Chapter Summaries

Ye Xunzhi recruited Hu Feiwei to join her team by promising to help avenge his brother, who had been killed by Kaijie's mercenary corps. Meanwhile, Kaijie agreed to give Eileen partial command of the operation against Ye Chuyan’s squad, and the chapter ended with Hu Feiwei mocking Ye Xunzhi’s height.

• Feilanz questioned Ye Xunzhi’s plan to recruit teammates at the last minute, and she decided to call Hu Feiwei, a retired red-ranked mercenary.
• Ye Xunzhi recalled meeting Hu Feiwei while they were both searching for Kaijie, whose mercenary corps had killed each of their brothers.
• Kaijie agreed to let Eileen share command of the operation after she promised to marry him, while Kaidi warned him not to underestimate Country Z or trust Eileen.
• Ye Xunzhi persuaded Hu Feiwei to travel with her by promising to help avenge his brother, and he arrived at their transfer point before she and Feilanz did.
• Hu Feiwei doubted Ye Xunzhi’s identity and mocked her height, prompting her to privately threaten him while Feilanz egged them on.

Ye Xunzhi, Hu Feiwei, and Feilanz learned that mercenaries had seized hostages and planted remote-controlled bombs, then infiltrated a factory to find them. After taking equipment from a guard, Ye Xunzhi sent Feilanz across a zip line and headed with Hu Feiwei toward the mercenaries’ weapons warehouse.

• Feilanz told Ye Xunzhi and Hu Feiwei that terrorists had abducted overseas Chinese, mercenaries had taken the hostages, and some captives were fitted with remote-controlled bombs.
• Feilanz revealed that their weapons delivery was delayed, while Ye Chuyan’s special forces team set out on a rescue mission and Eileen ordered Kaijie to separate the bomb-carrying hostages.
• Ye Xunzhi, Hu Feiwei, and Feilanz infiltrated the factory and knocked out a guard, taking his gun, ammunition, and bulletproof vest.
• Ye Xunzhi proposed searching the factory from the roof, and Feilanz crossed to the building using their zip-line equipment.
• Ye Xunzhi and Hu Feiwei headed for a nearby weapons warehouse to arm themselves.

Ye Xunzhi and Hu Feiwei infiltrated a mercenary warehouse to steal weapons, using a captive boy’s escape attempt as a distraction. Ye Xunzhi freed him and led him through a firefight while Hu Feiwei continued loading ammunition.

• Ye Xunzhi and Hu Feiwei surveyed the warehouse and spotted a captive boy being held for information about his family’s weapons caches.
• Ye Xunzhi slipped a dagger to the boy, who cut his bonds and tried to escape but was quickly captured again.
• While the mercenaries subdued the boy, Ye Xunzhi and Hu Feiwei climbed through a window and opened the armory door.
• Ye Xunzhi told Hu Feiwei to keep gathering ammunition, then drew the mercenaries away by opening fire.
• Ye Xunzhi shot an approaching mercenary, freed the boy, and ordered him to keep his head down and follow her.

Ye Xunzhi and her allies found three bomb-strapped hostages, including Old Master Xi, and Feilanz had time to defuse only one bomb before the military arrived. Ye Xunzhi ordered him to save Old Master Xi first, then worked to keep Fat Auntie calm while a young doctor helped Feilanz.

• Hu Feiwei found something valuable in the warehouse while escaping with Ye Xunzhi.
• Feilanz found Old Master Xi, Fat Auntie, and a young doctor, all strapped with bombs.
• Feilanz realized he had time to defuse only one bomb, and Ye Xunzhi told him to save Old Master Xi first.
• Fat Auntie protested and threatened to make everyone die together, so Ye Xunzhi intimidated her and promised she could be rescued first if she obeyed.
• The young doctor offered to hold Feilanz's phone while he worked, and Old Master Xi quietly cooperated.

Feilanz disguised himself as a mercenary and helped the three hostages reach Kaijie, who forced one woman to drive a bomb-laden vehicle at Country Z’s military. Meanwhile, Shi Che warned Ye Chuyan’s convoy that a suspected human bomb was ahead, and the soldiers opened fire to stop it.

• Feilanz hid his identity from the arriving squad leader by claiming he was filling in for Tommy, who had gone to the bathroom.
• The squad leader ordered Feilanz to help escort the three hostages to Kaijie.
• Kaijie forced the plump woman into a vehicle and ordered her to ram Country Z’s military vehicles, threatening her child.
• Ye Chuyan led three vehicles toward the remaining hostages while Shi Che’s convoy transported the rescued hostages to the port.
• Shi Che warned the convoy about a suspected human bomb, and the soldiers fired at the vehicle’s tires as the woman cried that she had been forced to drive it.

