Ambush in the Dark Currents

In peacetime, beneath the bustle of the city, a deadly, bloodless covert war is underway. The foreign intelligence organization "Gray Gull" has gone underground in Jiangcheng, building a complete modern infiltration system. It lays the groundwork with cultural exports that subtly manipulate its targets, breaks down their defenses with tailored erotic traps, binds people with access to classified information through money and power, builds a gray protective umbrella through collusion between officials and businesses, then uses advanced technology to steal core military and scientific research secrets without a trace. It chips away at the country's security defenses layer by layer, its plans hidden and ruthless.

Lu Zheng, an investigator with the Jiangcheng State Security Bureau, teams up with technical expert Su Wan to form a task force and confront this battle for both information and people's hearts. The cases appear scattered and unrelated, but are tightly connected beneath the surface. Lin Zhou, the enemy's highly intelligent mastermind, directs the operation from behind the scenes. With counter-surveillance techniques, connections across social circles, and meticulous planning, he repeatedly destroys evidence, misleads investigators, and sacrifices pawns to protect the king, bringing investigations to a standstill time and again.

The forces of good and evil clash throughout, locked in an intense battle. There are no conveniently discovered flaws or lucky breaks. Both sides repeatedly turn the tables and break through dead ends in struggles over technology, human nature, and networks of power. From young researchers abandoning their values, to public officials bound by self-interest, to deep collusion between political and business circles, Lu Zheng's team tears through the secret infiltration network one layer at a time, breaks through the gray protective umbrella, and severs the cross-border intelligence links.

This is a silent battle no one knows about. With ordinary human bodies and meticulous, unwavering dedication, the guardians of the covert front line strengthen the unseen defenses protecting the country in an age of prosperity.

Theme: Set against the reality of the covert front line in peacetime, this book exposes the many-sided secret war waged by foreign forces through cultural infiltration, erotic entrapment, the binding of money and power, collusion between officials and businesses, and the theft of technological secrets. It rejects the traditional spy-thriller portrayal of mythologized heroes and instead focuses on ordinary people falling into ruin through desire, coercion, and errors in judgment, revealing the real challenges of national security and counterespionage work: no gunfire, high-stakes confrontation, and zero tolerance for mistakes. Through two parallel lines of high-level intellectual contests, the story delves into the depths of human nature and the dark secrets of powerful circles, conveying a central message: national security is not some distant slogan. It is found in every data check, every act of integrity, and every time someone holds fast to their principles. It pays tribute to the nameless guardians of national security who face danger in silence, warns people to recognize the deadly harm of covert infiltration, and expresses the belief and responsibility that define love for one's country and family: "There may be no war in times of prosperity, but the defenses stand year after year."