Spy Fiction No. 1, Debate Me If You Disagree!!! 谍战文ON.1，不服来辩！！！

1. 51 卸 Removing the Makeup 卸妆 Cangming Shui沧溟水Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted Wen Ning has a dual identity as both a Military Statistics Bureau agent and a Communist underground operative. In truth, she is a rookie spy who has spent a long time undercover without ever taking action. After failing the physical fitness test, she is transferred from the bureau headquarters to a spy-training school packed with female agents. Here, there’s no shortage of gossip, petty squabbles, rivalry, and office politics among the women; nor is there any shortage of deception, sudden shifts 400Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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   Highly recommended! It's pure espionage, without any system-related elements. I watched it a long time ago and still remember it well. The plot is okay, the characters are well-developed, and it's an ensemble piece where each character has their own unique traits.

2. 52 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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   I wouldn't dare claim to be the best, but I guarantee it's logical and doesn't lower your intelligence *͈ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈ෆ. It tells the story of a centenarian veteran of the War of Resistance against Japan who is reborn back to the anti-Japanese era to save the country and its people. It's unsystematic, quite realistic, and written in a simple yet delicate style. Thank you for your support 😊😊

3. 53 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 15.5kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds

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   They're all pretty good. The Bourne series is also good.

4. 54 谍 Spy Shadows Everywhere: Infiltrating America 谍影重重：潜伏美利坚 Would Saying This Hurt Him Too Much?这样说会不会太伤他Urban2.2M WordsOngoing The organization doesn't know he exists. That's Lu Shen's greatest advantage, and his most fatal vulnerability. In his previous life, he was a veteran of the Longguo Ministry of State Security, spending his entire life among the shadows. In this life, he opens his eyes to find himself at a desk in the CIA's Hong Kong station. No contact codes, no safe house, no one saying, "Comrade, you've worked hard." He doesn't even know where to send the intelligence. But he knows some things can't wait. His 306.8kReads9.1Score43.2k14d adds

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   The best book I've read recently, highly recommended!

5. 55 穿 Transmigrating into a War-Torn World, I Awakened an Anti-Japanese Martial Arts System 穿越烽火逃兵我觉醒抗日武侠系统 Rocking Slowly in a Wicker Chair藤椅慢摇Urban867k WordsOngoing Li A Shui transmigrates to the Songhu Front in the rain at night. The moment he opens his eyes, he runs into the fleeing soldier Hu Yi. He remembers Hu Yi, remembers Ninth Platoon, and remembers everyone along this road who was supposed to fall. He once read this story. Now he is standing inside it. 42Reads—Score10514d adds

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   Good-looking anti-Japanese war novels meet expectations

6. 56 穿 Transported into Beacon Fire Escape, My Phone Has Unlimited Data 穿进烽火逃兵，我的手机有流量 Cat Bridge Soil猫儿桥土Urban2.4M WordsOngoing In the world of Beacon Fire Escapees, Zhao Baosheng is transported to Desheng Harbor, right on the front line between the Nationalist Army and the Japanese. How the hell is he supposed to survive? Wait, my phone’s buzzing. Let me check... The Independent Regiment that appears later in this book isn’t Li Yunlong’s from Drawing Sword. Have you read Beacon Fire Escapees? It’s the one from that novel. 12.5kReads8.8Score89114d adds
7. 57 抗 War of Resistance: A Jungle of Flesh and Blood 抗战之血肉丛林 Lump疙瘩Urban8.1M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance + Home and Country + Blood and Iron] The island invaders ravaged our land, bringing misery to western Yunnan. Who among us lacks courage? How could we abandon the frontier? Our valiant soldiers feared neither danger nor hardship, charging into battle ten times and prevailing every time, ready to die as gladly as they would drink. Their remains lie here, their names engraved on a monument. Their awe-inspiring righteousness will shine for generations to come. 3.2kReads9.1Score28114d adds
8. 58 毒 Oath of Death, 1941 毒誓一九四一 A Snow Fills the BowA大雪满弓刀Urban1.2M WordsCompleted This is a tale of ordinary people in the War of Resistance, of people from every stratum of society waging a grueling struggle against the invaders. In the frozen mountains of the Northeast, and across the northeastern lands beneath the invaders' iron hooves, there was a group of people who climbed over ice and slept in snow, going hungry and cold, all to drive the vicious bandits out of their homeland. They gave up their own lives, the lives of their families, and the lives of the next generati 18.3kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
9. 59 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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   Everyone here is a younger brother.

