Novels like Counterespionage Storm
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- 1 Shadows of Espionage: Operation Rat Hunt 谍影重袭：猎鼠行动 This is the second espionage novel following Shadow in the Clouds. It is about a “mole's nest” that has infiltrated the upper ranks of the Ministry of State Security, and the series of life-and-death struggles between Luan Jianglong, Zhou Yutong, and the “mole's nest”… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Missing Courier 消失的交通员 In the spring of 1941, Qingcheng simmered with intrigue under Japanese and puppet rule. “Gray Snake,” an ace courier for the Chinese Communist Party’s Qingcheng underground station who knew the key intelligence routes, suddenly vanished without a trace. A top-secret list concerning the safety of underground party organizations across the Jiangnan region disappeared with him. Meanwhile, the Japanese puppet secret service’s Plum Blossom Agency and the Military Statistics Bureau’s Qingcheng station 43Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 3 Spy Within a Spy Within a Spy 谍中谍中谍 [Spy warfare + political intrigue + undercover agents + Republican era + no System] A boy who has been wandering in the mountains is discovered by the Xing'an Sect, a Japanese mining company, the Black Dragon Society, the Saibei Gang, a tomb-raiding sect, and local warlords. They all want to train him to be a double agent, a role that demands the extraordinary skill of a tightrope walker. How does the boy play both immortal and devil, snatch treasure from the jaws of danger, and dance on the edg —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 4 Blood Sacrifice at the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, 1938 1938血祭黄帝陵 Behind the known history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression lie the blood and youth of countless Chinese sons and daughters. The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, burial place of the ancestor who founded Chinese civilization, bestows blessings upon our land and rivers, protects our homeland, and safeguards China through the ages. At the start of the war, the land around the Yellow Emperor’s Mausoleum became China’s most dangerous arena for espionage. Agents from the Chinese Comm 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After Retiring, I Became the Living King of Hell of the Police Force 退役后，我成了警队的活阎王 Han Feng, a special forces soldier, retired three years ago after a “command error” and took a security job at a chemical plant. One rainy night, a group of mercenaries laid an ambush right under his nose. Their target was a female police captain. He had no intention of getting involved until he found a photograph on one of the enemies: it showed the comrade who had died three years ago. An address was written on the back. Three months ago, an unidentified skeleton had been unearthed there. The 19.5kReads8.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 6 Espionage: My Lone Goose Years 谍战之我的孤鸿生涯 If you want to make it in this world, you need money, and you need people behind you. When I, Jiang Hanchuan, make my way in the world, I have not only people and money, but power and influence too. The Japanese are coming? Director Jiang will send you off to meet Amaterasu. The gangs are coming? Director Jiang will show you what a real gang is. The Military Statistics Bureau is coming? District Chief Jiang will teach you why the flowers are so red. There’s only one reason: to resist the Japanes 37Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 7 Espionage: What? I Transmigrated Into a Key Member of the Special Higher Police 谍战：纳尼？我穿越成特高课骨干 [Undercover + Realistic + Minor System Elements + Black-Market Trading] Qin Chang’an transmigrates to the Republican era and, through a twist of fate, infiltrates the Special Higher Police, becoming one of its key members. Qin Chang’an moves through the night, and must do more than conceal his identity. He faces one test after another from the Special Higher Police, and sometimes even has to survive assassination attempts by his own side. Qin Chang’an can only use his position to steadily build 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Transmigrate to 1941 and Join the Military Statistics Bureau 穿越1941当军统 A young salesman died suddenly of a heart attack after working overtime for too long. Miraculously, he clearly realized that he had transmigrated and been reborn in the body of a teenage agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. Knowing he had to find the Communist Party and serve his country, he embarked on a legendary journey. There are no superpowers or transmigration items in this story. If you don't like it, please don't flame the author. All feedback is welcome! 