Any Stories About Transmigrating into Republican-Era China, Fleeing Famine, and Getting Caught Up in Spy Wars? 穿越➕民国逃荒➕卷入谍战风云的有木有

1. 1 北 The Beipingside Barber: From the Start, I Opened the Ghost Gate for the Japanese 北平剃头匠，开局给鬼子开天门 Yi Ran Zou Chen Shuang弈然走沉霜Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Unable to afford a haircut, university student Wen Pan, who works at a construction site, decides to buy some clippers and cut his own hair. At a street stall, he buys a pair of vintage clippers and a dragon-patterned razor. While trying to shave himself, he accidentally nicks a pimple and is sent straight to the moment when the Japanese invaders breached Beiping. He becomes a barber there and, in order to survive, takes over his predecessor’s work. Then he discovers that the dragon-patterned ra 18.4kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves

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   In spy dramas, the characters are all mavericks. Whoever comes along and offends the protagonist will either be left with only a dead body, whether good or bad.

2. 2 狼 Smoke and Mirrors: Wen San Drives a Cart to Kill the Japanese 狼烟鉴宝：文三拉车杀鬼子 Yi Ran Zou Chen Shuang弈然走沉霜Urban950k WordsOngoing Wen Shen transmigrates into Wolf Smoke Over Beiping and becomes Wen San, a rickshaw puller. He obtains a secret art of immortality: killing or sparing lives can earn him longevity. Since he's already here, and the times make heroes, Wen San decides to pull his rickshaw by day and punish evil by night to cultivate immortality. They say anyone in Beiping can slap Wen San twice, except for dogs. Of course, everyone who's ever slapped him has died, but since he's already here, he might as well take 4.5kReads8.7Score242Shelves
3. 3 双 Traveling Between Two Worlds to Fight in Korea, I Beat Up the Americans 双穿抗美援朝，我暴打美国佬 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical632k WordsOngoing In 2026, overworked wage slave Su Tianci gets his writing royalties. He plans to go out for a foot massage with the full-service treatment, as a reward for himself. But he never expects to open his eyes and transmigrate to a battlefield engulfed in war. There’s no water, medicine, or food. Fortunately, he can return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 24.7kReads7.2Score1.7kShelves

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   Gahu is afraid of the heat

4. 4 双 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban443k WordsOngoing In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 28.5kReads5.5Score1.6kShelves
5. 5 两 Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九年 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban229k WordsOngoing No morals + a little cruelty to beasts + everyday life at the heart of it Su Tianci transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, where his daily life revolves around tormenting beasts. Our protagonist has no manners and often does things without playing fair. The main idea is simple: if I have no morals, you can't morally blackmail me... [Putting the facts aside, is the author wrong to want to earn a little more tuition money? We shouldn't think only of ourselves; we need to consider the author too. I've m 3.3kReads—Score192Shelves

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   Three months after Lü Bu

6. 6 1 Shanghai, 1937: Here I Come 1937大上海，我来了 Longing for a Girl盼妞Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + revenge + spy warfare + modest golden finger + pocket dimension + battlefield + everyday life] After five years in the apocalypse, Wang Li died beneath the Zombie King’s claws while protecting her teammates. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a frail, orphaned girl in Jincheng during the Republican era. Her parents and elder brother had been killed in Shanghai, and her engagement was called off at the wedding banquet. Her uncle and a crooked merchant had divided 680Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 重 Reborn in 1942: While Others Flee on Tree Bark, I Eat Stewed Meat 重生42逃荒别人吃树皮我吃炖肉 Getting Up in the Morning to Eat Spinach早上起来吃菠菜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine] [Reborn] [Pocket dimension] [Decisive and ruthless] [Killing Japanese invaders] [Killing people and looting their bodies] [Multiple heroines, no single female lead] Ma Tian was a hitman who had only recently entered the profession when his fixer set him up. He was sent to assassinate a Southeast Asian general, only to discover it was a trap. At the last moment, he detonated the explosives in his hands, taking his enemies down with him. He transmigrated into the body of Su Chen, 29.2kReads7.1Score1.4kShelves

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   A story of a famine refugee, featuring a male protagonist who kills Japanese invaders and traitors. He is decisive and ruthless, neither doting on his sister nor any other woman; he prioritizes women over female protagonists. He doesn't falter at the sight of women, doesn't become irrational, and doesn't shy away from them. He's a breath of fresh air. The protagonist possesses a ruthless and ambitious nature; anyone who gets in his way will be killed. If his sister becomes an obstacle, he'll even kill her to prove his worth. If you enjoy stories of famine refugees and female-killing heroines, this is a good read, highly recommended!

