Novels like Shadow War 2: Phantom Storm, the Spy Demon Returns
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- 51 Espionage: Three Years Undercover, Then I Awaken the Yan Shuangying Template 谍战：潜伏三年，觉醒燕双鹰模板 Yan Xianghong transmigrates to the Republican era. As a veteran Red Army soldier, he is ordered to infiltrate the Fuxing Society under the code name “Red Wing.” Later, posing as a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he slips into occupied Songhu. In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic, a sudden conspiracy unfolds. Yan Xianghong, who has been lying low in the depths of enemy territory, is awakened. At the same time, the “Yan Shuangying” template is activated within him. 721Reads6.6Score105Shelves
- 52 Espionage: I Can Pick Up Traits 谍战：我能拾取词条 [Espionage] [Traits] [Killing] [Economics] [Faith] Fang Tiansheng transmigrates into the body of a man in the 26th year of the Republic of China. He opens his eyes to find himself imprisoned and on the brink of death, branded a despicable traitor! At the moment of death, he awakens the Espionage Trait System. Killing traitors and Japanese invaders lets him collect the traits they drop. [I Like Telling Little Lies] [He Who Understands the Times Is a Hero] [The Most Devoted Man in the Land of Whit 1.4kReads7.0Score104Shelves
- 53 Crimson Dawn 血色黎明 Trade blood and passion for the dawn; give your life to honor your oath. Face demons with courage, and fight the wicked with wisdom. 1.3kReads7.9Score132Shelves
- 54 Espionage: I Went Undercover and Became the Enemy's Boss 谍战：卧底卧成了敌方老大 [Espionage + transmigration + System + multiple identities + ruthless] Su Rui transmigrates into an espionage world and starts out in the secret agent training camp of the Military Statistics Bureau. He also awakens a Secret Agent Treasure Chest System that can grant abilities such as firearms, hand-to-hand combat, acting, and intelligence gathering. He assumes his next task will be to become an ace agent hidden in the shadows. That is, until a senior officer of the Military Statistics Bureau pl 121.4kReads6.6Score12.9kShelves
- 55 A Northeast Chinese Chef's Life as a Spy 一个东北厨子的谍战生涯 Transmigrating is just a framing device. This novel selects a chapter from a real and brutal period of history to tell the immortal tale of our Chinese people fighting with their blood to repel foreign invaders. This book brings history to life. 7.9kReads7.6Score672Shelves
- 56 A Republican Era Fortune-Teller, Sending the Japanese Devils to Their Graves Is My Specialty 民国神算给鬼子送葬我是专业的 This story is a slow burn, with many female characters. The protagonist is cunning, keeps his distance from both sides, sometimes cowardly and sometimes ruthless, and has an unpredictable temperament. This isn’t mindless wish fulfillment, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing. A seasoned sucker for scams transmigrates to Republican-era China and becomes a fortune-teller. See how he uses his golden finger and silver tongue to trick warlords into fighting the Japanese, persuade the Japanese to 421Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Espionage: I’m Actually the Enemy’s Top Female Leader 谍战：我竟是敌方顶级女领导 [1940s + espionage + no System + no romance] Who could make this up? A modern Japanese-speaking trade manager wakes up after transmigrating straight into a Chinese prison as a female prisoner with amnesia! The absurd part is, she has the exact same face as a Japanese Kempeitai female commander! The real commander has just been assassinated when the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau picks her up on the spot and forces her into intensive training to serve as a replacement spy. Fluent in Japane 2kReads6.1Score226Shelves
- 58 Espionage: From the Start, I Dissected a Live Informant, Then Sewed the Intel Back Up in Tears 谍战：开局解剖上线含泪缝合情报 In 1939, at 76 Jisifeier Road in Shanghai, a den of horrors loomed. Here, human life was worthless, and secrets cost more than gold. Lin Jiu transmigrated into this world and became a reviled “special cleaner” (mortician/forensic examiner) in the General Affairs Office of 76. He spent his days among corpses, his clothes permanently steeped in the smell of formalin. To the secret agents, he was a walking omen of bad luck; to the society ladies, a rat from the gutter to be avoided at all costs. Ye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Espionage: I Use Tianwen to Foretell Life and Death 谍战：我以天问预判生死 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—Shelves
