Are There Any Good Spy Novels Besides The Wire? 谍战除了铁丝网还有能看的吗？

1. 151 以 In the Name of a Traitor 以汉奸之名 Bedorou Cat贝多肉猫Historical554k WordsOngoing He has the script. He knows the names of every traitor. But every time he kills a “future traitor,” the resistance suffers another bloody loss. He wants to save his comrades, but they want to kill him. The only person protecting him is the enemy. The more good he does, the more he looks like a collaborator. After wearing the mask for five years, he can no longer tell: Is he only playing a collaborator, or has he become one? Only when a true comrade gives their life to clear his name, and he knee 18.9kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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   This is really good! It's my number one spy drama!

2. 152 重 Reborn: There’s No Escape, I’m a Bandit 重生插翅难逃我为悍匪 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban234k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads—Score112Shelves
3. 153 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 36.7kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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   I started reading the Republican era section from chapter 165, and it was truly excellent. The college student theme is no lie, there's no romantic pairing, and the system runs away at the beginning, so it's all about the female lead's own struggles. It's incredibly relatable, and she's also remarkably good at hiding and disguising herself, managing to survive until the very end. The female lead is actually an older woman; it's a story of an ordinary person gradually becoming a powerful figure. The author's portrayal of ordinary people is superb, the writing style is delicate yet lighthearted, and the plot is unique—completely different from those stories with overly powerful, arrogant characters who constantly show off and get their faces slapped. I was moved to tears by the end. Of course, there are minor flaws, but overall, they don't detract from the overall brilliance.

4. 154 收 Becoming a Tycoon by Collecting Antiques 收古董成为大佬 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban605k WordsCompleted After being reborn, he builds a business from scratch: collecting antiques, opening an antique shop, getting into real estate, buying courtyard houses, and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He quietly makes a fortune and ultimately becomes a winner in life, with everything under his control. 854Reads6.6Score103Shelves
5. 155 亮 Bright Sword: I Became a Japanese High-Ranking Official and Started Causing Chaos 亮剑：我成了鬼子高管，疯狂搞事 Eggs with Chili Peppers鸡蛋加辣椒Urban369k WordsOngoing By a twist of fate, Zhou Chuxin becomes the third-generation heir to the Tokugawa family. All Zhou Chuxin can say is, “Reporting to my superior: I want to fight the Japanese, but somehow I've become one of them.” Well, now that she's become one of them, she might as well do something about it. And so, a special unit with an unusual identity appears on Chinese soil. They fight bravely, specializing in sabotaging their own side. “What, you say you're a colonel? A colonel isn't even qualified to me 649Reads6.8Score—Shelves
6. 156 谍 Espionage: Rewinding for Intelligence Made Me the Military Statistics Bureau's Faith 谍战：回档情报，我成了军统信仰 Four-Flower Pork四花肉Urban3.3M WordsOngoing After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.6kReads8.2Score732Shelves

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   These are all watchable; they're not as mindlessly fantastical as some other shows, and they're fairly logical, especially the death row inmates, who are practically like being surrounded by barbed wire. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

7. 157 特 Agent Yi Leng 特工易冷 Xiao Qi Jiao骁骑校Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (Originally titled Agent Yi Leng) Huang Pi Hu, the cook at Yumei Restaurant, is a greasy, lecherous middle-aged man who likes to drink, smoke, and fiddle with his beads. He also often follows female students around. No one knows his true identity: retired agent Yi Leng, a godlike heartthrob to countless beautiful women. He has hidden himself among ordinary people only to quietly protect his daughter, who no longer recognizes him. 26.3kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves

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   Highly recommended. Save it permanently.

8. 158 民 Republican-Era China: From Ruthless Bandit to King of Assassins 民国之从悍匪到杀手之王 Great Snow of the Gengshen Year庚申大雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted 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

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   This is definitely the one! It's finished, and it's incredibly satisfying. Wang Laoliu killed at least ten thousand, if not eight thousand, Japanese soldiers. The plot is anything but cliché and is refreshingly original.

