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  1. 51 Counterespionage Storm 反谍风云 Mystery719k WordsCompleted About the Story: A spy case threatens China. Luan Jianglong and Si Hongmei lead their team through the investigation, uncovering one clue after another as the case grows ever more complex. But the ending is completely unexpected... 316Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  2. 52 Wielding Wind and Thunder in Silence 无声执风雷 Mystery262k WordsOngoing [Modern-day agent + modern-day espionage + mind-bending] By a twist of fate, a reporter met a former covert operative. After getting to know him, the reporter came up with the idea for this story. Thanks to it, he went from working for a small-time newspaper to becoming editor-in-chief. The story he wants to tell is about a group of young people and their lives on the secret front. 162Reads—Score—Shelves
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  3. 53 General Staff Bureau Eight 总参八局 Urban651k WordsCompleted Chen Mo was once a top agent in the General Staff Department's Eighth Bureau. Genetic modification gave him superhuman strength and the ability to heal himself. But after a mission went wrong and his comrades were wiped out, he was suspended pending investigation and reduced to working security at a bar. Then, one late night, the police raided the bar for an inspection. Framed by a gang of thugs, Chen Mo was forced to fight back. Alone, he broke through the encirclement of twenty-three police o 2.8kReads7.6Score331Shelves
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  4. 54 Lost in the Spy Game 谍海迷踪 Urban471k WordsOngoing The turbulent age is rife with calamity! A young man with some martial arts and medical skills finds himself working as a doctor for a gang. When the nation faces a crisis, he secretly joins the underground Communist Party. Keeping a low profile, biding his time, and acting decisively and ruthlessly, he endures one trial after another, becomes a member of the Military Statistics Bureau and the 76th Bureau, and begins a ghostlike career as a spy! 118Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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  5. 55 Shadow Agent 影子特工 Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Born into an age of chaos, with the nation in peril, a man must serve his country! A young man burdened by vengeance for his family and hatred for his country assumes a false identity as he flees and joins the Special Services, beginning a dangerous and thrilling career as a spy. He crosses paths with forces from every side, matching wits and battling for survival. In this game within a game, who will be the last one standing? 17.8kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
  6. 56 The Republic's Greatest Actor Is Still Playing a Saint Today 民国第一演技派,今天也在装圣人 Urban713k WordsCompleted For eighteen years, Shen Yu has been overshadowed by his genius older brother. He's long been used to being the family scapegoat, passing his days chasing roosters and dogs, lying flat and taking the mockery. Then transmigrator Yu Chen forcibly takes over his body, using his face to invent things and play the saint. Suddenly, he's the whole family's darling, and even his biased parents can't stop praising him. But good times don't last. The transmigrator leaves, saddling him with a pharmaceuti 155Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 57 The Spy’s Nemesis 间谍的克星 Urban129k WordsCompleted He was a legend in the Party, and its finest agent. In the early days after liberation, the Party's former underground operatives came out of the shadows, while the enemy went underground. They sabotaged the cities liberated by the Party and assassinated its key figures. Faced with one serious attack after another, the Party sent in its ace agent: a man who had once made the enemy gnash their teeth in hatred, yet whose true identity remains unknown to this day. And so the story begins... 247Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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  8. 58 The Lone Wolf of Espionage 谍战之孤狼 Urban211k WordsCompleted A lone wolf is weak, ten wolves are strong, and a hundred wolves rule as kings. A new author with a new book. Please show your support! This is a slow-burn story, rich in detail and deduction. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you! 151Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  9. 59 Espionage: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea 谍战之瞒天过海 15k WordsCompleted Espionage: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea 64Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 60 Nameless in the Spy World 谍海无名 Urban3.6M WordsCompleted No one knows your name, but your deeds will endure forever. The artillery strikes on Beidaying, the fall of the Northeast, the puppet state of Manchukuo at the mercy of its masters, and thirty million compatriots enduring the suffering of a conquered people. Faced with a cataclysmic upheaval, Chi Yanzhou chooses to sacrifice himself for his country, infiltrating enemy territory to fight to the death amid conspiracies, schemes, and traps! He walks the cliff's edge beneath the enemy's guns, kindli 19.1kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
