Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Yan Hai captured a suspicious man during a traffic accident, police brought him and Li Ruo Bai to the municipal bureau and verified his identity with Northern Arms Group. The police accepted that he was a weapons research expert, while privately suspecting he had another undisclosed role.

• Jiang Yan Hai told police he was a scientist from Northern Arms Group and agreed to accompany them with the suspect for questioning.
• The crowd applauded Jiang Yan Hai, who thanked them with a bow before following the police toward the municipal bureau.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai arrived at the bureau, where he gave a statement and the police contacted Northern Arms Group to verify him.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo confirmed that Jiang Yan Hai was an invited weapons research expert and offered to send someone to collect him.
• The deputy director told the criminal investigation captain that the bureau had verified Jiang Yan Hai's identity, while the captain privately suspected it was a cover for another role.

After Jiang Yan Hai helped resolve a dangerous incident, he drove Li Ruo Bai toward Baotou, and the two discussed the risks of his work. They parted at Northern Arms Group’s Baotou branch, with Li Ruo Bai asking him to remember that he still owed her a meal.

• Fan Tian Lei heard from He Zhi Jun that Jiang Yan Hai had accurately examined more than forty injured people and wondered how he had learned such medical skills.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai ate local dishes at WLCB after leaving the police station, and Li Ruo Bai gradually recovered from the earlier ordeal.
• On the highway, Li Ruo Bai asked whether they had experienced life and death together, and Jiang Yan Hai explained that his work was dangerous and honored fallen comrades as the real heroes.
• Jiang Yan Hai arrived at Northern Arms Group’s Baotou branch and told Li Ruo Bai they had to part ways.
• Li Ruo Bai asked Jiang Yan Hai to remember that he owed her a meal, and they solemnly shook hands before she ran to the car in tears.

Jiang Yan Hai met Xiang Zuo, who tried to recruit him for Northern Arms Group’s Light Weapons Research Laboratory but accepted that Jiang Yan Hai wanted to remain in the military. Jiang Yan Hai joined the institute to help finalize his improved rifle design, while a call from the General Staff left Fan Tian Lei shocked.

• Xiang Zuo introduced himself to Jiang Yan Hai and admitted he had wanted to recruit him after seeing him leave a heartbroken girl behind.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained the principles behind his improved Type 10 Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle, impressing Xiang Zuo with his knowledge.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Xiang Zuo that he preferred the military despite studying under Old Man Ren, and mentioned that he was designing another weapon.
• Xiang Zuo invited Jiang Yan Hai to bring him the new design for testing, hoping it might help Northern Arms Group surpass its rival, China Southern Industries Group.
• Jiang Yan Hai arrived at Northern Arms Group’s research institute, where the designers welcomed him and prepared to begin finalizing his rifle design.
• Fan Tian Lei was awakened by a call from the General Staff and reacted with shock and confusion.

At the Northern Arms Group's Light Weapons Research Institute, Jiang Yan Hai trained before joining Engineer Xiang Zuo and the researchers for preliminary tests of his improved Type 10 Sniper Rifle. After inspecting two rifles, he declared both defective, and the researchers prepared to test his claims.

• Jiang Yan Hai trained intensely on the institute's field before Engineer Xiang Zuo called him to clean up and prepare for the tests.
• Jiang Yan Hai entered the internal testing area and quickly disassembled the improved Type 10 Sniper Rifle while scanning it.
• Jiang Yan Hai identified problems with the rifle's rifling precision and barrel material composition, astonishing Engineer Xiang Zuo and the researchers.
• Jiang Yan Hai scanned a second rifle and said both guns had the same flaws.
• A researcher challenged Jiang Yan Hai, so the team began measuring rifling wear before and after firing to verify his diagnosis.

Jiang Yan Hai tested the Type 10 Sniper Rifle at the outdoor range, astonishing the researchers with his accuracy and endurance. After monitoring the rifle, they discovered its rifling wore down faster than expected, prompting Engineer Xiang Zuo to order a thorough inspection.

• Jiang Yan Hai fired nearly a hundred rounds at targets as far as 3,200 meters, hitting the scoring rings with extraordinary accuracy.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo asked Jiang Yan Hai to remove his shirt, and the researchers saw the thick calluses on both shoulders from years of shooting.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that soldiers endured hardship to protect civilians, and Engineer Xiang Zuo urged the researchers to strive for perfection.
• The monitoring results showed the rifle's rifling wear exceeded its design target and its performance had dropped by roughly twenty percent.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo ordered a comprehensive inspection of the rifle and the smelting equipment.