10. 60 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
11. 61 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 9.7kReads8.7Score36914d adds

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12. 62 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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    Of all the spy novels I've read, these four are quite thrilling and realistic, with good detail and writing style. The characters are intelligent, except for the third one where the system is a bit too powerful. The focus is always on survival first, and except for the first one, the undercover agents are all at a high level. If you like spy novels, you should check them out.

13. 63 亮 Bright Sword: Lucky Me, I’ve Reached the Japanese Stronghold 亮剑：锦鲤啊，打到鬼子大本营了 Words Love Cigarettes字爱香烟Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Wang Hao is an office worker and fishing enthusiast who transmigrates to the War of Resistance battlefield, where he doesn’t know how to do a thing. What he doesn’t realize is that he has the combined luck of a lucky koi and a total good-luck charm. He goes out fishing and somehow hooks a beautiful Japanese intelligence agent, exposing a Japanese spy network infiltrated into the base area. He goes up the mountain to hunt and somehow takes out a Japanese sniper team and kills a lieutenant colonel 15.6kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds

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    I really love these books; they're so good.

14. 64 谍 Spy War: I’ve Caught Every Japanese Spy 谍战，日谍被我抓光了 The Spycraft Angler谍战钓鱼佬Urban2.1M WordsCompleted I'm an avid angler, and I transmigrated into the body of a secret agent. I'm an avid angler. I don't know how to do anything. But I have a System that can identify Japanese spies. I also have a storage space, just for helping myself to free stuff from the Japanese. Before the full-scale war broke out, I had nearly rounded up every last one of their spies. Japanese soldier: Baka! What's going on? We're running out of spies! Kenji Doihara: Baka! What's wrong with you people? We can't train spies a 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
15. 65 谍 Espionage: Harbin, 1941 谍战：哈尔滨1941 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In 1939, Harbin was a vast maze of spies. Zhou Jinyu, a cool-headed ace agent, and Gu Wanru, a rookie, were ordered to pose as husband and wife and infiltrate the heart of the Japanese puppet regime. From an identity crisis that began in hell to an unshakable trust forged through life and death, they treaded carefully under the ever-watchful suspicion of Ichiro Shimizu. As the mystery of the “Shadow Protocol” closed in and their own names appeared on the “elimination list,” Zhou Jinyu realized t 5.4kReads7.5Score44214d adds

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    Spy dramas are very popular with readers, and I'd like to share a few of them.

16. 66 谍 Espionage: Daybreak 谍战：破晓 The Teahouse Downstairs楼下茶馆Historical391k WordsCompleted When night falls over the newly born land, two fated adversaries are forced to join forces. The brilliant Lin Nan is a forgotten gem from the old era, versed in criminal psychology and codebreaking. The battle-hardened Zheng Feng is the blade of the new order, devoted to discipline and absolute loyalty. This is a war that begins with conspiracy and ends in faith. When the enemy holds the city’s pulse in its grasp, and humanity’s fate hangs by a thread, they wield their wits as spears and their c 150Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 67 谍 Espionage: I Use Tianwen to Foretell Life and Death 谍战：我以天问预判生死 The Moonlit Swathe Fills the Starry Sky月泽满星宇Urban483k WordsCompleted Wang Yike, a modern online writer whose stories never gained traction, transmigrates to become an underground peripheral intelligence agent for the Nationalist Army and awakens the “Tianwen System” hidden in his family's ancient jade. It can foresee fragments of the future and provide “Heaven's guidance.” With the Tianwen System's help, Wang Yike makes a fortune amid the chaos and repeatedly turns danger into safety on missions. He is forcibly appointed leader of the three-person Compass team, w 17Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist navigates his three identities with ease: Chief Inspector of the Chinese Police, Acting Station Chief of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Shanghai, and Captain of the Red Team. This exciting story is not to be missed.

