Novels like King of Espionage: I Have a System That Automatically Completes Missions
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- 1 Reborn: The Spy Among Spies of the Republic Era, Part Two 重生之民国谍中谍续 A spy, as the name suggests, secretly gathers military, political, and economic intelligence, then delivers it to superiors or relevant organizations. A recluse: The lesser recluse hides in the wilderness, the middling recluse in the city, and the greatest recluse at court. The lesser recluse dwells in the mountains and forests; the greatest among the bustle of the court. Only the most exceptional can conceal themselves within the imperial court. Though surrounded by the clamor of current affair 24Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 2 Bringing the System to Bright Sword 带着系统在亮创 Chen Feng, a young man from the modern world, transmigrates to a parallel world in the era of The Bright Sword, only to find himself bound to a System. As long as he kills Japanese soldiers, he can exchange them for supplies. Chen Feng sets out to kill the enemy and trade for equipment, making the resistance forces stronger by the day. 1.7kReads8.2Score107Shelves
- 3 War of Resistance: Raising Hell in Kyoto 抗战：从大闹京都开始 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
- 4 One Man's Flames of War 一个人的烽火 Chosen for no apparent reason and sent for no apparent reason through numerous FPS games, he thought clearing them all would let him return to reality. Instead, he arrived in a tragic, heroic era teeming with legends. Just what kind of whirlwind will this little butterfly stir up? The golden finger is only a supporting tool + decisive and ruthless + mildly comedic + one female lead 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 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 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Greatest Spy War: Lurking in the Shadows 最强谍战之仆伏 Set during the Republic of China period, this book tells the legendary story of Zeng Dazhi, one of our agents operating undercover in the East China Sea. Misunderstood, disavowed, and targeted by his own side, he remains true to his original convictions, risking his life to gather intelligence, blow up an enemy ammunition depot, help establish a radio station, transport medicine, and evacuate cultural figures. In the end, he returns to the liberated area, raises his right hand, and swears his al 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Shadows of Espionage, 1936 谍影1936 An ordinary civil servant is unexpectedly transmigrated to the turbulent twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China after a twist of fate. In an era full of uncertainty and challenges, he is forced into the complex, mysterious world of the Military Statistics Bureau, embarking on a thrilling and legendary career as a spy. In search of an underground organization hidden in the shadows and determined to expose Japanese spies' conspiracies, he resolutely throws himself into this war without gunfire —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Starting with Kite: A Legend in the World of Espionage 从风筝开始：我在谍战世界的传说 Walk through the world of espionage, following in the footsteps of those who came before to experience that weighty chapter of history firsthand. I came. I witnessed. I am Yuan Chang'an... P.S. Kite and The Wind have wrapped up. I'm now dancing on the edge of a cliff. 6Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 9 War of Resistance: Armed with a Billion Tons of Supplies, I Take Revenge in 1937 抗战：带亿吨物资，复仇1937 [The rating has just come out and will rise later] What would happen if a billion tons of modern supplies suddenly appeared on the battlefields of 1937? This is no longer a war of resistance. It's a post-apocalyptic powerhouse wiping out the invaders single-handedly! Japanese military intelligence (pulling their hair out): We've been investigating for six months. Who is the mysterious mastermind behind all this? Is it that pharmacy owner? Or that overseas tycoon? Or perhaps that industrial fanat 71Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 10 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
- 11 King of Spies: Shanghai from the Start 谍战之王：开局上海滩 Parallel World! Parallel World! Parallel World! [Spy thriller + Military Statistics Bureau + Cheat powers + Feel-good story] On the eve of the 1937 Incident. Lin Feng, a young agent newly returned from studying abroad, awakens a telepathic ability and sets out to destroy the Special Higher Police. Don't lie to me. I can hear the spy inside you. The overall course of history will remain unchanged. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: I Can Summon Modern Talent 穿越民国：我能召唤现代人才 Sacrifice the souls of Japanese devils to summon modern-day experts: soldiers, teachers, college students, scientists, engineers, weapons specialists, aircraft designers, nuclear energy experts, and many more... 2Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 13 War of Resistance: The Chinese Medicine Spy 抗战：中医特工 He went up the mountain to gather herbs and saved a beautiful woman. Who could have guessed that she would drag him into a secret agent training group for deadly training… Fireworks fade fast, but a Chinese medicine practitioner never backs down. See how Lin Yun transforms from a wandering street doctor into an elite fighter on the front lines of the resistance against Japan and the struggle to save the nation… 1.7kReads7.6Score140Shelves
