Looking for New Spy Thrillers from 2024 with Solid Logic and a Good Plot 求2024谍战新书，要有逻辑好看的

1. 1 穿 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: The Spy Enters the Game 穿越民国：谍影入局 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 23.5kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds

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   It's a very good watch. The female lead travels back to the Republican era without any special advantages; she's a character who grows through experience, maturing significantly from her initial naivety and enthusiasm to a calm and collected demeanor, eventually becoming a competent undercover agent. The plot is also fast-paced and engaging, with both the male and female leads striving for their ideals.

2. 2 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 65.3kReads8.8Score5.1k14d adds

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   This is the best spy novel I've ever read; it doesn't have any ridiculously stupid scenes. There was another one, but I can't find it. 🥺

3. 3 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 171kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds

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   These are all stories that started updating after June of this year. I'm following these ones, but some are still waiting to be updated. Stories 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 are particularly good.

4. 4 谍 Espionage: I Can See Hidden Information 谍战：我能看到隐藏信息 Zhu Sansui竹三岁Urban1.5M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.7kReads8.5Score14814d adds
5. 5 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战：开局化身日本贵族军官 Cabbage Sprout白菜秧子Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Li Yan was a frail, sickly man until one day he discovered that he had gained a doppelganger with a highly sensitive identity. Connecting his various doubles to his real body was a modest-sized storage space. From then on, he began moving through the largest commercial city in the Far East under a variety of identities. A covert agent for the Military Investigation Bureau, an aristocratic officer in the Japanese Marines, a rickshaw puller by day and a rooftop-running bandit by night… All these i 21.8kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
6. 6 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 5.3kReads8.3Score33914d adds
7. 7 谍 Espionage: I'm Only 20, So What Is This Old Geezer's Comeback? 谍战：刚20，老登逆袭什么鬼？ The Law Is Unknown刑不可知Urban850k WordsCompleted [At 20, you graduate from a special training program in Hangzhou, join the Bureau of Secret Services, and become an agent] [At 22, you turn down a hint from the female head of the 76th Division’s secret service, losing your chance to take a shortcut] [At 25, after the Shanghai branch of the Military Statistics Bureau suffers a devastating blow, you rise rapidly through the ranks and become head of the intelligence team] [At 28, through years of effort, you become deputy chief of the Shanghai bra 14.4kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
8. 8 谍 Espionage: Three Years, Then Three More, Until I Became an Enemy Nation’s General 谍战：三年又三年，我成敌国将帅 Kite Warrior风筝战士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Chen transmigrates into a world where spy dramas like Kite, The Disguiser, and The Message have merged. From the start, he becomes the favored disciple of Zheng Yaoxian, the Sixth Brother of the Juntong. After training under Zheng Yaoxian, Jiang Chen infiltrates the Special Higher Police Agency once again. And so, a triple agent who strikes terror into the hearts of Japanese and puppet-government spies emerges. The three Ming brothers: Jiang Chen is my handler. I'm convinced! Zheng Yaoxian 3.4kReads7.1Score23314d adds
9. 9 谍 Espionage: Rewinding for Intelligence Made Me the Military Statistics Bureau's Faith 谍战：回档情报，我成了军统信仰 Four-Flower Pork四花肉Urban3.3M WordsOngoing After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.5kReads8.2Score70714d adds
10. 10 谍 Espionage: The Military Intelligence Bureau's Judge, the Nightmare of Japanese Spies 谍战：军统判官，活成日谍噩梦 Clear Moon, Bright Sky清月明朗Urban967k WordsOngoing [Espionage + identity detection + assassination + System] Reborn in 1936, Lin Mu, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy, is unexpectedly assigned to the Special Service Department. He soon becomes Japanese spies’ worst nightmare! Kawashima Yoshiko: “Damn it, the assassination plan has been foiled again!” Tsuchihashi: “The Judge is everyone’s worst nightmare.” He kills Japanese invaders, captures Japanese spies, and takes Shanghai by storm, becoming a traitor’s worst nightmare! “I have nothing t 58Reads6.0Score—14d adds
11. 11 潜 The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban686k WordsCompleted In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh 46.5kReads8.6Score3k14d adds