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Espionage: I Can Turn Back Time 谍战：我能倒流时间 He was an agent with the Fuxing Station, secretly sent to study in Japan for four years and gather intelligence on the country. After returning home, he repeatedly foiled Japanese spy plots and became the Shanghai station’s ace agent. A child falls! A traitor tests him! A bullet goes astray! No problem! He can prevent every tragedy, all because he can turn back time. 218Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Nanjing Shopkeeper: I Leave No Japanese Soldiers Alive 南京掌柜：杀鬼子，我不留渣 Nanjing, winter. The wind is like a knife, slipping right down your collar. Qin Muyao kneads dough. His knuckles are thick, covered in cracks, dusted with flour that won't wash clean. Across the street, Fujiwara Xue touches up her lipstick. That little mirror, they say its frame is stretched with human skin. Damn, she's got expensive taste. The dough has to be kneaded smooth. Even if you're going to die, you have to do the job cleanly. This woman's got a sharp eye; Qin Muyao knows it well. Kil 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Best Player in the Country from the Start: National Security Comes Knocking for My Help 开局国服第一，国安上门求我出手 “I'm Shao Yunzhou, a socially anxious teenager with a disability, and the uncrowned king of the internet. When overseas hackers plunged the whole country into panic and state security came crashing through my door, I had just one request: ‘Give me five minutes to back up my data.’” 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Roommate Stole My Résumé for an Interview, but Why Are You Applying to a Defense Contractor? 舍友偷我简历去面试，可你怎么去面军工单位啊 My roommate stole my resume to go to an interview, but how are you going to interview at a military-industrial complex? 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Ministry of State Security: Sleepless Under the Heavens 国安谍影：苍穹无眠 Late at night, the Special Operations Command Center of the Ministry of State Security is brightly lit. Chen Zixu, a strategic mastermind famed for his cool-headed logic and meticulous planning, stares at the flashing red alert on the screen. An encrypted intelligence report suggests that the overseas espionage group Dark Star has set its sights on the core data of the Sui Ren new energy project, the nation's highest-level secret. Director Gao Chongming personally selects Chen Zixu and authorize 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Traveling Between Group Chats, I Bring the Nation to Care for Fallen Heroes' Families 来回群穿，我带国家关爱烈属 [System + heartwarming story + the nation has your back + making amends to martyrs' families] “Daddy, General Wu Shi and the others were killed. What will happen to their families?” My six-year-old daughter, Lin Xiaohe, watched The Silent Glory and cried her heart out. I didn't know how to answer. But the next second, I awakened the Martyrs' Families Care System. [First instance unlocked: The Silent Glory. You can transmigrate to 1950 and rescue the families of fallen martyrs.] I held my daughte —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A New Book by Liu Qingxiang, Who Loves Crispy Sweet-and-Sour Pork 爱吃焦熘肉段的柳清香的新书 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Espionage: I Rise Through the Ranks While Undercover in the Military Intelligence Bureau 谍战：潜伏在军统的我步步高升 When loyalty becomes the most extravagant disguise, how can he hold fast to his principles? Li Shi leads a double life: on the surface, he is an action team captain in the Military Statistics Bureau; in truth, he is an underground Communist Party member. The System lets him buy any gift he needs to win people over, but every transaction leaves him burdened with deeper guilt. Behind every promotion lie the sacrifices of more comrades. When he becomes the youngest division chief in the Military St 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Ludao File Number 鹭岛编号 Egret Island Number 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Sand of Theseus 忒修斯之砂 The Sand of Theseus is a post-apocalyptic allegory blending sci-fi suspense with philosophical speculation. While investigating a series of severed-finger murders, Detective Lin Xia accidentally uncovers her father’s legacy: a quantum utopia project. The entire city is actually a virtual cage imprisoning human consciousness, and every case is a cruel enactment of the System’s self-checking procedure. When she discovers that her memories have been altered and her body pieced together from forty-t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Great Tuan Tuan Mystery 团团迷局 During the War of Resistance, several factions fought a thrilling, scheming, bloody battle in Haidong City over a Ming Dynasty treasure... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Espionage: You'd Better Come Clean 谍战：你最好老实交代 In this dark forest where everyone is acting and everyone is lying, Jia Derang serves his country with a unique ability. Whenever someone lies in front of him, their body glows red. Other people use torture to interrogate suspects. Jia Derang just “reads their faces.” Whether he’s dealing with Japanese spies who deny everything or collaborators who weep and beg for mercy, Jia Derang always greets them with a smile: “Relax. You’d better come clean.” After all, when the red glow from your body is 530Reads—Score10414d adds
