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  1. 51 Espionage: From the Start, I'm Told to Investigate My Own Communist Party 谍战:开局让我一个红党查红党 Urban74k WordsOngoing A leak at the newly established Zhejiang branch of the Fuxing Society led to a failed arrest. Acting on Dai’s orders, Lin Mingyu, a Communist Party member undercover at the Central Army Officer Academy, heads to the Zhejiang branch to secretly investigate the Communist Party infiltrators. 388Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. 52 Silent Glory: Blade Against Time 沉默的荣耀之逆时之刃 Urban55k WordsCompleted A spin-off novel in the "Glory of Silence" series, telling the story of an unlucky man who transmigrates into a spy thriller with a System. Follow him as he navigates Taiwan during the White Terror and makes it out unscathed. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 53 Shadows of Espionage: Enemy Agents in Action! 谍影重重:敌特在行动! Urban2.7M WordsCompleted In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic, the whole nation was engulfed in the flames of the War of Resistance. Liu Zezhi had graduated from the Military Statistics Bureau's Qingpu training camp just over a year earlier when he was ordered to keep watch on Li Shiqun, who was suspected of planning to defect. Just as expected, Li Shiqun defected, and by a twist of fate, Liu Zezhi accidentally saved his life. Li Shiqun became the head of the 76th Division, the secret police organization of Wang Ji 3.8kReads8.8Score342Shelves
  4. 54 Espionage: The Days I Slacked Off at the Military Statistics Bureau 谍战我在军统摆烂的日子 Urban374k WordsCompleted We live in a peaceful era, but how many nameless heroes sacrificed their lives for this country and its people? History books are too thin to contain their greatness. Turn a page, and you've got their whole lives! History books are also too thick. We can't remember their names; we only know that they are heroes! He transmigrates through time to China during the War of Resistance Against Japan and takes the place of the original owner. Following his elders' arrangements, he joins the Juntong as a 66Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  5. 55 Kite: Spy Games in Shanghai with Zheng Yaoxian, the Military Intelligence Agent 风筝:与军统六弟郑耀先谍战上海 Urban782k WordsOngoing Just scored! Republican-era setting + passionate ensemble cast + espionage + Military Statistics Bureau + undercover operations + battles of wits + no System + not reborn + the Military Statistics Bureau’s Sixth Brother In 1939, Chen Gongxing, a lieutenant colonel and deputy station chief in the Military Statistics Bureau, defected. At the time, the Shanghai Mei Agency and Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime’s Special Services Headquarters, Number 76, were opening their doors. Chen Gongxing became Num 4.7kReads7.4Score300Shelves
  6. 56 Infinite Espionage: Rewriting My Fate from Kite 无限谍战:从风筝开始逆天改命 Urban407k WordsOngoing Zhuang Wei, an undercover agent, unexpectedly awakens a spy-operation System. Guided by the System, he completes missions in several spy-fiction worlds, including The Kite, The Disguiser, and Lurk, steadily growing stronger. He helps the ill-fated characters in these worlds defy their destinies and change their lives, ultimately becoming an outstanding spy himself and uncovering the secret behind how he was brought here... 331Reads5.5Score—Shelves
  7. 57 Behind the Bullet 子弹的背后 Urban183k WordsCompleted Zhong Xianghui and Zhong Xiangyu were brothers, but their parents held different political beliefs, so they were forced to live apart from an early age. The elder brother followed their father and joined the Military Statistics Bureau, where he earned the favor of Ding Enze, its head in Shanghai. The younger brother, Zhong Xiangyu, joined the Communist Party with their mother as a child and infiltrated the Bureau's Linli training program. There, he unexpectedly reunited with his brother, but bec 245Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  8. 58 Espionage: From the Start, I Shoot a Secret Agent from the Special High Police 谍战:开局击毙特高课特务 Urban564k WordsCompleted Liu Wentao transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Every Japanese soldier he kills earns him a reward, which he uses to buy weapons and help resist the invasion. Many people wonder who killed the chief of the Japanese Special Service Agency and blew up the counterfeit banknote printing plant. No one knows it was him. Liu Wentao keeps a low profile, moving along the edge of life and death as he carries out the boldest missions! Rumble! An explosion echoes as black smoke billows from the Speci 2.4kReads7.3Score141Shelves
