Espionage Novels, Like Evergreen Ivy's Shadow Over the Republic of China 谍战类的小说，比如长青藤的民国碟影

1. 101 攻 The Hunter’s Hunt 攻猎 Bright Mosquitoes Don't Drink Dark Blood明蚊不吸暗血Urban1.3M WordsCompleted "When he was little more than six months old, his birth mother abandoned him in a wooden tub and let him drift downstream. The hunter who found him simply named him Shunshui, meaning 'drifting with the current.' When the Japanese stirred up trouble in the southwest, the hunter Li Shunshui became a raw recruit. Before he had even seen a real battlefield, a military tribunal sentenced him to death. At the execution ground, the woman executioner pointing a gun at him was the bloodthirsty rose of th 5.7kReads9.2Score62414d adds

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   A highly-rated spy thriller [smirk]. Espionage, shadows, battles of wits, intrigue within intrigue. Nameless spies, conspiracies, schemes, traps, infiltration of enemy camps, teetering on the edge of a cliff. A multifaceted agent in the world of espionage, a covert struggle in the espionage arena…

2. 102 冷 Beneath the Cold Gunfire 冷枪之下 Eighteenth Moon十八月兮Urban1.5M WordsCompleted His name is Yang Mihu. In his life, he has had seven women, two guns, and a Lu Ban tool chest. He owns nothing else. An orphan who rose against the odds, he fires from the shadows and kills the enemy, driven by fierce patriotism. A spy and secret agent, he enters the enemy's lair, calculates every move, and kills without leaving a trace. Born under an ill star, he walks alone through lonely days and lonely rains, destined to grow old by himself. 1.9kReads8.8Score21214d adds
3. 103 谍 Espionage Codename: The Widow 谍战代号：未亡人 Youth Day青年节Urban4.6M WordsOngoing No transmigration, no System, no rebirth. Over 1,200 chapters in, I feel like I should look back and add a few words. Hardcore espionage. An experienced reader called it a dark fairy tale, and I think that's a pretty good summary. Is it a wish-fulfillment novel? Absolutely not. With this setting and this story, there's no way to make it fictional, indulge in fantasy, or turn it into feel-good wish fulfillment. All it can offer is desperate last-minute rescues, extreme reversals, and narrowly esc 11.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds

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   These are all good spy novels on Tomato, where the protagonist is reborn in the Republic of China era, starting from the bottom and gradually becoming a big shot. They all have a minimum rating of 8, and quite a few even reach 9. There's definitely plenty of content to satisfy your reading appetite.

4. 104 谍 Espionage: Infiltrating the South Manchuria Railway as a Junior Train Conductor 谍战从潜入满铁当小乘警开始 Old Zhang0612老张0612Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis One: A train is a world of its own. What is espionage? To borrow an old saying from Zhang: espionage isn’t about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly affairs... This is the story of a family of three who transmigrate into a world of spy dramas and films... Synopsis Two: A HUAWEI Mate 50 and a 22-month-old orphan appear in Dalian, under Japanese control in 1912… 1.3kReads8.4Score10214d adds

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   Espionage isn't just about fighting and killing; it's about human relationships and social dynamics. [Staring][Staring] ① The protagonist joined an organization while still in school, working underground. Now he's a train police officer, starting with an unprecedented mission. [Exploring][Exploring] ② He transmigrates to become a low-level Kuomintang agent with a cheat-like ability. Watch him accurately pinpoint Japanese spies amidst a vast sea of ​​people. [Think about it][Think about it]

5. 105 谍 Secrets of the Spy War 谍海秘事 Baili Xiguan百里西关Urban166k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Espionage] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [No Supernatural Abilities] Liu Dongyang unexpectedly transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes a Japanese army interpreter. His relatives curse him, his friends hunt him down, and his fellow townspeople despise him. Used by Japanese officers and courted by Chinese collaborators, he finds himself with nowhere to run as he begins an extraordinary life amid those chaotic, bloody years… 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A decent spy novel

6. 106 长 The Long River, Nameless 长河，无名 Please Call Me Grandpa Rabbit请叫我兔子爷爷Urban371k WordsCompleted In 1928, in Jinan, he lost his entire family. In 1931, at the 23rd Special Mental Research Institute in Kazan, his emotions were stripped away. In 1934, in Nanjing, he buried his past. From then on, he walked the razor's edge, turning the gears of history from the shadows. Except for the highest-ranking figures in a handful of intelligence agencies, no one knew his real name or what he had done. On May 17, 1961, he died on the execution grounds in Seoul, South Korea. His gravestone bore neither 308Reads6.4Score11414d adds

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   Stronger than the Ivy League, no system, no cheat codes, no time travel, brutal and realistic.

