Spy Stories Set in Old Shanghai, With a Modest Golden Finger for the Protagonist 老上海，间谍文，主角金手指别开太大的

1. 51 谍 Espionage: Body in Cao's Camp, Heart with Han 谍战：身在曹营心在汉 Little Black Sun黑色小太阳Urban450k WordsCompleted Long Yan transmigrated, and woke up in the body of a Japanese man. And one with a little royal blood, at that. He swore to the heavens that even if he was wearing a Japanese man's skin, he would defend the land of China to his dying breath! A fake Qiu Chan is in mortal danger? Long Yan says with a serious look, “Comrade, I’m Qiu Chan! I’ll cover you, so hurry and run!” The real Qiu Chan, whose identity has been stolen, is completely dumbfounded? Ye Chong raises his hand and shoots someone dead 596Reads9.4Score100Shelves

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   It's very interesting and very good.

2. 52 穿 Transmigrate to the War of Resistance: From the Start, I’m Hunting Yan Shuangying 穿越抗战：开局追杀燕双鹰 Yin Zhen吟震Urban143k WordsOngoing [Yan Shuangying] [Zheng Yaoxian] [Ruthless and Decisive] Yang Xiao, a college student suffering from stomach cancer, wakes up after a failed surgery to discover that he has transmigrated into another world and taken over the body of a traitor with the same name. Less than half an hour after transmigrating, before he can even figure out what's going on, he receives orders from his superior: lead a team to surround Yan Shuangying. At the sound of that name, Yang Xiao nearly curses out loud. But wi 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book's protagonist's cheat ability immediately betrays him from the very beginning.

3. 53 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战：开局化身日本贵族军官 Cabbage Sprout白菜秧子Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Li Yan was a frail, sickly man until one day he discovered that he had gained a doppelganger with a highly sensitive identity. Connecting his various doubles to his real body was a modest-sized storage space. From then on, he began moving through the largest commercial city in the Far East under a variety of identities. A covert agent for the Military Investigation Bureau, an aristocratic officer in the Japanese Marines, a rickshaw puller by day and a rooftop-running bandit by night… All these i 22.1kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves

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   That's the book. The protagonist can create clones, and these clones can gather intelligence. The overpowered abilities aren't too extreme.

4. 54 谍 Espionage: Red Agent, Codename Phoenix 谍战：红色特工之代号不死鸟 The Phoenix Flies, the Phoenix Follows凤飞凰随Urban4.4M WordsOngoing “Chu Yazi! You have to become a top agent, just like your master.” “Master! You can escape with ease even after being arrested. I can’t do that.” “Get lost! I arranged such a good identity for you, and gave you the top code name ‘Phoenix.’ How can you still say you can’t do it? Oh, right! Mr. Wu has something to tell you, too.” Mr. Wu said earnestly: “Chu Yazi! The ‘Phoenix’ is reborn from the flames. You must infiltrate the very heart of the enemy at any cost. Do not return until the revolution 22.1kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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   This book is very good.

5. 55 媳 Are All My Wives Spies? Come On, I Just Want to Live 媳妇全是特务？别搞啊，我想活着 Hardworking Ox奋进的牛Historical812k WordsOngoing [Espionage] [Republican Era] [Scheming] [Mind Games] [Vengeful] [Dancing on the Edge of a Blade] Li Yundong transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, code-named Vulture. From the start, he gathers the heir of a capitalist family, a Kuomintang major, and a top Secret Service official… The difficulty of survival is off the charts! Fortunately, he has a 100,000-cubic-meter space and a wife he got for free: a Qing Gang bigwig's beloved daughter, a wealthy merchant's heiress, a lieutenant colonel and spe 51.9kReads6.9Score4.7kShelves

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   Beijing's espionage is incredibly sophisticated.

6. 56 孤 Lone Hero of Yingxiong 孤胆雄英 Jinling Storyteller金陵说书人Urban360k WordsCompleted Tags: Republic of China era, espionage, passionate, mind games, ruthless, warlord rivalries, love of family and country [Ruthless hero returns + espionage and mind games + decisive and ruthless + beauties of a chaotic age] Shanghai, a city awash in blood and turmoil. Chen Moyan awakens to find his fellow agents dead and himself a “lone ghost” with the Juntong’s guns trained on him. Kill his colleagues to earn their trust? He becomes Juntong’s sharpest blade, earning the nickname “Chen the King o 1.5kReads8.6Score143Shelves

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   The events are intricately linked and thrilling.

