into the mud pit beside Yuan Bao.
• Tian Guo cheered for Jiang Yan Hai while Tan Xiao Lin quieted the other girls.
• Thunder God personally attacked Jiang Yan Hai, lunging at her with a punch toward her face.

Jiang Yan Hai defeated Thunder God in hand-to-hand combat, then joined the instructors and female soldiers in the mud pit for push-ups. After he finished first and climbed out, Tian Guo announced that the women could shower together, leaving Jiang Yan Hai panicked about the communal showers.

• Jiang Yan Hai fought Thunder God to a draw, then declared the match over and jumped into the mud pit to do push-ups.
• Thunder God admitted to himself that Jiang Yan Hai had won the hand-to-hand contest and ordered the Thunderbolt Commando Unit to do one thousand push-ups in the pit.
• Tan Xiao Lin and the female soldiers chose to join the instructors in the mud pit and do push-ups.
• Jiang Yan Hai finished all one thousand push-ups first and climbed out, while the others continued.
• Tian Guo asked Thunder God if the women could shower together, and Jiang Yan Hai stiffened at the thought of the communal showers.

Jiang Yan Hai, disguised as Jiang Ling, navigated the women’s shower and barracks without exposing himself, then used his victory to request permission for the Fire Phoenix women to wear simple makeup. Thunder God granted the request but ordered Jiang Ling to take on fifty percent more training than the others.

• Jiang Yan Hai avoided showering with the women by volunteering to stand guard, then showered alone and adjusted his makeup in private.
• Tan Xiao Lin introduced herself as the Fire Phoenix political instructor and gave Jiang Yan Hai a set of Training Uniforms.
• Jiang Yan Hai put his belongings in the barracks and joined the formation as Jiang Ling.
• Thunder God offered Jiang Ling a privilege after her victory, and she asked that the women be allowed to wear simple makeup during normal training.
• Thunder God approved the request but raised Jiang Ling’s training load by fifty percent, and she accepted.

Jiang Yan Hai encouraged the female soldiers to earn respect through strength, then led by example as they faced a will-writing exercise and a difficult meal. The women began to steel themselves for the wilderness survival training ahead.

• Ye Cunxin challenged the instructors over the women’s harsher training, and Jiang Yan Hai defended the need for female soldiers to work harder to earn respect.
• Thunder God announced wilderness survival training and assigned Little Bee to lead the women through writing their wills.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he had no family to leave a will to, then wrote Man Jiang Hong instead.
• The female soldiers reacted emotionally to the will-writing exercise, while Jiang Yan Hai sat quietly after finishing his poem.
• The women were served cold food without utensils, and Jiang Yan Hai began eating without complaint.
• Seeing Jiang Yan Hai’s composure, the female soldiers set aside their objections and ate with determination.

Jiang Yan Hai endured the female soldiers’ brutal training and led them in singing “Man Jiang Hong,” raising their spirits. King of Hell then introduced a survival-food exercise involving insects and small animals, and singled out the composed Jiang Ling to try a mouse.

• Jiang Yan Hai sang “Man Jiang Hong” instead of “Little Duck,” and the other female soldiers joined in, finishing the training round with renewed determination.
• Yuan Bao, Little Bee, King of Hell, and Harley discussed Jiang Ling’s effect on the women and Little Bee’s interest in dating her.
• The harsh training continued, and several female soldiers quit before the afternoon’s main exercise began.
• King of Hell uncovered boxes of field mice, snakes, worms, lizards, and grasshoppers, then told the female soldiers they had to eat them as combat supplements.
• King of Hell pointed out that Jiang Ling remained calm and picked up a mouse, offering to demonstrate how to eat it.

Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated how to prepare and eat mice, insects, and a snake during King of Hell’s survival-training challenge, stunning the soldiers and instructors. After King of Hell sent her back to formation, she encouraged the female soldiers to endure the hardships of their chosen path.

