Novels like Retired Agent: Trouble Comes Knocking
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Retired Agent: Trouble Comes Knocking, best match first.
- 51 The Super Special Forces King 超级特战兵王 The Yellow Springs Road, the gates of hell! A sacred place every soldier dreams of reaching, yet one where life and death hang in the balance. Zhang Feng grew up alone and without support, a street punk who was just about to enjoy the comforts of college life when an unavoidable reason dragged him onto the Yellow Springs Road. What kind of storm will erupt when a punk joins the army…? Surrounded by layers of mystery and trapped in a quagmire he can’t escape, Zhang Feng knows that with death loom 2.9kReads8.7Score24814d adds
- 52 The Female CEO's Reaper Bodyguard 女总裁的死神保镖 Tang Feng, leader of the God of Death, commanded six branches, each staffed with specialists. Five years ago, Tang Feng was framed during a mission. His teammates protected him, and only five of them, including Tang Feng, survived. Whoever was responsible, now that he was back, he would avenge them. 23.1kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 53 After Eight Years Away, I Use My Overwhelming Power to Make It Up to My Wife and Child 消失八年，我用惊天权势弥补妻儿 In the seven years he was gone, three tokens appeared in the world. The God of Wealth Token can make its owner richer than an entire nation! The Medical King Token can cure even the world's most incurable diseases! They say that when the final token, the Dark Emperor Token, appears, great upheaval is sure to follow! And Li Xinghun is the sole owner of all three tokens! That day, beneath the world's gaze, he issued the Dark Emperor Token for the sake of his wife and child! That day, three thousan 4.7kReads9.1Score54214d adds
- 54 We Came from Hell to Shout “Ura!” Three Times 我们自地狱来，只为高喊三声乌拉 [Mercenary] + [Sniper] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Russia-Ukraine War] + [Hardcore Action] [Adapted from my real experiences serving in an international security force.] Wei Zhen is the finest student in the VIP Protection Program at the International Defense Academy. After going to prison for avenging his mother, he thinks he's as good as dead. But then he crosses paths with a group of guards eager to make a quick buck, just as the Wagner mercenaries arrive to recruit from the death row block. Survi 613Reads—Score10214d adds
- 55 Spearhead Special Forces 尖锋特种兵 One bullet can take out one enemy; a military knife can accompany me through battle; for one word, “brother,” I'd take a bullet for you! 1.3kReads9.0Score15614d adds
- 56 Temple of the War God 战神殿 The God of War returns to find his daughter abused and his wife on the brink of death. The Dragon Command appears, and a hundred thousand powerful warriors rush to Great Xia. The world is shaken, and influential figures from every faction hurry over, kneeling as they cry, “We pay our respects to the Heavenly Dragon God of War!” 2.6kReads8.9Score23614d adds
- 57 Republican Era: The Red Revolution Begins With The True Story of Ah Q 民国：赤色革命从阿Q正传开始 A red flag rises in a world that seems to be, yet is not, the world of The True Story of Ah Q. A hundred years later, every history book covering that turbulent era will say it all began in the little village called Weizhuang. 1.7kReads9.4Score11014d adds
- 58 Spy Shadows Everywhere: Infiltrating America 谍影重重：潜伏美利坚 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
- 59 Dragon Ridge: The Blood-Red Dawn of Africa’s Warriors 龙脊：非洲战魂之血色黎明 A Chinese Dragonflame special forces soldier carries a copy of Mao’s Selected Works and establishes the Dragon Spine Corps in Africa. He battles various terrorist forces, protects our country’s important assets, and safeguards Chinese expatriates and the people of Africa. This is a thrilling novel. The protagonist, Lin Feng, embodies both the chivalrous spirit of a son of China and the tenderness of a battle-hardened warrior. We hope you enjoy it! 249Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Live-Streaming as a Mercenary, Starting with Recruiting Ghosts 直播雇佣兵，从招募幽灵开始 After transmigrating, Qin Zhan discovers that he is on a battlefield, having become a mercenary who cares about nothing but money! Seriously, other people transmigrate into wealth and privilege, while he ends up with bullets flying everywhere? Fortunately, his System awakens just in time. Qin Zhan can gain fan points through livestreaming to boost his strength, and he can also use the System to draw teammates. “Beginner pool is now open. Would you like to draw?” “Draw!” “Congratulations, Host. Y 3.2kReads8.6Score16914d adds
