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  1. 51 I'm Supposed to Be a Spy, but Everyone Thinks I'm the God of Wealth 明明是卧底,活成别人眼中的财神 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Traditional spy thriller + no System + no pocket dimension + no transmigration or rebirth (if you don’t like that, don’t read) [I’ve seen quite a few comments lately pointing out typos and missing words. I’m truly sorry. I wrote the whole thing by hand, and even though I checked it in the backend before uploading, some errors were unavoidable. Also, completed novels can’t be edited, so it’s not that I’m deliberately refusing to fix them. If you enjoy the story, please bear with it. May you get p 39.4kReads9.0Score4kShelves
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  2. 52 Espionage: I Have a Pocket Dimension, but I Choose to Go It Alone 谍战:我有空间,但我选择单干 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No System, but with a Map + Resistance-Era Spy Thriller + Portable Storage Space + Won't Side with Any Faction + Fighting the Japanese Alone] Ma Liang is a top-tier field agent. During an escort mission, alien technology is accidentally activated at an agent supply depot, sending him to the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The depot transmigrates along with Ma Liang, becoming his portable storage space, and his physical abilities are enhanced to three times their normal level. As luc 35.1kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
  3. 53 Nameless in the Spy World 谍海无名 Urban3.6M WordsCompleted No one knows your name, but your deeds will endure forever. The artillery strikes on Beidaying, the fall of the Northeast, the puppet state of Manchukuo at the mercy of its masters, and thirty million compatriots enduring the suffering of a conquered people. Faced with a cataclysmic upheaval, Chi Yanzhou chooses to sacrifice himself for his country, infiltrating enemy territory to fight to the death amid conspiracies, schemes, and traps! He walks the cliff's edge beneath the enemy's guns, kindli 18.4kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
  4. 54 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 Historical364k 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. 2.2kReads—Score125Shelves
  5. 55 Back to the 1990s with a Fish Finder: Fishing My Way to a New Life 带着鱼探回九零钓鱼改写人生 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted While Shen Zichen was using a fish finder, it exploded. His soul traveled back in time with the fish finder to the moment when, after being betrayed by his girlfriend and misunderstood by his family, he went fishing to ease his sorrows. By chance, he fell into the sea among the reefs and hauled up a corpse. He made two friends, and with their help, bought stocks and lottery tickets, invested in real estate in Hainan, and, after making money, bought a fishing boat of his own. He went out to sea t 2.9kReads8.2Score244Shelves
  6. 56 War of Resistance: I Rise in Southeast Asia, Starting with the Expeditionary Force 抗战:从远征军开始在东南亚崛起 Urban731k WordsCompleted He transmigrates to 1942 and becomes a regimental commander in the expeditionary force. Step by step, he rises to become a figure who shapes the tides of world events. P.S. I'm not good at writing introductions. Please read the story itself. 13.8kReads8.3Score778Shelves
  7. 57 Bright Sword: Why Did You Capture So Much Loot? 亮剑:为什么你的缴获这么多 Urban3.7M WordsOngoing Zhang Yun, a staff member at a New Era War of Resistance Memorial Hall, carries a game cheat that boosts captured loot by 0.5 times as he transmigrates into the world of "Drawing Sword" and becomes a member of the Eighth Route Army. See how he uses this golden finger to fight the Japanese invaders alongside regiment commanders like Li Yunlong and Kong Jie. A carefully researched novel with a moderate golden finger, and no weapons that exceed their era! 32.8kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
  8. 58 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 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. 7.6kReads8.7Score680Shelves
  9. 59 Espionage: Rising from Cannon Fodder 谍战:从炮灰开始崛起 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A new book is out: “War of Resistance: Turning Dad into a Rising Star.” It’s a feel-good War of Resistance novel. Please check it out. The previous book is about to conclude, and an audiobook narrated by a real person is now available. Readers who enjoy audiobooks are welcome to check it out. [War of Resistance Espionage + System-Powered Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Paths of Development + Military Statistics Bureau in the Early Story + Army in the Later Story + Beating the Japanese to a Pulp] Son 39.2kReads7.4Score4.8kShelves
  10. 60 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战:让你潜伏,你混得风生水起 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 20.6kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves
  11. 61 Spy War: Code Name Ant, Moving Expert 谍战,代号蚂蚁,搬家小能手 Urban530k WordsCompleted Espionage? No need to go undercover. It may look safe, and in fact it isn't dangerous at all. All you have to do is slowly empty the enemy's storehouses, leaving them without supplies or support. Then victory is as good as yours! 14.3kReads6.9Score966Shelves
  12. 62 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 Urban1.4M 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... 7.2kReads8.3Score889Shelves
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  13. 63 Railway Archives: Infiltration, Espionage, and the Shocking Case of Liaoshen 谍战潜伏铁路档案辽沈惊蛰 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 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  14. 64 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 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 3Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  15. 65 Railway Archives 铁路档案 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 2Reads7.2Score—Shelves
  16. 66 The Poor Become Rich Through Their Own Reversal 穷人逆转才是富 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. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 67 Republican Era Espionage: Code Name Crab 民国谍战之代号螃蟹 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted They endured a long, dark night, writing an indispensable page in China's War of Resistance with their blood. Some say your writing feels real, but who knows that the real world of espionage was even more brutal, too brutal to put into words. With this book, I pay tribute to all the heroes who gave their lives for their country on the intelligence front. 23kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves
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  18. 68 Espionage: Gravely Wounded from the Start, I Must Kill Japanese Soldiers to Stay Alive 谍战:开局重伤,必须杀鬼子续命 Urban551k WordsCompleted [Espionage + System + Schemer + All Villains + Ruthless] How long can an ordinary person survive after transmigrating to Beiping during the War of Resistance? Song Wenyuan has the answer from personal experience: Three days! He was nearly killed by bandits right after arriving, but luckily someone rescued him and brought him to Beiping. After begging for food for three days, the Japanese caught sight of him. As a gleaming bayonet pierced his chest, Song Wenyuan died with regrets! At the moment o 21.1kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
  19. 69 Spy War 1937: From the Start, I Wiped Out the Special Higher Section 谍战1937:开局血洗特高科 Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Transmigration + Spy Warfare + Bloody Slaughter + Spatial Power While playing a game, modern young man Zhang Yunhe transmigrates to 1937 and becomes an agent for the Blue Shirts Society. To his surprise, he has brought along the Iron Warriors’ equipment from the game. Using its cloaking ability, he wipes out the entire Special Higher Police Agency from the start, striking such terror into the enemy that they tremble in fear. After that, he easily acquires enemy intelligence and maneuvers through 57.2kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves
  20. 70 Espionage: Code Name 010 谍战:代号010 Urban227k WordsCompleted [Respect history, remember history, never forget national humiliation] In the summer of 1937, a transfer order drew a spoiled young man into the fray. But beneath the surface, undercurrents swirled within the camp as mysterious spies quietly infiltrated it, and various factions vied for power... A covert war disguised as a special training program was about to begin. The undercover agent had returned to his place. The ace would have to reveal himself before the blades were drawn. 2.3kReads8.0Score181Shelves
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  21. 71 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China: From Straw-Sandal Soldier to Red General 穿越民国:从草鞋兵到红色将军 Urban616k WordsOngoing He opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking soldier among the dead in the Sichuan Army of the Republic of China era. Warlords clash, and a human life is worth less than a dog's. Relying on the tactics he remembers, he claws his way out of a mountain of corpses and advances one step at a time, from a squad leader to an officer in the Whampoa clique. In the Battle of Shanghai, Sichuan Army soldiers in straw sandals stand against elite Japanese troops with their flesh and blood. In the Defense 33Reads—Score114Shelves
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  22. 72 Espionage: I Can See People's Identities 谍战我能看到身份信息 Urban1.5M WordsOngoing He graduated from the Qingpu Special Training Class, a rookie on the intelligence battlefield. He will defend his country and protect it to the death. The Japanese invaders have already destroyed his home. Now all that remains is to defend the nation! Along the way, he uses his ability to investigate people’s identities to kill collaborators and eliminate Japanese spies. To the warriors on the covert front, your achievements will live forever. 5.1kReads8.4Score392Shelves
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  23. 73 Republican China: From Fake Young Master to Warlord 民国,从冒牌少爷到一方军阀 Urban2.3M 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 14.5kReads7.6Score1.3kShelves