- 21 Fight, Fight, Fight! Beat That Traitor to a Pulp 打打打，打你个大汉奸 On New Year’s Eve, the notorious traitor Chen Biao was killed while performing ancestral rites at home. A note was left beside him, bearing the words: “Victory in the War of Resistance is certain. May China endure forever.” Fight the Japanese invaders and eliminate traitors. Operation Code Cobra is about to begin...! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Espionage: I Handle Logistics at Headquarters 76 谍战：我在76号管后勤 Li Zongheng, a college student from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes the head of the supplies allocation section at Wang Jingwei’s 76th Division. Looking at the den of evil before him, Li Zongheng gives a cold laugh. This lucrative cushy job will make the perfect cover for fighting the Japanese! With control of supplies, he manages ammunition and medicine above, and food and fuel below. The foreign firms in the concessions are his supply stations, and the 76th Di 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Last Piece of Intelligence 最后一份情报 He is a “dormant” courier, codenamed Lighthouse, the quietest undercover agent in the heart of enemy territory. But when his superior suddenly goes missing and he receives a “top-secret” list riddled with errors, he realizes the entire intelligence network has been infiltrated, and he himself is being set up as a sacrificial pawn. Caught in a manhunt where nothing is what it seems, the only person he can trust is a woman of mysterious identity who has deliberately approached him... Now that ever 2.5kReads7.7Score21514d adds
- 24 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—14d adds
- 25 Espionage: The KMT's Living Yama, Slayer of Japanese Devils 谍战：军统活阎王，专杀小鬼子 My name is Chu Feng, and my military intelligence codename is “Living Yama.” I have just one rule: kill the Japanese invaders and the traitors, every last one of them. I have an intelligence System. I know every secret the Japanese are hiding. Want to know why I’m so ruthless? Because I came from the future, and I’m here specifically to send them all to hell! 1.1kReads7.1Score10814d adds
- 26 Shadows and Spies: An Undercover Agent in the War of Resistance 暗影谍影：抗战卧底 From 1939 to 1944, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate. In Central China, the Japanese military established its intelligence hub, the “Plum Blossom Bureau,” and colluded with the Wang Jingwei puppet regime to hunt down underground intelligence agents and destroy resistance organizations. At the same time, they secretly advanced “Operation Cold Star,” building hidden weapons depots and training agents in an attempt to completely blockade the resistance bases in Central China a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Shadow of the Spy 绝尘谍影 A special forces soldier returns to 1937 and becomes a covert agent for the resistance. He never forgets his mission, infiltrates the secret service, and maintains five separate identities as he navigates the forces of the enemy and its puppet regime. He leaves everyone in the dust, rises to the summit, and looks down upon the lesser peaks. 286Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Modern National Security Spy Thriller: Ghostly Disappearance 现代国安谍战之幽灵履灭 International espionage is growing ever more rampant. The Ghost Group is a powerful, ruthless, and highly secretive international spy organization that has long engaged in intelligence theft and sabotage against countries around the world, gravely threatening their security and stability. Lin Xiuyuan is an experienced national security officer, both wise and courageous. With his unwavering loyalty to his country and outstanding professional skills, he is entrusted with the vital mission of inves 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Shadowless Spy War 谍战无影 A trainee from a military intelligence special training class is ordered to go undercover in occupied territory. By chance, however, Japanese spies recruit him as an informant, and he finds himself hunted by multiple sides, with traps at every turn... [Transmigration] [Espionage] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No extraordinary abilities] 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Espionage: Dawn at Machangting, 1949 谍战：1949马场町的黎明 [Spy thriller + based on real events from the White Terror era + mind games + no System + high-stakes intrigue] In August 1949, Lin Huaiyuan, a senior staff officer in the former Ministry of National Defense, was ordered to cross the sea. His true identity was that of an undercover agent codenamed “Secret Envoy One.” The top-secret intelligence he carried contained a “double cipher” linked not only to the situation in an archipelago in the southeast, but also to a secret plan known as “Fortress. 