7. 57 军 The Queen of the Military Intelligence Bureau 军统女王 Moon with a Faint Smile月含残笑Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage + political intrigue + wits and strategy + ruthless decisiveness] The bloody odyssey of the Military Statistics Bureau’s queen! She is the knife in Boss Dai’s hand, and the nightmare that haunts his bedside! 1937: Shanghai, a deadly trap Lin Wei, codenamed “Ghost Fox,” arrives in Shanghai and forms the “Fox Thorn” assassination squad within three months. As her qipao swirls, collaborators’ heads roll and Japanese officers lie awake at night. But the wine Nanzo Yunko offers her is lace 11.7kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   A female protagonist with no system, no time travel, and high intelligence—absolutely captivating!

8. 58 静 Shizuka, I’m Really Not a Resistance Fighter 静香，我真不是抵抗分子 Snowmoon Holy Light Knight雪月圣光骑士Urban862k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Jiang Jieshi’s Inner Circle + Whampoa Military Academy, Fifth Class + Living off Women Until He Builds a Harem + Light Political Intrigue + Espionage] In 1930, a young man is arrested and thrown into prison. "Nima zabi! Let me out already! If you delay Madam’s business, not even your boss’s boss’s boss’s boss will be able to take responsibility." (In a local accent) "You’re asking my young master’s name? You can’t even understand my accent. What’s the point of telling you?!" Yea 978Reads—Score103Shelves

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   He relies entirely on various forms of financial support and handouts. There are no cheat codes! Absolutely no system!

9. 59 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

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   Highly Recommended: A newly released book on espionage during the Republican era's resistance against Japan: ① July 1937, Nanjing. Military Intelligence Bureau. Li Ji, a graduate of the Army Officer Academy, becomes a member of the "Snake Girl" intelligence team. Later, he is sent to Shanghai to secretly infiltrate. Li Ji gathers righteous people from the Military Intelligence Bureau, gangs, and civilians, casting a wide net and achieving widespread success. Until a century later, a foreign intelligence agency deciphers a top-secret intelligence report, revealing that the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau is him, and that he is also a major general in the Japanese Army's Mei Agency...

10. 60 我 I Became a Spy in Republican-Era China 我到民国当间谍 Wind and Snow in the West City风雪西城Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Zhang Yunxuan, a team leader in the Criminal Investigation Squad of Xiangcheng Police Bureau, is a spoiled rich kid who spends his days loafing around and making friends. He has a taste for eating, drinking, and gambling. The only thing he doesn't do is visit brothels. But what people don't know is that he is the military intelligence agent Judge, a man despised to the bone by the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators. 6.8kReads8.6Score432Shelves

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    A Shanghai spy, highly intelligent and on the spot!

11. 61 影 Screen Worlds: I Can See Your Name 影综：我能看到你的名 There's Poison in the Egg蛋里有毒Urban516k WordsCompleted Li Weigong, Wu Jingzhong, Zheng Yaoxian, Wang Tianfeng, and Tan Zhongshu are my colleagues. Yu Zecheng, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan, Xu Zhongyi, Ming Lou, Gong Shu, Lin Nansheng, Chi Tiecheng... are my students. How could I lose? Watch Gao Feng write his own legend in the world of master spies. We stand at the beginning of the story, watching them head toward their inevitable deaths. 3.3kReads7.4Score145Shelves

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    My new personal book, a spy fantasy, no female lead, all about the mission [smile]. Zheng Yaoxian, Wu Jingzhong, and Gu Shenyan are all my colleagues; Yu Zecheng, Xu Zhongyi, and Gong Shu are all my students. [Laugh]

12. 62 谍 Espionage: I Awakened a Daily Intelligence System 谍战：我觉醒每日情报系统 Mister Liu迷思特刘Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He is a low-ranking patrolman in the French Concession, and every day he gets ten new pieces of intelligence. He is also an expert operative, a god of death roaming the night. Because he awakened an Intelligence System. 16.2kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    This looks good; in my opinion, it's next best after the barbed wire.

