Historical Spy Thrillers, Preferably With a System 历史谍战，带系统最好

1. 101 日 Bane of Japanese Spies: From the Start, I Awaken a Lie Detector System 日谍克星，开局觉醒测谎仪系统 Little Brother Gao Ming小弟高明Urban536k WordsCompleted Before he was reborn, those damned secret agents acted with impunity, buying off traitors and trading intelligence, causing one battlefield defeat after another as brave men died in vain. After he was reborn, the damned secret agents wailed in agony and trembled in fear, shouting that they wanted to go home. Warning, warning. Lie detected, lie detected. Accept the mission?… 324Reads6.4Score—Shelves
2. 102 长 The Long River, Nameless 长河，无名 Please Call Me Grandpa Rabbit请叫我兔子爷爷Urban371k WordsCompleted In 1928, in Jinan, he lost his entire family. In 1931, at the 23rd Special Mental Research Institute in Kazan, his emotions were stripped away. In 1934, in Nanjing, he buried his past. From then on, he walked the razor's edge, turning the gears of history from the shadows. Except for the highest-ranking figures in a handful of intelligence agencies, no one knew his real name or what he had done. On May 17, 1961, he died on the execution grounds in Seoul, South Korea. His gravestone bore neither 301Reads6.4Score114Shelves

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   Take a look at this book and follow the protagonist into an arena filled with intrigue, deception, and betrayal! Even the most elite can crumble; anyone who loses their value is discarded, even deliberately betrayed to extract their last drop of worth. This is the instinct of a spy, unrelated to character. History may not record this dark war, but they propelled history forward.

3. 103 那 Those Memories Haven't Faded Like Smoke 那些往事并不如烟 Win People Over with Virtue915以德服人915Urban851k WordsCompleted Based on true historical events, this book recounts how Chinese public security and political security agents in the 1960s used extraordinary methods to endure humiliation and infiltrate enemy intelligence organizations in Taiwan. They remained undercover for more than twenty years, making major contributions to national security. The story paints a sweeping historical panorama. Its twists and turns are vivid and compelling, and its main events are adapted from historical fact. Rich in the spiri 575Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   A phenomenal spy thriller based on real events, it tells the true story of an undercover agent during a special era, showcasing the historical changes in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan over the past thirty years, and revealing the hidden struggles during the difficult years of the Republic.

4. 104 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 47.8kReads8.6Score3kShelves

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5. 105 谍 Espionage: I Can Turn Back Time 谍战：我能倒流时间 North Without Sorrow北无愁Urban306k WordsCompleted He was an agent with the Fuxing Station, secretly sent to study in Japan for four years and gather intelligence on the country. After returning home, he repeatedly foiled Japanese spy plots and became the Shanghai station’s ace agent. A child falls! A traitor tests him! A bullet goes astray! No problem! He can prevent every tragedy, all because he can turn back time. 224Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 抗 Guerrilla Warfare in the Yimeng Mountains During the War Against Japan 抗日之我在沂蒙山区打游击 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chen Feng is an auxiliary instructor with the country's Yanlong Unit. While carrying out a solo mission in northern Myanmar, he falls into a trap, and the villa complex where he is stationed is blown to pieces. By chance, he transmigrates back to his hometown in Shandong in 1937. As the autumn wind blows, he knows the Japanese will arrive in just a few months. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He gathers a group of brothers and prepares for the enemy's arrival. He has to do 5.3kReads8.9Score340Shelves

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   Special forces or not, system or not, all are new light novels.