Ye Xunzhi’s plan kept the hostages safe and foiled Eileen’s attempt to kill Ye Chuyan, but Eileen activated a backup plan as tanks approached Ye Xunzhi and Bowen.

• The plump woman warned Shi Che that Ye Chuyan must stay away from the first two bomb cars and approach the third, and Commander Peng agreed to follow the warning.
• Eileen ordered the doctor and then Old Master Xi sent toward the convoy, while Ye Xunzhi inferred that Eileen was monitoring the operation.
• Ye Chuyan approached the third car, dodged a sniper’s shot, and was rescued after Old Long defused the bomb; Ye Xunzhi shot the sniper before Huzi could fire.
• Eileen’s detonation buttons failed because all three bombs had been defused, so she ordered Kaijie to activate the backup plan.
• Bowen warned Ye Xunzhi that tanks were approaching, and she turned back in alarm.

Ye Xunzhi and Hu Feiwei stopped the tank attack, but a third faction of terrorists arrived and opened fire. Ye Xunzhi ordered Feilanz to find a vehicle so they could seize hostages.

• Feilanz tried to escape after sending out the third hostage, but spotted a tank approaching and warned Ye Xunzhi.
• Ye Xunzhi used Bowen’s jacket to signal Flying Pigeon, who alerted Country Z’s team to withdraw as the tank aimed at them.
• Ye Xunzhi coordinated with Hu Feiwei, who fired a rocket that collided with the tank shell and destroyed the tank before it could hit Ye Chuyan and Old Master Xi.
• Eileen realized Ye Xunzhi had intervened, but her camera feed was destroyed; Bowen then warned Ye Xunzhi about a sniper, and she dodged the shot.
• Hu Feiwei spotted a third faction, and Feilanz identified them as the terrorists whose hostages Kaijie’s group had taken.
• Ye Xunzhi told Feilanz to find a vehicle because they were going to snatch hostages.

Ye Chuyan and Shi Che’s convoy came under attack as terrorists tried to seize their rescued hostages, while Ye Xunzhi arranged to obtain weapons from Bowen and prepared to infiltrate the enemy camp. The chapter left Ye Xunzhi disguised in dirt and ready to surrender herself to create an opening for the next rescue.

• Commander Peng warned the teams that terrorists were approaching and ordered them to withdraw after rescuing the hostages.
• Shi Che’s convoy was ambushed by gunfire and a sniper, and the attackers forced his and Ye Chuyan’s vehicles to stop.
• Ye Chuyan ordered the third vehicle to keep going toward the port while he and Shi Che protected the other two hostages.
• Ye Xunzhi told Bowen to help Feilanz and Hu Feiwei retrieve his hidden weapons caches because the group was short on ammunition.
• Ye Xunzhi covered herself in dust and announced that she would find a chance to surrender to the terrorists.

Ye Chuyan’s team fought to enter the building, but the terrorists abducted Old Master Xi. Ye Xunzhi leaped into the kidnappers’ vehicle and pretended to be his granddaughter, and they arrived at the terrorists’ base with both of them held captive.

• Flying Pigeon escorted Fat Auntie into the building while Ye Chuyan’s team exchanged fire with the terrorists and tried to deal with the enemy sniper.
• A man seized Old Master Xi as a vehicle drove past, and Cheetah could not stop the abduction without risking the hostage’s life.
• Ye Chuyan ordered his team to withdraw into the building and plan their next move, believing the terrorists would keep Old Master Xi alive for now.
• Ye Xunzhi jumped into the kidnappers’ vehicle, claimed Old Master Xi was her grandpa, and shielded him from the armed men.
• Old Master Xi recognized Ye Xunzhi’s voice from the earpiece but played along as the terrorists tied her up and questioned how she had entered the vehicle.
• The kidnappers accepted their underling’s guess that Ye Xunzhi knew kung fu, kept watch over both captives, and drove them to their base.

Ye Xunzhi and Old Master Xi were taken to a factory where terrorists held hostages, and Ye explained that she had come to rescue him for Fu Mu. They met Lu Hua, who had been captured after trying to save a baby, as they remained trapped with the other hostages.

• Ye Xunzhi and Old Master Xi were forced into a factory room with more than twenty hostages.
• Old Master Xi asked Ye whether she was connected to the military, and she explained that she was Fu Mu’s deskmate and had come to rescue him because Fu Mu had cried over his abduction.
• Ye told Old Master Xi that Fu Mu had given her tens of millions, leaving him stunned by his granddaughter’s generosity.
• Lu Hua told Ye and Old Master Xi that he had been captured after trying to stop a man from snatching a baby during an attack on a convoy.
• Old Master Xi praised Lu Hua’s courage despite his lack of ability.

A hooded man infiltrated the Terrorists' base, but was swept into a gathering where Gary forced hostages into a deadly game. Ye Xunzhi translated their pleas in the opposite way, leaving Gary furious at the gray-haired man and believing her fabricated praise of Lu Hua.

