Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan Hai and Barney agreed to work together against the men exploiting nearby villages, while Barney’s team learned Blood Wolf had a trustworthy reputation. During a confrontation with Church over the failed mission and the missing box, Barney quit and vowed retaliation.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that the enemy was rounding up villagers to excavate an abandoned mine and proposed attacking the capture teams before striking their base.
• Barney accepted Jiang Yan Hai’s plan, and Jiang Yan Hai marked the target villages and a meeting point on a map.
• Barney’s team discussed whether to trust Jiang Yan Hai and Blood Wolf, then decided to leave Church behind and plan their next move.
• Church contacted Barney by radio and demanded to know where the box was; Barney said it was gone and accused Church of knowing the mission was a trap.
• Barney told Church that Technician and Blood Wolf had saved his team, then denounced Church and quit.

Barney and Jiang Yan Hai agreed to work together to capture Villain and recover information about the weapons-grade plutonium. After reaching the village, they prepared to intercept the armed group expected to seize more villagers and planned to observe the enemy before attacking.

• Barney told Church not to join them, promising to hand over the things after Villain was captured, and Church reluctantly agreed.
• Barney and his group left, while Jiang Yan Hai and his team also agreed to work with them to capture Villain.
• Jiang Yan Hai’s group reached the village, gained the women’s support, and settled in while waiting for Barney’s team.
• Barney arrived the next afternoon, and Jiang Yan Hai reported that the enemy was preparing to move the plutonium within days.
• Jiang Yan Hai proposed intercepting the enemy when it retreated, and Barney agreed to observe the battlefield before deciding how to attack.
• Jiang Yan Hai suggested ambushing the enemy at a three-way intersection, then proposed that both teams take separate routes for extra protection.

Jiang Yan Hai and Barney prepared an ambush in a village and wiped out the enemy force of forty-two bandits. After Barney acknowledged Jiang Yan Hai’s battlefield judgment, the teams moved toward the target mine tunnel.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Barney agreed to set up crossfire positions and disguise soldiers among the villagers.
• Er Dan’s Active Warning System alerted Jiang Yan Hai that three trucks carrying forty-two bandits were approaching, and White Headed Eagle spotted them taking separate roads.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered his team to open fire when the trucks converged at the village intersection, killing the bandits in under a minute.
• Barney, Christmas, and Caesar reached the battlefield and saw that the bandits had been killed before they could leave their trucks.
• Barney praised Jiang Yan Hai’s judgment, and both teams set out for the target mine tunnel.

Jiang Yan Hai led the team past hidden sentries by reading the terrain, impressing Barney and the others. After spotting the mining area's guards and weapons, the group agreed on a plan to fly Barney's plane inside while Jiang Yan Hai's team intercepted the enemy outside.

• Jiang Yan Hai guided the group past several hidden sentries without being detected.
• Barney asked how Jiang Yan Hai found the sentries, and Jiang Yan Hai explained how terrain revealed likely hiding spots.
• Gunnar claimed that understanding Jiang Yan Hai's method was an exclusive skill, and Christmas challenged him to use it next time.
• Barney and the others observed the mining area and spotted guards, heavy machine guns, and anti-tank weapons.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Barney agreed that Barney would fly the plane inside while Jiang Yan Hai's team intercepted the enemy outside.

Jiang Yan Hai let Barney and the Suicide Squad attack the mine while positioning his team to cover them. As the team prepared for battle, Billy waited to see what Jiang Yan Hai could do as a sniper.

• Jiang Yan Hai warned Barney that the mine entrance might be sealed by explosives, but Barney and the Suicide Squad went in anyway.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Billy to stay behind and assigned Hippo as his spotter while he organized the team's firing positions and targets.
• Jiang Yan Hai and his team moved to the mountaintop overlooking the bridge and prepared to attack the enemy's heavy weapons, helicopter, and tanks.
• Jiang Yan Hai loaded specialized ammunition into eleven magazines for his two M82A1 sniper rifles and took up a position overlooking the battlefield.
• Billy asked whether Jiang Yan Hai had a spotter, and Hippo told him to wait and see what Jiang Yan Hai could do.

