Back then, Ya Tianxing and the others were just new recruits; they wouldn't have been given any extremely difficult mission. It was supposed to be a simple recon run, but by a twist of fate they blundered straight into the drug traffickers' lair.
It was a village, the whole place dealing drugs, the sheer number of people enough to make your back go cold just thinking about it. The trafficking ring had guns, ammunition, and plenty of manpower backing them up.
In terms of combat power and headcount, it was far more dangerous than this current fight.
In the unit Ya Tianxing was with, aside from him, every single person was wiped out.
Ya Tianxing was captured.
The only fortunate thing was that they misidentified who he was and decided he was still of some use. They tortured him brutally, trying to squeeze out the information they wanted.
Under the torture, Ya Tianxing held on to a sliver of clarity and fed them convincing fake intel to buy time.