8. 8 开 From the Start in 1938, My Pocket Dimension Can Keep Me Alive 开局1938，我的空间能续命 Ou Jiu偶就Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Medical student Fu Wen wakes up in 1938 Henan with a lifesaving pocket dimension! Floodwaters are on the way, and the land is strewn with corpses. With no hope of surviving on her own, she has no choice but to cling to the local “kingpin,” Li Baisheng, a young master who seems like a spoiled playboy but is actually ruthless and clever. In a world thrown into chaos, she provides the medicine and he does the heavy lifting. From finding each other unbearable to relying on each other for survival, t 13.5kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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   Let's give this one a try. It's a war novel, a spy novel, and it features two strong characters.

9. 9 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

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   August 24, 1945, before dawn. Yixian Railway Station stood in the pre-dawn darkness, like a wounded behemoth. The clock tower's spire was outlined in the dim light, the bullet holes on the dial clearly visible, the hands forever frozen at a certain moment. The seven-day shelling had ceased, leaving behind the lingering smells of gunpowder and scorched earth, and a strange, unsettling silence. A column moved through the rubble. No flags, no slogans. The sound of straw sandals and cloth shoes crunching over broken bricks, the slight scraping of rifles with each step—these sounds were amplified in the empty streets, only to be quickly swallowed by the ruins. They were the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army's Liaoxi Detachment, thirty-seven men, led by Captain Zhao. Their mission was clear: to guide the following Soviet troops straight to the railway station—the last bastion of the county town. As the station square came into view, the sky was just beginning to lighten. Scattered across the square were sandbag fortifications, the wreckage of destroyed armored vehicles, and several Japanese corpses, still in their final, struggling poses. Most of the windows on the second floor of the main building were shattered, dark and gaping like skull eye sockets. Captain Zhao raised his right hand, and the troops halted. At that instant, a cannon blast rang out. Not from the direction of the Soviet positions behind them, but from inside the station—dull, short, like something exploding inside a metal can. Then came a second, a third. It wasn't an attack; it sounded more like…destroying documents, or blowing up equipment. Then, silence returned. Deeper, more complete than before. Captain Zhao frowned and gestured. The troops split into three groups, spreading out along the edge of the square, guns pointed at the various exits of the station building. No one spoke; only the crisp click of bolts being pulled back echoed through the morning mist. One minute. Two minutes. From a window on the third floor of the station's main building, a white flag appeared. First, it hesitated and waved, then fully unfurled—not a proper white flag, but something that looked like a torn shirt or bed sheet tied to a mop handle. It lingered there for a few seconds, then a second white flag appeared from a window, followed by a third, a fourth… The white flags fluttered weakly in the morning breeze, like banners summoning souls. Captain Zhao took a breath and shouted in Japanese, "Surrender and you will not be killed!" His voice echoed across the empty square. Then he shouted it again in Chinese. Waiting. The first Japanese soldier emerged from the side door of the main building. He raised his hands high, palms outward, his uniform crumpled, his helmet gone, his hair disheveled and plastered to his forehead. He walked slowly, each step feeling like stepping on a red-hot iron plate. Then came the second, the third… crawling out from every corner, forming a crooked queue, heading towards the area designated by the Soviets in the center of the square. They kept their heads down, not daring to look at anyone. Some men's hands trembled, some men's legs trembled, and one man's trousers were soaked, dark water stains spreading from his thighs to his knees. Captain Zhao signaled for the soldiers to step forward and collect their weapons. The Japanese soldiers obediently placed their rifles, pistols, and bayonets on the ground, their movements stiff as marionettes. The clanging of metal echoed intermittently, each sound striking the silent air. At this moment, the vanguard of the Soviet army arrived. Five trucks roared into the square, their backs filled with soldiers wrapped in heavy military overcoats, their submachine guns gleaming coldly. A Soviet major jumped out of a truck, exchanged a few words with Captain Zhao, and began to direct the surrender. The Japanese soldiers were ordered to kneel. The first group knelt, their knees striking the ground with a dull thud. Then came the second group, the third group… Thirty-seven Japanese soldiers knelt in an irregular square formation in the center of the square. Their heads were bowed deeply, their foreheads almost touching the ground, their uniforms heaving with each tremor. Some began to sob softly, their voices suppressed and broken. The Soviet major lit a cigarette, squinting at the scene. Smoke drifted slowly from his nostrils. Suddenly—without warning—a burst of gunfire erupted. Not at people, but at the Japanese flag atop the clock tower. The bullet precisely severed the flagpole; the tattered