Chapter Summaries

Scorpion abandoned his planned shot and fled after Jiang Yan Hai noticed his position. Jiang Yan Hai outran the Armed Police pursuit and tracked Scorpion through the forest, catching up to him as he retreated.

• Scorpion saw Jiang Yan Hai look toward his position, dismantled his sniper setup, and fled without firing.
• Jiang Yan Hai rushed after Scorpion, and Armed Police officers were stunned when he outran them and their dogs through the forest.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his scanning abilities to find Scorpion’s route and pursue him through the mountain terrain.
• After about twenty minutes, Scorpion heard movement behind him and saw Jiang Yan Hai’s green uniform, realizing that Jiang Yan Hai had caught up.

Scorpion fled through the mountain forest while Jiang Yan Hai pursued him, repeatedly foiling Scorpion’s attempts to shoot. When Scorpion reached his prepared zip line across a gorge, Jiang Yan Hai aimed at the cable from nearly five hundred meters away and waited for the right moment to fire.

• Scorpion fired at Jiang Yan Hai, but Jiang Yan Hai ducked and continued the pursuit.
• Scorpion repeatedly tried to shoot behind him, but Jiang Yan Hai avoided his line of sight each time.
• Scorpion decided to use a zip line he had prepared across a gorge as an escape route.
• Jiang Yan Hai spotted the zip line and positioned himself in Scorpion’s blind spot.
• Jiang Yan Hai aimed at the swaying steel cable near the far side of the gorge and waited for his one chance to shoot.

Jiang Yan Hai’s calculated shot snapped the zip line just as Scorpion leapt for it, forcing Scorpion to take cover and prepare for a sniper standoff. Jiang Yan Hai tracked Scorpion through the terrain and began calculating a ricochet shot.

• Jiang Yan Hai timed his shot to Scorpion’s leap and fired at the zip line.
• Scorpion grabbed the cable’s anchor as the shot snapped the line, then pulled himself up and hid behind a boulder.
• Scorpion realized his pursuer had calculated his movements and prepared for a sniper standoff.
• Jiang Yan Hai scanned the terrain, located Scorpion behind the boulder, and began calculating possible ricochet paths.

Jiang Yan Hai kept Scorpion pinned down and wounded him with a ricochet shot while waiting for the Armed Police to arrive. Scorpion tried to provoke him into a fight, but Jiang Yan Hai stayed put and agreed that the Wolf Fang soldiers were trash because he had beaten more than a dozen of them himself.

• Jiang Yan Hai held his position and waited for the Armed Police to track the gunfire and catch up.
• Scorpion offered Jiang Yan Hai five million US dollars to let him go, but Jiang Yan Hai replied that he had bought his parents a villa and three Ferraris with his pocket money.
• Jiang Yan Hai fired a ricochet shot that grazed Scorpion's upper arm and left him bleeding.
• Scorpion bound his wound and tried to lure Jiang Yan Hai into rushing him, but Jiang Yan Hai refused to take unnecessary risks.
• Scorpion insulted the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade, and Jiang Yan Hai agreed, saying he had beaten more than a dozen of them by himself.

Jiang Yan Hai outshot Scorpion, destroying his sniper rifle and forcing him to surrender his pistol. As Jiang Yan Hai examined the weapon, he noticed it was missing three bullets and suspected Scorpion had left himself another move.

• Jiang Yan Hai anticipated Scorpion's attack as police dogs approached through the woods.
• Scorpion sprang from cover, but Jiang Yan Hai shot the sniper rifle from his hands and knocked him down.
• Scorpion realized Jiang Yan Hai had the advantage and called out that he had something to say.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Scorpion to throw over his pistol, and Scorpion complied.
• Jiang Yan Hai picked up the Glock 17 and noticed its magazine was missing three bullets.

Jiang Yan Hai confronted Scorpion after tracking him through the jungle, while Fan Tian Lei waited for news and prepared backup. Scorpion tried to bargain with stolen military intelligence, but Jiang Yan Hai exposed and shot the hidden weapon he had concealed.

