Novels like Counterespionage Storm
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- 51 For the Sake of an Undercover Agent List 为了一份潜伏名单 In the distance lay a wide-open stretch of land, with not a single brick or tile, nor a house or village in sight. A freight train raced across the plain. The train belched thick white smoke, roaring and struggling as it sped along. Suddenly, the door of a boxcar swung open, and a figure tumbled out, landing beneath the rocky embankment. He quickly vanished into the grass and brush beside the railway. Moments later, a volley of gunfire sent sparks flying from the rocks along the embankment. The 511Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 52 Sparrow: Echoes from the Abyss 麻雀：深渊回响 As Shanghai was liberated, a deeper infiltration quietly stirred back to life. Chen Shen set out to investigate the “Abyss Project,” concealed for decades. Pawns, players, and the game itself: everyone was playing a double role. The most dangerous traps often spring just when you think you've won. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 He, Making a Living in the Juntong with Cheats 河，我在军统靠外挂混日子 Scene 1 Sneaking into the enemy camp at night. System: [You’re about to get shot in the head.] I put on a helmet ahead of time → Result: A stray bullet ricochets and blows up the Japanese army’s ammunition depot. Japanese troops: ??? Scene 2 Chasing a criminal by train. System: [You’re about to fall off the train.] I jump off → Result: I land right on top of a Japanese courier. The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics: Brother, lend us your head for a bit. Scene 3 Poison at the banquet. Syst 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Shadows of Espionage in the War of Resistance 抗战谍影 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, countless outstanding Chinese people served on the intelligence front. The protagonist, Tang Jian, and several other characters are among them. Witty and courageous, they risk their lives in a desperate struggle against the enemy on a battlefield without smoke. But the fight is brutal, and the enemy is constantly infiltrating their ranks. The clash between the two sides is fierce and merciless, and many people die on this unseen battlefield. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Secret Service Sets a Honey Trap, but the Female Spy Takes Control 军统设下美人计女谍反手掌全局 Can you believe it? The beauty trap carefully laid by the Military Statistics Bureau ended up ensnaring its own creators! Nineteen-year-old Qin Yu was mistakenly captured by the Bureau while searching for her missing father, then trained into a killing machine. Everyone thought she had become a secret agent at their mercy. But no one knew that this frail body housed a clear-eyed, steadfast heart devoted to saving the nation, dancing on the edge of a blade with every step fraught with peril. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I Told You to Take the Civil Service Exam, but State Security Took You Away 让你考公进体制，你被国安带走了 [State Secret. Do Not Distribute!] Lin Feng, an elite esports player, was ordered by his family to pass the civil service exam after becoming too obsessed with gaming. He thought he’d spend the rest of his life wasting away in a cubicle, but then a citywide energy crisis struck. Drawing on the extraordinary data analysis and split-second decision-making skills he had honed in games, he remotely controlled a swarm of drones to guide rescue teams with pinpoint accuracy, turning the tide. While his 1.6kReads—Score10714d adds
- 57 Time-Traveling Agent: The Turmoil of Republican-Era China 时空特工：民国风云 I was tricked into becoming an employee of a space development company. Now I have to use time-space transfer technology to complete assignments across various timelines in the Republican era. The work is pretty easy, but in his spare time, Zhang Hao wants to stir things up. Green Gang thugs? Warlords carving up the country? With my hands in my pockets, what can you do to me? Imperialist powers? Japanese invaders? I'll turn everything upside down, all on my own! A passionate tale set in the Repu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The World of Spies 间谍的世界 After the protagonist transmigrates, a mysterious department invites them to take part in the beta test of a spy-world game. Once inside, they discover that the game’s storylines are based on TV shows and movies they’ve seen before. It all starts with Sparrow. