The moment the retreat order was given, the deserter Shen Zhao made a counterattack and smashed the enemy head of state's car with a bomb, ushering in a new era of war between the two countries. The enemy general Chu Xiao was ordered to pursue him, but he discovered the truth in the mountain of corpses and sea of blood: that explosion was caused by someone trying to prevent the activation of a country-destroying weapon. The armorer Lao Laizi, the medical captain Bai Shuang, and the technical traitor Jiang Jin all appeared one after another, each harboring blood feuds and secrets. When the Ashes file was torn open, Shen Zhao realized that he was just a forgotten pawn on the chessboard - and Chu Xiao was changing from a hunter to an accomplice.