  9. 59 Espionage: From Agent to Japanese Aristocrat 谍战:从特工到鬼子贵族 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “Who am I? …Chen Lin? …Or Konoe Ichiro? …Chinese? Or Japanese?…” “You are Konoe Ichiro, heir to Japan’s Konoe family, one of the Five Regent Houses, and Konoe Fumimaro’s eldest grandson. You are Japanese!!!” “That’s right, I’m Konoe Ichiro… Konoe Ichiro… I am Konoe Ichiro… I’m Japanese… Then who are you?” “Me? My name is Chen Lin! I’m Chinese… Chen Lin!” 70Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 60 You Were Supposed to Infiltrate, Not Become a Japanese Colonel! 让你潜伏,没让你当鬼子大佐呀! Urban835k WordsOngoing [Smart Protagonist]+ [Corrupting the Japanese Army]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Master of Disguise] Transmigrate into a Japanese cannon-fodder soldier on the Songhu battlefield? No problem, I have a complete knowledge of history! A lost little agent from the Military Statistics Bureau infiltrates the Japanese army, planning to keep his head down until victory. Instead, he kills a sergeant, sells weapons, passes along intelligence, and accidentally becomes a Japanese general. Director Dai of the M 5.2kReads6.1Score345Shelves
  11. 61 The Infiltrator: Spy Hunter 潜伏者【猎谍】 Urban201k WordsOngoing A young man named Chen Heng is accidentally swept into a turbulent era by a copper pocket watch. Watch as he lies low in the shadows, builds an intelligence network, hunts spies, and works step by step toward the ideal he holds dear. 115Reads—Score103Shelves
  12. 62 Espionage: Armed with the Death Note, I Went on a Killing Spree 谍战:手握死亡笔记,直接杀疯了 Historical176k WordsOngoing Su Ming transmigrates to the War of Resistance era and becomes a Juntong agent undercover at No. 76, codenamed Hades. From the start, he obtains a Death Note and launches a merciless killing spree! The director of No. 76: Who on earth is Hades? Why can he kill whoever he wants, while we’re completely powerless to stop him? The chief of the Special Higher Police: Damn it! We have to find Hades, or I’ll end up like the previous chiefs, giving my life for His Majesty the Emperor. But I don’t want t 6Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  13. 63 Code Name: Wick 谍战代号灯芯 Urban2.1M WordsOngoing Espionage · play the pig to eat the tiger · battles of wits · cool-headed and composed · fake marriage · love of country In 1936 Shanghai, everyone at the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics station knew Lu Xingzhou was a “deadweight”: he dozed at work, was always the last to handle a case, went weak in the knees at the sight of blood, and ranked dead last in every annual performance review. No one knew that he had quietly handed over half the “meritorious achievements” on Director Dai’s desk 12.8kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
  14. 64 King of Espionage: Four Identities, Dancing on the Blade's Edge in Shanghai 谍战之王四重身份上海滩刀尖跳舞 Urban177k WordsCompleted [Espionage + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Fourfold Identity] After I transmigrate to Shanghai, I take on four undercover identities: one with the Japanese army, one with 76, one with the Juntong, and one with the Red faction! On a stormy night, all four sides close in on me. With a gun pointed at my back, I use a single badge to drive off a Juntong sniper, talk circles around a 76 agent, and exploit the Japanese army’s power to break out of a deadly trap! Other people risk their —Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 65 Espionage: From the Start, I’m an Underground Party Agent, Leveling Up on My Own! 谍战:开局地下党,我独自升级! Urban370k WordsOngoing The moment he opens his eyes, information security engineer Shen Ye finds that he has transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938, a city battered by war, and become an underground Party member on the verge of exposure! From the start, it’s a nightmare: within three days, he must infiltrate the Japanese military’s Tokko headquarters and steal a top-secret intelligence file that will decide the organization’s fate, right under the nose of Kenichi Sato, a “China expert”! Fortunately, the [Eye of Intellige 9Reads5.8Score—Shelves