• King of Hell cut open a mouse and ate its raw flesh to challenge the female soldiers, while Jiang Yan Hai watched without flinching.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained how to prepare a mouse and ate it, then sampled insects and demonstrated how to kill and gut a snake.
• The female soldiers vomited, and King of Hell and the instructors were stunned by Jiang Yan Hai’s composure and skill.
• Yuan Bao teased Little Bee about whether Jiang Yan Hai was still a good girlfriend candidate, and Little Bee worried she might accidentally hurt someone in bed.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked if King of Hell had any more food to offer, and he sent her back to the ranks.
• Jiang Yan Hai encouraged the female soldiers to believe they could endure whatever the male soldiers could.

Tan Xiao Lin and the female soldiers overcame the live-rat eating test, then began a five-kilometer armed run. Jiang Yan Hai carried Ou Yang Qian’s gear and raced ahead, leaving the instructors stunned by her ability as the women rallied behind her.

• Tan Xiao Lin volunteered for the rat-eating test, killed a rat, and ate its meat, inspiring Ye Cunxin and the other female soldiers to do the same.
• About five candidates failed the test and were eliminated before the remaining soldiers began a five-kilometer run carrying twenty-kilogram loads, while Jiang Yan Hai carried thirty kilograms.
• When Ou Yang Qian fell behind with menstrual pain, Jiang Yan Hai took her backpack and rifle, and the other soldiers offered to share the load.
• Jiang Yan Hai surged into the lead with Ou Yang Qian’s gear, inspiring the female soldiers to keep running and proving her extraordinary speed.
• King of Hell questioned Jiang Yan Hai’s identity after watching her performance, and Thunder God reminded him not to look down on women.

Jiang Yan Hai challenged Harley to a hundred-meter moving rapid-fire course during extra shooting training and beat his time. The female soldiers cheered for her, while Thunder God watched the unexpected newcomer prove her skill.

• Thunder God ordered the female soldiers to do shooting training after their five-kilometer run, whose final runner finished five minutes faster than that morning.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked to try the hundred-meter moving rapid-fire course and challenged Harley to compete against her.
• Harley completed the course in 32.01 seconds.
• Jiang Yan Hai completed the course in 30.46 seconds, prompting the female soldiers to cheer and leaving Thunder God regretting that she had joined the program.

Jiang Yan Hai encouraged the female soldiers to sing while doing push-ups, then challenged Thunder God’s team to a long-range sniper contest. After Thunder God accepted a wager involving a future fight and a meal, Jiang Yan Hai took the first shot at a flagpole fourteen hundred meters away.

• Jiang Yan Hai joked with Harley, and the female soldiers laughed at his remark.
• Thunder God led the instructors in singing while Tan Xiao Lin rallied the female soldiers to do two hundred push-ups.
• Jiang Yan Hai challenged King of Hell to shoot a Type 88 sniper rifle at fourteen hundred meters.
• Jiang Yan Hai proposed that the loser fight him sometime and buy him a meal, and Thunder God accepted the wager.
• Jiang Yan Hai lay prone with the sniper rifle and fired at the distant flagpoles.

Jiang Yan Hai and King of Hell competed to hit a target 1,400 meters away, and King of Hell admitted defeat after Jiang Yan Hai struck first. Later, Jiang Yan Hai struggled with changing-room arrangements in the women’s barracks and used Jiang Ling’s background to explain his discomfort to Tan Xiao Lin.

• Jiang Yan Hai hit the distant flagpole, then King of Hell fired at the blue flag and brought it down after a long calculation.
• King of Hell admitted he had lost, and Thunder God accepted that his side would honor the promise.
• Ye Cunxin and the other female soldiers vowed to train harder, and Thunder God ordered training to resume.
• After training, Jiang Yan Hai entered the barracks and asked He Lu to wait before changing; he went outside while she finished.
• Tan Xiao Lin asked whether Jiang Ling’s discomfort around others was part of her psychological issues, and Jiang Yan Hai described being bullied as an orphan.

Jiang Yan Hai adjusted to life among the female soldiers while earning their respect through his strength, then Thunder God announced a new instructor for disguise and infiltration training. The instructor was reportedly already present, leaving Thunder God and King of Hell wondering whether another surprise test was underway.