9. 159 谍 Espionage: From Military Intelligence Agent to Rising Star of the Kwantung Army 谍战：从军统特工到关东军新星 Jing Xingchen京星辰Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Dancing on the Edge of a Knife] + [Smart Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Ruthless] + [No System] Lin Feng, a modern history student, transmigrates to Kyoto in the island nation in 1939, in a parallel world. He takes over the body of a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named “Iron Rooster.” The original owner, posing as a returned overseas Chinese named Kobayashi Fengichiro, was treated as a disposable pawn by the Bureau and left in the island nation to await orders. In the end 9.7kReads8.7Score369Shelves

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   This one's alright. It features characters like Kingsman, Hitler, and Truman, all of whom have connections to him—a Japanese general and a German lieutenant general. 😅

10. 160 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Biological Son 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsCompleted A modern mechanical engineer transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai's biological son. With a son of his own, will Yi Zhonghai still scheme against others? Will Silly Zhu still become their meal ticket? Will Love in the Courtyard still turn into a courtyard full of beasts? Ordinary people just want enough to eat and warm clothes. There's no need for so much resentment or sinister scheming, just everyday family squabbles. In this backward era, do your best to help de 37.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    The first book is a relatively good, straightforward fantasy about a powerful nation. The second book is not recommended for fans of Wang Yibo, as it's prone to plot holes. The third book is a revenge-themed, spy-themed urban novel with a highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent male lead who is both a spy elite and the hidden king of the underground world. The last book is a reborn officialdom novel with a smart male lead and strong plot logic.

11. 161 民 Republican-Era Espionage: The Secret Agents All Call Me Chief 民国谍战：特务都叫我处座 Li Xuanhe李玄河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 1.3kReads6.9Score100Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A newly released Republican-era spy thriller set during the War of Resistance against Japan: ① Late 1937, on the streets of Shanghai's Chinese-controlled area, Xu Shitou felt the pain in his body, muttering to himself, "Don't underestimate me just because I'm only fifteen; inside me is the soul of a 21st-century university student." He had to deliver the intelligence before sunset, but a sense of danger lingered. He went alone to a fabric shop a few streets away to test the waters by calling the grocery store's contact point. Sure enough, the shopkeeper, Mr. Han, had already betrayed them. Xu Shitou, a part-time spy, owned a tattered silk painting and lived with his family on the banks of the Huangpu River…

12. 162 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 137.9kReads9.0Score26.2kShelves
13. 163 抗 The War of Resistance: Maybe I Should Go It Alone 抗战，还是自己单干吧 Qin Jiao Shou秦叫瘦Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Qin Xiang, an ordinary man from modern society, somehow transmigrates into the era of the War of Resistance! Watch as he rises from a conscript, step by step, amid the chaos of war! The protagonist unexpectedly awakens a space within his sea of consciousness. With this one golden finger, see how he gradually stockpiles supplies to survive! After the uprising, he temporarily joins the Nationalist government, but still makes a point of helping the Reds whenever he can! Going it alone doesn't mean 38.9kReads7.5Score2.7kShelves

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    Anti-Japanese War espionage, time-travel story, highly recommended, worth getting into, just pure enjoyment!

14. 164 权 At the Pinnacle of Power: Super Civil Servant 权力巅峰：超级公务员 Tangtang Sixth Young Master糖糖六公子Urban1.2M WordsCompleted There are ten ranks in an official career, and every step takes you to a higher level! In my previous life, I spent forty years as a low-ranking civil servant, made a scapegoat and a sacrificial pawn, and only reached the rank of senior staff officer by the time I retired. Now that I’ve been given another life, I must soar straight to the highest heights! Now that I’ve been given another life, I must keep pace with the economic tide! Now that I’ve been given another life, I must do something tan 47.5kReads9.2Score4kShelves
15. 165 这 It's Tough to Get By in the Republic of China 这个民国不好混 Old Traveler in the Mountains山中老客Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension] [Republican Era] [War of Resistance Against Japan] [Common Folk] [Independent Operations] Qin Jin accidentally transmigrated to the Republican Era. He was no expert at civil war, but a seasoned hand at fighting foreign enemies. With a little pocket-dimension bug, he was going to see his schemes through to the end. Laughing through tears is life; laughing through tears is survival. The Republican Era might not be romantic, but it was definitely a wild ride! 1.6kReads8.5Score263Shelves
16. 166 抗 War of Resistance: The Osaka Division Gets Stronger by Exporting Its Bad Habits 抗战：大阪师团，陋习输出就变强 Know What's Best识时务Urban2.2M WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6.6kReads8.6Score420Shelves