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Agent: I'm Really Not an Accountant 特工：我真不是会计 What I studied wasn’t accounting, but mathematics: a means for humanity to rigorously describe and derive the abstract structures and patterns of things. Meng Jingsi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Yale Graduate on the Notice Board Stood at My Dad's Grave for Ten Minutes (Part One) 公示栏里的耶鲁硕士，在我爹坟前站了十分钟（一） The Yale Master's Degree on the Notice Board Stood at My Father's Grave for Ten Minutes (1) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Yale Graduate on the Notice Board Stood at My Dad's Grave for Ten Minutes (Part Three) 《公示栏里的耶鲁硕士，在我爹坟前站了十分钟》（三） The Yale Master's Degree on the Notice Board Stood at My Father's Grave for Ten Minutes (3) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Espionage: Capturing the Japanese Officer's Wife, Tan Xin Has Intelligence 谍战：俘虏鬼子夫人檀心有情报 This author is lazy and won’t write a blurb longer than 50 characters! When there aren’t enough characters, they make up the difference with “ah”: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... 5Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 63 47 Lamps, 48 of Me, and Next Is My Daughter 47盏灯48个我下一个是我女儿 At 2:17 a.m., I jolted awake right on time. As an electrician, I’m woken every night by a timestamp that shouldn’t exist. The rows of streetlights across the city aren’t just for illumination. They’re a prison of endless reincarnation, trapping forty-seven generations of people. From H-01 to H-47, each light holds an electrician’s lingering obsession. After they die, their memories are uploaded to the lamp posts. Resonating layer upon layer, they give birth to a System that devours human natur 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Foodie's Transmigration to a World of Cuisine: I'm Not the God of Food! 吃货穿越美食世界：我不是食神！ Exciting, fun, and original + transmigration + comeback and face-slapping + traditional cuisine + historical what-if + both parents alive + female lead + free travel between worlds + Chinese history and culture + slow burn + wish fulfillment + infinite flow! The protagonist is a seasoned modern-day foodie with a keen palate but mediocre cooking skills. After an accident, he transmigrates to a fantastical world where food reigns supreme. World rules: Food is not just a necessity for survival; it 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Nameless Long River: Thirty Years Behind Enemy Lines 长河无名，敌营三十载 Japan, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, the United States, and South Korea: six identities at once, and thirty years embedded in enemy ranks. From the covert battles in Shanghai and the Hangzhou Incident to code-breaking intrigues, the smoke of Nomonhan, espionage in the Far East, and power struggles in a world at war, he hides his real name and bears the burden of his country and people under an assumed identity. His name is absent from the history 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 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—14d adds
- 67 A Contest of Wits in the Spy World 谍海较量 By a twist of fate, a psychology graduate student returned to 1937, a year torn apart by war. As he sought out the underground organization and held fast to his red ideals, he contributed what he could to his country's liberation and rejuvenation in a turbulent era, embarking on a legendary career as an undercover agent in the world of espionage. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Espionage: Code Name Oriole 谍战之代号黄雀 Caught in a nation ravaged by war, an overseas student joined the Communist Party in secret. Following his orders, he communicated through a single contact and went undercover alone to carry out a mission for the Military Statistics Bureau. By a twist of fate, he joined the Special Higher Police. From then on, trapped between competing powers, he matched wits with them all in a thrilling battle of spies. In this tangled struggle, who will have the last laugh and become the hidden player waiting 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Espionage: From the Start, I Shoot a Secret Agent from the Special High Police 谍战：开局击毙特高课特务 Liu Wentao transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Every Japanese soldier he kills earns him a reward, which he uses to buy weapons and help resist the invasion. Many people wonder who killed the chief of the Japanese Special Service Agency and blew up the counterfeit banknote printing plant. No one knows it was him. Liu Wentao keeps a low profile, moving along the edge of life and death as he carries out the boldest missions! Rumble! An explosion echoes as black smoke billows from the Speci 2.3kReads7.3Score13814d adds
