Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan Hai ordered a warship to launch Yingji-18 missiles at the enemy forces near the factory. The first strikes devastated the tanks, and a second volley hit the vehicles carrying soldiers, leaving Old Man’s fate uncertain.

• The warship launched two batches of four Yingji-18 Cruise Missiles and used satellite and radar data to guide them toward the enemy forces.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Black Lion and Leng Feng that they would soon see his “big fireworks,” while Old Man ordered the tanks to lay more smoke as they advanced.
• Old Man spotted the incoming missiles, shouted for his forces to turn around, and fled in his off-road vehicle.
• The first four missiles struck the twelve tanks, destroying them in a series of explosions that shook the factory.
• The second four missiles attacked the soldiers’ vehicles, and an explosion hurled Old Man’s vehicle into the air before his vision went black.

Jiang Yan Hai’s group surveyed the devastation caused by the missile strike and hunted down the surviving attackers. He confronted the wounded mercenary leader Old Man, revealed that he had targeted Old Man’s family with debt, and left him alive after breaking his leg.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered his team to leave the factory guarded and drive out to clear the battlefield.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s group bypassed the craters and burning wreckage left by the missiles, then searched the surviving vehicles.
• Jiang Yan Hai found the wounded Old Man in an overturned vehicle and shot the weapon he was reaching for.
• Old Man recognized Jiang Yan Hai and taunted him about Blood Wolf and the Chinese, while Jiang Yan Hai explained that Dane Company had provoked them.
• Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he had arranged for loan sharks to deceive Old Man’s wife and children, then broke Old Man’s uninjured leg and ordered his men to stop the bleeding.

Jiang Yan Hai left Old Man behind to die from his injuries and sent Leng Feng’s group toward the United Nations Peacekeeping Force. He then led Blood Wolf toward Port of Haofa, where he expected another battle and contacted the Pantheon about American submarine launch codes.

• Jiang Yan Hai had Old Man’s wounds bandaged, then ordered his men to take his weapons and leave him behind, telling him to live well.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained to Leng Feng and Black Lion that Old Man’s injuries and the chaos would leave him with little chance of survival, and that killing him outright would have been too easy.
• Jiang Yan Hai directed Leng Feng’s convoy to travel under the Chinese national flag to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force, and the group departed after preparing for about half an hour.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Blood Wolf to head for Port of Haofa to avoid remaining near the unresolved Dane Military Company forces and to reach the area where Ivan was traveling.
• Jiang Yan Hai rested in the vehicle while mentally contacting the Pantheon about possible American submarine firing orders and launch codes.

The Pantheon debated whether to give Ghost access to a submarine’s command codes, fearing he could expose their identities and secrets. They agreed to cooperate and learned Jiang Yan Hai wanted a submarine near the Republic of Evia to destroy two Dane Military Company bases in Africa.

• A Pantheon member warned that Ghost might use submarine codes to launch missiles, while Anubis argued that intercepted communications would let them monitor and stop him.
• Zeus warned that Ghost’s ability to crack their eight websites meant he could expose the Pantheon’s identities and hidden crimes, leading the members to agree to cooperate.
• Zeus asked Ghost which submarine he wanted, and Jiang Yan Hai requested one near the Red Sea and the Republic of Evia.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he planned to destroy two Dane Military Company bases in Africa because the company had massacred people in his homeland.
• Thor began pulling up intelligence about the company and the targeted bases.

Jiang Yan Hai accepted Pantheon's offer to take revenge on the mercenaries responsible for massacres in the Republic of Evia, while Pantheon prepared to use the Michigan against them. The chapter ended as the submarine's crew saw red warning lights signaling war.

• Thor identified Dane Military Consulting Company as responsible for killing Evia's prime minister and prince and leading massacres, and said it had two training bases.
• Zeus agreed to help Jiang Yan Hai and told him the Michigan was operating near the Red Sea.
• Jiang Yan Hai agreed to join Pantheon if it secured his revenge, but warned he would act himself if nothing happened within twelve hours.
• After Jiang Yan Hai disconnected, Zeus told Pantheon to proceed, and its members agreed.
• Jiang Yan Hai honored Professor Chen and the others who had died as the Michigan's warning lights began flashing.

Colonel Edward’s Ohio-class submarine received an order to launch forty-eight Tomahawk cruise missiles at targets in Eviya and a neighboring country, while the Pantheon manipulated communications to ensure the order was confirmed. The missiles launched and split toward their targets as the submarine escaped, leaving other nations monitoring the attack and the U.S. military’s wider command network in the dark.

