Spy Stories! Female Lead, No Romance, Undercover 间谍文！女主无cp，卧底

1. 1 快 The Everyman’s Rise to Greatness Through Quick Transmigration 快穿之路人甲奋斗成大佬 Young Hero Yun's Sword云少侠的剑Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Gender-Flexible Protagonist + Building a Strong Nation] When Shui Miao (Si Shui) was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, she encountered Shi Lei (Rock), a hapless passerby A System. They signed a contract and began traveling through myriad worlds. The protagonist has no plot armor or golden finger (probably). Each transmigration is a life of its own. I’ll do my best to avoid simplistic writing, so please go easy on me. Quick Transmigration World One: Money 36kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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   Chapter 165, the Republican Era. [Crying] Comrade Shui Sanwa. After reading this chapter, I rarely read spy dramas anymore; I just can't get into them.

2. 2 带 I Bring a Pig Farm to the 1970s 带个养猪场穿七零 Oreo Planet Person奥利奥星球人Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted How hard would a college student with no connections or money work just to get an internship stamp? Jiang Cha went to a pig farm and became a temporary “poop scooper.” Forget petting cats, at this pig farm she really was scooping poop~~ And who would have thought she'd run into trouble too? Who could have guessed there'd be a huge explosion, right while she was working? Aaaaaah! Whenever she thinks back to arriving in the 1970s, her eyes still sting. 3.9kReads8.8Score316Shelves

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   These are great books whose titles don't do them justice. Both female protagonists are intelligent, and they're coming-of-age stories that get better with each reading. No romantic pairing.

3. 3 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
4. 4 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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   Looks good _(:з"∠)_ Don't rush

5. 5 我 Beauty and Hairdressing in Republican-Era China 我在民国美容美发 Ye Xuan Gusi叶玄古寺Modern Romance757k WordsOngoing Spy thriller [No romance + entrepreneurship + espionage + not a power fantasy + no arrogant, all-conquering hero or Mary Sue + kindhearted, not malicious + everyday street life + no romantic melodrama + slow-paced] [Author's note: Feel free to read two or three chapters before deciding whether to continue. Don't blindly follow the reviews when judging a book's worth; decide for yourself.] Zheng Xiaohe brings modern skills with her when she transmigrates into the granddaughter of a barber in Ji 2.8kReads9.0Score259Shelves

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   In the first book, the female protagonist encounters a gunfight immediately after transmigrating. A man suspected of being a spy dies in the shootout. Confused and disoriented, the newly transmigrated protagonist's system is activated, binding her to this man's identity and transforming her into the spy Shen Zhiheng. From then on, the protagonist can be either male or female, constantly switching identities to fight for her goals. In the second book, the female protagonist transmigrates into Zheng Xiaohe, the granddaughter of a barber. Initially, she only wants to live peacefully with her grandfather in this turbulent era, running their small barbershop. But where is peace in such a changing world? Only complete peace.

6. 6 穿 Transmigrating to 1940: The Eight-Year-Old Farm Girl Goes on a Rampage 穿越四零，八岁农女杀疯了 Salty Fish Is My Trade咸鱼本渔Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted Li Xue had fallen asleep in her dreams. When she woke up, she had become an eight-year-old girl. The girl had witnessed her entire family being killed, and in her terror, she had died too. From the girl's memories, Li Xue learned that it was now the year 1942. She wanted to cry but had no tears left. Wiping them away, she resolved to take revenge on those who had wronged her and settle every score. 6.2kReads8.9Score316Shelves
7. 7 重 Reborn in 1929: A Low-Level Intelligence Agent 重生1929之小小情报员 Novels and Me小说与我Modern Romance863k WordsCompleted The heroine transmigrates and has psychic powers and a pocket dimension. As an Esper in the age of spiritual qi revival, Yun Qingge had the misfortune of dying, only to be reborn into a wealthy family in the Republican era. Unfortunately, someone switched her at birth, then dumped her in a mass grave… Later, she got bound to a System, only to become its tool… P.S. 1.6kReads7.8Score166Shelves
8. 8 带 Pinduoduo in the Republic of China 带着拼夕夕在民国 Mu Xi Mu Xi木希沐熙Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Protagonist: Li Yue (Jian Sixuan) Li Yue accidentally transmigrates to 1938, less than two months after the Nanjing Massacre. The owner of the body she inhabits is just an ordinary little beggar. At first, Li Yue sees nothing but darkness ahead. She might not survive even three days in this era. But soon she discovers that her phone has come along with her, and the only app on it, Pinduoduo, gives her the courage to carry on. She decides to head for Yan’an and lie low in the base area until libe 5.4kReads7.4Score487Shelves

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   This story meets the requirements: the female protagonist transmigrates to the Republican era with a cheat-like ability to engage in espionage, but she's just a kid, so there's no romance.

