Any Good Spy Novels? I Want Opponents Who Are Actually Smart 有好的谍战小说吗？请找对手智商在线的。

1. 1 以 In the Name of a Traitor 以汉奸之名 Bedorou Cat贝多肉猫Historical558k WordsOngoing He has the script. He knows the names of every traitor. But every time he kills a “future traitor,” the resistance suffers another bloody loss. He wants to save his comrades, but they want to kill him. The only person protecting him is the enemy. The more good he does, the more he looks like a collaborator. After wearing the mask for five years, he can no longer tell: Is he only playing a collaborator, or has he become one? Only when a true comrade gives their life to clear his name, and he knee 18kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds

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   I recommend a spy novel. So far, I think none of the others rated 9 or higher are as good as it. It's just that it's currently too short. Those interested can try reading a sample; if you like it, wait until it's more complete before reading it.

2. 2 亮 Bright Sword: Lucky Me, I’ve Reached the Japanese Stronghold 亮剑：锦鲤啊，打到鬼子大本营了 Words Love Cigarettes字爱香烟Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Wang Hao is an office worker and fishing enthusiast who transmigrates to the War of Resistance battlefield, where he doesn’t know how to do a thing. What he doesn’t realize is that he has the combined luck of a lucky koi and a total good-luck charm. He goes out fishing and somehow hooks a beautiful Japanese intelligence agent, exposing a Japanese spy network infiltrated into the base area. He goes up the mountain to hunt and somehow takes out a Japanese sniper team and kills a lieutenant colonel 15.6kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds

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   These are some lighthearted, enjoyable reads for those who like stories about everyday life. They have great themes, are satisfying, and funny.

3. 3 谍 Spy War: I’ve Caught Every Japanese Spy 谍战，日谍被我抓光了 The Spycraft Angler谍战钓鱼佬Urban2.1M WordsCompleted I'm an avid angler, and I transmigrated into the body of a secret agent. I'm an avid angler. I don't know how to do anything. But I have a System that can identify Japanese spies. I also have a storage space, just for helping myself to free stuff from the Japanese. Before the full-scale war broke out, I had nearly rounded up every last one of their spies. Japanese soldier: Baka! What's going on? We're running out of spies! Kenji Doihara: Baka! What's wrong with you people? We can't train spies a 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
4. 4 谍 Espionage: You Were Told to Infiltrate, So Why Are You Running the Special High Intelligence Unit? 谍战：让你潜伏，你搞特高课课长 Words Love Cigarettes字爱香烟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Super Satisfying]+ [No Torturing the Protagonist] Guan Peng transmigrates to Shanghai in 1934 and becomes a young police officer. His superior immediately makes things difficult for him, but luckily, his System activates just in time. In this world, kind people get bullied, and even a good horse gets ridden! Realizing he needs to change, Guan Peng first kills his superior, then successfully takes his place! Du Yuesheng: “Brother Peng, this is just a little token of my 15.3kReads7.7Score94814d adds
5. 5 枫 Red Leaves in the Wind 枫叶飘红 Picking Shells from the Sea008沧海拾贝008Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted Without reading, you cannot understand reason; without studying history, you cannot clarify your aspirations. Looking back, the past stretches as far as the eye can see, like maple leaves drifting slowly down from the branches, farther and farther away, redder and redder. Take history as a mirror, and savor life... 128Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Patriotism and unwavering devotion

6. 6 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've only just started watching, but I'm already really hooked. I keep imagining the scenes as I watch.

