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  1. 51 Espionage: I Became the Biggest Secret Agent 谍战:我成了最大的特务头子 Urban3.6M WordsOngoing In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic, Xie Yanlai transmigrated back to Beiping. As a Whampoa Military Academy graduate assigned to reinforce the Beiping branch, he foiled Major Ishikawa of the Special Higher Police's plot to buy off Beiping's political leaders within half a month, breaking the record for the fastest promotion of a Whampoa graduate. A month later, he took down the North China Army's secret treasury. Three months later... Xie Yanlai was able to repeatedly earn outstanding mer 4.5kReads8.8Score367Shelves
  2. 52 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战:我双重附体,让我做线人? Urban256k WordsCompleted [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 43Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  3. 53 Spy War: Only I Can Eavesdrop on People's Thoughts 谍战,只有我能偷听心声 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 34.8kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
  4. 54 A Contest of Wits in the Spy World 谍海较量 Urban183k WordsOngoing By a twist of fate, a psychology graduate student returned to 1937, a year torn apart by war. As he sought out the underground organization and held fast to his red ideals, he contributed what he could to his country's liberation and rejuvenation in a turbulent era, embarking on a legendary career as an undercover agent in the world of espionage. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 55 Espionage: Code Name Oriole 谍战之代号黄雀 Urban175k WordsCompleted Caught in a nation ravaged by war, an overseas student joined the Communist Party in secret. Following his orders, he communicated through a single contact and went undercover alone to carry out a mission for the Military Statistics Bureau. By a twist of fate, he joined the Special Higher Police. From then on, trapped between competing powers, he matched wits with them all in a thrilling battle of spies. In this tangled struggle, who will have the last laugh and become the hidden player waiting 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 56 Code Name: One Silver Dollar 谍战代号一块大洋 Urban135k WordsCompleted [Parallel World + Espionage + Traditional Martial Arts + Light System] Jiang Zhengchang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an underground intelligence operative for the Party. He inherits his family’s skill at killing with flying knives. He trains hard, using silver dollars as throwing blades, and earns the code name “Silver Dollar.” Keeping a low profile, he infiltrates the Special Higher Police as a Japanese translator, gathering intelligence for his people and carrying out assassin 79Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 57 Glory in the Shadow War 密战荣耀 Urban302k WordsCompleted Jiang Longcheng transmigrates through time to the international city of Shanghai in 1936, where his intelligence and courage make him shine in the currents of a changing era. Amid a web of spies, he moves like a sudden storm, risking everything to rescue underground Party members in danger. When Japanese aggressors provoke him, he responds with both courage and cunning, revealing the makings of a true hero. The military medals he earns are recognition of his extraordinary abilities and a tribute 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. 58 Those Memories Haven't Faded Like Smoke 那些往事并不如烟 Urban851k 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 507Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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  9. 59 Siheyuan: Running a Little Tavern in Beijing Amid War and Espionage 四合院:抗战谍战在京城开小酒馆 Urban545k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance Espionage]+ [War of Resistance]+ [Espionage]+ [Period]+ [Space]+ [Special Forces]+ [Transmigration]+ [Book Transmigration]+ [Siheyuan]+ [Invincible] Also known as "War of Resistance Espionage: I Open a Little Tavern in the Capital"/ "Zhao Zilong, the War of Resistance Hero Who Rose to Prominence in the Siheyuan"/ "Espionage: I Open a Little Tavern to Serve the War of Resistance"/ "Espionage: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to the War of Resistance" Modern-day Special Fo 1.8kReads6.5Score—Shelves
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  10. 60 The Lotus Spy 芙蓉谍 317k WordsCompleted The moment the silver scissors pried open the dragon’s vulnerable scales, the fuse began to sputter and spark. Jiang Ruobing stared at the red words on the “Torch Dragon Project” map: “Level Rongcheng on the sixth day of the winter month.” Suddenly, her fingertip brushed half an embroidered hibiscus on the back! As the Military Statistics Bureau’s most ruthless ace, she could kill with a steel needle. But no one knew that inside her Shu embroidery frame, she was using three shades of blue threa 92Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 61 Espionage: Slaying Enemies Gets Me Gear, and I’ve Gone on a Killing Spree 谍战:杀敌爆装备我真杀疯了 Urban252k WordsCompleted (For fans of Spy Shadow Storm, from a platinum-level author on another site, feel-good fiction, multiple heroines, and readers who love spy-war masterminds: add this to your bookshelf) The System grants me lofty ambitions, and my wife helps me reach the summit After passing the civil service exam three times, he was so excited that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and transmigrated into the Republic of China in 1939, becoming an abandoned pawn of the Military Statistics Bureau. Just after Gao H 317Reads5.6Score—Shelves
