Chapter Summaries

After returning from the mission with Li Er Niu, Jiang Yan Hai learned that Fan Tian Lei wanted him to teach disguise skills and take part in another cross-dressing mission. Fan Tian Lei explained that the mission would be part of a Red-versus-Blue exercise, though Jiang Yan Hai would not compete against the other trainees.

• Jiang Yan Hai thanked Li Er Niu for his actions during their flight back, and Jiang Yan Hai told him they would catch more criminals in the future.
• He Zhi Jun told Fan Tian Lei that a wealthy young woman had become interested in Jiang Yan Hai, and Fan Tian Lei decided to wait until final training ended before telling him.
• Fan Tian Lei summoned Jiang Yan Hai and praised his work, but Jiang Yan Hai deduced that the teasing praise was about his private life.
• Fan Tian Lei ordered Jiang Yan Hai to teach disguise skills and asked him to disguise himself as a woman again for a mission.
• Fan Tian Lei explained that the mission would accompany a Red-versus-Blue exercise, in which two trainees would act as targets while the others tried to capture them.

Fan Tian Lei assigned Jiang Yan Hai to infiltrate and train the all-female Fire Phoenix unit in disguise and infiltration, posing as a female recruit before revealing himself after three days. After Jiang Yan Hai left, the Red Star Engine announced that his Instructor's Glory mission was complete and awarded him improved neural reactions and Type 10 rifle optimization knowledge.

• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that he would instruct Fire Phoenix, an all-female special operations team, in disguise and infiltration.
• Fan Tian Lei ordered Jiang Yan Hai to pose as a newly recruited female soldier for three days, then reveal his identity if the team had not discovered him.
• Fan Tian Lei explained that the Thunderbolt Commando Unit was training Fire Phoenix and warned Jiang Yan Hai not to underestimate its combat record.
• Jiang Yan Hai agreed to prepare equipment and travel to the training site in three days for an assignment expected to last about a week.
• At the door, Jiang Yan Hai teased Fan Tian Lei about hiding something before leaving his office.
• The Red Star Engine announced that Jiang Yan Hai had completed the Instructor's Glory mission and received Neural Reaction +20 and Type 10 rifle improvement blueprints and knowledge.

Jiang Yan Hai received knowledge for major improvements to the Type 10 Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle and told Fan Tian Lei about them. He asked Fan Tian Lei to report the work for testing and said he wanted a small laboratory if the improvements proved successful.

• Jiang Yan Hai absorbed knowledge about improving the Type 10 Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle, including a new material and an optimized design that the Red Star Engine rated as a 63.8% performance increase.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to Fan Tian Lei's office and claimed he had improved the rifle, including increasing its effective range to 2,000 meters.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that he had developed a new engineering plastic and urged Fan Tian Lei to report the improvements so his superiors could test them.
• Fan Tian Lei remained skeptical but agreed to give the proposal a try after Jiang Yan Hai offered to write down the plastic's synthesis method and formula.
• Jiang Yan Hai left, asking for a small laboratory if the tests confirmed his work.

After Jiang Yan Hai left Fan Tian Lei with a new engineering plastic formula, the commanders arranged for the Li Family’s companies to test it. Back at camp, Jiang Yan Hai trained with his unit, and Li Er Niu’s performance surged after he found a clear sense of purpose.

• Fan Tian Lei reported Jiang Yan Hai’s formula to He Zhi Jun, who suggested asking the Li Family to verify it.
• Fan Tian Lei contacted Director Wen, and the higher-ups arranged to pay the Li Family’s companies to test the material.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to camp, bought supplies, and resumed training with the others.
• Li Er Niu’s training results improved sharply over the next three days after Jiang Yan Hai helped him understand his responsibility to protect his country and people.

After a military lab found Jiang Yan Hai’s engineering plastic formula performed far better than existing materials, officials arranged further testing of the formula and his Type 10 Rifle improvements. Before departing on his mission, Jiang Yan Hai was ordered to teach the others how to apply his disguise makeup and chose Chen Shan Ming as his model.

