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
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- 151 A Blade in the Tiger’s Den 虎穴潜锋 Set against the true history of espionage during the War of Resistance Against Japan, this novel features a patient and decisive undercover agent serving with our forces, along with layered crises and plot twists that balance suspense with logic. The story takes place from 1941 to 1945, as the War of Resistance entered a stalemate. The Japanese army built strongholds across North and East China and established secret police agencies to carry out brutal “mopping-up” campaigns and blockades agains 1.6kReads—Score101Shelves
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The Lie at Midnight 十二点的谎言
When criminal investigation expert Lin Jingming takes on the locked-room death of philanthropist Chen Shoushi, he faces a perfect “time crime.” Architect Zhao Yuan has carefully planned a revenge spanning twenty years, using light and shadow manipulation to alter people’s perception of time and create an airtight alibi. As the investigation deepens, Lin Jingming discovers that every piece of evidence is a carefully laid trap. The butler, Zhou Fusheng, keeps stopping short of speaking; business
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- 153 Deep-Sea Detective 深海刑警 A new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 Transmigrated to the 1950s to Help the Nation Trade for Supplies 穿越50年代帮助国家交换物资 Liu Ruyan, a PhD in materials science, unexpectedly gains the ability to connect two timelines, 2024 and 1950, through an ancient jade heirloom. She is no longer a mere observer of history, but someone thrust into the tide of the times to experience it firsthand. Starting with using modern medicine to save lives on the brink of death, she encounters the power of the state and transforms from a “passerby through time” into a “comrade of the nation.” With her help, a secret and efficient closed lo 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 The Great Wall's Secret Defense Archives: 196603 《长城守护绝密档案:196603》 The Great Wall Guardians: Classified Files 196603 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 The Tycoon's Heir Is Divorced 豪门太子被休夫 Poverty-stricken Chen Chen is abandoned by his wife, only to discover that he is the heir to a wealthy family in the capital. In the capital's business world, where undercurrents surge, a thrilling corporate war is quietly getting underway. As the head of the Chen Group, Chen Chen shares a tangled past with the Liu sisters. He left without a word seven years ago, and now he has returned in force. Every decision he makes shapes the course of this business war. When Liu Rushuang is kidnapped by Wa —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Records of the Gui Si Soul-Taming Ritual 癸巳镇魂录 Gui Si: Record of Soul Suppression —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 This Cultivation World Is Seriously Sick 这个仙侠超有病 A Programmer Cultivates Immortality, with Heaven's Will Blue-Screening from the Start Wang Bufan dies from working overtime and wakes up as a disciple of a sect in another world. Mocked by his fellow disciples, he instinctively taps at the empty air and conjures a mysterious [Heaven's Will Backend Administration System]. While others toil to cultivate and comprehend the Dao, he directly edits talent parameters, deletes bottleneck cooldowns, and blocks the Heart Demon process. He only wanted to k —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 An Engineer Uses Scientific Thinking to Master the Cultivation World 工程师用科学思维玩转修仙界 The protagonist, Lin Xuan, has one goal: to become the "redefiner of the System." He is not content with getting caught in the rat race of the old "cultivate, seize treasures, level up" algorithm. Instead, he rewrites the underlying code. He turns cultivation from a "mystical art" into an "engineering discipline" that can be analyzed, quantified, and replicated. When Yun Yao practices her swordplay, her movements are so beautiful that everyone watching is entranced. Xiao Xuan rubs his chin. "Hmm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 The Twilight of the Gods, the Dawn of Humanity 众神黄昏人族黎明 The Divine Race's "Absolute Order" vs. Humanity's "Free Will" Those who are created will one day surpass their creators. On the ruins of betrayal and sacrifice, civilization wins the dignity of independence through its own wisdom and will. This is not simply a story of "killing the gods," but a grand allegory about a "civilization's coming of age." It explores the great journey from dependence to self-reliance, from obedience to choice, and from tool to individual. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 The Pavilion of Locked Unicorns 锁麟阁 Pavilion of the Locked Qilin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 I Am a Scholar, and I Specialize in Exorcising Demons 在下书生,专业降妖 I Am a Scholar, and Demon Extermination Is My Specialty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Tycoon Heiress Topples the Golden Throne 财阀女主,她掀了金銮殿 The day Shen Qingxian died, the entire capital cheered. The treacherous minister's daughter, who had framed loyal officials, was finally beheaded in public. When she opened her eyes again, she was back three years before the nightmare began, but her body now housed a soul from another world: a top strategist who once stirred up the world of business with capital. Her old enemies were waiting to grind her into the dirt all over again. She smiled. Palace intrigue? Household infighting? Far too ine —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 The Merit-Bearing Demon Venerable 功德魔尊 Merit Demon Venerable —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 The Missing Passenger at West Suburb Station 西郊站消失的乘客 The Passengers Who Vanished from West Suburban Station —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 The Shadow Behind the Elevator 电梯后的阴影 The Shadow Behind the Elevator —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 I Repair Phones, Bind Vengeful Spirits, and Put the Whole Internet on Trial 修手机绑定冤魂,开启全网审判 Repairing Phones Binds Vengeful Spirits, Setting Off a Judgment Across the Entire Internet —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 I Won a Billion, and My Husband's Family Demanded the Money. I Smiled and Sent Them to Prison 中奖10亿,老公一家逼我交出奖金,我笑着送他们进监狱 I Won 1 Billion. My Husband's Family Tried to Force Me to Hand Over the Prize Money, So I Smiled and Sent Them to Prison —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 After Leaving with Nothing, I Became a Trillionaire by Spotting Treasures 净身出户后,我鉴宝捡漏成万亿富豪 After Leaving with Nothing, I Became a Trillionaire by Spotting Hidden Treasures —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Your Majesty, the Treasury Is Empty! 陛下,国库空了! A modern PhD in public finance transmigrates into the body of a foolish emperor on the brink of losing his kingdom, with only three months left before his country falls and his family is destroyed. Using the principles of economics, accounting, and Keynesianism, he launches a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 The 1970s Food Tycoon 七零美食大亨 In the winter of 1977, Su Wanwan is reborn just before her fate takes a turn. Faced with overbearing, awful relatives and her dying little brother, she tears up the exploitative marriage contract and grips the kitchen knife in her hand. Starting with a bowl of wontons made with spiritual spring water, she sets up a food stall on a county-town street. Her cooking wins over customers’ taste buds and brings her first benefactor. A contract in which each party gets what they need brings her into an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 4.8kReads5.8Score219Shelves
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In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世,我用道术搬空仇人仓库
An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan
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In the Name of a Traitor 以汉奸之名
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
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No Return Call 无回电
In 1949, on a besieged island battered by storms. He is Jin Tie, deputy director of the Communications Department of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, codenamed "Fisherman." After twelve years undercover, he suddenly loses contact with his organization overnight. A piece of intelligence that could save hundreds of lives is trapped inside him, like a bomb with its fuse nearly spent. The enemy has arrived. Gu Shenyan, codenamed "Hound," is a top agent who trusts data, not human nature. H
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Espionage: I'm a Shanghai Scion, Codenamed Porter 谍战:我,沪上大少,代号搬运工
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
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- 177 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零,伪装归国神豪 Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 22Reads—Score127Shelves
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Double Crossing to the Sixties, Hauling in 2026 双穿六零,搬运2026
Set aside your personal standards and enjoy a life without scruples. Refuse to wear yourself down with overthinking; when something happens, just lose it. Better to inconvenience others than make yourself miserable. Su Tianci from 2026 unexpectedly transmigrates to the materially deprived 1960s. Two vast eras now lie before him.
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Spycraft in the War of Resistance 抗战谍门
Shen Mobei has a secret: he can travel freely between the Republic of China era and 2026. Using modern supplies and his foreknowledge, Shen Mobei maneuvers among the various factions. He rescues the Red Party and joins the Military Statistics Bureau, becoming a mysterious figure everyone wants to recruit and eliminate. Dai Li calls him "Ghost Fox": a ghost for his uncanny comings and goings, a fox for his cunning and intelligence. The Japanese want to uncover where his supplies come from. The Wa
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The Dead Man's Stand-In 替死人
On the verge of death, actor Gu Changsheng picked up the face of a dead man. From then on, he lived in place of the dead and died in place of the living. Wearing the face of a Japanese interpreter, he infiltrated the Special Services Section, serving the Nationalist intelligence service while passing information to the underground Communist Party. In the three-way struggle, he turned Shanghai upside down, one borrowed face at a time.
