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  1. 101 Nightingale 夜鹂 Urban853k WordsOngoing 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 1.6kReads—Score10614d adds
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  2. 102 The Gentleman of the Republic 民国的先生 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The plot is reasonable, with no System. An ordinary person transmigrates to the Republican era. I hope readers can find a touch of Republican-era charm here. The narration is grounded, with no exaggeration whatsoever… 6.3kReads8.6Score36414d adds
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  3. 103 Underhanded Struggle 暗斗 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted He was hailed as Asia’s greatest spy, and was also the king of secret agents. His death remains shrouded in mystery to this day, and the truth behind it has long fascinated people. What seemed like an ordinary accident concealed a story chilling to the bone. How many masked infiltrators fought over it in the shadows, and how many nameless heroes left us lamenting their loss... His death was both an inevitability of history and a historical accident. The true culprit behind it is still shaping th 6.3kReads9.2Score58014d adds
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  4. 104 Espionage: A Fight to the Death 谍战:生死较量 Urban477k WordsCompleted In early 1928, Su Ziwu, the son of a wealthy family, is arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang's Special Operations Group, then secretly trained as an agent. During an operation to crack a secret Japanese spy organization, a Chinese Communist underground operative sacrifices herself to protect Su Ziwu's identity. Stunned by this revelation, Su Ziwu makes an even greater discovery: the "Thousand Faces" instructor who has been training him in the Kuomintang unit is also a member of the Chinese 4.1kReads9.2Score47814d adds
  5. 105 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 866Reads7.2Score11014d adds
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  6. 106 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 62Reads7.7Score11914d adds
  7. 107 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, 2.3kReads8.8Score26914d adds
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  8. 108 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 558Reads8.7Score—14d adds
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  9. 109 Espionage: It All Starts with Teaching a Colonel's Wife a Lesson! 谍战:从教训大佐夫人开始! Urban161k WordsCompleted Chen Shaoan transmigrated to the years of the War of Resistance against Japan. Driven by fervent patriotism, he awakened the undercover System and embarked on the path to becoming an ace agent. As long as he was promoted or passed along important intelligence he had obtained, he would earn Anti-Japanese Points. He could use them to buy stamina, modern weapons, peerless martial arts, supernatural abilities, and more… His wife asked, “Is this what you wanted?” Chen Shaoan smiled but said nothing. 639Reads—Score—14d adds
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  10. 110 Espionage: Cultivating with the Female Commander from the Start? 谍战:开局和女长官修炼? Urban155k WordsCompleted 647Reads—Score—14d adds
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  11. 111 Espionage: Infiltrating the South Manchuria Railway as a Junior Train Conductor 谍战从潜入满铁当小乘警开始 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis One: A train is a world of its own. What is espionage? To borrow an old saying from Zhang: espionage isn’t about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly affairs... This is the story of a family of three who transmigrate into a world of spy dramas and films... Synopsis Two: A HUAWEI Mate 50 and a 22-month-old orphan appear in Dalian, under Japanese control in 1912… 1.3kReads8.4Score10214d adds
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  12. 112 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋:蓝捷行动 Mystery2.3M 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 11.9kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
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  13. 113 Espionage: Code Name Big Dipper 谍战:红色特工代号北斗星 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing In 1936, an era of turbulent waves! There was a group of people feeling their way through the darkness, using the flame of their faith to light up the pitch-black night sky. Jiang Huo, code-named Polaris, went undercover in the Special Service Office, walking on thin ice and teetering on the edge of a cliff! In the narrowest of spaces, the struggle was cruel and merciless! In the dark of night, it was a tale of hardship and greatness! Their names may have been forgotten amid the years of raging 550Reads8.2Score—14d adds
  14. 114 Republican-Era Espionage: The Secret Agents All Call Me Chief 民国谍战:特务都叫我处座 Urban2.3M WordsCompleted A righteous soul transmigrates to the twenty-second year of the Republic of China. By then, the Japanese were already preparing to invade China. Lu Yang, a Chinese student studying abroad, is recruited into their spy organization. A transmigrator takes advantage of the situation and embarks on a thrilling mission worthy of Mission: Impossible. He starts out as a low-ranking police officer in the Nationalist government, then gets recruited by both the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and th 1.4kReads6.9Score10014d adds
  15. 115 Chasing the Waves with the Wind 随风逐浪 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted One crisis follows another, and China is beset by turmoil. Every son and daughter of the nation has a duty to do their part! In the early years of the Republic, young Chinese students studying in Europe returned home to serve their country. A young Chinese American from San Francisco awakens to his calling, leaves home, and sets off for China. He conceals his identity, puts down his pen to take up arms, and rides the tides of history to become a king of the covert front. 260Reads5.8Score—14d adds