18. 68 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. 11.3kReads8.6Score94114d adds
19. 69 无 Years Without Regrets 无悔岁月 Wind and Snow in the West City风雪西城Urban221k WordsOngoing In 1936, dusk settled over Xiangcheng, steeping it in the smell of rust and blood. The late-autumn wind cut like a knife, piercing to the bone. Xu Chengyang tugged down the brim of his police cap. The collar of his coarse wool uniform chafed his neck raw. This black uniform was both his prison and his armor… 459Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 落 Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots: Code Name Lone Boat 落叶归根：代号孤舟 Blazing Red Lotus烈焰红莲Urban310k WordsCompleted In 1949, forestry expert Shen Feng could have evacuated, but instead he took on the identity of low-level clerk Lin Qisheng and infiltrated the Taitung Forestry Farm to rebuild the “Tree-Ring” intelligence network. He wasn't the only one operating undercover. The mole codenamed “Night Owl” and the shrewd opponent Chen Huaiyuan drove him and his comrades into a desperate situation. Three years later, a new recruit's betrayal destroyed the group. With the help of A Hui, a local young woman who gav 1Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 回 I Can Rewind Five Minutes, and I Became a Spy-Killing Demon 回档五分钟，我成了谍战杀神 Salted Egg咸的蛋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted I rewound five minutes, crawled back from hell, and became Second Young Master Zhang, a spoiled heir in Shancheng. The Japanese have my father’s command post surrounded by a massive force. I’ll save him! The Special Higher Police have sprung a deadly four-stage trap. I’ll break it! I came back to life to kill the Japanese and root out the collaborators! A tactical pen with a triangular blade, stained with blood and deadly at the throat, lets me steal other people’s skills. A pair of blood-red do 39Reads5.9Score11714d adds

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    A special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a spoiled young master of the Kuomintang's Military Intelligence Bureau. His initial mission: thwart four major conspiracies of the Japanese Special Higher Police within 72 hours. He rescues his father, the Commander-in-Chief, who is destined to die on the front lines! Disguised as the head of the Japanese Special Higher Police, he brutally defeats the 76th Division. Death and reload, maxed-out combat power, espionage, killing enemy forces, blowing up spy nests—high-energy throughout, no filler!

22. 72 我 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 Water-Nourished Jade Grove Bell水润琼林钟Historical428k WordsOngoing He Shouye, an actor in a hit TV drama, is shot in the heart with a prop gun and wakes up in the Republican era as He Shouye, a ginseng porter. He has no lifespan to spare after his transmigration, but a System that lets him extend his life by killing Japanese invaders arrives and binds itself to him. Follow He Shouye through the many lives he leads as he fights the invaders to stay alive. 2.5kReads—Score17114d adds
23. 73 抗 War of Resistance: I Rise in Southeast Asia, Starting with the Expeditionary Force 抗战：从远征军开始在东南亚崛起 Wind Thirty-Nine风三十九Urban731k WordsCompleted He transmigrates to 1942 and becomes a regimental commander in the expeditionary force. Step by step, he rises to become a figure who shapes the tides of world events. P.S. I'm not good at writing introductions. Please read the story itself. 13.1kReads8.3Score66914d adds
24. 74 亮 Bright Sword: Why Did You Capture So Much Loot? 亮剑：为什么你的缴获这么多 Host Jun待客君Urban3.8M WordsOngoing Zhang Yun, a staff member at a New Era War of Resistance Memorial Hall, carries a game cheat that boosts captured loot by 0.5 times as he transmigrates into the world of "Drawing Sword" and becomes a member of the Eighth Route Army. See how he uses this golden finger to fight the Japanese invaders alongside regiment commanders like Li Yunlong and Kong Jie. A carefully researched novel with a moderate golden finger, and no weapons that exceed their era! 34.6kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
25. 75 暗 Underhanded Struggle 暗斗 Wildly Chopping Wood乱劈柴Urban1.2M WordsCompleted He was hailed as Asia’s greatest spy, and was also the king of secret agents. His death remains shrouded in mystery to this day, and the truth behind it has long fascinated people. What seemed like an ordinary accident concealed a story chilling to the bone. How many masked infiltrators fought over it in the shadows, and how many nameless heroes left us lamenting their loss... His death was both an inevitability of history and a historical accident. The true culprit behind it is still shaping th 6.3kReads9.2Score58014d adds

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    All the spy-related books are rated 9 points or higher; I don't bother recommending anything below 9 points unless it's truly excellent. Six of them are completed, and two are still being serialized, but they'll be finished soon, so now is the perfect time to read them.