  11. 61 Espionage: Slaying Enemies Gets Me Gear, and I’ve Gone on a Killing Spree 谍战:杀敌爆装备我真杀疯了 Urban252k WordsCompleted (For fans of Spy Shadow Storm, from a platinum-level author on another site, feel-good fiction, multiple heroines, and readers who love spy-war masterminds: add this to your bookshelf) The System grants me lofty ambitions, and my wife helps me reach the summit After passing the civil service exam three times, he was so excited that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and transmigrated into the Republic of China in 1939, becoming an abandoned pawn of the Military Statistics Bureau. Just after Gao H 304Reads5.6Score—Shelves
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  12. 62 Bane of Japanese Spies: From the Start, I Awaken a Lie Detector System 日谍克星,开局觉醒测谎仪系统 Urban536k WordsCompleted Before he was reborn, those damned secret agents acted with impunity, buying off traitors and trading intelligence, causing one battlefield defeat after another as brave men died in vain. After he was reborn, the damned secret agents wailed in agony and trembled in fear, shouting that they wanted to go home. Warning, warning. Lie detected, lie detected. Accept the mission?… 249Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  13. 63 Espionage: From the Start, I'm Told to Investigate My Own Communist Party 谍战:开局让我一个红党查红党 Urban74k WordsOngoing A leak at the newly established Zhejiang branch of the Fuxing Society led to a failed arrest. Acting on Dai’s orders, Lin Mingyu, a Communist Party member undercover at the Central Army Officer Academy, heads to the Zhejiang branch to secretly investigate the Communist Party infiltrators. 215Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 64 Infiltrating the Military Statistics Bureau, I Accidentally Built an Arms Empire 我在军统搞渗透,竟造出军火帝国 Urban408k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a world of espionage, Ren Pingsheng becomes a nobody in the archives room. After accidentally activating the [Mission Lottery System], Ren Pingsheng mows down people like grass and blows up buildings like he’s setting off firecrackers! Zheng Yaoxian treats him like a brother, while the higher-ups are completely wrapped around his finger. Everyone thinks Ren Pingsheng rose through the ranks by sucking up to powerful people. Who would have guessed that, in the blink of an e 645Reads5.9Score101Shelves
  15. 65 Espionage: I Make Up All My Intel 谍战我的情报全靠编 Urban656k WordsOngoing Chen Feng, a modern-day wage earner, transmigrates back to the Republican era and becomes a military intelligence agent. Drawing on the knowledge he gained in the future, he writes a legendary chapter in the world of espionage in the Republican era, becoming a legend among intelligence agencies around the world. 4.9kReads6.5Score260Shelves
  16. 66 Espionage: I Was Undercover, Then Awakened the Fierce Cop System! 谍战:潜伏的我却觉醒悍警系统! Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Espionage + Wits and Strategy + Cheat Ability + Ruthless + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Punishing the Japanese Invaders + Tycoon] When it comes to killing Japanese invaders, is anything more satisfying than slaughtering them openly, right in front of their own men, and then getting promoted and rewarded by them afterward? Li Mengzhou transmigrates to Shanghai in 1938, becoming a rookie who has just joined the police force, and awakens the Tough Cop (Bandit) System! “This is occupied territory! The crim 3.7kReads7.8Score356Shelves
  17. 67 Espionage: I Have the System of the King of All Evil 谍战:我有万恶之王系统 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted The cold-blooded assassin Chen Guobin is transmigrated into a small-time patrol officer in Shanghai, badge number 9527. He’s accidentally caught up in a Military Statistics Bureau manhunt and forced to become one of its agents. He’s trapped in occupied territory, where danger lurks everywhere and death waits around every corner. Luckily, he awakens the King of All Evil System. He can earn all kinds of rewards by stopping bad people from misbehaving or simply taking them out. He beats up a traito 26.2kReads7.8Score2kShelves
  18. 68 Silent Glory: Blade Against Time 沉默的荣耀之逆时之刃 Urban55k WordsCompleted A spin-off novel in the "Glory of Silence" series, telling the story of an unlucky man who transmigrates into a spy thriller with a System. Follow him as he navigates Taiwan during the White Terror and makes it out unscathed. 42Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 69 Espionage: From the Start, I Shoot a Secret Agent from the Special High Police 谍战:开局击毙特高课特务 Urban564k WordsCompleted Liu Wentao transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Every Japanese soldier he kills earns him a reward, which he uses to buy weapons and help resist the invasion. Many people wonder who killed the chief of the Japanese Special Service Agency and blew up the counterfeit banknote printing plant. No one knows it was him. Liu Wentao keeps a low profile, moving along the edge of life and death as he carries out the boldest missions! Rumble! An explosion echoes as black smoke billows from the Speci 2.3kReads7.3Score135Shelves
  20. 70 Espionage: I Can Possess Corpses 谍战:我能附身尸体 Urban454k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + covert infiltration + assassination + sabotage + pocket dimension) Jiang Yunfei, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to the early days of the War of Resistance and becomes an agent in the intelligence division of the Military Statistics Bureau's Shencheng Station. Just after he arrives, a traitor sells them out. The intelligence division's safehouse is surrounded by the agents of 76, and they're about to be wiped out! Fortunately, Jiang Yunfei gains the ability to po 7kReads8.3Score581Shelves
