In the aftermath of the collapse of the Chinese United Front, the former ruler of Yunnan handed the reins to Lu Han, who immediately began to go through the motions of modernizing it, whether by hook or by crook. But this came at a terrible cost. Corruption and societal ills have spread like the plague; dissension and misery have engulfed the country. Due to all this, the province, though experiencing an economic boom, is also becoming a hotbed of anti-Japanese sentiment. Lu Han goes on in blissful unawareness of the situation, continuing with Gao's plans for his region, but there are others in Kunming and elsewhere who might take advantage of the chaos behind the scenes to take Yunnan down a path no-one had expected...