- 61 A Mercenary? That’s Exactly What I Am! 雇佣兵？当的就是雇佣兵！ A chance trip during his senior year at college lands Liu Yi in the middle of a mercenary operation, and so his life as a mercenary begins. Liu Yi: “Peak right after graduation? That's weak. We have to be both graduated and completely unhinged!” [Mercenaries + Urban life + Ensemble cast + Comedy] 7.4kReads7.0Score50914d adds
- 62 Espionage: I Can See People's Identities 谍战我能看到身份信息 He graduated from the Qingpu Special Training Class, a rookie on the intelligence battlefield. He will defend his country and protect it to the death. The Japanese invaders have already destroyed his home. Now all that remains is to defend the nation! Along the way, he uses his ability to investigate people’s identities to kill collaborators and eliminate Japanese spies. To the warriors on the covert front, your achievements will live forever. 3.4kReads8.4Score27214d adds
- 63 Black Devil Mercenary Corps 黑魔鬼佣兵团 [Sniper] + [Mercenary] + [Everyday comedy] + [Female soldiers] + [Tough, brawny men] Zhang Kai is a sniper with a record for extremely long-distance kills. He belongs to the Black Devil Mercenary Corps. Many years ago, the Black Devil Mercenary Corps received a mysterious mission. A total of 232 people died, including the commander! 52.7kReads9.1Score9k14d adds
- 64 Paradox Verification System: I'm the Bug in the World of Rules 悖论校验系统：我是规则世界的BUG Paradox Verification System: I’m a Bug in the World of Rules 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 My First Day Out of Prison, and I Destroyed My Fiancée 出狱第一天，手撕未婚妻 Five years ago, he was framed and sent to prison. Five years later, he walked out of prison and returned in force. He would settle every grudge, one by one. I'm invincible. Do whatever you like! 46.7kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 66 A Heartbeat That Ends With Youth 心动止于少年 A Crush That Ends in Youth 8Reads—Score414d adds
- 67 The Ironblood Shield 铁血护城河 [The hidden national guardian artifact must not be revealed] “Is this what you call private security?” Facing the cameras, people around the world excitedly demanded an answer. Did private security mean painting mysterious digital masks on their faces and appearing and vanishing without a trace all over the world? Could private security wipe out terrorists, rescue hostages, and punish the wicked across the globe? Could private security mercilessly crush nearly every armed organization in the wor 14.3kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 68 Espionage: I Sign In at the Military Police Headquarters from the Start 谍战：开局我在宪兵队签到 Note: The early part of this book focuses on espionage among the nobility. After the protagonist takes control of Sakura, the story enters a worldline similar to The Man in the High Castle! [Sign-In] + [A Plausible Noble Identity] + [Moles Within the Enemy's Ranks] + [Doesn't Return Home After the War] + [A Different Kind of Resistance Against Japan] (This story won't leave you feeling frustrated. The protagonist has powerful connections in the navy, army, and Foreign Ministry, so feel free to g 2kReads8.9Score13914d adds
- 69 Wolfpack Operation 狼群行动 No matter how strong a wolf is, it is still vulnerable. A pack of wolves, however, can tear through anything. For the sake of vengeance and Longguo's peace, he picked up his gun again. Like a lone wolf, he returned to the pack once more. (PS: This story does not take place on Earth, but in a parallel universe. None of the armies mentioned in the novel exist in reality. They are entirely fictional and belong to a parallel universe created by the author. Please keep this in mind.) 2.9kReads8.8Score33214d adds
- 70 The Common Man's Comeback 匹夫的逆袭 A veteran cop with a terminal illness makes one last stand. A private detective will stop at nothing for baby formula and mortgage payments. And a mysterious killer who refuses to stay dead is closing in. All three parties are after an older man and a young girl living in a rental on the outskirts of the city. On the evening before a torrential storm, everyone stands at a crossroads of fate. Who is an ally, and who is an enemy? Should they accept their deaths, or turn the tables against all odds 36.3kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
- 71 Reborn as a People’s Armed Police Officer: I Become a Soldier King by Checking In on Duty 重生武警：我靠执勤打卡成兵王 [Reborn] [Old-School Military] [System] In his previous life, Zhou Heng was thoroughly mediocre. After being reborn at eighteen, he chose to enlist and became a new recruit in the old-school military. On his very first night shift, a prisoner tried to escape! At this critical moment, the Duty System activated! Complete a shift, and he could earn a random skill reward. But he never expected the system's style to get stranger and stranger. Years later, the commander studied Zhou Heng's file in sil 134.1kReads8.7Score13.2k14d adds