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    Yes, yes!

17. 167 福 Fuzhou: Blades and Bloodshed in 1949 福州：刀光血影一九四九 Long Jia Shu龙嘉树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 162Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 长 Endless Long Night 长夜无间 Drunk on Wine for the Rest of My Life浊酒醉余生Urban503k WordsOngoing [Republican-Era Espionage + Deep Cover + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + Multiple Female Supporting Characters + Powerful Protagonist Reborn] He was the scourge of the Japanese puppet regime in Manchuria, hated by all and impossible to deal with. He was also a smuggling tycoon with riches beyond the reach of any nation. And he was an unprecedented young general of the Empire. Sadly, all of it came to nothing. During the final covert struggle in Harbin, he overlooked the presence of one insignif 29Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a sequel to the third, which is already completed and is more tightly paced than the barbed wire. The second book is still being serialized and is of good quality.

19. 169 随 Chasing the Waves with the Wind 随风逐浪 Young Master of the Misty Rain Pavilion烟雨少阁主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. 252Reads5.8Score—Shelves
20. 170 民 Republican Era: A Shadowy Web of Espionage 民国：谍影迷云 A Boatful of Stars满船星河Urban583k WordsOngoing [Pocket Dimension + One Female Lead + Competent Characters + Consistent Logic + Historical Accuracy] The rating has just gone live, so please give it a chance. (Onion Orange salutes!) Su Xin, a historical researcher, transmigrates to the years of the War of Resistance and becomes a minor secret agent in the Military Statistics Bureau. The bureau gains an ace operative skilled at hunting down Japanese spies, while the Communist Party gains a “deep-cover agent” hidden in the enemy's heart! Trackin 347Reads7.9Score—Shelves
21. 171 谍 Espionage: I Can Talk to Animals! Torturing Japanese Spies 谍战：和动物交流的我！折磨日谍 Ganmei Twenty-Four甘美二十四Urban1.6M WordsOngoing When Bai Liang wakes up, he discovers he's become the lowest-ranking secret agent in occupied Shanghai, codenamed “Bagpipe.” From the start, the Special Higher Police Agency throws him into a death-row cell... Just as he's nearly lost all hope, Bai Liang awakens a special ability: he can understand what cats and dogs say. From that moment on, every cat and dog in the city becomes part of Bai Liang's intelligence network... He kills the Japanese invaders and eliminates traitors, rising step by st 1.1kReads6.2Score103Shelves
22. 172 谍 The Spy's Snow Fox 谍之雪狐 Wind and Snow in the West City风雪西城Urban1.1M WordsCompleted 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
23. 173 全 Global Livestream: I'm in a Country at War, and They Beg Me Not to Die 全球直播：我在抗战国家求我别死 Mu·Xi木·兮Urban1.7M WordsCompleted After passionately arguing online with pro-Japanese traitors from the start, Chen Mo, known as the “King of Keyboard Warriors,” got so caught up in cursing them that he didn't watch where he was going. He stepped into a hole and transmigrated! Can you believe it? He was thrown straight into the hellish battlefield of 1937! No System! No golden finger! He didn't even have a proper pair of pants, just beachwear! And to make matters worse, Heaven warned him: reveal even the tiniest detail about the 1.3kReads8.9Score119Shelves