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  24. 74 Republican Era 1923 民国1923 Historical132k WordsOngoing Two male protagonists transmigrate to the Republican era. One goes to Whampoa Military Academy, while the other heads to America to do business. Together, they fight for national independence and to save China from Japanese aggression! This book will feature many heroes from the anti-Japanese war's main battlefront! 3Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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  25. 75 Espionage: A Forensic Doctor Reincarnates as the Republican Era's Top Spy 谍战:法医魂穿,成民国第一特务 Urban319k WordsCompleted [Crossover of Film and TV Worlds + Triple-Identity Agent + Vivid Characterization + No System] A year ago, he was an invisible nobody at work, a rookie forensic examiner! A year later, Gu Mingzhe transmigrates into a new body and becomes the Republican Era's most formidable agent! As for ruthlessness, Wang Manchun is no match for me! As for schemes, even the Viper Ming Lou is nothing special! As for presence, even Nanda Yoko has to bow and scrape before me! Codebreaking, reconnaissance, business 713Reads5.7Score—Shelves
  26. 76 Espionage Agent: From the Start, I Was Just a Nobody in the Juntong 谍战特工,开局军统当混子 Urban329k WordsCompleted [Republic-era espionage + building an independent power + a male lead who never takes a loss + special operations] Shen Lang bites the dust and unexpectedly is reborn in the Republic of China era. The descendant of a veteran of the War of Resistance, he is determined to become a Communist spy. But the original owner of his body was a useless errand boy in the military intelligence service... A complete deadweight, too... And now someone has a gun to his head, about to use him as a scapegoat... H 381Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  27. 77 Espionage: The Thousand-Faced Agent, a One-Man Army 谍战:千面特工,我一人成团 Urban406k 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 1.5kReads8.5Score114Shelves
  28. 78 Reborn: Spy Among Spies in Republican-Era China 重生之民国谍中谍 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Zixin, is pursuing a PhD overseas when family circumstances force him to return to China... Carrying his father's regrets, he transmigrates to the tumultuous Republican era, where heroes vie for supremacy... Let us return together to that age of raging war and see how our predecessors forged a prosperous China with their blood and flesh! The most authentic portrayal of the treacherous, ever-shifting world of the puppet regime's officialdom; the most thrilling account of the 123Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  29. 79 Espionage: My Codename Is Death 谍战:我的代号是死神 Urban322k WordsOngoing Who is the Grim Reaper? He is closer than you think. On the eve of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, all sides are vying for power. Xiao Long is bound to the Death System, giving him an infallible friend-or-foe identification system, peerless close-combat skills, and a hypnosis technique that leaves no trace. He shows no mercy to Japanese spies and foils the enemy’s plots time and again. 536Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  30. 80 Anti-Japanese Espionage: Sorry, This Is for the Greater Good 抗日谍战:抱歉,这是为了大义 Urban242k WordsOngoing [Seems like a sly schemer + seems like a villain + spy thriller + body double + mystery + comedy + live-in son-in-law + comeback + futuristic fantasy = serious spy thriller (features a System, not a pure wish-fulfillment story, read with caution if that's not your thing)] A deep-cover agent for ten million years, working as a spy in the river of time. He transmigrates between multiple parallel timelines, but can never escape his fate as a spy and undercover agent. This time, he travels back and 1Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  31. 81 Broken Thorn 断刺 Urban217k WordsCompleted When the Japanese invaders strike, a rebellious young man runs away from home and is swept by the tides of history from one perilous situation to another. He maneuvers between military intelligence agents, underworld gangs, and Japanese spies; makes choices between conflicting beliefs; sacrifices love and friendship; and transforms as he grows through loneliness... 221Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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  32. 82 The Hidden Sentry 暗哨 Urban122k WordsCompleted On the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, a sleeper agent who had been silent for years awakens inside the Kuomintang's Northeastern secret service. Surrounded by treacherous Military Statistics Bureau agents, gang leaders straddling the line between respectable and criminal, and prominent Shengjing women whose loyalties are hard to read, he must maneuver alone through threats from every side, hidden in the shadows as he shines a bloodstained beam of light on the city's liberation... 4kReads8.9Score317Shelves
  33. 83 Nightingale 夜鹂 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 1.5kReads—Score102Shelves