• Colonel Edward received and confirmed an order to launch forty-eight Tomahawk cruise missiles at two locations in Eviya and its neighboring country.
• The Pantheon intercepted communications and sent target instructions while the submarine established contact with theater command.
• Colonel Edward ordered the submarine to verify the waters, reach launch depth, and fire its missiles.
• The Tomahawks rose from the sea, triggering alarms aboard nearby warships and detection by regional radar systems.
• The Number 101 Nanchang reported the missiles’ approach toward Eviya, while U.S. ships received a notification and distant commands remained cut off from satellite data.
• The missiles split into two groups, and the Michigan Nuclear Submarine dived, fled the area, and began a twenty-four-hour communications silence.

Twenty-four Tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed Dane Johnson’s mercenary base, and the dying company head realized that powerful nations had finally retaliated. Far away, Old Man found himself surrounded by a pack of hyenas.

• Dane Johnson relaxed at a Red Scarf Army training base, believing he could blame the Republic of Evia attack on the Red Scarf Army.
• Cruise missiles struck the base, destroying its radar vehicles and buildings as Dane Johnson fled through a window.
• A missile blast severed Dane Johnson’s legs, and he realized Dane Military Consulting Company was finished before he died.
• Old Man, exhausted in a forest more than two hundred kilometers away, saw dozens of hyenas gathering around him.

Jiang Yan Hai destroyed Dane Military Consulting Company's bases with forty-eight Tomahawk missiles and sent a classified report to 101 Nanchang Ship. As Nanchang's commanders rushed to Port of Haofa, Er Dan warned Jiang Yan Hai that Target Number 1 faced a fatal threat.

• Jiang Yan Hai confirmed Dane Military Consulting Company's bases had been destroyed and disconnected from Pantheon.
• Jiang Yan Hai received news that Eviya's acting head of state, Mohadi, had requested protection for his family during an evacuation from Eviya.
• Jiang Yan Hai sent Nanchang a classified report saying he had used Pantheon's name and stolen U.S. military codes to command the Michigan to fire forty-eight Tomahawks.
• Major General Wang Lin, Gao Yun, and Nanchang's political commissar read the report, ordered it sent to the homeland under the highest encryption, and prepared to sail for Port of Haofa.
• Er Dan warned Jiang Yan Hai that Target Number 1 was under a fatal threat as a town came into view.

Jiang Yan Hai entered riot-torn Kara Town to find his old friend Ivan and discovered him begging for help for his badly injured daughter. Jiang Yan Hai pretended he could not help, but Ivan clung to him as he struggled to carry out his plan to recruit him.

• Jiang Yan Hai left Black Lion and the others to continue toward Port of Haofa while he went alone into Kara Town to find Ivan.
• Jiang Yan Hai changed into ordinary clothes, removed his disguise, and used his Active Scanning System to locate Ivan amid the burning town.
• Jiang Yan Hai found Ivan begging passersby to help his daughter, whose broken leg was still bleeding.
• Jiang Yan Hai drew his pistol, pretended to be startled by Ivan, and refused to help before trying to walk away.
• Ivan grabbed Jiang Yan Hai's leg and pleaded for him to save his twelve-year-old daughter, while Jiang Yan Hai told him she could not be saved.

Jiang Yan Hai staged a confrontation with Ivan to make him recognize his combat skills and agree to let him treat his injured daughter. After stabilizing Natasha’s leg, Jiang Yan Hai left Ivan with medicine and instructions, while warning that she still needed proper surgery soon.

• Jiang Yan Hai frightened Ivan and displayed his combat skills until Ivan pleaded for help saving his daughter.
• Jiang Yan Hai agreed to treat the girl, and Ivan led him to his ransacked home, where two corpses lay in another room.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned the girl’s name was Natasha, knocked her unconscious, and used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from her deliberately broken leg.
• Jiang Yan Hai set and bandaged Natasha’s injury, gave Ivan anti-infection medicine, and instructed him to loosen and retie the tourniquet hourly.
• Jiang Yan Hai left, telling Ivan that Natasha needed treatment at a hospital soon and that he could do no more.

Jiang Yan Hai agreed to take the injured Natasha with him after Ivan pleaded for her life and offered his scientific research in exchange. They left the burning room behind and headed for vehicles Er Dan had found.