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    A super realistic spy thriller set during the War of Resistance Against Japan! A masterpiece! The protagonist transmigrates to 1937. Without a system or cheat codes, he can only rely on his accumulated knowledge to help others. As the wheels of history roll ever forward, he slowly transforms amidst the baptism of blood and fire! The writing is superb, vividly depicting the cruelty of war, the brutality of the invaders, the suffering and struggle of the people, the simple passion of the soldiers, the smoke and fire of the main battlefields, and the bloody battles of underground work… It's incredibly moving and will bring tears to your eyes! [At this moment, everyone truly understands what war really means. It's not the heroism in movies, not the exhilarating kills in games, and certainly not the cold statistics in the mouths of politicians. It is filthy, bloody, and nauseating. It is broken bones, protruding intestines, and the unseeing, empty eyes of young soldiers.] [In that darkest of times, the most ordinary soldiers fought for their most fundamental reason. Not for grand slogans, not for empty glory. But simply for the most basic, humble wish.] It's simply so that future generations can experience the most ordinary happiness and sweetness that their generation lacked.

24. 174 开 From the Start, I’m the Osaka Brigade Commander: One Shot Sold, a Hundred Returned! 开局大阪师团长，卖一枪返百枪！ Leap into the Sky蹦出生天Urban143k WordsOngoing When Li Liang transmigrates into the world of Drawing Sword, he binds himself to a Divine Trading System that returns a hundredfold on every deal! Sell one rifle, and a hundred rifles are returned in an instant! One cannon becomes a hundred, a hundred become ten thousand, and ten thousand cannons fire all at once! You have Type 95 tanks? I've got even more. You have Type 97 fighter planes? I have so many Zero fighters I don't have room for them! Everything comes back a hundredfold. I've got more 27Reads5.7Score—Shelves
25. 175 乱 A Barber's Diary in Times of Chaos 乱世的理发师日记 User99514544用户99514544Historical93k WordsOngoing The story begins in a seaside city known as the Paris of the East. Gunshots and screams rang out from the Red Rose Hair Salon, which was supposed to serve the public. Moments later, people saw the owner and apprentices fleeing in panic, covered in blood...! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A poor boy transmigrates to Shanghai during the Republic of China era. With a portable space and the supplies he acquires, he builds a career in this era. During the War of Resistance, he fights in his own way: by day, he's on friendly terms with the Japanese invaders; by night, he assassinates, attacks, and steals intelligence. He doesn't belong to any party; he's an ordinary citizen, protecting his home!

26. 176 代 Codename Cobra: From Nobody to Untouchable 代号眼镜蛇，从无名到无法无天 Dragon Gate Sword Song龙门剑歌Urban380k WordsOngoing [Spy warfare + traitorous collaborators + pocket dimension + overpowered golden finger] He goes undercover at 76, taking on the Japanese and their lackeys whenever they dare to cause trouble. Throughout his career as a spy, he gains countless astonishing opportunities! He awakens an intelligent scanning eye that can identify people and even peer into their experiences, memories, inner thoughts, schemes, and secrets. He acquires a miraculous acupuncture technique that lets him hold other people's 554Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    This is a truly amazing and exciting spy novel; the portrayal of the Japanese invaders is very rhythmic.

