Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan Hai turned Bai Ling’s attempt to frame him into a reason for the police to detain her, then left under the pretense of an urgent mission. Bai Ling realized she had been outmaneuvered but did not learn his real identity.

• Bai Ling told the officers that Jiang Yan Hai was a dangerous criminal tied to an overseas intelligence organization and handed them his photograph.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Wang Haiqiang to detain Bai Ling and verify her identity, claiming she might be impersonating an intelligence officer.
• When Bai Ling protested, Jiang Yan Hai pointed out differences between her appearance and her ID photo, and the officers handcuffed her.
• Jiang Yan Hai gave the officers another photograph and left, saying he had to report to the provincial department.
• Bai Ling asked who Jiang Yan Hai was, and the officers admitted they did not know him; she concluded he was an expert who had outplayed her.

Jiang Yan Hai escaped the police during the exercise, disguised himself as Jiang Ling, and traveled with Wang Haiqiang to the provincial department. He reported to Captain Wen and was assigned to handle information technology as the authorities prepared to capture the suspects.

• Jiang Yan Hai drove out of the city with Wang Haiqiang while applying black nail polish, and Fan Tian Lei learned that Skylark had been arrested and Target One had vanished.
• Fan Tian Lei ordered his team to locate Jiang Yan Hai through the provided phone, but Jiang Yan Hai had altered its signal to point to An Huai City.
• Jiang Yan Hai received the mission text, threw the self-destructing phone out of the car, and continued toward the provincial capital with Wang Haiqiang.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Wang Haiqiang arrived at the provincial department after nine that evening and reported to Captain Wen.
• Captain Wen welcomed Jiang Yan Hai as Jiang Ling and assigned him to handle information technology, while Wang Haiqiang volunteered to drive back overnight.

Jiang Yan Hai, posing as Jiang Ling, faced skepticism from Yu Dong about her ability to work on the police information systems. She demonstrated her skills by infiltrating the provincial public security system and taking control of its administrator access.

• After Wang Haiqiang left, Captain Wen assigned Yu Dong to assist Jiang Ling, but Yu Dong challenged her qualifications.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked for time to change, put on a police uniform, and returned with a more commanding appearance.
• Jiang Yan Hai questioned Yu Dong about security tasks and vulnerabilities that he could not handle, then said she could do them.
• Within five minutes, Jiang Yan Hai accessed the provincial public security system's administrator panel and kicked every user in the hall out of the system.

Jiang Yan Hai proved his abilities by exposing a vulnerability in the provincial department system, then took command of the technical team to search for the enemy’s logistical base. He organized the thirty-six staff members into twelve groups and began coordinating their surveillance analysis.

• Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated that he had already obtained the system’s highest administrator privileges, silencing Yu Dong’s doubts about Jiang Ling’s skills.
• Yu Dong instructed everyone in the hall to follow Jiang Ling’s commands, and Captain Wen accepted Jiang Yan Hai’s explanation while asking him to report the vulnerabilities after the mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai took over a workstation and ordered the team to route surveillance feeds from every county, city, and town to him.
• Jiang Yan Hai had the thirty-six staff members introduce themselves, memorized their names, and divided them into twelve groups of three.

Jiang Yan Hai organized twelve groups to gather personnel, traffic, surveillance, and communications data while he built an improved facial-recognition program. When a suspect fled in Qian Su City, he used the live information to coordinate the pursuit and began directing the teams on the ground.

• Jiang Yan Hai assigned tasks to twelve groups and began preparing a real-time operation support system.
• Jiang Yan Hai wrote an optimized facial-recognition program using the Electronic Warfare Support Program’s computing power.
• An information officer reported that a suspect was fleeing from Armed Police and officers in Qian Su City.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the groups to assemble personnel records, maps, surveillance feeds, and communications data for the pursuit.
• Jiang Yan Hai connected to the on-site commander and ordered Gao Jian Guo’s team and Liu Yang’s team to block routes around the suspect.

Jiang Yan Hai remotely coordinated a rapid manhunt in Qian Su City, capturing a suspect and earning praise from Director Wen. He then began tracing the remaining trainees’ communications and told Director Wen he could find the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s hideout before dawn.

