Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan Hai adjusted to life among the female soldiers while earning their respect through his strength, then Thunder God announced a new instructor for disguise and infiltration training. The instructor was reportedly already present, leaving Thunder God and King of Hell wondering whether another surprise test was underway.

• Jiang Yan Hai reassured the female soldiers that the special forces were training them to survive battle, and the women comforted Ou Yang Qian through her menstrual cramps.
• Tian Guo tried to share Jiang Yan Hai’s bed, but he refused and explained that childhood trauma made him uncomfortable sleeping near others.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Yan Hai’s strength earned the female soldiers’ respect, and their abilities and morale improved.
• Thunder God announced that a new instructor would teach disguise, infiltration, and reconnaissance, prompting the female soldiers to question the need for makeup lessons.
• King of Hell returned after contacting the instructor’s side and said the instructor had already arrived, making Thunder God suspect they were repeating Ye Cunxin’s surprise test.

Jiang Yan Hai revealed that he had disguised himself as Jiang Ling and infiltrated the camp to serve as the Fire Phoenix unit’s disguise and infiltration instructor. The female soldiers discovered he had spent days among them in disguise and attacked him for deceiving them.

• Thunder God announced that the new instructor was hiding in the camp, and Jiang Yan Hai joined the female soldiers’ fruitless search.
• Jiang Yan Hai challenged the soldiers’ assumptions about disguise and removed his wig and makeup, revealing himself as a man.
• Jiang Yan Hai reported to Thunder God as the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade’s instructor for the Fire Phoenix training unit.
• Thunder God and the other men reacted with embarrassment after realizing Jiang Yan Hai had infiltrated their base for three days.
• Ye Cunxin, Tang Xiao Xiao, He Lu, and Tan Xiao Lin led the female soldiers in surrounding and beating Jiang Yan Hai.

Jiang Yan Hai’s disguise was exposed, and after the female soldiers beat him, he prepared to teach them camouflage and makeup skills. He moved into new barracks, where King of Hell asked how he made sniper calculations so quickly.

• The female soldiers pummeled Jiang Yan Hai while Little Bee, Harley, and Yuan Bao watched, and Thunder God reprimanded the men for failing to detect him.
• Thunder God ordered everyone to attend Jiang Yan Hai’s lessons over the next four days and warned them that failing to adapt to modern warfare could cost lives.
• Jiang Yan Hai admitted his deception and explained that he had disguised himself to prove that a man could teach makeup; Tan Xiao Lin urged the female soldiers to trust his instruction.
• Jiang Yan Hai removed and packed away his disguise, then followed King of Hell to his newly assigned barracks.
• King of Hell asked how Jiang Yan Hai completed sniper calculations so quickly, and Jiang Yan Hai explained that memorizing conditions such as wind speed, humidity, and temperature let him calculate them at once.

Jiang Yan Hai tried to teach King of Hell mental arithmetic, but King of Hell failed to understand and Little Bee teased him. Thunder God and the Thunderbolt Commando Unit welcomed Jiang Yan Hai and tried to recruit him, though his transfer was not his decision.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained mental arithmetic techniques to King of Hell, who admitted the explanation only made things more confusing.
• Little Bee and the others arrived, and Little Bee mocked King of Hell for not understanding Jiang Yan Hai's lesson.
• Thunder God introduced himself as Lei Zhan, and Jiang Yan Hai explained that he was still training for the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade's Red Blood Cell Squad.
• Little Bee and Thunder God invited Jiang Yan Hai to join the Thunderbolt Commando Unit, but Jiang Yan Hai said his transfer depended on his superiors.
• Thunder God thanked Jiang Yan Hai for helping with upcoming classes and offered to treat him to roast whole lamb, while Yuan Bao asked about living in the female soldiers' barracks and Thunder God smacked him.

Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated how special operations soldiers used scent and observation to identify perfumes and cosmetics, challenging the female team members’ knowledge. He correctly identified every product brought to him and left them questioning what it meant to truly understand cosmetics.

• Jiang Yan Hai introduced himself and challenged the team’s knowledge of cosmetics, prompting Tang Xiao Xiao to object.
• Jiang Yan Hai sprayed perfume behind Tang Xiao Xiao, who could not identify it by smell.
• Ye Cunxin sprayed two perfumes behind Jiang Yan Hai, and he named both along with her skincare products.
• Tang Xiao Xiao and Shen Lan Ni took turns, and Jiang Yan Hai accurately identified their perfumes and cosmetics.
• Yuan Bao took He Lu’s perfume and sprayed it, but Jiang Yan Hai identified it and noticed Yuan Bao’s sweat and different footsteps.
• Nearly all seventeen female team members tested Jiang Yan Hai, who identified every perfume and cosmetic product before asking whether their knowledge counted as understanding.

Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers how scent and luxury-brand knowledge could expose flaws in a disguise, then realized a new way to escape the Illusion Simulation Combat System. He entered the simulation determined to lead Er Dan and the squad out alive, and woke up pinning Er Dan down before he could shout.

• Tian Guo joked that Jiang Yan Hai had a dog's nose, and Jiang Yan Hai explained how people could recognize and remember mixed perfume scents.
• Jiang Yan Hai taught the soldiers that knowledge of luxury goods could reveal disguise flaws and that disguises should divert attention from vulnerable details.
• Shen Lan Ni asked about people who cross-dressed, prompting Jiang Yan Hai to explain how unusual behavior could attract scrutiny.
• After dinner, Jiang Yan Hai realized he had never tried advancing into the enemy base instead of retreating along the same route in the simulation.
• Jiang Yan Hai went to sleep intending to bring Er Dan and the others out alive, then woke in the simulation and pinned Er Dan down to stop him from shouting.

Jiang Yan Hai led his team away from their mined retreat route and toward the enemy rear, using a sniper ambush to identify the threat and clear their advance. The squad moved deeper into the valley, where they found far fewer mines.

• Jiang Yan Hai gathered status reports from Eagle, Pufferfish, Iron Bull, and Vulture, then ordered the team to advance toward the enemy rear and circle back to safety.
• Jiang Yan Hai exposed a sliver of his helmet to draw fire, and his teammates located the enemy sniper behind a pine tree.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan coordinated a counterattack, and Jiang Yan Hai shot the sniper before ordering the team to advance in assault formation.
• The team moved into the valley and found that their chosen route had few mines, unlike the heavily mined retreat route.

Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan infiltrated away from the mined retreat route, planning to slip behind the enemy blockade and find another way out. After ambushing a six-man patrol, they took a sniper rifle and enemy insignia, leaving their next move open.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that Triggered Induction Mines blocked their original retreat route and proposed infiltrating behind the enemy before circling around to escape.
• Vulture agreed that they needed to move quickly, and Jiang Yan Hai ordered the team to split into pairs, maintain communications silence, and assemble at their previous mission site.
• Jiang Yan Hai buried his large-caliber sniper rifle, set booby traps, and moved out with Er Dan toward Area A.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan encountered a six-man patrol and killed all six before they could react.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan took a small-caliber sniper rifle and stripped insignia and badges from two patrol members.

Jiang Yan Hai observed the enemy’s heavily guarded base and noticed a suspicious pattern in the trucks entering a cave. After reviewing the squad’s earlier mission, he concluded they may never have destroyed the real laboratory and suspected its entrance was underground.

• Jiang Yan Hai and Er Dan avoided another patrol and returned to Gathering Point A, overlooking the enemy base.
• Jiang Yan Hai watched the base’s elite soldiers and noticed that trucks entered and exited the cave in groups of eight despite ample room inside.
• After the rest of the squad arrived, Jiang Yan Hai asked them to review their original mission and ordered Eagle to recount the operation.
• Eagle explained that the passage had not collapsed, and Jiang Yan Hai suspected it was the true entrance to the laboratory.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked whether the squad had checked underground and suggested that the trucks might be waiting for an elevator.

Jiang Yan Hai and his team discovered that the enemy’s secret base was underground and found a caged alien creature called the Destroyer. After they called for backup, a military command center launched a coordinated response, including a reconnaissance drone and missiles, leaving the capture operation underway.

• Jiang Yan Hai and his team waited in hiding until the enemy began retreating, revealing that their secret base was underground.
• Jiang Yan Hai and his team saw the enemy bring out a powerful, armored creature in a steel cage, which Eagle identified as the Destroyer.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered a Level One Red Alert and called for backup, and Vulture sent an emergency signal.
• A military command center locked onto the Destroyer and launched a Skybird reconnaissance drone while issuing orders to nearby forces.
• A nuclear submarine received orders, prepared to launch, and fired eight missiles toward the target coordinates.

Jiang Yan Hai and his squad fought to delay enemy forces while reinforcements prepared to strike the base. He woke from the Illusion Simulation Combat System after completing his first full mission, still shaken by the battle.