7. 107 抗 The War of Resistance Begins with a Dying Datong Coal Miner 抗战从濒死的大同煤矿工人开始 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban714k WordsCompleted In Datong in November 1937, the weather was already bitterly cold. Wang Hansheng, who had transmigrated there, felt his name suited him perfectly: in the freezing winter, he was about to freeze to death and be reborn. As a prisoner-of-war laborer in a mine, he knew that under the Japanese policy of exchanging people for coal, a serious illness meant death. Two moldy steamed buns a day and sixteen hours of digging coal: how could he survive in such conditions? Wang Hansheng envied those mighty tr 3.3kReads8.6Score165Shelves
8. 108 抗 God of Slaughter on the Taihang Mountains During the War of Resistance 抗战之太行杀神 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.1M WordsCompleted If you transmigrate to 1937, what's the first thing you'd want to do? Kill the Japanese invaders? No, fill your stomach first. Qin Yu struggles to survive with his younger sister. By chance, he gets his hands on a few guns. He learns to shoot, takes revenge, and kills collaborators and Japanese invaders. No System, no pocket dimension, no special forces experience. The only thing buried deep in his bones is his hatred of the Japanese, and the only skill he can boast of is his accuracy at shootin 11.7kReads8.8Score892Shelves
9. 109 抗 War Against Japan: The Enemy-Lines Suicide Squad 抗日之敌后敢死队 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾Urban670k WordsCompleted This is a spy thriller. There is no System, no transmigration into another person's body, no rebirth, no transmigration into a book, and no futuristic weapons to lend a hand. It's a story about using intelligence and the unique talents of extraordinary people to pull off one major operation after another that gives the Japanese invaders a headache. Since there are no futuristic weapons to help, the story moves a little slowly. I ask readers to be patient and enjoy it. The story takes place in Z 736Reads6.2Score100Shelves
10. 110 穿 Transmigrate Through Time and Space: The Tiger Roars as It Slays the Japanese 穿越时空之虎啸杀倭 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾Urban647k WordsCompleted Laohu was an overseas agent. He died a hero while carrying out his final mission, but his soul transmigrated into the body of a man in a shantytown in Zhabei District, Old Shanghai, in 1938. Using his skills, Laohu kills Japanese soldiers, robs their banks, sabotages their counterfeit currency schemes, raids their supply depots, breaks people out of prison, blows up their headquarters, destroys their airfields, and carries out countless other missions. He also has a System that transmigrated wit 1.1kReads6.5Score—Shelves
11. 111 重 Reborn: A Brilliant Life of Reversal 重生逆袭灿烂人生 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I'm someone who has been reborn. In my previous life, I drifted through life in a daze, muddling through each day. The first thing I'd think about every morning was where to go to make money and how much I needed to earn. I couldn't think of anything else. But even after working so hard, I accomplished nothing and lost so much along the way. When it came to opportunities in life, I missed out on one good chance and turning point after another. When it came to family, I was left with countless re 62Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 异 Superpowered Heroes Beat Up the Japanese Invaders 异能者暴揍鬼子 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾Urban266k WordsCompleted Wang Lu possesses the Dragon Soul Divine Cauldron, whose blessing grants him supernatural powers to hunt Japanese soldiers and collect Sin Points. He forms a league of superpowered fighters and leads them in killing, sabotaging, and destroying, carrying out one bloody atrocity after another to fill the Japanese with fear and dread. 353Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 续 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾6k WordsCompleted Sequel 1 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 12Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 怀 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾6k WordsCompleted Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 9Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 续 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾7k WordsCompleted Sequel 2 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 6Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 怀 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾8k WordsCompleted Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 10Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 我 I Stumbled Upon My Aunt's Secret 我偶然发现小婶的秘密 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾6k WordsCompleted I Accidentally Discovered My Aunt's Secret —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 废 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 《废旧医院的惊魂夜》 Looking Back on the Past往事回顾Mystery7k WordsCompleted A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 8Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 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

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    1. Death Intelligence System: The protagonist can foresee death events, turning passive survival into proactive planning, subverting the traditional concept of a death spy; Sense of Identity Torn: He is both a pawn of Dai Chunfeng of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the executor of the Japanese spy "Package Plan," while secretly supplying intelligence to the underground party; Historical Details Restored: Involves the prototype of the Military Intelligence Bureau's "Package Plan," with in-depth research on the operation of intelligence agencies and code warfare.

