Chapter 1: Joining the Military Statistics Bureau
In 1936, Shanghai was a city shrouded in the shadow of war. On the surface, it was still all bright lights and lavish nightlife, but beneath that, undercurrents ran deep. My name is Lin Nansheng. I was once a young man full of passion and ambition. Driven by loyalty to my country and a pursuit of justice, I resolutely joined the Military Statistics Bureau's training camp. The rigorous training quickly made me grow. Physical conditioning, firearms, intelligence analysis, codebreaking: each course was like a mountain too steep to climb, but I never once considered backing down. I knew that in these turbulent times