7. 107 谍 Espionage: 2,000 Deaths from the Start 谍战：开局死亡两千次 Jin Daye金大涯Urban958k WordsOngoing Xie Shu, male, formerly an Olympic shooting champion in the twenty-first century. One day, he kills himself and wakes up in 1940. Reason: Unknown. Identity: Unknown. Status: Being buried alive. Xie Shu: ...What a disastrous start! The good news: He gains the ability to rewind time whenever he dies. The bad news: He wakes up at a live burial site and has to die two thousand times before he escapes. While helping a passing guerrilla unit complete its mission, he somehow ends up as the illegitimat 38.4kReads9.3Score5.7k14d adds

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   Both of these are books I love.

8. 108 谍 Espionage in the Besieged City: Codename Gardener 谍影围城：代号园丁 Blazing Red Lotus烈焰红莲Urban726k WordsCompleted (Traditional spy thriller, no transmigration or golden finger. If that’s not your thing, please don’t flame the author.) In the autumn of 1941, at Rong Manor, an isolated compound in Shanghai’s occupied zone, five “guests” from very different walks of life are trapped by a feast worthy of a trap. They are a glamorous nightclub singer, a timid official, a cold-faced police officer, a shrewd editor-in-chief, and a mysterious Japanese section chief. The manor is under constant surveillance. They ar 869Reads6.7Score10414d adds
9. 109 徐 Xu Fei's Wild Life 徐飞的浪荡人生 Wind and Snow in the West City风雪西城Urban377k WordsCompleted Just after the Lunar New Year, Xu Fei returns with a simple pack to the small northern city where he was born and raised, after three years away. He'd planned to find any wife and settle down to an ordinary life, but fate has other plans. He is pushed onto a path unlike any other, and begins a life far from ordinary. 780Reads6.7Score11114d adds
10. 110 谍 The Spy War: A Matter of Life and Death 谍战之生死较量 Wind and Snow in the West City风雪西城Urban193k WordsOngoing Autumn 1937. A rainy night. After a burst of gunfire, in a warehouse in a Shikumen building in the French Concession, Sun Shi'an quietly opened his eyes beneath the dim lights, fighting through the agony in his body. Everything in his field of vision was blood red. More than a dozen bodies lay scattered across the floor. His wife, and fellow comrade, Zhang Mei, lay on top of him, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. At the entrance, several figures in black raincoats trained their submachine 138Reads—Score11014d adds
11. 111 系 System Agent: Code Name Mo 系统特工，代号默 Passing Through Jiangbei路过江北Urban149k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a "System agent" with the Huaxia Intelligence Bureau, has the quantum chip "Qian" implanted in his brain. It can connect to the global satellite network and control electronic devices and weapons. It can also switch between attack and defense modes, along with many other super abilities that have yet to be unlocked. Eight months ago, an accident during a mission left Chen Mo with amnesia and stripped him of his "System" abilities. He ended up in Heng City, Sakura Country, where a kindhe 194Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Kakakakakaka

12. 112 总 General Staff Bureau Eight 总参八局 Passing Through Jiangbei路过江北Urban651k WordsCompleted Chen Mo was once a top agent in the General Staff Department's Eighth Bureau. Genetic modification gave him superhuman strength and the ability to heal himself. But after a mission went wrong and his comrades were wiped out, he was suspended pending investigation and reduced to working security at a bar. Then, one late night, the police raided the bar for an inspection. Framed by a gang of thugs, Chen Mo was forced to fight back. Alone, he broke through the encirclement of twenty-three police o 3kReads7.6Score36314d adds
13. 113 夜 Nightingale 夜鹂 The Dinghan Empire That Loves Pancakes爱吃松饼的鼎汉帝国Urban853k WordsOngoing Espionage in the War of Resistance “When loyalty becomes a crime and betrayal becomes a means of survival, who can hold on to their humanity in a world gone mad?” An epic tale of espionage that blends transmigration, suspense, and devotion to country and family. It uncovers the darkest corners of wartime Shanghai and follows a soul torn apart by fate as it grows from a pawn into the player moving the pieces. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, late autumn draped Shanghai’s sky in a sickly 1.6kReads—Score10614d adds