- 72 After Ten Years at War, the God of Glory Was Coldly Rejected When He Proposed 十年征战，荣耀战神竟被无情拒婚 Ten years ago, he was secretly sent to serve in the Northern Wilderness. He once slaughtered a million enemies with a single blade. Ten years later, he returns home in glory. The Northern Wilderness is famed throughout the world for its blade, and the world is all the more dazzling because of him. 3.6kReads8.8Score28414d adds
- 73 Mercenary Squad: Divine Beasts 佣兵小队：神兽 [Special forces + mercenaries + bloody slaughter + missions + hunting down traitors! No System, parallel universe] On this ancient and mysterious Eastern continent, legends tell of all kinds of divine beasts that silently protect the land. The special operations squad led by the protagonist, Qi Lin, uses divine beasts as its code names. During a mission, the team unexpectedly becomes a band of mercenaries. Unyielding and resolute, they hunt down traitors and continue to defend the faith they hol 297Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 74 Espionage: Colonel, Stop Guessing, I'm Really a Spy 谍战：大佐别猜了，我真是卧底 One morning, Li Changfeng woke up to find he had transmigrated to the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, where he unexpectedly awakened the strongest intelligence System. With the System's help, he rose step by step from a minor agent at No. 76 to the top. He became a translator for the Plum Blossom Society, Boss Dai's favorite student, and the feared leader of the Dragon King Corps, codenamed Poison Stinger. Boss Dai: “I trust Li Changfeng. He is the very soul of the Military Statist 10kReads8.0Score52814d adds
- 75 Espionage: Rewinding for Intelligence Made Me the Military Statistics Bureau's Faith 谍战：回档情报，我成了军统信仰 After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.5kReads8.2Score70714d adds
- 76 Officer, Are You a Good-Luck Charm? The Spies Are Coming Right to Your Door! 警官你锦鲤啊，间谍自己送上门？ After a chance encounter awakens a pair of mutated eyes, Zhang Xing can use their abilities to spot spies hiding among ordinary people. Having always despised spies, Zhang Xing resolutely sets out on the path of counterespionage. Protect Huaxia: this mission will never die! 7kReads8.4Score70714d adds
- 77 The Strongest Mad Soldier in the City 最强狂兵混都市 Yu Fei, a special forces soldier in Huaxia's most elite Tiger-Wolf Brigade, goes by the codename Sky Wolf. On orders, he is sent to Yunzhou City, where undercurrents run deep and bandits are rampant. Under the command of his goddess-like superior, he goes undercover alongside a kindhearted, pure-hearted beauty of a manager, gradually uncovering the secrets behind her. When every secret comes to light, a violent storm of blood and chaos engulfs Yunzhou City. To protect his loved ones and the woma 12kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 78 Everyone Else Hoards Supplies, but I Take Everything Apart 别人疯狂囤货，我却全拆成散装 Everyone else is frantically stockpiling supplies, but I take everything apart and turn it into loose pieces 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Operation Borderline 边界行动 A Chinese version of Operation Brave! An A-Team made up of one agent and eight Chinese special forces soldiers enters a neighboring country to carry out a special mission. After overcoming numerous setbacks and completing the mission, the team is ambushed on the way out by a furious counterattack from local armed groups. In the fierce, sustained fighting against mercenaries and members of the armed groups, the A-Team suffers heavy casualties. After enduring one hardship after another, the survi 1.2kReads7.2Score15714d adds
- 80 The Republic-Era Spy King: I Can Collect Fragments of Memory 民国谍王之我能搜集记忆碎片 Back in the Republic of China era, Lin Qingfeng can collect fragments of memory from the newly dead. By piecing those memories together, Lin Qingfeng uncovers one crucial clue after another. From then on, the Japanese spies lurking in the country suffer precise, devastating blows. Like sweet potatoes buried beneath the ground, they are dug up one by one by Lin Qingfeng. 4.9kReads8.8Score35414d adds
- 81 War God, The Whole World Is Begging You to Return 战神，全世界都在求你回归 Eight years ago, Xu Junlin, hailed as the Dragon Nation’s legendary taboo guardian, a peerless powerhouse who kept the world at peace, lost the woman he loved. Heartbroken, he chose to retreat from the world. For eight years, top overlords from every corner have searched frantically for him! Then one day, the world learned that the man who could strengthen a nation’s destiny with a single word and bring the four quarters to heel with a single sentence was still alive! The news sent shockwaves ac 2.6kReads8.7Score29414d adds