Jiang Yan Hai helped the researchers identify an equipment-data error that caused abnormal rifling wear in the Type 10 anti-materiel sniper rifle, and the corrected rifle passed testing. He then asked Engineer Xiang Zuo about setting up a firearms laboratory of his own, while Fan Tian Lei continued trying to reach him.

• Fan Tian Lei tried to reach Jiang Yan Hai, but the institute refused to interrupt its research, so Fan Tian Lei explained the delay to He Zhi Jun.
• Jiang Yan Hai helped the researchers find a small error in their equipment data that had affected the material’s ingredient ratio.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo ordered the data corrected and the affected rifle components remade.
• The researchers tested the new Type 10 anti-materiel sniper rifle with automatic fire and confirmed that its rifling wear was normal.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Engineer Xiang Zuo about the cost of setting up a firearms laboratory, and Engineer Xiang Zuo offered to help him test his designs instead.

Jiang Yan Hai finished helping Engineer Xiang Zuo with the rifle and learned that the man he had subdued was an undercover General Staff operative. He explained what happened to Fan Tian Lei, then asked about setting up a laboratory at the Special Forces base, but Fan Tian Lei abruptly hung up.

• Jiang Yan Hai asked Engineer Xiang Zuo to look into replacing laboratory equipment so he could acquire secondhand gear for his own research.
• After the laboratory work ended, Jiang Yan Hai returned Fan Tian Lei’s many calls using a secure phone.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that the fugitive he had caught was a General Staff operative working undercover, and Jiang Yan Hai described how he had rescued the hostage and injured the man.
• Fan Tian Lei reassured Jiang Yan Hai that the incident would likely be resolved, then asked how the firearm project was progressing.
• Jiang Yan Hai mentioned bringing firearms back for testing and asked Fan Tian Lei about the laboratory he had requested, but Fan Tian Lei pretended the signal was bad and hung up.

Jiang Yan Hai authorized the state to use his engineering plastic formula while keeping future revenue rights, and arranged to buy equipment for a personal laboratory. After learning Li Ruo Bai had donated 800 million yuan to the province under his name, he still rejected the idea of pursuing her, and the big shot promised government support for his lab.

• After hanging up, Fan Tian Lei called the brigade commander to head off another request from Jiang Yan Hai.
• Jiang Yan Hai readily signed an authorization for his engineering plastic formula, agreeing it would stay out of the civilian market while classified.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked to buy laboratory equipment himself, and the big shot offered land and provincial help with operating expenses.
• The big shot told Jiang Yan Hai that Li Ruo Bai had donated 800 million yuan in vehicles and supplies to the province under his name.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he would only harm Li Ruo Bai by getting together with her, and the big shot challenged his reasoning about soldiers and marriage.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he wanted to keep serving until the state covered his needs for life, and the big shot promised to secure his laboratory equipment.

Jiang Yan Hai left Northern Arms Group with twenty Type 10 Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifles for military testing. On his drive to the military airport, he was caught in an apparent staged accident scam, and several men rushed to confront him.

• Engineer Xiang Zuo arranged for Jiang Yan Hai to transport twenty rifles to a military airport for initial testing and explained the next steps toward possible mass production.
• Jiang Yan Hai thanked Engineer Xiang Zuo, collected the rifles and documents, and drove alone toward the airport in a BJ Jeep.
• In Kun District, a man pursuing a Mercedes fell near Jiang Yan Hai's car, then deliberately smashed his head into its hood.
• Two women accused Jiang Yan Hai of hitting the man and threatened to call someone, while a crowd gathered around them.
• Several young men arrived in a beat-up car, called the injured man their father, and confronted Jiang Yan Hai.

Jiang Yan Hai refused to pay a group staging an accident, and Mao Xiao Wu repeatedly rammed his car despite police arriving. The car overturned and exposed several cases containing guns, prompting Mao Xiao Wu to admit they had staged the accident and ask the officers to arrest them.