• Fan Tian Lei told Director Wen that Jiang Yan Hai had tracked the enemy and offered to put squads on combat readiness if needed.
• The rookies returned to base without Jiang Yan Hai, believing he was writing a report for the Armed Police.
• Scorpion surrendered to Jiang Yan Hai and offered to trade military intelligence for his freedom.
• Scorpion produced a hard drive and secretly prepared to use a concealed three-shot pistol.
• Jiang Yan Hai recognized the weapon and shot the hard drive from Scorpion’s hand, leaving Scorpion stunned.

Jiang Yan Hai captured Scorpion after shooting him in all four limbs, rejecting his demand for an honorable hand-to-hand fight. After Scorpion was taken into custody, Jiang Yan Hai declined to rest with the directors and returned to camp.

• Scorpion taunted Jiang Yan Hai and challenged him to fight hand-to-hand, but Jiang Yan Hai shot him in both arms and legs.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that he would not risk his comrades’ lives for a contest, then searched Scorpion and waited for help.
• Armed Police soldiers arrived, treated Scorpion’s wounds, and contacted the main force.
• Director Wen and Director Gao praised Jiang Yan Hai for capturing Scorpion alive and offered to commend him.
• Jiang Yan Hai chose to return to camp, leaving Zhao Gang and the others impressed by his abilities.

After Scorpion’s capture, Director Wen told Fan Tian Lei that Jiang Yan Hai had subdued him and stayed calm during the operation. Fan Tian Lei arranged to show the rookies graphic footage of the shooting during their meal, leaving the story with Jiang Yan Hai due back at base soon.

• Director Wen called Fan Tian Lei and reported that Jiang Yan Hai had captured Scorpion within two hours of returning to base.
• Director Wen explained that Scorpion would not talk, so investigators would need Jiang Yan Hai’s account and wanted to borrow him to check for other hostile elements.
• Fan Tian Lei reflected on Scorpion’s connection to He Chen Guang’s father and praised Jiang Yan Hai for bringing him in.
• Fan Tian Lei called Chen Shan Ming and ordered him to play the Armed Police’s graphic operation footage on the cafeteria screens when Jiang Yan Hai returned.
• Chen Shan Ming questioned the plan, but Fan Tian Lei said the video would serve as an extra dish for Jiang Yan Hai and help the rookies adapt.

Jiang Yan Hai returned to the training base after helping the Armed Police uncover enemy activity, and Fan Tian Lei welcomed him with a meal and ceremony. The welcome took a grim turn when Chen Shan Ming played footage of Armed Police soldiers for the queasy recruits.

• Zhao Gang escorted Jiang Yan Hai to the training base, where Fan Tian Lei saluted him and personally drove him inside.
• Jiang Yan Hai said Fan Tian Lei’s salute had been for the revolutionary martyrs and seniors, and agreed to keep Scorpion’s matter classified.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that everyone was waiting to eat with him and that a welcome ceremony had been arranged.
• Chen Shan Ming assembled the recruits for a meal, but they were already nauseated from their earlier ordeal and recoiled at the Braised Pork.
• Chen Shan Ming called the television program a benefit and had a Kitchen Squad soldier play footage of Armed Police soldiers, leaving Jiang Yan Hai dumbfounded.

Jiang Yan Hai endured a gruesome video during dinner without losing his appetite, while the other soldiers fled or struggled to keep their meals down. After joining Fan Tian Lei’s table, he described graphic food and battlefield imagery until Chen Shan Ming and Miao Lang turned green.

• Fan Tian Lei ordered the soldiers to eat while watching the violent footage, and most of them vomited after a prisoner was shot in the head.
• Jiang Yan Hai continued eating calmly and praised the camerawork, causing Long Long and He Chen Guang to look at the screen and flee.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked to eat at Fan Tian Lei’s table, and Fan Tian Lei left him with Chen Shan Ming and Miao Lang to finish his meal.
• Jiang Yan Hai compared the forensic doctor’s handling of the prisoner’s brain to tofu pudding and pig brain, making Chen Shan Ming and Miao Lang feel sick.
• Jiang Yan Hai described graphic sniper wounds and human intestines while continuing to eat, leaving Chen Shan Ming and Miao Lang green-faced.

Jiang Yan Hai described gruesome battlefield and autopsy details while eating, driving the Special Forces veterans out of the cafeteria. He remained alone at the table, happily eating and watching the video.