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Shadows Over Shanghai: Reborn in the Republic to Save the Nation and Its People 沪上谍影：魂穿民国救国救民 [War of Resistance espionage] + [Single heroine] + [Soul swap] + [Soul transmigration] A graduate student in history transmigrates into the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and becomes Shen Yanzhi, a Juntong trainee agent. He navigates between Juntong, the Japanese collaborationist regime, and the underground Communist Party, walking a knife's edge with only fragmentary memories of history to guide him. There is no romance, only a yearning to hold on to his beliefs and survive. Can he preserve his convic 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Espionage: Code Name Beehive 谍战：代号蜂巢 In the Shanghai concessions in 1937, Lu Chen, a former special forces instructor, transmigrates into the body of Asano Akira, an ethnic Chinese employee of the Japanese military intelligence service. From the start, he faces an identity check, but his awakened Hive Intelligence System lets him turn the tables: by touching an object, he can extract information from the past 30 minutes, and by making contact with someone, he can unlock their hidden secrets! In the eyes of the Japanese, he is a cle 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Bloodbath of Resistance: 1937 喋血抗战1937 My new work is out! Please come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Netherworld Tycoon: My Ghost Soldiers Can Devour Gods and Demons 幽冥巨贾：我的阴兵可吞鬼神 When Lin Yuan wakes, he has transmigrated to a strange world where ghosts and monsters run rampant and the laws of reality have crumbled. Survival is his first priority, and the “trillion-dollar inheritance” he has received isn't gold or silver, but an army of ghost soldiers lying dormant in the underworld! At first, he trembles in terror before hideous ghosts. Then he coolly commands his black-armored ghost soldiers as they test their strength. From a frail mortal, he rises to become a strange- 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Undercover: The Files of an International Spy Master, Decoded 潜伏：国际间谍高手档案解密 Drawing on numerous spies' memoirs and autobiographies, publications from China and abroad, and newly declassified archival materials from countries around the world, Undercover: The Declassified Files of Master International Spies selects the most legendary incidents to tell the stories of master spies' work, lives, and relationships. It unveils the secrets of 20 masters who dominated the world of covert warfare and even changed the course of history. 147Reads9.3Score3014d adds
- 36 The Yale Graduate on the Notice Board Stood at My Dad's Grave for Ten Minutes (Part Two) 《公示栏里的耶鲁硕士，在我爹坟前站了十分钟》（二） The Yale Master's Degree on the Notice Board Stood at My Father's Grave for Ten Minutes (2) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Money-Hungry Female Agent 财迷女特工 Hello, dearies! I'm the author of "The Money-Hungry Agent"! This is a fast-paced power fantasy about a Wall Street money lover who transmigrates into the Military Statistics Bureau! The heroine, Shen Dairuo, has no romantic delusions and relies purely on business savvy to counter espionage. She's a master of accounting, arbitrage, and building intelligence networks. She turns the tables from the brink of execution, amasses gold bars and builds her own team, then keeps Japanese agents and old han 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Twin Blades: Impostors in the Demon Cave 双星齐刃：魔窟伪装者 After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, Liu Mingzhang, a secret Communist Party member codenamed Qiming, and Zheng Yaoxian, codenamed Kite, navigate the treacherous environment of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. With intelligence and courage, they pass along information and match wits with their foes. After a series of grueling challenges and brushes with death, they obtain vital intelligence and help the organization strike at the enemy. At last, they witne 219Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 39 Lone Hero of Yingxiong 孤胆雄英 Tags: Republic of China era, espionage, passionate, mind games, ruthless, warlord rivalries, love of family and country [Ruthless hero returns + espionage and mind games + decisive and ruthless + beauties of a chaotic age] Shanghai, a city awash in blood and turmoil. Chen Moyan awakens to find his fellow agents dead and himself a “lone ghost” with the Juntong’s guns trained on him. Kill his colleagues to earn their trust? He becomes Juntong’s sharpest blade, earning the nickname “Chen the King o 1.8kReads8.6Score16814d adds