7. 7 尘 Glory in the Dust 尘埃里的荣耀 Zeng Xueying曾学英Historical325k WordsCompleted Anti-Japanese War spy intrigue + espionage, history + agents, powerful figures + power struggles, face-slapping Late autumn, 1948. The operations room of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters. Just as Section Chief Guo Zhun, a major general, reaches for the gun in his desk drawer, Shen Xingzhi, a special agent from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, walks in. He says he’s there for a cup of tea, but his eyes are fixed on Guo Zhun’s shoes. Hidden in the heel is a roll of microfilm that co 4.1kReads8.0Score31714d adds

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   To be honest, what I fear most in spy dramas is the villain's lack of intelligence. But Shen Xingzhi in this book is an opponent who sent chills down my spine. He planted listening devices in his office, under his mattress in his dormitory, used a direction-finding vehicle to locate the radio, and sent people to Nanjing to monitor Guo Zhun's wife and children—every step he took hit the protagonist's weak spot. But Guo Zhun was even more cunning. After discovering the listening devices, he neither removed them nor removed them. Instead, he acted out a scene, fabricating a fictitious "warehouse in the east of the city" that led Shen Xingzhi to send an entire platoon to search. This battle of wits between masters was incredibly satisfying to watch. The author's plot twists are brilliant; every time you think Guo Zhun is doomed, he manages to turn the tables in an unexpected way. And it's not luck, it's brains. This is the pinnacle of spy dramas, no arguments allowed.

8. 8 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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   This book is amazing!! The main character is beautiful, strong, and suffers a tragic fate, there's no romantic pairing, and it's incredibly difficult for him to get to where he is! [Almost crying][Almost crying] The author's writing is excellent, lighthearted and funny, but there are quite a few angst-filled moments, and some of the pairings are quite sweet.

9. 9 谍 A Tangled Web of Espionage: I’ll Be the Ninth of the Eight Guardians! 谍综重重：八大金刚我行九！ Sui Jing'an隋靖安Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [From Juntong bigwig Brother Jiu to Marquis Ju, and then to Springtime in Hong Kong!] [Female lead Li Ningyu + turning Japanese loyalists into capable servants] Everyone knows that Dai Li’s most capable men in the Lixing Society are known as the Eight Vajras. But who says the Eight Vajras can’t have a ninth member? Here he comes, walking straight toward you! The Nationalist government’s intelligence community’s god of fortune! A trusted confidant of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, 21.7kReads7.5Score2.3k14d adds

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   From "Ninth Brother of the Military Intelligence Bureau" to "Marquis of Orange" and then to "Spring in Hong Kong," my novels have already exceeded one million words. I'd like to recommend my own books.

10. 10 民 Republican China: From Fake Young Master to Warlord 民国，从冒牌少爷到一方军阀 Li Xuanhe李玄河Urban2.4M WordsOngoing [No System + Republican Era + Multiple Heroines + Espionage in the Later Story] After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, landlord's son Li Mingyuan, who had paid for a trainee patrol officer's post, set sail for his new assignment with his newlywed wife Shen Shutong, his attendant Fugui, and the old family servant Wang Guilan. They were attacked by river bandits along the way. The original Li Mingyuan was killed, while Fugui, the protagonist and a modern-day special forces soldier, was knocked unco 12.1kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds

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    The long-running serialized novel on the theme of anti-Japanese espionage has already exceeded 2 million words.

11. 11 1 1936: A Crow’s Years as a Spy 1936：一只乌鸦的谍战岁月 Cabbage Sprout白菜秧子Urban257k WordsOngoing [Secret identity]+ [Clones]+ [Spatial relocation]+ [Infrastructure and factories]+ [Building a team] He transmigrated to 1936 and became a crow with a pocket dimension. He thought this was just how his life would be from now on, until the crow discovered he could continually condense mental seeds and take the identities of people on the brink of death. A military intelligence agent who repairs bicycles... A Japanese noble serving in the military justice department... A Yunnan Army company comman 1.1kReads5.8Score10314d adds

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    Clone system.