• A hooded man knocked out a patrol guard, took his clothes and flashlight, and tried to use a map to reach the hostages, but a squad ordered him to join the assembly.
• Gary selected Lu Hua and a gray-haired hostage for a game in which only one would be allowed to live, but neither understood his language.
• Ye Xunzhi volunteered to interpret when Gary reached for his gun, and Gary threatened to kill Old Master Xi if she failed to translate correctly.
• Lu Hua insulted Gary, but Ye Xunzhi translated his words as lavish praise, persuading Gary to spare him for the moment.
• The gray-haired man praised his own country and threatened Gary, but Ye Xunzhi translated his words as an insult and a threat of invasion, so Gary ordered him dragged away.

After Lu Hua survived his confrontation with the Gray-Haired Man, Ye Xunzhi contacted Feilanz and arranged for the governments of Country X and Country Z to be alerted to the hostage situation. She ordered Lu Hua and Old Master Xi to follow her escape plan, while Ye Chuyan secretly listened from outside the holding area.

• The Gray-Haired Man was dragged away to be executed, and Lu Hua learned that his words had saved him.
• Ye Xunzhi used a hidden earphone to tell Feilanz to send the terrorist base's location to Country X and report the hostages to Country Z.
• Ye Xunzhi decided to escalate the situation so the authorities would arrive, then asked Lu Hua to follow her dangerous escape plan.
• Ye Xunzhi held a dagger to Lu Hua's neck and ordered him to obey; Old Master Xi readily agreed to follow her orders too.
• Ye Chuyan listened through the factory wall and decided to keep listening so he could coordinate with Ye Xunzhi.

Shi Che received orders to rescue the hostages while Ye Xunzhi set a plan in motion to move captives to safety and reach the factory alarm. At Gary’s room, she overheard Eileen offering him weapons research data in exchange for killing someone, and the story left their deal under consideration.

• Commander Peng ordered Shi Che to follow the coordinates and rescue the hostages, while Shi Che chose to obey despite having lost contact with Ye Chuyan.
• Ye Xunzhi, Lu Hua, and Old Master Xi staged a medical emergency so the guards would take them toward the Medical Office, and Ye Chuyan secretly followed to help.
• Ye Xunzhi slipped out of the hostage area, knocked out a guard, took his weapon, and reached the corridor outside Gary’s room to wait for Kafka’s signal before triggering the factory alarm.
• Ye Xunzhi overheard Gary ask Eileen why she had approached him after agreeing to trade weapons research data to the Country X Government Rebels.
• Eileen offered Gary the data in exchange for killing someone and said she had sent support; Gary asked to see the target’s picture.

Ye Xunzhi helped Flying Pigeon and Huzi find the hostages and reach the medical room, then stayed behind as mercenaries closed in. A jeep seized her and sped away under fire, leaving Flying Pigeon and Huzi confused by Old Master Xi and Lu Hua’s suspiciously calm reactions.

• Gary saw the photo Eileen sent and recognized Ye Xunzhi, while Ye Xunzhi shot the alarm and triggered a base-wide attack.
• Huzi was wounded by a grenade, and Flying Pigeon found Ye Xunzhi hiding beneath a table; Ye Xunzhi told them where the hostages and medical room were.
• Ye Chuyan reunited with Shi Che and Cheetah but concealed that Ye Xunzhi was in the base, sending them toward the hostages while he headed for the medical room.
• Ye Xunzhi warned Flying Pigeon and Huzi about a rocket and guided them safely to the medical room, where they found Old Master Xi and Lu Hua.
• Ye Xunzhi said her teammates still needed her and stayed behind as mercenaries approached; a jeep grabbed her and fled while another vehicle fired at it.
• Flying Pigeon and Huzi questioned Old Master Xi and Lu Hua, who claimed they knew nothing and remembered nothing.

Ye Xunzhi and her companions escaped a mercenary attack, but Hu Feiwei spotted Kaijie, the man who killed his younger brother. Ye Xunzhi sent Hu Feiwei after him as Feilanz turned the jeep around to ram their pursuers, while Bowen cowered in the back.

• Feilanz drove Ye Xunzhi and the others away as mercenaries chased them, and a blonde woman drove alongside their jeep.
• The blonde woman climbed through a shattered window and attacked Ye Xunzhi, who fought her off and kicked her back into the other vehicle.
• Hu Feiwei saw Kaijie in the approaching jeep and recognized him as his younger brother's killer.
• Ye Xunzhi gave Hu Feiwei a gun and a dagger and told him to finish Kaijie, while Feilanz turned the jeep around to ram their pursuers.
• Hu Feiwei prepared to fight as Bowen cowered in the back and wondered why no one had asked for his opinion.