9. 9 民 Republican-Era Spy Thriller: A Triple Agent With Mind-Reading Powers Kills Her Way Through Daily Life 民国谍战：三面女谍读心杀疯日常 Squid Over Rice鱿鱼盖浇饭Modern Romance766k WordsCompleted War of Resistance spy thriller + triple agent + female-led, strong heroine + on-screen information prompts + mind reading + no romance When Shen Yutang wakes up, she has transmigrated to the war-torn years of the War of Resistance. She is “Spark,” a member of the underground Communist Party; “Scarlet Rose,” the Military Statistics Bureau's ace female spy; and Miss “Fujiwara Shizuka,” a Japanese aristocrat who went missing abroad! [Host successfully eliminated a Japanese spy. Mission merit +200 9kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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   No romantic pairing. The female lead is a member of the underground Communist Party who becomes a spy for the Kuomintang. She has a system/golden finger and is intelligent. It's a very good read.

10. 10 鬼 Trade Japanese Invaders' Heads for Rewards? I'm Great at This 鬼子人头换奖励？这题我超会 Style式样Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [A growing heroine + no romance or ambiguity in the main story + not a spy thriller] After mysteriously transmigrating back to the War of Resistance era, Tong Yuelan, a total weakling in a fight, could only think how hard her life was. She was facing death right from the start, and just when she managed to turn the tables against all odds, she discovered she’d been bound to a useless cannon-fodder System. She began by cautiously sneaking up on the Japanese invaders and killing them. After growin 2.8kReads8.8Score339Shelves
11. 11 穿 I Won't Wear Patched Trousers After Transmigrating; I'll Become the Richest Person in the Republic of China 穿越不穿补丁裤，我在民国当首富 Poor Sanqi!贫穷的三七呀！Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Republican era + no despicable characters + building wealth + light espionage and resistance-war elements + no romance + ensemble cast + slow and steady development First: Let me repeat something important three times: this is still not an over-the-top wish-fulfillment novel X3! Second: There is no rebirth, no revenge, and no face-slapping. The original owner’s wishes and quests may come up from time to time. If you don’t like the premise, feel free to leave. We’ll meet again somewhere down the 12.5kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
12. 12 民 The Little Ancestress from the Republican Era's Apocalypse 民国末世而来的小祖宗 Oli, Who Loves Shrimp Toast爱吃虾多士的奥利Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [Republican-era setting + alternate universe + no romance] During the Republican era, an ancestor crawls out of the Bai family's graveyard. The Bai family has four generations under one roof and is thriving, but it's missing a baby girl. Well, now they've got one! Bai Wuming grew up to the age of ten in the apocalypse. When she wakes up, she feels incredibly hot, kicks open the coffin lid, and begins a new life. 69Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 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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    The first one is already caught up; keeping up with the updates is so difficult! There's another book I can't find on my bookshelf; I wonder if it's been taken off the shelves? It's about a female protagonist who works in a convent, I think she's a mortician, doing makeup and dressing for the dead. She has a system that allows her to identify a corpse she touches.