• Jiang Yan Hai analyzed surveillance footage, directed 186 police and Armed Police personnel to seal off escape routes, and helped them capture the suspect in under twenty minutes.
• Director Wen praised the operation, and Jiang Yan Hai recommended deploying reconnaissance drones and developing an algorithm to match suspects against provincial surveillance footage.
• Jiang Yan Hai privately reflected that a more powerful version of his matching algorithm could have exposed He Chen Guang, Li Er Niu, and the other trainees, but he had deliberately held back.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Groups Six through Nine to collect data from civilian communications interfaces and private company frequencies so he could locate Old Fan’s group.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Director Wen that he could find the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s hideout before dawn, though the exercise was not yet halfway over.

Jiang Yan Hai located the rookies’ gathering place by analyzing radio communications and surveillance footage, then set off with Captain Wen to raid it. On the way, he tested his newly acquired driving skill at high speed, leaving Captain Wen gripping the handle in fear.

• Captain Wen agreed with Jiang Yan Hai to locate the target before dawn and go there with Captain Gao.
• Jiang Yan Hai analyzed communication data and surveillance footage, identifying a site near a sparsely populated development zone.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Yu Dong to watch the station, then joined Captain Wen and contacted Captain Gao before heading out.
• Jiang Yan Hai drove Captain Wen toward the target and tested his driving skill by speeding and weaving through traffic.
• Captain Wen grew alarmed as Jiang Yan Hai drifted through a turn and drove faster.

Jiang Yan Hai drove Captain Wen and Captain Gao to Fan Tian Lei’s hideout after helping locate it. Fan Tian Lei was stunned when he learned the two commanders had arrived, unaware that they had found his location so soon.

• Jiang Yan Hai drove recklessly to the Armed Police headquarters, and Captain Wen cautioned him about safety.
• Captain Wen introduced Jiang Ling to Captain Gao and praised her command of the earlier arrest operation and her improvements to the emergency command center.
• Captain Wen told Captain Gao that Jiang Ling had found Tian Lei’s hideout, and they set out to capture the group without a large-scale operation.
• Captain Gao offered Jiang Yan Hai a job at the provincial department, and Jiang Yan Hai deferred the decision until after the mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai led Captain Wen and Captain Gao to the hideout, where Fan Tian Lei learned they had arrived and was left dumbfounded.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed how he had tracked Fan Tian Lei’s hideout, then sparred verbally with Chen Shan Ming after Captain Wen suggested they keep in touch. After Fan Tian Lei defended Chen, Jiang Yan Hai challenged the local special forces soldiers and won permission to stay and teach them a lesson.

• Captain Gao and Captain Wen brought Jiang Yan Hai to Fan Tian Lei, who learned Jiang had found his hideout by monitoring communications across the province.
• Jiang Yan Hai greeted Chen Shan Ming, and Captain Wen suggested the two single soldiers keep in touch.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he would not date someone weaker or shorter than him, prompting Chen Shan Ming to challenge him to a match.
• Fan Tian Lei told Chen Shan Ming not to argue seriously with a female comrade, and Jiang Yan Hai objected that the remark looked down on women.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked to stay and teach the special forces soldiers a lesson, and Fan Tian Lei approved the request.

Jiang Yan Hai agreed to stay with the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade and offered advice on improving its information warfare methods. After pointing out flaws in the brigade’s concealment and communications interception, he began examining its computer operations and judged its capabilities lacking.

• Director Wen and Director Gao left to direct the ongoing exercise after Jiang Yan Hai promised to provide the police with a detailed report and procedures.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Jiang Yan Hai how the brigade could disguise itself, and Jiang Yan Hai criticized its use of camouflage uniforms in a city.
• Jiang Yan Hai advised the brigade to operate in a busy urban area, where its radio traffic would blend in with civilian communications.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Chen Shan Ming to show Jiang Yan Hai the brigade’s system, and Jiang Yan Hai went to inspect the soldiers’ computer operations.
• Jiang Yan Hai assessed that the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s information warfare capabilities were limited and relied too heavily on military equipment.

Jiang Yan Hai showed Chen Shan Ming how Wolf Fang could use disguise, surveillance access, and information camouflage to improve its tactics in the joint exercise. After Chen Shan Ming reported her advice, Fan Tian Lei praised her expertise and urged him to pursue her romantically.

• Jiang Yan Hai asked Chen Shan Ming about his skills and suggested using fake police IDs to access surveillance systems during the exercise.
• Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated how Wolf Fang could monitor a city, prepare escape routes, and disguise its communications, while Chen Shan Ming objected that this might disrupt civilians.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that the exercise should test local authorities under pressure, then finished explaining her tactics.
• Chen Shan Ming reported to Fan Tian Lei that Jiang Yan Hai was an expert, and Fan Tian Lei agreed Wolf Fang needed someone like her.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Chen Shan Ming how he felt about Jiang Yan Hai and urged him to make a move; Chen Shan Ming doubted she was interested.