• Director Wen told Fan Tian Lei that the engineering plastic outperformed comparable materials by more than 46 percent and that the lab was interested in buying the formula or licensing it.
• Fan Tian Lei reported the results through official channels, and Engineer Xiang Zuo agreed to test the material and Jiang Yan Hai’s Type 10 Rifle improvements.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo questioned why Jiang Yan Hai was serving in the Special Forces instead of working in research, then began arranging tests.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai to demonstrate his makeup process to the team before leaving for his mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai volunteered Chen Shan Ming as his model, and Fan Tian Lei ordered Chen to take part in the afternoon demonstration.

Jiang Yan Hai taught the assembled trainees and instructors how to disguise themselves, using Chen Shan Ming as a reluctant model. The lesson continued with Jiang Yan Hai preparing to demonstrate how to create fake breasts.

• Fan Tian Lei announced Jiang Yan Hai’s disguise lesson and introduced Chen Shan Ming as its volunteer model.
• Jiang Yan Hai had Chen Shan Ming remove his shirt and explained how to account for his hands, skin, and body hair when disguising himself as a woman.
• Jiang Yan Hai used packing tape to rip hair from Chen Shan Ming’s arm, making him cry out and drawing laughter from the crowd.
• Jiang Yan Hai shaved Chen Shan Ming’s remaining arm hair and introduced the next step: creating fake breasts.

Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers how to use prosthetics, makeup, and a wig to disguise a man as a woman, using Chen Shan Ming as his model. Chen Shan Ming saw his transformation in the mirror and was left stunned as the soldiers laughed and applauded.

• Jiang Yan Hai attached silicone breasts to Chen Shan Ming and explained how to blend their edges with his skin using makeup.
• Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers about cosmetics, concealing an Adam’s apple, and choosing sweatproof products.
• Jiang Yan Hai completed Chen Shan Ming’s disguise with a sports bra and long-haired wig, turning him into a convincing woman.
• Fan Tian Lei and the soldiers applauded and teased Chen Shan Ming about his appearance.
• Chen Shan Ming examined himself in a full-length mirror, froze in disbelief, and told Miao Lang to get lost when he joked about taking him home.

Jiang Yan Hai completed his disguise as Jiang Ling and set off by helicopter for the airport near Fire Phoenix. He studied the Thunderbolt Commando Unit’s records during the flight as he prepared for his mission.

• Fan Tian Lei concluded that the Special Forces needed to improve their disguise and infiltration training after watching the recorded course.
• Chen Shan Ming saw Jiang Yan Hai dressed as Jiang Ling and instinctively took her bag, then drove her to the helicopter airfield.
• Chen Shan Ming warned Jiang Yan Hai that Thunder God would kill her if he recognized her, and she assured him she would be fine.
• Jiang Yan Hai boarded the helicopter and studied the Thunderbolt Commando Unit’s members and records during the flight.

Engineer Xiang Zuo’s team completed tests on a dramatically improved Type 10 Sniper Rifle and its new engineering plastic, while Jiang Yan Hai traveled to the Fire Phoenix training base. The chapter ended with Thunder God and King of Hell waiting for a new rookie and preparing for an instructor’s arrival.

• Engineer Xiang Zuo reviewed test results showing the redesigned Sniper Rifle was lighter, more accurate, and more adaptable than the original Type 10 Rifle.
• Engineer Xiang Zuo ordered the team to compile the specifications and considered bringing the soldier who designed the weapon to the research institute.
• Jiang Yan Hai arrived by helicopter and was driven to the Fire Phoenix training base.
• Thunder God told King of Hell that a new rookie would join the camp and that she would have to follow his rules.
• Thunder God told King of Hell to pick up an instructor who would teach the rookies makeup, camouflage, and infiltration in three days.

Jiang Yan Hai, posing as Jiang Ling, arrived late at the training base and faced Thunder God’s harsh induction challenge. She refused to obey his ultimatum and began confronting Yuan Bao, leaving the encounter unresolved.