12. 12 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战：开局化身日本贵族军官 Cabbage Sprout白菜秧子Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Li Yan was a frail, sickly man until one day he discovered that he had gained a doppelganger with a highly sensitive identity. Connecting his various doubles to his real body was a modest-sized storage space. From then on, he began moving through the largest commercial city in the Far East under a variety of identities. A covert agent for the Military Investigation Bureau, an aristocratic officer in the Japanese Marines, a rickshaw puller by day and a rooftop-running bandit by night… All these i 21.8kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
13. 13 潜 The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban686k WordsCompleted In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh 47.8kReads8.6Score3k14d adds

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14. 14 无 Silent 1937 无声1937 Dreaming of the Corner梦知隅Urban751k WordsOngoing In his previous life, he met with an accident while carrying out a mission. When he opened his eyes, he had become Chen Shusheng, captain of a Juntong action squad, locked in an interrogation room and framed as a scapegoat. The Japanese spy wants him dead. His own men have set him up. His superior is happy to go along with it. On this path, one wrong word means death, and trusting the wrong person means ruin beyond redemption. He comes from the future and knows how much more suffering this natio 105.1kReads8.8Score9.6k14d adds

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    This book is outstanding in terms of character design, plot, and writing style. I wasn't planning to finish it, but once I started reading, it was so good that I couldn't resist continuing.

15. 15 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

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    It looks good and is worth buying.

16. 16 谍 Espionage: Harbin, 1941 谍战：哈尔滨1941 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In 1939, Harbin was a vast maze of spies. Zhou Jinyu, a cool-headed ace agent, and Gu Wanru, a rookie, were ordered to pose as husband and wife and infiltrate the heart of the Japanese puppet regime. From an identity crisis that began in hell to an unshakable trust forged through life and death, they treaded carefully under the ever-watchful suspicion of Ichiro Shimizu. As the mystery of the “Shadow Protocol” closed in and their own names appeared on the “elimination list,” Zhou Jinyu realized t 5.4kReads7.5Score44214d adds
17. 17 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.

18. 18 我 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 Water-Nourished Jade Grove Bell水润琼林钟Historical428k WordsOngoing He Shouye, an actor in a hit TV drama, is shot in the heart with a prop gun and wakes up in the Republican era as He Shouye, a ginseng porter. He has no lifespan to spare after his transmigration, but a System that lets him extend his life by killing Japanese invaders arrives and binds itself to him. Follow He Shouye through the many lives he leads as he fights the invaders to stay alive. 2.5kReads—Score17114d adds

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    To serve the war effort, they killed Japanese soldiers and looted supplies behind enemy lines.

19. 19 谍 Espionage: I Pose as a Japanese Officer in Enemy-Occupied Territory 谍战：我在敌占区扮演鬼子军官 Fists in Kindergarten拳打幼儿园Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [This novel has a System, with no more than ten uses] [Large cast] [Espionage + business warfare + nation-stealing] The novel has three volumes: [The Mainland Arc] Mainly follows the protagonist's rise and development. [Siam Arc] Portrays the Japanese military in the later stages of the war from Siam's perspective. [Japan Arc] Begins at Chapter 648 and mainly focuses on postwar Japan. Many readers consider this part the highlight. Lin Zhiyuan is Hengdian's best-known actor for playing Japanese 133.9kReads8.7Score17.2k14d adds
20. 20 民 Republican-Era China: From Ruthless Bandit to King of Assassins 民国之从悍匪到杀手之王 Great Snow of the Gengshen Year庚申大雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This book is complete, so feel free to dive in. The author's new book, A Republic-Era Diviner Who Sends the Japanese Devils to Their Graves: I'm a Professional, is also available. Come check it out! In a bandit stronghold in the three northeastern provinces, the bandit king Wang Laoliu, known as the Iron King of Hell, starts out as a notorious outlaw who robs Japanese devils. He fights his way across half of China and gradually rises to become the King of Nanyang. Unlike traditional War of Resis 20.3kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
21. 21 民 Espionage in Republican-Era China: Big Brother, Why Make Me a Spy? 民国谍影：大哥，为啥让我做特工 Let the Wild Youth Out聊发骚年狂Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Ruthless traitor hunting + political intrigue + wits and strategy + multiple identities + pulse-pounding] This is an age of despair, and an age filled with hope. An age of silence and endurance, and an age of cries of resistance. An age of trust, and an age of doubt. We have everything before us, and nothing before us. We are all bound for Heaven, and we are all bound for Hell... This is the Republican Era! It is the twenty-eighth year of the Republican Era. Japanese invaders are ravaging China 16.9kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds
22. 22 谍 Espionage: I Have the System of the King of All Evil 谍战：我有万恶之王系统 Deep-Fried Tomatoes油炸西红柿Urban1.6M WordsCompleted The cold-blooded assassin Chen Guobin is transmigrated into a small-time patrol officer in Shanghai, badge number 9527. He’s accidentally caught up in a Military Statistics Bureau manhunt and forced to become one of its agents. He’s trapped in occupied territory, where danger lurks everywhere and death waits around every corner. Luckily, he awakens the King of All Evil System. He can earn all kinds of rewards by stopping bad people from misbehaving or simply taking them out. He beats up a traito 30.7kReads7.8Score2.4k14d adds