Jiang Yan Hai and the snipers launched a coordinated attack on the bandits as Barney and the others crashed into the mountain cave. Jiang Yan Hai’s overwhelming firepower left Billy stunned, while Mouse Carlos began reloading his magazines, and the battle continued with the enemy pinned down.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the ambush to begin and shot both anti-aircraft machine-gun operators with one armor-piercing round.
• Jiang Yan Hai and the other snipers attacked the bandits, and he destroyed the anti-tank guns and nearby ammunition with explosive rounds.
• Barney and the others crashed their plane into the mountain cave, drawing attention as gunfire erupted inside.
• Jiang Yan Hai continued shooting bandits at a relentless pace, impressing Billy and suppressing the enemy’s attempts to fight back.
• Mouse Carlos ran to Jiang Yan Hai, collected his used magazines, and began loading them with ammunition.

Jiang Yan Hai wiped out the bandits outside the mine while Barney and his team escaped the collapsing tunnels with the villagers. The trucks carrying the villain and his men crossed the bridge, but Jiang Yan Hai destroyed the lead truck’s front wheel, overturning it and blocking the highway.

• Jiang Yan Hai killed the bandits hiding around the bridge with precise, unconventional shots, leaving Billy stunned by his skill.
• Three cargo trucks burst from the mine as explosions triggered a cave-in behind them, forcing Barney and his team to flee through a lower passage with the captured villagers.
• The villain and his surviving men discovered their forces outside had been wiped out and drove across the bridge to escape the sniper.
• Jiang Yan Hai waited until the lead truck had crossed the bridge, then shot its left front wheel and rim twice, causing it to overturn and block the road.

Jiang Yan Hai and his team ambushed a bandit convoy carrying nuclear materials and trapped dozens of pursuing bandits on a bridge. After killing everyone on the bridge, Jiang Yan Hai turned to deal with the survivors hiding behind the trucks.

• Billy shot the driver of the second vehicle, White Headed Eagle killed the driver of the third, and Jiang Yan Hai let the bandits charge onto the bridge.
• Jiang Yan Hai opened fire from cover and killed the bandits on the bridge as they tried to advance, retreat, or play dead.
• White Headed Eagle and Billy kept the survivors behind the overturned trucks pinned down while Mouse supplied Jiang Yan Hai with magazines.
• Hippo watched Jiang Yan Hai finish off the remaining bandits, and Jiang Yan Hai ordered Hummingbird to watch the far end of the bridge.
• Black Lion reported that the thug and the one-armed subordinate were hiding behind the first truck with other survivors, and Jiang Yan Hai turned toward the vehicles.

Jiang Yan Hai and the Blood Wolf team destroyed the enemy vehicles and captured Villain after he surrendered. When Villain tried to provoke Jiang Yan Hai, Jiang Yan Hai shot Villain’s subordinate instead.

• Jiang Yan Hai, Balek, and Hornet attacked the vehicles, destroying the rear vehicle while Jiang Yan Hai blew up the middle one with a grenade.
• Jiang Yan Hai approached the overturned truck and ordered Villain and his remaining subordinate to come out and discard their weapons.
• Villain surrendered and recognized Jiang Yan Hai as the person who had called him, while Jiang Yan Hai said he wanted Villain rather than the nuclear material.
• Villain offered Jiang Yan Hai a choice between killing a man or a chicken, and Jiang Yan Hai shot Villain’s subordinate in the head.

Jiang Yan Hai let Villain choose an honorable fight, then casually unsettled him before agreeing to face him unarmed. Villain attacked, and Jiang Yan Hai broke his arm in their first exchange.

• Jiang Yan Hai urged Villain to finish his speech and agreed to fight him one-on-one.
• Jiang Yan Hai tossed his weapons to Balek and let Villain know his men would not interfere if he lost.
• Jiang Yan Hai kept distracting Villain with casual remarks, then told Blood Wolf's men to let Villain go if he was defeated.
• Villain lunged at Jiang Yan Hai with a punch, but Jiang Yan Hai seized his wrist and broke his arm.