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12. 12 浴 Reborn in the Flames: From a World in Chaos to Glory 浴火重生：从乱世走向辉煌 Cute Crocodile God萌萌的鼍神Urban1.4M WordsOngoing The rating has just come in, and it will rise later. Rebirth + alternate history + no System + resistance-war espionage A hundred-year-old man, Wang Anqing, dies alone amid the chaos of war... Reborn in the resistance-war era, he must start over from scratch. Watch how this teenage boy grows step by step, makes up for the regrets of his previous life, and ultimately rewrites his fate and history. 6.9kReads9.2Score48014d adds

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    A centenarian veteran of the War of Resistance against Japan is reborn back to the Anti-Japanese War era to save the country and its people. It's a story without any system, logically sound, and doesn't lower your intelligence—it's incredibly entertaining! Fans of the War of Resistance, espionage, and rebirth genres shouldn't miss it!

13. 13 续 Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶 Zeng Xueying曾学英Urban1.8M WordsOngoing The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear 3.4kReads8.8Score43014d adds

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    You're really not going to watch the sequel to the novel "Cliff," which has been adapted into both a TV series and a movie? You're taking advice to read good books, right?

14. 14 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 185.4kReads9.5Score20.4k14d adds

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    A thrilling spy novel that offers a unique perspective on the espionage career of an ordinary person during the Republic of China era. The protagonist, possessing the special ability of a "scanning eye," navigates between the Kuomintang's Military Intelligence Bureau and the Japanese Special Higher Police, constantly fighting for survival. The novel features intricate relationships between characters and a tightly woven plot, showcasing the power struggles within intelligence organizations of that era and the impact of domestic and international events on these organizations. If you are interested in spy stories and the history of the Republic of China, this book will take you into a world full of intrigue and danger.

15. 15 大 Ming's God of War, Zhu Di 大明战神朱棣 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Historical472k WordsCompleted Why do we love reading about him? Because he lived the way we wish we could: if you don’t like it, fight! If you lose, own it! If you win, don’t brag. He feigned madness, played the fool, and even ate pig feed in a pigsty. Then he fought his way from Beiping to Nanjing and seized the dragon throne with his own hands. Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was twenty when he was sent to govern Beiping. No one had any faith in this “Fourth Son.” His imperial father suspected him, his nephew trie 20.2kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    A passionate Ming Dynasty, a passionate Zhu Di... Scheming to seize the throne.

16. 16 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds

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    * *Legendary Administration Bureau* (Fantasy, Time Travel, No System, No Harem) * *I Learned to Slay Gods in a Mental Hospital* (Urban Supernatural) * *Rogue Imperial Tutor* (History, Time Travel, Farming) * *Once Upon a Time There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass* (Urban Fantasy) * *The Ninth Special Zone* (Urban, Post-Apocalyptic, Wasteland) * *Please Call Me Ghost Messenger* (Suspense, Supernatural, Rebirth, No Female Lead) * *There's a Ghost Inside Me* (Suspense, Time Travel) * *Starting from Qin Shi Huang: Successive Emperors Descend* (History, Time Travel, Alternate Universe) * *All Prodigies as Protagonists, How Can I Be the Boss?* (Urban, System, Thrilling Read) These nine books have been well-established on Tomato Literature for a long time, all with ratings above 9.6. I won't elaborate further; if the genre suits your taste, they're perfect for killing time. 👍👍👍

