Spy Novels With a Cautious Lead Who Puts His Own Survival First 谍战,很苟,自己命最重要
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- 201 Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛 Shanghai in 1941 is a battlefield without gunfire. Lin Mo, the youngest chief of the secretariat in the Wang Jingwei regime, conceals a Browning pistol beneath his immaculate suit and deadly sharpness behind his gold-rimmed glasses. When he finds a classified message encrypted with the “Plum Blossom Cipher” in a safe, cold sweat soaks through his shirt. There is a traitor within the organization, and this person knows that he is the Chinese Communist Party’s ace agent, code-named “Winter Plum.” 493Reads—Score104Shelves
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Espionage: I Have a System for Turning Japanese Soldiers Against Their Own 谍战:我有策反鬼子系统
This is a wish-fulfillment novel. How satisfying is it? So satisfying that it disappeared for a while. Those who know, know! His name is taboo. His codename is classified. His deeds are impossible to recount. Infiltrating enemy lines surrounded by traitors and Japanese troops, silently creeping through a hell on earth is only a test. His System can turn Japanese soldiers to his side. He can do anything. Let
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The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. When you gaze into the abyss again, the abyss gets impatient: “What are you looking at?” Feng Gang, a modern historian, transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Born into a time of chaos, in the darkest hours before dawn, he discovers that he has no System or superpowers of any kind. All he has is a deep gaze that spans a century and sees through every illusion...
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- 204 Livestreaming the War of Resistance: From the Start, I Become the Oriental Meat Grinder 直播抗战,开局东方绞肉机 [War of Resistance + no System + ensemble cast + heroic epic + plot-driven] It is a tragic age, but also an epic era that gives rise to heroes. After living a peaceful life for more than twenty years, Xia Yu unexpectedly transmigrates into the past and becomes a soldier heading for the battlefield. He thinks he’ll die beneath the enemy’s guns and cannons, but never expects to become part of the epic himself. The land lies in ruins. The truly brave do not flinch when disaster suddenly strikes. Ho 3.1kReads9.1Score237Shelves
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Nightingale 夜鹂
Espionage in the War of Resistance “When loyalty becomes a crime and betrayal becomes a means of survival, who can hold on to their humanity in a world gone mad?” An epic tale of espionage that blends transmigration, suspense, and devotion to country and family. It uncovers the darkest corners of wartime Shanghai and follows a soul torn apart by fate as it grows from a pawn into the player moving the pieces. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, late autumn draped Shanghai’s sky in a sickly
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Espionage: Killing the Japanese Earns Me Extra Years, So I Can Do Whatever I Want 谍战:杀鬼子增阳寿,我无法无天
[The Disguiser] [Cliff] [Infernal Affairs] [The Rebel] [Sparrow] [Penetration] [Target] [Kite] In a spy-war world blending multiple TV dramas and films, Lin Zhengyi accidentally starts on infernal difficulty. He goes undercover at the 76th Agent Headquarters, where four department chiefs watch him like hawks. First Department Chief: Gao Bin from [Cliff] Second Department Chief: Mu Xihe from [Infernal Affairs] Third Department Chief: Chen Moqun from [The Rebel] Fourth Department Chief: Bi Zhongli
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- 207 Republican-Era China: From Ruthless Bandit to King of Assassins 民国之从悍匪到杀手之王 This book is complete, so feel free to dive in. The author's new book, A Republic-Era Diviner Who Sends the Japanese Devils to Their Graves: I'm a Professional, is also available. Come check it out! In a bandit stronghold in the three northeastern provinces, the bandit king Wang Laoliu, known as the Iron King of Hell, starts out as a notorious outlaw who robs Japanese devils. He fights his way across half of China and gradually rises to become the King of Nanyang. Unlike traditional War of Resis 20.4kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
- 208 Back to the 1940s: Fleeing Famine to Shanghai 穿回四十年代逃荒去上海 In 1942, Wang Li woke up in a cellar and discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a landowner’s wife. From the start, she was fleeing famine, and along the way she got separated from her companions. Well, if she had to flee, she had to flee! Life hadn’t been great in the modern world either. Now it was just her and a simple-minded girl. After enduring all kinds of hardships, they finally made it to Shanghai and bought a house. In her spare time, she even helped herself to the belongings 2.6kReads8.2Score129Shelves
