Chapter Summaries

After receiving a secret warning that terrorists were nearby, Liu Min prepared to guide the villagers home without raising suspicion. Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge drove toward the village while he impersonated the enemy over their communications, but an Alert Level Three warning interrupted the operation.

• Liu Min received a message from the Provincial Public Security Department warning him about nearby terrorists and telling him to quietly get villagers home while protecting Wang Jianguo and Hu Cuihua from sniper fire.
• Jiang Yan Hai instructed Yu Dong to replace the enemy's live surveillance feed with footage from three days earlier, then drove toward the village with Bai Ge.
• A watcher at the abandoned villa district spotted the postal vehicle, and Jiang Yan Hai responded by impersonating Hummingbird over the enemy's radio channel.
• Jiang Yan Hai coordinated with Stone and later complained to Little Bird about a delay, convincing the enemy that he was tracking the vehicle.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Bai Ge he could not afford any mistakes, then Yu Dong reported an Alert Level Three computer warning and Jiang Yan Hai ordered him not to touch the laptop.

Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge entered the village and set up on the postal station’s third floor to target three enemy snipers. After Bai Ge broke the window on his count, Jiang Yan Hai fired at the first target and immediately moved to search for the next, leaving Bai Ge stunned.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Bai Ge to watch for three enemy snipers as they entered the village.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge showed their credentials to the postal station worker and borrowed the third floor.
• Jiang Yan Hai positioned his rifle and binoculars, identified the targets, and requested electronic-warfare support.
• Jiang Yan Hai handed Bai Ge his pistol and told her to shoot out the glass on his count.
• Bai Ge shattered the window, and Jiang Yan Hai fired before quickly moving to search for the enemy.

Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge completed their sniper mission, then returned to the command post, where Jiang Yan Hai investigated the Level Three Alert and identified a possible link to K2. He left the command post’s sniper operation behind to pursue the new lead.

• Jiang Yan Hai fired on three targets, while Bai Ge checked their locations and confirmed the kills.
• Bai Ge noticed an aircraft and found that electromagnetic interference had cut off phone signals in the area.
• Jiang Yan Hai paid the downstairs auntie for the broken window and drove Bai Ge away from the village.
• At the command post, Director Gao reported that two people remained in the villa, including a suspected sniper expert.
• Jiang Yan Hai checked the computer’s search and concluded that the Level Three Alert was the issue he needed to investigate.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Director Wen whether he knew of the terrorist organization K2.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that Black Cat and K2 were behind the crisis and suspected they planned to use a nerve agent to threaten the city. He left with Bai Ge to stop them while officials secretly prepared for a chemical emergency.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that Black Cat was using the Scorpion incident to divert attention while preparing a terrorist attack involving a nerve agent.
• Jiang Yan Hai identified Black Cat and linked K2’s purchase of a nerve-agent formula to a local biotech company with a suitable laboratory.
• Jiang Yan Hai chose to investigate the company alone with Bai Ge, arguing that a large deployment could alert the enemy.
• Director Wen and Director Gao agreed to prepare police and emergency forces discreetly while Jiang Yan Hai asked them to search the bodies for clues to the escape plan.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Yu Dong to monitor which surveillance cameras the enemy was viewing.

Jiang Yan Hai searched the biological company’s surveillance network for Black Cat and remembered that Scorpion’s former subordinate Wang Yadong was in the city. After getting Wang Yadong’s address, Jiang Yan Hai requisitioned a BMW and sped off, discovering a new function in his abilities as data flooded his vision.

• Jiang Yan Hai took control of the biological company’s network and searched its surveillance feeds for clues to Black Cat’s escape route.
• Jiang Yan Hai remembered Wang Yadong, contacted Yu Dong, and received Wang Yadong’s address from Director Wen.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Bai Ge to pull over, took her police ID, and left her to wait at their designated location.
• Jiang Yan Hai stopped a BMW, requisitioned it from its driver, and sped away in Sport Mode.
• Jiang Yan Hai discovered a new function as data surged through his field of vision.

Jiang Yan Hai raced through the city toward Wang Yadong's villa district, using Electronic Warfare and Yu Dong's help to clear the roads. Li Ruo Bai recognized him in the back seat and watched him with renewed awe as the car sped onward.