  16. 66 A Lane Boy's War of Resistance 弄堂小子的抗战 Urban364k WordsCompleted Chen Agen grew up in the alleys of Shanghai and learned extraordinary martial arts from the reclusive master Lu Zijian, known as "Ghost Shadow." Carrying the simple ideal of upholding justice, he joined the police force. But after he unexpectedly saved Wu Siba, a powerful officer in the Japanese puppet organization known as Unit 76, he was forced into the den of evil and became a member of the collaborationist secret service headquarters. There, he witnessed the invaders' brutality and endured 137Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 67 Espionage: Tortured from the Start, but I'm Really Not a Spy 谍战:开局遭酷刑,我真不是间谍 Historical641k WordsCompleted After arriving in a parallel era, he has a spy System and goes undercover in a Japanese stronghold. Other undercover agents keep a low profile and conceal their identities. Sun Lang throws his weight around and courts death, turning Haishi upside down. He gets everyone in the region so furious they could explode... Military Statistics Bureau: "Since this Sun Lang refuses to join us, he'll only be a menace if we let him live. Send someone to kill him." The Red Party: "This Sun Lang shot one of ou 8Reads7.2Score—Shelves
  18. 68 Espionage: The Invincible Agent Who Wipes Out Every Japanese Spy 谍战:无敌特工,日谍全杀光 Urban438k WordsCompleted (Spy thriller, fierce fighting against the enemy, War of Resistance, power fantasy) Chen Ming transmigrates into the role of a Juntong intelligence team captain, but all he wants is to lie flat and enjoy life. Then an accident forces him to strive for more. He builds up his own forces, establishes an unprecedented record of service, and becomes an invincible agent. Intelligence agents: How did Chen Ming discover our contacts and methods of communication? Boss Dai: Chen Ming is the pride of Junto 404Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  19. 69 The Invisible Guardian: Brother Biao's Endless Cycle of Reincarnation 隐形守护者:彪哥之无间轮回 Anime Fanfiction239k WordsOngoing On the surface, Hu Yibiao is a traitor who sells out his country for personal gain, greedy, burly, and covered in whiskers. In reality, Hu Yibiao is brave and resourceful, wise beneath a foolish facade, wildly popular, and more impressive than the male lead. It's Hu Yibiao's time to shine. What major scheme is that sly, shifty-eyed rascal plotting now? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 70 Undercover in 1936: Call Me King of Hell Ning 谍战1936:请叫我宁阎王 Urban187k WordsOngoing Straight-laced version: Ning Yan is reborn, back in 1936 Nanjing, as a student at the Army Officer Academy. It is assignment season, and through a twist of fate, Ning Yan saves a Japanese member of the Communist Party and obtains an identity badge. From then on, he joins the Military Statistics Bureau, assumes the identity of Ito Hirobumi, and launches the Cuckoo Plan! Bearing the hopes of the Ito family’s revival, he undertakes a decades-long infiltration deep in enemy territory. The Military S 95Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  21. 71 The Nameless Long River: Thirty Years Behind Enemy Lines 长河无名,敌营三十载 Urban240k WordsCompleted Japan, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, the United States, and South Korea: six identities at once, and thirty years embedded in enemy ranks. From the covert battles in Shanghai and the Hangzhou Incident to code-breaking intrigues, the smoke of Nomonhan, espionage in the Far East, and power struggles in a world at war, he hides his real name and bears the burden of his country and people under an assumed identity. His name is absent from the history 17Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 72 Undercover Diary: Bureau 76 76号卧底日记 Urban406k WordsCompleted He has ears that can hear death in the radio waves. She can't read, but she can memorize anyone's face with a