• Jiang Yan Hai served Chen Shan Ming and Miao Lang braised pork while describing battlefield injuries, making them feel sick.
• Jiang Yan Hai continued talking about his forensic internship and corpses, and Chen Shan Ming and Miao Lang abandoned their meals and left.
• The other veterans also fled the cafeteria, leaving Jiang Yan Hai alone.
• The Kitchen Squad leader brought Jiang Yan Hai a full bowl of rice and praised him for enduring the gruesome video.
• Jiang Yan Hai resumed eating as the video played again, reflecting on how his combat simulations had made him accustomed to graphic injuries.

After the trainees struggled to process the killing they had witnessed, Jiang Yan Hai noticed that Li Er Niu was especially troubled and raised the issue with Fan Tian Lei. Fan Tian Lei asked Jiang Yan Hai to help Li Er Niu work through it.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that his stories about forensic work had made the instructors feel sick, and He Chen Guang and the others refused to hear more.
• On their day off, the trainees exercised to vent their emotions while Jiang Yan Hai read materials he had gathered from foreign academic sources.
• Li Er Niu admitted that he could not stop thinking about the death-row convict they had killed, and Wang Yan Bing angrily insisted the man had deserved to die.
• Jiang Yan Hai went to Fan Tian Lei and warned that Li Er Niu's troubled mindset should not be ignored.
• Fan Tian Lei remembered Jiang Yan Hai's self-taught psychology knowledge and asked him to help Li Er Niu.

Jiang Yan Hai took Li Er Niu out of camp to address the psychological problem behind his reaction to a drug dealer’s death. After receiving information from Director Wen and access to surveillance tools, they set off from the Military Region General Hospital in a police team BMW.

• Jiang Yan Hai proposed showing Li Er Niu the consequences of drug abuse, and Fan Tian Lei approved the plan and arranged a helicopter.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai to carry his sidearm and warned him that his status made him valuable state property; he also mentioned Director Wen wanted help finding someone.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Li Er Niu to change into civilian clothes and accompany him, while telling He Chen Guang and Wang Yan Bing he would handle Li Er Niu’s psychological issues.
• Fan Tian Lei had Director Wen send the requested information to Jiang Yan Hai’s phone and arranged for him to access the provincial department’s surveillance system.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu flew to the Military Region General Hospital, where Yu Dong handed Jiang Yan Hai a BMW and several registered license plates.
• Jiang Yan Hai drove off with Li Er Niu, who was excited to ride in a BMW for the first time.

Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu followed a little girl named Lili as she collected and sold recyclables in an urban village, then watched her father steal her earnings. Li Er Niu wanted to intervene, but Jiang Yan Hai restrained him and challenged him to consider what he could legally do.

• Jiang Yan Hai drove Li Er Niu to an urban village, where they watched Lili collect discarded bottles and cans.
• Lili sold twenty-four bottles and seventeen cans to Auntie Wang for three yuan, though Jiang Yan Hai showed Li Er Niu that she had been paid more than the current recycling rates allowed.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu followed Lili to her courtyard, where a man's slap and curses greeted her return.
• Lili's gaunt father grabbed the three yuan from her hand and fled, leaving her frozen and in tears.
• Li Er Niu tried to rush after the man, but Jiang Yan Hai stopped him and asked whether he intended to beat him or arrest him without authority.

Jiang Yan Hai showed Li Er Niu the damage drug addiction had done to several families, helping him understand why their work mattered. He then arranged to divide his one-million reward between local police officers and the affected households before setting out to find their next targets.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained how Zhang Xiaoqiang's drug addiction had devastated his wife and daughter, and Li Er Niu reconsidered his reaction to the executed drug lord.
• Jiang Yan Hai took Li Er Niu to visit seven households harmed by addiction, and Li Er Niu grew increasingly silent.
• Jiang Yan Hai described the sacrifices made by grassroots police officers, and Li Er Niu told him that he understood.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Director Wen to allocate half of his one-million reward to police officers and the other half to provide necessities for the affected households.
• Director Wen told Jiang Yan Hai to contact Zhao Gang, and Jiang Yan Hai found that several tracked faces were at a bar.

