Recaps

The Wu Family pressured Song Wang to let them stay at his home, and he went back to ask his sisters about the rooms. Meanwhile, Song Ning emerged from an underground river into an astonishing scene.

• The Wu Family cornered Song Wang at the winery and asked him to rent them rooms after their home burned down.
• Song Wang left work to consult Song Mei and Song Lan, while Zheng Chunzhi warned him not to hurry back.
• The Wu Family headed toward Song Wang's courtyard, planning to move in and delay paying rent.
• Song Mei and Song Lan carried medicine-making tools into the rear courtyard, and Song Lan warned that a confrontation over rooms might be coming.
• Song Ning slid into an underground river, removed her oxygen equipment, and floated to the surface.
• Song Ning surfaced and stared in astonishment at what lay before her.

Song Ning followed the underground river and found the markings left by Gu Zheng, Xiong Gang, or Han Xiao, confirming she was on the right route. She and Han Xiao discovered hidden steps leading upward behind a rock, and began climbing toward the surface.

• Song Ning found glowing fluorite and ashes from a fire, then spotted two arrows pointing right and followed them.
• Song Ning reached a flooded basin with no visible way forward and rejected the idea of following the river downstream.
• Han Xiao surfaced after searching underwater and told Song Ning the submerged passage was too narrow for Xiong Gang to fit through.
• Song Ning noticed faint scratches pointing into the water, and Han Xiao found hidden steps behind a rock.
• Song Ning made the arrow more visible, then followed Han Xiao up the steps toward the surface.

Song Ning, Han Xiao, and Xiong Gang crossed a broken fissure while pursuing the fugitives and worrying about Gu Zheng, who was alone ahead of them. They reached a heavy iron door near the surface and prepared for danger before Xiong Gang pressed its red button.

• Han Xiao and Song Ning reunited with Xiong Gang, who showed them a wide fissure where the fugitives had destroyed a chain-and-plank bridge.
• The three tied their five-meter safety ropes together, and Xiong Gang secured the rope across the fissure so they could swing over one at a time.
• Song Ning struggled with worry for Gu Zheng, imagining the dangers he had faced alone as he continued pursuing the fugitives.
• The team climbed through the shallower mine passage, where the sulfur dioxide smell grew stronger, and reached a heavy iron door with a red button.
• After Song Ning found no other way to open the door, the three loaded their weapons and Xiong Gang pressed the button.

Song Ning, Han Xiao, and Xiong Gang found a way to open the mine door and discovered a dead member of the Buddha Lord’s group, then continued after Gu Zheng. Meanwhile, Song Wang tried to keep Wu Tao Ying’s family out of his home, but they sat across the entrance to wait for his sister.

• Song Ning, Han Xiao, and Xiong Gang found fresh blood by the unresponsive iron door and realized Gu Zheng had passed through it, possibly injured.
• Song Ning had Han Xiao fit her helmet lamp’s bulb into the ceiling socket, and Xiong Gang’s press of the button opened the door a crack.
• The group found a dead black-clad man with a dagger wound outside and followed the rail-lined passage toward daylight.
• Song Wang refused to let Wu Tao Ying’s family move in before his sister returned.
• Mother Wu and Wu Tao Ying’s brothers sat down at the gate, blocking the entrance while they waited for Song Wang’s sister.

Song Lan and Song Mei defended the Song Family courtyard when Mother Wu and her family tried to move in, and Song Lan brought Public Security officers to remove them. The Wu Family was ordered to accept temporary shelter, and they revealed the location was Songnian Alley, a place Wu Tao Ying remembered as rundown.

• Mother Wu appealed to neighbors while Song Wang hesitated, then the Wu Family tried to force its way into the courtyard.
• Song Mei and Song Lan blocked the Wu Family, and Song Lan climbed over the wall to fetch officers from Xiangyang Police Station.
• Song Lan returned with Zheng Yang and another officer, but the Wu Family had already pushed Song Mei down and entered the living room.
• Song Wang told Wu Tao Ying that Song Ning had decided the courtyard could not be rented, while Mother Wu staged a loud protest.
• Chief Jin and a housing office comrade arrived and offered the Wu Family free temporary shelter, warning that their behavior could cost them subsidies.
• Mother Wu admitted she had concealed the shelter arrangement, and Wu Tao Ying identified Songnian Alley as a rundown place she had known as a child.