20. 120 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 338Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Intrigue, assassination, romance, and palace intrigue—the "Flying Guillotine," the most ruthless and secretive assassination organization within the "Special Operations Group" of Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial Guard, was a name that struck fear into the hearts of all…

21. 121 兼 Part-Time Secret Agent 兼职小特务 Under Two Hundred Pounds不到二百斤Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Shitou is a part-time secret agent. He owns a tattered silk painting that lets him lie in wait for prey like a spider, letting them walk right into his trap. Born with one leg shorter than the other, he is known to everyone who knows him as Crooked Five. He lives with his family on the banks of the Huangpu River... 13.5kReads7.7Score802Shelves

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    The War of Resistance Against Japan: Espionage Never Ends

22. 122 谍 Shadows of Espionage: I Open a Jiahe Restaurant in Shanghai 谍影重重：我在上海开嘉禾菜馆 Jun Yuqiu君雨秋Urban434k WordsCompleted I Heard the Ice-Cold Beauty Say She Loves Me. It is 1929, and Shanghai is rife with undercurrents. I transmigrate into the body of “Lone Wolf,” an underground Communist agent. The moment I open my eyes, I find Chu Yunshu, a stunningly cold female agent from the military intelligence service, pointing a gun at my forehead. My golden finger activates, and her thoughts ring like a gong: [Why is this idiot so clueless? He even stole a kiss from me last night!] I keep a rock-steady expression. “Miss 16Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 谍 Spy Games: I Infiltrated the Enemy and Became a Japanese General!? 谍战，我潜伏成了鬼子将军！？ GLANGUrban1.8M WordsCompleted (Japanese nobility, safety first, no female lead, willing to sell out when necessary) In the 21st year of the Republic of China, by a twist of fate, a thoroughly patriotic young Chinese man was taken to Japan and somehow ended up with the status of a Japanese noble. After being trained by Japanese militarists, he was ordered to return to China to carry out the “Lighthouse Plan.” What outsiders didn't know was that this young Japanese noble was actually a true Chinese patriot, a secret agent for 28.5kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
24. 124 雪 Xue Wutong 雪梧桐 Xun Bai荀柏710k WordsCompleted [Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order. 374Reads8.6Score—Shelves
25. 125 吃 A Foodie's Transmigration to a World of Cuisine: I'm Not the God of Food! 吃货穿越美食世界：我不是食神！ Cat Lord, Beyond a Doubt猫爷毋容置疑Historical336k WordsOngoing Exciting, fun, and original + transmigration + comeback and face-slapping + traditional cuisine + historical what-if + both parents alive + female lead + free travel between worlds + Chinese history and culture + slow burn + wish fulfillment + infinite flow! The protagonist is a seasoned modern-day foodie with a keen palate but mediocre cooking skills. After an accident, he transmigrates to a fantastical world where food reigns supreme. World rules: Food is not just a necessity for survival; it 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 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 3Reads7.1Score—Shelves
27. 127 谍 Espionage: The KMT's Living Yama, Slayer of Japanese Devils 谍战：军统活阎王，专杀小鬼子 Whatever, Thanks, Xiao Du随便蟹蟹小杜Urban718k WordsCompleted My name is Chu Feng, and my military intelligence codename is “Living Yama.” I have just one rule: kill the Japanese invaders and the traitors, every last one of them. I have an intelligence System. I know every secret the Japanese are hiding. Want to know why I’m so ruthless? Because I came from the future, and I’m here specifically to send them all to hell! 1.2kReads7.1Score108Shelves
28. 128 谍 Intelligence Codename: I Am Candle Shadow 谍报代号我是烛影 Just Love Cream就爱吃奶油Urban2.4M WordsCompleted He is the Chen family’s only son, a wealthy young master, fluent in several languages, a top expert, and equipped with memories from his rebirth and a portable pocket dimension. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy. Inside, he is a soldier driven by urgency and guilt after being reborn. He plays a multifaceted spy while cultivating ties with all sides. Love of country and family: the romance and moving spirit of a “lone hero.” 94Reads6.5Score172Shelves
29. 129 潜 Undercover in Shanghai: I Don’t Want to Join the Fuxing Society 潜伏沪上：我不想加入复兴社啊 Carefree Three Pure Ones逍遥三清Urban269k WordsCompleted He is the Fuxing Society’s darling, the chief of the Special High Police’s trusted fixer, and also a sworn brother of the director of Office 76. Greedy, lustful, sinister, ruthless, and cowardly, he nevertheless has a strong sense of justice. Starting from the bottom, he uses his right eye, which can identify people’s identities, to climb step by step to the top. But it all begins with a kidnapping. 1.5kReads6.0Score—Shelves