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    Lin Guangyao picked up his pen and added a line below the hastily written suicide note: "Wang Tianfeng, head of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station. Died for his country on the 25th day of the first month of 1939. Does anyone remember him?" He put down his pen, folded the letter, and placed it at the bottom of the drawer. There, locked away, was another piece of paper with four lines of poetry: "Where can a drifting duckweed find its anchor in this chaotic world? Only the plum blossoms reflected in the snow. Do not say that the road ahead is full of frost and snow, for our hearts are connected by a single thread of understanding." The ink had faded somewhat. He gently stroked those lines, as if stroking an old dream that could never be returned to. Outside the window, the lights of No. 76 Across the street were still bright. Behind one of the windows, a woman in a black uniform was looking down, flipping through the files she needed to process that night. She did not look up. He did not wait. He simply closed the drawer, stood up, and walked to the window. The night in Shanghai was always so unfathomably black. But he knew that even the darkest night would eventually give way to dawn. I just wonder if those who never wake up again after dawn will feel any regret. Lin Guangyao stood there for a long time. Long enough for the moon to move from the top of the sycamore tree to the eaves. Long enough for the clock to strike eleven. Long enough for him to finally say to himself: Zhou Wenhao, I've finished writing your poem for you. Wang Tianfeng, I've preserved your name for you. I'm still walking the path you walked. The day I can no longer walk, I will stop, just like you.

14. 114 谍 Espionage: From Agent to Japanese Aristocrat 谍战：从特工到鬼子贵族 Street Vendor Selling Elephants摆摊卖大象Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “Who am I? …Chen Lin? …Or Konoe Ichiro? …Chinese? Or Japanese?…” “You are Konoe Ichiro, heir to Japan’s Konoe family, one of the Five Regent Houses, and Konoe Fumimaro’s eldest grandson. You are Japanese!!!” “That’s right, I’m Konoe Ichiro… Konoe Ichiro… I am Konoe Ichiro… I’m Japanese… Then who are you?” “Me? My name is Chen Lin! I’m Chinese… Chen Lin!” 68Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A Chinese agent disguises himself as a Japanese nobleman and meticulously executes the "Shadow Warrior" plan in enemy territory. The high-energy adventure from Fengtian to Kyoto is intertwined with family secrets and espionage battles, making the plot increasingly addictive!

15. 115 小 The Savvy Little Soldier 小兵油子 Cavalry in a Sea of Flowers骑兵花海Historical692k WordsOngoing Beacon Bones Beyond the Great Wall: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting Japanese Invaders on the Grasslands [Warlords, War of Resistance, Searching for Family, No Overpowered Cheats, Spy Warfare, Logic and Intelligence, Ruthless] 1921–1945: The land is in turmoil, and China is engulfed in endless flames of war. Adopted as a child by a top undercover spy, the young man is meticulously trained for over a decade to become his other hand. There is no System and no mindless overpowered cheat. Every struggl 238Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [National Righteousness – Warlords – Anti-Japanese War in the Republic of China – Searching for Parents – No Cheat Codes – Traditional Espionage – Multiple Female Leads – Logic and Intelligence – Decisive Action] 1921-1945, the country was in turmoil, and China was engulfed in endless war. A young boy was adopted by a top-tier undercover spy from childhood, who meticulously nurtured him for over a decade, intending to become his other hand. Here, there are no systems, no mindless cheat codes; everything relies on blood, sweat, and wit. To uncover the truth behind his parents' disappearance, he left his homeland and ventured alone into the vortex of chaos. Starting from humble beginnings in a small county, he gathered various forces, transforming into a warlord; navigating between the Military Intelligence Bureau, Japanese spies, and various other forces, he gathered top-secret intelligence and eliminated Japanese agents. On one side is his undercover adoptive father, with whom he tested and maneuvered; on the other side are the beauties who accompany him through the chaos, creating multiple threads of romance.

16. 116 空 Blank List 空白名单 Mai Ren脉人Urban862k WordsCompleted Wuhan is occupied, and the situation is treacherous and unpredictable. A mysterious list has drawn intense attention from all sides. It came from a Chinese Communist Party member who vanished eleven years ago, and now every faction is locked in a fierce struggle over it. To obtain the list, our organization sends a top student to infiltrate the upper ranks of the puppet regime in Wuhan. His name is Xiao Muyang. He has received no training and has never carried out a mission. His spotless record 1.4kReads8.2Score19314d adds

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    This novel has been included in the China Writers Association's Online Literature Center, expressing the spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japan!