Jiang Yan Hai brought Li Er Niu to a bar to confront people suspected of selling contraband, but he intervened when they harassed a woman. After revealing the group’s identity to Li Er Niu, Jiang Yan Hai began attacking them.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu entered Scorpio and waited while Jiang Yan Hai monitored the suspected sellers.
• A man from the group dragged a woman into their secluded booth, and she screamed for help.
• Jiang Yan Hai entered the booth and pulled the woman away from the men, who surrounded him and Li Er Niu.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Li Er Niu that the men were selling contraband, and Li Er Niu ordered them taken down.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned the woman to stay back, then smashed one man’s head through a glass coffee table.

Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu rescued Li Ruo Bai by defeating two waves of men at Scorpio Bar, then Jiang Yan Hai called Zhao Gang to bring in the authorities. The suspects were arrested, and Li Ruo Bai told Yu Xuan she had fallen in love with Jiang Yan Hai.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu took down the eight men who had dragged Li Ruo Bai into a booth, while the women fled.
• Li Ruo Bai reunited with Yu Xuan and said she had fallen in love with Jiang Yan Hai.
• Jiang Yan Hai taunted the arriving gang members and sent Li Er Niu to defeat them, sparing the bar security guards who stayed out of the fight.
• Jiang Yan Hai called Zhao Gang and pointed a gun at the bar owner when he tried to intervene.
• Zhao Gang arrived with armed police, and Jiang Yan Hai accused the men of kidnapping and molesting girls, drug trafficking, and organized crime.
• Zhao Gang ordered the men taken away for investigation.

After Jiang Yan Hai rescued Li Ruo Bai and helped Li Er Niu confront the people who had harmed him, he handed evidence to Director Wen and prepared to leave. The next morning, Director Wen learned that Li Ruo Bai’s family had donated 300 Land Rover Defenders to the provincial department.

• Zhao Gang took Li Ruo Bai and Li Yu Xuan to make statements while Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu left the bar.
• Li Ruo Bai asked whether Jiang Yan Hai was a police officer, and Zhao Gang said he supposed so.
• Jiang Yan Hai reassured Li Er Niu that the people they had beaten were guilty and promised to give the police evidence of their crimes.
• Jiang Yan Hai delivered surveillance footage to Director Wen at the provincial department and stayed there overnight with Li Er Niu.
• A police officer told Director Wen that the Li Family’s young lady wanted to see him because her family had donated 300 new Land Rover Defenders to the provincial department.

Li Ruo Bai met Director Wen and Zhao Gang at the provincial department to thank them for rescuing her, explaining that she had donated three hundred Land Rover Defenders to support the police. She then asked for the name and contact information of Jiang Yan Hai, whom she intended to pursue, and defended her choice to spend money while learning whether they were compatible.

• Director Wen and Zhao Gang discussed Li Ruo Bai's request to meet Zhao Gang and the donation of three hundred Land Rover Defenders.
• Li Ruo Bai arrived at the provincial department and bowed to thank Director Wen and the police officers for saving her.
• Li Ruo Bai explained that she had provided the vehicles because she wanted to support the police.
• Li Ruo Bai asked Director Wen for Jiang Yan Hai's name and contact information because she wanted to pursue him.
• Director Wen and Zhao Gang questioned whether her family would approve and whether she might regret the expense, and Li Ruo Bai said her parents supported her and regarded the money as education.

Li Ruo Bai learned Jiang Yan Hai’s name from Captain Wen and arranged for the Li Family to donate police supplies, hoping Jiang Yan Hai would benefit. After Jiang Yan Hai left the provincial department, Captain Wen and Zhao Gang discovered the donations totaled 500 million yuan in equipment, in addition to 300 vehicles.

• Li Ruo Bai asked Captain Wen to ensure Jiang Yan Hai received a vehicle and learned his name, then left after promising more donations.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu arrived at the provincial department, where Jiang Yan Hai noticed the staff acting strangely and said goodbye to Captain Wen.
• Captain Wen offered to help Jiang Yan Hai if he ran into trouble, then discussed whether to report Li Ruo Bai’s request to Fan Tian Lei with Zhao Gang.
• The provincial department head called Captain Wen to report that several companies were donating police supplies worth 500 million yuan, enough for nearly every officer in the province and the Armed Police.
• Captain Wen told Zhao Gang that Li Ruo Bai’s father described the spending as her own saved allowance, and Zhao Gang realized the department owed Jiang Yan Hai a huge favor.