  21. 71 Espionage: Red Agent, Codename Phoenix 谍战:红色特工之代号不死鸟 Urban4.3M 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 22.2kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
  22. 72 Espionage: From the Start, I’m an Underground Party Agent, Leveling Up on My Own! 谍战:开局地下党,我独自升级! Urban370k WordsOngoing The moment he opens his eyes, information security engineer Shen Ye finds that he has transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938, a city battered by war, and become an underground Party member on the verge of exposure! From the start, it’s a nightmare: within three days, he must infiltrate the Japanese military’s Tokko headquarters and steal a top-secret intelligence file that will decide the organization’s fate, right under the nose of Kenichi Sato, a “China expert”! Fortunately, the [Eye of Intellige 7Reads5.8Score—Shelves
  23. 73 Intelligence Codename: I Am Candle Shadow 谍报代号我是烛影 Urban2.4M WordsOngoing He is the Chen family’s only son, a wealthy young master, fluent in several languages, a top expert, and equipped with memories from his rebirth and a portable pocket dimension. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy. Inside, he is a soldier driven by urgency and guilt after being reborn. He plays a multifaceted spy while cultivating ties with all sides. Love of country and family: the romance and moving spirit of a “lone hero.” 141Reads6.5Score172Shelves
  24. 74 Espionage: Tell Boss Dai I've Become a Colonel 谍战:告诉戴老板,我成大佐了 Urban3.3M WordsOngoing After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.6kReads8.2Score736Shelves
  25. 75 Agent: The Treasure Chest System Makes the Impostor Stronger 特工:宝箱系统,伪装者开始变强 Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Chen Shi transmigrates into a world that brings together the spy dramas Kite, The Disguiser, The Wind, The Invisible Guardian, and Undercover. After getting drunk, he picks up Yu Manli and joins the Military Statistics Bureau's training camp. He stands out at the camp, uncovering several Japanese spy networks in Shancheng. He never misses when he makes a move. Even the slightest clue won't escape his notice. His methods are ruthless, earning him the name “Chen Yama” from the Japanese Special Ser 12.2kReads7.9Score923Shelves
  26. 76 Espionage: I'm the Military Police Captain 谍战:我是宪兵队长 Urban3.0M WordsOngoing Zhou Zhengqing wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated. Even more absurdly, he now has the identity of a legitimate heir to Japan's top aristocratic family, the Takasaki clan, and is dropped straight into the military police force of the puppet state of Manchukuo as its captain. At first, all he wants is to keep his head down in this position, work behind the scenes, do as little evil as possible, and live in peace. But once this game of chess begins, there is no turning back. One 2.7kReads7.9Score160Shelves
  27. 77 King of Spy Wars: This Undercover Agent Gets Danger Alerts 谍战之王:这个卧底有危险提示 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Espionage + Triple Agent + Ruthless + Danger Alerts + Foresight He is the most prized disciple of Kenji Doihara, head of the Special Higher Police. He is the colonel and deputy station chief most admired by Dai Li, head of the Military Statistics Bureau. And he is also the underground Party’s elusive master assassin, “Deep Sea.” Three identities, countless faces. He walks in darkness, yet his heart always faces the light... Chu Tianheng’s soul transmigrates to an era ravaged by war. Using “Dange 19.3kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
  28. 78 I'm an Undercover Agent Who Just Wants to Survive, But I'm Forced to Do the Dirty Work 卧底的我只想活下去却被迫干狠活 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Subtle golden finger] + [Spy thriller, undercover agent] + [Multiple women] + [Survival] + [Financial empire] + [Forced to do ruthless things] + [Anything is possible] Wan Qing, a 007 office drone, transmigrated to the eve of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. He gained the abilities of perfect recall and advanced insight. A Shanghai native, he was ordered to go deep undercover and wait for the right moment, under the codename Chick. But even the greatest hero can be defeated by a lack of mone 10.5kReads7.5Score742Shelves
  29. 79 The Silent Glory: Witnessing the Glory of Our Forebears 沉默的荣耀:见证先辈的荣耀 Urban528k WordsCompleted Formal disclaimer: This book is not a wish-fulfillment story, nor does it follow the original plot strictly. It respects the original work and the heroes who came before. This is a creative work based on the original story, viewed and experienced from the perspective of a Chinese person from a later generation, entering that era of red faith, where thunder rumbles in silence. At the moment a nameless hero is struck by lightning in the plaza, Chen Mo's consciousness awakens in the body of Chen Zh 136Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 80 Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前 Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Yizhong is reborn in 1936. The original A Lone Boat begins in June 1941, but this story starts with his rescue of Lin Shujuan in Hong Kong in early 1939. Since the timeline has changed dramatically, much of the plot will have to be newly created. Your support is greatly appreciated. To make the story’s progression as plausible as possible, feel free to share your theories about what happens next in the discussion area, preferably with sound reasoning. I hope to work together with fellow fans 617Reads8.1Score102Shelves
