I’m Out of Books to Read, Recommend Me a War of Resistance or Spy Novel 书荒了，来本抗战谍战类小说

1. 1 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
2. 2 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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   These books are good; they're both satisfying and hilarious.

3. 3 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 19.7kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
4. 4 谍 Espionage: You Were Told to Infiltrate, So Why Are You Running the Special High Intelligence Unit? 谍战：让你潜伏，你搞特高课课长 Words Love Cigarettes字爱香烟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Super Satisfying]+ [No Torturing the Protagonist] Guan Peng transmigrates to Shanghai in 1934 and becomes a young police officer. His superior immediately makes things difficult for him, but luckily, his System activates just in time. In this world, kind people get bullied, and even a good horse gets ridden! Realizing he needs to change, Guan Peng first kills his superior, then successfully takes his place! Du Yuesheng: “Brother Peng, this is just a little token of my 15.3kReads7.7Score94814d adds
5. 5 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Historical430k 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
6. 6 明 I'm Supposed to Be a Spy, but Everyone Thinks I'm the God of Wealth 明明是卧底，活成别人眼中的财神 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Traditional spy thriller + no System + no pocket dimension + no transmigration or rebirth (if you don’t like that, don’t read) [I’ve seen quite a few comments lately pointing out typos and missing words. I’m truly sorry. I wrote the whole thing by hand, and even though I checked it in the backend before uploading, some errors were unavoidable. Also, completed novels can’t be edited, so it’s not that I’m deliberately refusing to fix them. If you enjoy the story, please bear with it. May you get p 42.2kReads9.0Score4.7k14d adds

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   These are all highly rated spy novels 🥰🥰

7. 7 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 46.6kReads9.5Score4.9k14d adds
8. 8 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
9. 9 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
10. 10 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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    1. Transmigrating to the Republic of China era, starting with a flatbread that hides a hidden gun! Building a career in a turbulent era, engaging in both espionage and romance, thrilling and captivating, a must-read! 2. Transmigrating into a book in the 1940s, starting with a younger sister leading a child on a desperate escape! In the chaotic Republic of China era, while hiding and surviving, they unravel mysteries and grow stronger. The plot is fast-paced and increasingly addictive, a must-watch!

11. 11 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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    The first book is definitely one of Tomato's top works, depicting the environment of ordinary people during the War of Resistance Against Japan, with a relatively tight plot pace. It's very good, very logical, and the protagonist has a power-up, but isn't mindless. The second book's protagonist is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent, infiltrating the enemy's medical system to create a large number of disabled laborers, greatly reducing the mortality rate. Infected leg wounds lead to amputation, saving them from death, but leaving them crippled. Incredible! The third book features a protagonist with super hearing and spatial abilities, very good, very logical, and the protagonist has a power-up, but isn't mindless. The fourth book's protagonist is a former special agent with exceptional professional skills and modern equipment, making him incredibly powerful, but not just mindless wish fulfillment.

12. 12 抗 The Great Doctor of the Republic, Fighting the Japanese 抗日：民国大医生 Big Orange Little Cat大橘小猫Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Doctor, espionage, transmigration, agent] A doctor transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes a medical student once again. But he somehow ends up in the Japanese army as a genius military doctor. Yet he is Chinese, so he begins his own unconventional campaign to save his country. If he can't kill the enemy on the battlefield, he can sabotage them behind the lines and perhaps still make a difference. 13.2kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
13. 13 谍 Espionage: I’m a Screwdriver, Infiltrating No. 76 谍战：我是螺丝刀，卧底76号 Fragrant Blossoms in Spring春暖留芳Urban2.7M WordsOngoing (A rough-around-the-edges spy’s rise to success, with a soft spot for the Communists. Please don’t flame if it’s not your thing!) He’s a disposable pawn in the Military Statistics Bureau, but he has an infinite storage space and supernatural hearing! Thanks to his uncanny ability to hit his targets with flying screwdrivers, he rises to become the top assassin at the Shanghai station, then goes undercover at No. 76 by pure chance. Amid the turbulent world of espionage, he kills Japanese invaders 44.2kReads8.0Score3k14d adds
14. 14 一 One Man’s War of Resistance: My Blade Is No Less Sharp 一个人的抗战：我的刀也未尝不利 Once Loved Wang Heping喜欢过王和平Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Resistance War espionage + no System + illustrations + joins no faction + goes it alone + heads to the Northeast + heads south to Nanyang] Chen Beixuan, a former elite lone-wolf operative and lieutenant colonel forced into a desk job by an injury, is reassigned by his superiors to maintain an S-class wartime safe house directly under military intelligence headquarters. It looks like he's still being entrusted with important work, but Chen Beixuan knows better: it's practically an early retireme 12.4kReads8.1Score98414d adds
15. 15 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

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    I was left wanting more. Although many plot holes remained unfilled, it was still a very enjoyable read. It's a shame the story only went up to 1940; the author seemed to have given up after that. Otherwise, the later parts would have been even more exciting.