- 14 Transmigrating to Planet Earth: I Become the Mastermind Behind the Military Intelligence Bureau 穿越地星：我成了军情局幕后谍王 Xu Chang'an, a young man from Earth, transmigrated to a world known as Planet Star, whose history closely resembled Earth's. He became an ordinary agent in the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Great Qian Empire, which was under invasion by the Sakura Empire. Operating behind enemy lines, he faced danger at every turn. On the brink of death, he unexpectedly activated the Spy King System. Using the outstanding agents recruited through the System, he gradually built a powerful, secret intelligen 15Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 15 Espionage Shadows on the Shanghai Bund 谍影上海滩 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the Wang Jingwei puppet regime, an engineering student transmigrates into the body of Yu Xia, director of the Special Operations Department at No. 76. Yu Xia, also known as the Smiling Tiger, is infamous as a living King of Hell. His ruthless methods make people tremble with fear at the mere mention of his name. See how Yu Xia, with blood on his hands, seeks redemption while trapped behind enemy lines. The story is full of twists and turns, so fa 552Reads8.2Score104Shelves
- 16 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
- 17 Agent: Yu Zecheng Is My Superior 特工：余则成是我上峰 [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
- 18 A Legend Begins in the Republican Era 民国开始的传奇 In the Republic of China era, he makes a name for himself, focusing on one thing: killing Japanese devils. In the dramas "Sinful Debts" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay", he becomes a tycoon and a big shot, doing whatever he likes... The Republic of China era is only his starting point; the myriad worlds are his destination. 292Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 19 A Barber's Diary in Times of Chaos 乱世的理发师日记 The story begins in a seaside city known as the Paris of the East. Gunshots and screams rang out from the Red Rose Hair Salon, which was supposed to serve the public. Moments later, people saw the owner and apprentices fleeing in panic, covered in blood...! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Fighting the Japanese: From the Start, I Had a Dog 抗日之开局一条狗 (This book includes content from films and TV series such as Cliff, Above the Cliff, and Razor.) Zheng Jingren somehow transmigrated to Northeast China during the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and successfully activated the System. Its principle was simple: as long as you had money, anything could be achieved. From then on, the vast forests and mountains of Northeast China became the invaders’ graveyard, and Zheng Jingren became their nightmare. I have nothing against the Japanese. I believ 430Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 21 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 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
- 22 National Security 国家安全 Welcome, and thank you for reading my work. I dedicate this book to the heroes defending national security on every front! Xiao Zhenhua, a naval security officer, is disciplined for a mistake made while investigating a spy organization and is forced to transfer to the procuratorate. During his time there, a chance encounter leads him to a major clue. After a grueling struggle, he ultimately brings down an international intelligence agency and cracks a major espionage case. 46Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 23 The Little Spy's Successful Comeback 谍战小特务的成功逆袭 The extraordinary life of a little spy: I can identify and control spies. The great demon Li Shiqun of No. 76, the Eastern Witch Yoshiko Kawashima, and the Empire's Flower, Yun Zi Nanzō, all turn pale when they see this little spy. 78Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 24 War of Resistance: Heroes of Unyielding Loyalty 抗战之烈骨忠魂 This story takes place in a parallel timeline and is not official history. Readers, please don’t take it as such. A patriotic young person from the 21st century transmigrates by accident, heading to the front lines and experiencing the major battles firsthand. Bugles ring out as the mountains and rivers blaze, With a heart full of fervor, I march to my country’s final sacrifice. A stirring, tragic song of the soldiers who fought on the front lines. 26Reads—Score130Shelves
- 25 Spy Games: A Fight to the Death 谍战，生死较量 I transmigrated to Jiangcheng in 1936, on the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance, and became an action team member of the Lixingshe. At this critical moment, when the nation’s very survival was at stake, I couldn’t change the course of history. But I would still do everything in my power, using my talents to shed my blood for our country’s victory in the war against Japan. 98Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 26 Code Name: Migratory Bird 代号候鸟 A heart-pounding covert war, as deep as the ocean! The most enduring declaration of love in the world is staying by someone’s side… 1kReads7.7Score103Shelves