Song Ning, Xiong Gang, and Han Xiao followed Gu Zheng’s trail through an abandoned shantytown and found signs that he was wounded and had tracked the fugitives in two directions. While Xiong Gang and Han Xiao searched separately, Song Ning heard their agreed distress signal from the fog.

• Xiong Gang, Han Xiao, and Song Ning followed Gu Zheng’s markers through the abandoned miners’ shacks.
• The group found blood and two arrows in a ruined building, suggesting Gu Zheng was injured and had tracked fugitives in two directions.
• Xiong Gang and Han Xiao split up to search while Song Ning stayed behind in the building.
• As thick fog hid the shantytown, Song Ning heard the long-short-long distress whistle at six fifty.

Song Ning followed a hidden chute from the shantytown to a coastal escape route and discovered a fog-shrouded dumping ground full of derelict boats. As she searched for the fugitives and Gu Zheng, a gunshot rang out ahead over the sea.

• Song Ning tracked drops of blood to a shack and found a concealed mechanism beneath a wooden board on its kang bed.
• Song Ning fell through a chute and followed a damp, salty passage to an exit beneath a large reef near the shore.
• Song Ning realized the passage led to the fugitives’ intended escape route by water and headed toward the coast to look for Gu Zheng.
• Song Ning found that the boats along the shore were abandoned, rusted vessels rather than an enemy fleet, and began searching them in the fog.
• A gunshot sounded ahead over the sea, startling Song Ning as she searched the boats.

Song Ning followed gunfire through the fog to an abandoned ship and overheard Buddha Lord’s men planning to escape after shooting Gu Zheng. After being discovered and knocked into the sea, she realized Buddha Lord and his men were surrounding Gu Zheng, then swam toward the danger to reach him.

• Song Ning heard gunshots from different directions and concluded that Gu Zheng and Buddha Lord were among the abandoned ships.
• Song Ning climbed aboard a large ship and overheard a man say that Gu Zheng had been shot and Buddha Lord planned to leave before the fog cleared.
• Song Ning tried to retreat as Buddha Lord’s men came down the stairs, but one of them attacked her when she hid nearby.
• Song Ning cut her attacker’s face with her dagger before he knocked her off the ship and fired several shots into the water.
• Song Ning identified the tall, thin man as likely being Night Owl and realized that Buddha Lord and his men had been firing at Gu Zheng.
• Song Ning swam toward the direction of the gunfire to reach Gu Zheng.

Song Ning infiltrated Buddha Lord’s ship through its flooded lower compartment, hoping to stop his escape. After discovering the ship was heavily guarded, she was seized from behind while scouting the main cabin.

• Song Ning used her oxygen tank to search underwater and spotted the ship sent to collect Buddha Lord.
• She opened the ship’s sea-valve grating, squeezed through the narrow pipe, and entered the flooded bottom compartment.
• Song Ning climbed into the baggage hold, found a black cloak, and disguised herself as one of the ship’s men.
• She reached the deck and saw that the ship was already moving through the fog, then spied on the main cabin.
• Song Ning saw Buddha Lord being treated by a doctor amid at least a dozen armed men, but did not spot Night Owl.
• As Song Ning considered whether to attack the engine or Buddha Lord, someone grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth and nose.

Song Ning reunited with the wounded Gu Zheng aboard the enemy ship, and they decided to follow it to learn how it crossed the navy’s patrol line. They hid in the luggage hold, where Gu Zheng fell asleep while Song Ning prepared to treat his leg.

• Gu Zheng revealed that a bullet had grazed his left arm and his right leg was badly bruised, though the bone was intact.
• Gu Zheng told Song Ning that some of the ship’s weapons were military issue and that at least thirty armed men were aboard.
• Song Ning and Gu Zheng chose to follow the ship rather than attack it, hoping to discover its route or the location of its base.
• Gu Zheng guided Song Ning past the patrols to the luggage hold, where they gathered food and water and hid in a remote corner.
• Gu Zheng fell asleep from exhaustion as Song Ning prepared to treat his injured leg with acupuncture.

Song Ning treated Gu Zheng's injured ankle while considering how the organization K might use Ghost and military collaborators to help Buddha Lord escape overseas. Gu Zheng confirmed their ship was legally clearing checkpoints and heading out to sea, leaving them to prepare for a confrontation at the Miaoshan Islands.

