Spy-War System Stories Set in a Bygone Era!!!!! 谍战系统年代！！！！！

1. 1 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 17.3kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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   The male protagonist transmigrates to the Anti-Japanese War era and has a system.

2. 2 谍 King of Spy Wars: This Undercover Agent Gets Danger Alerts 谍战之王：这个卧底有危险提示 Reading Along with You陪你一起读书Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Espionage + Triple Agent + Ruthless + Danger Alerts + Foresight He is the most prized disciple of Kenji Doihara, head of the Special Higher Police. He is the colonel and deputy station chief most admired by Dai Li, head of the Military Statistics Bureau. And he is also the underground Party’s elusive master assassin, “Deep Sea.” Three identities, countless faces. He walks in darkness, yet his heart always faces the light... Chu Tianheng’s soul transmigrates to an era ravaged by war. Using “Dange 18.6kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves

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   The author writes so well! These books are all excellent; they got me really excited while reading. You should definitely check them out—they're totally worth it!

3. 3 谍 Espionage: I Can Read People’s Inner Thoughts 谍战：我能洞察心声 Deep-Fried Tomatoes油炸西红柿Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Chen Yongren, formerly a special operations agent, has his soul transmigrate to the Republican era, where he becomes a minor spy for the Military Statistics Bureau and awakens the Spy King System. Every time he catches a Japanese spy, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He obtains the [Insight] skill: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated. He can listen at will to the thoughts of everyone within a five-meter radius of himself. He obtains the [Ultimate Actor] skill: In a time 20.7kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
4. 4 特 Agent: From the Start, I Make Contact with Zheng Yaoxian 特工：开局郑耀先和我接头 Loves Tower Diving for Kills喜欢越塔杀Urban5.4M WordsCompleted Shen Fei transmigrates into a world that brings together several espionage dramas, all fraught with danger. Here, there are Kite, The Infiltrator, The Disguiser... And the person he’s supposed to meet is none other than Zheng Yaoxian, Sixth Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! And so, a secret agent feared by the enemy emerges, codenamed “Nightmare”! 5kReads9.3Score506Shelves
5. 5 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... 20Reads6.7Score—Shelves
6. 6 谍 Espionage: I Can See Hidden Information 谍战：我能看到隐藏信息 Zhu Sansui竹三岁Urban1.5M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.7kReads8.5Score141Shelves
7. 7 穿 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 A Thousand Stars Like Fire千星如火Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.3kReads9.3Score281Shelves
8. 8 民 The Republic-Era Spy King: I Can Collect Fragments of Memory 民国谍王之我能搜集记忆碎片 Red Speaker红色音箱Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Back in the Republic of China era, Lin Qingfeng can collect fragments of memory from the newly dead. By piecing those memories together, Lin Qingfeng uncovers one crucial clue after another. From then on, the Japanese spies lurking in the country suffer precise, devastating blows. Like sweet potatoes buried beneath the ground, they are dug up one by one by Lin Qingfeng. 4.9kReads8.8Score354Shelves
9. 9 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts and Expose Japanese Spies 谍战：开局偷听心声，识破日谍 Daily Ten-Thousand-Word Writer日万小写手Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss 66.2kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves

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   A spy drama set in the Republican era. It features characters who infiltrate the Special Higher Police (THD) as stand-ins for Japanese officers to secretly gather intelligence, and others who pose as Japanese tycoons to discreetly conduct undercover operations behind enemy lines.

10. 10 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.9kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves

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    💥Upon waking up, Su Mu finds himself transported to the Republic of China era,🤣 becoming a low-ranking Kuomintang agent, caught in a treacherous vortex of espionage. 🍁Fortunately, in dire straits, he awakens the supernatural ability to read minds, allowing him to eavesdrop on thoughts. 🦅From then on, the secret plans of Agent 76 are frequently leaked🥳, and he also gains access to the secrets of the Special Higher Police. Watch how he uses this incredible ability🧚🏻‍♀️ to thrive in the enemy camp, causing endless trouble for both the Japanese and their traitors!

