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151 Lurking? I Can Dive Until I Forget Myself! A LaymanUrban3.1M WordsCompleted 18.3kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
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It's a bit like a popular spy novel from a certain point, newly published.
152 Spy War: I Am an Ally After Taking the Hell Script Black Little SunHistorical306k WordsOngoing 18Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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The soul of modern college student Long Yan is transformed into a distinguished Japanese named Natsume Kazuto during the Anti-Japanese War.
153 Spy: I Can See Hidden Messages Bamboo Three Years OldUrban1.5M WordsCompleted 6.7kReads8.5Score354Shelves
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Boss Dai's Ace Agent is amazing
154 Broken Knife Love MomotoUrban586k WordsOngoing 154Reads—Score—Shelves
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I recommend this book. The spies in it are very hidden.
155 Spy War: Codenamed Sun Wukong, I Can Transform Infinitely Uncle Monkey God 2020Urban1.5M WordsCompleted 15.2kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
156 Spy: Code Zero Salt Point SevenUrban2.2M WordsOngoing 1.9kReads6.8Score107Shelves
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These are the ceilings of classic spy movies. I don't allow anyone who hasn't seen them yet.
157 Spy War: Stop Guessing, Colonel, I Am Really an Undercover Agent Brother QingyunUrban506k WordsCompleted 8.6kReads8.0Score514Shelves
158 The Barrage Comes from the Future, Everyone Is Watching Me Change History Steamed Buns with Red Bean PasteUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 8.4kReads9.2Score871Shelves
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The first book: system flow, traveling through various historical events to change history. The name is a bit random; the second book: the protagonist is reborn as a Japanese, and wears a Japanese identity to work for China.
159 Hidden Front Three: Jinling's Weirdness Jin BiaoUrban199k WordsCompleted 961Reads9.5Score103Shelves
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Spy operators face complex situations between ourselves and the enemy. They are not afraid of life and death, just for their mission, and their faith will never die! Reading their stories, ❤️ can give people a deeper understanding of the family and national conditions that every Chinese son and daughter should have, and they are the potential blood of the Chinese people! It is everyone's responsibility to defend China! ☀️Share it with you! Let's encourage and make progress together with you! ❤️
160 All Quiet in Peking: All 3 Volumes Liu HepingHistorical746k WordsCompleted 1.3kReads9.5Score312Shelves
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Focusing on the internal struggle ➕inflation ➕famine within the GMD before the liberation of Peiping, good guys, the underground party Kuomintang and the United States, through the overt and covert struggles between the Fang family and Lao Xu and Lao Gao, unfolded the final espionage crisis of the Republic of China.
161 Wind Reaver Zhai PengyanUrban254k WordsCompleted 22Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Reading their stories about the turbulent years of spies, whether ups and downs or calm, can make people deeply understand the family and national conditions that every Chinese son and daughter should have, and they are the potential blood of the Chinese people! It is everyone's responsibility to defend China! ☀️Share it with you! Let's encourage and make progress together with you! ❤️
162 Resistance: I Have a Summoning System A Snail That Wants to Eat Swan MeatUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 74.6kReads8.2Score7kShelves
163 Spy War: After Identifying the Identity, Instigate the Rebellion of the Senior Spy Clear MoonUrban967k WordsOngoing 76Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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The latest new book on the spy war of the Republic of China's Anti-Japanese War: ①1936, spring. Army Academy. On the eve of graduation, the classmates were talking freely, while Lin Mu was thinking about the future. Having traveled from the future, he knew that it would be less than a year before the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Because the male protagonist was from Fenghua, Ningbo, and a fellow villager with Chiang Kai-shek, he was accidentally assigned to the Secret Service, which became a nightmare for everyone in the Japanese army in the future.
164 Su Blade GinsengMystery224k WordsCompleted 201Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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Suspense reasoning, solving the case and chasing the murderer, all linked together----
165 Adventure Inn Yang KaitaiMystery1.4M WordsOngoing 13.6kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
166 Film and Television Dramas Start with Climbing up the Mountain and Falling Grass Ye Sanye Who Loves Mongolian Fried RiceUrban1.1M WordsCompleted 6.8kReads8.2Score264Shelves
167 The Spy's Counterattack Li JiutianUrban1.5M WordsOngoing 7.8kReads8.4Score550Shelves
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🔥① Since the protagonist graduated from the training class, he went on his first mission and discovered the Japanese agents hidden around him. This is just because the protagonist, as a time traveler, has the ability to see the hidden identities of others. 🔥②As a military reunification agent, the male protagonist returned from studying abroad. As soon as he came back, he was entrusted by the leader with the important task of leading his men to eradicate the spies hiding in the government.
168 The King of Spies: Start in Shanghai Kapok FanUrban314k WordsOngoing —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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🔥① Since the protagonist graduated from the training class, he went on his first mission and discovered the Japanese agents hidden around him. This is just because the protagonist, as a time traveler, has the ability to see the hidden identities of others. 🔥②As a military reunification agent, the male protagonist returned from studying abroad. As soon as he returned, he was entrusted by the leader with the important task of leading his men to eradicate the spies hiding in the government.