- 209 Shanghai, 1937: Here I Come 1937大上海,我来了 [Alternate history + revenge + spy warfare + modest golden finger + pocket dimension + battlefield + everyday life] After five years in the apocalypse, Wang Li died beneath the Zombie King’s claws while protecting her teammates. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a frail, orphaned girl in Jincheng during the Republican era. Her parents and elder brother had been killed in Shanghai, and her engagement was called off at the wedding banquet. Her uncle and a crooked merchant had divided 708Reads—Score—Shelves
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Espionage: Every Animal Is My Inside Man 谍战:动物都是我的内线
After transmigrating into the 28th year of the Republic of China, Gao Lingyu discovered that he had become a low-ranking intelligence officer in the Intelligence Division of the 76th Special Agent Headquarters, under the New Government. In short, he'd become a traitorous dog who had thrown in his lot with the Japanese. But aside from being a traitorous secret agent, he discovered that he had another identity: he was an undercover agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, stationed at the 76th on
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Spy Games: Starting with a Female Spy Taking Me Home 谍战风云:从被女特务捡回家开始
His soul transmigrates to Jinling in 1936, and from the start, the ravishing female secret agent Ye Jieqing “picks him up” after he passes out. They meet again two years later, only for him to discover that she has become the wife of Li Shiqun, head of the 76th Office. Will their old romance be rekindled, or will he use the opportunity to infiltrate enemy territory? Armed with multiple golden fingers, including enhanced physical abilities, a portable space, and a radar that scans for evil, Chen
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- 212 Espionage: Which Side Is Duke Songye Signing For? 谍战:松野公爵在哪边签字? Shancheng, headquarters of the Military Statistics Bureau. Mao Qiwu walked into the deputy director's office carrying Liu Yi'an's signature purple clipboard. "Director, a message from Raven. It's about the Japanese army's pacification campaign plans you asked him to collect last time." Dai Chunfeng: "Read it!" Mao Qiwu pursed his lips, then read with a faint smile: "Cousin, I got your message, but don't rush me. I haven't finished the plans for the Japanese army's second pacification campaign ye 5.4kReads8.6Score108Shelves
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Heaven Threw Me into the 1940s to Set Things Right 老天把我扔四十年代收割不平事
[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
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- 214 The Spy's Snow Fox 谍之雪狐 On the evening of the eighth day of the first lunar month in 1945, snow was still falling in Xiangcheng. Inside the Ma Family Shaomai Shop on Second Street, a middle-aged man suddenly collapsed and began convulsing, foam bubbling from his mouth. At the shop entrance, a man wearing a felt hat and a scarf that concealed everything but his eyes hurried inside. He snatched up the fallen man’s briefcase, turned, and left, disappearing into the endless snow. 11.3kReads8.6Score955Shelves
- 215 Years Without Regrets 无悔岁月 In 1936, dusk settled over Xiangcheng, steeping it in the smell of rust and blood. The late-autumn wind cut like a knife, piercing to the bone. Xu Chengyang tugged down the brim of his police cap. The collar of his coarse wool uniform chafed his neck raw. This black uniform was both his prison and his armor… 458Reads—Score—Shelves
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Transmigrate to the 1940s: Starting in 1940 穿越四零:从1940开始
War of Resistance, no romance She uses her farming pocket dimension as a warehouse and slaughterhouse, gradually finding a way out of despair. With no food or clothes, she takes them from the enemy's warehouses. Du Jiaojiao: Now that I'm here, I won't let these Japanese devils have an easy time.
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Insulted as Useless from the Start, I Turn Around and Wipe Out the Mei Agency 开局被骂废物,反手端掉梅机关
Lin Fan, the universally acknowledged deadweight of the Lixing Society, is sent to guard the archives. When an insider launches a surprise attack, the team leader entrusts him with his final request, unaware that Lin Fan has awakened a god-tier System: the ability to foresee the future! While the enemy is tearing its hair out over their inability to catch the “Ghost,” Lin Fan has already become their superior, sitting in his office and continuously sending top-secret intelligence back home. The
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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
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!
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Divine Oil 神油
The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami
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1938: Purification 1938,净化
This is a book about killing Japanese invaders. I hope you enjoy it! The hatred of a nation and the vendettas of families must be passed down from generation to generation! Never forget, not even for a single day. Remember this! In the not-too-distant future, our wish is sure to come true! Let us encourage one another!