- 82 As a College Senior, I Chose to Become a Mercenary 大四创业的我选择当雇佣兵 After awakening a System, Wang Yingjie, a college senior starting his own business, chooses to become a mercenary. From then on, he begins enjoying a carefree life livestreaming from the battlefield. He's also known as the man with the highest K/D ratio on the entire internet. 4.7kReads8.7Score20314d adds
- 83 General Staff Bureau Eight 总参八局 Chen Mo was once a top agent in the General Staff Department's Eighth Bureau. Genetic modification gave him superhuman strength and the ability to heal himself. But after a mission went wrong and his comrades were wiped out, he was suspended pending investigation and reduced to working security at a bar. Then, one late night, the police raided the bar for an inspection. Framed by a gang of thugs, Chen Mo was forced to fight back. Alone, he broke through the encirclement of twenty-three police o 3kReads7.6Score36314d adds
- 84 American TV Drama: Delta Force, Starting with SEAL Team B 美剧：三角洲，从海豹B队开始 Reborn as an EOD specialist with the Navy SEALs, an expert in defusing bombs. Delta Force System loaded. Assault Operator [Vyron] module loaded. Magnetic bombs! Kinetic assist! Crouching Tiger cannon! Recon Operator [Luna] module loaded. Recon arrows! Shock arrows! Enemy tracking! Switching to [Warfare] mode. Second identity activated! [Faultline]! [Blade]! [Eye of the Storm]! Unconventional missions, direct action, counterterrorism operations, special reconnaissance! Commissions, high-value col 17.7kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 85 Peerless Dragon 绝世强龙 The God of War returns to find his daughter abused and his beloved imprisoned. Enraged, he shakes the world, and powerful figures from every faction rush over and kneel, shouting, “Greetings, Young Master!” 2kReads9.2Score63814d adds
- 86 Espionage Codename: The Widow 谍战代号：未亡人 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
- 87 The SSS-Rank King of Mercenaries SSS级雇佣兵之王 [Friendly reminder: This book is so ridiculously exhilarating that you shouldn't read it at night. The adrenaline rush may cause insomnia, vivid dreams, and wild excitement...] Some call Wu Huang a vicious blight on the mercenary world. Others say he's the pinnacle of tactical warfare, while still others revere him as the one true emperor among beasts! But the truth is that Wu Huang is simple-minded: simple about causing trouble, simple about taking money, and simple about plundering everything 14.3kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 88 You Were Supposed to Repeat Senior Year, but the Air Force Snapped You Up 让你复读战高四，你被空军捡漏了 [The rating has only just come out. It'll go up.] If you've transmigrated, who'd still fly commercial airliners? A real man! If you're going to fly, fly a fighter jet! After an accident, Gu Qingzhou, the youngest captain at Shandong Airlines, transmigrated to a parallel world. He became a student who had failed the college entrance exam after performing poorly. Gu Qingzhou had already decided to repeat the year and try again, but while aboard a plane, he suddenly encountered an air disaster. Bec 19.9kReads6.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 89 Shadow Agent 影子特工 Born into an age of chaos, with the nation in peril, a man must serve his country! A young man burdened by vengeance for his family and hatred for his country assumes a false identity as he flees and joins the Special Services, beginning a dangerous and thrilling career as a spy. He crosses paths with forces from every side, matching wits and battling for survival. In this game within a game, who will be the last one standing? 14.4kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 90 After Being Reborn, I Made the Signatory Take Back Their Words in Person 重生后，我让签字的人亲口撤回 After being reborn, I made the person who signed it withdraw it in person. 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Stop Making Excuses 别找借口了 Stop making excuses. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Is This Fate? 这是命吗 Lin Qi was born under an ill omen. He would shed seven tears in his lifetime and endure nine trials. His parents abandoned him when he was little. A widow took him in, but she killed herself when he was ten. What could have driven her to do it? At eighteen, Lin Qi accidentally killed the son of a high-ranking official and had no choice but to flee overseas, where he began his career as a mercenary. That feared Judge became a fixture on battlefields around the world! Deng Qiqi is the youngest rec 24.2kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 93 Glory to Huaxia 荣耀华夏 He fought bloody battles for ten years, earning honors and distinction, only to be thrown into prison because his achievements overshadowed the ruler! From the start, he was a trump card, looking down on the entire prison and crushing its underworld forces with ease! China's northern frontier is in peril as the armies of three enemy nations launch a joint invasion. Countless high-ranking officials and financial magnates beg him to take command! “I am willing to fight for my country, but I have o 2kReads9.2Score24014d adds