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  31. 81 Undercurrent: Special Task Group Five 暗潮:五号特工组 Urban589k WordsCompleted Starring Liu Lin, Wang Likun, Gao Lu, and others. A fan novel based on the TV series Five-Man Secret Service, written to give Li and Ouyang's romance a proper ending. A struggle against spy organizations, Ouyang Jianping and Li Zhibo, Ma and Gao's romance, and everyday life. The main story takes place in Shanghai and the surrounding occupied areas, from the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 to the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Ouyang Jianping, a lieutenant colonel in the Na 83Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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  32. 82 Railway Archives: Infiltration, Espionage, and the Shocking Case of Liaoshen 谍战潜伏铁路档案辽沈惊蛰 Urban204k WordsOngoing Espionage, agents, undercover work, urban life, history, mystery, hard-core railway detail, war, the Republic of China era, and passion. In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic, on the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, undercurrents swirled along the railway lines at Jinzhou, Siping, and Meihekou. Ye Tian, a Communist underground agent codenamed Jingzhe, went undercover as a railway traffic dispatcher. He gathered military intelligence and disrupted Nationalist transport, providing crucial support 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  33. 83 Silent Merits 沉默的功勋 Urban392k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1948, the great edifice was on the verge of collapse. Lin Weiyang, a senior adviser at the Ministry of National Defense, held the Yangtze River Defense Deployment Map, a document capable of deciding the outcome of the war. Torn between loyalty and conscience, he chose a faith that could illuminate the darkness. Taking on the codename “Farstar,” he sent report after report, stained with the blood of his comrades, into the unknown. Meanwhile, a used-book shop called “Mo Sheng” qui 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 84 Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots: Code Name Lone Boat 落叶归根:代号孤舟 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 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 85 Shadows in Hiding: Qing Shi 潜影:磬石 Historical227k WordsCompleted The story follows Wang Yafei, codenamed “Bedrock,” from the eve of the outbreak of the War of Liberation in 1946 to the liberation of Shanghai in 1949. He infiltrates the core departments of the Kuomintang's Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, walking a knife's edge as he matches wits with the cunning Shen Xiaotian. With his comrades' support and cover, he repeatedly secures vital intelligence and averts crises, ultimately witnessing the dawn of victory and having his name cleared. This stor 10Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  36. 86 Shadow Stalker: Chasing the Light 潜影:逐光 Urban396k WordsCompleted In 1943, Lin Xiuyuan, a staff officer in the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense, grew disillusioned with the corrupt regime. Recruited by Shen Qinghe, an underground Communist Party member, he became the “Lone Star,” an agent embedded in the Kuomintang’s upper ranks. Using his position, he sent crucial military intelligence to Yan’an, helping secure victory in several campaigns. In 1949, Lin Xiuyuan was ordered to follow the Kuomintang to Taiwan and continue his covert work under the codena —Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. 87 Return to the Nest: Code Name Lone Goose 归巢:代号孤雁 Urban570k WordsCompleted In 1946, during the Central Plains Breakout, dawn rose red with blood. Lu Huaijin, our Party’s top undercover agent, codenamed “Lone Goose,” carried a top-secret list that held the lives of hundreds of comrades. Amid the chaos, he lost contact with his only superior, “Star Shepherd,” and vanished without a trace. Within the organization, his file was stamped “suspected defector” and sealed away in a fog of uncertainty. Twelve years later, in 1958, an old-fashioned coded message that seemed to be 21Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  38. 88 Railway Archives 铁路档案 Urban329k WordsCompleted A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 3Reads7.2Score—Shelves
  39. 89 Shadows on the Jianghu 江湖谍影 Urban331k WordsCompleted A traditional spy thriller, with no transmigration and no golden finger for the protagonist. Please don't flame me if that's not your thing. A legendary espionage tale set during the War of Resistance, starring Du Yunfan, a Shanghai street punk, and Shen Peiyao, a Communist agent. After an accident draws Du Yunfan into a deadly clash between the Military Statistics Bureau and Japanese spies, he is forced to pose as Shen Peiyao's husband. Little does he know she is the childhood sweetheart he los 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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