- 60 Transmigrated to 1950: China's Ace Spy Goes Undercover in America 穿越50华夏王牌暗谍潜伏美利坚 [CIA + British 007 + NATO + espionage] The Korean War breaks out in 1950, and our top spy embedded in the United States finds himself surrounded by danger. To keep Matthew Ridgway from heading to Korea, he uses a missing-person case to drag him into an investigation. As the investigation progresses, he discovers that Britain is dissatisfied with the postwar order and has built an extensive network of spies in the United States to seize geopolitical advantages. The master spy enters the game alon 169Reads—Score111Shelves
- 61 The Spy: I Expose Myself as a Mole and Become the Soul of the Military Statistics Bureau 特工：自爆卧底，我成军统信仰 Xu Zhongyi, a bit-part actor in Hengdian, transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes another Xu Zhongyi, with the same name. He discovers that this world is an amalgamation of spy dramas such as Infiltration, The Kite, and Lurk. Being a spy isn't a job for people. Even a dog wouldn't... Do it? Do it, that's exactly what a spy does! And a double agent, no less! From the start, he exposes his identity as a spy and successfully infiltrates the Military Statistics Bureau! He rises from the bureau 5.2kReads6.8Score499Shelves
- 62 Is This My System? 这是我的系统？ Faced with a wounded nation weeping blood, Jin Nan was enraged. He moved among the many factions, including the Special Higher Police, No. 76, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Wang Jingwei puppet government, the Chongqing government, gangs, and warlords. He gathered a wealth of intelligence, eliminated countless brutal Japanese agents and traitorous bullies, and did everything he could to help his beleaguered nation. Years later, he had become the strongest agent, yet no one had ever seen his 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 War of Resistance: Me, the Shadowy Star of the Special Higher Police 抗战：我，特高课影帝 He transmigrates to 1938 and becomes a section chief in the Japanese secret police? Wu Tian says: “Don't panic. No big deal!” It's just a spy game. I've directed plays for half my life. What have I got to fear? Shanghai is my set! The Military Statistics Bureau, the Communist Party, and 76 are all actors under my command! Today, I'll add a camera angle to a “kissing scene” with a female Military Statistics Bureau agent (passing along intelligence). Tomorrow, I'll swap out a prop in Du Yuesheng's —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Undercover in Military Intelligence, Yet You Become the Demon Den's God of Wealth 卧底军统，你竟成魔窟财神爷 Lin De transmigrates into a world combining spy dramas such as The Rebel, Kite, and The Disguiser, becoming the “God of Wealth of the Devil's Den,” a man with four separate identities. From then on, as an undercover agent with the codenames “Dark Sparrow” and “Lone Wolf,” Lin De commands the tides of power in Shendu. Zheng Yaoxian: “For all my careful calculations, I never imagined that Mr. Lin De would have four identities at once.” Ming Lou: “His alertness and adaptability fooled even me. The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Behind the Bullet 子弹的背后 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 255Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 66 The Fog of Espionage 谍战迷雾 Liang Tianzhou, a medical intern who returned from studying in Japan, transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes one of our underground agents. Faced with misunderstanding from the woman he loves, the expectations of a young girl, and the passionate advances of a beautiful agent, what should he choose? You have one sinister plot after another, but I have a divine sword for breaking them apart. Amid truth and lies, illusion and reality, he skillfully outmaneuvers the enemy. With myste 209Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 67 Espionage: Caught at the Meeting? Reveal My Special Higher Police Identity 谍战：接头被抓？亮出特高科身份 [Spy thriller + Republican era + 20,000 words daily + triple agent + no female lead + System] Good news: I transmigrated, and I even got a System. Bad news: I got arrested from the start while trying to make contact. My memories awakened during interrogation, and it turned out I was a well-connected insider at the Special High Police Agency, with powerful backing. So no problem. Then came more bad news: I was assigned to infiltrate the Military Statistics Bureau, forcing me to become a triple ag 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Espionage: What Do You Mean, Scammer? Call Me the God of Wealth! 谍战：什么诈骗犯，叫我财神爷！ He Nian, an undercover operative in a telecom scam compound, transmigrates to the Republic of China and becomes an infiltrating agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. With his finely honed knack for deception and professionally trained spy skills, he leads the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators around in circles. The last Qing emperor: “He actually pretended to be Nurhaci, the founding ancestor, and told me to send him money. I can no longer face my ancestors.” Kawashima: “He may be a c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 A Haze of Spies 谍雾濛濛 Shen Junfei, a high-ranking Communist Party agent deep undercover in enemy territory, suddenly withdraws, leaving behind a “young swallow” who has yet to spread her wings. Just like that, she is cast into the vast ocean of espionage... 4Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 70 Shadows of Espionage: Enemy Agents in Action! 谍影重重：敌特在行动！ 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 3.7kReads8.8Score332Shelves
- 71 Espionage: I Took Out the Tokko Chief from the Start 谍战：开局就干掉了特高科科长 (Spy thriller + Transmigration + System + Saving the nation and its people + Ruthless action + Feel-good power fantasy) A homebody transmigrated into the body of an ace agent codenamed Viper. As soon as he arrived, fate played a joke on him: almost as if in a dream, he killed the head of the Special Higher Police. He was thrown straight into the military police prison. But there was always a way out. With his life hanging in the balance, he turned the tables and walked out in spectacular fash 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 King of Espionage: My Deadly Simulations 谍战之王：我能夺命模拟 Tang San obtains a Spy King System with five major categories of skills. First, killing enemies earns him their remaining lifespan. Second, the lifespan he gains can extend his own life. Third, he can spend lifespan to avert disasters and injuries that would otherwise befall him. Fourth, he can use lifespan to simulate lives, not only his own but other people's as well. Fifth, it has other incredible functions. 292Reads7.3Score108Shelves
- 73 King of Espionage: I Have a System That Automatically Completes Missions 谍战之王：我有任务自动完成系统 “I’m sorry, I really can’t take it anymore!” Xia Yiyang transmigrated to the Republican era with the ambition of becoming the king of espionage. But a day later, he broke down. His comrade was blown to pieces right beside him, leaving only a length of intestine draped over his shoulder. Bullets whizzed past his ears, leaving him deaf in both ears. Only then did he realize that he was nothing but a big talker. Before transmigrating, he was one, and after transmigrating, he still was. He was absol 78Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 74 I Reincarnated into Dog Beating Staff, and This Dai Tianli Is a Beast 魂穿打狗棍，这个戴天理太猛了 Also known as: “Building Top-Tier Connections in the Early 20th Century with My Best Friend and First Love: Who Else but Me Could Be Blue Star’s Erzhu Rong?” As a history student facing an impossible job market, I transmigrated into the hero of The Beating Stick, Dai Tianli. At first I was pretty depressed, but then I realized I’d arrived at just the right time. So, after killing the foreigners who were selling the Amazing Schoolboy, I went to a place famous for donkey-meat flatbreads and spent 874Reads—Score108Shelves
- 75 Apocalyptic Woman: Espionage in Republican-Era China 末世女【谍战在民国】 Qingguang woke up to find herself a rookie who had just graduated from a military intelligence training program. Since her family lived in Shanghai, she was assigned to work as a radio operator at the Shanghai station. In the apocalypse, humanity has lost its compassion and the strong rule supreme. Faced with natural disasters, human calamities, and zombies, everyone struggles to survive. But now she's arrived in the Republic of China, a place she'd only ever seen in history and literature books 6Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 76 Espionage Agent: The Shadows Begin to Shine at the Detention Center 谍战特工：灯影闪耀从看守所开始 Your identification papers have no name. Your seat has only a number. [No System, no transmigration into a drama, no borrowing characters from other works. The plot is half original and half adapted from real events.] A 20-year-old youth transmigrates to the Republican era. Armed with memories from his past life, he runs small businesses, exposes Japanese spies, hones his martial skills, plays landlord, fights spies and infiltrators, makes contact behind enemy lines, conducts secret infiltration —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The Cannon-Fodder Villainess Turns the Tables 炮灰女配咸鱼翻身， Shen Yueyao was twenty-four, a graduate of the Foreign Languages Department at Hujiang University. Her father, Shen Jingting, was a well-known industrialist in the city. But none of that was what truly made Yueyao’s heart skip a beat. What nearly froze the blood in her veins was another, clearer and colder memory: she had transmigrated into a spy novel she had read just days ago. She had become a minor female character with the same name as her own, a disposable character who was killed off bef 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Espionage: A Thousand Faces, Sword Unsheathed 谍战：身份百变，利剑出鞘 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
