Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan Hai faced the Blue Army’s senior commanders, calmly defended his actions, and learned they intended to praise him and consider him for a First Class Merit award. He then explained to Tang Xin Yi how he evaded satellite reconnaissance, but the chapter ended as she asked how he had infiltrated the Blue Army’s command system.

• Chen Shan Ming brought Jiang Yan Hai to the Blue Army’s command hall, where senior officers gathered to question him.
• Jiang Yan Hai told General Gao Shi Wei that he had damaged the military system and argued that the assembled commanders had come to praise him, not punish him.
• Gao Shi Wei confirmed they intended to praise Jiang Yan Hai and said he would apply for an individual First Class Merit award if Jiang performed well.
• Tang Xin Yi asked how Jiang had evaded satellite reconnaissance, and he explained that he had hidden his location by preventing the Blue Army from seeing the transmitted satellite data.
• Tang Xin Yi asked Jiang how he had infiltrated the Blue Army’s command system.

Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated that he could infiltrate the military system, then challenged the information security team to stop his attack. The major and his soldiers contained the intrusion, but Jiang Yan Hai’s response to their apparent success remained to be heard.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that the shared Red and Blue systems left the Blue side vulnerable to infiltration from within, prompting an information security major to challenge his claim.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his laptop to begin an infiltration demonstration while the major deployed the information officers and soldiers to defend the system.
• After about twenty minutes, Jiang Yan Hai pressed Enter, setting off intrusion alerts across the command hall’s large screen.
• The major and the soldiers worked for more than half an hour until the alerts disappeared, and they celebrated their defense.
• A Senior Colonel and the major asked Jiang Yan Hai whether the team had successfully stopped his attack.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he had infiltrated the military system and copied classified deployment files while concealing the transfer beneath a staged intrusion alert. After General Gao Shi Wei verified the breach and praised Jiang Yan Hai’s extraordinary combat record, he offered him a position overseeing information security at headquarters.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that he had entered the system before the intrusion was detected and used the alert to hide his copying of classified files.
• Tang Xin Yi opened the laptop, and General Gao Shi Wei and three other generals confirmed that its D-drive contained classified military maps and deployment details.
• The major requested disciplinary action, but General Gao Shi Wei said they should be grateful Jiang Yan Hai was on their side.
• General Gao Shi Wei invited Jiang Yan Hai to take charge of information security at headquarters.
• General Gao Shi Wei recounted Jiang Yan Hai’s long-range shooting and exercise record, including 109 enemy casualties, leaving the command room stunned.

Jiang Yan Hai declined a full-time information security post but offered to document the military system’s vulnerabilities and provide recommendations. General Gao Shi Wei assigned him to He Zhi Jun, ordered a thorough review of his background, and raised the military’s security and confidentiality measures.

• Jiang Yan Hai thanked General Gao Shi Wei for his confidence and offered to organize information about the system’s vulnerabilities and suggest improvements.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that he preferred to pursue his interests as a soldier and could maintain the system remotely in his spare time.
• General Gao Shi Wei ordered Master Kang to hand Jiang Yan Hai over to He Zhi Jun, and Jiang Yan Hai accepted the order.
• General Gao Shi Wei sent Tang Xin Yi to escort Jiang Yan Hai and arrange equipment for him.
• After Jiang Yan Hai left, General Gao Shi Wei ordered a detailed review of his background, a report on network security, and top-secret classification for the meeting and Jiang Yan Hai’s file.

Tang Xin Yi questioned Jiang Yan Hai about his extraordinary abilities, then he was moved to secure quarters for classified work. He claimed a Grade B Ground Driving Skill and fell asleep after the skill data transferred, waking with a reflexive defensive stance.

• Tang Xin Yi wondered at Jiang Yan Hai’s accomplishments and said she might ask him about cybersecurity later.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the Sharpshooter Fourth Company, where Old Hei told him to pack for new, confidential quarters.
• Old Hei escorted Jiang Yan Hai to a private room and told him he had fifteen days of leave, but Jiang Yan Hai had no one to visit.
• Jiang Yan Hai claimed the mission reward and received a Grade B Ground Driving Skill through Red Star Engine’s data transfer.
• Jiang Yan Hai fell asleep, then woke to a knock and realized he had instinctively taken a defensive stance.