16. 16 谍 Shadows of Espionage: Starting as a Patrol Officer 谍影暗杀：从巡警开始 Seeking Poetry in the Evening Glow晚照寻诗Urban1.4M WordsCompleted “Instant Mission: Kill Wang Mingchu, a traitor to the Fuxing Society. Reward: +50 combat skill experience.” Enhanced physique, martial arts, marksmanship, spatial abilities, disguise... When the Special High Commission discovers that collaborators are being killed one after another, when the Military Statistics Bureau cannot fathom how the Japanese army’s arsenal was blown up, and when the Red Party’s contact point suddenly receives an anonymous warning... No one would have guessed that the guy 20.1kReads7.3Score1.5k14d adds
17. 17 谍 Espionage: I Awakened a Daily Intelligence System 谍战：我觉醒每日情报系统 Mister Liu迷思特刘Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He is a low-ranking patrolman in the French Concession, and every day he gets ten new pieces of intelligence. He is also an expert operative, a god of death roaming the night. Because he awakened an Intelligence System. 16kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
18. 18 谍 Spy Games: I Infiltrated the Enemy and Became a Japanese General!? 谍战，我潜伏成了鬼子将军！？ GLANGUrban1.8M WordsCompleted (Japanese nobility, safety first, no female lead, willing to sell out when necessary) In the 21st year of the Republic of China, by a twist of fate, a thoroughly patriotic young Chinese man was taken to Japan and somehow ended up with the status of a Japanese noble. After being trained by Japanese militarists, he was ordered to return to China to carry out the “Lighthouse Plan.” What outsiders didn't know was that this young Japanese noble was actually a true Chinese patriot, a secret agent for 28.3kReads8.5Score2.4k14d adds
19. 19 谍 Espionage: I Can Talk to Animals! Torturing Japanese Spies 谍战：和动物交流的我！折磨日谍 Ganmei Twenty-Four甘美二十四Urban1.6M WordsOngoing When Bai Liang wakes up, he discovers he's become the lowest-ranking secret agent in occupied Shanghai, codenamed “Bagpipe.” From the start, the Special Higher Police Agency throws him into a death-row cell... Just as he's nearly lost all hope, Bai Liang awakens a special ability: he can understand what cats and dogs say. From that moment on, every cat and dog in the city becomes part of Bai Liang's intelligence network... He kills the Japanese invaders and eliminates traitors, rising step by st 1.1kReads6.2Score10314d adds

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    These are the ones that have been given, they're alright, but the ratings are a bit low, though that doesn't stop them from being watchable.