- 79 Espionage: Finding Life in Desperate Straits 谍战之绝处逢生 Against the enemy, he is a sharp sword. To destroy them, he must endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. He longs to live beneath the "sunlight," but his duty confines him to the "shadows." This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who gave everything for their country! 82Reads7.4Score114Shelves
- 80 Espionage: Shadow Without a Trace 谍战：无间谍影 A story about a modern man who transmigrates into the espionage-ridden Republic of China. The first hundred chapters mainly cover some spy cases in Jinling. I feel like the protagonist hasn't really had a chance to show what he can do yet. My initial plan is to send him into enemy-occupied territory after the first hundred chapters, where he can finally unleash his full potential. Art is a big explosion. 200Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 The Infiltrator: Spy Hunter 潜伏者【猎谍】 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. 108Reads—Score103Shelves
- 82 Espionage: Codename Flying Eagle, The Japanese Invaders Are Terrified 谍战：代号飞鹰，小鬼子吓哭了 [Brave and resourceful | The turbulent Republic of China era | Deep sibling bonds | Brother doting on his sister | One female lead | Spy warfare System | Cunning and calculating | Saving the nation and its people | Anti-Japanese espionage | No. 76 | Special High Police | Military Statistics Bureau | Underground Party] In 1940, the nation was in turmoil. The flames of resistance against Japan had reached their height, and Shanghai had become a living hell of espionage. The Wang Jingwei regime’s 38kReads7.4Score3.3kShelves
- 83 A Deadly Spy Infiltration 谍战生死潜伏 Cut off from his organization, underground Party member Ye Feng goes undercover within the enemy’s intelligence service, matching wits with enemy agents and enduring trials of life and death. With unwavering faith and indomitable will, he composes a tribute to underground operatives… 900Reads7.2Score104Shelves
- 84 You Japanese Spy, I'll Never Let You Get Away! 狗特务我不会放过你的！ “You’re saying Director Han is a spy? Baka! Director Han serves as head of all six bureaus, and the Emperor has given him more commendations than he’s given the general. If he’s a spy, does that make the Emperor his handler?! Why would he spy? For money? Half of Shanghai belongs to him. Does he need money? Or women? The most beautiful women you’ve ever seen don’t hold a candle to the beauties from every country whom Director Han wouldn’t even look at.” Even while surrounded by darkness, my heart 75Reads6.4Score104Shelves
- 85 The Most Unorthodox Agent in History 史上最混特工 Reborn and transmigrated + multiple spies + System + spatial storage + no frustrating plot points: Just as the Japanese military's top-secret “Cedar Plan” is about to succeed, its agents have no time to savor their triumph before they become the welcome gift for Xie Yuejin's rebirth. From then on, he becomes the most unusual “legend.” Japanese military: “Bring back that ‘shame of the Empire's intelligence service’ for trial. How dare he keep slacking off and living off the fat of the land?” “ 108Reads6.7Score166Shelves
- 86 I Woke Up as Wen San. Panicking? What Should I Do? 一觉醒来成了文三，很慌？怎么办 A wage slave who works 996 suddenly wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated into War of Resistance in Peking and become the protagonist, Wen San, also known as Master Wen. What should he do? He’s just an ordinary office worker, and after transmigrating he has neither a System nor a golden finger. How can he survive in this era torn apart by war? ... 198Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 87 A Spy's Career, Starting with The Pretender 特工生涯，从伪装者开始 [No romance + transmigration + System] Office worker Lian Shuo is swallowed by a sudden explosion on his way to work. When he wakes up, he finds himself in Shanghai in 1933. An encounter with Ming Jing at a business association gathering makes him realize he’s in the world of The Disguiser, and an assistant System soon follows. Since Lian Shuo knows the story inside out, watch him make the most of his knowledge… 45Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 88 Espionage in Republican-Era China: The Eight-Treasure Lantern 谍战民国：八宝提灯 An unconventional historical anti-Japanese resistance novel told from a villain’s perspective. No System, no golden finger. The path to redemption of a Han Chinese traitor and secret agent in Manchukuo. The bittersweet history of a Republic-era assassin’s doomed romance. 1.5kReads7.5Score143Shelves