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  12. 62 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 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?… 285Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  13. 63 Butterflies and Spies 蝶来谍网 Urban465k WordsCompleted A beautiful female bandit blunders into Harbin's espionage network. She takes a male spy hostage, only to find herself trapped in bed with him. The two decide to plot together in private and put their plans into action beyond their bedroom door. They spill blood in a bandit stronghold, root out traitors in a brothel on Peach Blossom Lane, lie in wait to catch bandits at an illegal gambling den, and smash up an opium house to rid the area of its evils... This is neither fantasy nor a story about 13.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
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  14. 64 Spy War: I’ve Caught Every Japanese Spy 谍战,日谍被我抓光了 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 18.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
  15. 65 Espionage: Red Agent, Codename Phoenix 谍战:红色特工之代号不死鸟 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 24.1kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
  16. 66 The Windbreaker 破风者 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, 3.1kReads8.8Score314Shelves
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  17. 67 Espionage: A Rider in Manchuria 谍战之一个骑手在满洲 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was the most ordinary rickshaw puller. In this one, he’s a ruthless assassin! On the freezing nights when Japanese forces and their puppet regime run rampant, Ding Li relies on his extraordinary intelligence to repeatedly assassinate emperors, generals, and Manchurian officials... Single-handedly, Ding Li undermines the puppet state of Manchukuo, its order, and its economic lifelines... He gradually becomes a brave and steadfast patriot, and organizes a fierce, tenacious 3.9kReads8.8Score445Shelves
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  18. 68 A Spy, But Not Quite 似谍非谍 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Still Chen Gang, still transmigrated into someone else's body. But this time, there’s no golden finger and no life-saving spirit spring water. It’s simply a story about killing Japanese soldiers and traitors, and stealing their money. 1.7kReads8.3Score147Shelves
  19. 69 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. 8kReads8.7Score733Shelves
  20. 70 Reborn in the War of Resistance: Every Invader Deserves to Die 重生抗战:入侵者都该死 Urban363k WordsCompleted (War of Resistance + espionage + pocket dimension + Republican era + parallel timeline) Anyone who seeks to destroy our country and wipe out our people will face our blood-soaked resistance to the very end! Zou Yiyi had just been reborn into a parallel timeline when she realized this was the most tragic chapter in the history books she'd once read. Her father had done nothing to provoke anyone, yet the Japanese used him for target practice as he fled famine. As she lay dying, her mother entruste 11.7kReads8.9Score644Shelves
  21. 71 The Snow Wolf’s Mission 2: Wolf Knight 雪狼的使命2之狼侠 Urban1.2M WordsOngoing The snow wolf is a beast of the wolf family that lives in cold, snowbound lands. It stands for abundant vitality and untamed wildness, a free and independent nature, an unyielding spirit that never surrenders, courage in battle, willpower, dignity, and teamwork. The Snow Wolf Squad was once a civilian resistance group that fought across the Wuhan theater. After joining the Communist Party of China, its members took part in an operation in which their captain and the snow wolf perished in the art 200Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 72 The Snow Wolf's Mission 雪狼的使命 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 751Reads7.2Score130Shelves
  23. 73 The Protector of the Nation 护国天王 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 80Reads7.7Score119Shelves
  24. 74 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战:我当恶霸能爆奖励! 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, 153.9kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves
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  25. 75 Espionage: Oh No! I've Become the Pig-Headed Squad Leader? 谍战:天呐!我成了猪头小队长? Urban495k WordsOngoing Du Bian transmigrates to wartime Jizhong, only to find himself in the role of Watanabe, a Japanese squad leader! Fortunately, he obtains the System for Saving the Nation by Indirect Means, also known as the System That Makes You Stronger by Tricking the Japanese. From then on, he plays the pig to eat the tiger behind enemy lines, patiently keeping his cover with the help of animal hides. He secretly helps the guerrilla unit destroy a Japanese arms depot, root out a traitor in our ranks, take out 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  26. 76 Espionage: Codename Wrecking Ball! Infinite Plunder! 谍战:代号大摆锤!无限掠夺! Urban670k WordsCompleted [Spy warfare + gritty action + rooting out traitors + power fantasy + System + business + portable space] He is the most overlooked nobody in the Military Statistics Bureau, and the lowest-ranking Green Gang underling, living each day with death hanging over him. He is the shadowy boss controlling a vast family business, and a gangster, a scumbag, in the eyes of countless people. More than that, he is a secret agent who strikes fear into the hearts of traitors and Japanese spies. His codename: W 4.4kReads6.4Score298Shelves
