Wang Fan is the very definition of a model student at Southeast University—brilliant, handsome, and destined for a bright future. But his world collapses in a single night when he is dragged into a grade-manipulation scandal orchestrated by his power-hungry English lecturer, Na. Under a torrential storm, Wang Fan is forced into Na’s Land Rover, only to witness the lecturer die instantly from a stray bullet during a mysterious armed ambush. Saved by Ruan Lin, a Chemistry lecturer who turns out to be a heavily armed field agent, Wang Fan is pulled into the shadowy world of an elite mercenary organization known as Red Medal. From a bookworm who once held only a pen, he is forced to take up weapons to survive. At their secret base, he learns that the world is not black and white—and that the old cook in the kitchen may be deadlier than an entire squadron of American soldiers. Wang Fan must choose: die as a victim of circumstance, or rise as the most intelligent predator on the battlefield.