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23. 23 谍 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 Luminous White Radish夜光白萝卜Urban1.5M WordsOngoing When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. When you gaze into the abyss again, the abyss gets impatient: “What are you looking at?” Feng Gang, a modern historian, transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Born into a time of chaos, in the darkest hours before dawn, he discovers that he has no System or superpowers of any kind. All he has is a deep gaze that spans a century and sees through every illusion... 18.4kReads8.7Score2k14d adds

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    Tomato's best Republican-era spy novel, recommended.

24. 24 潜 Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban126k WordsCompleted Shanghai in 1941 is a battlefield without gunfire. Lin Mo, the youngest chief of the secretariat in the Wang Jingwei regime, conceals a Browning pistol beneath his immaculate suit and deadly sharpness behind his gold-rimmed glasses. When he finds a classified message encrypted with the “Plum Blossom Cipher” in a safe, cold sweat soaks through his shirt. There is a traitor within the organization, and this person knows that he is the Chinese Communist Party’s ace agent, code-named “Winter Plum.” 544Reads—Score10414d adds
25. 25 潜 The Sea of Infiltration 潜伏之海 Forget War and Risk Perishing 007忘战必危007Urban175k WordsCompleted At Taoyuan Airport in 1949, as Yu Zecheng performs the final “hen circling” signal under the station chief's watch, he has no idea that this gesture will mark the beginning of an underground mission lasting thirty-eight years. A customs inspector forced to go to Taiwan, he burns the letter addressed to his “late wife Cuiping,” then uses the ashes to piece together his first map of Taiwan's defensive fortifications. From helping build an intelligence network for the U.S. military's “Operation Bri 136Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 26 官 A Trap Within a Trap in the Halls of Power 官场局中局 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban537k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + power struggles + influential figures + suspense + workplace drama + deduction] Cao Zili, head of the Phoenix Mountain project, falls to his death. Rumors claim a suicide note was found at the scene, but its intended recipient is a mystery, and the case is full of unanswered questions... Was it suicide or murder? And what was the motive? The body cannot be found, making the case difficult to solve... The provincial task force arrives, sending the political scene in Huzhou i 1.2kReads8.7Score12414d adds
27. 27 大 Wang Pu, a Young Man Past His Prime 大龄青年王普 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban476k WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines, romance, countryside, entrepreneurship, lesbian romance, and an older bachelor] Wang Pu returns to his village, where the neighborhood gossips surround him and laugh mockingly. Wang Pu develops the pond south of the village into an eco-farm. As the village committee brings in young officials and the local economy grows, Wang Pu makes a comeback and is elected, leading his fellow villagers down the road to prosperity. His love life, career, and political prospects all flourish 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
28. 28 谍 Spy Games: I'm a Gun Nut Who Loves Growing Ginseng 谍战，我是刀枪炮，就爱种人参 365-Degree Self-Indulgence365度自嗨Urban343k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, and it's very low right now. No idea if it'll go up or down, but I'll do my best.) I'm Xu Erwen, better known as Wenwen. I've got just one hobby: growing ginseng. My biggest dream is to own a Land Rover and make a little money. But what happened? I was in the middle of dreaming big, and when I opened my eyes, I was in Shanghai in 1939! Well, here we go! As the saying goes, a dead Japanese soldier is a good Japanese soldier. Putting them to use instead of wasting them s 43.3kReads6.6Score4.4k14d adds

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    A unique and exhilarating spy thriller set during the War of Resistance against Japan! Xu Erwen transmigrates to old Shanghai, empowered by a system, transforming into a weapon and cannon to carry out missions and reap rewards. While upholding righteousness and fighting bravely, he also longs for his dream of growing ginseng and driving a Land Rover.