• Jiang Yan Hai drifted through an intersection and discovered Li Ruo Bai was sitting in the back seat.
• Li Ruo Bai entered Yu Dong's number, and Jiang Yan Hai ordered him to track the phone, control traffic lights, and send a route to his computer.
• Yu Dong arranged for traffic police to clear the roads and avoid pursuing Jiang Yan Hai's car.
• Jiang Yan Hai sped toward Wang Yadong's villa district while Li Ruo Bai reflected on her feelings and the gulf between them.

Jiang Yan Hai confronted Wang Yadong to learn how Scorpion and Black Cat could escape the city with nerve gas. After Wang Yadong revealed their likely route, Jiang Yan Hai took a helicopter toward the next destination, leaving the search underway.

• Yu Dong told Jiang Yan Hai that Sparrow was coming to pick him up because traffic would prevent him from returning in time, while Li Ruo Bai clarified that Jiang Yan Hai's promised meal was owed to her.
• Jiang Yan Hai confronted Wang Yadong outside his villa and warned him that Scorpion had been captured and Black Cat was in the city with nerve gas.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot past Wang Yadong's cheek, and Wang Yadong revealed that Scorpion's group could escape through the sewer system to the Yangtze River.
• Wang Yadong added that the group usually left by fishing boat and might use underwater vehicles downstream, and Jiang Yan Hai acknowledged the information.
• Jiang Yan Hai grabbed the helicopter's rope ladder, flew to a nearby hospital, and ran up the stairs toward his destination.

Li Ruo Bai reflected on the unseen people who protected the city as Jiang Yan Hai investigated the mercenaries’ escape route. The search turned to Heiyao Village’s abandoned mines and tunnels, while officials struggled to examine the sniper bodies left by Jiang Yan Hai’s Type 10 Rifle.

• Li Ruo Bai watched Jiang Yan Hai hanging beneath a helicopter, then left as police officers saluted her car.
• Jiang Yan Hai joined Bai Ge and asked Yu Dong to find the city’s sewer records, including abandoned passages that might have been used by drug traffickers.
• Yu Dong found that Heiyao Village had formed around old mines, so Jiang Yan Hai asked him to question elderly villagers about caves or waterways leading to the Yangtze River.
• Director Gao demanded an update on the body examinations, and the Armed Police Corps chief of staff explained that the Type 10 Rifle wounds were too gruesome for ordinary soldiers and Forensic Doctors to handle easily.

Jiang Yan Hai abandoned the search for Black Cat’s escape route and went with Bai Ge to Ye Cunxin’s family biotech company to find Zhang Haiyan. He met Zhang Haiyan, while his surveillance analysis suggested Black Cat was still somewhere inside the building.

• Jiang Yan Hai decided the Yangtze was too vast to search in time and chose to find Zhang Haiyan before the handover deadline.
• Bai Ge armed herself and went with Jiang Yan Hai to the company as Yu Dong alerted Director Gao and Director Wen, who ordered reports to the military district and province.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Zhang Haiyan and said he wanted to discuss Ye Cunxin’s personality and mental state, then waited for her secretary.
• Jiang Yan Hai used the Electronic Warfare Support Program to review the company’s surveillance and concluded that Black Cat had likely not left the building.
• A secretary led Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge to Zhang Haiyan’s office, where Zhang Haiyan introduced herself as Ye Cunxin’s mother.

Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge confronted Zhang Haiyan, who revealed that Black Cat had taken over a secret laboratory and was preparing a dangerous substance. They learned they had roughly twelve hours to act, but the bombs and Black Cat’s escape route remained unresolved.

• Bai Ge greeted Zhang Haiyan while Jiang Yan Hai knocked out Secretary Yao, searched her, and bound her.
• Jiang Yan Hai exposed Zhang Haiyan’s connections to Black Cat and Ye Cunxin, then urged her to cooperate to prevent a catastrophe.
• Zhang Haiyan revealed that production would take about twelve more hours, Black Cat controlled the laboratory and its surveillance, and bombs were planted throughout the biological factory.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that Black Cat usually left the laboratory in the morning and asked Zhang Haiyan about secret passages; she promised to explain after the bombs were defused.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Yu Dong to feed Black Cat false surveillance footage, and Yu Dong reported an underground water escape route, eight sets of diving gear, and two known enemies inside the villa.
• Yu Dong explained that the villa’s fiber-optic line had been installed for a security guard and that they could not safely cut it off.