13. 63 谍 Espionage: I’m a Screwdriver, Infiltrating No. 76 谍战：我是螺丝刀，卧底76号 Fragrant Blossoms in Spring春暖留芳Urban2.7M WordsOngoing (A rough-around-the-edges spy’s rise to success, with a soft spot for the Communists. Please don’t flame if it’s not your thing!) He’s a disposable pawn in the Military Statistics Bureau, but he has an infinite storage space and supernatural hearing! Thanks to his uncanny ability to hit his targets with flying screwdrivers, he rises to become the top assassin at the Shanghai station, then goes undercover at No. 76 by pure chance. Amid the turbulent world of espionage, he kills Japanese invaders 46.6kReads8.0Score3.2kShelves

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    A must-read spy thriller for anyone experiencing a reading slump! The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a Kuomintang cannon fodder, possessing the dual advantages of an infinite space and super hearing. Codenamed "Screwdriver," he infiltrates the Wang Jingwei regime's 76th Division. His flying screwdrivers are incredibly accurate, and he shows no mercy in killing Japanese soldiers and traitors. Using his spatial ability, he supplies the anti-Japanese resistance, playing the fool while outmaneuvering the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang, and the underground Communist Party, achieving incredible reversals. No dragging build-up, high-energy from the start, brimming with espionage tension, and packed with thrilling moments that will keep you hooked!

14. 64 猎 Falcon and Iron Eagle: Yan Shuangying Returns to the Southwest 猎隼铁鹰：燕双鹰重返大西南 Pomegranate Seed Purple石榴籽紫Urban322k WordsOngoing No System | Hard-Core Espionage | Southwest Bandit Suppression | The Great Western Treasure | Invincible Protagonist “Only someone like you would believe there are bullets in your gun.” In 1950, just after the liberation of the Great Southwest, the region was shrouded in mystery. Remnants of the Kuomintang allied with bandits and local tyrants, launching the vicious Falcon Hunt Plan to overthrow the new regime. Then a mysterious treasure map to Zhang Xianzhong's hoard surfaced, drawing every f 122Reads6.5Score—Shelves
15. 65 谍 Shadows of Espionage 谍影重重 Old Turtle from the Northeast东北老鳖Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Bao Dazhuang transmigrates to the wealthy Guan family in Yulan City during the War of Resistance Against Japan, becoming a repulsive-looking Republican-era live-in son-in-law whom everyone despises. He works as a translator for the military police, handling nothing more than routine documents. It is only after becoming a real spy that Bao Dazhuang realizes this is nothing like the spy films of his previous life. At best, he is a mediocre agent. Yet his cowardly, selfish, and easygoing nature rep 5.9kReads8.8Score536Shelves
16. 66 我 Beauty and Hairdressing in Republican-Era China 我在民国美容美发 Ye Xuan Gusi叶玄古寺Modern Romance757k WordsOngoing Spy thriller [No romance + entrepreneurship + espionage + not a power fantasy + no arrogant, all-conquering hero or Mary Sue + kindhearted, not malicious + everyday street life + no romantic melodrama + slow-paced] [Author's note: Feel free to read two or three chapters before deciding whether to continue. Don't blindly follow the reviews when judging a book's worth; decide for yourself.] Zheng Xiaohe brings modern skills with her when she transmigrates into the granddaughter of a barber in Ji 2.8kReads9.0Score267Shelves

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    That makes only this one normal; the protagonist only has a small space, so he can't do anything but store things. It's really good.

17. 67 谍 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 Luminous White Radish夜光白萝卜Urban1.5M WordsOngoing 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... 19.6kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves

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    No system, high IQ, multiple female protagonists, spy novel, set in Shanghai during the Republic of China era.

18. 68 民 Republican Era: Starting with Whampoa's First Class 民国：从黄埔一期开始 Proud Sweet Potato傲娇的大地瓜Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No System] [From the start at Whampoa] [Front-line resistance war] [Over a million words so far, with an army of 300,000 and countless enemy kills] Lu Muzhi, a civil engineer, transmigrates to the first class at Whampoa Military Academy in 1924. He advances carefully, makes his way into the heart of power, and completes his studies. Alongside a host of future generals, Lu Muzhi takes part in the Eastern Campaign and the Northern Expedition, rising through the ranks from a young Whampoa cadet to 2.1kReads8.7Score165Shelves
19. 69 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
20. 70 谍 Espionage: I Get a New Piece of Intel Every Day 谍战：我每天获得一条情报 The Flying Bajie会飞的八戒Urban189k WordsOngoing Zhao Yi unexpectedly transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938 and became a low-ranking police officer. To his surprise, he activated a System that gave him one piece of intelligence every day. Ordinary intelligence: A Juntong liaison station has been discovered. It must evacuate as soon as possible. Classified intelligence: An important figure on our side has been turned. We cannot let him leave. Top-secret intelligence: Japan is about to launch a major campaign. The complete plan and all related docum 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌈The protagonist travels back to Shanghai in the late 1930s, becoming a low-ranking police officer with a special ability: he gains an extra intelligence tip every day, accurately capturing various intelligence reports and gradually becoming the most outstanding and influential spy, wielding immense power and having connections to the highest levels.