- 40 A Lane Boy's War of Resistance 弄堂小子的抗战 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 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Shadows on the Jianghu 江湖谍影 A traditional spy thriller, with no transmigration and no golden finger for the protagonist. Please don't flame me if that's not your thing. A legendary espionage tale set during the War of Resistance, starring Du Yunfan, a Shanghai street punk, and Shen Peiyao, a Communist agent. After an accident draws Du Yunfan into a deadly clash between the Military Statistics Bureau and Japanese spies, he is forced to pose as Shen Peiyao's husband. Little does he know she is the childhood sweetheart he los —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Espionage: Lost in the Dust 谍战：隐入尘埃 [Republican Era, Realism, Spy Thriller] That winter, the volunteer army’s spy network in Mudanjiang is hit by a major purge carried out by the Japanese. The organization is almost completely destroyed, and agent Chen Hui, codenamed “Dust,” who is embedded in the Mudanjiang Police Bureau, faces a momentous decision: stay or leave. 675Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 43 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 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Republican Era: My Spy Missions Never Fail 民国：我的谍战无往不利 In 1938, Shanghai became an isolated island, and the world turned into a living hell. Chu Yeming, a military intelligence agent, was exposed and taken to the interrogation room at the dreaded No. 76. He thought he was as good as dead. But in the agonizing pain of torture, he unexpectedly awakened an unbelievable mental talent: the [Battlefield Simulation]! He could construct a realistic battlefield in his mind and simulate every possible outcome of an operation. Each simulated death bought him a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Espionage: Taking the Place of a Japanese Aristocrat, the Secret Police Bureau’s Tyrant 谍战：顶替日本贵族，特高课暴君 In 1939, Shanghai has become an isolated island. Lu Yuan is nothing but a low-ranking agent at a Military Statistics Bureau training school, always ready to risk his life as cannon fodder. Because he looks almost exactly like Fujiwara Ryuichi, a high-ranking Japanese aristocrat about to take up a post in Shanghai, the bureau’s leadership selects him for a “decoy double” operation that is all but certain to end in death. Their true aim is to have him deliver false intelligence, then let the Japan 3.9kReads6.2Score27614d adds
- 46 Espionage: Posing as a Japanese Spy, I Rise to the Top of the Special Higher Police 谍战：冒充日特，我在特高课当大 The military intelligence service handed me over to the Japanese as a pawn. I casually killed the real Japanese agent and took his place, walking straight into the Kempeitai headquarters. The section chief's eyes reddened as he called me "senior brother": "You've suffered so much." He didn't know that the real Harukawa had already been smothered to death by me in a rundown shack. 5.8kReads6.7Score38614d adds
- 47 My Years as a Dandy in the Juntong 在军统做纨绔的那些年 [Spy warfare + high intelligence + rooting out Japanese spies + no System] If you haven't read spy fiction, don't click in, because you won't understand it. A special forces soldier is reborn with the same soul (what does that mean?) in the Republican era. The Military Statistics Bureau's Seventh Brother opens a bank and establishes a secret international merchant association. The Skull and Bones, the great families, and all the rest can step aside: the Flower-Planting Nation is the best at doin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Silent Glory: Witnessing the Glory of Our Forebears 沉默的荣耀：见证先辈的荣耀 Formal disclaimer: This book is not a wish-fulfillment story, nor does it follow the original plot strictly. It respects the original work and the heroes who came before. This is a creative work based on the original story, viewed and experienced from the perspective of a Chinese person from a later generation, entering that era of red faith, where thunder rumbles in silence. At the moment a nameless hero is struck by lightning in the plaza, Chen Mo's consciousness awakens in the body of Chen Zh 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Espionage in the Resistance War: I Have a Background Editor! 谍战抗战：我有背景编辑器！ Time: Autumn 1937. The Battle of Shanghai is over, and the city has fallen. The protagonist, Liu Yunchuan, is a notorious playboy in Shanghai, a secret agent for the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, and later joins the Chinese Communist underground. He is also a transmigrator with a built-in background editor... With this cheat at his disposal, senior Japanese officials all become his backers. Who would dare cross him with connections like these? What intelligence could he pos 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Espionage: I Have a Ghost Gate 谍战：我有一座鬼门关 [Espionage + Juntong + Wild Imagination + Multiple Heroines + Ruthless Action] Zhong Kui, an elite soldier, had his soul transported into Shanghai in 1937, taking over the body of an action-team member of the Lixing Society who had just died. When his superiors learned he was alive and had assassinated several Japanese agents that very day, they promptly transferred him to the intelligence division. Codenamed Yama, he became a true intelligence agent. Using his uncanny Ghost Gate, Zhong Kui hunt 20Reads—Score—14d adds