17. 17 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
18. 18 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 226.6kReads9.5Score27.3k14d adds
19. 19 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
20. 20 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6k14d adds
21. 21 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.1kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
22. 22 从 Starting with Ying Zheng: Emperors of Every Dynasty Arrive One After Another 从嬴政开始：历代君王陆续降临 A Bowl of Hot Dry Noodles来碗热干面Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + humorous + adventure] History buffs, enter at your own risk After Qin Shi Huang died, he was transported to a walled city. One day inside equaled one year in the outside world. Each time the city gates opened, the setting was different, bringing all kinds of fantastical adventures. On the third day, Hu Hai arrived. “Father, you have to get justice for me!” Twelve days later, Liu Bang arrived. “Brother Zheng, don't tell me you still don't know your Qin has fallen!” Wang Mang arriv 144.2kReads9.6Score23.1k14d adds
23. 23 这 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 99.4kReads9.6Score11.3k14d adds
24. 24 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
25. 25 小 After the Little Cannon Fodder’s Thoughts Were Read, She Became the Sect’s Beloved 小炮灰被读心后，成了宗门团宠 Qian Qi千栖Ancient Romance285k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Mind Reading + System + Beloved by the Whole Sect + Cultivation + No Romance] Yun Lan transmigrates into a book, becoming a five-year-old cannon-fodder extra who dies young in a cultivation novel. And every member of her sect is cannon fodder, doomed to a tragic end! [Master, that scumbag is after your cultivation technique and wants to kill you. You absolutely cannot get together with him!] [Eldest Senior Brother, that awful woman wants to dig out your golden core. R 774Reads8.9Score10014d adds

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    The novel tells the story of the protagonist, a low-ranking agent in the Kuomintang's Military Intelligence Bureau, who is able to spot Japanese spies in crowds and is also a skilled operator, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors.

26. 26 民 Espionage in Republican-Era China: Big Brother, Why Make Me a Spy? 民国谍影：大哥，为啥让我做特工 Let the Wild Youth Out聊发骚年狂Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Ruthless traitor hunting + political intrigue + wits and strategy + multiple identities + pulse-pounding] This is an age of despair, and an age filled with hope. An age of silence and endurance, and an age of cries of resistance. An age of trust, and an age of doubt. We have everything before us, and nothing before us. We are all bound for Heaven, and we are all bound for Hell... This is the Republican Era! It is the twenty-eighth year of the Republican Era. Japanese invaders are ravaging China 16.9kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds

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    Although these aren't the stories updated in the second half of the year, most of the new stories from 2024 are still ongoing. These are all ones I've read; you can choose whichever interests you to read.

27. 27 民 The Republic-Era Spy King: I Can Collect Fragments of Memory 民国谍王之我能搜集记忆碎片 Red Speaker红色音箱Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Back in the Republic of China era, Lin Qingfeng can collect fragments of memory from the newly dead. By piecing those memories together, Lin Qingfeng uncovers one crucial clue after another. From then on, the Japanese spies lurking in the country suffer precise, devastating blows. Like sweet potatoes buried beneath the ground, they are dug up one by one by Lin Qingfeng. 4.9kReads8.8Score35414d adds
28. 28 穿 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 A Thousand Stars Like Fire千星如火Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.3kReads9.3Score28114d adds
29. 29 谍 Espionage: I Can Read People’s Inner Thoughts 谍战：我能洞察心声 Deep-Fried Tomatoes油炸西红柿Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Chen Yongren, formerly a special operations agent, has his soul transmigrate to the Republican era, where he becomes a minor spy for the Military Statistics Bureau and awakens the Spy King System. Every time he catches a Japanese spy, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He obtains the [Insight] skill: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated. He can listen at will to the thoughts of everyone within a five-meter radius of himself. He obtains the [Ultimate Actor] skill: In a time 20.4kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
30. 30 特 Agent: From the Start, I Make Contact with Zheng Yaoxian 特工：开局郑耀先和我接头 Loves Tower Diving for Kills喜欢越塔杀Urban5.4M WordsCompleted Shen Fei transmigrates into a world that brings together several espionage dramas, all fraught with danger. Here, there are Kite, The Infiltrator, The Disguiser... And the person he’s supposed to meet is none other than Zheng Yaoxian, Sixth Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! And so, a secret agent feared by the enemy emerges, codenamed “Nightmare”! 5kReads9.3Score50614d adds
31. 31 谍 Espionage: Taking Advice Lets Me Catch Spies 谍战：我听劝就能抓间谍 Ride the Wind to the Top乘风直上Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yifan is an agent with the Military Statistics Bureau’s operations team, yet he repeatedly manages to catch local spies. Jiang Yifan is also a newly recruited officer in the Special Higher Police. By a twist of fate, he poses as a Japanese merchant and infiltrates the organization under an assumed identity. At the same time, Jiang Yifan is a friend and loyal partner to the underground resistance, and he has secretly joined them as well. With all these identities, Jiang Yifan can only say, 3.4kReads8.1Score19314d adds
32. 32 谍 King of Spy Wars: This Undercover Agent Gets Danger Alerts 谍战之王：这个卧底有危险提示 Reading Along with You陪你一起读书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 18kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
33. 33 盖 The Peerless God of War 盖世战神 Listening to Rain in a Small Tower小楼听雨Urban5.0M WordsCompleted He is a peerless God of War, famed for his unmatched achievements. To repay a meal from years ago, he willingly became a live-in son-in-law... A tiger fallen on the plains is bullied by dogs. But when the tiger returns to the mountains, the sky will be stained red! For the past three years, you have endured humiliation for my sake. For the rest of our lives, I will make sure you shine brighter than anyone! 10.4kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds

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    The final chapter was very satisfying to read.

34. 34 明 The Ming Dynasty’s Special Reconnaissance Troops: The Night Watchmen 明朝特种侦察兵夜不收 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Historical456k WordsCompleted A battle of wits between elite scouts, a shadow war of espionage full of twists, and a poignant romance between two people caught in forces beyond their control: all this awaits in the legendary tale of the Ming Dynasty’s Night-Rejecting scouts! During the Jiajing era, unrest flares along the frontier as the Mongols and Jurchens watch hungrily from the shadows. An elite reconnaissance unit known as the Night-Rejectors becomes the sharpest hidden blade guarding the Ming border. Shen Yan, the son 414Reads6.4Score10014d adds

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    Night Watchman... Passionate Tomorrow... ❤️👍

35. 35 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 1.4kReads8.8Score14914d adds

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    Realistic style, two strong characters, female disguised as male, multiple identities, no system, no time travel, intelligent characters, absolutely wonderful!

36. 36 那 You Back Then 那时的你 Third Master After Getting Drunk醉后三爷6k WordsCompleted You Back Then —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    🎐Life should be simple.🎐Life should be healthy.🎐Life should be joyful.

37. 37 穿 Transmigrate into a Chaotic Era as a Scheming Consort 《穿越之乱世谋妃》 Third Master After Getting Drunk醉后三爷Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Transmigrating to Plot a Concubine in a Chaotic World —Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 38 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 1.6kReads—Score10614d adds

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    Good and worth looking forward to

39. 39 我 I Became a Spy in Republican-Era China 我到民国当间谍 Wind and Snow in the West City风雪西城Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Zhang Yunxuan, a team leader in the Criminal Investigation Squad of Xiangcheng Police Bureau, is a spoiled rich kid who spends his days loafing around and making friends. He has a taste for eating, drinking, and gambling. The only thing he doesn't do is visit brothels. But what people don't know is that he is the military intelligence agent Judge, a man despised to the bone by the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators. 6.7kReads8.6Score43514d adds
40. 40 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. 11.3kReads8.6Score91614d adds
41. 41 谍 Spy War 谍战 The Dragon Soars in the Sky辰龙在天Urban1.9M WordsCompleted “It depends on the angle you look at it from. If you read this as a spy thriller, then it’s a spy thriller. Think it’s a hard-hitting tale? Then it’s a story of staunch patriotism and loyalty to the nation. These days, everyone talks about positive energy. The nation really does need an infusion of it. Even the best-written books can be reviled, just like Water Margin and Dream of the Red Chamber. Conversely, trash can win widespread acclaim. Whatever you make of it, this is an anti-Japanese war 694Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Spy novels that will keep you entertained!