29. 29 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

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30. 30 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
31. 31 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
32. 32 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
33. 33 逆 The Nameless Reverse Blade 逆刃无名 You'nan Story Collection悠南故事汇Urban253k WordsCompleted Spy thriller + Republican-era China + agents + mystery and deduction + careful planning + high-IQ mind games + undercover work + no romance In 1934, Shanghai was shrouded in turmoil. Shen Yan, a proofreader at a small newspaper, was an ordinary man with just two extraordinary qualities: a photographic memory and an unmatched talent for keeping his abilities hidden. A circle-shaped coded message, a ragtag team of five, and an assassination that would shake the world. He killed the traitor in thre 112Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 34 谍 Espionage: I’m a Screwdriver, Infiltrating No. 76 谍战：我是螺丝刀，卧底76号 Fragrant Blossoms in Spring春暖留芳Urban2.7M WordsOngoing (A rough-around-the-edges spy’s rise to success, with a soft spot for the Communists. Please don’t flame if it’s not your thing!) He’s a disposable pawn in the Military Statistics Bureau, but he has an infinite storage space and supernatural hearing! Thanks to his uncanny ability to hit his targets with flying screwdrivers, he rises to become the top assassin at the Shanghai station, then goes undercover at No. 76 by pure chance. Amid the turbulent world of espionage, he kills Japanese invaders 44.2kReads8.0Score3k14d adds

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    A must-read spy thriller for anyone experiencing a reading slump! The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a Kuomintang cannon fodder, possessing the dual advantages of an infinite space and super hearing. Codenamed "Screwdriver," he infiltrates the Wang Jingwei regime's 76th Division. His flying screwdrivers are incredibly accurate, and he shows no mercy in killing Japanese soldiers and traitors. Using his spatial ability, he supplies the anti-Japanese resistance, playing the fool while outmaneuvering the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang, and the underground Communist Party, achieving incredible reversals. No dragging build-up, high-energy from the start, brimming with espionage tension, and packed with thrilling moments you won't be able to stop reading! [Sparrow's Masterpiece]

35. 35 谍 Espionage: You'd Better Come Clean 谍战：你最好老实交代 Not a Fat Cat非肥猫Urban240k WordsOngoing In this dark forest where everyone is acting and everyone is lying, Jia Derang serves his country with a unique ability. Whenever someone lies in front of him, their body glows red. Other people use torture to interrogate suspects. Jia Derang just “reads their faces.” Whether he’s dealing with Japanese spies who deny everything or collaborators who weep and beg for mercy, Jia Derang always greets them with a smile: “Relax. You’d better come clean.” After all, when the red glow from your body is 530Reads—Score10414d adds

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36. 36 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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    1921-1945 [National Righteousness - Warlordism - Anti-Japanese War in the Republic of China - Searching for Parents - No Superpowers - Traditional Espionage - Multiple Female Leads - Logic and Intelligence - Decisive and Ruthless] Raised by a spy for over a decade, drawn by his golden bloodline; honed his skills in the countryside; became a warlord in the county town.

37. 37 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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    Please take a look at mine

38. 38 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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    Pure intellectual battles, audiobooks with multiple characters reading aloud would be even better.