14. 14 都 We're at War, Who Has Time for Your Heiress Returns Story? 都抗战了，谁跟你玩千金归来 Light Sleep微眠Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted For female readers. Very popular. If it’s not your thing, move along. Gossip + espionage + no romance + play the pig to eat the tiger Colleagues at the Investigation and Statistics Bureau: “Don’t be fooled by how short Xiaoxiao is. She’s got plenty of cunning.” Hong Xiaoxiao: “Cunning? Is that a compliment? Don’t bully me, I’m very cunning!” The Blue Shirt Society: “Talented people are hard to come by. Everyone at the Blue Shirt Society warmly welcomes Hong Xiaoxiao!” Section Chief Ding of Unit 227Reads6.8Score—Shelves
15. 15 抗 Resistance War System: The Hidden Butterfly's Flower 抗战系统：隐蝶之花 Gorgeous Girl绚丽儿Modern Romance434k WordsOngoing After Zhong Yuyan was bound to an Anti-Japanese War System, she was reborn in a parallel universe. She never expected, though, to be reborn as a female traitor who had been targeted for assassination by the Military Statistics Bureau. Only after barely escaping with her life did she learn from the original host’s memories that... The original host wasn’t a female traitor at all. She was a triple agent who had returned from studying abroad, and also the Party’s most secretive butterfly hidden dee 20.1kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
16. 16 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
17. 17 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
18. 18 我 My Days as a Spy at No. 76 我在76号当卧底的那些日子 Please, Save This Child求求了救救孩子吧Modern Romance716k WordsCompleted [Dual Female Leads + No Romance + Mother and Daughter + Mutual Healing + Strong Female Lead + No System + No Transmigration + Happy Ending] Su Ran is a deeply undercover agent. When her superior suddenly dies and the entire underground network suffers a devastating blow, she is left like a kite with its string cut. Where can she go from here? At the first sight of Ning An, an impulse rooted deep in her very blood makes one thing certain: there will be no calm player in this game of chess. Thos 776Reads8.5Score107Shelves

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    It's so good! It's just still ongoing!!

19. 19 我 I’m a Male Secret Agent, and I Have Just a Few Too Many Secret Identities 我，男特务，马甲比情报多亿点 Bubbly Tangyuan糖圆啵啵Modern Romance612k WordsOngoing Strong heroine + Republican-era spy intrigue + multiple identities + System + no romance Nanzhi, a third-year college student, gets transported to the Republican era and unexpectedly awakens a System. Right from the start, she smoothly switches into a male body and impersonates Shen Zhiheng, a Huangpu Military Academy officer. Nanzhi thrives in the Republican era by killing Japanese spies and gathering intelligence. Cast of the comedy skit: I am Shen Zhiheng, an officer in the intelligence servi 1.8kReads8.8Score179Shelves

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    The second book was super good. I recently read the first one, which was also quite good. The third one was a little less impressive, but it was still good for passing the time…

20. 20 军 The Queen of the Military Intelligence Bureau 军统女王 Moon with a Faint Smile月含残笑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 12kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    Completely meets your requirements

21. 21 重 Reborn in the Age of War 重生战争年代 Black Coffee with Bread黑咖配面包Urban438k WordsCompleted (Rebirth, space, strength-based ability, playing the fool to catch the tiger, historical era, parallel world) In the apocalypse, Lan Xinyue survived thanks to her strength and spatial abilities, only to be betrayed by her closest friend while fighting a high-level zombie. “Xiao Yan, why?” Lan Xinyue couldn’t believe it. Reborn in the 1940s, she joins the revolution, helps the country fight the Japanese and capture enemy spies, and works undercover. The male lead is a soldier who protects his cou 5.9kReads9.1Score437Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1940s after the apocalypse, joins the revolution to fight against the Japanese, and infiltrates a concentration camp to rescue revolutionary comrades. She has a spatial ability and other supernatural powers. Readers looking for something to read should check this out! [Smile][smile][smile][smile][smile]

22. 22 带 Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40 Willows by the Water水边柳杨Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Farming + Infrastructure Development + Beloved by All + War of Resistance Against Japan] She woke up in the 1940s, with a Pinduoduo System? An Yu thought for a second, then decided to come clean: “I’m from the future, and I have a golden finger.” Canned luncheon meat, work boots, motorized tricycles... Fertilizer, canned luncheon meat, military coats... If Pinduoduo sells it, you can get it here! This time, she absolutely wouldn’t let their forebears fight the Japanese invaders on empty stomach 77.4kReads9.0Score11.6kShelves

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    Undercover Agent: The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates and acquires the identity of a Whampoa Military Academy officer, able to switch between two bodies. She uses this ability to continuously gather intelligence, capture spies, and earn merit, making the Japanese tremble with fear. No romantic pairing.