  16. 116 Just Like His Father and Grandfather Once Were 就像他父辈和祖辈曾经的模样 Historical303k WordsOngoing (From World War I to World War II) (Slow burn, with the focus mainly on the period after World War I) (A note for readers who may want to pass: It's slow-paced. It has some wish-fulfillment, but nothing too outrageous.) (Alternate history) “Deceivers and doers aren't necessarily opposites. Deception takes many forms. If my actions make you believe that this is who I am, then I've succeeded in deceiving you. As for being a doer, I deceived you all and then made my deception a reality.” Humphryck 5Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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  17. 117 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 36Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  18. 118 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, So How Did You Become the Boss of Shanghai? 谍战:让你潜伏,你成淞沪大佬? Urban156k WordsOngoing [Espionage + no System + no brainless plot + loyal revolutionary roots + multiple identities] In the twentieth year of the Republic of China, the head of the Red Party's Third Special Section was arrested and immediately defected. Overnight, around a hundred outstanding Red Party comrades were arrested. Within a year, spies had uncovered nearly all of the Red Party's secret safe houses in Shanghai. Whenever the nation is in peril, heroes always step forward. Zhang Mingxue, only twenty-five years 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  19. 119 Secrets of the Spy War: The Japanese Translator 谍海秘事之鬼子翻译官 Urban553k WordsOngoing 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—14d adds
  20. 120 Espionage: The Black Dog Gets a System 谍战:黑狗子获得系统后 Urban465k WordsOngoing He was a retired military doctor, but his soul crossed over into the body of a secret police agent. With the System at his side, he can carry out covert assassinations and gather intelligence without a trace. He has no organization, yet his heart belongs to his country. He infiltrates enemy ranks, but remains loyal at heart. For his country, he kills his wife and accepts an enemy as his father. He bears humiliation and hardship, drifting through a life of wine and excess! With the System at his 159Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 121 Fuzhou: Blades and Bloodshed in 1949 福州:刀光血影一九四九 Urban348k WordsCompleted A few words in a local dialect, as indistinguishable as the wind. Once their eyes meet, the hunt and counterhunt begin. Messages whispered on the wind, blood and chaos, a fight to the death... At the end of February 1949, the Huacha secret team, entrusted with a vital mission, encountered an accident on its way to Rong. Team leader Hu Dayi vanished without a trace, and his guard, Wu Erzhu, was captured. At the same time, the Kuomintang's Secrecy Bureau System was carrying out its covert Thunder 139Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 122 Super Agent: Codename Sun Wukong 超级特工:代号孙悟空 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Fang Ping, a promising young doctor in the medical field of the twenty-first century, transmigrates to the War of Resistance era and becomes a doctor at Headquarters 76. Though trapped in the devil's lair, his heart remains with the light. The scalpel he uses to save lives also becomes a blade turned against the enemy. Like Sun Wukong burrowing into Princess Iron Fan's stomach, he leaves his enemies trembling with fear and terror. [A heartfelt story. Dive in without worry.] 14.1kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
  23. 123 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 12.5kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
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  24. 124 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 1.4kReads8.8Score14914d adds
  25. 125 Counterespionage Storm 反谍风云 Mystery719k WordsCompleted About the Story: A spy case threatens China. Luan Jianglong and Si Hongmei lead their team through the investigation, uncovering one clue after another as the case grows ever more complex. But the ending is completely unexpected... 272Reads6.4Score—14d adds
  26. 126 Shadows of Espionage: Operation Rat Hunt 谍影重袭:猎鼠行动 Urban623k WordsCompleted This is the second espionage novel following Shadow in the Clouds. It is about a “mole's nest” that has infiltrated the upper ranks of the Ministry of State Security, and the series of life-and-death struggles between Luan Jianglong, Zhou Yutong, and the “mole's nest”… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 127 Espionage: I Keep Using Poisonous Schemes, but Dai Li Tells Me to Calm Down 谍战:屡施毒计,戴老板劝我冷静 Historical87k WordsOngoing He is a Taoist who came down from the mountains with his sword to fight the Japanese. He is the top “poison agent” the Juntong has kept on ice. After Wang Tianmu, one of the Juntong’s Four Heavenly Kings, defected, the underground intelligence network behind enemy lines in Shanghai and North China was nearly wiped out. With no other choice, Dai Yudong activated Gu Han. Mission: assassinate a senior official at 76 and restore the Juntong’s operations in Shanghai. What? Gu Han engineered a battle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
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  28. 128 Espionage: I'm a Shanghai Scion, Codenamed Porter 谍战:我,沪上大少,代号搬运工 Urban460k WordsOngoing In Shanghai, occupied by the invaders, there is a prominent and illustrious family: the Lin family of Shanghai. The eldest brother, Lin Zhenbang, is the military command's finance chief in Shanghai, codename: God of Wealth. His true identity is a secret underground intelligence agent, codename: Cedar. The second brother, Lin Duhan, is chief of the military command's operations division in Shanghai, codename: Killer. The eldest sister, Lin Hanyue, is chief of intelligence at the Shanghai station 5.6kReads6.1Score49114d adds
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  29. 129 Storms in the World of Espionage 谍海风云 Mystery117k WordsOngoing A young man from a mysterious organization stumbles upon something strange in a child-trafficking case. The children's departure and return uncover a vast scheme that a secret organization has been carrying out for decades, involving various departments across the Dragon Kingdom. From the textbook illustration case and the missing seeds case to the school information leak and campaigns promoting different social values, they have left their mark everywhere. —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  30. 130 I Was a Clerk at the Manchukuo Police Headquarters 我在伪满警察厅当文员 Urban131k WordsOngoing Harbin has fallen. Murder lurks in the snow, and every move strikes at the heart. Lin Chen is a key piece buried deep behind enemy lines. To outsiders, he seems gentle, easygoing, and casually irreverent. Only he knows that every kindness is a disguise, and every personal attachment is part of the plan. He dares to wager everything on the riskiest gambits and use the gentlest pieces, winning over desperate assets and prying loose the Japanese army’s most closely guarded secrets. Amid a spy netwo —Reads—Score—14d adds
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