• Ivan asked Jiang Yan Hai whether Natasha could be saved, and Jiang Yan Hai said she needed an operation at a major hospital.
• Ivan guessed Jiang Yan Hai was Chinese and urged him to take Natasha to the Chinese warships, which were expected to arrive at Port of Haofa.
• Ivan offered his expertise in chemistry and solid-fuel rocket propulsion, but Jiang Yan Hai did not believe him.
• Natasha woke and thanked Jiang Yan Hai, who then picked her up and agreed to leave with her and Ivan.
• Ivan gathered a few belongings and set the room on fire, leaving behind his wife and son as Jiang Yan Hai carried Natasha toward vehicles Er Dan had found.

Jiang Yan Hai, posing as Fang Ping, rescued Ivan and the injured Natasha and drove them toward the port while arranging emergency help from the 101 Nanchang Ship. The chapter ended with Ivan thanking him and promising not to cause trouble for China.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Ivan to claim he had once rescued him and warned him not to reveal his supposed identity as an American scientist.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Ivan reached a garage, took a Toyota SUV, and drove out of town with Natasha.
• Jiang Yan Hai sent the 101 Nanchang Ship information about their situation and requested its cooperation.
• Jiang Yan Hai called the Nanchang and requested an emergency helicopter rescue because Natasha needed urgent medical treatment.
• The Nanchang said it needed higher command’s approval because Ivan was not a Chinese citizen, and Ivan thanked Jiang Yan Hai for helping his family.

Jiang Yan Hai arranged for Ivan and Natasha to be evacuated to China, then reunited with Black Lion’s team near the harbor. With the city divided between government forces and the Rebel Army, he led the team toward the war zone to take on another mission.

• Jiang Yan Hai secured approval to rescue Ivan and arrange identities for Ivan and Natasha in China.
• Ivan and Natasha departed by medical helicopter, and Ivan thanked Jiang Yan Hai before leaving.
• Jiang Yan Hai drove toward Port of Haofa to meet up with Blood Wolf as the warship approached.
• Jiang Yan Hai reunited with Black Lion and said Ivan had already evacuated amid the rebellion.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that government forces, rebels, and Zaka’s terrorists were active in the city, then announced that the team would head into the war zone.
• Jiang Yan Hai revealed that Er Dan had infiltrated the city’s communications networks, making it possible to intercept calls.

Jiang Yan Hai planned an ambush to stop Zaka’s men from seizing Chinese hostages and led his team into the combat zone to prepare. At the same time, the Nanchang reached the harbor to evacuate hundreds of Chinese citizens waiting under government protection.

• Jiang Yan Hai used intercepted communications and a city map to predict Zaka’s plan and identify the likely route of the embassy convoy.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered his team to infiltrate the combat zone secretly and kill any enemies they encountered.
• Jiang Yan Hai guided the thirteen-man team through the city, helping them evade enemies and reach the target area by daylight.
• Hundreds of Chinese citizens waited at a government-protected port for evacuation as the warship Nanchang entered the harbor.
• The Nanchang sounded its horn and approached the pier beneath the Five-star Red Flag, and the waiting citizens wept with joy.

Chinese nationals began evacuating aboard a warship while Gao Yun prepared for possible attacks and Jiang Yan Hai’s team watched for threats to the embassy convoy. The enemy planted bombs and moved into position, leaving Jiang Yan Hai’s team on alert as the convoy departed.

• Chinese nationals boarded the docked warship, and a young man and Brother Wang reflected on how the crisis had deepened their love for their country.
• Gao Yun ordered the warship’s combat systems to remain on alert and learned that Eviya troops were escorting embassy staff and nationals to the harbor.
• Gao Yun arranged protection for the president’s and secretary-general’s families and ordered the Jiaolong Commando Unit to prepare for deployment.
• Jiang Yan Hai positioned his team near a three-way intersection and ordered them to protect the Chinese embassy vehicles without intervening unless the vehicles were threatened.
• Er Dan warned Jiang Yan Hai that the enemy had planted bombs and the embassy convoy had departed, while Hummingbird reported enemy trucks waiting nearby.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s team kept watch over its assigned zones and joked about raising their fee if they had to fight.