flag shuddered violently, tumbled, and crashed heavily onto the third-floor terrace, then slid down and fell into a pile of rubble. The gunshot echoed across the square. All the kneeling Japanese soldiers shuddered simultaneously, shrinking even tighter, their heads bowed lower. The sound of their teeth chattering was clearly audible, like a flock of frozen birds. The Soviet major threw his cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his boot, and turned to leave. *** In the station's dispatch room, Ye Tian stood by the window, taking in everything. He had been standing there for twenty minutes. From the first white flag appearing, to the Japanese soldiers kneeling in the square, to the falling of the Japanese flag. He observed carefully, but his face remained expressionless—no joy of victory, no satisfaction of revenge, only a deep calm, like the surface of a frozen lake. The door was pushed open, and Zhang Laoliu rushed in, his young face flushed with excitement. "Mr. Ye! Look!" He pointed out the window, his voice trembling, "Look at their pathetic state! What bullshit Bushido! What invincible Imperial Army! Bah!" Ye Tian didn't respond immediately. His gaze swept past the kneeling figures and landed further away—in the direction of the platform, where several railway workers were setting up a fire, pouring golden grains of rice into boiling water, and sending plumes of smoke rising straight up, tinged with a faint bluish hue in the morning light. "Remember what they look like now, Lao Liu," Ye Tian finally spoke, his voice steady. "But more importantly, remember that what made them like this wasn't our current gaze." Zhang Lao Liu was stunned. "Then…?" "It's fourteen years." Ye Tian turned around, looking at the young man. "It's every Chinese person who died in those fourteen years, it's the resistance that lasted fourteen years. Their emperor was afraid of atomic bombs, but we—" He paused, "rely on people who weren't afraid to die." The door opened again, and Captain Zhao entered, bringing a chill with him. He glanced out the window first, then said to Zhang Lao Liu, "Don't just stand there. Go help at the platform and make the porridge thicker. Our men, and the newly arrived Soviet brothers, all need a hot meal." Zhang Lao Liu vigorously wiped his face, loudly replied "Yes!", And ran out. The dispatch room fell silent. Captain Zhao walked to Ye Tian's side, and the two stood side by side by the window. On the square, the surrender process continued; Soviet soldiers were counting weapons and registering prisoner information. Everything was orderly, yet there was a sense of hasty, rushed completion. "The Soviet troops will depart on September 1st," Captain Zhao said softly, his eyes still fixed on the window. "Then this place will be empty." Ye Tian nodded. "Your mission remains unchanged," Captain Zhao turned, his gaze falling on Ye Tian's face. "Stick here like a nail. The station must not be in disarray, the railway line must remain open. Wait—" He didn't finish, but Ye Tian knew what he meant. Wait for "Awakening of Insects." This was the code name they received ten days ago. No specific details, no timetable, just one word: Awakening of Insects. It meant to lie dormant, to wait, and to emerge at the opportune moment. "I understand," Ye Tian said. Captain Zhao patted his shoulder, the force heavy. This was their final handover—from this moment on, Ye Tian would remain alone in this newly liberated county, which could fall back into enemy hands at any moment, on the eve of the enemy's imminent arrival. Captain Zhao left. Only Ye Tian remained in the dispatch room. He looked out the window again. The surrender ceremony in the square was nearing its end. Japanese prisoners were being loaded onto trucks, and Soviet soldiers began cleaning up the area. On the platform, the millet porridge had already boiled until it was oozing oil. The golden broth simmered in the pot, steam rising, its aroma mingling with the smells of gunpowder and morning dew. The aroma was faint, yet persistent. It seeped into the dispatch room, permeating the air like a declaration—the Japanese flag had fallen, their guns surrendered, their men had knelt. But life went on. The living needed to eat, the wounded needed to be healed, the bombed-out tracks needed to be repaired, and the disrupted transportation needed to be restored. The real struggle, perhaps, had only just begun. Ye Tian withdrew his gaze and walked to the huge railway map on the wall. On the yellowed map, the Xinyi Line, the Jincheng Line, the branch line from Yixian to Fuxin… the crisscrossing tracks stretched out like veins. And Yixian Station was a crucial node in this network. His finger lightly touched the words "Yixian." Then he turned, locked the dispatch room door, and walked down the corridor towards the platform. Footsteps echoed in the empty corridor, each one steady and clear. On the platform, Zhang Laoliu was stirring the porridge pot with a long-handled ladle. Seeing Ye Tian, ​​he grinned, "Mr. Ye, the porridge will be ready soon!" Ye Tian nodded and sat down on a bench by the platform. The morning light had fully spread out, and the sky was a clean, pale blue. In the distance came the whistle of a train—the first Soviet supply train from Jinzhou, carrying more soldiers and more supplies. He gazed at the direction the tracks stretched out, and the flame of "Awakening of Insects" in his heart burned quietly. Not intense, not ostentatious, but its temperature was enough to pierce the frozen ground. That was enough.