- 89 Espionage: Forced to Be Cannon Fodder, Everyone Wants Me Dead 谍战：被迫当炮灰，都想要我的命 [The story of an ordinary person and a cannon-fodder System doing whatever they please] Ning Guangbai, a college student born in the 2000s, transmigrates to Republican-era China burdened by four generations of family vengeance. Just as he is about to take a wrong turn, the System appears in the nick of time. Faced with a choice between becoming a traitor or cannon fodder, Ning Guangbai resolutely chooses to join the Action Section of the Secret Service and become cannon fodder. From that moment 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 One of the Eight Great Generals of the Military Statistics Bureau: I Am Zheng Yaoxian 军统八大金刚之我是郑耀先 [Espionage + history + secret agents] No power fantasy, no golden finger. Read with caution if that's not your thing. “I once thought I was Zheng Yaoxian of the Military Statistics Bureau, Ghost Six, a killing machine. But my brothers, you used your lives to teach me that you were Chinese first and foremost. Today, we have all gotten our wish. Consider this peaceful, prosperous world something I’m seeing on your behalf…” 158Reads7.4Score119Shelves
- 91 Espionage: I Shock Zheng Yaoxian from the Start and Become a Symbol of Faith 谍战：开局震惊郑耀先，我成信仰 After transmigrating, Ye Ming finds himself in a world where espionage dramas such as Kite, The Disguiser, The Message, and Lurk have merged. He becomes a military academy student and classmate of Ming Tai and Yu Manli, stunning Zheng Yaoxian from the start. After graduation, Ye Ming is ordered to infiltrate the city of Shanghai and rebuild the Military Statistics Bureau’s Shanghai branch. Before long, Shanghai is gripped by fear of a triple agent who terrifies Japanese and puppet-government spi 410Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Shadows of Intrigue: 57 Thrilling, Gripping Mysteries from the World of Espionage 谍影重重：惊心动魄、扣人心弦的57个谍海谜团 Broadly speaking, a spy is someone who engages in secret investigative work, gathering confidential intelligence or carrying out acts of sabotage against an enemy or competitor to benefit the side they serve. Spies are also known as agents or undercover operatives. One of a spy's main duties is to obtain intelligence through illegal or legal means, in secret or in public. They may also engage in covert activities such as subversion, assassination, kidnapping, bombing, psychological warfare, and 92Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 93 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 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 5.1kReads7.4Score323Shelves
- 94 The Wind Raider 掠风者 In the winter of 1938, the Japanese occupied Tianjin. Zhou Chufeng, a trusted aide to the notorious traitor Shen Fuxing, rescued Gu Caiwei, a female intelligence agent for the Nationalists. The two pretended to be lovers, using each other as cover to conceal their identities from Shen Fuxing and Hirota Ryoichi, the commander of the Japanese garrison. During an interrogation, Zhou Chufeng was activated as “Kindling,” a Communist agent planted deep undercover. At the same time, both received order 14Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 95 The Invisible Guardian: Brother Biao's Endless Cycle of Reincarnation 隐形守护者：彪哥之无间轮回 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
- 96 Espionage: One Poisonous Scheme After Another, Leaving the Japanese Calling Me a Living Yama 谍战：毒计连连，鬼子直呼活阎王 Gu Nan transmigrates to 1936 and becomes an ace “torture spy.” He awakens an ability to obtain intelligence. As long as he tortures the Japanese and makes them suffer, he can extract the intelligence they possess. Special Higher Police Section: We must never let Gu Nan get his hands on us. No one can keep a secret from him. Nan Zao Yun Zi: I didn’t say anything, really. Chief of the Special Higher Police Section: He just beat me up, and every top-secret agent hiding in China was exposed. Head of 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Code Name: Wick 谍战代号灯芯 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 13kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
- 98 Espionage: I Can See the Labels on Other People 谍战：我能看到别人身上的标签 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. 204Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 99 Shadows of Espionage: The Sleeper Agent's Hidden Move 谍影：潜伏者的暗棋 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
- 100 The Dead Man's Stand-In 替死人 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