17. 117 谍 Spy-Battle Match-Three 谍战消消乐 Proudly Wandering the Mortal World傲娇红尘Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A modern-day special police officer transmigrates into the puppet state of Manchukuo as a low-ranking policeman. Li Bai unexpectedly acquires a match-three System, and thus begins a winding, eventful career as an undercover agent. Completing missions expands an enormous pocket dimension and can even grant him unique special abilities. The System’s astonishing bonus rewards turn out to be all kinds of beautiful women. Li Bai is having the time of his life. Keeping a low profile in enemy territory 9kReads8.2Score71814d adds

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    Newest Republican-era spy novel: ① The autumn rain falls harder and harder… A contemporary special police officer transmigrates into the body of a lowly policeman in the puppet Manchukuo regime. Li Bai unexpectedly acquires a match-3 puzzle system, thus beginning his winding and tumultuous undercover journey. Completing missions expands his vast alternate dimension, and he even gains unique superpowers. Li Bai is thoroughly enjoying himself, infiltrating enemy agencies, stealing intelligence, and embarking on a unique spy career.

18. 118 续 Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶 Zeng Xueying曾学英Urban1.8M WordsOngoing The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear 3.3kReads8.8Score41014d adds

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    I read this novel every day; highly recommended.

19. 119 谍 Espionage: I Transmigrate to Republican-Era China and Rise to Become the Strongest Warlord 谍战：穿越民国我逆袭成最强军阀 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Urban269k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance Espionage + Siheyuan Courtyard + Spatial Storage + Overpowered + Republican-Era Politics] Zhang Qi transmigrates to Beijing in the 1930s, where he rises from humble beginnings. From the start, the Zhang family trades most of its fortune for a letter of appointment: county magistrate of Wanbei County. The poorest and most dangerous county? All nine previous magistrates died in office. Watch Zhang Qi govern the county and take on local strongmen, the Japanese, and the Westerners 1.1kReads8.4Score12914d adds

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    I recommend a novel, a spy story about fighting the Japanese invaders during the War of Resistance against Japan. It's pretty good; it's about Zhang Qi, who travels back in time to 1930s Beiping (Beijing) and is involved in a spy war!

20. 120 谍 Espionage: The Ultimate Undercover Agent, Night Hawk of the Military Intelligence Bureau 谍战：最牛潜伏，军统夜鹰 Xu Qifeng徐奇峰Urban494k WordsOngoing [Original Characters + Intelligence + Assassinations + Sweeping Through Shanghai’s Foreign Concessions] Zhao Haifan transmigrates to Shanghai during the isolated-island era and becomes a Juntong agent, codename Night Hawk... The story strives for realism, and most characters are based on historical figures. The ten great female agents of Juntong, the ten female fiends of the 76th, and the Imperial Flowers of Japan’s Tokko. A heroine who supplies the Nationalist Army with vital resources. Chinese 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds

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    All ten of the Kuomintang's top female secret agents are mine.

21. 121 回 I Can Rewind Five Minutes, and I Became a Spy-Killing Demon 回档五分钟，我成了谍战杀神 Salted Egg咸的蛋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted I rewound five minutes, crawled back from hell, and became Second Young Master Zhang, a spoiled heir in Shancheng. The Japanese have my father’s command post surrounded by a massive force. I’ll save him! The Special Higher Police have sprung a deadly four-stage trap. I’ll break it! I came back to life to kill the Japanese and root out the collaborators! A tactical pen with a triangular blade, stained with blood and deadly at the throat, lets me steal other people’s skills. A pair of blood-red do 39Reads5.9Score11714d adds

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    A special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a spoiled young master of the Kuomintang's intelligence agency. His initial mission is to save his father, the commander-in-chief, who is destined to die on the front lines! Death and rewind time, maxed-out combat power, espionage, killing bandits, blowing up spy nests—high-energy throughout, no filler!