• Song Ning treated Gu Zheng's ankle and reasoned that Night Owl was likely K's Second Master, Buddha Lord led the organization, and Ghost might help him flee overseas.
• Gu Zheng woke, checked the ship's heading, and returned with a pistol he had taken from the crew's lounge.
• Gu Zheng told Song Ning that the ship had passed the first checkpoint and was traveling with valid paperwork and an authorized route.
• Gu Zheng explained that the ship would next have to pass the heavily monitored Miaoshan Islands, where military vessels could pass without stopping.
• Gu Zheng and Song Ning agreed to rest and prepare to stop the fugitives at the Miaoshan Islands, whatever happened.

Song Ning and Gu Zheng infiltrated the ship in crew uniforms as rough weather approached and learned it would pass through the Laotieshan Channel at ten that night. They headed toward the lower decks after an announcement ordered personnel inside, but a guard spotted them and called for them to stop.

• Song Ning and Gu Zheng rested in the cargo hold, taking turns keeping watch as the ship sailed through worsening weather.
• After darkness fell, they changed into crew uniforms, covered them with black cloaks, and slipped onto the decks.
• Gu Zheng questioned the captain and learned the ship was scheduled to pass through the Laotieshan Channel at ten that night.
• Song Ning and Gu Zheng headed down toward the second level after a loudspeaker ordered everyone on deck to return to the living quarters.
• A guard shouted at Song Ning and Gu Zheng to stop as they descended the stairs.

Song Ning and Gu Zheng infiltrated the ship while delivering medicine to Buddha Lord, then discovered the black-cloaked crew were wearing Ocean Administration uniforms. As a naval patrol ship approached and the crew revealed mounted heavy machine guns, Gu Zheng prepared to fight.

• Song Ning recognized the foreign woman from the Underground Base, then accepted a box of sedative intended for Buddha Lord.
• Gu Zheng delivered the medicine to a crowded cabin while Song Ning waited nearby, and they returned to the upper decks when ordered.
• An urgent bell sounded, and Gu Zheng pulled Song Ning into hiding as the black-cloaked people removed their cloaks to reveal Ocean Administration uniforms.
• A naval patrol ship approached near the mouth of Bohai Bay and signaled the vessel for its registration and destination.
• The crew uncovered several heavy machine guns, and Gu Zheng told Song Ning to prepare for battle.

Song Ning and Gu Zheng discovered that the armed men aboard their ship had used Ocean Administration credentials to evade a patrol boat and were preparing to pass through the Laotieshan Channel. As a storm hit, they split up to sabotage the ship if it escaped naval inspection and to keep Buddha Lord from getting away.

• Song Ning and Gu Zheng watched the crew aim heavy machine guns at a naval patrol boat, then lower their weapons after it passed without challenging the ship.
• Gu Zheng concluded that the ship had authentic credentials backed by an Ocean Administration insider and planned to reach the Laotieshan Channel around ten.
• Song Ning knocked out and tied up a man who entered the storeroom, and Gu Zheng later reported that nearly sixty armed men were aboard.
• Gu Zheng told Song Ning to sabotage the engines from the bottom compartment if the ship passed inspection, while he pursued Buddha Lord on the second deck.
• Gu Zheng led Song Ning toward the bottom compartment as the storm arrived and the ship pitched violently.

Song Ning hid aboard the ship while it passed a naval inspection, then killed two guards and reached the engine room to sabotage the vessel. She prepared to use her limited grenades against the enormous engine assembly, with only one chance to destroy it.

• Song Ning watched from a crew cabin as naval personnel inspected the ship, but an Ocean Administration official’s military exemption allowed it to proceed.
• When the ship began moving again, Song Ning realized she had to destroy its propulsion equipment and found two guards blocking the stairs below.
• Song Ning followed one guard to the crew quarters, killed him with a dagger, then used the same method to kill the second guard.
• Song Ning reached Basement Level Three and assessed the engine assembly, deciding that careful placement of her limited anti-tank grenades was her only chance.

Song Ning sabotaged the ship’s fuel line and set the engine compartment ablaze, then fought her way upward to escape and find Gu Zheng. Meanwhile, Gu Zheng watched a blond woman in a black cloak escape over the stern and waited, suspecting Buddha Lord might try to flee as well.