single glance. Nanjing, 1943. Chen Ze'an, deputy head of the communications office at No. 76, is a Wang Jingwei regime agent on the surface and an undercover Communist operative in secret. His only weapon is his extraordinary hearing: he can anticipate death from the static in radio transmissions and detect lies from the sound of a heartbeat. The organization assigns him a “wife”: Cuipin 138Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 73 Cracking Codes and Capturing Spies: From Prisoner to the Military Intelligence Bureau's Seventh Brother 破密码擒间谍,从囚犯到军统七哥 Urban350k WordsCompleted Ye Mingyuan, a modern criminal investigation graduate, wakes up to find himself a murder suspect in the Republic of China era. In a Military Statistics Bureau prison, a whip is dipped in water and a branding iron glows red. His interrogators have only one demand: "Sign the confession." Someone else might have caved. But Ye Mingyuan has read thousands of case files in his previous life, and forensic science, forensic medicine, and criminal psychology all come naturally to him. In just one night, 720Reads6.3Score104Shelves
  24. 74 Undercover at No. 76: My Female Boss Wants to Marry Me 在76号当卧底:女上司想嫁我 Mystery227k WordsCompleted Shanghai, 76 Jisifei'er Road, 1943. I am Shen Tingbai, the youngest interrogation section chief at the Wang Jingwei regime’s secret service headquarters, codename Judge. No anti-Japanese agent in my hands can hold out for more than seventy-two hours. They say I’m a loyal dog of the Japanese, a traitor among traitors. No one knows that every time I pry open someone’s mouth, I’m gambling with my own life: extracting the enemy’s intelligence while protecting comrades who haven’t yet been exposed 250Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 75 Espionage: I Can See the Labels on Other People 谍战:我能看到别人身上的标签 Urban438k WordsOngoing My name is Qi Sheng. Sheng, as in “to triumph over Heaven by half a move.” I can see the labels other people give me. Some call me a “handsome young man.” Others call me a “cold-blooded killer.” And some call me a “living King of Hell.” If anyone asked what label I’d give myself, I’d choose “Blood Crow,” the name that makes the Japanese invaders tremble at the mere mention of it. 206Reads7.5Score—Shelves
  26. 76 Espionage: My Codename Is Demon-Mirror 谍战:我代号照妖镜 Urban422k WordsOngoing After a car accident, Shen Qingyun, a university psychology student, woke up in 1939 in someone else's body, that of a clerk in the Military Statistics Bureau's interrogation department. In the Zaosibao torture chamber, a Japanese spy kept his mouth shut, refusing to confess even under severe torture. With the section chief and director at their wits' end, Shen Qingyun used microexpression psychology to find the spy's weak spot and pry open his ironclad lips! When Dai Li heard about it, he was d 936Reads6.3Score107Shelves
  27. 77 Shadows of Espionage: The Sleeper Agent's Hidden Move 谍影:潜伏者的暗棋 Urban374k WordsCompleted He was a disposable pawn marked for execution in place of someone else, but he reversed his fate under the guns. In three days, he went from an abandoned pawn to a name on the Special High Commissioner's desk. In half a month, he had the head of a Military Statistics Bureau station requesting a meeting. How would a criminal psychology graduate student who transmigrated into the past navigate the tides of espionage and turn himself, a dead piece, into the only living eye on the entire board? Repu 39Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 78 The Dead Man's Stand-In 替死人 Urban82k WordsCompleted On the verge of death, actor Gu Changsheng picked up the face of a dead man. From then on, he lived in place of the dead and died in place of the living. Wearing the face of a Japanese interpreter, he infiltrated the Special Services Section, serving the Nationalist intelligence service while passing information to the underground Communist Party. In the three-way struggle, he turned Shanghai upside down, one borrowed face at a time. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 79 Espionage: A Thousand Faces, Sword Unsheathed 谍战:身份百变,利剑出鞘 Urban226k WordsCompleted An eight-year veteran transmigrates into the world of the War of Resistance. The country is engulfed in flames, but faith cannot be broken. He is an underground intelligence agent for the Red Army, supplying intelligence to Red Army forces in three provinces and keeping the enemy at bay! He is a Japanese merchant, moving freely among the Japanese and sowing division within their ranks! He is a Juntong agent, pouring in millions until Juntong becomes his home turf! He is also a sharp blade, invin 31Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  30. 80 Agent: Yu Zecheng Is My Superior 特工:余则成是我上峰 Historical919k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + God of War + Rebirth + Urban Life + War] Li Lingfeng, a philosophy graduate from the northwest, stayed up all night preparing his job application materials and suddenly died on the street. To his surprise, he transmigrates into the body of a war hero carrying out a secret assassination mission during the War of Resistance Against Japan. The hero is also named Li Lingfeng, and he is following Yu Zecheng’s orders. 187Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 81 A Tangled Web of Espionage: I’ll Be the Ninth of the Eight Guardians! 谍综重重:八大金刚我行九! Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [From Juntong bigwig Brother Jiu to Marquis Ju, and then to Springtime in Hong Kong!] [Female lead Li Ningyu + turning Japanese loyalists into capable servants] Everyone knows that Dai Li’s most capable men in the Lixing Society are known as the Eight Vajras. But who says the Eight Vajras can’t have a ninth member? Here he comes, walking straight toward you! The Nationalist government’s intelligence community’s god of fortune! A trusted confidant of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, 22.1kReads7.5Score2.3kShelves
  32. 82 The Hidden Frontline III: The Strange Mysteries of Jinling 隐蔽战线三:金陵诡谲 Urban199k WordsCompleted After the August 15 victory, the Kuomintang launched frenzied attacks and plundered the revolutionary bases in an attempt to spark a civil war and seize the fruits of victory. It recruited large numbers of Japanese collaborators to serve its cause. Ye Yunsheng, a member of our Party who had infiltrated the Japanese Bamboo Agency's Special Higher Police, was among those targeted for recruitment. Both the Investigation and Statistics Bureau and the Military Statistics Bureau admired Ye Yunsheng's 590Reads9.5Score107Shelves
  33. 83 Republican-Era Espionage: The Winds of Change 民国谍战之风起云涌 Urban606k WordsCompleted For the shame of the nation and the pain of our families, we will never rest until the Japanese invaders are defeated. Our blood soaks the scorched earth. We are sons of China, brave and true. This is a true story from the years of resistance against Japan. The King of Espionage emerges, reminding us never to forget the heroes of the unseen front. 15.4kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
  34. 84 Cat and Mouse, Side by Side 猫鼠同途 Urban749k WordsCompleted The sins of his previous life, the debts of this one, an obsession etched into his very bones and blood: none of it has ever faded. He must protect his family and rewrite the fate that once brought their entire household to ruin. He must get closer to that person and relive everything: the missed chances, the debts, the madness, and the love. But being reborn is no gift. It is another gamble with his life. Someone else has returned with memories of a previous life, just like him, carefully plot 224Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  35. 85 War of Resistance: Raising Hell in Kyoto 抗战:从大闹京都开始 Urban688k WordsOngoing Japanese generals: “From now on, whenever you run into Gongsun Hao, keep your distance. He’s shameless.” Japanese military intelligence: “Why can’t we ever kill him? What is he made of?” The upper ranks of the Shancheng Army: “That slippery rascal’s causing trouble again. Who did he kill this time? What a menace.” The upper ranks of the Juntong: “Hurry and bring Gongsun Hao here. He’ll know what to do.” The world powers: “Gongsun Hao is nothing but a profiteer. He’s not someone you want to mess 17Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  36. 