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- 221 A Soul's Bloody Path 灵魂血路 Blood Trail of the Soul 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 222 Secrets of the Spy War: The Japanese Translator 谍海秘事之鬼子翻译官 From the start, Liu Dongyang worked as an interpreter for the Japanese army, matching wits with the enemy and treading carefully at every turn. He also faced constant threats from collaborators and traitors, with danger lurking everywhere. Yet he always managed to escape trouble and obtain vital intelligence for his side. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 223 Fatal Illusion 致命幻觉 Deadly Hallucination 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 224 The Orchid That Steals Lives 索命幽兰 The Life-Reaping Orchid 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 225 Espionage: After All This Time, I Finally Get to Use the Honey Trap 谍战:熬这么久,总算到美人计了 “You damn spy, you’re hurting me!” Just after transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Lu Chen is caught up in a massive conspiracy and tortured in prison. One day, a female officer stands before him with a whip in hand and asks, “Do you have a faith?” Lu Chen: “Not really... I guess.” The female officer says coldly, “Torture him! What’s the difference between someone without faith and a walking corpse?” Lu Chen: “???” I just transmigrated here. How am I supposed to have any faith? Female of 13.9kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
- 226 The Military Statistics Bureau's Iron Wall: The Japanese High Command's Lament 军统之铁壁:日军大本营的哀叹 Rebirth and transmigration + military intelligence + golden finger: Churchill: We’re broke. Fine, give him two million pounds’ worth of weapons for those two pieces of intelligence. He can pick them up himself; no delivery. Hitler: How did he find out that our Japanese allies are holding secret talks with the Soviets? Fine, let’s buy the meeting notes. Roosevelt: He can get us a Zero fighter? Write him a check, and ask if he’d like to switch sides while we’re at it. The Japanese: Who on earth le 1.6kReads7.8Score106Shelves
- 227 Have You and Her Done It Three Times Yet? 你和她达到三次了吗 Have you and her done it three times yet? 387Reads—Score—Shelves
- 228 Drink. Brag. Die. 喝酒.吹牛.死 Drink. Brag. Die. 187Reads—Score—Shelves
- 229 Espionage: The Military Intelligence Bureau's Judge, the Nightmare of Japanese Spies 谍战:军统判官,活成日谍噩梦 [Espionage + identity detection + assassination + System] Reborn in 1936, Lin Mu, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy, is unexpectedly assigned to the Special Service Department. He soon becomes Japanese spies’ worst nightmare! Kawashima Yoshiko: “Damn it, the assassination plan has been foiled again!” Tsuchihashi: “The Judge is everyone’s worst nightmare.” He kills Japanese invaders, captures Japanese spies, and takes Shanghai by storm, becoming a traitor’s worst nightmare! “I have nothing t 55Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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Espionage: Superpowered Agent 谍战:超能特工
The protagonist is Li Mo. Time: The War of Resistance Against Japan Location: Shanghai Workplace and position: A major in the Mei Agency, with his rank still rising... Read on, and you’ll find he is also the head of an intelligence team directly under the Juntong headquarters, known as “Qingpu and Hong Qigong.” Keep reading, and he’s also a member of the underground Communist Party! Read a little further, and he’s a transmigrator with a System at his side! Complete missions to earn money and sup
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- 231 Dreaming Back to the War of Resistance: Spy Hunter in the Mountain City 梦回抗战之山城猎谍 Long Xing was a SWAT officer. During an operation to arrest drug traffickers, he was poisoned and fell into a coma. When he woke up, he found himself in 1937... Was it a dream, or had he been reborn? By a twist of fate, Long Xing killed a Japanese man, and the dragon-shaped pendant he wore began to react... Determined to discover the reason and find his way back to the 21st century, he began a life of hunting spies and fighting the Japanese invaders... 1.5kReads8.3Score182Shelves
- 232 A Stunning Debut 一鸣惊人 A Stunning Success 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 233 You Don’t Understand the Art of Being a Simp 舔狗的境界你不懂 You have no idea what it means to be a devoted simp. 96Reads—Score—Shelves
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Bright Sword: Brigade Commander, Congratulations on Your Fortune 亮剑:旅长,我恭喜你发财啊
[No System + hardcore technology] This time, I, our military industry big shot Yu Ye, will make sure to turn the tide. This time, Ping'an Gele will be the true turning point. This time, my Independent Regiment will be terrifyingly strong!