22. 122 开 I Save Zheng Yaoxian from the Start and Become Sixth Brother's Sworn Brother 开局救下郑耀先成为六哥结拜兄弟 Hao Cheng灏承Urban570k WordsOngoing Song Sicheng, a modern rich young man, accidentally transmigrates into the body of the third young master of the Kong family's main line. After living overseas for seven years, he returns to his war-torn homeland. After unexpectedly saving Zheng Yaoxian, the military intelligence agent known as Sixth Brother, a new story begins... 17Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    Super beautiful

23. 123 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Bombarded the Battlefield with Mortars! 谍战：开局祭天，我迫击炮洗地！ Little Craftsman小匠子Urban208k WordsOngoing Shanghai, 1939. I, Lu Yuan, am in a prison wagon being taken to the execution ground. My former superior sold me out for five gold bars, and the secret agents are ready to sever the tendons in my hands with their knives. At the very last moment, I awaken the [Iron-Blooded Traitor-Elimination System]! [Ding! Kill a traitor, receive $200, and unlock the authentic World War II weapons shop!] Type 14 pistols? Chiang Kai-shek rifles? No thanks! I whip out two M1911 pistols with full magazines and blo 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I read this amazing book in one go.

24. 124 风 Kite: Spy Games in Shanghai with Zheng Yaoxian, the Military Intelligence Agent 风筝：与军统六弟郑耀先谍战上海 The Screaming Little Ant尖叫的小蚂蚁Urban782k WordsOngoing Just scored! Republican-era setting + passionate ensemble cast + espionage + Military Statistics Bureau + undercover operations + battles of wits + no System + not reborn + the Military Statistics Bureau’s Sixth Brother In 1939, Chen Gongxing, a lieutenant colonel and deputy station chief in the Military Statistics Bureau, defected. At the time, the Shanghai Mei Agency and Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime’s Special Services Headquarters, Number 76, were opening their doors. Chen Gongxing became Num 5.1kReads7.4Score32314d adds

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    It stayed on topic, a spy thriller set in 1939, a prequel to Kite, during the period when the Shanghai Mei Agency and the 76th Special Agent Headquarters were established. It's an old-school spy novel, without any system or rebirth elements.

25. 125 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Personally Betrayed My Comrades 谍战：开局我亲手出卖了同志 Interesting and Cheap as Cabbage有趣也白菜Urban240k WordsCompleted Shanghai, 1942. On the first day Shen Gui was dragged into Unit 76, bamboo splinters were driven beneath his fingernails. For three days and three nights, he didn't give them a thing. On the fourth day, he confessed. The contact station was destroyed, and six comrades were killed. Overnight, he went from an underground Party member to a traitor despised by everyone. The organization wanted him dead, and the enemy didn't trust him. He became a wandering ghost with nowhere to go. But no one knew t 1.5kReads6.8Score10514d adds

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    These are good.

26. 126 7 Undercover Diary: Bureau 76 76号卧底日记 Interesting and Cheap as Cabbage有趣也白菜Urban406k WordsCompleted He has ears that can hear death in the radio waves. She can't read, but she can memorize anyone's face with a single glance. Nanjing, 1943. Chen Ze'an, deputy head of the communications office at No. 76, is a Wang Jingwei regime agent on the surface and an undercover Communist operative in secret. His only weapon is his extraordinary hearing: he can anticipate death from the static in radio transmissions and detect lies from the sound of a heartbeat. The organization assigns him a “wife”: Cuipin 135Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 127 在 Undercover at No. 76: My Female Boss Wants to Marry Me 在76号当卧底：女上司想嫁我 Interesting and Cheap as Cabbage有趣也白菜Mystery227k WordsCompleted Shanghai, 76 Jisifei'er Road, 1943. I am Shen Tingbai, the youngest interrogation section chief at the Wang Jingwei regime’s secret service headquarters, codename Judge. No anti-Japanese agent in my hands can hold out for more than seventy-two hours. They say I’m a loyal dog of the Japanese, a traitor among traitors. No one knows that every time I pry open someone’s mouth, I’m gambling with my own life: extracting the enemy’s intelligence while protecting comrades who haven’t yet been exposed 258Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 128 破 Cracking Codes and Capturing Spies: From Prisoner to the Military Intelligence Bureau's Seventh Brother 破密码擒间谍，从囚犯到军统七哥 Interesting and Cheap as Cabbage有趣也白菜Urban350k WordsCompleted Ye Mingyuan, a modern criminal investigation graduate, wakes up to find himself a murder suspect in the Republic of China era. In a Military Statistics Bureau prison, a whip is dipped in water and a branding iron glows red. His interrogators have only one demand: "Sign the confession." Someone else might have caved. But Ye Mingyuan has read thousands of case files in his previous life, and forensic science, forensic medicine, and criminal psychology all come naturally to him. In just one night, 720Reads6.3Score10414d adds
29. 129 铁 Railway Archives 铁路档案 St RifleSt步枪Urban329k WordsCompleted A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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    Is the spy genre so popular?