Jiang Yan Hai defeated Villain and questioned him about his connection to the Sandstorm Organization and a special ore. Villain revealed that his mission had been to search a storage room beside the nuclear materials, but the ore was already gone.

• Jiang Yan Hai broke Villain's arm and knee, then carried him away from the battlefield.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered his teams to secure the battlefield, locate the machines, and rescue the Suicide Squad's people trapped inside.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Villain he had defected from the CIA and asked whether Villain had previously searched for ore for Sandstorm; Villain truthfully denied it.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked whether Villain's current mission involved finding ore, and Villain's bodily reactions confirmed that it did.
• Villain admitted that his team had found a secret storage room beside the nuclear materials, but the ore inside had already been taken.

Jiang Yan Hai spared Villain after learning what he knew, but Barney executed him after the mine rescue. Jiang Yan Hai then questioned the villagers about the abandoned mine and learned that an Asian man had visited about two years earlier.

• Jiang Yan Hai treated Villain's wound and brought him back alive, explaining to White Headed Eagle that Villain had already revealed what they needed to know.
• Barney's group and the villagers emerged safely from the mine, and Barney shot Villain after Billy declined to handle him.
• Jiang Yan Hai thanked Barney, said his team would question the villagers before returning to its base in Africa, and said goodbye to Barney's group.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked villagers about the abandoned mine, and one man agreed to look into whether outsiders had visited.
• The villager returned and told Jiang Yan Hai that an Asian man had come to the area about two years earlier.

Jiang Yan Hai returned to Blood Wolf after completing the mission, accepted the team’s welcome, and explained that he had not joined an intelligence organization. Meanwhile, Barney told Church that his mission was complete, and Church claimed he had planned to help.

• Jiang Yan Hai reported what his team had learned about the Asian man and told Black Lion to inform the Republic of Evia that they had found nothing of interest in the mine.
• Black Lion received the two-million-dollar payment, and Jiang Yan Hai decided to return to Blood Wolf’s base with the team.
• Black Lion offered Jiang Yan Hai command of Blood Wolf, but Jiang Yan Hai said Black Lion should remain commander and explained that he only took contracts rather than joining an intelligence organization.
• Blood Wolf welcomed Jiang Yan Hai’s decision to stay for now, valuing the security he brought to the team.
• Barney told Church that his team had helped kill their enemies and that the mission was complete; Church said he had intended to help, and Barney challenged him for staying away.

Barney's team left after discussing Technician's exceptional abilities and the meaning of Jiang Yan Hai's decision to let Barney kill Vilain. Days later, Jiang Yan Hai returned to the Blood Wolf base, where an intruder slipped into his darkened room.

• Church gave Barney an old plane, and Barney's team flew home with Maggie Zhang aboard.
• Billy told Barney's team that Technician was far better at sniping than he was.
• Barney explained that killing Vilain had accepted Jiang Yan Hai's gesture of friendship.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the Blood Wolf base and settled into his quarters.
• Er Dan warned Jiang Yan Hai that someone was approaching, so Jiang Yan Hai hid in the dark with his pistol ready.
• A dark figure silently climbed through Jiang Yan Hai's window.

Jiang Yan Hai confronted assassin 47, who revealed that a CIA agent had taken the special ore and offered to help locate him. In exchange, 47 asked Jiang Yan Hai to connect him with Ma Gang for an operation in Southeast Asia, and Jiang Yan Hai agreed to the deal.

• Jiang Yan Hai revealed himself to 47, who lowered his pistol and gave his codename as 47.
• 47 told Jiang Yan Hai that a CIA agent, rather than the CIA itself, had taken the special ore.
• 47 said finding the agent required going through someone who was in danger of being killed.
• 47 asked for Ma Gang's help with his Southeast Asian operations, believing Jiang Yan Hai had contacts inside the gang.
• Jiang Yan Hai agreed to the deal, and he and 47 shook hands.

After 47 told Jiang Yan Hai that Jason Bourne was heading to New York to retrieve an important ore, Jiang Yan Hai sought approval from the Old Commander to intervene. The Old Commander authorized him to proceed and raised the possibility of expanding Blood Wolf into an overseas operational force in Africa.

