Recaps

Jiang Yan Hai’s Red Star Engine pushed him from a disgraced recruit into Sharpshooter Fourth Company, where his training and shooting feats earned the company’s respect. During a combat exercise, he eliminated a concealed observer, found Regimental Commander Kang with Li Er Niu, and prepared to shoot down a Wolf Fang drone.

• The Red Star Engine activated early, forced Jiang Yan Hai through punishing burpee missions, and offered him a chance to pass Sharpshooter Fourth Company’s assessment.
• Jiang Yan Hai trained for a week, then outperformed the other candidates in weapon assembly, physical tests, and shooting, earning a place in Old Hei’s squad with He Chen Guang.
• Jiang Yan Hai claimed the Red Star Engine’s rewards, acquired the Unsuppressible Newton's Coffin Lid skill and hacking knowledge, and joined his new squad.
• During shooting practice, Jiang Yan Hai used his skill to hit targets at extreme distances with sniper rifles, the Type 95, and the Type 10, earning Fourth Company’s respect.
• After two months in the company, Jiang Yan Hai deployed with the troops when a Level One combat-readiness alarm sounded and Number One was reported ambushed.
• The Red Star Engine assigned Jiang Yan Hai a mission to eliminate at least 100 enemies, and he used his skill to spot and shoot a concealed Blue Team observer.
• Jiang Yan Hai found Li Er Niu resting with the injured Regimental Commander Kang, subdued Li Er Niu when he lunged at him, and reported to Kang.
• When a Wolf Fang drone appeared, Jiang Yan Hai proposed shooting it down, and he took a sniper position in a clearing while Kang and the others drew its attention.

Jiang Yan Hai turned the Blue Army’s communications blockade into a sweeping counterattack, then demonstrated his hacking skill to senior commanders and rewrote their monitored system. He accepted a confidential assignment under He Zhi Jun and began intense training while letting Lu Zhou’s team observe his work.

• Jiang Yan Hai warned Gong Jian that Hill 291 was a trap, used the Electronic Warfare Support Program to expose the Blue Army’s plans, and helped Fourth Company retreat while his information bomb disrupted enemy systems.
• Jiang Yan Hai operated alone, concealed a sniper position, shot Fan Tian Lei and Miao Lang, and used booby traps to inflict further losses on the pursuing Special Forces.
• Jiang Yan Hai continued his campaign against Blue Army troops and commanders, evaded Tang Xin Yi’s satellite system by altering its data, and revealed himself when the exercise ended.
• At the command hall, Jiang Yan Hai explained how he evaded satellite reconnaissance and demonstrated that he had infiltrated the Blue Army system and copied classified files.
• General Gao Shi Wei praised Jiang Yan Hai’s record, offered him an information security role, and ordered Master Kang to hand him over to He Zhi Jun, while classifying the meeting and his file as top secret.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to Sharpshooter Fourth Company, received fifteen days of leave and a Grade B Ground Driving Skill, then moved into confidential quarters and received a monitored workstation from Ding Tian.
• Jiang Yan Hai bypassed the workstation’s encryption and rewrote its operating system over three days, leaving Lu Zhou and his team unable to break through the fixes he had made.
• After sleeping eighteen hours, Jiang Yan Hai began his training mission, completed more than twice Ding Tian’s usual limit, and gave Lu Zhou’s team broad monitoring access while he continued optimizing the system.

Jiang Yan Hai outmaneuvered Fan Tian Lei’s assessment by disguising himself as Jiang Ling, helping the police track down the special forces team, and exposing weaknesses in its methods. After revealing his identity and joining the selected recruits, he flew to Wolf Fang, where the Red Star Engine unlocked a new combat system.

• Gong Jian announced Jiang Yan Hai’s First Class Merit, exceptional promotion to captain, and future academy training, while Jiang Yan Hai received new Red Star Engine permissions and a confidential reward.
• Fan Tian Lei sent Jiang Yan Hai and three other soldiers on a no-money, no-identification intelligence assessment, and Jiang Yan Hai prepared a disguise and secret equipment for the trip.
• Jiang Yan Hai created the identity of Jiang Ling, disguised himself as a woman, and used police contacts to join the provincial department’s response to the exercise.
• Jiang Yan Hai took control of the provincial command system, organized its staff, and coordinated the capture of a fleeing suspect before locating Fan Tian Lei’s hideout.
• Jiang Yan Hai led Captain Wen and Captain Gao to the hideout, then advised Fan Tian Lei and Chen Shan Ming on urban communications, surveillance, and disguise tactics.
• Jiang Yan Hai revealed himself as a man after the assessment ended, fought Chen Shan Ming, and defended his actions by pointing out that he had brought the opposing commanders to Fan Tian Lei.
• Fan Tian Lei disclosed Jiang Yan Hai’s academic background and admitted he had withheld the assembly point, then Jiang Yan Hai flew with the recruits to Wolf Fang as the Red Star Engine unlocked the Illusion Simulation Combat System.
• Song Kai Fei recognized Jiang Yan Hai as the soldier who had shot him down in the earlier exercise, and Jiang Yan Hai joked about what he would have done in a real war.

Jiang Yan Hai endured increasingly demanding training while an illusion simulation repeatedly forced him to relive the deaths of his comrades. His exceptional driving and shooting skills led him into a real operation where he spotted Scorpion’s concealed position and rushed to investigate.

• Fan Tian Lei and Chen Shan Ming pushed Jiang Yan Hai through punishing exercises, while Jiang Yan Hai studied advanced subjects and showed extraordinary stamina, memory, and grenade-reading skills.
• Jiang Yan Hai repeatedly entered an illusion of a battlefield as Sea Lion, where Er Dan and other teammates died while trying to protect him, leaving Jiang Yan Hai troubled by his repeated survival.
• Chen Shan Ming challenged Jiang Yan Hai to drive the Warrior through a dangerous obstacle course, and Jiang Yan Hai set record scores on two runs.
• Fan Tian Lei showed Chen Shan Ming Jiang Yan Hai’s unusual examination results and ordered him to keep training Jiang Yan Hai without revealing the results.
• Fan Tian Lei took the recruits to observe a major operation, where Director Gao introduced Jiang Yan Hai to Yu Dong, Wang Haiqiang, Zhao Gang, and Qian Bing as Jiang Ling.
• Jiang Yan Hai switched shoes with Zhao Gang and used Jiang Ling’s voice to convince the group of his identity, then borrowed a Type 88 sniper rifle to scan the area.
• Jiang Yan Hai spotted a reflection near Scorpion’s concealed position and rushed toward it with an Armed Police unit and a police dog, while Fan Tian Lei kept He Chen Guang and the other rookies behind.