The author thanked readers for the book’s strong launch and subscription results, then announced a November push for the Overall Monthly Vote Ranking. The author promised a large update and set rewards for monthly votes and Alliance Leaders.

• The author reported the book’s launch results, including 58,000 bookmarks and 5,800 peak subscriptions, and thanked QQ Reading readers for their support.
• The author described the book’s Qidian results, noting 1,000 bookmarks and a fan count of 5,000.
• The author said first-time subscriptions exceeded 8,300 and average subscriptions reached 7,000 by the end of October.
• Readers pushed the book to tenth place on the New Book Monthly Vote Ranking and then tenth place on the Overall Monthly Vote Ranking.
• The author announced a ten-chapter update that night and urged readers to pursue a top-ten overall ranking in November, offering one extra chapter for every 500 monthly votes and five for an Alliance Leader.

Jiang Yan Hai traced the threat to a suspicious security guard and used the Electronic Warfare Support System to search surveillance and communications data for Black Cat’s accomplices. He prepared to head toward the hostage situation with Bai Ge and Zhang Haiyan, confident he knew where the captives were being held.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Yu Dong to arrest the villa complex’s security guard and stage a fingerprint check after learning the guard’s ID had recently been reissued.
• Jiang Yan Hai requested a bomb disposal toolkit and learned that National Security’s surveillance team was monitoring communications in the area.
• Jiang Yan Hai used the Electronic Warfare Support System to analyze nearby camera footage and civilian communications for people and accounts behaving suspiciously.
• Jiang Yan Hai had Zhang Haiyan arrange a delivery to the gatehouse, then left with Bai Ge and Zhang Haiyan after tying Secretary Yao to a chair.
• When Zhang Haiyan asked how Jiang Yan Hai knew where the hostages were, Jiang Yan Hai said he had identified the location by analyzing surveillance footage.

Jiang Yan Hai found a bomb beside Zhang Haiyan’s office and used his scanning ability to disable it with a few cuts, despite Bai Ge’s alarm. He left the harmless bomb in the utility room and continued on, noting that more bombs remained.

• Jiang Yan Hai found a bomb in a utility closet beside the water pipes and set it on the floor.
• Bai Ge tried to stop Jiang Yan Hai from cutting wires without carefully examining the bomb, but he insisted he knew what he was doing.
• Jiang Yan Hai paused to scroll through Weibo, then cut several wires and declared the bomb unable to detonate.
• Jiang Yan Hai put the disabled bomb in the utility room and walked ahead, saying they would deal with the other bombs later.

Jiang Yan Hai led Bai Ge and Zhang Haiyan through the biotech company, quickly locating and dismantling seven bombs before heading with Zhang Haiyan toward her secret laboratory. Along the way, he shot several of Black Cat’s men, including the guards stationed at the laboratory entrance.

• Jiang Yan Hai guided Bai Ge and Zhang Haiyan to seven bombs and dismantled each one in seconds, explaining that surveillance footage and traces helped him find them.
• Jiang Yan Hai finished clearing the bombs and agreed to follow Zhang Haiyan to her secret laboratory.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot a disguised security guard who greeted Zhang Haiyan, and Bai Ge noticed the man had been reaching for a pistol.
• Jiang Yan Hai killed five more enemies hidden along the route, relying on their locations and appearances from surveillance footage.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot the two armed guards at the secret laboratory entrance from thirty meters away.

Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge stormed the secret laboratory to stop Black Cat and rescue the hostages. Jiang Yan Hai shot Black Cat’s trigger finger and knocked away his pistol, as someone lunged forward.

• Jiang Yan Hai briefed Bai Ge on the laboratory’s layout and assigned them to attack opposite sides of the entrance.
• Zhang Haiyan entered the door code, and Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge rushed in and shot four terrorists.
• Black Cat grabbed a young man as a human shield, held a pistol to his head, and threatened Zhang Haiyan with a bomb remote.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Bai Ge pretended to surrender their guns, then Jiang Yan Hai shot Black Cat’s trigger finger and knocked his pistol away.
• A figure lunged forward from the ground.