- 27 Undercover in 1936: Call Me King of Hell Ning 谍战1936：请叫我宁阎王 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
- 28 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, So How Did You Become the Boss of Shanghai? 谍战：让你潜伏，你成淞沪大佬？ [Espionage + no System + no brainless plot + loyal revolutionary roots + multiple identities] In the twentieth year of the Republic of China, the head of the Red Party's Third Special Section was arrested and immediately defected. Overnight, around a hundred outstanding Red Party comrades were arrested. Within a year, spies had uncovered nearly all of the Red Party's secret safe houses in Shanghai. Whenever the nation is in peril, heroes always step forward. Zhang Mingxue, only twenty-five years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 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 3.8kReads8.8Score342Shelves
- 30 Espionage: I Ran Amok in the Juntong 谍战：我在军统杀疯了 [Invisibility + pocket dimension + ruthless decisiveness + sharp intellect + steady growth] He is the most inconspicuous nobody at the bottom of the Juntong, and no one knows his true identity. Ordered to infiltrate the Japanese and puppet secret service agencies, he spends every day outwitting the enemy to obtain intelligence, dancing on the edge of a blade. He is also an elusive master assassin who never shows mercy to his enemies. He eliminates traitors and kills Japanese invaders. Known as t 4.4kReads6.6Score230Shelves
- 31 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
- 32 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！ [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
- 33 War Against Japan: The Road to Annihilation 抗日：灭国之路 Wei Mingyang: Special Operations Forces He vanished in front of his fellow soldiers while on a mission. After transmigrating to a battlefield, he began with a defensive campaign and wrote a blazing tale of war. 15Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Republican Era: A Web of Spies 民国：谍影重重 (Republican-era China + espionage + covert operations + hunting Japanese spies) Zhang Yao returns to the turbulent Shanghai of a bygone era. By a twist of fate, he joins the Military Statistics Bureau, where he crosses paths with Gui Zi Liu, Zheng Yaoxian; Emei Feng, Yu Zecheng; and Xiao Er, Xu Zhongyi. Despite countless obstacles, he manages to pass on the intelligence he gathers and capture Japanese spies one after another. In this turbulent age, he gives his life for his country without a mom 212Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 35 Just Like His Father and Grandfather Once Were 就像他父辈和祖辈曾经的模样 (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
- 36 Red Countdown: Shanghai Spy Games, 1932 红色倒计时：上海谍影1932 [Decisive protagonist] [Thrilling spy story] [Multiple heroines] In all of Shanghai, there are only two kinds of Japanese spies: the ones Qin Zichen has killed, and the ones he's planning to sleep with before killing. When he raised his smoking gun barrel on the Bund, every Japanese person in the International Settlement wet their pants! 20Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 37 Espionage: The Ultimate Undercover Agent, Night Hawk of the Military Intelligence Bureau 谍战：最牛潜伏，军统夜鹰 [Original Characters + Intelligence + Assassinations + Sweeping Through Shanghai’s Foreign Concessions] Zhao Haifan transmigrates to Shanghai during the isolated-island era and becomes a Juntong agent, codename Night Hawk... The story strives for realism, and most characters are based on historical figures. The ten great female agents of Juntong, the ten female fiends of the 76th, and the Imperial Flowers of Japan’s Tokko. A heroine who supplies the Nationalist Army with vital resources. Chinese 8Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 38 Transmigrating to the War of Resistance: The Crazy Rickshaw 穿越抗战之疯狂黄包车 [Transmigration] + [System] + [Parallel Republic of China] + [Lighthearted power fantasy] + [War] + [Invincible] After transmigrating to a parallel world, the young Ma Chongjiu uses his System to crush everything in his path, killing gods and Buddhas alike. As the saying goes among the martial world: “When Lord Jiu pulls his rickshaw and looks back once, gang bosses shed tears. When Lord Jiu looks back twice, traitors and puppet troops are done for. When Lord Jiu looks back three times, every J 759Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 39 Espionage: Codename Screw 谍战之代号螺丝钉 Good news: A sharpshooter from the shooting range transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a little agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. He has extraordinary hearing, peerless marksmanship, and a few other tricks up his sleeve... Bad news: The Lone Wolf team has been wiped out, and I’ve become a prisoner of the Japanese. Their guns are already aimed at the back of my head. I’m about to get boxed, and it looks like I’ll be meeting my great-grandma any minute... My name is Lin Tianxian 3kReads6.4Score186Shelves