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Card Battle 卡战
This is the story of a reborn man who enters a world of cards, uses them to fight back against the invaders, and kills the Japanese devils. No System, no over-the-top heroics, just an ensemble cast and a story full of passion and brutality. The opening is a little heartbreaking, enough to bring tears to your eyes. As the story unfolds, it gets tighter, more gripping, and more exciting. - When he opens his eyes, Long Sheng sees the enemy trying to kill him. A Dragon Nation soldier dies alongside
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Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下
Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing
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- 183 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 555Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 184 Someone Else's Beloved? The Commander Will Still Take Her by Force 他人挚爱?督军照样强娶豪夺 (Male stand-in, possessive pursuit, forced love, intense push and pull, powerful man bows his head, two strong leads, both devoted to each other) Transmigrated into a warlord-ravaged era, Ruan Xiaoxiao only wants to keep her head down and survive. But disaster strikes: her comrade is framed and thrown into the police station. With nowhere else to turn, she has no choice but to humble herself and beg Huo Yunting, the governor of three provinces, who holds the power of life and death. Everyone s 2.9kReads—Score225Shelves
- 185 After Becoming a Rich Woman in the Republic of China, I Caught the Eye of a Rowdy Soldier 在民国卷成富婆后,被军痞盯上了 (Republican-era setting, military marriage, one-on-one, both pure) Fourth Young Master Huo Mingyuan is a flirtatious, carefree man. He dotes on cats and dogs, keeps crickets, frequents dance halls and brothels, gambles, sponsors celebrities and opera stars, and keeps mistresses. He's a typical playboy in the Northwest Army, all appetite and no ability. Even on his wedding day, his family had to drag him away from a crowd of women in an opera house and force him into wedding clothes to go through 473Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Ethnic Alchemist 民族炼金术士
When international gold prices surged by more than 70% in 2025, surpassing U.S. Treasury bonds for the first time in 30 years to become the world's leading reserve asset held by central banks, the real-world rush to “hoard gold in troubled times” echoed the battle over gold in this novel. Amid geopolitical upheaval and the restructuring of the monetary system, gold's value as a safe haven is once again in demand. Yet The Nation's Alchemist had already revealed the truth in its story: what people
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The Phoenix-Eyed Agent: I Tear My Rotten Enemies Apart in Republican-Era China 凤眼女特工:我在民国手撕渣敌
I, Su Wanqing, am a small-time female thug at the bottom of the heap at Jiangcheng Wharf. My only talent is hearing other people’s thoughts. For three years, I used that ability to dodge countless assassination attempts, until I met a coachman who was nearly beaten to death. My heart skipped a beat: this man’s thoughts were actually pure.
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The Raging Eastern Front 狂飙的东线
The Führer is assassinated, and Goering takes over the Third Reich. He appoints Kahn Regismond as commissioner on the Eastern Front, granting him command over the German forces there. The Battle of Stalingrad begins. Can he change the course of the war?
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Iron-Blooded Chongzhen: Forging a Dragon Soul in Liaodong 铁血崇祯:辽东铸龙魂
He transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty by accident. Chen Polu had the bad luck to transmigrate into the body of a soldier at a garrison on the Nine Border Garrisons in the late Ming. See how he uses the memories he brought from the future to survive the blood-soaked chaos of the late Ming Dynasty.
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War of Resistance: A Native of Fenghua Joins the First Whampoa Class from the Start 抗战:我奉化人开局加入黄埔一期
Front-line combat + no System + Fenghua native + leader of the first Whampoa class There are too many regrets in the history of modern China. Shanghai? Nanjing? The road through the War of Resistance against Japan is full of regrets. I, Chen Dong, swear to do everything in my power to make up for them. I’m taking on the Japanese, and nobody can stop me. That’s final! P.S. The first 50 chapters cover Whampoa through the Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition. If you want to jump straight to t
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Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Rise of a Nation 穿越六零之民族崛起
Su Tianci was a graduate of a top university, but despite his excellent grades, someone else took his place. With no other options, he donned the iconic delivery uniform and started delivering food. But when it rains, it pours. On the road while making a delivery, he ran into a menace on wheels: a heavy truck. With the truck’s buff in effect, he resolutely joined the transmigration brigade…
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- 192 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.1kReads7.2Score103Shelves
- 193 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.3kReads6.4Score111Shelves
- 194 Traveling Between Two Worlds: 1970 两界穿梭之1970 After getting drunk in an accident, Wu Xiaoyao somehow transmigrated to the fiery era of the past. With a System that lets him travel between two worlds, he now has two great eras before him... 309Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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A Pure Heart: A Life-or-Death Game 纯净的心:生死牌局
A Pure Heart: The Life-and-Death Card Game
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- 196 Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩 Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai. 117Reads—Score—Shelves
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Greetings from Planet E 来自e星的问候
Whenever I look up at the sky, the dark insectoid mothership looms across the horizon. Greetings from Planet E is a grand extraterrestrial adventure starring Yang Mo. As he builds a business and uncovers a rebellion plot among Planet E's factions, Yang Mo uses his wits to foil the conspirators and the insectoid race, winning the love of the Swan Princess and the Dragonfish Princess. The Solar Chariot tells the story of Yang Mo, the son of Yang Ruo, who arrives on Planet E a thousand years later
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- 198 The Chariot of the Sun 太阳战车 Everyone has someone they can't forget, or something they can't let go of, whether it's love or a career. When faced with a life-or-death choice, how should you decide? This is the story of Yang Ruofeng, who sets off for Titan aboard a solar sail ship on a mission from the Dragon Kingdom. There, he discovers alien ruins and pits his wits against the lurking space pirates. The story follows two main threads: the protagonist's romance and his scientific expedition. Across the vast reaches of inter 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸 Across the Ocean 61Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫
The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers
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