23. 23 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
24. 24 我 My Years in Intelligence Work 我干谍报工作的那几年 Zhang Congqian张从前Modern Romance691k WordsOngoing Born at the wrong time and adrift for half her life, should she accept her fate or fight back? If transmigration were a lottery, Zhang Huaiyue must have drawn the very worst ticket. After living an ordinary life for over twenty years, she couldn’t understand why, among all the transmigrators, she had been thrown into this war-torn era. To survive, she planned and schemed painstakingly. Just as she finally glimpsed a chance to break free from her shackles, fate seemed to play a cruel joke and pus 2.9kReads8.6Score278Shelves

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    I only recommend this one. The author's writing is excellent, and this book is featured on Tomato Novels.

25. 25 谍 A Lone Boat in the Espionage World 谍海孤舟 Moon with a Faint Smile月含残笑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 1.4kReads8.8Score147Shelves

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    This book is realistic, featuring a woman disguised as a man, a double agent, no system, no time travel, and characters with high intelligence—absolutely fantastic!

26. 26 在 Life in a Spy War 在谍战世界生活 Undeterred by Wind and Rain不辞风雨Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted A spy thriller set in the Republic of China era. Volume One: Infiltration Volume Two: The Disguiser, pairing with A Cheng Volume Three: The Kite, pairing with Sixth Brother Volume Four: The Rebel, pairing with Chen Moqun Volume Five: Before Dawn Volume Six: The Fifth Special Operations Group Volume Seven: Sparrow, pairing with Tang Shanhai Volume Eight: Dancing with Wolves, pairing with Shang Mingshuo A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. 3.2kReads8.4Score141Shelves
27. 27 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
28. 28 冰 Ice City's Hidden Blade 冰城暗刃 Long He隆鹤Modern Romance241k WordsOngoing This is my first time writing, so I have no experience. I chose a spy drama I like and am writing a fanfic as a way to soothe the lingering disappointment I felt while watching it. The heroine is a special forces soldier reborn from the future. She has a golden finger and knows that courage alone cannot save the country, so, knowing how the story unfolds, she sets out to find comrades she can trust. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I absolutely love the female lead! I adore her selflessness and patriotism!

29. 29 民 Republican Era: As a Doctor, I Just Want to Stay Alive 民国：作为医生，我只想苟活 White Elm, No Rain白榆不下雨Modern Romance648k WordsOngoing Female lead + no CP + no System + ensemble cast (Republican-era War of Resistance / a touch of espionage / medical fiction / slow pace / long realistic story!) [Synopsis] A promising young person from the modern era unexpectedly travels to a parallel version of Republican-era China, becoming the third daughter of the Yang family, a medical student who studied in France. As soon as she returns to China, the Battle of Shanghai breaks out. Amid the relentless shellfire: Everyone else: We will give 16.4kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
30. 30 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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    Very good, I wanted more.

31. 31 手 I Got the Villainess Script, and Now I'm Terrifyingly Unhinged 手拿恶女剧本，我现在癫的可怕 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] + [No Romance] In her previous life, Pei Ling passed the civil service exams and worked diligently her way up from the grassroots to a senior provincial position, sweeping out organized crime and cracking down on every kind of illegal activity. She was upright to the core. Then she entered a Quick Transmigration world and was handed the script of a villainess: a born bad seed who did every evil under the sun, so terrifyingly powerful that the protagonists could only scrape 33.3kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
32. 32 当 After Reincarnating as the Tragic Heroine of a Spy Drama 当转生成谍战剧悲剧女主后 Mu Yiyang沐一阳Female-Channel Fanfiction122k WordsCompleted The day before Yin Yiyi was due to take part in her school’s math competition, she dreamed that she had become the tragic heroine of a spy drama. Completed so far: Watching the Wind, from The Plot Against, featuring the genius mathematician Huang Yiyi; A Rainbow Like the Journey Home, featuring the beautiful and talented Lin Jiayi. After escaping from the spy drama, Yin Yiyi died again, then was reborn! Who had framed her? Had her earlier experiences really been a dream, or had someone deliberat 86Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both stories feature female protagonists who travel back in time to the Anti-Japanese War era, initially just wanting to survive but later actively participating in the game. It's a game within a game, a spy within a spy; only by entering the game can one break the deadlock. Who says only those standing in the light are heroes? Someone always has to walk against the light.