26. 76 谍 Espionage: From Shanghai's Little Beggar to the King of Spies 谍战：从上海滩小乞丐到特工之王 Old Li's Pistol老李的盒子炮Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Chen Shaoan’s soul transmigrates to old Shanghai, where he becomes a beggar scraping by. By chance, he saves a wounded woman, and ends up stumbling into the Military Statistics Bureau. With the Japanese invasion of China underway, Chen Shaoan uses his Role-Playing System to purge traitors, capture enemy moles alive, and assassinate senior Japanese officers, becoming a world-renowned king of spies. 7.7kReads8.7Score68814d adds
27. 77 谍 Espionage: Rising from Cannon Fodder 谍战：从炮灰开始崛起 Ethereal Mystic Music玄音飘渺Urban2.1M WordsCompleted The previous book is about to conclude, and an audiobook narrated by a real person is now available. Readers who enjoy audiobooks are welcome to check it out. [War of Resistance Espionage + System-Powered Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Paths of Development + Military Statistics Bureau in the Early Story + Army in the Later Story + Beating the Japanese to a Pulp] Son 32.7kReads7.6Score3.6k14d adds
28. 78 谍 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战：让你潜伏，你混得风生水起 Traveler in the Mortal World红尘阡陌客Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 19.2kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
29. 79 抗 The War of Resistance: Maybe I Should Go It Alone 抗战，还是自己单干吧 Qin Jiao Shou秦叫瘦Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Qin Xiang, an ordinary man from modern society, somehow transmigrates into the era of the War of Resistance! Watch as he rises from a conscript, step by step, amid the chaos of war! The protagonist unexpectedly awakens a space within his sea of consciousness. With this one golden finger, see how he gradually stockpiles supplies to survive! After the uprising, he temporarily joins the Nationalist government, but still makes a point of helping the Reds whenever he can! Going it alone doesn't mean 40.6kReads7.5Score2.9k14d adds
30. 80 强 Arrested for Storming a Military Zone? I'll Lead the Nation to Fight the War! 强闯军区被捕？我带国家去抗战！ Liu Wan'an榴万安Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Handing it over to the nation + time-space portal + the steel tide + dimensional superiority + conquering countless worlds] At twenty-two, Xia Qi was struck by the “Beacon of Myriad Worlds” and discovered he could open a portal through time and space! That wasn’t all: it also came with a portable pocket dimension! On his first transmigration, he was alone in a world shattered by war, with corpses strewn across the land. He realized that an individual’s strength was as insignificant as dust 92kReads8.6Score7.5k14d adds
31. 81 抗 Lone Wolf in the War of Resistance: From a Manure Fork to an Unbeatable Road with a 98K 抗战独狼：从粪叉到98k无敌路 Awakening from a Great Dream大梦初愈Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [War of Resistance + System + Lone Wolf + Pure Power Fantasy] No sides, no allies, just one man acting alone. On average, one Japanese soldier dies every 20 words. Mindless power fantasy, parallel world, history buffs beware. Don't save this book for later or it may never get finished. Someone is maliciously reporting books about fighting the Japanese, so please show your support. Even a good review would help keep this book alive a little longer. In the Northeast, I've got a few dignified ways 35.9kReads7.3Score3.3k14d adds
32. 82 穿 Transmigrated to 1937, I Fought My Way to God-Tier Skills 穿越1937，杀出一身神级技能 The Waster of Time时光荒废者Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance + Lone Wolf + God-Tier Skills + System + Inventory Space] Skill ranks: Beginner - Proficient - Expert - Master - Grandmaster - God-Tier [Life motto: I'm not a bad person, but I'm no saint either!] [I'll always settle a score, and I'll always repay a kindness!] Lin Yuan awakens a cheat-skill System from a game he played in his previous life. The hunt begins! When Lin Yuan unlocks his first skill, the way he looks at the Japanese invaders changes. "Bang!" Skill points +1 "Boom! 65kReads7.6Score9.2k14d adds
33. 83 抗 War of Resistance: Defending Nanjing Unlocks a God-Tier Soldier System 抗战：保卫南京获得神级单兵系统 The Old Ape Picking Autumn Fruit老猿摘秋果Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Action-Packed] During the War of Resistance against Japan, soldier Xu San acquired a god-tier individual combat System. He used it to wipe out the Japanese invaders and stored the gold they had stolen in the pocket dimension granted by the System. After the country was reunified, he gradually returned the vast quantities of gold he had recovered. He himself stayed in Borneo, in the Nanyang region, with his men. 22kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds
34. 84 我 I Kill Japanese Soldiers for Dumplings, Then Flee the Famine and Feed My Three Sisters-in-Law 我杀鬼子爆饺子，逃荒养活仨嫂子 Cockroach-Squashing Expert打蟑螂小能手Urban301k WordsCompleted [Resistance War] [System Space] [Reborn in Another Era] [Fleeing Famine] [Lone Wolf] [Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] [Serious Story] A 102-year-old man is reborn at the age of 18. On this day in his previous life, his three sisters-in-law were assaulted and killed by the Japanese invaders while fleeing famine. In this life, Ye Changgen swears to protect them and keep them safe for the rest of their lives. But why is this System different from the one he had in his previous life? [Ding~ Congratulation 9.5kReads8.5Score87714d adds
35. 85 以 In the Name of a Traitor 以汉奸之名 Bedorou Cat贝多肉猫Historical558k WordsOngoing He has the script. He knows the names of every traitor. But every time he kills a “future traitor,” the resistance suffers another bloody loss. He wants to save his comrades, but they want to kill him. The only person protecting him is the enemy. The more good he does, the more he looks like a collaborator. After wearing the mask for five years, he can no longer tell: Is he only playing a collaborator, or has he become one? Only when a true comrade gives their life to clear his name, and he knee 18kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds

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    It's really good. It's just that updates are rather slow.

36. 86 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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    No system, multiple female protagonists, Republican era spy novel

37. 87 谍 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 Noodles with Gravy, but No Gravy打卤面没有打卤Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.4kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds

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38. 88 抗 Resistance War System: The Hidden Butterfly's Flower 抗战系统：隐蝶之花 Gorgeous Girl绚丽儿Modern Romance434k WordsOngoing After Zhong Yuyan was bound to an Anti-Japanese War System, she was reborn in a parallel universe. She never expected, though, to be reborn as a female traitor who had been targeted for assassination by the Military Statistics Bureau. Only after barely escaping with her life did she learn from the original host’s memories that... The original host wasn’t a female traitor at all. She was a triple agent who had returned from studying abroad, and also the Party’s most secretive butterfly hidden dee 20.1kReads8.4Score2.2k14d adds
39. 89 影 Screen Worlds: I Can See Your Name 影综：我能看到你的名 There's Poison in the Egg蛋里有毒Urban516k WordsCompleted Li Weigong, Wu Jingzhong, Zheng Yaoxian, Wang Tianfeng, and Tan Zhongshu are my colleagues. Yu Zecheng, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan, Xu Zhongyi, Ming Lou, Gong Shu, Lin Nansheng, Chi Tiecheng... are my students. How could I lose? Watch Gao Feng write his own legend in the world of master spies. We stand at the beginning of the story, watching them head toward their inevitable deaths. 3.2kReads7.4Score15014d adds

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    This is a spy fanfiction. Zheng Yaoxian, Wu Jingzhong, Li Weigong, and Xu Baichuan are my colleagues; Xu Zhongyi, Gong Shu, Ming Cheng, Chi Tiecheng, and Yu Zecheng are my students; Ming Lou and Gu Shenyan are my deputies; Chang Shenkai considers me a confidant; and the Japanese army considers me a friend. How do I resolve this? [Smile]

40. 90 上 A Blood-Red Chess Game in Shanghai 上海滩血色之棋局 Cheng'er橙儿Historical760k WordsCompleted This novel is dedicated to the heroes who risked their lives on the hidden front during the War of Resistance Against Japan, fighting for the liberation of their country and people. The story follows its two protagonists, Shen Donglin and Su Yingxue. Shen Donglin is an agent for our Party, operating undercover at No. 76. Su Yingxue is an agent for our Party undercover within the Military Statistics Bureau, as well as an international anti-fascist operative. After enduring countless trials of lif 1kReads—Score10614d adds

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    This is an anti-Japanese war spy novel; it's really good! I highly recommend it to everyone.

41. 91 蝶 Butterflies and Spies 蝶来谍网 The Internet Is Like This网是如焉Urban465k WordsCompleted A beautiful female bandit blunders into Harbin's espionage network. She takes a male spy hostage, only to find herself trapped in bed with him. The two decide to plot together in private and put their plans into action beyond their bedroom door. They spill blood in a bandit stronghold, root out traitors in a brothel on Peach Blossom Lane, lie in wait to catch bandits at an illegal gambling den, and smash up an opium house to rid the area of its evils... This is neither fantasy nor a story about 15.4kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds

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    Both the story and the language are superb. Interesting and adventurous.

42. 92 抗 God of Slaughter on the Taihang Mountains During the War of Resistance 抗战之太行杀神 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.1M WordsCompleted If you transmigrate to 1937, what's the first thing you'd want to do? Kill the Japanese invaders? No, fill your stomach first. Qin Yu struggles to survive with his younger sister. By chance, he gets his hands on a few guns. He learns to shoot, takes revenge, and kills collaborators and Japanese invaders. No System, no pocket dimension, no special forces experience. The only thing buried deep in his bones is his hatred of the Japanese, and the only skill he can boast of is his accuracy at shootin 11.8kReads8.8Score86714d adds

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    Awesome! Highly recommend! Super good! Thumbs up!!!