27. 177 亮 Bright Sword: I Slacked Off in the Osaka Division, and Li Went Mad 亮剑：我摸鱼大阪师团，老李疯了 Clouds Rise and Soar云起飞扬Urban308k WordsCompleted Qin Feng transmigrated into the commander of a Japanese battalion. He was currently leading the Shanye Battalion alongside the Sakata Regiment as they besieged Li Yunlong’s forces on Cangyun Ridge. But the Shanye Battalion belonged to the infamous Osaka Division. Not only this battalion, but also its superior regiment and the entire division were notorious slackers. They avoided fighting whenever possible and cared only about making money! What was so great about fighting? It was dangerous! Doi 593Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 谍 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？ Missl Miss LiMissl李小姐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 31Reads8.1Score—Shelves
29. 179 谍 Espionage: I Can See Hidden Information 谍战：我能看到隐藏信息 Zhu Sansui竹三岁Urban1.5M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.8kReads8.5Score142Shelves
30. 180 谍 Espionage: Codename Pufferfish 谍战：代号河豚 Jinling Big Carrot i金陵大萝卜iUrban411k WordsCompleted In 1937, as Shanghai falls, Lin Mo goes undercover in enemy territory. With no System, he is both the secret service’s “abacus” and the Communist Party’s “pufferfish.” He hides a deadly poison within himself, burrowing into the heart of Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime. He wields ledgers like blades and supplies like bullets, methodically sabotaging Japanese and puppet-government strategies. When victory in the War of Resistance comes and he is awarded the Medal of Loyalty and Diligence, he dives on 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Top Post] These three must-read spy novels!!! 🔥🔥① In 1937, Shanghai fell to the Japanese, and Lin Mo became a double agent without a system!😱 He carried deadly poison, serving as both the Kuomintang's "calculator" and the Communist Party's "pufferfish"! Using ledgers as his weapon and supplies as his ammunition, he secretly thwarted the Japanese and puppet regime's strategy!💥 After the war, he went undercover again to receive the storm of retaliation. Under the bright sun, who was the deadly pufferfish? The ultimate spy thriller! ✨✨✨

31. 181 谍 Espionage: I Won Over the Female Japanese Commander and Ruled the Roost 谍战：拿下女太君，我呼风唤雨 Senior Yuan Lixue员力学长Urban528k WordsCompleted No System / Transmigration Chen Bo of the modern era has just had an incredibly lucky break when he transmigrates into the body of a Republican-era secret agent, with a seductive woman beneath him. The woman is Takahashi Sakurako of the Special Higher Police. The two are secret lovers. Sakurako's brother, Takahashi Chuan, is the top man in the military police, with enormous power. Thanks to this connection, agent Chen Bo always manages to complete his superiors' missions through a series of luck 2.7kReads8.2Score169Shelves
32. 182 谍 Railway Archives: Infiltration, Espionage, and the Shocking Case of Liaoshen 谍战潜伏铁路档案辽沈惊蛰 St RifleSt步枪Urban204k WordsOngoing Espionage, agents, undercover work, urban life, history, mystery, hard-core railway detail, war, the Republic of China era, and passion. In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic, on the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, undercurrents swirled along the railway lines at Jinzhou, Siping, and Meihekou. Ye Tian, a Communist underground agent codenamed Jingzhe, went undercover as a railway traffic dispatcher. He gathered military intelligence and disrupted Nationalist transport, providing crucial support 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    Espionage infiltration during the Liaoshen Campaign

33. 183 炮 The Cannon-Fodder Villainess Turns the Tables 炮灰女配咸鱼翻身， Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly Dream蝶梦庄周Ancient Romance323k WordsOngoing Shen Yueyao was twenty-four, a graduate of the Foreign Languages Department at Hujiang University. Her father, Shen Jingting, was a well-known industrialist in the city. But none of that was what truly made Yueyao’s heart skip a beat. What nearly froze the blood in her veins was another, clearer and colder memory: she had transmigrated into a spy novel she had read just days ago. She had become a minor female character with the same name as her own, a disposable character who was killed off bef 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 我 I'm a Foreigner in Republican-Era China 我在民国当老外 Poking Eyes and Picking Ears抠眼睛掏耳朵Urban754k WordsOngoing [World War II + spy thriller + Republic of China era + American politics + postwar Japan and Korea] He transmigrates into the body of a West Point graduate and becomes a captain and assistant military intelligence attaché at the U.S. military attaché office in the Republic of China. He helps the Republic of China and rises through the ranks in the United States. Later, he becomes the commanding officer on the front line of the U.S. war against Japan. After the war, he oversees all of Japan's aff 6.4kReads7.5Score125Shelves

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    This has to be it, it's so good it's amazing! (The book is about the US military attaché in the Republic of China.)