21. 71 兼 Part-Time Secret Agent 兼职小特务 Under Two Hundred Pounds不到二百斤Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Shitou is a part-time secret agent. He owns a tattered silk painting that lets him lie in wait for prey like a spider, letting them walk right into his trap. Born with one leg shorter than the other, he is known to everyone who knows him as Crooked Five. He lives with his family on the banks of the Huangpu River... 14.3kReads7.7Score829Shelves
22. 72 谍 Spy Games: Starting with a Female Spy Taking Me Home 谍战风云：从被女特务捡回家开始 Riding a Pig Through the World骑猪闯世间Urban1.7M WordsOngoing 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 56.3kReads8.2Score5.1kShelves
23. 73 谍 Espionage: Harbin, 1941 谍战：哈尔滨1941 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In 1939, Harbin was a vast maze of spies. Zhou Jinyu, a cool-headed ace agent, and Gu Wanru, a rookie, were ordered to pose as husband and wife and infiltrate the heart of the Japanese puppet regime. From an identity crisis that began in hell to an unshakable trust forged through life and death, they treaded carefully under the ever-watchful suspicion of Ichiro Shimizu. As the mystery of the “Shadow Protocol” closed in and their own names appeared on the “elimination list,” Zhou Jinyu realized t 5.1kReads7.5Score412Shelves
24. 74 谍 Espionage: Daybreak 谍战：破晓 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Historical391k WordsCompleted When night falls over the newly born land, two fated adversaries are forced to join forces. The brilliant Lin Nan is a forgotten gem from the old era, versed in criminal psychology and codebreaking. The battle-hardened Zheng Feng is the blade of the new order, devoted to discipline and absolute loyalty. This is a war that begins with conspiracy and ends in faith. When the enemy holds the city’s pulse in its grasp, and humanity’s fate hangs by a thread, they wield their wits as spears and their c 123Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 落 Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots: Code Name Lone Boat 落叶归根：代号孤舟 Blazing Red Lotus烈焰红莲Urban310k WordsCompleted In 1949, forestry expert Shen Feng could have evacuated, but instead he took on the identity of low-level clerk Lin Qisheng and infiltrated the Taitung Forestry Farm to rebuild the “Tree-Ring” intelligence network. He wasn't the only one operating undercover. The mole codenamed “Night Owl” and the shrewd opponent Chen Huaiyuan drove him and his comrades into a desperate situation. Three years later, a new recruit's betrayal destroyed the group. With the help of A Hui, a local young woman who gav 2Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 沪 Tracks Across Shanghai 沪上辙痕 Hand-Impaired Afterglow手残余晖Modern Romance897k WordsCompleted A modern soul awakens among Shanghai's underclass in 1931. Starting out at a cigarette stall in the alleyways, they draw on carefully concealed modern knowledge and survival skills to lead their family through a city fractured by currency chaos, divided foreign concessions, and rigid class barriers. In the end, they steer their own wheels into the surging tide of national salvation. 5.3kReads7.8Score543Shelves

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    The writing is very detailed and logical; it feels like the author did thorough research before writing this.

27. 77 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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    Immerse yourself in the birth of a Republican-era spy. Without any cheat codes or system assistance, an ordinary boy from Northeast China is thrust into the vortex of fate by the giant hand of the era. From the Northeast to the southwestern frontier, from naivety to near-death experiences, he spends over a decade undergoing a brutal rite of passage through displacement and hardship. A companion piece, this work unfolds along two parallel storylines, offering a panoramic view of the realities of espionage during the Republican era. Spanning Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Hunan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Nanjing… every inch of land is his battlefield; every turning point is a matter of life and death. The writing is delicate, revealing the subtleties of human nature; the plot is dramatic, showcasing a deep sense of patriotism.