• Song Ning attached a shaped-charge grenade to the fuel pipe, then used a second grenade to ignite the leaking diesel and start a fire.
• Song Ning ran toward the upper decks, threw her last hand grenade at three men in the cargo hold, and shot two more men on the stairs.
• Song Ning continued upward, hoping to escape and warn Gu Zheng about the coming explosion, unaware that he was no longer aboard.
• Gu Zheng hid near the stern while black-clad men and a blond woman with a Small Metal Suitcase waited for the ship to reach the checkpoint.
• The blond woman climbed over the stern rail and escaped down a rope ladder to a waiting boat, while Gu Zheng stayed hidden and suspected Buddha Lord might also flee.

Gu Zheng and Song Ning destroyed the ship carrying the K organization’s escape plan and survived its explosions, while the navy moved in to rescue them and arrest those aboard. After the ship sank, Song Ning discovered that Gu Zheng’s bullet wound was far more serious than he had admitted, and he was taken for urgent treatment.

• Gu Zheng realized the ship had military clearance and attacked the men guarding its stern after Song Ning blew up the engines.
• Gu Zheng was dragged into the sea during the fight as further explosions rocked the ship, while Song Ning fought her way onto the deck and jumped overboard to escape the blasts.
• Gu Zheng caught up with Song Ning underwater, and they surfaced together as the ship burned and naval vessels arrived.
• The navy rescued Gu Zheng and Song Ning, sealed off the area, and let Gu Zheng take command of the arrests as the ship sank.
• Song Ning saw that Gu Zheng’s upper-arm wound had become infected, and the medic said he needed surgery.
• Gu Zheng’s strength failed as his fever rose, but he reassured Song Ning that the bullet had not been for nothing.

Song Ning returned to find that Gu Zheng’s infected gunshot wound had become life-threatening and doctors recommended amputating his arm. She asked for time to test whether the nerves were still intact, but Director Wang warned that delay could kill him.

• Song Ning went to warm herself at the hospital bathhouse while Company Commander Xiao waited outside the Resuscitation Room.
• Director Wang told Company Commander Xiao that Gu Zheng needed an amputation immediately because his wound had caused severe muscle death and infection.
• Song Ning hurried back after hearing the news and found Chen Liang and Han Xiao being asked to authorize the operation.
• Song Ning identified herself as a Military Medical University student and asked to enter the Resuscitation Room, but Director Wang explained Gu Zheng’s dangerous blood potassium and kidney readings.
• Song Ning asked for time to perform bedside electromyography, while Director Wang insisted that every minute of delay worsened Gu Zheng’s condition.

Song Ning fought to save Gu Zheng’s badly injured arm and persuaded Director Wang to let her explore the wound and attempt surgery. Meanwhile, Yang Qi searched for the Buddha Lord after the boat exploded, but neither the prisoners nor the recovered bodies revealed where he had gone.

• Song Ning insisted on trying to save Gu Zheng’s arm, and Chen Liang and Han Xiao backed her decision before she entered the Resuscitation Room.
• Song Ning examined Gu Zheng and found severe swelling and poor circulation, but detected a continuing arterial signal and nerve conduction.
• Song Ning asked Director Wang for two hours to explore the wound and repair Gu Zheng’s arm if possible, and Director Wang agreed to assist her in surgery.
• Yang Qi learned that Gu Zheng had boarded the vessel sent to retrieve the Buddha Lord, then helped search the wreckage and interrogate the twenty-eight captured people.
• Yang Qi found no sign of the Buddha Lord among the prisoners or bodies recovered from the sea and wondered where he had escaped.

Yang Qi’s team recovered more bodies from the wreck and identified one as the Buddha Lord, while Song Ning performed emergency surgery on Gu Zheng’s arm. The chapter left the Buddha Lord’s identity awaiting Song Ning’s confirmation and Gu Zheng’s nerve repair still ahead.

• Yang Qi learned that rescuers had recovered nineteen bodies and that the navy would turn the suspects over to him.
• Yang Qi found a huge body that two Black-Clad Men recognized as the Buddha Lord, and he planned to have Song Ning confirm the identification.
• Song Ning removed necrotic muscle from Gu Zheng’s arm and replaced a damaged section of his ulnar artery with a vein graft.
• Song Ning completed the blood vessel repairs, then prepared to address the nerves that would determine how much function Gu Zheng regained in his arm.

Song Ning completed a delicate operation that saved Gu Zheng's arm for now, though his survival and recovery remained uncertain during the next seventy-two hours. She then identified Buddha Lord's drowned body, but the team was called to investigate another survivor brought back by a patrol boat.

