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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Espionage: If You Got This Script, Would You Take It? 谍战:这剧本给你你要不要?
[No System + No female lead] [Hellscript, Volume 2] Transmigrating into a spy thriller, Long Yan finds himself holding a hellish script and posing as a Japanese officer?! After attending the same military academy as Zhou Weiguo, entering into a partnership with the Ming Corporation before parting ways, and facing life and death on the battlefield alongside Takeshita Shun, Long Yan finally finds his organization. Three years later, he returns to Shanghai. This time, he's an agent embedded in the
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I Don't Want to Jump into a Well: Raising a Family in Republican-Era China 我不想跳井,民国养家
[Fictional Setting, Wholesome, Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy, System Is Not the Main Focus, Serving the Country and Its People] P.S. This story takes place in a fictional setting. Please don’t compare it to real history. Content warning: Slow-paced, with many awful characters and plenty of melodrama early on. … After Lin Xuetang died, she didn’t go to hell. Instead, she arrived in the Republic of China era and awakened a Well-Jumping System. The trouble was, this Well-Jumping System only made h
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Dream of the Red Chamber: The Strongest Imperial Guard—The World Is Mine! 红楼:最强锦衣卫,我只手遮天!
[You can enjoy this even if you've never read Dream of the Red Chamber] After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Huan becomes an unloved son born to a concubine. The dynasty is nearing its end, officials are corrupt, martial artists flout the law, and court factions scheme for power. Fortunately, Jia Huan awakens a golden finger and joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, rising through the ranks. If anyone crosses him, he slaughters them, while also taking the opportuni
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Espionage and War 谍与战
Wu Zimo, a police officer at the Xing'an Town Police Station in Manchukuo, transmigrates and awakens a talent for perceiving mental states. He can detect people's microexpressions in a fraction of a second, improving from one-fifth of a second to as fast as 1/25 of a second. By honing and refining his mental abilities in the field, Wu Zimo steadily becomes faster at recognizing and catching microexpressions. This gives Wu Zimo a foothold in the puppet Manchukuo police force and becomes the found
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Espionage: Joining the Military Statistics Bureau and Rising to Power 谍战:加入军统成大佬
Yang Chonggu is reborn in the years when the full-scale War of Resistance against Japan breaks out. A member of the Communist Party, he begins as a minor puppet-police clerk in Qingcheng, gathering intelligence for the organization. At the same time, under the strongly chivalrous alias “Qingcheng Hero,” he secretly executes traitors and Japanese invaders, driving the enemy into a frenzy and making them tremble at his name as they hunt for him, desperate to eliminate him. As the resistance progre
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Republican Era: The Last of the Jianghu 民国:最后的江湖
From an outlaw to a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, then into the War of Resistance against Japan, he walks the loneliest path of all. He seeks no place in the history books, only for the land and rivers to bear witness: on this black soil, there will always be those who refuse to kneel! (Xiang Bei, formerly known by the pen name Lao Zei)
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Can the Road to Rebirth Go Well? 重生路能走好吗
Also known as Transmigrating to 1936: My Remarkable Life Who would choose to transmigrate here? Since you’re forcing me to do this, and I can’t beat you, I’ll run. I’ll hide from you. Surely that’s allowed, right? Ever since I’ve kept my distance from you, my life has been more exciting than you can imagine.
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Daily Intel: I Only Care About Making Money, So Why Are the Spies Panicking? 每日情报:我只搞钱,间谍慌啥?