10. 10 封 Investiture of the Gods: TV Adaptation 封神榜电视剧版 Old Wang's Dream老老王的梦Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Countless eras have passed since Pangu split heaven from earth. After the great calamities of the dragons and phoenixes and the war between the Wu and the demons, the sages emerged. Then Nuwa created humanity, and humankind strove ceaselessly to grow stronger, defying heaven and fighting on without end. Their efforts earned the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors their exalted places in heaven and earth, where they silently protected humanity. From the founding of the Xia dynasty by Qi, son of Em 123Reads7.5Score—Shelves
11. 11 民 Republican-Era Spy War: Code Name Sweet and Sour Fish, the God of Slaughter Arrives 民国谍战：代号糖醋鱼，杀神降临 Candied Hawthorn冰糖葫芦Urban290k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [War against Japan + Brave and clever + One heroine + System + Cunning + Saving the country by indirect means + Deep brotherhood + Smart protagonist + Undercover disguises + High technology + Deep brotherhood + Love of country and family + Passionate] Zhao Jun, an anti-drug police officer, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, the second year of the nationwide War of Resistance against Japan. The fighting on the front lines is extraordinarily fierce. Resistance fighters shed 3.6kReads6.9Score194Shelves
12. 12 草 A Life Like Fodder 草料人生 Little Mustache from the Moon Palace月宫小胡子Urban424k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1937, the city fell. Company commander Wu Jiangyuan struggled to survive amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Time and again, when backed into desperate corners, he used his wits and strategy to turn defeat into victory. The most thrilling counterattacks, the most authentic passion! Step by step, he forged a soldier's glory. This is a story of war and peace, betrayal and protection, devastation and rebirth, about how one man kept the light within him alive amid the uph 10Reads7.2Score—Shelves
13. 13 谍 Espionage: Codename Screw 谍战之代号螺丝钉 Lonely Revival孤独中兴Urban368k WordsCompleted Good news: A sharpshooter from the shooting range transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a little agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. He has extraordinary hearing, peerless marksmanship, and a few other tricks up his sleeve... Bad news: The Lone Wolf team has been wiped out, and I’ve become a prisoner of the Japanese. Their guns are already aimed at the back of my head. I’m about to get boxed, and it looks like I’ll be meeting my great-grandma any minute... My name is Lin Tianxian 3kReads6.4Score186Shelves
14. 14 谍 Espionage: I Have a Pocket Dimension, but I Choose to Go It Alone 谍战：我有空间，但我选择单干 Once Loved Wang Heping喜欢过王和平Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No System, but with a Map + Resistance-Era Spy Thriller + Portable Storage Space + Won't Side with Any Faction + Fighting the Japanese Alone] Ma Liang is a top-tier field agent. During an escort mission, alien technology is accidentally activated at an agent supply depot, sending him to the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The depot transmigrates along with Ma Liang, becoming his portable storage space, and his physical abilities are enhanced to three times their normal level. As luc 37.8kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves
15. 15 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 22kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
16. 16 谍 Espionage: 2,000 Deaths from the Start 谍战：开局死亡两千次 Jin Daye金大涯Urban958k WordsOngoing Xie Shu, male, formerly an Olympic shooting champion in the twenty-first century. One day, he kills himself and wakes up in 1940. Reason: Unknown. Identity: Unknown. Status: Being buried alive. Xie Shu: ...What a disastrous start! The good news: He gains the ability to rewind time whenever he dies. The bad news: He wakes up at a live burial site and has to die two thousand times before he escapes. While helping a passing guerrilla unit complete its mission, he somehow ends up as the illegitimat 40kReads9.3Score6kShelves
17. 17 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
