Shanghai Spy Shadows: My 1936 in the Republican Era

Programmer Chen Yan wakes up in a parallel Shanghai in 1936. Here, history is familiar yet strangely different, and the various factions are deeply entangled. The thousand-meter-scale pocket dimension he carries with him is his only means of survival in these turbulent times. Time passes at the same rate inside and outside; he can enter it at any moment to escape danger, and travel freely to any location in Shanghai as if through a magic door.

He had planned to keep his head down and stay out of trouble, but an unexpected rescue forces him into the tide of history. The military intelligence service wants him as its sharpest blade, the central intelligence service sees him as a variable to be controlled, the underground party tries to win this mysterious power over, Japanese secret agents are determined to unmask this “ghost,” and a powerful Green Gang boss wants to make him his own.

On this battlefield without gunfire, Chen Yan must use the intelligence and caution of a modern man to navigate between the factions. He schemes, deceives, and betrays, all so he can get home safely after completing his missions. But when his homeland falls and his fellow countrymen suffer, this ordinary man who only wanted to protect himself has to ask: should this one-of-a-kind power be used to run away, or...