[Intelligence System + Urban Daily Life + Spies and Agents + Multiple Heroines] Chen Yang loses his job, and his father is gravely ill. He can't afford the surgery... Then he unexpectedly awakens the Daily Intelligence System. [Intelligence 1]: In half an hour, you'll be in a car accident. The car will be wrecked, and everyone inside will die. [Intelligence 2]: There's an A-list fugitive in the neighborhood you live in. The bounty is 100,000. [Intelligence 3]: Someone on Antique Street is about
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Reborn: The Spy Among Spies of the Republic Era, Part Two 重生之民国谍中谍续
A spy, as the name suggests, secretly gathers military, political, and economic intelligence, then delivers it to superiors or relevant organizations. A recluse: The lesser recluse hides in the wilderness, the middling recluse in the city, and the greatest recluse at court. The lesser recluse dwells in the mountains and forests; the greatest among the bustle of the court. Only the most exceptional can conceal themselves within the imperial court. Though surrounded by the clamor of current affair
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Republican-Era Playboy in the Military Intelligence Bureau 民国之纨绔大少在军统
Synopsis: [Fanfic transmigration + tycoon + alternate setting + comedy + big shots + Shanghai Bund + island lord] The story of a young master from the Republic of China era who becomes an island lord, and an ordinary man who grows into a ruthless power player. Chen Qing transmigrates into the body of the eldest young master of the Chen family during the Republic of China era and awakens a Treasure Chest System. He becomes the head of the Special Affairs Office, forms the Netherworld Special Forc
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Espionage: It Begins with Kite 谍战:从风筝开始
Li Baoguo transmigrated into a sprawling world of treacherous spy dramas, where the stories of Kite, The Disguiser, The Rebel, and others all converged... As Boss Dai's trusted confidant, his first mission was to keep an eye on Zheng Yaoxian, the sixth brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! To hold fast to his red ideals and save the country by working from within, Li Baoguo resolutely ventured along the blade's edge, even to the brink of a cliff! From then on, an ace agent codenamed “Abyss”
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Spying in Tianjin, Surrounded by Friends! 谍战天津卫,友人成堆堆!
Lin Wusheng transmigrates to another world, to Jintang, also known as Tianjin Wei. He brings along a stone stele he encountered while hiking, which seems to have formed a bond with him. But despite doing plenty of good deeds, he still can't discover what the stele does. It seems to be useless. Fortunately, as a low-ranking foot patrolman in the French Concession, he won't starve to death. Then, after accidentally saving Wang Jinzhong, an underground operative who is badly wounded and near death,
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Espionage: Forced to Be Cannon Fodder, Everyone Wants Me Dead 谍战:被迫当炮灰,都想要我的命
[The story of an ordinary person and a cannon-fodder System doing whatever they please] Ning Guangbai, a college student born in the 2000s, transmigrates to Republican-era China burdened by four generations of family vengeance. Just as he is about to take a wrong turn, the System appears in the nick of time. Faced with a choice between becoming a traitor or cannon fodder, Ning Guangbai resolutely chooses to join the Action Section of the Secret Service and become cannon fodder. From that moment
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Reborn: Spy Among Spies in Republican-Era China 重生之民国谍中谍
The protagonist, Wang Zixin, is pursuing a PhD overseas when family circumstances force him to return to China... Carrying his father's regrets, he transmigrates to the tumultuous Republican era, where heroes vie for supremacy... Let us return together to that age of raging war and see how our predecessors forged a prosperous China with their blood and flesh! The most authentic portrayal of the treacherous, ever-shifting world of the puppet regime's officialdom; the most thrilling account of the
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Queen of Finance: Forging Wealth Amid the Flames of War 金融女王:烽火铸金权
[Strong female lead, business wars in the Republican era, financial warfare, espionage, devotion to country and family, time-travel golden finger, brain as a computer] On a rainy night, the fingers of financial supercomputer analyst Lu Li turned white as she gripped the steering wheel. The data streams scrolling across her dashboard suddenly went haywire, and red warning signals spread like blood. The shrill screech of brakes tore through the rain. As her out-of-control car slammed toward the gu
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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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Reborn in Republican-Era China: Becoming the King of Spies 重生民国:成为谍影之王