Jiang Yan Hai received an advanced workstation and began examining its system while the Emergency Response Center monitored him remotely. Lu Zhou doubted the major’s warning that Jiang Yan Hai was exceptionally skilled, leaving the developers poised to underestimate him.

• Ding Tian delivered and installed Jiang Yan Hai’s workstation, explained its security monitoring and usage, and offered to handle any further requests.
• Jiang Yan Hai copied his program onto the new machine and scanned the system, confirming that it was being monitored remotely.
• At the Emergency Response Center, system developers and a major watched Jiang Yan Hai’s computer through the monitoring program.
• Lu Zhou questioned whether the major’s technical skills were simply poor, while the major warned that Lu Zhou was underestimating Jiang Yan Hai.

Jiang Yan Hai discovered the encrypted trap in the military system and bypassed it instead of cracking it, then became absorbed in improving the system. Three days later, he was still coding when Ding Tian came to bring him food.

• Jiang Yan Hai spotted the conspicuous vulnerabilities and encryption, realizing the system's developers were testing him.
• Lu Zhou and the emergency response center monitored Jiang Yan Hai, but he blocked part of their surveillance and left the encrypted section untouched.
• Jiang Yan Hai bypassed the encryption and studied the decompiled system, using his hacking knowledge to develop improvements.
• Jiang Yan Hai became so engrossed in his work that three days passed without him leaving the computer.
• Ding Tian entered to tell Jiang Yan Hai it was time to eat, but Jiang Yan Hai ordered him to leave the food and stop disturbing him.

After three days of silence, Jiang Yan Hai altered the monitored computer’s entire operating system, leaving Lu Zhou’s team unable to access it or use the vulnerabilities they had studied. Ding Tian reported that Jiang Yan Hai had finally fallen asleep after barely resting, while Lu Zhou’s team continued testing the transformed system.

• Lu Zhou waited three days for Jiang Yan Hai to act, then rushed to the computer when his team detected a reboot.
• Lu Zhou and the programmers discovered that Jiang Yan Hai had radically changed the operating system and its underlying data under their surveillance.
• Old Five, Wang Peng, and Liang Zi tried to attack the computer but found their methods useless and the vulnerabilities they knew had been fixed.
• Lu Zhou ordered his team to keep testing the system and left to make a call.
• Ding Tian told the caller that Jiang Yan Hai had eaten and fallen asleep after spending three days at the computer.

Ding Tian and Lu Zhou learned that Jiang Yan Hai had transformed the military system in three days, proving his exceptional hacking ability. After waking from an eighteen-hour sleep, Jiang Yan Hai saw that his Hacker Knowledge had reached A-rank, then hurried to begin his daily training, leaving Ding Tian stunned by his physical endurance.

• Ding Tian and Lu Zhou received orders to strengthen confidentiality around Jiang Yan Hai and realized he had rewritten and optimized their system in three days.
• Jiang Yan Hai woke after eighteen hours of sleep, reviewed his improved attributes and A-rank Hacker Knowledge, and reflected on the work his changes would require.
• The Red Star Engine issued Jiang Yan Hai a daily training mission, and he rushed out toward the training grounds before Ding Tian could speak.
• Ding Tian ordered his teams to secure the building and followed Jiang Yan Hai to the training grounds.
• Jiang Yan Hai completed three hundred burpees with ease, leaving Ding Tian impressed and embarrassed by the gap in their physical abilities.

Jiang Yan Hai stunned Ding Tian and the soldiers by completing an extraordinary training regimen, then returned to work and revised the system’s monitoring program. He left Lu Zhou and his team with broad access to observe and test his work, while his technical expertise further amazed them.

• Jiang Yan Hai completed more than twice Ding Tian’s usual training limit while retaining his combat capability, astonishing the soldiers.
• Ding Tian ordered his team to train alongside Jiang Yan Hai the next day, and the soldiers protested that they could not keep up.
• Jiang Yan Hai reorganized his system modifications and took control of the monitoring program from Lu Zhou and the other technicians.
• Jiang Yan Hai granted Lu Zhou’s team extensive monitoring permissions, including screen capture, so they could evaluate the system without disrupting his work.
• Lu Zhou and his team watched Jiang Yan Hai write system optimizations and notes about the exercise, and Lu Zhou was awed by his skill.