33. 33 重 Reborn in Republican-Era China: I Devote Myself to My Country 重生之民国，我在报效祖国 Eggplant Rice茄米Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted A low rating doesn't mean a novel is bad. It just means too few people have reviewed it (≧▽≦) [Reborn in the Republican Era + Special Agent + Mission System + Secret Identities + No Romance] At just nineteen, Shi Yi graduated from the Huaxia Army Officer Academy. She then joined the country's top special forces unit, becoming its chief commander and a top agent in only three years. At twenty-three, she successfully completed a mission, but died in a plane crash on her way back. …Reborn in the 450Reads8.8Score—Shelves
34. 34 功 Merit System: Laying Low and Delivering Supplies in the Republican Era 功德系统：我在民国苟着送物资 Snow Suddenly Falls Across a Thousand Peaks千嶂忽有雪Modern Romance446k WordsCompleted When Lin Wanxing woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to Shanghai in 1940, where she had become a penniless university student whose parents were both dead. To make matters worse, war was raging and supplies were scarce. Even sanitary pads were a luxury. Luckily, the Taobao app on her phone had mutated into a [Merit System]. Do good deeds, earn merit points, and exchange them for modern supplies! Rescue a little girl who nearly gets run over by a rickshaw? [Merit +100! Portable storage 1.9kReads6.2Score157Shelves
35. 35 民 Republican-Era Spy War: Code Name Sweet and Sour Fish, the God of Slaughter Arrives 民国谍战：代号糖醋鱼，杀神降临 Candied Hawthorn冰糖葫芦Urban290k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [War against Japan + Brave and clever + One heroine + System + Cunning + Saving the country by indirect means + Deep brotherhood + Smart protagonist + Undercover disguises + High technology + Deep brotherhood + Love of country and family + Passionate] Zhao Jun, an anti-drug police officer, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, the second year of the nationwide War of Resistance against Japan. The fighting on the front lines is extraordinarily fierce. Resistance fighters shed 3.6kReads6.9Score194Shelves

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    These are all good.

36. 36 谍 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战：让你潜伏，你混得风生水起 Traveler in the Mortal World红尘阡陌客Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 19.2kReads7.9Score1.4kShelves
37. 37 明 I'm Supposed to Be a Spy, but Everyone Thinks I'm the God of Wealth 明明是卧底，活成别人眼中的财神 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Traditional spy thriller + no System + no pocket dimension + no transmigration or rebirth (if you don’t like that, don’t read) [I’ve seen quite a few comments lately pointing out typos and missing words. I’m truly sorry. I wrote the whole thing by hand, and even though I checked it in the backend before uploading, some errors were unavoidable. Also, completed novels can’t be edited, so it’s not that I’m deliberately refusing to fix them. If you enjoy the story, please bear with it. May you get p 42.5kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
38. 38 蝶 Butterflies and Spies 蝶来谍网 The Internet Is Like This网是如焉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 15.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    This is possible.

39. 39 刚 I Just Transmigrated and Caught a Handsome Man Killing Someone. What Do I Do? 刚穿越就撞见男神杀人怎么破？ One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted Transmigration itself isn’t scary, and neither is transmigrating into the turbulent Republican era. What is scary is that on her very first day there, Song Chuzhi runs into the white-clad dream doctor she’s just decided is her perfect man. The refined, gentle doctor has a corpse lying beside him. When a local bully comes calling, she and this dangerous man become husband and wife. On their wedding night, beneath the glow of the red candles, each of them hides a loaded gun under their pillow. She 3.9kReads8.7Score441Shelves
40. 40 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 female protagonist, while playing a battle royale game, transmigrates into the body of a wealthy young lady in the Republican era. Her cheat ability is a battle royale system [cool]. With the help of this system, she assassinates Japanese invaders and gathers information [bump].