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  34. 84 Blood Sacrifice at the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, 1938 1938血祭黄帝陵 Urban514k WordsCompleted Behind the known history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression lie the blood and youth of countless Chinese sons and daughters. The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, burial place of the ancestor who founded Chinese civilization, bestows blessings upon our land and rivers, protects our homeland, and safeguards China through the ages. At the start of the war, the land around the Yellow Emperor’s Mausoleum became China’s most dangerous arena for espionage. Agents from the Chinese Comm 29Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 85 Reborn in the Age of War 重生战争年代 Urban438k WordsCompleted (Rebirth, space, strength-based ability, playing the fool to catch the tiger, historical era, parallel world) In the apocalypse, Lan Xinyue survived thanks to her strength and spatial abilities, only to be betrayed by her closest friend while fighting a high-level zombie. “Xiao Yan, why?” Lan Xinyue couldn’t believe it. Reborn in the 1940s, she joins the revolution, helps the country fight the Japanese and capture enemy spies, and works undercover. The male lead is a soldier who protects his cou 6.1kReads9.1Score464Shelves
  36. 86 Bloodbath at the Border: Signing In at Lake Changjin 血战国门:从长津湖开始签到 Historical303k WordsCompleted Lin Shouchang transmigrates into The Battle at Lake Changjin and becomes a soldier. From the start, he gets his hands on a Barrett sniper rifle. Before long, a man feared by every United Nations soldier has appeared on the battlefield. In this turbulent and momentous age, Lin Shouchang decides to give everything for his country. This is a Great Wall built of flesh and blood, protecting our nation's dignity and defending our land, no matter the cost. 24Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  37. 87 The Scholar, the Bull Demon, and a World-Shaking Transformation 书生,牛魔,惊天变 Eastern Fantasy397k WordsCompleted One ox, one cart, one man, setting up a fortune-telling stall in a bustling street from the start! Lu Changsheng transmigrated and took over a scholar’s body. By setting up his stall and telling fortunes every day, he could earn rewards from the System! Today’s fortune-telling reward: +1,000 physical cultivation, +1,000 magical power… Before he knew it, Lu Changsheng had become a renowned fortune-telling genius throughout the martial world, able to divine the secrets of heaven and calculate ever 269Reads5.8Score—Shelves
  38. 88 Republican Era: Ruling Shanghai, With a Few Too Many Underlings 民国:横行上海滩,我小弟有点多 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted The martial world isn't about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social etiquette. But when you've got too many underlings, what do those things even mean? With a hundred loyal brothers, the slums became paradise. With a thousand loyal brothers, Fatty Huang called me Big Brother! With ten thousand loyal brothers, Xu Wenqiang pledged himself to me! When foreign enemies invaded, Nie Li said, “Even the rough folk of the martial world have courage in their hearts! Every inc 712Reads9.2Score165Shelves
  39. 89 War Against Japan: From the Start, I Was a Japanese Collaborator 抗日:开局是个二鬼子 Urban337k WordsOngoing Outside the city, the people who had been waiting for ages to enter slowly gathered closer, waiting to go in. Lin Feng, dressed in a yellow puppet-army uniform and carrying a Type 38 rifle, ambled out of the city behind several puppet soldiers and stood beside the gate. Ten days. He had transmigrated to this world ten days ago. Of all the eras he could have landed in, why the War of Resistance Against Japan? And why transmigrate as a traitorous puppet soldier? Just thinking about it made his blo 271Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  40. 90 The Divine Tree Connects to Republican-Era China, Where I Pretend to Be a God 神树通民国之伪装成神 Modern Romance669k WordsOngoing The old ginkgo tree in the yard has become a spirit and can connect to the modern world! By trading for food with people in the modern era, Li Youxing’s family made it through the Great Famine. Then, during the war, they used weapons and supplies from the modern world to bring the conflict to an early end, even capturing the island at the heart of the Pacific! In a small Republican-era village during the Great Famine of 1937, little Youxing’s bracelet helps everyone in the village live in safet 173Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  41. 91 Republican Era: I’m Really Not a Spendthrift 民国:我真不是败家子啊 Historical316k WordsOngoing [A fusion of film, TV, and literature + fictional history + lighthearted + rise of a great power + parallel worlds, don't get hung up on the timeline] The man standing before you is The capital's number one rogue The godfather of the Northeast The spiritual mentor of Yan Laoxi A cultural leader in East Asia The founding father of a peninsula A grandmaster of martial arts The master of the foreign concessions But some people also call me A blood-handed butcher The literary world's number one heck —Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  42. 92 Iron-Blooded Resistance: 1938 铁血抗日之1938 Historical437k WordsOngoing I wanted to fight the Japanese invaders in my own way, but I was born at the wrong time. The only way I could go back was in an alternate-history novel. It's a little cliché, but what can you do? I can promise, though, that this novel offers a different take on the war from other alternate-history stories. I'll keep the wish fulfillment as close to reality as possible. 1Reads6.3Score—Shelves