20. 20 谍 Espionage: After All This Time, I Finally Get to Use the Honey Trap 谍战：熬这么久，总算到美人计了 Riding a Pig: The Ultimate Move骑猪必杀技Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “You damn spy, you’re hurting me!” Just after transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Lu Chen is caught up in a massive conspiracy and tortured in prison. One day, a female officer stands before him with a whip in hand and asks, “Do you have a faith?” Lu Chen: “Not really... I guess.” The female officer says coldly, “Torture him! What’s the difference between someone without faith and a walking corpse?” Lu Chen: “???” I just transmigrated here. How am I supposed to have any faith? Female of 15.1kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
21. 21 谍 Espionage: Every Animal Is My Inside Man 谍战：动物都是我的内线 White Tea Egg白色茶叶蛋Urban668k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the 28th year of the Republic of China, Gao Lingyu discovered that he had become a low-ranking intelligence officer in the Intelligence Division of the 76th Special Agent Headquarters, under the New Government. In short, he'd become a traitorous dog who had thrown in his lot with the Japanese. But aside from being a traitorous secret agent, he discovered that he had another identity: he was an undercover agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, stationed at the 76th on 4.5kReads8.2Score28514d adds
22. 22 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts, Code Name: Shadow 谍战：开局偷听心声，代号影子 Qingyun Gege青云哥哥Urban525k WordsCompleted Su Chen woke up one morning transmigrated to Shanghai in 1939, where he had become a low-ranking member of the Green Gang. He accidentally awakened the ability to read minds, saw through the Japanese invaders’ arrest plan, and successfully rescued members of the Lixing Society. With the country in turmoil, he also caught the eye of the Green Gang boss and went undercover in the police station, distinguishing himself time and again. Through one life-or-death crisis after another, he rose steadily 5.8kReads7.2Score26614d adds
23. 23 谍 Espionage: It All Starts with Teaching a Colonel's Wife a Lesson! 谍战：从教训大佐夫人开始！ Reforming Women劝妇从良Urban161k WordsCompleted Chen Shaoan transmigrated to the years of the War of Resistance against Japan. Driven by fervent patriotism, he awakened the undercover System and embarked on the path to becoming an ace agent. As long as he was promoted or passed along important intelligence he had obtained, he would earn Anti-Japanese Points. He could use them to buy stamina, modern weapons, peerless martial arts, supernatural abilities, and more… His wife asked, “Is this what you wanted?” Chen Shaoan smiled but said nothing. 639Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 特 Agent: From Minor Spy to Big Boss of the Military Statistics Bureau 特工：从小特务到军统大老板 Halfway to Five半事五成Urban3.2M WordsOngoing [Political intrigue] [Wits and strategy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple women] [Military Intelligence] [Director] On the eve of war, a Military Intelligence agent codenamed Ghost Fox infiltrates the foreign concessions, forming an assassination squad to punish traitors and scoundrels. During the occupation, he infiltrates the Special Higher Police, posing as a nobleman to steal intelligence, rob gold, and blow up an arms depot. He also returns to Military Intelligence headquarters, where he c 75.7kReads8.6Score5.8k14d adds
25. 25 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
26. 26 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
27. 27 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
28. 28 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 18.6kReads7.9Score1.3k14d adds
29. 29 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! 65.6kReads7.6Score9.1k14d adds
30. 30 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
31. 31 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 9.7kReads8.5Score89614d adds
32. 32 战 War God Unleashed, Slaughtering His Way Across the World 战神狂怒，杀穿全球 Ugly Boy少年丑Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [God of War + one heroine + invincible hero + devoted dad + ruthless + show-off face-slapping + fast-paced, wildly satisfying] Abandoned as a child, thrown out of his family as a young man, betrayed by a friend... Ye Wuwei regards the world with the utmost malice. But Li Qingyan is like a ray of light, illuminating his bleak, dark life. He is willing to give everything to protect that light. Six years later, he has become the mysterious and powerful First God of War, as well as the Lord of the D 12.8kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
33. 33 穿 Transmigrate into Four Lines: Defying Orders from the Start, the Japanese Are Losing Their Minds 穿越四行：开局抗命，鬼子疯了 Xiang Ji向寂Historical272k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + War of Resistance Against Japan + System + Madman] Transmigrate into the Four-Row Warehouse, get a System, kill the enemy to serve the country. Simple and brutal, fighting the Japanese invaders, with a madman's temperament, a special forces soldier, and utterly domineering… 6.2kReads6.6Score49814d adds

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    A very good novel combining elements of the War of Resistance against Japan, time travel, a system, and decisive ruthlessness. ❤️

34. 34 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1940s Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零：开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 Cute Little Mahua麻花小萌Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 14.3kReads9.1Score98614d adds
35. 35 军 The Queen of the Military Intelligence Bureau 军统女王 Moon with a Faint Smile月含残笑Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Espionage + political intrigue + wits and strategy + ruthless decisiveness] The bloody odyssey of the Military Statistics Bureau’s queen! She is the knife in Boss Dai’s hand, and the nightmare that haunts his bedside! 1937: Shanghai, a deadly trap Lin Wei, codenamed “Ghost Fox,” arrives in Shanghai and forms the “Fox Thorn” assassination squad within three months. As her qipao swirls, collaborators’ heads roll and Japanese officers lie awake at night. But the wine Nanzo Yunko offers her is lace 12.5kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    Realistic style, strong female lead, no system, no time travel, intelligent characters, absolutely wonderful!

36. 36 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
37. 37 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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    This novel is very good.

38. 38 穿 Transmigrating into Bright Sword: Laplace's Ghost Gun 穿越亮剑，拉普拉斯的幽灵之枪 Old Ghost Sits on the Dragon Throne老鬼坐龙庭Urban606k WordsCompleted [Don't Call Me a Sharpshooter, Call Me the God of Guns!] [War of Resistance] [Espionage] Xu Jinhuan transmigrates into Bright Sword and awakens the combat talent [Laplace's Ghost Gun]. He is, without a doubt, the strongest God of Guns! He joins the New First Regiment and establishes the Wolf Fang Special Forces. He bombards Sakamoto, takes out Yamazaki, and downs a Japanese warplane with two shots! He creates the Black-and-Red Ledger, drawing up lists of Japanese troops and traitors! Called upon 262Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The characters in this book are vividly and engagingly portrayed, and the stories are lively and interesting, making it hard to put down whether you're listening to or reading them.

39. 39 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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    A decent spy thriller, worth looking forward to.