- 94 In The Disguiser, I Meet Zheng Yaoxian from the Start 人在伪装者，开局和郑耀先接头 [War + Transmigration + Rebirth + System + Urban Fantasy] Guo Ruzhen transmigrates and is reborn as a trainee at the Military Statistics Bureau’s training office. After encountering Yu Manli in a bathhouse, he awakens a System. From then on, the war against Japan gains a top agent whose name strikes terror into the hearts of the Japanese. He is a lieutenant general and station chief in the Military Statistics Bureau. He is the head of Operations at the 76th Office. He is the chief of the Zero Of 184Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 95 Reborn as a Military Cook: Chronicles of a Mercenary 重生炊事兵之佣兵风云录 Hardcore military fiction + No System + Marksman + Mercenary Mercenary? Chef? In his previous life, he was a marksman and small-arms expert hiding in the mess hall of a rapid-response unit in Huaxia! A gun in one hand, a wok in the other! He died in an exercise while saving a new recruit who had wandered into the blast zone! When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn on a smoke-filled battlefield in a parallel world! This time, he had a cleaver in his left hand and a gun in his righ 21.5kReads8.9Score2.2k14d adds
- 96 Northern King's Hall 北王殿 That year, a young man from Jinling City left for the north to join the army. After seven years of war, he was invincible, hailed as a king among men! This year, he returned from the far north to the world of men. “Our men of the north shed blood on the battlefield, slay foreign enemies, and defend our borders. They are all heroes!” “You rats are citizens of our great China, yet you show no gratitude. You dare bully my brothers and kill my comrades. I've come today to demand an explanation!” “My 4.3kReads8.9Score23514d adds
- 97 Dark Blade 暗刃 [A top-rated completed novel + ruthless hero + no filler + no saintly do-gooder + no System + no cultivation + all kinds of modern high-tech weapons + nonstop thrills] Dragon Guard Security! The company handles security for major overseas projects originating in Huaxia. Its captain, Xiao Feng, is a former commander of an elite special forces unit and a world-class soldier, code-named Dark Blade. With a band of battle-hardened brothers, Xiao Feng provides high-quality security services for Huaxia 132Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 98 Espionage in Republican-Era China: Big Brother, Why Make Me a Spy? 民国谍影：大哥，为啥让我做特工 [Ruthless traitor hunting + political intrigue + wits and strategy + multiple identities + pulse-pounding] This is an age of despair, and an age filled with hope. An age of silence and endurance, and an age of cries of resistance. An age of trust, and an age of doubt. We have everything before us, and nothing before us. We are all bound for Heaven, and we are all bound for Hell... This is the Republican Era! It is the twenty-eighth year of the Republican Era. Japanese invaders are ravaging China 16.9kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 99 Hey, Hell Trooper, Your God Has Logged Off! 嘿，地狱尖兵，你的上帝已下线！ Ji Qing was a sniper in the S.D.U. Flying Tigers, code-named Knight. Three months ago, his best friend was killed by a Middle Eastern mercenary. But Ji Qing was the one who pulled the trigger, and he was the one stripped of his civil service status. Ji Qing was so touched that he flew all the way to the Middle East himself, supposedly for a vacation, and sent every employee of that mercenary company to meet their Maker. After that job, Ji Qing planned to join Saeed’s mercenary squad. He was pass 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Smoke and Mirrors: Wen San Drives a Cart to Kill the Japanese 狼烟鉴宝：文三拉车杀鬼子 Wen Shen transmigrates into Wolf Smoke Over Beiping and becomes Wen San, a rickshaw puller. He obtains a secret art of immortality: killing or sparing lives can earn him longevity. Since he's already here, and the times make heroes, Wen San decides to pull his rickshaw by day and punish evil by night to cultivate immortality. They say anyone in Beiping can slap Wen San twice, except for dogs. Of course, everyone who's ever slapped him has died, but since he's already here, he might as well take 4.4kReads8.7Score23614d adds