30. 130 谍 Spy Games: Starting with a Female Spy Taking Me Home 谍战风云：从被女特务捡回家开始 Riding a Pig Through the World骑猪闯世间Urban1.7M WordsOngoing His soul transmigrates to Jinling in 1936, and from the start, the ravishing female secret agent Ye Jieqing “picks him up” after he passes out. They meet again two years later, only for him to discover that she has become the wife of Li Shiqun, head of the 76th Office. Will their old romance be rekindled, or will he use the opportunity to infiltrate enemy territory? Armed with multiple golden fingers, including enhanced physical abilities, a portable space, and a radar that scans for evil, Chen 52.1kReads8.2Score4.6k14d adds

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    These are the real spy books.

31. 131 谍 Espionage: Codename Red Heart K, Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 谍战：代号红桃K，杀穿小鬼子 Nightingale1995夜莺1995Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine · courageous and resourceful · Republic-era System · gangs · anti-Japanese infiltration · brotherhood · parallel world] In the twenty-seventh year of the Republic, the smoke of war sweeps across Shanghai, leaving the city isolated after its fall. The glittering ten-mile stretch cannot hide a shattered land; songs and revelry through the night cannot drown out the cries of a nation in mourning. The Japanese invaders run rampant and collaborators hold power. Countless agents hide in 7.1kReads7.5Score62714d adds
32. 132 谍 Espionage: Tortured from the Start, but I'm Really Not a Spy 谍战：开局遭酷刑，我真不是间谍 Seven Punishments七刑Historical641k WordsCompleted After arriving in a parallel era, he has a spy System and goes undercover in a Japanese stronghold. Other undercover agents keep a low profile and conceal their identities. Sun Lang throws his weight around and courts death, turning Haishi upside down. He gets everyone in the region so furious they could explode... Military Statistics Bureau: "Since this Sun Lang refuses to join us, he'll only be a menace if we let him live. Send someone to kill him." The Red Party: "This Sun Lang shot one of ou 9Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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    [Eating popcorn] 1. The game starts with an electric shock in Dungeon 76 that awakens the system. Killing enemies grants skills like Divine Gun, Dexterity, and Danger Sense, as well as a query function and a lottery. Later, there's the Flying Leaf People [smirking]. 2. Transmigrated into Dungeon 76, initially wanting to be a good person, but later became frightened and lay down to survive, unwilling to activate the system. Later, the system forcibly activated, automatically controlling the body to complete tasks. Follow me to avoid running out of books to read.