169 Spy: I Have a Pair of Clairvoyant Eyes! White Tea EggsUrban221k WordsOngoing 76Reads7.0Score—Shelves
170 I Use a Hundred Ways to Kill the Japanese to Stay Alive Hydra Qiong Lin ZhongHistorical324k WordsOngoing 2.5kReads—Score177Shelves
171 Anti-Japanese War: the Rise of the Expeditionary Force in Southeast Asia Wind Thirty-NineUrban731k WordsCompleted 22.7kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
172 Behind the Bullet DaisyUrban183k WordsCompleted 578Reads9.5Score—Shelves
173 The War of Resistance: It Started When I Became Li Yunlong There Is a Crane on the Celestial BodyUrban472k WordsCompleted 5.3kReads5.9Score157Shelves
174 Mr. Republic of China Star TalkUrban1.8M WordsCompleted 3.9kReads8.6Score211Shelves
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Take a look at this book...
175 Railway Archives: the Stinging Hour St RifleUrban349k WordsCompleted 4Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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The new book to welcome the New Year in 2026 has arrived
176 The Spy War Begins by Sneaking into the Manchurian Railway and Working as a Small Policeman Lao Zhang 0612Urban1.3M WordsCompleted 1.7kReads8.4Score149Shelves
177 Railway Archives St RifleUrban329k WordsCompleted 2Reads5.8Score—Shelves
178 Spy War: a Cat Starts the Game, and All Intelligence Depends on Chatting Sweet Twenty-FourUrban1.6M WordsOngoing 1.3kReads6.2Score121Shelves
179 Small Inspector of the Republic of China Three Seven Seven Two SevenUrban153k WordsCompleted 460Reads—Score—Shelves
180 Spy War: All My Female Agents Are Stunningly Beautiful 50% Done with Half the EffortUrban3.0M WordsOngoing 74.4kReads8.6Score5.2kShelves
181 Spy Shanghai God of WealthUrban1.1M WordsCompleted 1kReads8.2Score104Shelves
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I traveled through time and became the director of Operations Division No. 76. This book is a bit interesting.
182 The Spy War of the Republic of China: Codename Crab Snowy Night BoatUrban1.0M WordsCompleted 31.3kReads8.1Score3kShelves
183 Plotter Ji Do-Ryung Who Loves to Eat Garlic BeansUrban2.3M WordsOngoing 16Reads5.8Score—Shelves
184 Mark of the Lurker BanbaoUrban129k WordsCompleted 8Reads—Score—Shelves
185 Spy Codename Screw Lonely ResurgenceUrban368k WordsCompleted 2.2kReads6.3Score123Shelves
186 Let You Fight Against Japan, Not Let You Lurk in Wanwan and Return Youth DayUrban4.5M WordsOngoing 10.9kReads9.0Score904Shelves
187 The Dirty Things in the Big Mansion of the Republic of China Lying DogUrban5.3M WordsOngoing 71.3kReads9.2Score4kShelves
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This one too, has rave reviews
188 Spy Lurking Railway Files Liaoshen Jingzhe St RifleUrban204k WordsOngoing 12Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Three novels (Part 1, 2)
189 Lone Spy Candle of WindUrban247k WordsCompleted 289Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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It could be made into a movie if it was polished. I don't know why the rating is so low. Maybe it's because it's relatively short, hahaha
190 Apocalyptic Woman [Spy War in the Republic of China] Stream in DreamModern Romance225k WordsOngoing 3Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Both books are good, especially the first one, it's so beautiful!
191 Money Obsessed Female Agent Flamingo on the Plane TreeUrban821k WordsCompleted 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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This book is worth reading, The Wolf of Wall Street, Economic Counterintelligence
192 Spy Fog Nangong TownUrban2.0M WordsCompleted 247Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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Good spy novel
193 Rebirth of the Republic of China Spy: Impossible Continued Wang DianjunHistorical62k WordsOngoing 22Reads6.5Score—Shelves
194 Shanghai Beach: Rise from Lend-Lease Small Face Is SallowHistorical1.5M WordsCompleted 747Reads5.8Score137Shelves
195 Spy War: the Captured Japanese Lady Tan Xin Has Information Lotus Bone Is a SoulHistorical227k WordsCompleted 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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Fight the war, Boss Cao!
196 Spy War: Thousand Faces of Agents, I Am a Team by Myself Braised ShrimpUrban406k WordsOngoing 1.3kReads8.5Score101Shelves
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Story summary: The protagonist travels through the parallel world of Shanghai and awakens the Thousand Faces Agent System. Every time he completes a task, he will get a new face. From then on, Shanghai has one more, the elusive Red Party agent Thousand Faces. Self-recommended new book, reasonable plot, stable updates
197 Taming the Abyss in a Raging Sea The Gods Want to Go WildUrban1.9M WordsCompleted 193.8kReads9.6Score24.2kShelves
198 Eighth Bureau of the General Staff Passing by JiangbeiUrban651k WordsCompleted 3.1kReads7.6Score403Shelves
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Definitely yes
199 Spy War: Codename Big Pendulum! Unlimited Plunder! QiyixiaoUrban670k WordsCompleted 3.4kReads6.4Score258Shelves
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[Staring] Highly recommended, a super exciting spy game! ! ! Travel through time and become a little spy, lurking in the Shanghai market. Starting from a small street vendor, he suddenly became a big boss controlling the transportation network in South China. Just after the meeting was held to confirm the plan, he turned around and appeared on our desk [you taste it carefully] [you taste it carefully]
200 During the War of Resistance, Lurking as a Japanese General Happy Little HeheUrban1.2M WordsCompleted 49.5kReads8.4Score3.4kShelves