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    💦🧞‍♂️ But she transmigrated into the body of a poor student in the Republic of China era, living with her elderly mother. One day, she was captured by the Fuxing Society, but after rescuing herself, she became an outsider. 🎉 She then fell into the clutches of the Special Higher Police, caught in the middle to protect herself and her mother. On the surface, she maintained an image of being greedy, lustful, and cowardly, but secretly she had principles and a strong sense of justice. ☄️

30. 130 穿 Transmigrating to 1936: Between Night and Dawn 穿越1936：暗夜与黎明 Moonlight Bathing in Light明月沐光Urban182k WordsOngoing A modern young man arrives in the war-torn Republic of China. From the start, he's a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy. A golden finger? What can he possibly do? The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, underground organizations, Japanese invaders, collaborators, moles, and more... —Reads—Score3kShelves

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    The new book has just started, and it has a cheat system.

31. 131 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, 2.4kReads8.8Score267Shelves

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

32. 132 顾 Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前 Not Iced Tea不是冰红茶Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Yizhong is reborn in 1936. The original A Lone Boat begins in June 1941, but this story starts with his rescue of Lin Shujuan in Hong Kong in early 1939. Since the timeline has changed dramatically, much of the plot will have to be newly created. Your support is greatly appreciated. To make the story’s progression as plausible as possible, feel free to share your theories about what happens next in the discussion area, preferably with sound reasoning. I hope to work together with fellow fans 540Reads8.1Score102Shelves
33. 133 谍 The Spy Blade: 1933 谍刃1933 Wide Noodles Are Wide宽粉儿是宽的Urban478k WordsOngoing No transmigration + no System + no heroine + slow pace + strives to stay close to historical fact Li Mo, an orphan from a Shanghai lane, is taken to the Northeast by a guide working for the Communist Party and becomes a policeman in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Through a twist of fate, he earns the favor of senior Kwantung Army officers. Relying on his own abilities, he rises step by step from a low-ranking policeman in the puppet Manchukuo government to deputy director of the police departmen 85Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    In the power vortex of the Foreign Affairs Department, the shrewd Zhuang Ze and Wang Mingyuan, who returned from studying in Japan, each had their own thoughts. Every toast was a test. He had to deal with the open and covert attacks from his colleagues, and also secretly protect the contact person who was known as the "watchmaker". Every step was like walking on thin ice.

34. 134 雪 The Snow Wolf's Mission 雪狼的使命 Xiaomi Ten-Step Rifle小米十步枪Urban820k WordsCompleted The snow wolf embodies teamwork, innovation, and tenacious determination. Though an individual wolf is no match for a lion or tiger, a pack is powerful enough to make any animal keep its distance. Once wolves choose a target, they attack together, coordinating seamlessly. The snow wolf is an apex predator, a symbol of courage, independence, and outstanding hunting skills. Its harsh habitat has given it incredible resilience. Whether facing brutal conditions or powerful prey, it always thinks cal 896Reads7.2Score117Shelves

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    The anti-Japanese war spy drama "The Mission of Snow Wolf" depicts the increasingly precarious situation in Wuhan and other regions. At this critical moment, a legendary figure's patriotic heart is rekindled. By chance, he meets several patriotic youths and, along with his beloved dog and these young people, embarks on the path of resistance against Japan. They form a civilian fighting team and successively complete important missions such as blowing up Japanese military depots, seizing Japanese medicines, and stealing Japanese operational secrets, causing significant losses to the Japanese army and making a major contribution to the frontline anti-Japanese forces.