- 70 Republican-Era Espionage: The Winds of Change 民国谍战之风起云涌 For the shame of the nation and the pain of our families, we will never rest until the Japanese invaders are defeated. Our blood soaks the scorched earth. We are sons of China, brave and true. This is a true story from the years of resistance against Japan. The King of Espionage emerges, reminding us never to forget the heroes of the unseen front. 15.2kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 71 Espionage: The Many-Faced Yama, I Became the Juntong's Faith 谍战：千面阎罗，我活成军统信仰 [Master of Disguise]+ [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [One Female Lead] Ling Yunzhi transmigrates to Shanghai in 1939 and becomes a deputy captain of the 76th Division's direct-action squad. Backed by a system, he is decisive and ruthless, and completing missions is a breeze. In the Juntong, he is known as the Faceless Yama. To the Communist Party, he is the Dragon's Thorn. One high-ranking Japanese intelligence officer after another, along with army and navy officers and members 79Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 72 The Nameless Reverse Blade 逆刃无名 Spy thriller + Republican-era China + agents + mystery and deduction + careful planning + high-IQ mind games + undercover work + no romance In 1934, Shanghai was shrouded in turmoil. Shen Yan, a proofreader at a small newspaper, was an ordinary man with just two extraordinary qualities: a photographic memory and an unmatched talent for keeping his abilities hidden. A circle-shaped coded message, a ragtag team of five, and an assassination that would shake the world. He killed the traitor in thre 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Invisible Hand 隐形之手 The Invisible Hand is a sweeping techno-espionage novel set on the global cyber battlefield of the near future. At its heart are Chinese cybersecurity experts Lin Jing and Chen Hao, who lead a covert operations team in a twenty-year-long, bloodless yet breathtaking showdown against a shadowy force known as Project Mirror, amid the torrents of global data... 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Reborn as a Traitor 重生当汉奸 Modern special forces soldier Lin Feng accidentally transmigrates to Tianjin in 1940 and takes over the body of Chen Mo, deputy captain of the Wang Jingwei regime’s secret police. To survive in enemy territory and carry out his mission as an undercover agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he has no choice but to play the part of a greedy, brutal traitor, maneuvering between Japanese agents, Wang regime superiors, and Military Statistics Bureau orders. During his missions, he repeatedly face 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 From History Prodigy to Secret Agent Assassin 从历史系高材生到军统暗刃 Modern history graduate student Chen Yu transmigrates to 1938 Shanghai through a mysterious pocket watch, taking over the body of Lin Mo, a peripheral member of the Military Statistics Bureau. Armed with his knowledge of history and a modern way of thinking, he struggles to survive amid Japanese and puppet forces and the power plays of rival factions, gradually growing from an inexperienced student into a cool-headed, perceptive agent. As he navigates between his superior, the Military Statistic 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Infiltrating the Military Statistics Bureau, I Accidentally Built an Arms Empire 我在军统搞渗透，竟造出军火帝国 After transmigrating to a world of espionage, Ren Pingsheng becomes a nobody in the archives room. After accidentally activating the [Mission Lottery System], Ren Pingsheng mows down people like grass and blows up buildings like he’s setting off firecrackers! Zheng Yaoxian treats him like a brother, while the higher-ups are completely wrapped around his finger. Everyone thinks Ren Pingsheng rose through the ranks by sucking up to powerful people. Who would have guessed that, in the blink of an e 795Reads5.9Score10114d adds
- 77 Espionage: From the Start, I'm Told to Investigate My Own Communist Party 谍战：开局让我一个红党查红党 A leak at the newly established Zhejiang branch of the Fuxing Society led to a failed arrest. Acting on Dai’s orders, Lin Mingyu, a Communist Party member undercover at the Central Army Officer Academy, heads to the Zhejiang branch to secretly investigate the Communist Party infiltrators. 384Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Silent Glory: Blade Against Time 沉默的荣耀之逆时之刃 A spin-off novel in the "Glory of Silence" series, telling the story of an unlucky man who transmigrates into a spy thriller with a System. Follow him as he navigates Taiwan during the White Terror and makes it out unscathed. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Intelligence Codename: I Am Candle Shadow 谍报代号我是烛影 He is the Chen family’s only son, a wealthy young master, fluent in several languages, a top expert, and equipped with memories from his rebirth and a portable pocket dimension. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy. Inside, he is a soldier driven by urgency and guilt after being reborn. He plays a multifaceted spy while cultivating ties with all sides. Love of country and family: the romance and moving spirit of a “lone hero.” 94Reads6.5Score17214d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 81 A Spy's Road of Blood and Fire 血火谍路 A Chinese agent assumes another man’s identity and goes undercover in Japan, becoming neighbors with a Japanese counterintelligence chief. His code is cracked, exposing a top-secret operation. The chief discovers the agent’s real identity with the help of the man whose identity was stolen, his father, and the agent’s former first love. The agent uses his personal charm to narrowly escape the crisis. His beloved wife sabotages an assassination plot to save her comrades. As his teammates hunt her 555Reads—Score10314d adds
- 82 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…” 158Reads7.4Score11914d adds
- 83 Tales of the War Dragon 战龙记 The War Dragon, a special forces unit of Huaguo, intensifies sniper training for its special forces soldiers in preparation for the stern trials of counterterrorism operations and localized wars. Forged through brutal tests, these elite soldiers are like daggers plunged straight into the enemy’s heart. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Espionage in Changshu 常熟谍影 Just after Xu Zhiyuan arrives in Changshu, he receives a secret order: “Something is happening in Dongxiang. Go investigate No. 7 Plum Blossom Alley at once.” Under cover of night, he pushes open the half-ajar wooden door and finds the room in disarray. A blood-red plum blossom mark on the wall catches his eye, chilling him to the bone. 223Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 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—14d adds
- 86 Espionage: I Keep Using Poisonous Schemes, but Dai Li Tells Me to Calm Down 谍战：屡施毒计，戴老板劝我冷静 He is a Taoist who came down from the mountains with his sword to fight the Japanese. He is the top “poison agent” the Juntong has kept on ice. After Wang Tianmu, one of the Juntong’s Four Heavenly Kings, defected, the underground intelligence network behind enemy lines in Shanghai and North China was nearly wiped out. With no other choice, Dai Yudong activated Gu Han. Mission: assassinate a senior official at 76 and restore the Juntong’s operations in Shanghai. What? Gu Han engineered a battle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 A Republic-Era Spy Thriller? Why Has the Tone Gone Off the Rails! 民国谍战？画风怎么崩坏了！ Chen Mo wakes up one day to discover that he has transmigrated to the turbulent Republic of China era. In his ideal version of the story, he would punch secret agents, kick traitors, become an invisible guardian, then retire after succeeding, keeping his deeds and fame hidden. But reality is that, because he looks so much like a fallen hero, an underground organization mistakes him for the man and forcibly plants him in a key department at the heart of enemy territory, where he becomes a gloriou 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The House's Lament 房之殇 Centered on the theme of housing, this story follows an anti-corruption campaign in Binjiang City, as well as the joys and hardships residents face while trying to buy homes and fight for their rights. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 I’m an Electrician, Don’t Investigate Me 我是电工，别查我 I’m just an electrician who fixes streetlights. I only took on one high-paying job on the side. The little box on a lamppost unraveled a three-year espionage conspiracy. Everyone I knew had their own agenda: the senior who drew me into this was a spy chief, and the dead middleman had another hidden identity. My daughter’s safety is my shackles, and forty-seven lampposts are my trump card. Driven into a corner, I refuse to be pushed around any longer. With wires for blades and lampposts for ch 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Chongqing Negotiations 重庆谈判 This book includes stories about people who are difficult to deal with, a shameless scene in court, an attempt to exchange for the liver of the Father of the Nation, a drunken appearance in court, Kong Xiangxi’s letter of testimony, Madam Zhou’s trump card, Chen Gongbo’s flight into exile, a public trial of a notorious traitor on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the eternal mystery of Jin Bihui, among other things. 217Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 91 Crimson Red Throat 血色红腔 When the female lead is five, her father is murdered by secret agents after a traitor betrays him. When the male lead is seven, a local bully forces his beautiful mother into despair, leading to her death. Later, the two leads meet through Yiyang opera and grow up together. To protect the opera's secret code and military cipher, they secretly contend with Kuomintang agents while also matching wits with Japanese spies... They weave the preservation of traditional opera and the struggle of a natio 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Spy Games: Behind Enemy Lines 谍战之我在敌方阵营 Chen Xingjian, the protagonist, transmigrates to the World War II era. He plans to serve his country, but unexpectedly finds himself in enemy territory. His only option is to dramatically change his identity and keep working to help and transform his homeland, China. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Glory in the Shadow War 密战荣耀 Jiang Longcheng transmigrates through time to the international city of Shanghai in 1936, where his intelligence and courage make him shine in the currents of a changing era. Amid a web of spies, he moves like a sudden storm, risking everything to rescue underground Party members in danger. When Japanese aggressors provoke him, he responds with both courage and cunning, revealing the makings of a true hero. The military medals he earns are recognition of his extraordinary abilities and a tribute 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Wielding Wind and Thunder in Silence 无声执风雷 [Modern-day agent + modern-day espionage + mind-bending] By a twist of fate, a reporter met a former covert operative. After getting to know him, the reporter came up with the idea for this story. Thanks to it, he went from working for a small-time newspaper to becoming editor-in-chief. The story he wants to tell is about a group of young people and their lives on the secret front. 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Hidden Frontline III: The Strange Mysteries of Jinling 隐蔽战线三：金陵诡谲 After the August 15 victory, the Kuomintang launched frenzied attacks and plundered the revolutionary bases in an attempt to spark a civil war and seize the fruits of victory. It recruited large numbers of Japanese collaborators to serve its cause. Ye Yunsheng, a member of our Party who had infiltrated the Japanese Bamboo Agency's Special Higher Police, was among those targeted for recruitment. Both the Investigation and Statistics Bureau and the Military Statistics Bureau admired Ye Yunsheng's 587Reads9.5Score10714d adds
- 96 Transmigrating to 1936: Between Night and Dawn 穿越1936：暗夜与黎明 A modern young man arrives in the war-torn Republic of China. From the start, he's a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy. A golden finger? What can he possibly do? The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, underground organizations, Japanese invaders, collaborators, moles, and more... —Reads—Score3k14d adds
- 97 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 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 King of Espionage: Four Identities, Dancing on the Blade's Edge in Shanghai 谍战之王四重身份上海滩刀尖跳舞 [Espionage + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Fourfold Identity] After I transmigrate to Shanghai, I take on four undercover identities: one with the Japanese army, one with 76, one with the Juntong, and one with the Red faction! On a stormy night, all four sides close in on me. With a gun pointed at my back, I use a single badge to drive off a Juntong sniper, talk circles around a 76 agent, and exploit the Japanese army’s power to break out of a deadly trap! Other people risk their —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Shadow of Espionage: The Little Guy’s Reversal 谍影：小人物的逆袭 Modern-day criminal investigator Cao Ze wakes up to find himself a low-ranking policeman in Nanjing in 1937. War is about to break out, and his children are far away in Shanghai, with no one to look after them. To protect his loved ones, he uses his exceptional criminal profiling skills to enter the world of espionage, taking the codename “Blind Man.” From uncovering Japanese spy hideouts to rooting out traitors and quelling mutinies, he later becomes a puppet policeman and infiltrates enemy ran 10.5kReads7.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 100 From the Start in a Mass Grave, I Keep a Low Profile and Survive in the Espionage Universe 开局乱葬岗，苟在谍战宇宙里保命 When Lin Che, a young man from the modern era, wakes up, he finds himself in the body of a “corpse” in a mass grave in Shanghai in 1940. There is no System, and even the original owner’s memories are broken and hazy. But to his horror, he discovers that before dying, the original owner had carried out a mission with Gong Shu. The benefactor who saves him after he wakes has eyes like Zhou Yi from The Brink, while the gentleman who keeps coming by to fix his car is Fang Jiashu from The Infiltrator 404Reads—Score11314d adds