After completing his confidential work, Jiang Yan Hai returned to Sharpshooter Fourth Company and received a welcome ceremony for his contributions. He was awarded First Class Merit and promoted to captain, while the Red Star Engine notification sounded again.

• Jiang Yan Hai finished documenting his system improvements and handed the completed work to Ding Tian before his leave ended.
• Old Hei brought Jiang Yan Hai back to his company, where the soldiers had gathered to welcome him.
• Gong Jian read the Southeast Military Region commendation order awarding Jiang Yan Hai First Class Merit.
• Gong Jian announced Jiang Yan Hai’s exceptional promotion to captain and said he would attend an academy for training later.
• The Red Star Engine notification sounded in Jiang Yan Hai’s mind after the two orders were announced.

Jiang Yan Hai received a captain’s rank, a firearm permit, a pistol, and a secret consultant appointment, along with a million-yuan reward for his contributions. Back in the barracks, he discovered that his Red Star Engine permissions had upgraded and gained a firearm-scanning function.

• Gong Jian pinned captain’s insignia on Jiang Yan Hai, and Jiang Yan Hai celebrated with He Chen Guang, Wang Yan Bing, and Li Er Niu.
• Gong Jian told Jiang Yan Hai he would serve as a special consultant for the Strategic Command Center’s information department and gave him a registered pistol and firearm permit.
• Gong Jian informed Jiang Yan Hai that one million yuan would be transferred to his allowance card as a confidential reward for his work on military systems.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the barracks and saw that his Red Star Engine permissions had increased, enhancing his data-scanning system and adding a firearm-scanning function.

After Fan Tian Lei used a drinking trick to take soldiers from Master Kang's regiment, Jiang Yan Hai and three others were ordered to join a special forces selection exercise. At the mall where they were told to buy civilian clothes, Jiang Yan Hai treated the shopping task as the start of the test and secretly concealed himself from the surveillance system.

• Jiang Yan Hai continued training Sharpshooter Fourth Company, teaching the soldiers a breathing method along with sniping and camouflage techniques.
• Gong Jian summoned Jiang Yan Hai and He Chen Guang to report to regiment headquarters, where they learned Fan Tian Lei had come to recruit soldiers after getting Master Kang drunk.
• Fan Tian Lei drove Jiang Yan Hai and three other soldiers to a mall and gave them one hour to buy civilian clothes without communicating with one another.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his Scanning System to locate surveillance blind spots, bought civilian clothes and a backpack, and hacked the mall's cameras to conceal his movements.

Fan Tian Lei sent Jiang Yan Hai and the other three recruits to separate destinations without money, phones, or identification, ordering them to obtain intelligence and return to the provincial capital within two days. Jiang Yan Hai anticipated Fan Tian Lei’s traps, prepared a female disguise and hidden electronics, and boarded his bus.

• Fan Tian Lei collected the recruits’ phones and told them to travel to separate destinations, find intelligence, and return within two days without money or identification.
• He warned the four recruits that calling the number on their tickets would end their assessment, then forbade Jiang Yan Hai from advising the others.
• Jiang Yan Hai parted from He Chen Guang, Wang Yan Bing, and Li Er Niu and went to the restroom before boarding his bus.
• Jiang Yan Hai used the Disguise Technique to plan a realistic female disguise, fearing Fan Tian Lei would arrange traps to target him.
• Jiang Yan Hai checked his secretly purchased phone and laptop, returned to his original appearance, and boarded the bus toward his destination.

Jiang Yan Hai rode a bus to An Huai City and realized that Fan Tian Lei had arranged for a beautiful woman to sit beside him as part of a scheme. After spotting a familiar suitcase, Jiang Yan Hai prepared to turn the tables on Fan Tian Lei.

• Jiang Yan Hai sat near the back of the bus, checked his program, and rested while waiting for departure.
• A beautiful woman sat beside Jiang Yan Hai and struck up a conversation about their trips to An Huai City.
• Jiang Yan Hai joked that people in Inner Mongolia rode horses to school and took exams in tent-pitching and archery.
• Jiang Yan Hai spotted a familiar suitcase on the luggage rack and suspected the woman was connected to Fan Tian Lei.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked the driver about restroom stops, then returned to his seat determined to prepare for Fan Tian Lei's scheme and get even.