11. 11 谍 Espionage: Every Time I Refuse Someone, I Get a Reward 谍战：我拒绝别人就爆奖励 Deep-Fried Tomatoes油炸西红柿Urban469k WordsCompleted Chen Shu, a police academy graduate, accidentally transmigrates to 1938 and becomes a Juntong agent operating undercover in the foreign concessions. From the start, he gains the Refusal System. Every time he refuses someone, he receives a variety of rewards. [Refuse the boss's wife: Receive a basic intelligence reward] [Refuse to carry out a mission: Gain language proficiency] [Refuse to commit fraud: Receive an identity verification card] [Refuse a Japanese spy's honey trap: Gain the Artillery 5.4kReads7.5Score355Shelves
12. 12 抗 War of Resistance: My Strategist's Eye Awakens, Revealing a Mini Map! 抗战：我谋士入局，觉醒小地图！ Huang Bei 97煌北97Urban2.0M WordsOngoing As he transmigrated through the darkest period of history, Lin Tian Chen awakened a visualized map in his mind. “I’ll enter the game as a strategist and raise the banner to win half a move against Heaven.” From then on, the army gained a commander who could direct the battlefield like a god. With limited resources, he would execute tactical flanking maneuvers to perfection; with abundant resources, he would unleash firepower on an unparalleled scale. He led his forces north to campaign in Guando 5kReads9.6Score617Shelves
13. 13 混 A Police Chief in Republican-Era China, Feared by Warlords and Foreign Powers Alike 混在民国当警长，军阀列强都怕我 A-Qi Loves Burgers爱吃汉堡的阿七Urban510k WordsCompleted [Wish-fulfillment + mass troops + overwhelming dominance + decisive and ruthless + no heroine] “Chen Zhuo, you’ve got some nerve! Who gave you the courage to kill a foreign dignitary?” “This is the foreign concession. Chinese police are forbidden to enter… Ow! Stop hitting me, please!” “Chen Zhuo, have you lost your mind? You even dare to hit the warlord’s son!” “Aren’t you a policeman? How come your troops have planes and tanks!? They’re even more advanced than those of foreign countries. You’r 31.7kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
14. 14 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 43.3kReads6.6Score4.4kShelves

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    Xu Erwen, who was content cultivating ginseng in modern times and dreamed of driving a Land Rover, was suddenly transported to war-torn Shanghai. With a unique system activated, he completed tasks to earn rewards and gradually gained the upper hand in the espionage battles.

15. 15 谍 Espionage: Madam, the Chief Doesn't Know About That, Does He? 谍战：夫人，长官不知道那事吧？ Winter Without Snow看不见雪的冬天Urban603k WordsCompleted Xu Feng transmigrates to 1939 and becomes an undercover agent, awakening the [Weekly Lottery System] and continually acquiring new skills. From then on, he breezes through life with one advantage after another, gaining multiple identities... 1.2kReads7.3Score102Shelves

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    It's beautiful, and it gets better the more you watch it.

16. 16 黑 Black Lucky Carp System: I Plunder Fortune in the Republic of China 黑锦鲤系统：我在民国掠夺气运 Zhuxin Hai竹心海Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the Republic of China + black koi golden finger + resistance-era espionage + multiple identities + spy games within spy games + marriage of convenience] Shen Shuman transmigrates as a Zhongtong agent embedded in the 76th, but she’s already been caught and abandoned by her own side. Her handler has fled with the intelligence, leaving behind a trail of ambiguous clues that quietly point to her. She has barely transmigrated when she finds herself in the interrogation room, facing 15.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    She has a system, but it's corrupted. Of course, our heroine won't do something so self-destructive. She'll go for something big and suck the Japanese dry! [Laughing emojis]