• Jiang Yan Hai reassured the female soldiers that the special forces were training them to survive battle, and the women comforted Ou Yang Qian through her menstrual cramps.
• Tian Guo tried to share Jiang Yan Hai’s bed, but he refused and explained that childhood trauma made him uncomfortable sleeping near others.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Yan Hai’s strength earned the female soldiers’ respect, and their abilities and morale improved.
• Thunder God announced that a new instructor would teach disguise, infiltration, and reconnaissance, prompting the female soldiers to question the need for makeup lessons.
• King of Hell returned after contacting the instructor’s side and said the instructor had already arrived, making Thunder God suspect they were repeating Ye Cunxin’s surprise test.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he had disguised himself as Jiang Ling and infiltrated the camp to serve as the Fire Phoenix unit’s disguise and infiltration instructor. The female soldiers discovered he had spent days among them in disguise and attacked him for deceiving them.

• Thunder God announced that the new instructor was hiding in the camp, and Jiang Yan Hai joined the female soldiers’ fruitless search.
• Jiang Yan Hai challenged the soldiers’ assumptions about disguise and removed his wig and makeup, revealing himself as a man.
• Jiang Yan Hai reported to Thunder God as the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s instructor for the Fire Phoenix training unit.
• Thunder God and the other men reacted with embarrassment after realizing Jiang Yan Hai had infiltrated their base for three days.
• Ye Cunxin, Tang Xiao Xiao, He Lu, and Tan Xiao Lin led the female soldiers in surrounding and beating Jiang Yan Hai.

Jiang Yan Hai’s disguise was exposed, and after the female soldiers beat him, he prepared to teach them camouflage and makeup skills. He moved into new barracks, where King of Hell asked how he made sniper calculations so quickly.

• The female soldiers pummeled Jiang Yan Hai while Little Bee, Harley, and Yuan Bao watched, and Thunder God reprimanded the men for failing to detect him.
• Thunder God ordered everyone to attend Jiang Yan Hai’s lessons over the next four days and warned them that failing to adapt to modern warfare could cost lives.
• Jiang Yan Hai admitted his deception and explained that he had disguised himself to prove that a man could teach makeup; Tan Xiao Lin urged the female soldiers to trust his instruction.
• Jiang Yan Hai removed and packed away his disguise, then followed King of Hell to his newly assigned barracks.
• King of Hell asked how Jiang Yan Hai completed sniper calculations so quickly, and Jiang Yan Hai explained that memorizing conditions such as wind speed, humidity, and temperature let him calculate them at once.

Jiang Yan Hai tried to teach King of Hell mental arithmetic, but King of Hell failed to understand and Little Bee teased him. Thunder God and the Thunderbolt Commando Unit welcomed Jiang Yan Hai and tried to recruit him, though his transfer was not his decision.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained mental arithmetic techniques to King of Hell, who admitted the explanation only made things more confusing.
• Little Bee and the others arrived, and Little Bee mocked King of Hell for not understanding Jiang Yan Hai's lesson.
• Thunder God introduced himself as Lei Zhan, and Jiang Yan Hai explained that he was still training for the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade's Red Blood Cell Squad.
• Little Bee and Thunder God invited Jiang Yan Hai to join the Thunderbolt Commando Unit, but Jiang Yan Hai said his transfer depended on his superiors.
• Thunder God thanked Jiang Yan Hai for helping with upcoming classes and offered to treat him to roast whole lamb, while Yuan Bao asked about living in the female soldiers' barracks and Thunder God smacked him.

Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated how special operations soldiers used scent and observation to identify perfumes and cosmetics, challenging the female team members’ knowledge. He correctly identified every product brought to him and left them questioning what it meant to truly understand cosmetics.

• Jiang Yan Hai introduced himself and challenged the team’s knowledge of cosmetics, prompting Tang Xiao Xiao to object.
• Jiang Yan Hai sprayed perfume behind Tang Xiao Xiao, who could not identify it by smell.
• Ye Cunxin sprayed two perfumes behind Jiang Yan Hai, and he named both along with her skincare products.
• Tang Xiao Xiao and Shen Lan Ni took turns, and Jiang Yan Hai accurately identified their perfumes and cosmetics.
• Yuan Bao took He Lu’s perfume and sprayed it, but Jiang Yan Hai identified it and noticed Yuan Bao’s sweat and different footsteps.
• Nearly all seventeen female team members tested Jiang Yan Hai, who identified every perfume and cosmetic product before asking whether their knowledge counted as understanding.

Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers how scent and luxury-brand knowledge could expose flaws in a disguise, then realized a new way to escape the Illusion Simulation Combat System. He entered the simulation determined to lead Er Dan and the squad out alive, and woke up pinning Er Dan down before he could shout.

• Tian Guo joked that Jiang Yan Hai had a dog's nose, and Jiang Yan Hai explained how people could recognize and remember mixed perfume scents.
• Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers that knowledge of luxury goods could reveal disguise flaws and that disguises should divert attention from vulnerable details.
• Shen Lan Ni asked about people who cross-dressed, prompting Jiang Yan Hai to explain how unusual behavior could attract scrutiny.
• After dinner, Jiang Yan Hai realized he had never tried advancing into the enemy base instead of retreating along the same route in the simulation.
• Jiang Yan Hai went to sleep intending to bring Er Dan and the others out alive, then woke in the simulation and pinned Er Dan down to stop him from shouting.

Jiang Yan Hai led his team away from their mined retreat route and toward the enemy rear, using a sniper ambush to identify the threat and clear their advance. The squad moved deeper into the valley, where they found far fewer mines.

• Jiang Yan Hai gathered status reports from Eagle, Pufferfish, Iron Bull, and Vulture, then ordered the team to advance toward the enemy rear and circle back to safety.
• Jiang Yan Hai exposed a sliver of his helmet to draw fire, and his teammates located the enemy sniper behind a pine tree.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan coordinated a counterattack, and Jiang Yan Hai shot the sniper before ordering the team to advance in assault formation.
• The team moved into the valley and found that their chosen route had few mines, unlike the heavily mined retreat route.

Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan infiltrated away from the mined retreat route, planning to slip behind the enemy blockade and find another way out. After ambushing a six-man patrol, they took a sniper rifle and enemy insignia, leaving their next move open.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that Triggered Induction Mines blocked their original retreat route and proposed infiltrating behind the enemy before circling around to escape.
• Vulture agreed that they needed to move quickly, and Jiang Yan Hai ordered the team to split into pairs, maintain communications silence, and assemble at their previous mission site.
• Jiang Yan Hai buried his large-caliber sniper rifle, set booby traps, and moved out with Er Dan toward Area A.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan encountered a six-man patrol and killed all six before they could react.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan took a small-caliber sniper rifle and stripped insignia and badges from two patrol members.

Jiang Yan Hai observed the enemy’s heavily guarded base and noticed a suspicious pattern in the trucks entering a cave. After reviewing the squad’s earlier mission, he concluded they may never have destroyed the real laboratory and suspected its entrance was underground.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan avoided another patrol and returned to Gathering Point A, overlooking the enemy base.
• Jiang Yan Hai watched the base’s elite soldiers and noticed that trucks entered and exited the cave in groups of eight despite ample room inside.
• After the rest of the squad arrived, Jiang Yan Hai asked them to review their original mission and ordered Eagle to recount the operation.
• Eagle explained that the passage had not collapsed, and Jiang Yan Hai suspected it was the true entrance to the laboratory.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked whether the squad had checked underground and suggested that the trucks might be waiting for an elevator.

Jiang Yan Hai and his team discovered that the enemy’s secret base was underground and found a caged alien creature called the Destroyer. After they called for backup, a military command center launched a coordinated response, including a reconnaissance drone and missiles, leaving the capture operation underway.

• Jiang Yan Hai and his team waited in hiding until the enemy began retreating, revealing that their secret base was underground.
• Jiang Yan Hai and his team saw the enemy bring out a powerful, armored creature in a steel cage, which Eagle identified as the Destroyer.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered a Level One Red Alert and called for backup, and Vulture sent an emergency signal.
• A military command center locked onto the Destroyer and launched a Skybird reconnaissance drone while issuing orders to nearby forces.
• A nuclear submarine received orders, prepared to launch, and fired eight missiles toward the target coordinates.