86 The Flames of War and the Spy Doctor 烽火谍医 Urban845k WordsCompleted Ye Zhengwen, a doctoral supervisor with expertise in both Chinese and Western medicine, unexpectedly returns to 1938. His superb medical skills make him famous far and wide, and the Japanese invaders and puppet troops recruit him into their inner medical circle. This gives him access to the enemy's most closely guarded secrets, as well as the chance to hold a knife to their throats. With the nation on the brink of collapse and his homeland facing ruin, Ye Zhengwen is like a scalpel plunged into 192Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  37. 87 The Wolf's Den 狼穴 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted To capture a wolf, first enter its den. Dance with the wolves, sleep among them. Be wise and courageous, stay calm in danger, win through the unexpected, and return victorious after hunting the wolves! 608Reads8.9Score102Shelves
  38. 88 The Nameless Reverse Blade 逆刃无名 Urban253k WordsCompleted Spy thriller + Republican-era China + agents + mystery and deduction + careful planning + high-IQ mind games + undercover work + no romance In 1934, Shanghai was shrouded in turmoil. Shen Yan, a proofreader at a small newspaper, was an ordinary man with just two extraordinary qualities: a photographic memory and an unmatched talent for keeping his abilities hidden. A circle-shaped coded message, a ragtag team of five, and an assassination that would shake the world. He killed the traitor in thre 89Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 89 Espionage and War 谍与战 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Wu Zimo, a police officer at the Xing'an Town Police Station in Manchukuo, transmigrates and awakens a talent for perceiving mental states. He can detect people's microexpressions in a fraction of a second, improving from one-fifth of a second to as fast as 1/25 of a second. By honing and refining his mental abilities in the field, Wu Zimo steadily becomes faster at recognizing and catching microexpressions. This gives Wu Zimo a foothold in the puppet Manchukuo police force and becomes the found 14Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  40. 90 Espionage: The Special Higher Police Agency Is Gone, and You Still Call Him Loyal? 谍战:特高课都没了,你说他忠诚 Urban162k WordsOngoing 1940. Dongye Ming transmigrates into the role of an action squad leader in the Special Higher Police Section at the Japanese Shanghai Headquarters. Dongye Ming thinks that transmigrating to 1940 means he can shoot the Japanese invaders, but he never expects that the first person he wants to shoot is himself. He cries, “I can’t become Japanese. I can’t betray our martyrs. I’m going to kill this Japanese devil right now.” Just as he points the gun at himself, an unexpected turn of events occurs. Y 9Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  41. 91 Espionage: Every Female Agent Is My Informant 谍战:女特务都是我的内线 Urban356k WordsCompleted [Espionage + Multiple Heroines + System + Hearing Their Inner Thoughts] Whenever he comes into contact with a beautiful woman, he learns her memories, experiences, inner thoughts, schemes, and secrets, giving him leverage over her. Handsome and devilishly charming, he lies low in enemy territory and finds himself surrounded by one romantic encounter after another, as if he were strolling through a land of women. He cons and deceives, spinning one outrageous tale after another until the enemy's f 2.3kReads7.2Score175Shelves
  42. 92 Spy War: Code Name Ant, Moving Expert 谍战,代号蚂蚁,搬家小能手 Urban530k WordsCompleted Espionage? No need to go undercover. It may look safe, and in fact it isn't dangerous at all. All you have to do is slowly empty the enemy's storehouses, leaving them without supplies or support. Then victory is as good as yours! 20.2kReads7.0Score1.4kShelves
  43. 93 I Sign In to the Republic-Era Spy System From the Start 我,开局签到民国特务系统 Historical306k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Republican era, I started out with the Japanese chasing me down. At the critical moment, the System activated. Sign in: obtained fluency in Japanese and a pistol. I fired back and killed them on the spot. From then on, Peking gained a living King of Hell whom everyone feared. I kill collaborators, steal weapons, infiltrate the Japanese military, and turn beautiful female spies to my side... Other people rely on their brains to play spy games. I rely on sign-ins. As lo 1kReads—Score116Shelves