33. 133 谍 Espionage: Finding Life in Desperate Straits 谍战之绝处逢生 Blazing Sun Turns to Sea烈阳化海Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Against the enemy, he is a sharp sword. To destroy them, he must endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. He longs to live beneath the "sunlight," but his duty confines him to the "shadows." This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who gave everything for their country! 92Reads7.4Score2514d adds
34. 134 谍 King of Espionage: I Have a System That Automatically Completes Missions 谍战之王：我有任务自动完成系统 Mo Lei Himself墨雷本雷Urban242k WordsCompleted “I’m sorry, I really can’t take it anymore!” Xia Yiyang transmigrated to the Republican era with the ambition of becoming the king of espionage. But a day later, he broke down. His comrade was blown to pieces right beside him, leaving only a length of intestine draped over his shoulder. Bullets whizzed past his ears, leaving him deaf in both ears. Only then did he realize that he was nothing but a big talker. Before transmigrating, he was one, and after transmigrating, he still was. He was absol 78Reads5.9Score—14d adds
35. 135 谍 Espionage: The Thousand-Faced Agent, a One-Man Army 谍战：千面特工，我一人成团 Peeling Shrimp扒虾Urban430k WordsOngoing Li Fei transmigrates to Shanghai in a parallel world and awakens the Many-Faced Agent System. Every time he completes a mission, he gains a new face. From then on, Shanghai has a new elusive Communist agent: Many Faces. Captured courier who turned traitor: Every time I meet him, Many Faces has a different face. Military Statistics Bureau: Many Faces is an organization, maybe even a whole regiment. Our bureau has been infiltrated like a sieve. There are Many Faces everywhere. Special Higher Polic 2.2kReads8.5Score19414d adds
36. 136 谍 Espionage: I Pulled Boss Dai’s Rickshaw and Became a Juntong Station Chief 谍战：拉车戴老板，我成军统站长 A Song of the Realm一曲赋江山Urban444k WordsCompleted Situ Li was reborn into an age of war. He was starving and worked as a lowly cart driver. He knew how to survive, but had no connections to get ahead. He thought he was destined to remain an insignificant nobody, but by a twist of fate, he ended up saving a big shot from the military intelligence service. The boss said, “Graduate from the military academy within a month, and I’ll give you an official position.” Before Situ Li could even protest, he found himself at the military academy. Then he 8kReads8.5Score51114d adds
37. 137 魂 Soul Transmigration to Republican China: My Years in the Military Statistics Bureau 魂穿民国：我在军统那些年 Hua Bingxiang华兵项Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Gu Jinzhao transmigrates to the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance and becomes a low-ranking field operative in the Lixing Society's Special Service Division. In this era, when the nation faces mortal peril, Gu Jinzhao has no powerful connections and cannot influence the course of events. All he can do is make his greatest effort to prepare China for an all-out war. 179Reads8.1Score4414d adds
38. 138 谍 Endless Shadows of Espionage 谍影无涯 Salt Point Seven盐点七Urban2.2M WordsOngoing Back in an age torn apart by war, he must keep himself alive by navigating between powerful factions. Little by little, he becomes a capable soldier, hiding deep in the enemy’s heartland and turning into a sharp blade driven behind enemy lines. 1.5kReads6.9Score10514d adds
39. 139 重 Reborn in Republican-Era China: Becoming the King of Spies 重生民国：成为谍影之王 The Salty Fish Swims and Swims咸鱼游啊游Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [Political Intrigue]+ [Military]+ [Spy]+ [Invincible] Wang Xinghuo, a lowly office worker, is reborn in the twenty-fifth year of the Revolution. A ninth-term student at the Whampoa Military Academy, a heaven-blessed prodigy: this is Wang Xinglan's new identity. He is Reborn to protect his family, but an unexpected turn of events leads him into the Secret Service, where he becomes a spy. He battles Japanese spies, gradually awakens his abilities, and climbs step by step to the pinnacle 2.9kReads7.0Score18114d adds
40. 140 谍 Espionage: If You Got This Script, Would You Take It? 谍战：这剧本给你你要不要？ Little Black Sun黑色小太阳Urban219k WordsOngoing [No System + No female lead] [Hellscript, Volume 2] Transmigrating into a spy thriller, Long Yan finds himself holding a hellish script and posing as a Japanese officer?! After attending the same military academy as Zhou Weiguo, entering into a partnership with the Ming Corporation before parting ways, and facing life and death on the battlefield alongside Takeshita Shun, Long Yan finally finds his organization. Three years later, he returns to Shanghai. This time, he's an agent embedded in the 831Reads8.2Score10114d adds

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41. 141 谍 Espionage: Shadow Without a Trace 谍战：无间谍影 Sailor Moon Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的赛文奥特曼Urban221k WordsOngoing A story about a modern man who transmigrates into the espionage-ridden Republic of China. The first hundred chapters mainly cover some spy cases in Jinling. I feel like the protagonist hasn't really had a chance to show what he can do yet. My initial plan is to send him into enemy-occupied territory after the first hundred chapters, where he can finally unleash his full potential. Art is a big explosion. 200Reads—Score—14d adds

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42. 142 谍 Railway Archives: Infiltration, Espionage, and the Shocking Case of Liaoshen 谍战潜伏铁路档案辽沈惊蛰 St RifleSt步枪Urban204k WordsOngoing Espionage, agents, undercover work, urban life, history, mystery, hard-core railway detail, war, the Republic of China era, and passion. In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic, on the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, undercurrents swirled along the railway lines at Jinzhou, Siping, and Meihekou. Ye Tian, a Communist underground agent codenamed Jingzhe, went undercover as a railway traffic dispatcher. He gathered military intelligence and disrupted Nationalist transport, providing crucial support 5Reads7.0Score—14d adds
43. 143 铁 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 St RifleSt步枪Urban349k WordsCompleted This book is set in a different period from the earlier novel Railway Archives. On August 15, 1945, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic, Japan surrendered. The espionage game had already been set in motion. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, Ye Tian was recruited by the Military Statistics Bureau under the codename Qingci. He became a double agent, using both his railway dispatcher’s job and his Qingci identity to wage a covert battle as a Communist underground operative. He supplied the Communist 6Reads7.4Score—14d adds
44. 144 潜 The Undercover Earthworm 潜伏的“蚯蚓” Li Ming李铭Modern Romance86k WordsCompleted During the Japanese occupation of Northeast China, underground Party members Zhou Mengxi and Zhang Xuesong are ordered to infiltrate the enemy's heartland. Codenamed “Earthworm,” they secretly make their way into the enemy's ranks, providing intelligence to their forces. Brilliant and brave, they fear no sacrifice and throw the enemy into chaos. The enemy dispatches an agent to target “Earthworm,” codenamed “Field Mouse.” Though there is no smoke on this hidden battlefield, the struggle is excep 1.1kReads9.5Score10014d adds

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    Synopsis: A highly recommended spy novel.