18. 18 特 Agent: From Minor Spy to Big Boss of the Military Statistics Bureau 特工：从小特务到军统大老板 Halfway to Five半事五成Urban3.2M WordsOngoing [Political intrigue] [Wits and strategy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple women] [Military Intelligence] [Director] On the eve of war, a Military Intelligence agent codenamed Ghost Fox infiltrates the foreign concessions, forming an assassination squad to punish traitors and scoundrels. During the occupation, he infiltrates the Special Higher Police, posing as a nobleman to steal intelligence, rob gold, and blow up an arms depot. He also returns to Military Intelligence headquarters, where he c 75.7kReads8.6Score5.8kShelves
19. 19 民 Republican Era Espionage: Code Name Crab 民国谍战之代号螃蟹 Light Boat in a Snowy Night雪夜轻舟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted They endured a long, dark night, writing an indispensable page in China's War of Resistance with their blood. Some say your writing feels real, but who knows that the real world of espionage was even more brutal, too brutal to put into words. With this book, I pay tribute to all the heroes who gave their lives for their country on the intelligence front. 23.3kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
20. 20 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. 11.3kReads8.6Score941Shelves
21. 21 特 A Spy's Contest 特工的较量 Brother Flathead Tiger平头虎哥Mystery460k WordsCompleted The novel centers on the many-sided struggle in Shanghai, an “isolated island,” between Du Ming, an undercover agent on our side; Lei Zhen, a self-made man; the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau; Wang's puppet regime's 76th Division; and Japan's Special Higher Police. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 暗 The Schemer 暗算者 Ji Daoling Who Loves Garlic Green Beans爱吃蒜泥刀豆的姬道陵Urban2.3M WordsOngoing The Strategist is a handpicked collection of 66 spy thrillers and novellas, like a box of carefully crafted deadly weapons, each one different in shape and razor-sharp. 66 stories, 66 battles for life and death. From the nail-biting suspense of going undercover alone to the battle of wits involved in cracking codes; from silent tails through streets and alleyways to undercurrents swirling at dances and card tables. You'll witness how the solitary “Listener” hears thunder in the silence, feel how 7Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 民 Republican Era: All My Readers Are Big Shots! 民国：我的书迷都是大佬！ The Second Walnut第二个核桃Urban342k WordsCompleted Gu Zhangge transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a down-and-out man from Nanyang. From the start, he awakens a Fame System and writes under the pen name Gu Jin. One novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, takes Shanghai by storm. He writes, "The greatest heroes serve their country and its people," awakening the slumbering spirit of the nation. He thinks he's merely a best-selling author, but the list of his fans is astonishing: literary masters write articles recommending him, while Gr 340Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 潜 The Undercover Agent's Mark 潜伏者的印记 Ban Bao班宝Urban129k WordsCompleted A mysterious classified file has come to light, revealing the silent battlefield of the infiltrators. The silent war is all the more terrifying. He has lived undercover for years, each mission like walking a tightrope. He can never tell friend from foe among those around him, and every step hides a deadly trap. As the clouds of suspicion gradually clear, the marks of those years spent undercover will ultimately become medals of history. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 民 The Young Patrol Chief of Republican-Era China 民国小巡长 Three Seven Two Seven Ten叁柒贰柒拾Urban140k WordsCompleted In 1938, Beiping lay beneath the shadow of occupation, with cold winds carrying the smoke of war through its streets. Su Chen, an unemployed young man, transmigrates by accident and becomes a patrol chief on Qianmen Street. More precious to him than the uniform that puts food on his table is the ace he brought with him: a twelve-story department store from 2026. It has everything, from rice, flour, cooking oil, and grain to gold, silver, and jewelry, even military equipment, all available in un 334Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 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
27. 27 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 45.4kReads8.0Score3.1kShelves