On the bus to An Huai City, Jiang Yan Hai forged a female identity and used it to deceive Captain Wen into arranging a police pickup. He left the call expecting to reach the bus station in a little over an hour and travel back to the provincial capital in a police vehicle.

• Jiang Yan Hai chatted with Bai Ling on the bus, then moved to the front and checked that his program had infiltrated the system and gained top permissions.
• At a service area, Jiang Yan Hai slipped the driver cigarettes and used his phone in a restroom stall to create a detailed, backdated profile for Jiang Ling.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Captain Wen in a woman's voice and claimed to be an information officer assigned to test surveillance and facial-recognition systems for Operation Red Sky Net.
• Jiang Yan Hai gave Captain Wen a forged file number and requested a police uniform, identification, and a pickup at the An Huai City long-distance bus station.
• Captain Wen agreed to arrange the pickup, and Jiang Yan Hai ended the call, coughing after imitating a woman's voice.

Jiang Yan Hai prepared a partial female disguise and rode on with Bai Ling, suspecting she planned to frame him. As the bus neared the station, he knocked her unconscious so he could carry out his plan, unaware that Fan Tian Lei had arranged for police to intercept him.

• Jiang Yan Hai used tape to remove his leg hair, put on stockings and a bra, and sent Captain Wen a message with an edited photo.
• Jiang Yan Hai noticed Bai Ling acting more intimate and suspected she would accuse him of robbery or molestation when he got off the bus.
• At the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade exercise command center, Fan Tian Lei learned that Skylark had contacted Jiang Yan Hai and ordered local police to be ready to stop him.
• Fan Tian Lei explained that he wanted Jiang Yan Hai to fail and be humbled before joining the brigade.
• When the bus was less than ten minutes from the station, Jiang Yan Hai grabbed Bai Ling by the neck and knocked her unconscious.

Jiang Yan Hai incapacitated Bai Ling, escaped the bus station, and used the Disguise Technique to transform himself into a striking woman. He called Wang Haiqiang as Jiang Ling and headed out to meet him for the ride to the provincial capital.

• Jiang Yan Hai used his knowledge of the human body to make Bai Ling lose consciousness, left her a message on her phone, and took her suitcase.
• Jiang Yan Hai got off the bus at the station and changed into women's office attire in a restroom.
• Jiang Yan Hai applied makeup and put on a wig, then took the passport, pistol, bullets, and phone from the suitcase.
• Jiang Yan Hai finished his disguise in the women's restroom and called Wang Haiqiang as Jiang Ling.
• Jiang Yan Hai walked out of the station to meet Wang Haiqiang.

Jiang Yan Hai arrived at the bus station under the identity of Jiang Ling and set out to enter the provincial department, but he was pulled into a police response to a report of armed suspects. Bai Ling woke after he had knocked her out and realized the operation was unraveling as police arrived.

• Wang Haiqiang picked up Jiang Yan Hai, gave him his police uniform and ID, and prepared to take him to the provincial department.
• Jiang Yan Hai noticed officers entering the station in response to a report of armed dangerous individuals and joined them under the name Jiang Ling.
• Fan Tian Lei learned that the team had lost contact with Skylark and ordered her people to keep watch and wait for her response.
• Bai Ling woke in the vehicle, learned Jiang Yan Hai had left, and asked where he had gone.
• Bai Ling heard that the police had arrived and feared her side of the drill had failed.

Jiang Yan Hai exposed Bai Ling’s false account when she reacted to his attack with trained combat skills. After police confirmed her military identity, Jiang Yan Hai pressed her to explain who had ambushed her and whether he posed a threat.

• Jiang Yan Hai questioned Bai Ling about the young man she claimed had attacked her.
• Jiang Yan Hai kicked at Bai Ling, and she blocked him before he drew a pistol and demanded to know who she was.
• Bai Ling said she was a soldier on a mission and offered her military ID for inspection.
• Wang Haiqiang and another officer verified that Bai Ling’s military documents were genuine.
• Jiang Yan Hai inferred that Bai Ling belonged to a specialized military unit and questioned her about her attacker, mission, and the danger he posed.