17. 17 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 135.4kReads8.7Score17.5kShelves
18. 18 谍 Espionage: Rewinding for Intelligence Made Me the Military Statistics Bureau's Faith 谍战：回档情报，我成了军统信仰 Four-Flower Pork四花肉Urban3.3M WordsOngoing After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.5kReads8.2Score720Shelves
19. 19 谍 Spy War: Only I Can Eavesdrop on People's Thoughts 谍战，只有我能偷听心声 Drunk on Wine for the Rest of My Life浊酒醉余生Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Not a formulaic spy thriller. A feel-good story about growth, with an original plot. If you don’t like it, don’t argue.] In 1931, as the War of Resistance was about to break out, under pressure from the situation on all sides, Dai Yunnong traveled to Beiping in person to establish an intelligence network in the three northeastern provinces. Who could have guessed that the secret would leak? The three spy teams sent into the region were exposed, and all thirty Huangpu Academy elites were wiped o 37.9kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
20. 20 卧 I'm an Undercover Agent Who Just Wants to Survive, But I'm Forced to Do the Dirty Work 卧底的我只想活下去却被迫干狠活 A Life of Clear Dreams清梦人生Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Subtle golden finger] + [Spy thriller, undercover agent] + [Multiple women] + [Survival] + [Financial empire] + [Forced to do ruthless things] + [Anything is possible] Wan Qing, a 007 office drone, transmigrated to the eve of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. He gained the abilities of perfect recall and advanced insight. A Shanghai native, he was ordered to go deep undercover and wait for the right moment, under the codename Chick. But even the greatest hero can be defeated by a lack of mone 11.3kReads7.5Score765Shelves
21. 21 谍 Espionage: Getting Intelligence from the Colonel’s Wife 谍战：从大佐太太开始获取情报 The Real Brocade-Clad Nightwalker锦衣夜行本尊Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Resistance War]+ [Reborn] Reborn in the parallel world of 1940, in Changchun, the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo. The resistance war is at its final, most perilous stage. Deep behind enemy lines, danger lurks everywhere! Eradicate the traitors, wipe out the Japanese, and restore China! Liu Long is not only a mysterious ace agent, but also has a special System. As long as he safely delivers intelligence, he earns points that can be used to learn acupoint tec 12.6kReads8.9Score756Shelves
22. 22 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 169.3kReads9.4Score15.3kShelves
23. 23 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 186kReads9.5Score20.6kShelves
24. 24 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1940s and Make Waves with My Space 穿越四零，我靠空间兴风作浪 Yellow Sand, Heart in Sorrow黄沙心悲凉Modern Romance832k WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Power Fantasy] + [Strong Female Lead] + [War of Resistance Against Japan] Zhuang Jingzhu, a PhD who had returned from overseas, died alongside the ringleaders of a criminal gang to avenge her father. She transmigrated to another world much like Earth, where a great famine was raging and the entire nation was fighting back against the Japanese. Using her spatial ability, she cleared out Japanese weapon depots, grain stores, and hospitals, seized supplies to support the resistan 11kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    This book is good! [Laughs]

25. 25 穿 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: The Spy Enters the Game 穿越民国：谍影入局 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 23.7kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    Reborn in the Republic of China Era, a Patriotic Era

26. 26 双 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban443k WordsOngoing In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 28.5kReads5.5Score1.6kShelves

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    No one may act without authorization

27. 27 双 Traveling Between Two Worlds to Fight in Korea, I Beat Up the Americans 双穿抗美援朝，我暴打美国佬 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical632k WordsOngoing In 2026, overworked wage slave Su Tianci gets his writing royalties. He plans to go out for a foot massage with the full-service treatment, as a reward for himself. But he never expects to open his eyes and transmigrate to a battlefield engulfed in war. There’s no water, medicine, or food. Fortunately, he can return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 24.7kReads7.2Score1.7kShelves
28. 28 两 Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九年 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban229k WordsOngoing No morals + a little cruelty to beasts + everyday life at the heart of it Su Tianci transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, where his daily life revolves around tormenting beasts. Our protagonist has no manners and often does things without playing fair. The main idea is simple: if I have no morals, you can't morally blackmail me... [Putting the facts aside, is the author wrong to want to earn a little more tuition money? We shouldn't think only of ourselves; we need to consider the author too. I've m 3.3kReads—Score192Shelves
29. 29 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Infiltrated an Enemy Nation Under the Codename Scalpel 谍战：开局潜伏敌国，代号手术刀 Cat Lounging Under a Tree树下乘凉的猫Urban300k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [Espionage] + [Daily Intelligence System] + [No Female Lead] Liu Jichuan transmigrates to 1936, only to discover that he's an intelligence agent for the Blue Shirts Society, stationed undercover in Tokyo. His most urgent task is to convince his sister-in-law, Fujiwara Shizuka, to believe that he's actually Jichuan Jiro, not an impostor. Fortunately, he awakens the [Daily Intelligence System], which randomly refreshes with all kinds of intelligence every day at midnight. [Today 2.5kReads7.0Score135Shelves

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    Time travel + espionage + daily intelligence system. The protagonist's soul travels to Japan in 1936. He is not only a man in blue uniform, but also impersonates a Japanese person and gains a Japanese sister-in-law who is close to him. With the help of his sister-in-law and the intelligence system, he constantly sabotages the Japanese plans.

30. 30 抗 In the War of Resistance, I Use Scanning Eyes to Empty the Japanese Army’s Warehouses 抗战我靠扫描眼搬空鬼子仓库 Autumn Wind and Little Cabbage秋风小白菜Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Resistance against Japan + System + Reborn + No romance. A crossover between The Disguiser and Yan Shuangying, an exhilarating anti-Japanese story. Welcome, everyone, and enjoy the ride! Lu Yiping is reborn and gains a sign-in System, along with all kinds of overpowered golden fingers: scanning vision, unlimited storage space, all-around combat skills, and even weapons from the future, like a Barrett and night-vision goggles. Isn’t it satisfying to fight the Japanese invaders? Men? Get lost! Yan 3.4kReads7.8Score292Shelves

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    In this fanfiction of "Romance in the Rain," Wei Jie is reborn on the rainy night she was beaten. She accidentally awakens a random sign-in system, gaining a powerful cheat ability, becoming a Japanese devil harvester. She ruthlessly tortures the Japanese devils who killed her mother, hanging their bodies on the gate of the Japanese consulate. Her cruel methods strike fear into the hearts of all Japanese spies.