• Song Ning finished repairing Gu Zheng's arm, and Director Wang said the surgery had succeeded but warned that infection, blocked grafts, and other complications could still threaten him.
• Song Ning chose to rest in a nearby ward so she could stay close to Gu Zheng during the critical seventy-two hours.
• Xiong Gang told Song Ning that Buddha Lord's body had been recovered, and she went with him, Han Xiao, and Chen Liang to identify it.
• Song Ning confirmed that the drowned corpse was Buddha Lord, and Yang Qi and the others celebrated the end of their pursuit.
• A man in a raincoat reported that a patrol boat had returned with someone alive and called for Team Leader Yang.

Song Ning learned that the foreign woman found at sea had survived the sinking and might be connected to Ghost’s escape plan. While Gu Zheng remained in critical condition, he finally woke up, and Song Ning asked how he felt.

• Yang Qi went to the harbor after a survivor was reported, while Song Ning returned to watch over Gu Zheng.
• Han Xiao and Chen Liang told Song Ning that the rescued foreign woman had been found tied to a disabled lifeboat and rushed to the Resuscitation Room.
• A navy serviceman explained that the ship had exceeded lifeboat requirements, and Chen Liang suspected the crew had planned an escape with a vessel waiting nearby.
• The doctor stabilized the woman, and the navy ordered her moved to the Special Ward for questioning.
• Song Ning monitored Gu Zheng through the night and reviewed his dangerous potassium and fever readings the next day.
• Gu Zheng woke up, and Song Ning hurried to his bedside to ask how he felt.

Gu Zheng woke briefly after surgery, learned the Buddha Lord was dead, and promised Song Ning he would recover and spend time with her. Song Ning then joined the interrogation of the captured foreign chemist, Suzanna, and confronted her with evidence that she had also been called Annie.

• Gu Zheng woke and reassured Song Ning that he felt no pain, while she told him the Buddha Lord had drowned and the other suspects had been captured.
• Gu Zheng confessed his love for Song Ning and fell unconscious again after she kissed his forehead.
• Song Ning told Han Xiao and Chen Liang that Gu Zheng remained weak and that it would take time to assess whether his complicated surgery had succeeded.
• Song Ning learned the captured foreign woman claimed the Buddha Lord had hired her as a chemist, and that other foreign experts and mercenaries had also worked for him.
• Song Ning questioned the woman, who identified herself as Suzanna, then challenged her by saying others had called her Annie.

Song Ning questioned Suzanna about Voss and suspected she was concealing her true purpose despite her apparent fear. When Gu Zheng’s repaired arm developed a dangerous blockage, Song Ning ordered emergency surgery and left his recovery uncertain.

• Song Ning recognized Suzanna’s nickname as Annie and questioned her about Voss, whose name made Suzanna react with fear and disgust.
• Song Ning told Yang Qi that Suzanna might be acting, while Yang Qi said they would wait for her to reveal herself.
• Yang Qi said the suspects had to be escorted back by the following night, and Song Ning said she would stay with Gu Zheng.
• Director Wang reported that Gu Zheng’s hand had turned purple and his blood pressure had fallen, so Song Ning diagnosed a blockage caused by reperfusion injury.
• Song Ning raised and massaged Gu Zheng’s arm, then had papaverine injected to temporarily relieve the blockage.
• After Director Wang warned that delay could endanger Gu Zheng’s life, Song Ning ordered the team to prepare for surgery.

Song Ning saved blood flow to Gu Zheng’s arm by removing clots and repairing the vessel, then monitored his recovery as his potassium level began to fall. After Yang Qi and Xiong Gang departed, she considered the cases of Zhou Yuanhang and Lin Xiaoming and began asking Han Xiao about unidentified bodies from the pursuit.

• Song Ning reopened Gu Zheng’s wound, removed clots, repaired the swollen vessel, and restored blood flow to his hand.
• Song Ning rested while Director Wang and a nurse monitored Gu Zheng; his condition stayed stable, and his potassium later dropped to 5.7.
• Yang Qi and Xiong Gang left with the Prisoner Escort Team after Song Ning said she was eighty percent confident she could save Gu Zheng’s arm; Yang Qi warned of a possible ambush on the return route.
• Han Xiao told Song Ning that Zhou Yuanhang had been found injured by the roadside and was receiving hospital treatment, while he had no news about Lin Xiaoming.
• Song Ning asked Han Xiao to help identify a body with a slashed face and determine whether Night Owl was alive or dead.