  27. 77 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战:开局化身日本贵族军官 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 19.6kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
  28. 78 Espionage: I Became the Worst Spy Chief 谍战:我成了最坏特务头子 Urban132k WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Ziwu. I'm a master spy. My name is Zhao Ziwu. I'm a low-ranking police officer. My name is Zhao Ziwu. I'm an agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. My name is Zhao Ziwu. I'm a Japanese spy! 206Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  29. 79 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 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 73.4kReads8.8Score5.5kShelves
  30. 80 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋:蓝捷行动 Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 8.3kReads9.1Score1kShelves
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  31. 81 I Embrace the Moon Reflected in the Clear Huai 挽月映清淮 Modern Romance97k WordsOngoing In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, foreign invaders’ iron hooves shattered the land. Beiping fell, Nanjing was under threat, and flames of war spread across the nation. He told her, “I want to be someone who lives to see tomorrow with you.” 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 82 Winter Melody of Beicheng 北城冬曲 Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted [Alternate Republican-era setting + love of country and family + ensemble cast in troubled times + mystery and espionage + two devoted first loves + happy ending] [Gentle, proud opera beauty x quiet, guileless student who speaks her mind] A single “reform order” put an end to Su Yige’s long road of study. But just as she faced this predicament, everything changed the moment she opened the file folder. The folder her professor gave her pointed to the hidden sparks inside the theater, and to the 123Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 83 The Mastermind Behind the Scenes 背后高人 Urban418k WordsCompleted Xu Qiang was framed and sent to prison. There, he met a powerful official who gave him guidance and revealed many secrets to him. After Xu Qiang got out, he rose to great heights in no time... 598Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 84 Shikumen 石库门 Urban215k WordsCompleted [Infiltrating Shanghai + Building Suspended Floors by Hand + Ancient Temple Labyrinth] Shanghai is a city of intrigue, where danger lurks at every turn. A scumbag con man starts out with a Type 14 pistol and fights his way across Shanghai using every trick in the book, only to end up disfigured and castrated? A university student wife trapped in a quagmire has a trump-card lover at her side. Why would heaven betray lovers like them? Thirty million dead, all for victory, to rebuild a shattered ho 5Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  35. 85 The Republic's Greatest Actor Is Still Playing a Saint Today 民国第一演技派,今天也在装圣人 Urban713k WordsCompleted For eighteen years, Shen Yu has been overshadowed by his genius older brother. He's long been used to being the family scapegoat, passing his days chasing roosters and dogs, lying flat and taking the mockery. Then transmigrator Yu Chen forcibly takes over his body, using his face to invent things and play the saint. Suddenly, he's the whole family's darling, and even his biased parents can't stop praising him. But good times don't last. The transmigrator leaves, saddling him with a pharmaceuti 170Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 86 The Queen of the Military Intelligence Bureau 军统女王 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage + political intrigue + wits and strategy + ruthless decisiveness] The bloody odyssey of the Military Statistics Bureau’s queen! She is the knife in Boss Dai’s hand, and the nightmare that haunts his bedside! 1937: Shanghai, a deadly trap Lin Wei, codenamed “Ghost Fox,” arrives in Shanghai and forms the “Fox Thorn” assassination squad within three months. As her qipao swirls, collaborators’ heads roll and Japanese officers lie awake at night. But the wine Nanzo Yunko offers her is lace 13.1kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
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  37. 87 A Lone Boat in the Espionage World 谍海孤舟 Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [Espionage] + [Woman Disguised as a Man] + [Multiple Secret Identities] + [Two Powerful Leads] In 1937, Jinling fell. Sixteen-year-old Xu Qingru, born into a scholarly family, witnessed the Japanese invaders slaughter her entire family. Carrying a blood debt and a top-secret list, she abandoned her maiden name and stepped into the endless darkness, transforming into an elite agent known as "Petrel." Back in isolated Shanghai, she becomes a double agent who walks the knife's edge. On one side, sh 1.3kReads8.8Score147Shelves
  38. 88 Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前 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 666Reads8.1Score102Shelves