35. 185 谍 Espionage: Which Side Is Duke Songye Signing For? 谍战：松野公爵在哪边签字？ A Stick of Glutinous Rice一根江米棍Urban1.7M WordsOngoing 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
36. 186 铁 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 St RifleSt步枪Urban349k WordsCompleted This book is set in a different period from the earlier novel Railway Archives. On August 15, 1945, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic, Japan surrendered. The espionage game had already been set in motion. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, Ye Tian was recruited by the Military Statistics Bureau under the codename Qingci. He became a double agent, using both his railway dispatcher’s job and his Qingci identity to wage a covert battle as a Communist underground operative. He supplied the Communist 6Reads7.4Score—Shelves
37. 187 谍 Espionage: The Little Spy's Great Reversal 谍战：小特务大逆袭 Si Ruolan思若兰Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Love for the Nation + Passionate Resistance Against Japan + One Heroine + Tense, Thrilling Plot + Ruthless and Decisive] With our nation on the brink of destruction, we have no choice but to risk everything and fight to save it. Military academy student Qin Tian transmigrates to the snowbound city of 1938 and becomes director of the General Affairs Section of the secret service bureau. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy, but in truth, he is a long-time undercover agent for the Communist P 8.3kReads8.6Score611Shelves
38. 188 铁 Railway Archives 铁路档案 St RifleSt步枪Urban329k WordsCompleted A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 3Reads7.1Score—Shelves
39. 189 须 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 Turning the Tide of the Mortal World逆转红尘Urban1.4M WordsOngoing I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 8.5kReads7.4Score783Shelves

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40. 190 小 The Savvy Little Soldier 小兵油子 Cavalry in a Sea of Flowers骑兵花海Historical682k WordsOngoing Beacon Bones Beyond the Great Wall: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting Japanese Invaders on the Grasslands [Warlords, War of Resistance, Searching for Family, No Overpowered Cheats, Spy Warfare, Logic and Intelligence, Ruthless] 1921–1945: The land is in turmoil, and China is engulfed in endless flames of war. Adopted as a child by a top undercover spy, the young man is meticulously trained for over a decade to become his other hand. There is no System and no mindless overpowered cheat. Every struggl 231Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Following the historical context, without any shortcuts, 1921-1945, Northern China

41. 191 亮 Bright Sword: I’m with the Osaka Division, Don’t Shoot! 亮剑：我大阪师团的，不要开枪！ Fish of the Sea海的鱼Urban384k WordsCompleted Lu You was watching Bright Sword when, in his excitement, he transmigrated into its world in 1940. Other people transmigrated as Li Yunlong’s former commanders or the like. So why had he become a Japanese soldier, and in the Osaka Division, no less? Fortunately, he had a System that let him exchange Japanese lives for money. As an ordinary Japanese soldier, each life was worth one silver dollar. Lu You used the money he earned with Japanese lives to climb higher. From then on, the Japanese found 925Reads7.6Score109Shelves
42. 192 谍 Espionage: From Shanghai's Little Beggar to the King of Spies 谍战：从上海滩小乞丐到特工之王 Old Li's Pistol老李的盒子炮Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Chen Shaoan’s soul transmigrates to old Shanghai, where he becomes a beggar scraping by. By chance, he saves a wounded woman, and ends up stumbling into the Military Statistics Bureau. With the Japanese invasion of China underway, Chen Shaoan uses his Role-Playing System to purge traitors, capture enemy moles alive, and assassinate senior Japanese officers, becoming a world-renowned king of spies. 7.6kReads8.7Score676Shelves

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    [Beating a traitor counts as an evil deed? This system must have a warped worldview!] The day I transmigrated into a low-level Kuomintang henchman, I tied up a traitor and whipped him mercilessly. Suddenly, the system sprang back to life: Ding! Atrocity achieved, reward: Top-secret Japanese defense map!