45. 145 穷 The Poor Become Rich Through Their Own Reversal 穷人逆转才是富 St RifleSt步枪Urban356k WordsCompleted After retiring from the special forces, Ye Tianxuan takes on espionage networks and creates the Veterans Group. Working with his partner Xiao Yue, he turns it into a world-class corporation. Together, they tackle social tensions and cutthroat business competition while resisting interference from foreign forces. He also fights criminal organizations through corporate espionage in the modern business world. This story is entirely fictional, yet reality lies hidden within its fiction. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 146 一 One Thought to Life or Death 一念生杀 Jiang Mo姜末Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted A century-old prominent family, a legacy of national and family hatred. A sudden death at a full-moon banquet, a terrifying disturbance in the manor in the dead of night, a sinister sacrifice in the ancestral hall... A string of murders begs the question: what earth-shattering secret lies behind them? In turbulent times, every step is difficult. Within the Shen family compound, the struggle for power rages. She yearns for freedom more than anything, yet chooses to bear the heaviest burden of fam 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is beautiful.

47. 147 谍 Espionage: From Shanghai's Little Beggar to the King of Spies 谍战：从上海滩小乞丐到特工之王 Old Li's Pistol老李的盒子炮Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Chen Shaoan’s soul transmigrates to old Shanghai, where he becomes a beggar scraping by. By chance, he saves a wounded woman, and ends up stumbling into the Military Statistics Bureau. With the Japanese invasion of China underway, Chen Shaoan uses his Role-Playing System to purge traitors, capture enemy moles alive, and assassinate senior Japanese officers, becoming a world-renowned king of spies. 7.7kReads8.7Score68814d adds

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    On a stormy night, Zhang Yunxuan carried out a precise assassination mission. His methods were professional, his actions swift, and he eliminated the target within minutes before disappearing into the night. For him, such actions were both a responsibility and a mission.

48. 148 暗 Shadow War, 1949: Spies in the Tiger’s Den 暗战1949：虎穴谍影 Wei Mu of Qingqiu Mountain青丘山的卫穆Modern Romance698k WordsOngoing Life may be lost, but faith never dies. If I leave and never return, then so be it. Glory lies in the heart, and passion burns within. In August 1949, as the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, Communist Party member Wu Shi went undercover there as deputy chief of staff at the Ministry of National Defense. Together with courier Zhu Feng, he formed the East China Sea Intelligence Group and sent the Communist Party’s East China Bureau top-secret intelligence, including troop deployments on Kinmen Isla 74Reads7.7Score10414d adds

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49. 149 谍 Espionage: I Have an Intelligence System 谍战，我有一个情报系统 Valley of Guixu归墟谷Urban458k WordsCompleted People usually play many roles in society. They may be a son in one family, an employee at one company, and a citizen of one country. Liu Songfeng is more than all that: one man with a thousand faces, surrounded by layers of intrigue. In this turbulent age, Liu Songfeng uses his intelligence and extraordinary courage to navigate between rival factions. Yet his identity is shrouded in mystery, impossible to pin down. No one knows his name, but his deeds will live forever. Liu Songfeng says, “I wa 6kReads8.6Score34614d adds
50. 150 谍 Espionage: I Was Undercover, Then Awakened the Fierce Cop System! 谍战：潜伏的我却觉醒悍警系统！ Panda King of Langlang Mountain浪浪山熊猫大王Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Espionage + Wits and Strategy + Cheat Ability + Ruthless + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Punishing the Japanese Invaders + Tycoon] When it comes to killing Japanese invaders, is anything more satisfying than slaughtering them openly, right in front of their own men, and then getting promoted and rewarded by them afterward? Li Mengzhou transmigrates to Shanghai in 1938, becoming a rookie who has just joined the police force, and awakens the Tough Cop (Bandit) System! “This is occupied territory! The crim 3.5kReads7.8Score29414d adds

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