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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 you won't be able to stop reading! [Add to bookshelf]

28. 28 夜 Nightingale 夜鹂 The Dinghan Empire That Loves Pancakes爱吃松饼的鼎汉帝国Urban853k WordsOngoing Espionage in the War of Resistance “When loyalty becomes a crime and betrayal becomes a means of survival, who can hold on to their humanity in a world gone mad?” An epic tale of espionage that blends transmigration, suspense, and devotion to country and family. It uncovers the darkest corners of wartime Shanghai and follows a soul torn apart by fate as it grows from a pawn into the player moving the pieces. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, late autumn draped Shanghai’s sky in a sickly 1.4kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Lin Guangyao picked up his pen and added a line below the hastily written suicide note: "Wang Tianfeng, head of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai station. Died for his country on the 25th day of the first month of 1939. Does anyone remember him?" He put down his pen, folded the letter, and placed it at the bottom of the drawer. There, locked away, was another piece of paper with four lines of poetry: "Where can a drifting duckweed find its anchor in this chaotic world? Only the plum blossoms reflected in the snow. Do not say that the road ahead is full of frost and snow, for our hearts are connected by a single thread of understanding." The ink had faded somewhat. He gently stroked those lines, as if stroking an old dream that could never be returned to. Outside the window, the lights of No. 76 Across the street were still bright. Behind one of the windows, a woman in a black uniform was looking down, flipping through the files she needed to process that night. She did not look up. He did not wait. He simply closed the drawer, stood up, and walked to the window. The night in Shanghai was always so unfathomably black. But he knew that even the darkest night would eventually give way to dawn. I just wonder if those who never wake up again after dawn will feel any regret. Lin Guangyao stood there for a long time. Long enough for the moon to move from the top of the sycamore tree to the eaves. Long enough for the clock to strike eleven. Long enough for him to finally say to himself: Zhou Wenhao, I've finished writing your poem for you. Wang Tianfeng, I've preserved your name for you. I'm still walking the path you walked. The day I can no longer walk, I will be like you.

29. 29 刚 I Just Transmigrated and Caught a Handsome Man Killing Someone. What Do I Do? 刚穿越就撞见男神杀人怎么破？ One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted Transmigration itself isn’t scary, and neither is transmigrating into the turbulent Republican era. What is scary is that on her very first day there, Song Chuzhi runs into the white-clad dream doctor she’s just decided is her perfect man. The refined, gentle doctor has a corpse lying beside him. When a local bully comes calling, she and this dangerous man become husband and wife. On their wedding night, beneath the glow of the red candles, each of them hides a loaded gun under their pillow. She 3.9kReads8.7Score441Shelves
30. 30 黑 Black Lucky Carp System: I Plunder Fortune in the Republic of China 黑锦鲤系统：我在民国掠夺气运 Zhuxin Hai竹心海Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the Republic of China + black koi golden finger + resistance-era espionage + multiple identities + spy games within spy games + marriage of convenience] Shen Shuman transmigrates as a Zhongtong agent embedded in the 76th, but she’s already been caught and abandoned by her own side. Her handler has fled with the intelligence, leaving behind a trail of ambiguous clues that quietly point to her. She has barely transmigrated when she finds herself in the interrogation room, facing 15.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
31. 31 重 Reborn in 1939: I Empty the Enemy's Warehouses 重生1939，搬空敌人的库房 A Thousand Roads Like a Painting千陌如画Urban540k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + transmigrate into a book + parallel world + pocket dimension + spy + Republican era] Li Ziyan, a woman from the apocalypse, transmigrates to the Republican era with a psychic ability. She buys large quantities of scarce supplies overseas, then returns home and begins her career as a spy. Without holding anything back, she donates all her supplies in batches to the forces fighting the Japanese invaders. To obtain more intelligence, she applies for a job inside the enemy organizati 5.1kReads9.0Score326Shelves
32. 32 鬼 Japanese Invaders, Don't Run! The Strongest Couple of the 1940s Joins Forces to Wipe You Out 鬼子别跑！四零最强夫妇联手歼敌 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + fleeing famine + transmigrate into a book + war + an era-version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith + deadly combat + alternate Republic of China] Yun Chuyou has transmigrated into a book again, becoming the fake heiress and female supporting character in the male-oriented novel Beacon Fires Across the Land. With a face so beautiful she can get away with murder, she should have had every advantage from the start. Instead, her “landlord father” kicks her out, starving refugees try to rob 7.9kReads9.0Score799Shelves