43. 93 抗 Guerrilla Warfare in the Yimeng Mountains During the War Against Japan 抗日之我在沂蒙山区打游击 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chen Feng is an auxiliary instructor with the country's Yanlong Unit. While carrying out a solo mission in northern Myanmar, he falls into a trap, and the villa complex where he is stationed is blown to pieces. By chance, he transmigrates back to his hometown in Shandong in 1937. As the autumn wind blows, he knows the Japanese will arrive in just a few months. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He gathers a group of brothers and prepares for the enemy's arrival. He has to do 5.3kReads8.9Score34014d adds
44. 94 抗 The War of Resistance Begins with a Dying Datong Coal Miner 抗战从濒死的大同煤矿工人开始 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban714k WordsCompleted In Datong in November 1937, the weather was already bitterly cold. Wang Hansheng, who had transmigrated there, felt his name suited him perfectly: in the freezing winter, he was about to freeze to death and be reborn. As a prisoner-of-war laborer in a mine, he knew that under the Japanese policy of exchanging people for coal, a serious illness meant death. Two moldy steamed buns a day and sixteen hours of digging coal: how could he survive in such conditions? Wang Hansheng envied those mighty tr 3.2kReads8.6Score14914d adds
45. 95 系 System Agent: Code Name Mo 系统特工，代号默 Passing Through Jiangbei路过江北Urban149k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a "System agent" with the Huaxia Intelligence Bureau, has the quantum chip "Qian" implanted in his brain. It can connect to the global satellite network and control electronic devices and weapons. It can also switch between attack and defense modes, along with many other super abilities that have yet to be unlocked. Eight months ago, an accident during a mission left Chen Mo with amnesia and stripped him of his "System" abilities. He ended up in Heng City, Sakura Country, where a kindhe 194Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 96 神 Supernatural Agent: Code Name Crimson Phantom 神通特工之代号红色幽灵 The Phoenix Flies, the Phoenix Follows凤飞凰随Urban175k WordsOngoing You little brat! You can’t live off Mount Shu forever. I’ve kept you for twenty years. Get down the mountain and find a way to feed yourself! Xiang Chu: Master, do you have any instructions for me? Qing Xuan: If you get into trouble, don’t tell anyone you’re my disciple. Xiang Chu: Afraid someone will come after you? Get to the point! Qing Xuan: Our sect is in decline. Find a wife and have children. The sect is falling apart. Make money to repair it. Wipe out those bastards from the Seven Killer 265Reads—Score11014d adds

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    Two spy novels, one set during the War of Resistance against Japan and the other set in modern times, focusing on national security!

47. 97 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 22kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
48. 98 孤 Lone Hero of Yingxiong 孤胆雄英 Jinling Storyteller金陵说书人Urban360k WordsCompleted Tags: Republic of China era, espionage, passionate, mind games, ruthless, warlord rivalries, love of family and country [Ruthless hero returns + espionage and mind games + decisive and ruthless + beauties of a chaotic age] Shanghai, a city awash in blood and turmoil. Chen Moyan awakens to find his fellow agents dead and himself a “lone ghost” with the Juntong’s guns trained on him. Kill his colleagues to earn their trust? He becomes Juntong’s sharpest blade, earning the nickname “Chen the King o 1.8kReads8.6Score16814d adds

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    The events are intricately linked and thrilling.

49. 99 民 Warlord of the Republic: I Turned Shanghai’s Nightlife Upside Down 民国枭雄：我掀了夜上海的天 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMHistorical1.3M WordsCompleted When Chen Mo wakes up, he has returned to the age of fifteen, facing the hellish slums of Shanghai. In his previous life, he lived an unremarkable life and died in humiliation. This time, he’ll overturn this world that devours people! Armed with the [Warlord System], his fists draw blood and his blade takes lives. Starting in Fangualong, he recruits followers, seizes territory, and gathers wealth... He swears to become the greatest warlord in all of Shanghai’s pleasure quarters! The underworld i 10.8kReads7.0Score60714d adds

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    Come on, let's fight the Japanese devils together! [OK][OK][OK]

50. 100 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 3.3kReads8.8Score41014d adds

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    Are you really not convinced? Then come and see.

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