Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan Hai and Gao Gang planned to meet Pierre openly, hoping the encounter might give them a chance to reach Mr. Sha or Nuo Ka. The chapter ended with Gao Gang inspecting the extensive weapons and equipment Fan Tian Lei had prepared for the team.

• Jiang Yan Hai introduced his team to Gao Gang and confirmed that their arrangements were ready for a meeting with Pierre.
• Gao Gang decided to accompany Jiang Yan Hai in case they encountered Mr. Sha or Nuo Ka, while Fang Xinwu stayed behind to protect his cover.
• Jiang Yan Hai proposed meeting Pierre openly and told the others to prepare their equipment.
• He Chen Guang and the others brought out their individual equipment cases, which contained weapons, ammunition, uniforms, and tactical gear.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained the five types of Barrett sniper rounds, leaving Gao Gang impressed by the team's arsenal.

Jiang Yan Hai met with Gao Gang’s team and went to negotiate with Pierre, demanding all of Nuo Ka’s inventory and insisting on meeting Mr. Sha. After Pierre left, Jiang Yan Hai pretended to play around with He Lu, while his teammates realized he had a reason for the act.

• Jiang Yan Hai introduced He Lu and the other bodyguards to Gao Gang, then proposed meeting Pierre and capturing Nuo Ka’s associates if he could reach them.
• Gao Gang agreed to provide perimeter cover while Jiang Yan Hai’s team changed into suits and prepared for the meeting.
• Jiang Yan Hai met Pierre in a private room and demanded all of their inventory, saying he wanted to see Mr. Sha.
• Pierre, frightened by Jiang Yan Hai’s threat, agreed to report the demand to Mr. Sha and left.
• Jiang Yan Hai told He Lu and the others to keep singing, then pretended to chase and tickle He Lu as his teammates recognized that he was acting with a purpose.

Jiang Yan Hai staged an intimate encounter with He Lu, Qu Bi'a Zhuo, and Shen Lan Ni to fool people listening through the thin wall. After convincing Old Cannon and Chen Shan Ming that the sounds were real, he pretended to negotiate a goods deal with Commander Chu and left the story on his price demand.

• Jiang Yan Hai told He Lu, Qu Bi'a Zhuo, and Shen Lan Ni to improvise because someone might be listening through the thin wall.
• Jiang Yan Hai played a customized romance film with his and the women’s voices while they roughhoused and lowered their voices.
• Old Cannon and Chen Shan Ming heard the sounds, then saw Jiang Yan Hai fully dressed through the cracked door and realized he was staging something.
• After about half an hour, Jiang Yan Hai slapped He Lu’s thigh and told the women to get dressed, keeping up the pretense for anyone listening.
• Jiang Yan Hai pretended to call Commander Chu and said he was in the Golden Triangle Special Zone seeking goods, then demanded a price thirty percent lower.

Jiang Yan Hai met with Zhan Peng after suspecting that Nuo Ka’s club was under surveillance. Recognizing Zhan Peng as a likely CIA-linked figure and the man connected to Fang Xinwu’s girlfriend’s death, Jiang Yan Hai attacked him and ordered his men to take him away.

• Jiang Yan Hai staged a noisy night at the club to conceal signs of his search for listening devices, then warned Chen Shan Ming that the rooms might be bugged.
• Jiang Yan Hai and his group checked their hotel rooms with special equipment before moving in together for safety.
• Pierre called Jiang Yan Hai the next morning and arranged an evening meeting with Mr. Sha at a bar.
• Zhan Peng arrived with Pierre instead of Mr. Sha and claimed he had full authority to negotiate.
• Jiang Yan Hai recognized Zhan Peng’s advanced CIA listening device, struck him with his pistol, and ordered his men to take him away and tell Nuo Ka that the business talks were over.

Jiang Yan Hai used Zhan Peng’s hidden listening device to track the people monitoring him and lured Mr. Sha’s representative into negotiations while arranging the capture of the eavesdroppers. He brought Zhan Peng to Fang Xinwu as revenge for the death of Fang Xinwu’s girlfriend, leaving Chen Shan Ming to accept Jiang Yan Hai’s decision.

• Jiang Yan Hai traced Zhan Peng’s listening device to a box truck and sent Gao Gang the location and license plate so his team could capture the operatives.
• A man posing as Pierre called Jiang Yan Hai, who spoke Thai and gave him three hours to send someone important to negotiate.
• Jiang Yan Hai removed the concealed device from Zhan Peng and drove him and the team into the mountains, where Gao Gang later reported the truck operatives captured.
• Jiang Yan Hai handed Zhan Peng to Fang Xinwu, who dragged him into the woods after recognizing him.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Chen Shan Ming that Zhan Peng had caused Fang Xinwu’s girlfriend’s death, and Chen Shan Ming fell silent.