- 40 I'm a Deserter: My War of Resistance 我是逃兵我的抗战 His soul transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking soldier, while his own soul comes from his previous life. He was basically good for nothing, and when he is suddenly reborn, he is afraid of hardship. Separated from his unit, he becomes a deserter who is as good as dead, yet somehow still alive. Because he knows how history unfolds, he spends the early days hiding and running for his life. Through a twist of fate, he ends up as an intelligence agent for the Nationalists. With no connections —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 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
- 42 Espionage: The Thousand-Faced Agent, a One-Man Army 谍战：千面特工，我一人成团 Li Fei transmigrates to Shanghai in a parallel world and awakens the Many-Faced Agent System. Every time he completes a mission, he gains a new face. From then on, Shanghai has a new elusive Communist agent: Many Faces. Captured courier who turned traitor: Every time I meet him, Many Faces has a different face. Military Statistics Bureau: Many Faces is an organization, maybe even a whole regiment. Our bureau has been infiltrated like a sieve. There are Many Faces everywhere. Special Higher Polic 2.2kReads8.5Score194Shelves
- 43 Espionage: Starting with the Assassination of the Emperor 谍战：从刺杀天皇开始 Li Wencheng transmigrates to a parallel world, returning to an era when every inch of land is soaked in blood, and awakens a System! A year later, he witnesses the horrors of the Battle of Shanghai. Acting on impulse, he accepts a hell-level mission: travel to the island nation and assassinate the emperor! 2.1kReads8.1Score113Shelves
- 44 Dominating the Heavens by Collecting Perks in Yan Shuangying's World 从燕双鹰世界捡词条开始纵横诸天 Starting in the world of Yan Shuangying, he transmigrates through My Own Swordsman, Eagle 1949, Flying Tiger Divine Eagle, Lonely Island Flying Eagle, and Detective Di Renjie. If there are other worlds you’d like to see, let us know in the comments. 1.2kReads7.0Score105Shelves
- 45 Espionage: A Flirt? I'm the Ultimate Agent! 谍战：花心萝卜？我是最强特工！ [Spy drama: Lurk] + [Triple agent] + [Rewrite the ending] + [Awakened System] In the final days of the War of Resistance. The transmigrator and underground Party member Chen Shen infiltrates the Military Statistics Bureau’s training class, becomes brothers with Ming Tai, and develops feelings for Yu Manli. His exceptional abilities also lead Poison Bee Wang Tianfeng to call him a natural-born agent! Then, on orders from the Bureau Chief and Sixth Brother, he heads to Shanghai, impersonates the t 165Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 46 Spycraft in the War of Resistance 抗战谍门 Shen Mobei has a secret: he can travel freely between the Republic of China era and 2026. Using modern supplies and his foreknowledge, Shen Mobei maneuvers among the various factions. He rescues the Red Party and joins the Military Statistics Bureau, becoming a mysterious figure everyone wants to recruit and eliminate. Dai Li calls him "Ghost Fox": a ghost for his uncanny comings and goings, a fox for his cunning and intelligence. The Japanese want to uncover where his supplies come from. The Wa 84Reads7.0Score160Shelves
- 47 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
- 48 The Undercover Agent's Mark 潜伏者的印记 A mysterious classified file has come to light, revealing the silent battlefield of the infiltrators. The silent war is all the more terrifying. He has lived undercover for years, each mission like walking a tightrope. He can never tell friend from foe among those around him, and every step hides a deadly trap. As the clouds of suspicion gradually clear, the marks of those years spent undercover will ultimately become medals of history. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Kite That Flew Away 远去的风筝 Han Yong, the last disciple of Chinese martial arts master Gong Baotian, is wanted by the Kuomintang for avenging his family. With no other choice, he joins the Communist Party. During an ambush, a traitor’s tip-off leads to the annihilation of the Party’s intelligence company, and Han Yong is branded a traitor. But he does not lose heart or give up. After drifting to Meixian and Shaoguan in Guangdong, he receives support from like-minded martial artists and the working masses, and establishes t 973Reads—Score100Shelves
- 50 No One Knows Your Name 你的名字无人知晓 This is a “book of darkness” for hardcore fans of historical spy fiction. If you’re hoping for someone to transmigrate or be reborn, or for a System that gives them cheat-like powers... there’s still time to leave. But if you long to sink into the real, filthy quagmire of espionage from 1930 to 1949, rife with conspiracies, schemes, and betrayal, and to witness with your own eyes how an ordinary man is forged by the Soviet NKVD into a nameless phantom, shaping the course of war from the shadows —Reads—Score—Shelves