28. 78 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
29. 79 浴 Reborn in the Flames: From a World in Chaos to Glory 浴火重生：从乱世走向辉煌 Cute Crocodile God萌萌的鼍神Urban1.3M WordsOngoing The rating has just come in, and it will rise later. Rebirth + alternate history + no System + resistance-war espionage A hundred-year-old man, Wang Anqing, dies alone amid the chaos of war... Reborn in the resistance-war era, he must start over from scratch. Watch how this teenage boy grows step by step, makes up for the regrets of his previous life, and ultimately rewrites his fate and history. 6kReads9.2Score395Shelves

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    A story of a centenarian veteran of the War of Resistance against Japan, reborn during the war to save the nation and its people. It's a realistic story without a system, written in a simple yet delicate style, logically sound and not mind-numbingly unintelligent. Thank you for your support! 😊😊

30. 80 谍 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 Noodles with Gravy, but No Gravy打卤面没有打卤Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.3kReads8.7Score1kShelves

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    A highly-rated spy novel! Definitely worth reading!

31. 81 什 What Do You Mean, the Secret Service's Top Operative? 什么是军统第一行动高手啊？ The Zoo's Top Attraction动物园头牌Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Espionage + War of Resistance + Iron-Blooded + All-Rounder] Su Hao is reborn into an age torn apart by war. Compared with the bloodshed on the front lines as soldiers defend their country, a more brutal war is being waged on another front! Killing an enemy agent grants him a month of real-world combat experience. Interrogating one grants him a month of criminal investigation skills. Each time he practices disguise, he gains a day of disguise expertise. Successfully deceiving an enemy with a dis 97.6kReads8.5Score10.7kShelves
32. 82 谍 Espionage: Codename Flying Eagle, The Japanese Invaders Are Terrified 谍战：代号飞鹰，小鬼子吓哭了 Nightingale1995夜莺1995Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Brave and resourceful | The turbulent Republic of China era | Deep sibling bonds | Brother doting on his sister | One female lead | Spy warfare System | Cunning and calculating | Saving the nation and its people | Anti-Japanese espionage | No. 76 | Special High Police | Military Statistics Bureau | Underground Party] In 1940, the nation was in turmoil. The flames of resistance against Japan had reached their height, and Shanghai had become a living hell of espionage. The Wang Jingwei regime’s 40.8kReads7.3Score3.6kShelves
33. 83 谍 Espionage: Three Years, Then Three More, Until I Became an Enemy Nation’s General 谍战：三年又三年，我成敌国将帅 Kite Warrior风筝战士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Chen transmigrates into a world where spy dramas like Kite, The Disguiser, and The Message have merged. From the start, he becomes the favored disciple of Zheng Yaoxian, the Sixth Brother of the Juntong. After training under Zheng Yaoxian, Jiang Chen infiltrates the Special Higher Police Agency once again. And so, a triple agent who strikes terror into the hearts of Japanese and puppet-government spies emerges. The three Ming brothers: Jiang Chen is my handler. I'm convinced! Zheng Yaoxian 3.5kReads7.1Score259Shelves
34. 84 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves

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    After cursing, Cao Cao turned and left with the eighteen warlords.

35. 85 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
36. 86 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves
37. 87 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.4kReads5.8Score297Shelves
38. 88 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves
39. 89 纸 A Glamorous Waiter’s Rise to Power, Conquering Shanghai 纸醉金迷侍应生，逆袭横扫上海滩 I Am a Quiet Pebble我是安静的鹅卵石Urban692k WordsCompleted Shanghai in a time of turmoil, with an unconventional tale of espionage and resistance against Japan. Wei Tianhao transmigrates to the Republic of China era with a billion rolls of toilet paper and takes a job as a waiter at the Jindongkai Song and Dance Hall in Shanghai. Before long, the dance hall manager seduces him and makes him her lover. Soon, female agents from foreign consulates are flocking to his side. Most outrageous of all, he actually trades toilet paper for a Japanese female spy~~ 183Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Light novel, a completely unique Republican era theme, with a fast-paced and smooth rhythm.