Jiang Yan Hai stayed disguised as Jiang Ling in the command center while the special forces assessment continued, and Fan Tian Lei asked him to help find the missing soldier without realizing who he was. As the exercise ended, Jiang Yan Hai revealed his identity in front of the assembled soldiers, giving Fan Tian Lei the lesson he had promised.

• Jiang Yan Hai endured Chen Shan Ming's attempts to get personal information from him while the rookies returned to base during the forty-eight-hour assessment.
• Fan Tian Lei and Chen Shan Ming discussed Jiang Yan Hai's disappearance, and Fan Tian Lei admitted he wanted him both to fail and to complete the mission.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Jiang Ling to use her skills to find Jiang Yan Hai, while he and Chen Shan Ming discussed the clues suggesting she had military training.
• The final soldier arrived just before the deadline, and police sirens sounded as Director Gao and Director Wen entered the command center.
• Jiang Yan Hai interrupted Fan Tian Lei's closing speech, announced that he had come to teach him a lesson, and removed his wig and breast padding to reveal himself.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he had infiltrated police headquarters in disguise, shocking the recruits and officers before fighting Chen Shan Ming. He then defended his actions to Fan Tian Lei, who confronted him over bringing the enemy to headquarters.

• Jiang Yan Hai removed his makeup and revealed himself as a man, stunning Chen Shan Ming, Fan Tian Lei, and the recruits.
• Chen Shan Ming charged at Jiang Yan Hai, and the two fought fiercely until Fan Tian Lei ordered them to stop.
• Fan Tian Lei sent Miao Lang to lead the selected recruits to the vehicles, then called Jiang Yan Hai over to question him.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that Fan Tian Lei had told him only to reach the destination and had never explained the other rules.
• Jiang Yan Hai pointed out that he had brought the two enemy commanders to Fan Tian Lei, who had not ordered their arrest.

Jiang Yan Hai explained that he had exposed flaws in the exercise to help the authorities, then left after the commanders acknowledged the lesson he had taught them. Fan Tian Lei later described Jiang Yan Hai’s exceptional abilities and background to Captain Gao and Captain Wen, who were astonished by his genius.

• Jiang Yan Hai defended his actions as an effort to reveal vulnerabilities and apologized to Captain Gao and Captain Wen.
• Captain Wen thanked Jiang Yan Hai for teaching the recruits and commanders a lesson, while Fan Tian Lei ordered him to leave.
• Captain Gao told Jiang Yan Hai that his bag was outside and remarked that he had made the commanders look foolish.
• Jiang Yan Hai joined the formation of twenty recruits, and Miao Lang praised his skills as the recruits laughed and gave him thumbs-ups.
• Captain Gao and Captain Wen asked Fan Tian Lei about Jiang Yan Hai, and Fan Tian Lei called him a difficult soldier to manage.
• Fan Tian Lei revealed that Jiang Yan Hai had graduated from Peking University at eighteen with degrees in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and said Jiang Yan Hai chose soldiering because he enjoyed it.

After passing the initial Special Forces selection, Jiang Yan Hai arrived at the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade and learned that the Red Star Engine had unlocked a new system that would activate during his sleep. There, Song Kai Fei discovered Jiang Yan Hai was the recruit who had shot him down during the previous military exercise, and the others teased them about it.

• Fan Tian Lei admitted that he had withheld the mission’s assembly point from Jiang Yan Hai, then parted ways with Captain Wen and Captain Gao to resume training.
• Jiang Yan Hai and the others changed into military uniforms at a Military Airport and flew to the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade.
• The Red Star Engine told Jiang Yan Hai that passing the initial selection had unlocked the Illusion Simulation Combat System, which would begin during his nighttime sleep.
• Song Kai Fei criticized the helicopters, prompting Wang Yan Bing and He Chen Guang to challenge his attitude toward the Iron Fist Regiment.
• Wang Yan Bing revealed that Jiang Yan Hai had shot down two attack helicopters and several transport aircraft during the previous exercise, and Song Kai Fei recognized him as the man who had given him his first death.
• Jiang Yan Hai joked that he would have shot the pilot in a real war, while the other soldiers teased Song Kai Fei as they walked away.