Jiang Yan Hai exposed a CIA operation, arranged for the captured agents and their vehicle to be taken over by the Buffalo Assault Team, and secured a meeting with one of Nuo Ka’s top men. He planned to use the meeting to capture the man and locate Nuo Ka.

• Fang Xinwu emerged from the woods and silently hugged Jiang Yan Hai after Zhan Peng was killed.
• Gao Gang’s team arrived with two captured foreigners, and Jiang Yan Hai identified them as likely CIA agents and ordered their vehicle’s signals jammed.
• Jiang Yan Hai briefed General Staff, which sent Director Yu’s people and the Buffalo Assault Team to take the prisoners and vehicle away.
• Mr. Sha told Jiang Yan Hai that Nuo Ka would send one of his top men to meet him the next day, and Jiang Yan Hai claimed he could buy Nuo Ka’s entire stock.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Gao Gang about the meeting and ordered everyone to keep their disguises and prepare to move the next day.

Jiang Yan Hai met Yida and Natu at the mall, where he demanded to buy Nuo Ka’s goods at half the price offered to the Ma Family. After Jiang Yan Hai identified Natu and insisted on speaking with his father, Natu drew a pistol, but Jiang Yan Hai stopped it from firing.

• Jiang Yan Hai coordinated with Gao Gang and his men to surround the mall, then warned them about two suspected child soldiers.
• Jiang Yan Hai spotted Sang Ji among the crowd and saw Yida arrive with Pierre and two bodyguards, one of whom he suspected was Natu.
• Jiang Yan Hai demanded all seventeen tons of goods at half the price offered to the Ma Family, and Yida hesitated over the deal.
• Jiang Yan Hai identified Natu and said he would speak only with Nuo Ka, prompting Natu to draw a pistol under the table.
• Jiang Yan Hai grabbed the pistol’s slide before it could fire.

Jiang Yan Hai’s team quickly captured Natu, Yida, and Sang Ji at the mall and withdrew before local forces arrived. After handing the captives to Gao Gang’s group, Jiang Yan Hai warned the team that the next day’s operation against Nuo Ka would involve many child soldiers and demanded they stay alert.

• Jiang Yan Hai subdued Natu and shot two nearby thugs while Old Cannon and Qiang Zi incapacitated Yida and another bodyguard.
• Jiang Yan Hai directed his teammates to take down targets throughout the mall, and the team captured Yida, Natu, and Sang Ji in under ten minutes.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s group left the other thugs for the police, then escaped with the three captives and withdrew toward a concealed location.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s team handed the captives over to Gao Gang’s group and prepared for the operation against Nuo Ka.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned the team that they could face dozens or hundreds of child soldiers during the next day’s operation and told them not to lower their guard.
• The team answered Jiang Yan Hai that they understood.

Jiang Yan Hai and his team arrived in the rainforest for an operation against Brother Song’s forces. While the others began advancing, Jiang Yan Hai moved alone to prepare traps and survey the terrain.

• Jiang Yan Hai assigned the groups their infiltration routes and told them where to leave grenades, mines, and other supplies.
• He Chen Guang offered to accompany Jiang Yan Hai, but Jiang Yan Hai refused because he could not match his stamina.
• Jiang Yan Hai sent the team forward and headed in the opposite direction to scout likely enemy routes.
• He placed linked grenade traps, jungle traps, and four infrared thermal-sensing mines along routes the enemy might use to outflank them.
• Jiang Yan Hai erased his tracks, added makeshift traps coated with poisonous plant sap, and used the Intermediate Scanning System to map the hills around the enemy base.

Jiang Yan Hai captured Nuo Ka and withdrew with his team after discovering that someone had triggered a booby trap near the base. He set an ambush for the professional soldiers approaching to reach Nuo Ka’s hidden treasury, aiming to capture Brother Song alive.

• Jiang Yan Hai disarmed Nuo Ka, threatened him, and ordered Chen Shan Ming and Song Kai Fei to take him away.
• Jiang Yan Hai sent Captain Gao’s group to leave by helicopter and led the remaining team into the forest to deal with whoever had triggered his booby trap.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s group found that the surviving bandits and child soldiers had fled, then took up concealed positions along the routes from the explosion site.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that the approaching enemies were likely tied to Nuo Ka’s hidden treasury and ordered his team to wait for them.
• He Chen Guang spotted an approaching group, and Jiang Yan Hai identified the unmasked Brother Song as their capture target and prepared the ambush.