39. 39 民 Secret War in the Republic of China: The Judge of the Underworld 民国暗战之阎罗判官 Misty Twilight暮景凝烟Urban546k WordsOngoing In a turbulent era of national crisis, there are traitors and lackeys, but even more people of conscience. Faced with hardship, some profit from the nation’s suffering, while others accept things as they are. Yet there are still people with unwavering faith who disregard their own gain and loss. For the first glimmer of dawn in the darkness, they willingly step into the shadows, becoming judges of the underworld whom their enemies fear at the mere mention. The protagonist works undercover at fir 152Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The spy-themed, realistic villains are intelligent.

40. 40 大 Ming's God of War, Zhu Di 大明战神朱棣 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Historical472k WordsCompleted Why do we love reading about him? Because he lived the way we wish we could: if you don’t like it, fight! If you lose, own it! If you win, don’t brag. He feigned madness, played the fool, and even ate pig feed in a pigsty. Then he fought his way from Beiping to Nanjing and seized the dragon throne with his own hands. Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was twenty when he was sent to govern Beiping. No one had any faith in this “Fourth Son.” His imperial father suspected him, his nephew trie 20.2kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    A passionate Ming Dynasty, a passionate Zhu Di... Scheming to seize the throne! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

41. 41 影 Screen Worlds: I Can See Your Name 影综：我能看到你的名 There's Poison in the Egg蛋里有毒Urban516k WordsCompleted Li Weigong, Wu Jingzhong, Zheng Yaoxian, Wang Tianfeng, and Tan Zhongshu are my colleagues. Yu Zecheng, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan, Xu Zhongyi, Ming Lou, Gong Shu, Lin Nansheng, Chi Tiecheng... are my students. How could I lose? Watch Gao Feng write his own legend in the world of master spies. We stand at the beginning of the story, watching them head toward their inevitable deaths. 3.2kReads7.4Score15014d adds

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    My new personal book, a spy fantasy, no female lead, all about the mission [smile]. Zheng Yaoxian and Wu Jingzhong are my colleagues, Yu Zecheng, Xu Zhongyi, and Gong Shu are my students. [Laugh]

42. 42 雍 Yongzheng's Secret Blade 雍正暗刃 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Mystery231k WordsCompleted Political intrigue + Assassination + Romance + Court drama. The Blood-Drop Earring, the most ruthless and secretive assassination unit in Yongzheng's Imperial Bodyguard Office, strikes fear into all who hear its name. Chen Ying, its sharpest hidden blade, is ordered to slaughter a loyal minister's entire household. But he discovers that his victims are not rebels: they are a lone official who knows the royal family's deepest secrets. The dying man's question, “Who will silence you when your turn 336Reads—Score10414d adds

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    "Yongzheng's Special Operations Group... The 'Flying Guillotine'... Just hearing about it sends chills down my spine..."

43. 43 蝶 Butterflies and Spies 蝶来谍网 The Internet Is Like This网是如焉Urban465k WordsCompleted A beautiful female bandit blunders into Harbin's espionage network. She takes a male spy hostage, only to find herself trapped in bed with him. The two decide to plot together in private and put their plans into action beyond their bedroom door. They spill blood in a bandit stronghold, root out traitors in a brothel on Peach Blossom Lane, lie in wait to catch bandits at an illegal gambling den, and smash up an opium house to rid the area of its evils... This is neither fantasy nor a story about 15.4kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds

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    A very good novel

44. 44 破 The Windbreaker 破风者 Half a Sunbeam半扇阳光Historical181k WordsCompleted In 1931, Jiang Hanwen, head of the Shanghai Central underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested and promptly betrayed the revolution. Under the command of special commissioner Wu Shude, the Shanghai district of the Kuomintang Central Investigation Department, predecessor of the Zhongtong, used information provided by the turncoat Jiang Hanwen to launch a sweeping manhunt and purge of our underground intelligence network in Shanghai and its key operatives. Chen Tongzhou, 2.3kReads8.8Score26914d adds

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    It realistically recreates a brutal and bloody battle that took place on the secret front of our Party in Shanghai in 1931.