[Reborn]+ [Political Intrigue]+ [Military]+ [Spy]+ [Invincible] Wang Xinghuo, a lowly office worker, is reborn in the twenty-fifth year of the Revolution. A ninth-term student at the Whampoa Military Academy, a heaven-blessed prodigy: this is Wang Xinglan's new identity. He is Reborn to protect his family, but an unexpected turn of events leads him into the Secret Service, where he becomes a spy. He battles Japanese spies, gradually awakens his abilities, and climbs step by step to the pinnacle
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Though the Sun Has Set in the East 东隅虽逝
During the War of Resistance, Tang Yue, a German-trained phantom sniper and gunsmith, fights in the Battle of Shanghai and the Defense of Nanjing before spending ten years on Shanghai's covert front as a member of the Military Statistics Bureau. The protagonist, Tang Yue, is the young master Naqin, half Mongolian by blood. His ten years in the Bureau encompass both the courage and sacrifice of the resistance against Japan and the disillusionment of faith and love during the conflict between the
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War of Resistance: The Flames of War Special Operations Team 抗战之烽火特勤组
In an age of raging war, smoke and fire engulf the land of China. The Special Operations Unit in the Flames of War takes you into a thrilling legend of resistance against Japan. The Eighth Special Operations Unit is an elite force made up of top special forces operatives. Its members include wealthy heiresses such as Xiao Lin, Qin Yue, Zhu Que, Jin Mansha, and Murong Yunfei. They could have enjoyed lives of luxury, but when their nation faced a crisis, they resolutely joined the resistance. Und
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The Fifth Miss of the Republic 民国五小姐
In her first life, Lin Xiaoxiao was childhood friends with Zhao Heng. She was a student, and he was a businessman. Just because he was all lovey-dovey with the young marshal's younger sister, Lin Xiaoxiao lost her life. In her second life, reborn, she broke off her engagement ahead of time and left home. She found true love, but was killed by enemy agents while giving birth. In her third life, Heaven tried to make it up to her by giving her a storage space. It had meant for her to live a happy l
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Endless Shadows of Espionage 谍影无涯
Back in an age torn apart by war, he must keep himself alive by navigating between powerful factions. Little by little, he becomes a capable soldier, hiding deep in the enemy’s heartland and turning into a sharp blade driven behind enemy lines.
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Thriving in Little Worlds with the System 跟系统在小世界混的风生水起
(Quick transmigration + System + space + alternate universe + no fixed pairing) The protagonist, Luo Ling, is an orphan. During her senior year of college, her boyfriend cheated on her. She was working several jobs and was so exhausted that she fell asleep when the System found her. After binding herself to the System, she began taking on missions. In her first life, Luo Ling had only just transmigrated when her family took her out of the mountains. Just as she was ready to make her mark in the
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I Transmigrated to 1960 and Had No Food, So I Caught a Spy to Make Some Money 穿越六零没饭吃,抓个敌特换钱花
[Super-Strong Female Lead in a Period Setting: Strong, Strong, Strong] Xiang Nuan spent three years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Now thirteen, she unexpectedly kicks the bucket and transmigrates to the late 1960s, into a poor working-class family. Her father couldn’t get a word out of him even if you beat him with three sticks, and he fretted over every little thing. Her mother was timid and submissive. She also loved having children, believing that the more children a family had, th
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Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶
The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear
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Espionage Agent: The Shadows Begin to Shine at the Detention Center 谍战特工:灯影闪耀从看守所开始
Your identification papers have no name. Your seat has only a number. [No System, no transmigration into a drama, no borrowing characters from other works. The plot is half original and half adapted from real events.] A 20-year-old youth transmigrates to the Republican era. Armed with memories from his past life, he runs small businesses, exposes Japanese spies, hones his martial skills, plays landlord, fights spies and infiltrators, makes contact behind enemy lines, conducts secret infiltration
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Espionage and Intrigue: My Skills Have Attributes! 谍战风云,我的技能有属性!