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  39. 89 War of Resistance: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to Hunt Japanese Soldiers from the Start 抗战:特种兵开局穿越赶山打鬼子 Urban367k WordsCompleted This book is also known as The Anti-Japanese War: Transmigrating to the 1930s to Fight the Japanese / The Resistance: From Transmigrating into a Book to Hunting in the Mountains and Fighting the Japanese / The Era: A Guerrilla Force Behind Enemy Lines in Shandong Province [Resistance and spy warfare + Anti-Japanese War + opening arc + special forces + transmigration + period setting + transmigrating into a book + countryside + mountain hunting + genius] Special forces soldier Zhang Qi transmigra 1.8kReads8.4Score110Shelves
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  40. 90 Siheyuan: Fighting Japanese Spies in the Anti-Japanese War in Changbai Mountain 四合院:抗战谍战在长白山打鬼子 Urban115k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance espionage + period setting + pocket dimension + courtyard home + transmigration + mountain foraging + transmigration into a book + no System] Shen Fei unexpectedly transmigrates to the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the 1930s. He rescues his comrades, forms a guerrilla force, and fights the Japanese invaders. More precisely, Shen Fei transmigrates into a book. When the Japanese commit atrocities, take them out! Drive the Japanese invaders away. For victory, open fire 85Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 91 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to the 1950s and Enlisting to Fight the Americans 四合院:穿越五零年代参军打鹰酱 Male-Channel Fanfiction419k WordsCompleted [Espionage + period setting + courtyard house + from the start + special forces + pocket dimension + transmigration] Modern special forces soldier Yi Xiaotian transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Yi Xiaotian, the son of Yi Zhonghai. He leads his childhood friends from Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Xue Jie, and Li Mingfei, onto the battlefield. These passionate young men join the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, fighting the Yankees and defending 1.3kReads7.1Score—Shelves
  42. 92 Undercurrent: Special Task Group Five 暗潮:五号特工组 Urban589k WordsCompleted Starring Liu Lin, Wang Likun, Gao Lu, and others. A fan novel based on the TV series Five-Man Secret Service, written to give Li and Ouyang's romance a proper ending. A struggle against spy organizations, Ouyang Jianping and Li Zhibo, Ma and Gao's romance, and everyday life. The main story takes place in Shanghai and the surrounding occupied areas, from the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 to the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Ouyang Jianping, a lieutenant colonel in the Na 108Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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  43. 93 Yangcheng 飏城 Historical200k WordsCompleted This is just one of countless stories from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression: sacrifice, passion, fear, and moving moments fill every cell. In this era, even love seems to have been reduced to waiting... 73Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 94 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 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  45. 95 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 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  46. 96 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 7Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  47. 97 Shadows on the Jianghu 江湖谍影 Urban331k WordsCompleted A traditional spy thriller, with no transmigration and no golden finger for the protagonist. Please don't flame me if that's not your thing. A legendary espionage tale set during the War of Resistance, starring Du Yunfan, a Shanghai street punk, and Shen Peiyao, a Communist agent. After an accident draws Du Yunfan into a deadly clash between the Military Statistics Bureau and Japanese spies, he is forced to pose as Shen Peiyao's husband. Little does he know she is the childhood sweetheart he los 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 98 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Urban282k WordsCompleted Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 137Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 99 Greetings from Planet E 来自e星的问候 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse181k WordsCompleted Whenever I look up at the sky, the dark insectoid mothership looms across the horizon. Greetings from Planet E is a grand extraterrestrial adventure starring Yang Mo. As he builds a business and uncovers a rebellion plot among Planet E's factions, Yang Mo uses his wits to foil the conspirators and the insectoid race, winning the love of the Swan Princess and the Dragonfish Princess. The Solar Chariot tells the story of Yang Mo, the son of Yang Ruo, who arrives on Planet E a thousand years later 18Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 100 The Chariot of the Sun 太阳战车 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse202k WordsCompleted Everyone has someone they can't forget, or something they can't let go of, whether it's love or a career. When faced with a life-or-death choice, how should you decide? This is the story of Yang Ruofeng, who sets off for Titan aboard a solar sail ship on a mission from the Dragon Kingdom. There, he discovers alien ruins and pits his wits against the lurking space pirates. The story follows two main threads: the protagonist's romance and his scientific expedition. Across the vast reaches of inter 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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