45. 45 明 The Ming Dynasty’s Special Reconnaissance Troops: The Night Watchmen 明朝特种侦察兵夜不收 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Historical456k WordsCompleted A battle of wits between elite scouts, a shadow war of espionage full of twists, and a poignant romance between two people caught in forces beyond their control: all this awaits in the legendary tale of the Ming Dynasty’s Night-Rejecting scouts! During the Jiajing era, unrest flares along the frontier as the Mongols and Jurchens watch hungrily from the shadows. An elite reconnaissance unit known as the Night-Rejectors becomes the sharpest hidden blade guarding the Ming border. Shen Yan, the son 414Reads6.4Score10014d adds

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    Night watchmen… [Thumbs up] Passionate Ming Dynasty…

46. 46 浴 Reborn in the Flames: From a World in Chaos to Glory 浴火重生：从乱世走向辉煌 Cute Crocodile God萌萌的鼍神Urban1.4M WordsOngoing The rating has just come in, and it will rise later. Rebirth + alternate history + no System + resistance-war espionage A hundred-year-old man, Wang Anqing, dies alone amid the chaos of war... Reborn in the resistance-war era, he must start over from scratch. Watch how this teenage boy grows step by step, makes up for the regrets of his previous life, and ultimately rewrites his fate and history. 6.9kReads9.2Score48014d adds

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    A story about a centenarian veteran of the War of Resistance against Japan who is reborn during the war to save the country and its people. Thank you for your support! 😊 It tells the story of a centenarian veteran who is reborn during the War of Resistance against Japan to save the country and its people. It has no system, is quite realistic, and is written in a simple and delicate style. The prototype is my maternal grandfather. He has strong moral values, is logical, and doesn't lower your intelligence. *͈ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈ෆ

47. 47 谍 Espionage: I Handle Logistics at Headquarters 76 谍战：我在76号管后勤 Li Guolao李果老Urban118k WordsOngoing Li Zongheng, a college student from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes the head of the supplies allocation section at Wang Jingwei’s 76th Division. Looking at the den of evil before him, Li Zongheng gives a cold laugh. This lucrative cushy job will make the perfect cover for fighting the Japanese! With control of supplies, he manages ammunition and medicine above, and food and fuel below. The foreign firms in the concessions are his supply stations, and the 76th Di 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I recommend this book; it's not mindless, and the plot is solid and funny.

48. 48 弄 A Lane Boy's War of Resistance 弄堂小子的抗战 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban364k WordsCompleted Chen Agen grew up in the alleys of Shanghai and learned extraordinary martial arts from the reclusive master Lu Zijian, known as "Ghost Shadow." Carrying the simple ideal of upholding justice, he joined the police force. But after he unexpectedly saved Wu Siba, a powerful officer in the Japanese puppet organization known as Unit 76, he was forced into the den of evil and became a member of the collaborationist secret service headquarters. There, he witnessed the invaders' brutality and endured 140Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Personally, I feel this is the best spy novel.

49. 49 暗 Shadows and Spies: An Undercover Agent in the War of Resistance 暗影谍影：抗战卧底 Construction Worker Who Plays Terribly乱弹琴的工地人Urban395k WordsCompleted From 1939 to 1944, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate. In Central China, the Japanese military established its intelligence hub, the “Plum Blossom Bureau,” and colluded with the Wang Jingwei puppet regime to hunt down underground intelligence agents and destroy resistance organizations. At the same time, they secretly advanced “Operation Cold Star,” building hidden weapons depots and training agents in an attempt to completely blockade the resistance bases in Central China a 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The ultimate spy thriller, a masterpiece of spy thrillers.

50. 50 虎 A Blade in the Tiger’s Den 虎穴潜锋 Construction Worker Who Plays Terribly乱弹琴的工地人Urban220k WordsCompleted Set against the true history of espionage during the War of Resistance Against Japan, this novel features a patient and decisive undercover agent serving with our forces, along with layered crises and plot twists that balance suspense with logic. The story takes place from 1941 to 1945, as the War of Resistance entered a stalemate. The Japanese army built strongholds across North and East China and established secret police agencies to carry out brutal “mopping-up” campaigns and blockades agains 1.9kReads—Score10414d adds

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