Chen Shan Ming and Fan Tian Lei punished the recruits for their behavior by making them run behind the vehicles and remove one shoe on the mountain road. Jiang Yan Hai anticipated the rough terrain and led the others along the smoothest path as they continued toward the next trial.

• Chen Shan Ming berated the recruits, and Jiang Yan Hai and Song Kai Fei each completed 200 push-ups after speaking up.
• Fan Tian Lei ordered the recruits to run behind the vehicles and wear only one shoe once they reached the mountain road.
• Jiang Yan Hai ran with one shoe off while Song Kai Fei asked how he had disguised himself as a woman.
• Jiang Yan Hai predicted that the road ahead would be covered in gravel, but Song Kai Fei refused to believe him.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his keen terrain reading to find the smoothest route, and He Chen Guang and the others followed his footprints.

Jiang Yan Hai led the group through a booby-trapped gravel road and a ring of fire during their brutal entrance to the training camp. After several recruits gave up, Fan Tian Lei announced a “cleansing” bath, and Red Star Engine issued Jiang Yan Hai a mission.

• Jiang Yan Hai warned the group that explosives were buried beside the gravel road, then crossed it first while the others struggled through the blasts and sharp stones.
• Jiang Yan Hai supported the injured Song Kai Fei and Xu Tian Long after they emerged limping behind him.
• Jiang Yan Hai carried Song Kai Fei and Xu Tian Long straight through the ring of fire, and He Chen Guang, Wang Yan Bing, and Li Er Niu followed.
• Several recruits outside the fire hesitated and eventually gave up, while Jiang Yan Hai watched the remaining group gather inside the camp.
• Fan Tian Lei announced that the recruits would take a bath, and Red Star Engine gave Jiang Yan Hai a mission.

Jiang Yan Hai received a mission requiring him to endure the Wolf Fang instructors’ training until they gave up on him, then joined his comrades in a painful alcohol bath. Their teasing over his appearance turned the ordeal into a moment of camaraderie, leaving the group closer as selection continued.

• Jiang Yan Hai received the Instructor's Glory mission, which required him to challenge the instructors and persevere until they stopped training him.
• Miao Lang ordered the recruits to soak their injured feet in a pool of medical alcohol, and Jiang Yan Hai entered first before urging the others to follow.
• Song Kai Fei complained that Jiang Yan Hai seemed better than everyone at everything, prompting the recruits to tease him about his appearance and makeup skills.
• Wang Yan Bing joked about Jiang Yan Hai getting surgery in Thailand, and Jiang Yan Hai slipped into the alcohol pool as the recruits laughed.
• The recruits' joking brought them closer, while Miao Lang welcomed the growing bond among the comrades.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed the calluses built up through his intense training, then asked Fan Tian Lei for permission to study books alongside training. Fan Tian Lei was stunned by Jiang Yan Hai’s list of technical subjects, including flight manuals, and wondered whether he planned to learn to fly.

• Song Kai Fei asked why Jiang Yan Hai seemed to be in little pain, and Jiang Yan Hai showed the thick calluses on his feet.
• Miao Lang ended the pool session, and Jiang Yan Hai asked to speak privately with Fan Tian Lei.
• Jiang Yan Hai requested an iPad and books so he could study during training and explain his growing knowledge.
• Jiang Yan Hai listed subjects ranging from aviation and pilot training to quantum physics and material mechanics.
• Fan Tian Lei picked out the flight manuals and asked whether Jiang Yan Hai intended to learn to fly a plane.

Jiang Yan Hai received permission from Fan Tian Lei to get a PAD and study professional books during his spare time, then rejoined the recruits for training. Fan Tian Lei used Jiang Yan Hai’s request to justify more demanding training and began a long speech to the group.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained his plans to study advanced subjects and asked Fan Tian Lei for a PAD and permission to read during breaks; Fan Tian Lei approved, provided it did not interfere with training.
• Fan Tian Lei gave Jiang Yan Hai an address for book deliveries, and Jiang Yan Hai told He Chen Guang, Song Kai Fei, Wang Yan Bing, and the others that he intended to read about quantum physics.
• After their wounds were treated, the recruits changed into training uniforms and formed up on the training ground for exercises suited to their injured feet.
• Fan Tian Lei announced that Jiang Yan Hai’s request showed their training was not demanding enough and told the recruits to learn from him.
• Fan Tian Lei began a speech with five points, then deliberately muddled the order; Song Kai Fei reported in, and Fan Tian Lei restarted from the first point.