42. 42 超 The Super Special Forces King 超级特战兵王 Second Brother Bajie二师兄八戒Urban7.1M WordsCompleted The Yellow Springs Road, the gates of hell! A sacred place every soldier dreams of reaching, yet one where life and death hang in the balance. Zhang Feng grew up alone and without support, a street punk who was just about to enjoy the comforts of college life when an unavoidable reason dragged him onto the Yellow Springs Road. What kind of storm will erupt when a punk joins the army…? Surrounded by layers of mystery and trapped in a quagmire he can’t escape, Zhang Feng knows that with death loom 2.9kReads8.7Score25214d adds
43. 43 抗 The Strongest Iron-Blooded General of the War of Resistance 抗战之最强铁血军神 Heavenly Steed Meteor天马流星Urban6.2M WordsCompleted Su Yang, the strongest soldier king, awakens in the body of another man on the battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Japanese invaders are ravaging the land, the nation is falling, and the country stands on the brink of ruin. How could Su Yang stand by and do nothing? He will kill the Japanese invaders and traitors, resist tyranny, and defend his homeland. Watch as Su Yang strikes such terror into the Japanese on the battlefield that they flee at the mere mention of his name! 7.5kReads7.5Score64914d adds
44. 44 重 Reborn Impostor 重生伪装者 Brother Bao宝哥Urban5.3M WordsCompleted With exceptional skills and an outlook far ahead of his time, Liu Zhenhua serves his country under several layers of assumed identities. He gives everything he has for his 455 million countrymen. If I must die on the battlefield for my country, why should I care whether my body is brought home in a horsehide shroud? 460Reads7.4Score6514d adds
45. 45 谍 The Espionage Overlord 谍影霸主 President Xin Is Very Busy辛总特忙Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Buffalo and seven other soldiers came from different cities and professions. Among them were secret agents, sailors, armed police officers, special police officers, and even a professor, a doctor, and white-collar workers. They all shared one dream: to serve their country and bring it honor. To pursue that dream, they joined Organization XQ together. After a year of trials and tribulations, they cracked murder cases, disputes, robberies, and supernatural cases, and even took part in security for 20Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 谍 Shadows of Espionage 谍影重重 Old Turtle from the Northeast东北老鳖Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Bao Dazhuang transmigrates to the wealthy Guan family in Yulan City during the War of Resistance Against Japan, becoming a repulsive-looking Republican-era live-in son-in-law whom everyone despises. He works as a translator for the military police, handling nothing more than routine documents. It is only after becoming a real spy that Bao Dazhuang realizes this is nothing like the spy films of his previous life. At best, he is a mediocre agent. Yet his cowardly, selfish, and easygoing nature rep 6kReads8.8Score55614d adds
47. 47 谍 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 Luminous White Radish夜光白萝卜Urban1.5M WordsOngoing When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. When you gaze into the abyss again, the abyss gets impatient: “What are you looking at?” Feng Gang, a modern historian, transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Born into a time of chaos, in the darkest hours before dawn, he discovers that he has no System or superpowers of any kind. All he has is a deep gaze that spans a century and sees through every illusion... 18.4kReads8.7Score2k14d adds

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    A spy novel with high intelligence and multiple female protagonists, featuring no system; worth collecting.

48. 48 谍 Spy War: Only I Can Eavesdrop on People's Thoughts 谍战，只有我能偷听心声 Drunk on Wine for the Rest of My Life浊酒醉余生Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Not a formulaic spy thriller. A feel-good story about growth, with an original plot. If you don’t like it, don’t argue.] In 1931, as the War of Resistance was about to break out, under pressure from the situation on all sides, Dai Yunnong traveled to Beiping in person to establish an intelligence network in the three northeastern provinces. Who could have guessed that the secret would leak? The three spy teams sent into the region were exposed, and all thirty Huangpu Academy elites were wiped o 37.5kReads9.0Score5.5k14d adds

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    This novel tells the legendary spy story of Zhao Xingdong, a Red agent, and revolves around specific historical events of the Red international secret transportation line, showcasing the spy career of revolutionaries during the Anti-Japanese War[^4^].

49. 49 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 21.7kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
50. 50 猎 The Spy Hunter 猎谍 Sharp Hatchet锋利的柴刀Urban5.9M WordsOngoing Espionage is an ancient profession. Ever since wars first began, spies have been the only way for opposing sides to obtain each other's intelligence. Some say that spy warfare is the only kind of battle in the world without gunpowder smoke. But the truth is that almost no battle in this world is free of it. Even covert struggles are full of bloodshed and sacrifice. My surname is Tang. My name is Tang Cheng, though you can also call me Tang Wulang. My father was with the Juntong, the organization 2kReads8.6Score20214d adds

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