31. 31 谍 Spy War 1937: From the Start, I Wiped Out the Special Higher Section 谍战1937：开局血洗特高科 Zixiao Ke紫霄客Urban2.8M WordsCompleted 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 5.3kReads8.3Score339Shelves

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    🍃The protagonist acquires a spatial dimension and a set of Predator armor, which not only protects against bullets but also grants invisibility. So, right from the start, he massacres the Special Higher Police three times, almost scaring them away from ever returning.

32. 32 谍 Espionage: Red Agent, Codename Phoenix 谍战：红色特工之代号不死鸟 The Phoenix Flies, the Phoenix Follows凤飞凰随Urban4.4M WordsOngoing “Chu Yazi! You have to become a top agent, just like your master.” “Master! You can escape with ease even after being arrested. I can’t do that.” “Get lost! I arranged such a good identity for you, and gave you the top code name ‘Phoenix.’ How can you still say you can’t do it? Oh, right! Mr. Wu has something to tell you, too.” Mr. Wu said earnestly: “Chu Yazi! The ‘Phoenix’ is reborn from the flames. You must infiltrate the very heart of the enemy at any cost. Do not return until the revolution 22kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
33. 33 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 45.4kReads8.0Score3.1kShelves
34. 34 双 Twin Eagles, I'm Your Phoenix Youngling 双鹰，我就是你的凤雏 Azure-Wave Bird沧澜鸟Urban977k WordsCompleted I actually transmigrated into Flying Tigers and became sworn friends with Yan Shuangying. I bet your gun has no bullets, too. Yan Shuangying: Watch out for the brick behind him. Damn! You sneaky bastard, that's not how this works! 2.2kReads6.8Score144Shelves
35. 35 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 22.1kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
36. 36 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 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    A really good book! A completed and satisfying read!

37. 37 1 1938: From the Start, It's Hell 1938：开局地狱 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Patriotic tale + wartime resistance and espionage + multiple identities + strong female lead + System + no romance After Kong Qianrou dies by accident, she transmigrates to the Republican era. She knows how to choose between dying right away or waiting a little longer to die. Looking at a land torn apart, she wears an innocent expression as she takes up the butcher's blade, becoming someone who strikes terror into the Japanese. On the outside, the protagonist is a Republican-era Lin Daiyu. In re 17kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves

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    A super-exciting patriotic war novel featuring a protagonist with unparalleled intelligence and emotional intelligence who goes on a killing spree despite his seemingly innocent appearance. It addresses historical injustices, offering both laughter and tears, with a gripping and intricately plotted storyline, and no truly awful characters.

38. 38 谍 A Sea of Spycraft and Mystery 谍雾谜海 The Drunken Wanderer醉酒之徒Urban2.0M WordsCompleted When faced with known history, some follow it faithfully, while others want to change it! This is a war between two transmigrators! A contest between light and shadow! But who will emerge victorious in the end...? 3.9kReads8.9Score394Shelves

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    Hidden deep within the Kuomintang's lowest echelons, this seemingly insignificant individual is a "human radar" feared by the Japanese and their collaborators. When his scanning eyes lock onto his prey, this rookie archivist transforms into a judge of the night, laying a deadly trap in the occupied territories. This is a life-or-death game of disguise and counter-attack; watch how an ordinary person weaves a deadly intelligence network in dire straits! (Suspenseful Spy Thriller/High-Energy Twist/Republican Era Legend)

39. 39 重 Reborn Impostor 重生伪装者 Brother Bao宝哥Urban5.3M WordsCompleted With exceptional skills and an outlook far ahead of his time, Liu Zhenhua serves his country under several layers of assumed identities. He gives everything he has for his 455 million countrymen. If I must die on the battlefield for my country, why should I care whether my body is brought home in a horsehide shroud? 496Reads7.4Score102Shelves
40. 40 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 15.6kReads7.7Score991Shelves

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    These books are fantastic! I love them! They're so enjoyable and satisfying to read.