Overnight, I transmigrated and became a Juntong agent? No, it turned out I was just a small-time hood in Shanghai! And I was a spy controlled by the Japanese! How could I escape their control? How could I turn the tables on the edge of a blade? How could I survive a world of double agents? How could I claim money, power, status, and women for myself? Fortunately, I had a Wheel of Fortune! Life and death are fated, wealth and rank are up to heaven! Oh, heavens, please let me draw a Dongfeng Expre
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A Blind Doctor in Republican-Era China: Evergreen in the Capital 民国盲医,我在四九城里万古长青
[No System + martial world + miracle doctor + tycoon + farming + you'll regret not reading] The story begins in the winter of 1924, when the last emperor was driven from the palace. My master, who had lived for a thousand years, ascended to immortality. Before he died, he passed the secret of immortality on to me, then sent me down the mountain and into the world to claim an inheritance in the capital. He told me that a healer must have a compassionate heart, and that only by treating the sick a
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Reborn in the War of Resistance: Every Invader Deserves to Die 重生抗战:入侵者都该死
(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
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I Gun Down Half the Shanghai Station of the Military Statistics Bureau from the Start 开局枪杀半个军统上海站
[Power fantasy] [Action expert] [Shanghai] [Espionage] He is the king of Shanghai by night, the king of the King of Hell. When the King of Hell says you will die at the third watch, no one can keep you alive until the fifth. During the War of Resistance against Japan, a Communist Party agent embedded in the military intelligence service hunts down the enemy and eliminates traitors in Shanghai.
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Republican-Era Spy Shadow 民国谍影
[No System + No transmigration, not reborn. Ace agent Xu Lai, with five identities] Not a power fantasy. Readers who like power fantasies, proceed with caution! A thrilling spy saga in Shanghai’s foreign concessions: A spy among bandits, a double agent among spies, betrayal upon betrayal, one sellout after another! This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who fought the Japanese invaders to the death for the rise of China! Also known as The Days I Spent as a Collaborator for the Japanese Pup
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Republican Era: Ruling Shanghai, With a Few Too Many Underlings 民国:横行上海滩,我小弟有点多
The martial world isn't about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social etiquette. But when you've got too many underlings, what do those things even mean? With a hundred loyal brothers, the slums became paradise. With a thousand loyal brothers, Fatty Huang called me Big Brother! With ten thousand loyal brothers, Xu Wenqiang pledged himself to me! When foreign enemies invaded, Nie Li said, “Even the rough folk of the martial world have courage in their hearts! Every inc
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Playing a Spy in a Spy Drama 谍战剧里当特工
The bit-player Zhang Dapao begins by transmigrating into a game world that combines spy dramas. He goes undercover in a passionate modern city, is reborn in a rural village from a bygone era, and becomes a six-faced agent! He also joins Bright Sword, delivering weapons to Li Yunlong. Zheng Yaoxian: “Dapao used to be my pupil. Now he's Lao Jiu!” Yan Shuangying: “I dodged bullets, but he dodged my knife!” Ming Lou: “When you gaze at him, he'll gaze back at you!” Ma Yunfei: “He's the water that slo
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1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972,红旗招展的青春年代
[Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn-
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Secret War in the Republic of China: The Judge of the Underworld 民国暗战之阎罗判官
In a turbulent era of national crisis, there are traitors and lackeys, but even more people of conscience. Faced with hardship, some profit from the nation’s suffering, while others accept things as they are. Yet there are still people with unwavering faith who disregard their own gain and loss. For the first glimmer of dawn in the darkness, they willingly step into the shadows, becoming judges of the underworld whom their enemies fear at the mere mention. The protagonist works undercover at fir
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Hey, You Monster, How Dare You! 呔,妖怪你好大的胆!
[Lighthearted] [Funny] [Ridiculous] If a dog bites you, can you bite the dog back? If a tiger bites you, can you bite the tiger back? That’s right. If someone crosses me, I usually get even right then and there. A tiger bit me from the start. How could I not bite it back on the spot?
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I'm a Deserter: My War of Resistance 我是逃兵我的抗战
His soul transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking soldier, while his own soul comes from his previous life. He was basically good for nothing, and when he is suddenly reborn, he is afraid of hardship. Separated from his unit, he becomes a deserter who is as good as dead, yet somehow still alive. Because he knows how history unfolds, he spends the early days hiding and running for his life. Through a twist of fate, he ends up as an intelligence agent for the Nationalists. With no connections
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