41. 41 谍 Espionage: 2,000 Deaths from the Start 谍战：开局死亡两千次 Jin Daye金大涯Urban958k WordsOngoing Xie Shu, male, formerly an Olympic shooting champion in the twenty-first century. One day, he kills himself and wakes up in 1940. Reason: Unknown. Identity: Unknown. Status: Being buried alive. Xie Shu: ...What a disastrous start! The good news: He gains the ability to rewind time whenever he dies. The bad news: He wakes up at a live burial site and has to die two thousand times before he escapes. While helping a passing guerrilla unit complete its mission, he somehow ends up as the illegitimat 40kReads9.3Score6kShelves

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    This is a story about death and time travel during the War of Resistance against Japan. It's both funny and poignant, with a small ensemble cast. I stayed up all night to finish it and caught up with the main group. I read it twice more while waiting for updates. I really want the author to update!

42. 42 谍 Espionage: Cleaner by Day, Assassin by Night 谍战：白天清洁工，夜晚变杀手 Yu Yu Isn't Salty余鱼不咸Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted [Republic of China-era espionage + strong heroine + pocket dimension + multiple identities + no romance] Li Yun, an ordinary office worker, gets into a car accident. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the Republic of China era, and has somehow aged twenty years overnight, becoming a fifty-year-old cleaning lady. Watch as she cleans by day and transforms into an assassin by night, taking the heads of treacherous collaborators and Japanese invaders who have committed every kind of evil. 3.2kReads8.7Score344Shelves

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    It's mindless and enjoyable, and the female lead is "invincible".

43. 43 重 Reborn in 1939: I Empty the Enemy's Warehouses 重生1939，搬空敌人的库房 A Thousand Roads Like a Painting千陌如画Urban540k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + transmigrate into a book + parallel world + pocket dimension + spy + Republican era] Li Ziyan, a woman from the apocalypse, transmigrates to the Republican era with a psychic ability. She buys large quantities of scarce supplies overseas, then returns home and begins her career as a spy. Without holding anything back, she donates all her supplies in batches to the forces fighting the Japanese invaders. To obtain more intelligence, she applies for a job inside the enemy organizati 5.1kReads9.0Score326Shelves
44. 44 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
45. 45 潜 Undercover at the Secret Service Bureau 潜伏在特务处 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Urban519k WordsCompleted A traditional spy thriller: no golden fingers and no transmigration. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. Spring 1941, Jiangcheng. Lin Yanzhou, a technician at Hanyang Ironworks, draws the attention of Japanese spy Nanzou Yun Zi after repairing a German diesel engine at the docks. Then Zhao Bingjun, deputy director of the Secret Service, coerces him into joining their ranks. As his three identities near exposure and the “Jiaogang Plan” sets its sights on Jiangcheng, he makes patience his 853Reads6.5Score111Shelves
46. 46 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
47. 47 上 Shanghai 1949: Silent 上海1949：无声 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Urban279k WordsCompleted October 1948. At the scene of his father's supposed “fatal car accident,” Gu Yansheng discovers a pocket watch stopped at 3:17, the time the bank closes for business in the afternoon. At the memorial held inside the bank, Shen Mozhi gives a eulogy, his gaze sweeping over Gu Yansheng like a knife. While sorting through his father's belongings, Gu Yansheng finds his father's handwriting beside a problem dated March 17, 1937, in Practical Bank Accounting: “Debit: Dawn. Credit: Long Night.” His firs 2.3kReads—Score161Shelves
48. 48 芙 The Lotus Spy 芙蓉谍 Author Gu Du Huagui作者古都华桂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 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No time travel, no rebirth, the female protagonist is a double agent undercover, the male protagonist is her adoptive father, the Kuomintang station chief uses Gu poison to control the adopted daughter, the spy war between the adoptive father and daughter is thrilling; the female protagonist was separated from her half-siblings for 20 years, but was reunited with her in the enemy camp. What kind of structure is this?

49. 49 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
50. 50 抗 War of Resistance: I'm a Prince's Son, Infiltrating the Japanese High Command 抗战：我亲王之子，卧底日军高层 WDAHistorical148k WordsOngoing [No System] [No Romance] In his previous life, he was a citizen of China. Reborn in a single day, he found himself among the top royal family of a foreign land. His family was powerful, his relatives cared for him deeply, and they granted him the highest status. War swept across the land, and his homeland fell into peril, but he never forgot where he came from. Though he stood in the opposing camp, he chose to lie low and bide his time, using his position to make plans in secret. In hiding amid 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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