• Thunder God questioned Jiang Ling’s arrival, then brought her into the training base after King of Hell drove over the rough road.
• The female trainees watched Jiang Ling arrive, and Tan Xiao Lin silenced their comments.
• Thunder God ordered Jiang Ling to complete a thousand push-ups in the mud pit to make up for her two-week delay, but she refused to change clothes and challenged his authority.
• Jiang Ling removed her outer shirt and taunted Thunder God, who ordered Yuan Bao to teach her whose rules they were.
• Yuan Bao charged at Jiang Ling, but she lifted the hem of her camouflage shirt, making him stop and turn his head.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that she was wearing a camouflage tank top and used Yuan Bao’s distraction to kick him into the mud pit, then defeated King of Hell in a fight. Thunder God stepped forward to challenge her, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Jiang Yan Hai threw her camouflage shirt over Yuan Bao’s head and kicked him into the mud pit.
• Thunder God ordered Yuan Bao to do one thousand push-ups after Jiang Yan Hai criticized his reaction.
• Jiang Yan Hai fought King of Hell and kicked him into the mud pit beside Yuan Bao.
• Tian Guo cheered for Jiang Yan Hai while Tan Xiao Lin quieted the other girls.
• Thunder God personally attacked Jiang Yan Hai, lunging at her with a punch toward her face.

Jiang Yan Hai defeated Thunder God in hand-to-hand combat, then joined the instructors and female soldiers in the mud pit for push-ups. After he finished first and climbed out, Tian Guo announced that the women could shower together, leaving Jiang Yan Hai panicked about the communal showers.

• Jiang Yan Hai fought Thunder God to a draw, then declared the match over and jumped into the mud pit to do push-ups.
• Thunder God admitted to himself that Jiang Yan Hai had won the hand-to-hand contest and ordered the Thunderbolt Commando Unit to do one thousand push-ups in the pit.
• Tan Xiao Lin and the female soldiers chose to join the instructors in the mud pit and do push-ups.
• Jiang Yan Hai finished all one thousand push-ups first and climbed out, while the others continued.
• Tian Guo asked Thunder God if the women could shower together, and Jiang Yan Hai stiffened at the thought of the communal showers.

Jiang Yan Hai, disguised as Jiang Ling, navigated the women’s shower and barracks without exposing himself, then used his victory to request permission for the Fire Phoenix women to wear simple makeup. Thunder God granted the request but ordered Jiang Ling to take on fifty percent more training than the others.

• Jiang Yan Hai avoided showering with the women by volunteering to stand guard, then showered alone and adjusted his makeup in private.
• Tan Xiao Lin introduced herself as the Fire Phoenix political instructor and gave Jiang Yan Hai a set of Training Uniforms.
• Jiang Yan Hai put his belongings in the barracks and joined the formation as Jiang Ling.
• Thunder God offered Jiang Ling a privilege after her victory, and she asked that the women be allowed to wear simple makeup during normal training.
• Thunder God approved the request but raised Jiang Ling’s training load by fifty percent, and she accepted.

Jiang Yan Hai encouraged the female soldiers to earn respect through strength, then led by example as they faced a will-writing exercise and a difficult meal. The women began to steel themselves for the wilderness survival training ahead.

• Ye Cunxin challenged the instructors over the women’s harsher training, and Jiang Yan Hai defended the need for female soldiers to work harder to earn respect.
• Thunder God announced wilderness survival training and assigned Little Bee to lead the women through writing their wills.
• Jiang Yan Hai said he had no family to leave a will to, then wrote Man Jiang Hong instead.
• The female soldiers reacted emotionally to the will-writing exercise, while Jiang Yan Hai sat quietly after finishing his poem.
• The women were served cold food without utensils, and Jiang Yan Hai began eating without complaint.
• Seeing Jiang Yan Hai’s composure, the female soldiers set aside their objections and ate with determination.

Jiang Yan Hai endured the female soldiers’ brutal training and led them in singing “Man Jiang Hong,” raising their spirits. King of Hell then introduced a survival-food exercise involving insects and small animals, and singled out the composed Jiang Ling to try a mouse.

• Jiang Yan Hai sang “Man Jiang Hong” instead of “Little Duck,” and the other female soldiers joined in, finishing the training round with renewed determination.
• Yuan Bao, Little Bee, King of Hell, and Harley discussed Jiang Ling’s effect on the women and Little Bee’s interest in dating her.
• The harsh training continued, and several female soldiers quit before the afternoon’s main exercise began.
• King of Hell uncovered boxes of field mice, snakes, worms, lizards, and grasshoppers, then told the female soldiers they had to eat them as combat supplements.
• King of Hell pointed out that Jiang Ling remained calm and picked up a mouse, offering to demonstrate how to eat it.

Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated how to prepare and eat mice, insects, and a snake during King of Hell’s survival-training challenge, stunning the soldiers and instructors. After King of Hell sent her back to formation, she encouraged the female soldiers to endure the hardships of their chosen path.

• King of Hell cut open a mouse and ate its raw flesh to challenge the female soldiers, while Jiang Yan Hai watched without flinching.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained how to prepare a mouse and ate it, then sampled insects and demonstrated how to kill and gut a snake.
• The female soldiers vomited, and King of Hell and the instructors were stunned by Jiang Yan Hai’s composure and skill.
• Yuan Bao teased Little Bee about whether Jiang Yan Hai was still a good girlfriend candidate, and Little Bee worried she might accidentally hurt someone in bed.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked if King of Hell had any more food to offer, and he sent her back to the ranks.
• Jiang Yan Hai encouraged the female soldiers to believe they could endure whatever the male soldiers could.

Tan Xiao Lin and the female soldiers overcame the live-rat eating test, then began a five-kilometer armed run. Jiang Yan Hai carried Ou Yang Qian’s gear and raced ahead, leaving the instructors stunned by her ability as the women rallied behind her.

• Tan Xiao Lin volunteered for the rat-eating test, killed a rat, and ate its meat, inspiring Ye Cunxin and the other female soldiers to do the same.
• About five candidates failed the test and were eliminated before the remaining soldiers began a five-kilometer run carrying twenty-kilogram loads, while Jiang Yan Hai carried thirty kilograms.
• When Ou Yang Qian fell behind with menstrual pain, Jiang Yan Hai took her backpack and rifle, and the other soldiers offered to share the load.
• Jiang Yan Hai surged into the lead with Ou Yang Qian’s gear, inspiring the female soldiers to keep running and proving her extraordinary speed.
• King of Hell questioned Jiang Yan Hai’s identity after watching her performance, and Thunder God reminded him not to look down on women.

Jiang Yan Hai challenged Harley to a hundred-meter moving rapid-fire course during extra shooting training and beat his time. The female soldiers cheered for her, while Thunder God watched the unexpected newcomer prove her skill.

• Thunder God ordered the female soldiers to do shooting training after their five-kilometer run, whose final runner finished five minutes faster than that morning.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked to try the hundred-meter moving rapid-fire course and challenged Harley to compete against her.
• Harley completed the course in 32.01 seconds.
• Jiang Yan Hai completed the course in 30.46 seconds, prompting the female soldiers to cheer and leaving Thunder God regretting that she had joined the program.

Jiang Yan Hai encouraged the female soldiers to sing while doing push-ups, then challenged Thunder God’s team to a long-range sniper contest. After Thunder God accepted a wager involving a future fight and a meal, Jiang Yan Hai took the first shot at a flagpole fourteen hundred meters away.

• Jiang Yan Hai joked with Harley, and the female soldiers laughed at his remark.
• Thunder God led the instructors in singing while Tan Xiao Lin rallied the female soldiers to do two hundred push-ups.
• Jiang Yan Hai challenged King of Hell to shoot a Type 88 sniper rifle at fourteen hundred meters.
• Jiang Yan Hai proposed that the loser fight him sometime and buy him a meal, and Thunder God accepted the wager.
• Jiang Yan Hai lay prone with the sniper rifle and fired at the distant flagpoles.

Jiang Yan Hai and King of Hell competed to hit a target 1,400 meters away, and King of Hell admitted defeat after Jiang Yan Hai struck first. Later, Jiang Yan Hai struggled with changing-room arrangements in the women’s barracks and used Jiang Ling’s background to explain his discomfort to Tan Xiao Lin.

• Jiang Yan Hai hit the distant flagpole, then King of Hell fired at the blue flag and brought it down after a long calculation.
• King of Hell admitted he had lost, and Thunder God accepted that his side would honor the promise.
• Ye Cunxin and the other female soldiers vowed to train harder, and Thunder God ordered training to resume.
• After training, Jiang Yan Hai entered the barracks and asked He Lu to wait before changing; he went outside while she finished.
• Tan Xiao Lin asked whether Jiang Ling’s discomfort around others was part of her psychological issues, and Jiang Yan Hai described being bullied as an orphan.