• Jiang Yan Hai refused Mao Xiao Wu’s demand for money and waited for the police to arrive.
• Mao Xiao Wu rammed Jiang Yan Hai’s car once, then threatened to hit it again when Jiang Yan Hai still refused to pay.
• Police officers and traffic cops arrived, but Mao Xiao Wu and the two middle-aged women insisted the accident was real.
• Mao Xiao Wu rammed Jiang Yan Hai’s car hard enough to overturn it and spill several cases from the trunk.
• A gun fell from an opened case, and Mao Xiao Wu admitted to the officers that they had staged the accident.

Jiang Yan Hai’s shipment of classified firearms was exposed after a group of repeat offenders tried to stage a traffic accident against him. The police arrested the group and arranged to transport the weapons, while Jiang Yan Hai prepared to continue his journey by military aircraft.

• Jiang Yan Hai told the police to document the scene and accused Mao Xiao Wu’s group of trying to seize classified military weapons, prompting the officers to arrest them.
• Mao Xiao Wu insisted that the group had only staged an accident for money and admitted they had done so more than a dozen times before.
• Jiang Yan Hai showed the officers his identification, and they loaded the firearms into police cars after confirming his identity.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Engineer Xiang Zuo, who arranged for the weapons and his car to be handled; Jiang Yan Hai said he hoped the offenders would be imprisoned.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked the police to take him to the western Military Airport after his statement, and the officers realized his identity was top secret.

Jiang Yan Hai returned to Wolf Fang by military transport aircraft and helicopter, then learned Fan Tian Lei wanted to discuss both his connection to the Li Family girl and his new laboratory. Fan Tian Lei took him to inspect an abandoned hangar approved as the laboratory’s base.

• Jiang Yan Hai boarded a Yun-20 with twenty improved Type 10 Rifle Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifles and flew to the Eastern Theater Command.
• Jiang Yan Hai transferred to a helicopter and returned to Wolf Fang, where Fan Tian Lei greeted him with a smack to the back of the head.
• Fan Tian Lei questioned Jiang Yan Hai about trouble from his mission and his relationship with the Li Family girl.
• Jiang Yan Hai challenged Fan Tian Lei about the Li Family’s 800 million sponsorship, but Fan Tian Lei denied knowing about it.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that the military district had approved his laboratory and led him to an abandoned hangar at the base.

Jiang Yan Hai was shown his new barracks and invited to train with the Red Blood Cell Squad, but he rejected a proposed mission to the Warrior School. An emergency request for a top sniper sent him rushing to support a hostage situation possibly linked to Scorpion.

• Fan Tian Lei showed Jiang Yan Hai the cleared helicopter hangar that would house his small Arms Factory and asked about his future plans.
• Jiang Yan Hai agreed to train with the Red Blood Cell Squad but refused to join their upcoming mission to the Warrior School in South America.
• A soldier arrived with an emergency request for a top sniper to support an operation involving an injured soldier and two hostages.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that the armed enemies might be former subordinates of Scorpion and ordered drones and a computer prepared.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned fully armed with his equipment case and requested at least two Sniper Rifles and a Mi-171 helicopter.

Jiang Yan Hai flew toward a mountain valley where armed enemies had kidnapped two college students and might threaten a village of more than two hundred residents. After receiving the mission codename Sea Lion, he prepared to assess the terrain and lead the response as the helicopter reached the target area.

• Jiang Yan Hai reviewed the sparse intelligence and suspected the attackers might be connected to Scorpion, whom they demanded in negotiations.
• Fan Tian Lei assigned Jiang Yan Hai the codename Sea Lion and warned him that his decisions could affect civilians' lives and property.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Sparrow to circle the valley at low altitude so he could observe the terrain, warning the pilot about possible enemy weapons and snipers.
• As Sparrow approached the target area, Jiang Yan Hai secured himself to the cabin machine gun, chambered it, and prepared to open the helicopter door.

Jiang Yan Hai used Sparrow’s helicopter to scan the ring-shaped mountains and found five enemy snipers, then checked the central village for signs of bombs or detonation cables. He ordered Scorpion brought out under armed escort so he could deal with the snipers while protecting the villagers.

• Jiang Yan Hai scanned the surrounding mountains from Sparrow and discovered five concealed snipers, including two covering the villa district and three aimed at the village.
• Jiang Yan Hai decided to enter the central village because its position would allow him to respond to the snipers, but he first checked for bombs and detonation cables.
• Sparrow descended and circled the village while Jiang Yan Hai scanned it; the villagers waved to him, and he waved back.
• Jiang Yan Hai contacted Director Gao and learned that the enemies had demanded Scorpion’s release, with four hours and twenty-two minutes left on their deadline.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Director Gao to have a special police squad escort Scorpion out with all restraints in place, and reported that he had found five snipers.