Ye Xunzhi and her companions fought their way out of the base, where Hu Feiwei killed Kaijie for his brother’s death and Ye Chuyan arrived to rescue them. They found shelter at Bowen’s family property, where Ye Chuyan asked Ye Xunzhi why she was there, and she challenged him about abandoning his organization.

• Ye Xunzhi’s group rammed Kaijie’s car, and Hu Feiwei dragged Kaijie out to fight him over Hu Shiwei’s death.
• Ye Xunzhi fired a rocket at the pursuing cars, and Hu Feiwei killed Kaijie amid the explosion.
• A Black man’s off-road vehicle charged the group, but Ye Chuyan rammed it and brought Ye Xunzhi and the others to safety.
• Kaidi confronted Eileen over his son’s death, but Eileen persuaded him to hear her offer instead of killing her.
• The group followed Bowen to his family’s property to rest, where Ye Chuyan questioned Ye Xunzhi and she asked why he was away from his organization.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Chuyan shared late-night wontons with Feilanz, Hu Feiwei, and Bowen, who revealed his family were wealthy arms dealers and that his father had abandoned him. The group exchanged contact details, and Ye Xunzhi privately recalled how Hu Feiwei had ended up using his real name as a mercenary.

• Ye Chuyan offered Ye Xunzhi candy, and the siblings teased each other on the steps outside their lodgings.
• Feilanz and Hu Feiwei brought out wontons, while Bowen explained that they had been frozen since his father bought them in Country Z.
• Bowen said his arms-dealer father had left him behind and described how he had been raised to survive on his own.
• Ye Xunzhi and Feilanz showed Bowen extra kindness after learning his family had business holdings around the world, and Bowen offered to supply Ye Xunzhi with weapons for free.
• Feilanz and Ye Xunzhi added Hu Feiwei on WeChat and learned that Hu Feiwei was his real name.
• Ye Xunzhi recalled that Hu Feiwei had used his real name because he mistakenly thought a mercenary account required real-name verification.

Ye Xunzhi learned that Eileen planned to use data about the Amari biological weapon to manipulate governments and force a choice that could endanger her family and Shi Che. She recruited Bowen to accompany her to Xuedinglai Warehouse, where the two faced a heavily guarded site.

• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Chuyan discussed his missing protective helmet, then agreed with the others to take shifts while waiting for the Country Z Navy fleet.
• Ye Xunzhi called Eileen, who revealed that she had the only copy of the Amari weapon data and its antidote and had alerted the Country Z government to a planned deal.
• Eileen said Country Z would likely send Ye Chuyan's elite squad to stop the deal at Xuedinglai Warehouse at 4:03 a.m., putting Shi Che at risk and forcing Ye Xunzhi to choose.
• Ye Xunzhi entered Bowen's room through the window and persuaded him to join her on a mission, promising to protect him.
• Ye Xunzhi and Bowen reached the heavily guarded Xuedinglai Warehouse, where Bowen realized she had led him into danger.

Kaidi accepted Eileen’s offer of information about the Amari biological weapon in exchange for letting her escape, while Country Z’s navy prepared to stop her deal at the Xuedinglai warehouse. Ye Xunzhi and Bowen launched an attack on the warehouse, with Ye leaving Bowen to draw the guards’ attention as she slipped toward cover.

• Kaidi recalled accepting Eileen’s USB drive and viral sample, then promised to arrange her escape by helicopter at seven in the morning.
• Commander-in-Chief Peng received confirmation that the Amari weapon was real and ordered Teams B and C to intercept the transaction at the Xuedinglai warehouse.
• Ye Xunzhi told Bowen that Feilanz and Hu Feiwei were on their way but would not arrive for about half an hour.
• When a vehicle carrying the information arrived, Ye ordered Bowen to drive into the warehouse grounds and drew the guards’ attention.
• Ye jumped out and rolled behind cover, telling Bowen to hold out for twenty minutes while he shouted that she had no heart.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Chuyan spied on a meeting between Michar and Kaidi, where Kaidi’s deputy Herbert betrayed him and a warehouse fight broke out. Kaidi died after telling Ye Xunzhi that Eileen was at Anfiele Lookout, with a final deadline of seven.

• Ye Chuyan led Ye Xunzhi through a hidden window to watch Michar and Kaidi meet in the warehouse.
• Michar received a sample of the Amari Weapon Virus from Herbert as the two sides discussed expanding their partnership.
• Ye Chuyan and Ye Xunzhi attacked with grenades as Herbert stabbed Kaidi and revealed that Eileen had ordered his retirement.
• Ye Xunzhi shot at Herbert, dragged Kaidi to cover, and stopped Herbert from finishing him off with a grenade.
• Ye Xunzhi learned that Eileen was at Anfiele Lookout before seven, then closed Kaidi’s eyes after he died.