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Espionage: Getting Intelligence from the Colonel’s Wife 谍战:从大佐太太开始获取情报
[Espionage]+ [System]+ [Resistance War]+ [Reborn] Reborn in the parallel world of 1940, in Changchun, the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo. The resistance war is at its final, most perilous stage. Deep behind enemy lines, danger lurks everywhere! Eradicate the traitors, wipe out the Japanese, and restore China! Liu Long is not only a mysterious ace agent, but also has a special System. As long as he safely delivers intelligence, he earns points that can be used to learn acupoint tec
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Espionage: I Transmigrate to Republican-Era China and Rise to Become the Strongest Warlord 谍战:穿越民国我逆袭成最强军阀
[War of Resistance Espionage + Siheyuan Courtyard + Spatial Storage + Overpowered + Republican-Era Politics] Zhang Qi transmigrates to Beijing in the 1930s, where he rises from humble beginnings. From the start, the Zhang family trades most of its fortune for a letter of appointment: county magistrate of Wanbei County. The poorest and most dangerous county? All nine previous magistrates died in office. Watch Zhang Qi govern the county and take on local strongmen, the Japanese, and the Westerners
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The Invisible Guardian: Brother Biao's Endless Cycle of Reincarnation 隐形守护者:彪哥之无间轮回
On the surface, Hu Yibiao is a traitor who sells out his country for personal gain, greedy, burly, and covered in whiskers. In reality, Hu Yibiao is brave and resourceful, wise beneath a foolish facade, wildly popular, and more impressive than the male lead. It's Hu Yibiao's time to shine. What major scheme is that sly, shifty-eyed rascal plotting now?
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- 238 His, Hers, and the Thin Paper Between Them 他.她.窗户纸 He. She. The Thin Veil Between Them. 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 239 Blood and Intrigue 谍血风云 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Absolutely No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Fired with Passion] Returning to the war-torn Republic of China, the protagonist uses his slight head start to navigate between the various factions. On the secret front, every move is fraught with danger; between black and white, he repeatedly risks his life, earning achievements that no one will ever know about… 15Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 240 Back to the Republican Era as a Secret Agent 回到民国做特工 Chen Feng, an esper who fought zombies in the apocalypse, runs into the Zombie King during a mission. With no other choice, he blows himself up to take the Zombie King with him. But Chen Feng never expected that his spatial ability would cause his soul to travel back to the Republic of China, where he possesses a military intelligence agent. From then on, Chen Feng begins a battle of wits and courage against Japanese and puppet-regime spies. 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 241 Deception and Catching Them in the Act 欺骗.捉奸 Deception. Catching Them in the Act 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 242 A Dream of Republican-Era China, Waking in the Bridal Chamber 梦回民国,梦醒洞房中 A modern-day entrepreneur whose business went under transmigrates by accident into the body of a gravely ill young master from a landlord family in 1931. The landlord family is holding a wedding for the young master, hoping the celebration will bring him good fortune and save their only son’s life. But no one knows that although he has come back to life, his soul has been replaced. He is now someone else entirely. Watch the protagonist rise amid the chaos of a troubled era and live a life unlike 11kReads7.9Score647Shelves
- 243 Poisoning 投毒 Poisoning 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 244 Espionage: The Killer in the Dead of Night 谍战:暗夜里的杀手 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 6.6kReads7.2Score493Shelves
- 245 Conquering the Realm, Part One: The Jizhou Tripod 问鼎天下第一部之冀州鼎 Conquering the World, Part One: The Jizhou Tripod 261Reads—Score—Shelves
- 246 Siheyuan: Asura 四合院之修罗 A martial arts champion dies suddenly from overtraining and is reborn in the body of an eleven-year-old boy. To avenge his family, he fights the Japanese to the death, killing until they tremble in fear. With a powerful golden finger and help from kindhearted people, every time he acts, things go as smoothly as a fish in water. 9.2kReads8.9Score377Shelves
- 247 After Meeting Qi Tongwei, Things Took One Wild Turn After Another 遇到祁同伟后,那真是跌宕起伏啊 After meeting Qi Tongwei, things took one wild turn after another. 148Reads—Score—Shelves
- 248 I Thought I Was the Protagonist, but Turns Out I’m Just an Extra 以为是主角,谁知是个打酱油的 Thought I was the protagonist, but it turns out I'm just a bit player 156Reads—Score—Shelves
- 249 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 [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 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 250 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, We’ll Get Revenge for You 四合院:傻柱,这仇咱替你报了 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, we'll help you get your revenge 901Reads—Score—Shelves

















