43. 193 红 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 Tianchen Xingyu天辰星语Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 6.1kReads8.5Score589Shelves
44. 194 谍 Spy War 1937: From the Start, I Wiped Out the Special Higher Section 谍战1937：开局血洗特高科 Zixiao Ke紫霄客Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Spy Warfare + Bloody Slaughter + Spatial Power While playing a game, modern young man Zhang Yunhe transmigrates to 1937 and becomes an agent for the Blue Shirts Society. To his surprise, he has brought along the Iron Warriors’ equipment from the game. Using its cloaking ability, he wipes out the entire Special Higher Police Agency from the start, striking such terror into the enemy that they tremble in fear. After that, he easily acquires enemy intelligence and maneuvers through 5.3kReads8.3Score339Shelves
45. 195 暗 The Hidden Sentry 暗哨 Invisible Gunfire看不见的硝烟Urban122k WordsCompleted On the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, a sleeper agent who had been silent for years awakens inside the Kuomintang's Northeastern secret service. Surrounded by treacherous Military Statistics Bureau agents, gang leaders straddling the line between respectable and criminal, and prominent Shengjing women whose loyalties are hard to read, he must maneuver alone through threats from every side, hidden in the shadows as he shines a bloodstained beam of light on the city's liberation... 4.7kReads8.9Score326Shelves

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    A sister story to the immersive Republican-era spy thriller. It tells the story of a young man swept up by the times and fate in a chaotic era, traveling to various places, undergoing trials and tribulations, and growing into an outstanding intelligence agent over more than a decade. Rich in elements: the underworld of the Republican era, urban socialites, the Kuomintang secret police, Japanese spies, and the intertwining interests of various parties. No system, no time travel, no rebirth, no cheat codes.

46. 196 土 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 Tao's World涛视界8k WordsCompleted The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 435Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 197 断 Broken Thorn 断刺 Invisible Gunfire看不见的硝烟Urban217k WordsCompleted When the Japanese invaders strike, a rebellious young man runs away from home and is swept by the tides of history from one perilous situation to another. He maneuvers between military intelligence agents, underworld gangs, and Japanese spies; makes choices between conflicting beliefs; sacrifices love and friendship; and transforms as he grows through loneliness... 148Reads6.5Score—Shelves
48. 198 空 Blank List 空白名单 Mai Ren脉人Urban862k WordsCompleted Wuhan is occupied, and the situation is treacherous and unpredictable. A mysterious list has drawn intense attention from all sides. It came from a Chinese Communist Party member who vanished eleven years ago, and now every faction is locked in a fierce struggle over it. To obtain the list, our organization sends a top student to infiltrate the upper ranks of the puppet regime in Wuhan. His name is Xiao Muyang. He has received no training and has never carried out a mission. His spotless record 1.2kReads8.2Score171Shelves

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    This is an epic spy novel!

49. 199 抗 War of Resistance: My Right Eye Awakens Infrared Thermal Vision 抗战：右眼觉醒了红外线热成像 Fan Tianzi凡天子Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lu Jianfeng transmigrates to the era of World War II and awakens the ability to see infrared thermal images. Using this advantage to fight the Japanese, he leaves the enemy questioning their own existence and contributes to the resistance. 4.2kReads7.7Score256Shelves

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    I just finished reading this book, and I think it's pretty good. There's no female lead, and the only downside is that the ending felt a bit rushed.

50. 200 谍 Espionage: I Have an Intelligence System 谍战，我有一个情报系统 Valley of Guixu归墟谷Urban458k WordsCompleted People usually play many roles in society. They may be a son in one family, an employee at one company, and a citizen of one country. Liu Songfeng is more than all that: one man with a thousand faces, surrounded by layers of intrigue. In this turbulent age, Liu Songfeng uses his intelligence and extraordinary courage to navigate between rival factions. Yet his identity is shrouded in mystery, impossible to pin down. No one knows his name, but his deeds will live forever. Liu Songfeng says, “I wa 6.1kReads8.6Score332Shelves

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    You could check out this book where the main characters are codenamed Bonecrusher and Rolling Pin.

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