  43. 93 1938: The New Year’s Eve Plan 1938:除夕计划 Urban2.5M WordsCompleted The smoke of the Battle of Shanghai has yet to clear, and figures like Green Gang boss Ji Yunqing have betrayed their country and gone over to the enemy, becoming collaborators. In the winter of 1938, Gu Yu, a red agent and disciple of Green Gang boss Ji Yunqing, returns from studying in Japan. The New Year’s Eve plan is officially underway. The Green Gang, the Chinese Communist Party, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Plum Agency, and No. 76: layer upon layer 13Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  44. 94 Republican Era: From the Start, I Took in a Fox Spirit 民国:开局收养狐狸精 Historical122k WordsOngoing This Republican-era setting is anything but ordinary. Wuxin Mage, Lin Jiu and Lin Fengjiao, as well as Southern Mao and Northern Ma. Wang Yueming gets a Shop System and initially thinks he can make a fortune selling penicillin. Who could have guessed this world would hold such a vast, turbulent, and extraordinary realm? At first, he has little to do with this world, until an extraordinary shop appears in the Shop System. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 95 Republican Era: How Is a Dye Factory Owner More Ruthless Than a Warlord? 民国:你个染厂掌柜比军阀还狠? Historical535k WordsOngoing [The Great Dye House + spy intrigue + War of Resistance + special forces + national industry + second-generation overseas students] Qingdao is beset by turmoil, and I'm here, Lu Jiaju! After the First and Second World Wars, the city fell into the hands of the island nation several times. The luck System only absorbs negative emotions from its targets. It will never be used on family or friends. As for the essential special-forces skills of modifying firearms, infiltration, and disguise, he hasn' 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  46. 96 Republican Era: I Open the Heavenly Gate with One Sword 民国:我一剑开天门 Historical277k WordsOngoing Su Yu transmigrates to another realm, to Longguo in the early twentieth century, where he becomes a porter for a shipping gang in Shanghai. And this world has not only the Japanese, the Americans, the Russians, and the British, but also... Pig Cage Walled City, the landlords from The Condor Heroes, the Fried Ghost, Coolie Qiang, Tailor Sheng, Ah Xing... The Thirteen Guardians of Shanghai, Southern Xiao Du, Northern Old Jiu, the unbeatable Thirteen Guardians, the Beggar Sect instructor Na Sanshao 2Reads6.3Score—Shelves
  47. 97 Warlord of the Republic: From Shanghai's Gambling King to the Top 民国军阀:从十里洋场千王开始 Historical1.6M WordsOngoing [Republican-Era Conquest + Gambling King + Tycoon] Li Yun transmigrates to the Republican era, in the turbulent, cosmopolitan world of Shanghai's foreign concessions, and gets the [Republican-Era Conquest System] from the start. [Ultimate Gambling Skills] let Li Yun effortlessly earn the title of Gambling King of Shanghai's foreign concessions, winning over Long Si and the others. [Ultimate Combat Skills] earn the lifelong loyalty of Ma Yongzhen, Chen Zhen, and others. [Ultimate Medical Skills] 700Reads5.5Score—Shelves
  48. 98 Lone Wanderer, 1937 独行1937 Urban820k WordsCompleted One man, two dogs, three eagles, four horses, Kill the Japanese invaders, execute the traitors, gather intelligence, bring warmth and hope, Across North China, fighting in the south, the mountains roar, the rivers rage, Swords and guns, blood and fire, heedless of life and death, fighting for survival. 269Reads8.4Score120Shelves
  49. 99 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 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... 21Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  50. 100 A 1940s Military Marriage: The Supporting Heroine Saves the Powerful Man Who Was Doomed to Die Young 四零军婚:女配她救了早死的大佬 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + fleeing famine + transmigrate into a book + war + an era-version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith + deadly combat + alternate Republic of China] Yun Chuyou has transmigrated into a book again, becoming the fake heiress and female supporting character in the male-oriented novel Beacon Fires Across the Land. With a face so beautiful she can get away with murder, she should have had every advantage from the start. Instead, her “landlord father” kicks her out, starving refugees try to rob 7.5kReads9.0Score867Shelves
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