Jiang Yan Hai captured Black Cat and exposed the man who had helped him breach the network, then left the biotech company to pursue Black Cat’s people outside. He used the Electronic Warfare Support Program to locate their surveillance team and approached a guard for cigarettes.

• Jiang Yan Hai disarmed Black Cat, broke his wrist, and helped Bai Ge restrain and search him while Zhang Haiyan kept the laboratory staff calm.
• After Black Cat threatened his family, Jiang Yan Hai dismissed the threat and went to find the others, leaving Bai Ge to guard the prisoner.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot the man Black Cat had threatened in the thigh, accused him of assisting Black Cat, and ordered Bai Ge to arrest him and withhold treatment until he confessed.
• Jiang Yan Hai left the biotech company and used the Electronic Warfare Support Program to search the city for Black Cat’s people, whom he expected to find near the main intersection.
• Jiang Yan Hai approached a security guard at the company entrance, paid him a hundred yuan, and took half a pack of cigarettes.

Jiang Yan Hai provoked and beat a man he believed had been discovered, then loudly claimed he was turning himself in while calling Yu Dong. When police and SWAT arrived in response to another incident, they arrested both men and drove them away.

• Jiang Yan Hai baited the man at the intersection, then struck him with tobacco and knocked him unconscious in a brief, brutal fight.
• Jiang Yan Hai told the onlookers the man had cursed at him and announced he would take responsibility by calling the police.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Yu Dong, loudly pretending to report the assault to 110, and Yu Dong replied briefly before hanging up.
• A convoy of police vehicles and a SWAT vehicle arrived, and officers restrained Jiang Yan Hai and carried the unconscious man away.
• The officers loaded the two men into separate vehicles and drove off as the crowd laughed and speculated.

Jiang Yan Hai reported that Black Cat’s threat had been eliminated and explained how he had uncovered the fake security guard. He then hurried to the villa to assist, while Bai Ge watched him leave, impressed by his confidence.

• Jiang Yan Hai told the special police officers that the biological company was secure and all Black Cat members had been killed or captured.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Yu Dong and learned that the village had been cleared of bombs, though communications inside the villa remained blocked.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that he had suspected the security guard because his lost ID and changed appearance suggested he had been replaced; Director Wen confirmed the real guard had been murdered.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Director Wen to consider Zhang Haiyan’s contribution and ensure Ye Cunxin was not affected if she had known nothing.
• Director Gao summoned Jiang Yan Hai to the villa, and Jiang Yan Hai drove there in a police car while Bai Ge watched him leave, captivated by his ability.

After the operation, Jiang Yan Hai learned that the authorities had destroyed Black Cat’s secret passage and were investigating the smuggling route. He began questioning captured guard Ruan Zhengxiong, who refused to cooperate even after Jiang Yan Hai revealed Black Cat’s capture and mentioned his family.

• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the command post, where Director Wen praised him for saving millions of lives.
• Director Wen and Fan Tian Lei explained that authorities had destroyed the hidden passage, found a submersible in the river, and tightened security along the Yangtze.
• Jiang Yan Hai reviewed the available intelligence and decided to interrogate Ruan Zhengxiong about the two college-student hostages.
• Ruan Zhengxiong sneered at Jiang Yan Hai and declared that he would not talk.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Ruan Zhengxiong that he knew about his children and showed him footage of Black Cat in custody, but Ruan Zhengxiong still refused to cooperate.

Jiang Yan Hai pressured Ruan Zhengxiong into revealing what he knew by threatening to expose him as a surrendered informant, putting his family in danger. Ruan agreed to talk, and Zhao Gang began questioning him about the people on the mountain and the two people in the villa.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Ruan Zhengxiong that the police would publicly identify him as an informant if he refused to cooperate.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned that Ruan’s wife and child would suffer after the announcement, and offered to arrange a clean transfer of any savings to them.
• Ruan Zhengxiong gave in and said he would talk.
• Director Gao ordered Zhao Gang to question Ruan and record everything he said.
• Zhao Gang asked Ruan for information about everyone on the mountain and the two people in the villa, and Ruan agreed to answer.