Jiang Yan Hai and his team transported Nuo Ka’s hidden fortune to safety, then captured one of Ma Yun Fei’s key subordinates near the border. After handing the prisoners to the border Armed Police, Jiang Yan Hai’s mission ended as authorities prepared to close in on the rest of the network.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Chen Shan Ming arranged extra helicopter trips to carry away Nuo Ka’s cash and gold, while Gao Gang sent additional helicopters.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Gao Gang he would pursue a separate arrest mission, then parted ways with Gao Gang and sent He Lu and the other two to escort the criminals back to China.
• Jiang Yan Hai led He Chen Guang and the others to a border town where Ma Yun Fei’s subordinate had arrived, and they waited in ambush before making their move.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s team arrested Ma Yun Fei’s subordinate and two people living next door, then secretly crossed the border with the prisoners.
• Jiang Yan Hai handed the prisoners to the border Armed Police and concluded his mission as the provincial department prepared to round up the remaining suspects.

At the military airport, Jiang Yan Hai learned that one of Ma Yun Fei’s men had vanished and warned Ma Yun Fei to investigate and kill the man if he had fallen into enemy hands. Jiang Yan Hai and his comrades boarded a Yun-20 to return home, while he reflected on the suffering he had witnessed in the Golden Triangle and the duty of protecting the country.

• Ma Yun Fei told Jiang Yan Hai that a trusted man and two companions had disappeared after taking over one of Nuo Ka’s strongholds, and feared they might be captured by the Chu Family.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Ma Yun Fei to investigate quickly and said the missing man must die if he was in enemy hands.
• Jiang Yan Hai ended the call, and Song Kai Fei joked with him and the others while they waited for their transport.
• Jiang Yan Hai and his comrades boarded the Yun-20 after the cargo operations and formalities were completed.
• As the plane prepared for takeoff, Jiang Yan Hai remembered the child soldiers and reflected on the responsibility of protecting the people at home.

Jiang Yan Hai and his comrades returned to the Wolf Fang Special Forces base after their harrowing mission, where He Zhi Jun and hundreds of soldiers welcomed them as heroes. He Zhi Jun praised them for bringing justice to thirteen Chinese citizens and protecting Chinese people abroad.

• During the flight home, Jiang Yan Hai tried to process the mission, while Chen Shan Ming worried about how the team, especially Li Er Niu, was handling it.
• After landing, Fan Tian Lei took the team by helicopter to the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade base and discussed coordinating the operation's conclusion with Jiang Yan Hai.
• At the base, He Zhi Jun and hundreds of soldiers saluted Jiang Yan Hai, Chen Shan Ming, and the returning team.
• He Zhi Jun thanked the team for seeking justice for thirteen Chinese citizens, and Jiang Yan Hai and his comrades returned the salute with tears in their eyes.

Jiang Yan Hai and his comrades returned to base after a dangerous mission, where Li Er Niu broke down in tears and was comforted by his fellow soldiers. After washing and changing, Jiang Yan Hai was pulled away from his reading by Gong Jian and the Red Blood Cell Squad to spend time with them.

• He Zhi Jun welcomed Fan Tian Lei and the returning soldiers, ordering extra dishes for the mess hall.
• Li Er Niu rushed to hug Gong Jian and cried, while Chen Shan Ming explained that Jiang Yan Hai had shot a grenade thrown by a child soldier and then killed another child soldier.
• He Zhi Jun told the others to let Li Er Niu cry now that he was home, and the comrades shared in their emotion.
• Jiang Yan Hai slipped away to his barracks, showered, changed, and settled down to read a book about fighter jet engine manufacturing.
• Gong Jian found Jiang Yan Hai, and the Red Blood Cell Squad crowded into the barracks and coaxed him to leave with them.

Jiang Yan Hai wrote an application to join the Party and unexpectedly relived the battlefield where the group captured Nuo Ka, gaining relief from seeing what he had missed. The group went to the base hospital for psychological intervention, where Jiang Yan Hai tested Song Kai Fei’s reflexes and made him freeze mid-defense.

• Gong Jian gave Jiang Yan Hai a reference and told him to write an application to join the Party, which Jiang Yan Hai completed and handed back.
• Gong Jian said he would take the group to swear their oaths the next afternoon, and the cafeteria prepared a feast for their return.
• That night, Jiang Yan Hai relived the battle where they captured Nuo Ka and saw his comrades’ reactions, including Li Er Niu’s and Nezha’s.
• Gong Jian told Jiang Yan Hai that the group would go to the base hospital for psychological intervention before taking the oath.
• At the hospital, Jiang Yan Hai reached for Song Kai Fei’s neck, prompting Song Kai Fei to react defensively before stopping and freezing mid-movement.

