The Smoke of War Still Lingers: From a College Dorm to the Pinnacle of Special Operations

Zhou Xiao, a retired special forces soldier, only wants to hide his trauma at university. But the smoke of battle is branded into his bones: a loud bang can send him instantly into combat mode, and a rifle can awaken his battlefield nightmares. When the claws of the foreign spy organization “Fang” shatter his last bit of peace, a blood-red summons to “return to duty” drives him onto a desperate path where blades are drawn and love and hatred intertwine.

From a silent misfit in a university dorm to the elite “Maned Wolf” of the Blades Special Forces Brigade, this is a road to revenge and redemption paved with blood and tears, and one that shatters the soul. Smoke That Never Clears: From the University Dorm to the Pinnacle of Special Operations. Witness how a battered soul fights for the dead and guards the homeland for the living!