35. 135 护 The Protector of the Nation 护国天王 Xiaomi Ten-Step Rifle小米十步枪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted After six years on the battlefield, I was made a lord and granted a title. Now I’ve returned home in glory and come back to the city. To the enemies who harmed and betrayed me, and to those who bullied my wife and daughter: just wait. You’ll all tremble beneath my feet! The novel’s martial cultivation ranks are: Noble, King, Emperor, God, Divine Emperor, Divine Venerable, Divine Lord, Creator God, Progenitor, Eternal God, Custom God, and Unknown. Each rank has three stages: early, middle, and la 62Reads7.7Score119Shelves
36. 136 谍 Espionage: The Killer in the Dead of Night 谍战：暗夜里的杀手 Seeing the Dawn看见黎明Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Jianguo transmigrates to the war-torn Republic of China era. He belongs to no faction and is simply an ordinary peasant farmer. Even a humble farmer can wield great power. [Ding! Super-agent physique activated.] [Ding! Reconnaissance Eye acquired.] He becomes a ghostly messenger, a killer in the dead of night. Opium gang: “Who the hell shot up our cargo and killed our men?” 76th: “Forget chasing the underground party. We’ve got a mole of our own to deal with!” Special Higher Police: “We’ve h 7kReads7.2Score506Shelves
37. 137 谍 Espionage: I Accidentally Became the Head of a Military Intelligence Bureau Station 谍战：我一不小心成了军统站长 Can Be Small or Big可小可大Urban1.9M WordsCompleted No one knows his name, but his achievements will never be forgotten! Others who go undercover become objects of suspicion. When he goes undercover, he suspects everyone else! He is a military intelligence station chief, a traitorous secret agent, and a steadfast Communist Party member, all at once. Through a twist of fate, he infiltrates the Japanese puppet regime's secret service bureau. Three identities, one conviction: to fight the War of Resistance to the very end! 16.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
38. 138 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
39. 139 谍 Playing a Spy in a Spy Drama 谍战剧里当特工 Spicy Shrimp007香辣虾007Urban1.6M WordsCompleted The bit-player Zhang Dapao begins by transmigrating into a game world that combines spy dramas. He goes undercover in a passionate modern city, is reborn in a rural village from a bygone era, and becomes a six-faced agent! He also joins Bright Sword, delivering weapons to Li Yunlong. Zheng Yaoxian: “Dapao used to be my pupil. Now he's Lao Jiu!” Yan Shuangying: “I dodged bullets, but he dodged my knife!” Ming Lou: “When you gaze at him, he'll gaze back at you!” Ma Yunfei: “He's the water that slo 3kReads8.9Score178Shelves
40. 140 抗 Anti-Japanese Special Forces 抗日特战队 Radish Eater淡吃萝卜Urban2.6M WordsCompleted To fight the Japanese, you need money, guns, territory, and real ability. Xu Jianfei has all of them. I truly admire the Japanese. How did they manage to last eight years under Xu Jianfei? Let’s see how the Japanese got through those eight years. 7.6kReads7.6Score677Shelves

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    While the Japanese were still showing off their "Bushido" (the way of the samurai), Xu Jianfei had already used modern thinking to teach them a military lesson called "despair."

41. 141 莞 Appliance Repair in Wancheng: All My Customers Are Older Sisters 莞城家电维修：客户都是姐姐 Upstream Traveler逆游人Urban183k WordsCompleted Yao Kun came to Dongguan alone to make a living. His superb home appliance repair skills helped him get established, and he unexpectedly activated the sign-in System. He fixes an air conditioner, and the landlady readily signs an annual maintenance deal with him; He repairs a freezer, and the owner of a food stall keeps calling on him to maintain her equipment; A college student meets him while he's fixing an appliance, and eagerly recommends him to the neighbors; He repairs a hospital refrigera 2.3kReads8.2Score186Shelves

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    An ordinary worker's urban adventure! A Dongguan home repairman is bound to a personal system, earning generous rewards for completing appliance repair tasks. He travels through the city's streets and alleys, gaining both career success and mutual connections through numerous encounters.

42. 142 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 197.5kReads8.9Score9.8kShelves
43. 143 我 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 Xing Xing Zi星星子Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 382.6kReads9.2Score32.3kShelves
44. 144 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
45. 145 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
46. 146 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.6kReads5.8Score316Shelves

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48. 148 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
49. 149 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
50. 150 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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