• Hurricane Squadron and other aircraft launched as Eagle's Nest directed them toward the target area and ordered Fire Fox Squad to intercept an enemy Early Warning Aircraft.
• Eagle told Jiang Yan Hai that their activated identification devices would reveal their location, and that missiles and fighters were coming to clear the enemy troops and air defenses.
• Jiang Yan Hai shot the driver of the Destroyer truck and several guards while Er Dan and the others advanced toward the base.
• After an enemy prepared to fire a Rocket Launcher, Er Dan threw a grenade and the squad launched its assault as Jiang Yan Hai moved toward the base.
• Jiang Yan Hai woke in the Fire Phoenix barracks after completing the simulation, where Little Bee noticed his frightening, battle-worn expression.

Jiang Yan Hai examined a detailed assault-rifle blueprint recovered from the battlefield and wondered whether the Illusion Simulation Combat System could produce real designs and useful training data. He then taught the female soldiers makeup techniques, astonishing the instructors with their transformations.

• Jiang Yan Hai recalled finding detailed plans for an advanced assault rifle at the enemy base and considered whether the design could actually be built.
• Jiang Yan Hai received notifications that the system had awarded him Battlefield First Aid knowledge, activated the Auxiliary Medical Scan System, and stored combat data in the Electronic Warfare System.
• Jiang Yan Hai speculated that the stored combat data might function like a military game, then set the question aside to prepare for his lesson.
• Jiang Yan Hai used his Disguise Technique to apply makeup to several female soldiers, transforming their appearances and stunning Little Bee and the other instructors.
• Qu Bi'a Zhuo praised Jiang Yan Hai's makeup skills, and Jiang Yan Hai replied that he cared more about interest than earning money.

After teaching the Fire Phoenix and Thunderbolt units, Jiang Yan Hai returned to Wolf Fang and learned that Fan Tian Lei wanted him to discuss the Type 10 Rifle with Northern Arms Group. Fan Tian Lei then recruited him to advise on a realistic final assessment, and Jiang Yan Hai ended up being asked to direct it.

• Jiang Yan Hai taught the Fire Phoenix and Thunderbolt soldiers about makeup and acquired battlefield first aid knowledge and injury scanning.
• Jiang Yan Hai bade farewell to the trainees and instructors, then returned to the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade training base.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that Northern Arms Group had requested a discussion about the Type 10 Rifle.
• Fan Tian Lei explained that Wolf Fang was preparing a realistic final assessment and asked Jiang Yan Hai to identify flaws in its setup.
• Jiang Yan Hai suggested coordinating a staged border crossing and described interrogation methods, prompting Fan Tian Lei to tentatively offer him the role of chief director.

Jiang Yan Hai challenged Fan Tian Lei’s plan to test the recruits and agreed to take over as chief director, provided the exercise was realistic and did not involve deceiving He Chen Guang about Tang Xin Yi’s capture. He left Fan Tian Lei with a revised plan and a lesson about not believing everything they were told.

• Jiang Yan Hai asked Fan Tian Lei what results he wanted from the test and warned him that people’s weaknesses could be exploited.
• Fan Tian Lei explained that he planned to test He Chen Guang by making him choose between his duty and Tang Xin Yi, but Jiang Yan Hai warned that the deception could damage their relationship.
• Fan Tian Lei outlined a fake terrorist scenario, and Jiang Yan Hai pointed out how implausible it was given the visa, police, and border security procedures.
• Fan Tian Lei asked Jiang Yan Hai to become chief director, and Jiang Yan Hai agreed on the condition that the plan would cost more and exclude the scheme involving Tang Xin Yi.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Fan Tian Lei to keep the original exercise but remove the final deception, saying the recruits also needed to learn not to believe everything they were told, then ran as Fan Tian Lei lunged at him.

Jiang Yan Hai outlined the resources needed for his recruit battlefield test, and Fan Tian Lei and He Zhi Jun secured military district approval. Jiang Yan Hai then ordered twenty simulated human bodies from his forensic medicine teacher, Liao Xian Hua, leaving preparations for the test underway.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Fan Tian Lei his plan required fake border markers, a tropical forest, aircraft, RPGs, and explosives, and Fan Tian Lei agreed to report it for approval.
• Fan Tian Lei reported the plan to He Zhi Jun, who decided to seek military district approval for the costly exercise.
• After the military district approved the plan, Jiang Yan Hai told Fan Tian Lei he would order special simulated human bodies and asked for them to be transported from the capital.
• Jiang Yan Hai called his forensic medicine teacher, Liao Xian Hua, and ordered twenty C53 Model Human Bodies for the battlefield test.
• Liao Xian Hua agreed to prioritize the order and invited Jiang Yan Hai to visit when he had leave.