Jiang Yan Hai recounted his battlefield experiences to Lu Yu during psychological intervention, and she judged that he had no major psychological issues. Fan Tian Lei learned that Jiang Yan Hai was an orphan and planned to let him relax while Lu Yu continued treating the others.

• The soldiers took turns receiving psychological treatment, and Jiang Yan Hai went in last.
• Jiang Yan Hai described the battlefield in vivid detail, and Lu Yu noticed that he had already made sense of what he had done to save others.
• Lu Yu told Jiang Yan Hai he was in good condition and advised him to spend his upcoming leave doing something he enjoyed.
• Lu Yu told Fan Tian Lei that Jiang Yan Hai needed little guidance and would benefit from time with his family.
• Fan Tian Lei revealed that Jiang Yan Hai was an orphan, then thanked Lu Yu for treating the other soldiers.

Jiang Yan Hai received orders from Fan Tian Lei to travel to the provincial capital to assist with the cases involving Tang Ming and Cai Xu Peng. Fan Tian Lei secretly used Jiang Yan Hai’s phone to ask Li Ruo Bai out, leaving Jiang Yan Hai to honor the invitation before heading to his mission.

• After a doctor found no problem, Fan Tian Lei visited Jiang Yan Hai and ordered him to prepare for an oath and a trip to the provincial capital.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that Tang Ming and Cai Xu Peng had been arrested and that he would learn the details when he arrived.
• Jiang Yan Hai discovered that Fan Tian Lei had used his phone to invite Li Ruo Bai to dinner and a movie, and he agreed to meet her.
• Jiang Yan Hai exchanged messages with Li Ruo Bai about repaying the meals he owed her and let her choose where to eat.
• Miao Lang drove Jiang Yan Hai to the oath-taking ceremony and then back to change before taking him to the provincial capital.
• When Miao Lang asked about his outfit, Jiang Yan Hai joked that he was going on a date and said Fan Tian Lei had given him time off.

Jiang Yan Hai examined a photograph linked to Cai Xu Peng’s spy network and concluded it had not been taken in Yichang. He went to interrogate Cai Xu Peng, who seemed delighted when he saw him.

• Yu Dong brought Jiang Yan Hai to the command center, where Old Wen and General Staff leaders explained that Cai Xu Peng had met an unidentified person and recruited others to obtain classified materials.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that the photograph’s owner, a student Cai Xu Peng had coerced, had died in an accidental car crash after arguing with him.
• Jiang Yan Hai studied the photograph and questioned why the spy had allowed it to remain on the student’s phone; Old Wen explained that it had synced automatically from a camera before Cai Xu Peng destroyed the memory card.
• After hearing Cai Xu Peng had claimed the photograph was taken in Yichang, Jiang Yan Hai said it had been taken elsewhere and asked to question him.
• Jiang Yan Hai entered the interrogation room, and Cai Xu Peng froze before showing a flash of delight.

Jiang Yan Hai pressured Cai Xu Peng into confessing by revealing that he knew the photo was taken in Yinchuan, not Yichang. After Cai Xu Peng began cooperating with a young officer, Jiang Yan Hai explained how the stars and landscape in the photo pinpointed its location.

• Jiang Yan Hai switched off the interrogation-room cameras and offered Cai Xu Peng a chance to reduce his sentence in exchange for information about the photo.
• Cai Xu Peng claimed he had met the person giving him orders only once in Yichang, but Jiang Yan Hai said the photo was clearly taken in Yinchuan.
• Jiang Yan Hai threatened to leave, prompting Cai Xu Peng to agree to confess everything to a young police officer.
• Jiang Yan Hai instructed the young officer, who restored the surveillance cameras and told Cai Xu Peng to speak because his father was Director Qiao.
• Cai Xu Peng began confessing, while Jiang Yan Hai explained that Polaris, the city lights, vegetation, and nearby mountains identified the location as Yinchuan.

Jiang Yan Hai finished helping the provincial department solve its case and left to meet Li Ruo Bai. On the way, Yu Dong encouraged him to pursue a relationship despite the demands of military life, and Jiang Yan Hai arrived early at the Western restaurant she had chosen.

• Jiang Yan Hai declined the General Staff leaders’ offer of a car and left after they discussed his intelligence-analysis skills.
• Yu Dong picked Jiang Yan Hai up outside the provincial department and asked who he was meeting.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that he was meeting the person who had provided Yu Dong’s outfit, and Yu Dong urged him to date her despite the long missions that could strain their relationship.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that he would also suffer if the relationship ended, then got out of Yu Dong’s car and headed to the restaurant.
• Jiang Yan Hai arrived early at the Western restaurant Li Ruo Bai had chosen and reflected that he was not worried about buying a house.