40. 40 穿 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China: From Straw-Sandal Soldier to Red General 穿越民国：从草鞋兵到红色将军 Old Heart, Young Medicine老心不老新药Urban806k WordsOngoing He opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking soldier among the dead in the Sichuan Army of the Republic of China era. Warlords clash, and a human life is worth less than a dog's. Relying on the tactics he remembers, he claws his way out of a mountain of corpses and advances one step at a time, from a squad leader to an officer in the Whampoa clique. In the Battle of Shanghai, Sichuan Army soldiers in straw sandals stand against elite Japanese troops with their flesh and blood. In the Defense 52Reads—Score11414d adds

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    This is a realistic portrayal of the Republican era's resistance against Japan. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of an ordinary soldier in the Sichuan Army, experiences several fierce battles, goes underground to infiltrate, and becomes entangled with a female Kuomintang agent who is monitoring him. The ending, with its poignant eulogy for his fallen comrades, is particularly touching.

41. 41 弹 Springtime in a Shell Casing 弹壳里的春天 DaxinD大鑫DUrban152k WordsCompleted This is a stirring anthem of a people forged in the flames of war, and a tender love story blossoming beneath the smoke of battle. Set against the backdrop of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan from 1931 to 1945 and the subsequent War of Liberation, the story weaves a sweeping historical tapestry through the intertwined fates of Zhang Ai, a farmer’s son from the Northeast known as Goudan, and Qi Shuyun, a young student from Beiping. Spring in the Bullet Casings, originally titled Songs 248Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 42 穿 Transmigrate to 1936: I Know How World War II Ends 穿越1936，我知道二战结局 ayaukiHistorical259k WordsOngoing [A classic novel with over 3 million characters is available on the author's homepage. Visit to read it; quality guaranteed.] Lin Yue, a high school history teacher who died saving a drowning student, awoke to find himself a 1936 West Point graduate named Hayes, a man who had nearly drowned in the Hudson River after getting drunk. But his mind contained all the memories of World War II: Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Midway, Normandy. Armed with this foresight, he crushed his entire class in Wes 2.9kReads—Score14514d adds

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    He was an ordinary high school history teacher who, after sacrificing himself to save lives, was transported to another world and became Hayes, a West Point graduate. He relied on his prophetic abilities to avoid some disasters and gained the appreciation of military and political leaders. But how will he fight bravely on the unknown battlefield when all his memories of the future have vanished?

43. 43 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!

44. 44 谍 Espionage Codename: The Widow 谍战代号：未亡人 Youth Day青年节Urban4.6M WordsOngoing No transmigration, no System, no rebirth. Over 1,200 chapters in, I feel like I should look back and add a few words. Hardcore espionage. An experienced reader called it a dark fairy tale, and I think that's a pretty good summary. Is it a wish-fulfillment novel? Absolutely not. With this setting and this story, there's no way to make it fictional, indulge in fantasy, or turn it into feel-good wish fulfillment. All it can offer is desperate last-minute rescues, extreme reversals, and narrowly esc 11.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
45. 45 加 Encrypted Signals? Please, Everything Is Plaintext to Me 加密电波？别闹，在我眼里皆明码 Xiu Zhiyuan修之远Urban218k WordsOngoing People say transmigrating is a skill, while getting a System is like opening a mystery box. A reconnaissance agent from the national security front, killed in an accident, dives headlong into wartime Shanghai and becomes a taxi driver for the Xiangsheng Automobile Company. On one fateful trip, he is unexpectedly drawn into another, little-known intelligence operation run by the Juntong. What he never expected was that the System he got would be an old-fashioned black-and-white television set. He 18Reads6.1Score—14d adds
46. 46 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 13.2kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
47. 47 谍 Espionage: I Became the Biggest Secret Agent 谍战：我成了最大的特务头子 Brother Bao宝哥Urban3.6M WordsOngoing In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic, Xie Yanlai transmigrated back to Beiping. As a Whampoa Military Academy graduate assigned to reinforce the Beiping branch, he foiled Major Ishikawa of the Special Higher Police's plot to buy off Beiping's political leaders within half a month, breaking the record for the fastest promotion of a Whampoa graduate. A month later, he took down the North China Army's secret treasury. Three months later... Xie Yanlai was able to repeatedly earn outstanding mer 3.5kReads8.8Score33014d adds
48. 48 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
49. 49 陪 She Followed Her Husband to the Battlefield and Became a Sharpshooter 陪郎上战场，童养媳成了神枪手 Uncle Wendaо文刀大叔Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Chen Dani, a child bride, has one greatest wish: to farm the two fine acres handed down through her husband Zhou Tieshuan’s family and live a happy life together, with him farming and her weaving. But with tyrannical landlords running rampant, Japanese invaders wreaking havoc, and the reactionaries ruling in darkness, she has no choice but to take up arms and go to war alongside her husband. She fights the tyrants, battles the Japanese, joins the War of Liberation, and finally goes to resist Ame 12.9kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds

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    This book is great, it's very addictive!

50. 50 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

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    Great book, highly recommended! ❤️❤️👍

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