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    The first book features a five-year-old girl who transmigrates to a world where the village is massacred by the Japanese. The female lead is young and has a special ability, but the author writes well, so it doesn't feel too abrupt. The story follows the female lead and her group as they escape from the north to Shanghai; they are a well-developed and compelling group of people, making for a very good read! The third book features a very strong female lead, but she is also cautious and wary of the male lead. [Cool]

33. 33 民 Shaking as I Work as an Assassin in the Republic of China 民国之抖着手当杀手 Mom of Junjun and Tongtong珺珺彤彤的妈Modern Romance882k WordsCompleted Shen Wenjiao was just an ordinary girl who had grown up doted on by her parents. A sudden accident separated her from them and sent her to the Republic of China era. An old-fashioned household, conservative and ignorant grandparents, and a mother caught up in feudal thinking. Faced with a nation torn apart, even she, who had always lived in peacetime, picked up a gun with trembling hands and tears in her eyes. She would become one of those who shouldered the burden and pressed on~ An ordinary, t 1.2kReads8.0Score117Shelves
34. 34 抗 Wartime: Who Has Time for Your Fake Heiress Drama? 抗战年代：谁有空跟你玩真假千金 Qingmian Qianqian清眠浅浅Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Republic-era spy thriller] [Space] [Transmigration] [Travelogue] One moment, I transmigrate, and the next, the Japanese are right at my doorstep. My family is also putting on a show about a real and a fake heiress. I'm the fake heiress, so I deserve to die, is that it? They want me to leave with nothing? Thankfully, I was born in winter, so my swaddling clothes were thick and plentiful. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have had enough clothes to cover myself. 2.3kReads8.6Score149Shelves

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    Time travel, space, travelogue, Republican era espionage, a sudden journey to the Republican era, a dispute over a real or fake heiress, or a truly talented person, sought after by all sides, using space to protect the country, espionage, espionage, espionage [smile], a spy within a spy, time travel to the Republican era, a two-way journey, starting as a beggar, orphaned, someone who could be scared to death by a single bullet, how did he become so powerful, growing into a spy within a spy.

35. 35 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts and Expose Japanese Spies 谍战：开局偷听心声，识破日谍 Daily Ten-Thousand-Word Writer日万小写手Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss 66.2kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves

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    As good-looking as Liu Jun

36. 36 职 Career Entries: Starting Out as a Rickshaw Puller in the Demon Martial Republic of China 职业词条：从妖武民国拉黄包车始 No Deification in the Primordial Era洪荒不许封神Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Republican-era martial arts, demons and martial monsters run rampant, supernatural horrors abound, hard-edged martial arts, diligence pays off, decisive and ruthless, overwhelming strength, defeating stronger foes from below.] A world of demonic martial arts, a chaotic age of supernatural horrors. The Three Teachings and Nine Schools fought in the shadows, while the poor and powerless struggled to survive in the streets. Warlords carved up the land, foreign battleships pounded at the gates, and 63.4kReads7.9Score7kShelves

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    How about something weird?