40. 90 潜 Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban126k WordsCompleted 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
41. 91 潜 The Sea of Infiltration 潜伏之海 Forget War and Risk Perishing 007忘战必危007Urban175k WordsCompleted At Taoyuan Airport in 1949, as Yu Zecheng performs the final “hen circling” signal under the station chief's watch, he has no idea that this gesture will mark the beginning of an underground mission lasting thirty-eight years. A customs inspector forced to go to Taiwan, he burns the letter addressed to his “late wife Cuiping,” then uses the ashes to piece together his first map of Taiwan's defensive fortifications. From helping build an intelligence network for the U.S. military's “Operation Bri 122Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 血 Blood and Fire at Taierzhuang: My 1938 血火台儿庄：我的1938 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban260k WordsCompleted While organizing records of the Battle of Taierzhuang, military researcher Chen Mo is transported by a bullet-riddled battlefield photograph to Xuzhou in 1938, engulfed in flames of war. After becoming a confidential staff officer to the commander of the Fifth War Zone, he discovers that his notebook records every battle and every sacrifice that will occur over the next thirty days. What kind of thrilling story unfolds when modern military knowledge collides with the brutal reality of war?… 27Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 93 双 Dual Crossing in the 1960s: The Fiery Years 双穿60之火红年代 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban152k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was an outstanding graduate of a military academy with a bright future ahead of him. But after accidentally discovering the principal’s affair, he was expelled on a trumped-up charge. His family was already poor, and the incident dealt a devastating blow to the energetic young man. He had not even entered the working world, yet the sordid ways of society had already taught him a harsh lesson. He planned to drown his sorrows in alcohol, but when he closed his eyes and opened them again, 271Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 开 From the Start in a Mass Grave, I Keep a Low Profile and Survive in the Espionage Universe 开局乱葬岗，苟在谍战宇宙里保命 Puluo Meisa菩萝梅萨Urban719k WordsOngoing When Lin Che, a young man from the modern era, wakes up, he finds himself in the body of a “corpse” in a mass grave in Shanghai in 1940. There is no System, and even the original owner’s memories are broken and hazy. But to his horror, he discovers that before dying, the original owner had carried out a mission with Gong Shu. The benefactor who saves him after he wakes has eyes like Zhou Yi from The Brink, while the gentleman who keeps coming by to fix his car is Fang Jiashu from The Infiltrator 380Reads—Score113Shelves

    Reader note

    There are almost no cheat codes; this is the author's first novel. You might want to check it out.

45. 95 失 I Lost My Job and Started Driving for a Ride-Hailing App. I Found Two Spies and Hit the Gas, Charging Through the Military Base Gate 失业开网约车，发现两个间谍，我一脚油门冲进部队大门 Tears Can Be Salty or Sweet眼泪可咸可甜9k WordsCompleted Unemployed, I started driving for a rideshare app. Then I spotted two spies and floored it straight through the military base gates. 809Reads—Score—Shelves

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46. 96 恐 An NPC in a Horror Game Died, and the Police Insisted I Killed Him 恐怖游戏里的NPC死了，警察非说是我杀的 Tears Can Be Salty or Sweet眼泪可咸可甜10k WordsCompleted An NPC in a Horror Game Died, and the Police Insisted I Killed Them 9Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 我 I Control Three Mines. My Brother Plotted to Poison Me, Not Knowing That My Death Would Leave Him With Even Less 我手握三矿，弟弟设毒计杀我，却不知我死了他更拿不到 Tears Can Be Salty or Sweet眼泪可咸可甜13k WordsCompleted I Own Three Mines. My Younger Brother Plots to Poison Me, Unaware That Killing Me Won't Get Him a Thing 5Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 为 I Approached the Capital's Top Young Master for Five Million, but He Said... 为了五百万接近京圈太子爷，他却说…… Tears Can Be Salty or Sweet眼泪可咸可甜14k WordsCompleted I Approached the Capital's Young Master for Five Million, but He Said... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 被 After My Boyfriend Kidnapped Me, I Married the County Magistrate's Son 被男友绑架后，我嫁给了县长儿子 Tears Can Be Salty or Sweet眼泪可咸可甜Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted After My Boyfriend Kidnapped Me, I Married the County Magistrate's Son 9Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 五 A Five-Mao Lesson (Favoring Sons over Daughters) 五角钱的教训（重男轻女） Tears Can Be Salty or Sweet眼泪可咸可甜Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted A Five-Mao Lesson (Favoring Sons over Daughters) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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