Jiang Yan Hai’s team watched an embassy convoy get trapped in the war zone and shelter evacuees in a factory while the Jiaolong Commando Unit was sent to rescue them. As the rescue force arrived, Jiang Yan Hai ordered his team to prepare to attack once the hostages were safe.

• Terrorists ambushed the embassy convoy, forcing the evacuees into a nearby factory for shelter.
• Jiang Yan Hai refused to attack before the rescue force arrived, and the convoy called the warship for help.
• Gao Yun dispatched the Jiaolong Commando Unit after receiving the distress call.
• White Headed Eagle reported that enemies were capturing civilians and preparing car bombs, but Jiang Yan Hai ordered him to monitor the bombs without exposing their position.
• Hummingbird reported the government convoy’s arrival, and Jiang Yan Hai ordered his team to strike after the hostages were rescued.

Jiang Yan Hai and the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group held their positions while the Jiaolong Commando Unit rescued the hostages amid a fierce battle. An unknown sniper and a coordinated force of camouflaged fighters joined the fight, leaving Yang Rui’s team to move the evacuees across the intersection under their cover.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group to let the enemy’s car bomb strike the government forces, and the explosion devastated their defensive line.
• Gu Shun reported the heavy casualties as the Jiaolong Commando Unit rescued the hostages and started leading them out of the factory.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot an enemy preparing to fire an RPG, and Gu Shun realized an unknown sniper was also attacking from a nearby building.
• Jiang Yan Hai killed the detonator and another enemy as a vehicle threatened the evacuees, while Blood Wolf fighters opened fire from multiple buildings and eliminated many rebels.
• Yang Rui ordered the Jiaolong Commando Unit to coordinate with the apparent friendlies and move the evacuees across the intersection as Jiang Yan Hai continued sniping.

Jiang Yan Hai and the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group helped the Jiaolong Commando Unit eliminate the rebels attacking the convoy. After revealing their identity and contacting Gao Yun, Jiang Yan Hai negotiated a ten-million-dollar deal to rescue the hostages held by Zaka’s forces.

• Jiang Yan Hai’s sniper fire wiped out the rebels at the intersection while Gu Shun and White Headed Eagle struggled to get shots in.
• Gao Yun learned that the unidentified fighters were not government troops and told Yang Rui to wait and find out who they were.
• Jiang Yan Hai introduced the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group to Yang Rui and asked to speak with Gao Yun.
• Jiang Yan Hai offered to rescue the hostages from Zaka’s forces for ten million dollars, and Gao Yun agreed on the condition that they be kept safe.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Black Lion and the others that they had secured ten million dollars.

Jiang Yan Hai arranged joint operations and warned the Chinese warship that terrorists planned to attack it, prompting Gao Yun to order Level One combat readiness. In North America, the chief of staff woke the U.S. president to brief him on missile strikes against Dane Military Consulting Company and the killing of Dr. Chen, but the president interrupted before hearing the full report.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Black Lion agreed to coordinate with Yang Rui’s team and potentially establish direct communications with their warship.
• Gao Yun advised Yang Rui that working with Jiang Yan Hai’s trusted mercenaries would improve their chances of rescuing the hostages, and Yang Rui agreed to coordinate with them.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Yang Rui to arrange a direct channel to the warship, then warned Gao Yun that terrorists planned to attack it.
• Gao Yun ordered the entire ship to maintain Level One combat readiness and report suspicious activity nearby.
• The chief of staff woke the U.S. president and explained that the Michigan had launched forty-eight Tomahawk missiles at mercenary bases after China’s warship destroyed a Dane Military Consulting Company unit linked to Dr. Chen’s death.
• The president interrupted the chief of staff as he described the attacks and the killing of Dr. Chen.

Kamp learned that an unknown actor had used the Michigan to launch Tomahawk missiles, and he agreed to conceal the incident while redirecting attention toward a joint campaign against terrorists. Meanwhile, Jiang Yan Hai and his group reached a government forces station in a tunnel to rest and regroup.

• Kamp learned that the Michigan had launched missiles without authorization and that Central Command had issued no such order.
• The chief of staff said the government would inspect its defense systems and keep the incident secret, including from Colonel Edward.
• The chief of staff proposed using American victims of terrorist groups to justify action and coordinating a bombing operation with China.
• Kamp ordered a plan drawn up and said he would contact China, while the White House mobilized to cover up the incident.
• Jiang Yan Hai and the others reached a temporary government forces station in a tunnel, where Xu Hong and Yang Rui stood together.