Fan Tian Lei and the Wolf Fang Special Forces staged a brutal capture exercise to test He Chen Guang and the recruits, then ended the deception with a Level One Combat Readiness Alert. The recruits headed for the base with live ammunition, realizing a real emergency had interrupted their training.

• Fan Tian Lei received an emergency mission call, and He Chen Guang persuaded him to take the recruits along.
• He Zhi Jun and the Special Forces staged an operation in which the recruits watched comrades get captured and endured beatings and interrogation.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Phase Two to begin, and the lights and Level One Combat Readiness Alert revealed that the operation had been an exercise.
• Fan Tian Lei ordered the recruits untied and armed with live ammunition as Chen Shan Ming assembled everyone to move out.
• Miao Lang told Song Kai Fei that the training was postponed, and the recruits set off for the base, fearing the alert signaled a real crisis.

Wolf Fang Special Forces received a Level One Combat Readiness Alert after an overseas rescue unit was surrounded, and they prepared to deploy to protect a renowned national expert. The chapter ended with Chen Shan Ming leading the fully equipped soldiers toward their helicopters.

• Fan Tian Lei told Wolf Fang Special Forces that an overseas rescue unit had been surrounded and ordered them to prioritize the expert’s safety.
• He Chen Guang asked about the surrounded comrades, then reassured Tang Xin Yi that he would return alive.
• Fan Tian Lei assigned veteran Chen Shan Ming and other experienced personnel to join the teams because the recruits lacked battlefield experience.
• The soldiers landed, collected specialized equipment and ammunition, and rapidly prepared for deployment.
• Chen Shan Ming ordered the soldiers to move toward the helicopters, while Tang Xin Yi stayed behind.

He Chen Guang and the team flew to a remote Air Force base, where Chen Shan Ming briefed them on their mission to rescue kidnapped quantum communications expert Professor Bai Ling. They waited beside the helicopters for orders to begin the operation.

• He Chen Guang and the others boarded a Yun-20 escorted by fighter jets and flew toward their destination.
• Chen Shan Ming told the team that Professor Bai Ling had been kidnapped across the border and that a previous rescue team had suffered six confirmed deaths and five missing members.
• Chen Shan Ming ordered everyone to memorize Bai Ling's details and a local language card while Jiang Yan Hai coached him through an earpiece.
• The Yun-20 landed at a remote Air Force base, and the team rushed to the nearby helicopter pad.
• Chen Shan Ming told the team to wait for the Air Force's orders, which could arrive in minutes or take much longer.

Chen Shan Ming led the soldiers through a staged combat deployment, but an RPG attack forced their transport helicopter to make an emergency landing and the troops to fast-rope into the trees. The helicopter escaped the second rocket, leaving He Chen Guang and the other recruits shaken on the ground.

• Chen Shan Ming gave the soldiers an impassioned speech, then learned from Jiang Yan Hai that he had delivered it too early.
• Chen Shan Ming briefed the two teams aboard the Zhi-8B Transport Helicopter as it flew south with four WZ-10 Attack Helicopters escorting it.
• After the escort turned back at the border, Chen Shan Ming spotted an incoming RPG and the transport helicopter began evasive maneuvers.
• The pilot ordered an emergency fast-rope descent, and Chen Shan Ming led all twenty-four soldiers down into the trees.
• A second rocket nearly struck the last soldiers and grazed the departing helicopter, which escaped trailing staged black smoke as He Chen Guang and the recruits watched in alarm.

After the helicopter exploded, Chen Shan Ming led the grieving team toward their target while Jiang Yan Hai continued directing the training exercise. He Chen Guang stepped on a fake mine, and Chen Shan Ming began an improvised disarm attempt that left him with a grim joke about the danger.

• The helicopter exploded beyond the mountain, and Chen Shan Ming ordered the team to salute before leading them onward.
• Fan Tian Lei realized Jiang Yan Hai’s exercise plan was far more elaborate than he had expected, while Jiang Yan Hai directed Group A by radio.
• Chen Shan Ming sent He Chen Guang and Li Er Niu to scout from high ground, and He Chen Guang stepped on a mine.
• Chen Shan Ming reached He Chen Guang, sent Li Er Niu downhill to keep watch, and took the dagger to disarm the mine himself.
• Chen Shan Ming told He Chen Guang the mine was old and might only cost him a leg if it exploded.