37. 37 民 The Transmigrated Shopkeeper of Republican-Era China 民国穿越女掌柜 A Page Knows Autumn, Drunk on Begonias一页知秋醉海棠Modern Romance596k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it 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! 120Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A female college graduate who just opened a small shop is transported to the war-torn Republic of China era. It's a story about building wealth and surviving in a chaotic world.

38. 38 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 12kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    Realistic style, strong female lead, no system, no time travel, intelligent protagonist, absolutely captivating! ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧

39. 39 谍 A Lone Boat in the Espionage World 谍海孤舟 Moon with a Faint Smile月含残笑Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [Espionage] + [Woman Disguised as a Man] + [Multiple Secret Identities] + [Two Powerful Leads] In 1937, Jinling fell. Sixteen-year-old Xu Qingru, born into a scholarly family, witnessed the Japanese invaders slaughter her entire family. Carrying a blood debt and a top-secret list, she abandoned her maiden name and stepped into the endless darkness, transforming into an elite agent known as "Petrel." Back in isolated Shanghai, she becomes a double agent who walks the knife's edge. On one side, sh 1.4kReads8.8Score147Shelves
40. 40 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3kReads8.1Score436Shelves

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    This is a multi-female protagonist historical romance novel, covering themes such as domestic intrigue, bandits, the War of Resistance against Japan, famine escape, and the experiences of educated youth sent to the countryside. If you enjoy this type of story, give it a check it out; I guarantee you'll love it! [Heart emojis]

41. 41 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

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    Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!

42. 42 谍 Espionage: I Became the Biggest Secret Agent 谍战：我成了最大的特务头子 Brother Bao宝哥Urban3.6M WordsOngoing In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic, Xie Yanlai transmigrated back to Beiping. As a Whampoa Military Academy graduate assigned to reinforce the Beiping branch, he foiled Major Ishikawa of the Special Higher Police's plot to buy off Beiping's political leaders within half a month, breaking the record for the fastest promotion of a Whampoa graduate. A month later, he took down the North China Army's secret treasury. Three months later... Xie Yanlai was able to repeatedly earn outstanding mer 3.5kReads8.8Score330Shelves

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    These are all stories from the Republican era about anti-Japanese espionage. Without food, clothing, or weapons, our predecessors carried heavy burdens for us. We are grateful and pay tribute to them.

43. 43 穿 Back to the 1940s: Fleeing Famine to Shanghai 穿回四十年代逃荒去上海 Longing for a Girl盼妞Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted In 1942, Wang Li woke up in a cellar and discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a landowner’s wife. From the start, she was fleeing famine, and along the way she got separated from her companions. Well, if she had to flee, she had to flee! Life hadn’t been great in the modern world either. Now it was just her and a simple-minded girl. After enduring all kinds of hardships, they finally made it to Shanghai and bought a house. In her spare time, she even helped herself to the belongings 2.6kReads8.2Score136Shelves

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    In modern times, Wang Li was tricked by her son into returning to her hometown. Unexpectedly, she traveled back to the 1940s and began her eventful life.

44. 44 民 The Fifth Miss of the Republic 民国五小姐 Longing for a Girl盼妞Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted In her first life, Lin Xiaoxiao was childhood friends with Zhao Heng. She was a student, and he was a businessman. Just because he was all lovey-dovey with the young marshal's younger sister, Lin Xiaoxiao lost her life. In her second life, reborn, she broke off her engagement ahead of time and left home. She found true love, but was killed by enemy agents while giving birth. In her third life, Heaven tried to make it up to her by giving her a storage space. It had meant for her to live a happy l 196Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 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

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    My mother was sexually isolated; she only remembered my aunt's name.

46. 46 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… 7.6kReads5.8Score316Shelves

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    Because many people still believed this case was evil.

47. 47 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
48. 48 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
49. 49 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
50. 50 民 The Gentleman of the Republic 民国的先生 Starry Words星星语话Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The plot is reasonable, with no System. An ordinary person transmigrates to the Republican era. I hope readers can find a touch of Republican-era charm here. The narration is grounded, with no exaggeration whatsoever… 6.5kReads8.6Score380Shelves

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    You'd be missing out if you didn't know about this book or didn't read it...

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