• 47 told Jiang Yan Hai that Jason Bourne would likely appear in New York soon to obtain the ore, and urged him to act before the CIA could respond.
• Jiang Yan Hai packed up, ordered Er Dan to activate viruses across New York’s critical computer systems, and told Black Lion he was leaving on urgent business.
• Jiang Yan Hai contacted the Supreme Command and reported what 47 had told him; the Old Commander confirmed that the Jason Bourne intelligence was true.
• The Old Commander asked how large Jiang Yan Hai could make Blood Wolf and explained that friendly African countries had invited them to establish an overseas operational port.
• Jiang Yan Hai said Blood Wolf could field enough ground forces to affect a local balance of power, and the Old Commander authorized him to proceed.

Jiang Yan Hai sought a safe place while Er Dan spread viruses through American networks and searched for Jason Bourne. After locating Bourne on a rooftop across from the New York Treadstone headquarters, Jiang Yan Hai called him and introduced himself as Liston Han Xiao.

• Jiang Yan Hai considered moving to a neighboring country or Southeast Asia and decided to ask domestic intelligence about Ma Gang's development plans.
• Er Dan's viruses infected American communications, transportation, surveillance, and network systems, expanding its access and computing power.
• Jiang Yan Hai checked into an almost empty hotel and used Er Dan to monitor surveillance footage and track Jason Bourne through his phone.
• Er Dan located Bourne on a rooftop opposite the New York Treadstone headquarters as he prepared to call Pamela Landy.
• Jiang Yan Hai interrupted Bourne with an unexpected call and introduced himself as Liston Han Xiao, leaving Bourne demanding to know who he was.

Jiang Yan Hai warned Jason Bourne that Operation Stone was part of a wider set of secret programs, then tracked Bourne as he pursued the files and met Pamela Landy. The chapter ended with Landy revealing that Liston Han Xiao was a defecting agent connected to another program, and wondering why he had contacted Bourne.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Jason Bourne that Operation Stone involved secret programs funded beyond the CIA, but Bourne rejected his offer of help.
• Er Dan reported that the Harvest Plan and Ras Plan had been activated and identified agents connected to the programs.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Er Dan to locate the agents and monitored Bourne as he stole classified documents from Operation Stone headquarters.
• Jason Bourne met Pamela Landy at 415 East 71st Street and gave her the documents concerning Operation Stone and the Black Rose Project.
• Jason Bourne asked Landy who Liston Han Xiao was, and she explained that he was a defecting agent involved in a different program.

Jiang Yan Hai learned that the CIA planned to eliminate people connected to the Harvest Plan after Jason Bourne arrived and warned Randy about Liston Han Xiao. He ordered Er Dan to monitor two targets facing an imminent drone strike and began making calls.

• Jason Bourne told Randy that Liston Han Xiao had called him, and Randy worried that the two men might join forces.
• Randy defended the CIA’s response to Liston Han Xiao’s defection, and Jason Bourne challenged her over the agency’s responsibility for its agents’ deaths.
• Jiang Yan Hai lip-read their conversation and watched Randy return inside as Watson’s people arrived.
• Er Dan reported that the CIA was preparing to kill Harvest Plan targets with a drug and that two others in their home country faced a drone missile strike.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Er Dan to monitor the mountainous region by satellite and then dialed several numbers.

Jiang Yan Hai directed a drone strike on a remote Alaska cabin and tracked the surviving agent, while Jason Bourne escaped pursuit. Jiang Yan Hai then contacted a woman near Bourne and identified himself as an FBI agent, telling her to hand Bourne her phone.

• Jiang Yan Hai drove to a neighboring country after collecting false identification documents and supplies.
• A drone struck the Alaska cabin, and Allen survived the blast and fled with his backpack.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Er Dan to track the Alaska agents and learned that a drone had been shot down, likely with a sniper rifle.
• Er Dan found that Jason Bourne had escaped his pursuers and located him on street surveillance footage.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Jennifer, claimed to be an FBI agent, and told her to turn around and give her phone to the limping man behind her, Jason Bourne.