Jiang Yan Hai investigated the hostage situation and concluded the enemy’s actions might be a diversion for a larger operation. He prepared to enter the village alone and ordered the command post to gather information on every villager.

• Jiang Yan Hai had Sparrow circle the mountain again and confirmed that the snipers had remained in their positions.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Wolf Den to request an electronic warfare aircraft to jam communications and disable any remote detonators while he eliminated the snipers.
• Jiang Yan Hai landed at the command post and asked to take over the police system while Yu Dong monitored the city’s surveillance cameras.
• Jiang Yan Hai searched recent news for signs of an international or Southeast Asian connection and warned Director Wen and Director Gao that the hostage crisis might be a diversion.
• Jiang Yan Hai requested civilian clothes, a van, and a Type 88 sniper rifle so he could enter the village, then ordered the team to display every villager’s information.

Jiang Yan Hai traced the village’s phone signals, identified three outsiders, and detected an attempt to access city surveillance. He ordered an investigation and a road blockade while hiding the response from the intruders.

• Jiang Yan Hai compared villagers’ registered phone numbers with nearby base-station signals and concluded that only three outsiders were in the village.
• Jiang Yan Hai identified the outsiders as delivery driver Wang Qiang and pig-farm owners Li Zhong and Wang Qian, then assigned officers to check surveillance footage of their movements.
• Jiang Yan Hai stopped the village information review when an alarm revealed someone was accessing city surveillance records.
• Jiang Yan Hai traced one signal group to abandoned suburban villas, and Director Gao sent Liu Fei to investigate their fiber-optic connections.
• Jiang Yan Hai discovered that the intruders were monitoring the road to the village, so Director Gao ordered a blockade while Jiang Yan Hai fed false footage to nearby cameras.

Jiang Yan Hai arranged a communications blackout and a plan to quietly get villagers indoors while preparing to eliminate the snipers near the villa. After gearing up and leaving the Special Police unit, he vanished into the forest to approach his first targets without alerting the hostages.

• Jiang Yan Hai planned to cut village communications under the cover of a military exercise and recruited Hu Cuihua, Wang Jianguo, and Liu Min to persuade villagers to stay inside.
• Director Wen arranged for Jiang Yan Hai to use an intercepted postal delivery van, and Jiang Yan Hai told Yu Dong to report any unusual activity on his computer.
• Jiang Yan Hai assembled and camouflaged rifles with Zhao Gang and told the Special Police soldiers he would eliminate the snipers before they took over the villa.
• Jiang Yan Hai slipped into the woods and set out to silently assassinate the two snipers positioned together above the villa.

Jiang Yan Hai infiltrated the mountains, killed two enemy snipers, and returned to the command post with their communicator and a plan to enter the village disguised as a postal worker. He met his assigned assistant, Bai Ge, as the operation to infiltrate the enemy position began.

• Jiang Yan Hai evaded the enemy’s traps and silently approached two concealed snipers.
• Jiang Yan Hai overheard the snipers discussing surveillance and their plans to withdraw, then killed them with suppressed pistol shots.
• Jiang Yan Hai searched the snipers, took one communicator, and returned to Zhao Gang’s tent with the route to their position marked on a map.
• Director Gao ordered Stone, Dwarf, Rooster, and Female Duck to establish a blocking position while Jiang Yan Hai prepared to infiltrate the village in disguise.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Director Gao he planned to jam enemy communications and asked about his assistant, then met Bai Ge, an intelligence operative skilled in disguise and infiltration.

Jiang Yan Hai prepared to lead a military exercise in Heiyao Village, where residents received an official notice of a temporary communications blackout and possible gunfire. The villagers accepted the disruption, and the exercise was about to begin.

• Bai Ge greeted Jiang Yan Hai and reflected on his extreme training methods and battlefield preparations.
• Jiang Yan Hai loaded a Sniper Rifle, received Director Gao’s order to protect civilians, and left with Bai Ge.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Yu Dong to prepare a text message notifying Heiyao Village residents about the exercise and communications blackout.
• Liu Min received the official notice and listened as village chief Wang Jianguo informed the villagers.
• The villagers agreed to the temporary blackout and said they understood the importance of the exercise.