  44. 94 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战:我双重附体,让我做线人? Urban256k WordsCompleted [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 36Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  45. 95 Just Like His Father and Grandfather Once Were 就像他父辈和祖辈曾经的模样 Historical303k WordsOngoing (From World War I to World War II) (Slow burn, with the focus mainly on the period after World War I) (A note for readers who may want to pass: It's slow-paced. It has some wish-fulfillment, but nothing too outrageous.) (Alternate history) “Deceivers and doers aren't necessarily opposites. Deception takes many forms. If my actions make you believe that this is who I am, then I've succeeded in deceiving you. As for being a doer, I deceived you all and then made my deception a reality.” Humphryck 7Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  46. 96 Shanghai, 1941: Code Name Crane Ferry 抗日上海1941:代号渡鹤 Historical367k WordsCompleted [Spy thriller + based on true events + mind games + no System + high-stakes game] In 1941, Shanghai was an isolated island surrounded by Japanese-occupied territory. The city was a crossroads of power, with undercurrents running deep. On the surface, it was the “Paris of the East,” a glittering world of pleasure and luxury. In truth, it was a city of spies where every faction vied for power. Shen Mo was a rising star in Shanghai, deputy chief inspector at the French Concession police station. Da 116Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 97 Espionage: I Have a Phantom Express Van 谍战,我有一辆幽灵快递车 Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Espionage] + [Behind Enemy Lines] + [Multiple Identities] + [Spatial Powers] + [The Green Gang]... The moment Yu Yang opened his eyes, he found himself in Republican-era Shanghai, a low-level Green Gang thug tasked with watching over a venue. He was also the Military Statistics Bureau's most peripheral informant, so peripheral he wasn't even worthy of a code name... One intelligence handoff caught the attention of the bureau's headquarters. Dai Li said, "From now on, his code name will be Lon 43.8kReads7.9Score4.4kShelves
  48. 98 Shadows over the South Manchuria Railway, 1935 满铁谍影1935 Urban174k WordsCompleted At a quarter past six on the morning of January 11, 1935, the sky over Beiping was still dark. Tong Cheng picked up a steaming bowl of traditional Beijing douzhi and drank it down in big gulps in front of Fujimoto. The fermented bean drink slid down his throat and into his stomach with a series of “glug, glug” sounds, like a frog croaking. When he finished, Tong Cheng let out several satisfied burps, his face beaming with happiness. Nearby, Fujimoto Masamichi nearly threw up. He barely managed t 198Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 99 Espionage: Slaying Enemies Gets Me Gear, and I’ve Gone on a Killing Spree 谍战:杀敌爆装备我真杀疯了 Urban252k WordsCompleted (For fans of Spy Shadow Storm, from a platinum-level author on another site, feel-good fiction, multiple heroines, and readers who love spy-war masterminds: add this to your bookshelf) The System grants me lofty ambitions, and my wife helps me reach the summit After passing the civil service exam three times, he was so excited that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and transmigrated into the Republic of China in 1939, becoming an abandoned pawn of the Military Statistics Bureau. Just after Gao H 258Reads5.6Score—Shelves
  50. 100 The Spy Blade: 1933 谍刃1933 Urban478k WordsOngoing No transmigration + no System + no heroine + slow pace + strives to stay close to historical fact Li Mo, an orphan from a Shanghai lane, is taken to the Northeast by a guide working for the Communist Party and becomes a policeman in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Through a twist of fate, he earns the favor of senior Kwantung Army officers. Relying on his own abilities, he rises step by step from a low-ranking policeman in the puppet Manchukuo government to deputy director of the police departmen 85Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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