41. 41 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 15.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
42. 42 老 Heaven Threw Me into the 1940s to Set Things Right 老天把我扔四十年代收割不平事 He Qi贺祺Modern Romance649k WordsOngoing [Transmigrating to the Republic of China era + both virgins + resistance-war espionage + chicken-dinner System + strong heroine + mutual devotion + multiple identities] Lu Xiangxiang is timid and easily frightened, but she loves martial arts and has trained with her father in the mountains since childhood. She’s majoring in foreign languages, so why insist on joining a film crew as a stunt double? Timid and easily frightened, she spent college as a complete nobody. And now… this? All Lu Xiangxia 378Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    The first book's flaw was that the female lead was a bit infatuated, but otherwise it was alright. The second book's female lead was obsessed with seeing her brother carry on the family line, and at a young age, she went to the battlefield with guns.

43. 43 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1940s Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零：开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 Cute Little Mahua麻花小萌Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 14.7kReads9.1Score1kShelves
44. 44 重 Reborn as Shen Lei 重生之我是沈磊 He Du Yifang何度一方Male-Channel Fanfiction269k WordsOngoing Since ancient times, love has brought nothing but regret, and sweet dreams are always the easiest to wake from. Shen Lei thinks he’s a good-for-nothing, but in Xie Donghe’s eyes, he’s a civil servant in a central government agency, a graduate of a prestigious university with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, young and handsome, tall and fit, from a respectable family, and self-disciplined… He’s practically been dealt a winning hand from the start. If you can’t play this hand well, let me tak 56.5kReads8.3Score3.6kShelves

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    Book 1: The female protagonist, Jiang Jiyun, accidentally becomes a victim of a chaotic situation and transmigrates to a war-torn era. She starts out shrunken and witnesses the Japanese army's massacre of her entire village. After burying her original mother, Jiang Jiyun embarks on a journey to find her brother, carrying the child entrusted to her by her dying aunt… This book is very nice! Book 2: The male protagonist is reborn into the body of Shen Lei in the novel *Fanren Ge*, living a different life. Those who want to read about a comeback story can check it out. Those who want a story with a space element, transmigration, a rough man, and a delicate woman can read Book 3 and Book 4.

45. 45 古 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age: The Willful Young Lady of the 1960s 古穿今：六十年代任性大小姐 Another Road另路Modern Romance417k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts / gentle male lead and lively female lead / no golden finger, black market / ancient-to-modern transmigration / past and present lives / coming-of-age romance] In her past life, she was a sheltered young lady, and he was a stern, aloof scholar who, unable to pass the imperial exams, became her family’s tutor. The court was in turmoil. When Yun’an City, where the young lady lived, fell, enemy troops stormed in to burn, kill, and plunder. Her family abandoned her because she 4.9kReads8.7Score454Shelves
46. 46 七 1970s Space: The Rough He-Man's Delicate Young Educated Youth, Transmigrated into a Book 七零空间：糙汉的穿书娇气小知青 The Knife-Wielding Love Letter捉刀小情书Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + space + rugged man + sweet romance + raising a child] A scheming, beautiful, sweet-voiced, pampered heroine x a loyal, undercover big shot, impossibly strong, rugged military officer hero. The rich and beautiful Yu Jingshu transmigrates into a book written by her archenemy, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name. The original Yu Jingshu's mother died young, her scumbag father didn't care for her, and her stepmother abused her. Then she was m 4kReads9.2Score457Shelves
47. 47 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 861Reads6.7Score104Shelves

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    The content is really good, I recommend it.

48. 48 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 5.4kReads7.5Score442Shelves
49. 49 谍 Espionage: After All This Time, I Finally Get to Use the Honey Trap 谍战：熬这么久，总算到美人计了 Riding a Pig: The Ultimate Move骑猪必杀技Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “You damn spy, you’re hurting me!” Just after transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Lu Chen is caught up in a massive conspiracy and tortured in prison. One day, a female officer stands before him with a whip in hand and asks, “Do you have a faith?” Lu Chen: “Not really... I guess.” The female officer says coldly, “Torture him! What’s the difference between someone without faith and a walking corpse?” Lu Chen: “???” I just transmigrated here. How am I supposed to have any faith? Female of 14.5kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves

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    ① The male protagonist arrives in the Republic of China era at the beginning, finding himself in an interrogation room where his opponent is using a honey trap. ② While playing a game, the male protagonist accidentally travels through time, arriving in the Republic of China era equipped with Predator gear. He immediately begins studying under the Special Higher Police.

50. 50 谍 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 Once Loved Wang Heping喜欢过王和平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 37.8kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves

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