Novels like Republican-Era China: From Ruthless Bandit to King of Assassins
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- 151 The War of Resistance: Maybe I Should Go It Alone 抗战，还是自己单干吧 Qin Xiang, an ordinary man from modern society, somehow transmigrates into the era of the War of Resistance! Watch as he rises from a conscript, step by step, amid the chaos of war! The protagonist unexpectedly awakens a space within his sea of consciousness. With this one golden finger, see how he gradually stockpiles supplies to survive! After the uprising, he temporarily joins the Nationalist government, but still makes a point of helping the Reds whenever he can! Going it alone doesn't mean 40.6kReads7.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 152 Fighting the Japanese: Weapons Designer at the Fengtian Arsenal 抗日，奉天兵工厂武器设计师 (Tags: Infinite Clones, Sign-In for Warhammer 40K Items, Ruthless, No Female Lead, Entertainment, Self-Made Weapons and Military Industry, Building a Faction, System Space) Li Qinwu transmigrates to the Fengtian Arsenal, with only a month left before the war begins. Fortunately, Li Qinwu obtains a sign-in System. His first sign-in grants him an Infinite Clone System: for just one kilogram of gold, he can get a body that obeys his every command. Watch as Li Qinwu uses his infinite clones to fight 61Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 153 Shengshui's War of Resistance 水生的抗战 In 1932, the iron heel of Japanese imperialism trampled Chinese soil. The Kuomintang's Northeast Army 39th Corps retreated without fighting. In a fit of fury, Cao Shuisheng, a platoon leader in the 2nd Platoon, 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, 13th Regiment, 45th Brigade, 11th Division, 39th Corps, left the army alone with nothing but a rifle and headed back to his home in the Zaozhuang region of Shandong Province. But he never expected the Japanese army's iron heel to reach his hometown, where they 721Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Ordinary and Glorious 平凡与光荣 Though the nation has fallen, its mountains and rivers remain. An ordinary modern office worker unexpectedly transmigrates into a turbulent era. He is unremarkable, and his only advantage is knowing how history will unfold. He has no power to shape the tides of history, but watch as he does what he can to contribute to the victory that lies ahead. 923Reads8.0Score10914d adds
- 155 Years Without Regrets 无悔岁月 In 1936, dusk settled over Xiangcheng, steeping it in the smell of rust and blood. The late-autumn wind cut like a knife, piercing to the bone. Xu Chengyang tugged down the brim of his police cap. The collar of his coarse wool uniform chafed his neck raw. This black uniform was both his prison and his armor… 459Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Reborn in Republican-Era China: Becoming the King of Spies 重生民国：成为谍影之王 [Reborn]+ [Political Intrigue]+ [Military]+ [Spy]+ [Invincible] Wang Xinghuo, a lowly office worker, is reborn in the twenty-fifth year of the Revolution. A ninth-term student at the Whampoa Military Academy, a heaven-blessed prodigy: this is Wang Xinglan's new identity. He is Reborn to protect his family, but an unexpected turn of events leads him into the Secret Service, where he becomes a spy. He battles Japanese spies, gradually awakens his abilities, and climbs step by step to the pinnacle 2.9kReads7.0Score18114d adds
- 157 Ning Wei Transmigrates into Zhou Weiguo, Killing the Japanese and Saving the Nation 宁伟穿越周卫国，杀倭救国 A gunshot rang out, bringing the tragic life of Ning Wei, hailed as the “Jungle Killer,” to an end. When he opened his eyes again, Ning Wei found himself in a world that was both familiar and strange. At the same time, a jumble of memories flooded into his mind. Zhou Wen, son of Zhou Jixian, a Confucian businessman of great standing in Suzhou and an early member of the Tongmenghui, had also adopted two stepsons: Liu Yuan and Liu Zhihui. The story is set in the early period before the outbreak of 2kReads8.3Score16414d adds
- 158 War God of Two Worlds 双界战神 One day, a white lotus flower suddenly descended upon the Sacred Ancestor Mountain of Gangwu Star. A baby boy was wrapped inside it. A year later, demonic cultivators from beyond the stars invaded Gangwu Star and their armies advanced, destroying Sacred Ancestor Mountain. The five elders fought to the death to protect the baby, but they were outnumbered and perished. Before dying, they sent him away. But the boy was frail, and the astral winds of the teleportation crushed his body, leaving behin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Queen of the Military Intelligence Bureau 军统女王 [Espionage + political intrigue + wits and strategy + ruthless decisiveness] The bloody odyssey of the Military Statistics Bureau’s queen! She is the knife in Boss Dai’s hand, and the nightmare that haunts his bedside! 1937: Shanghai, a deadly trap Lin Wei, codenamed “Ghost Fox,” arrives in Shanghai and forms the “Fox Thorn” assassination squad within three months. As her qipao swirls, collaborators’ heads roll and Japanese officers lie awake at night. But the wine Nanzo Yunko offers her is lace 12.5kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 160 Espionage: I Can See Hidden Information 谍战：我能看到隐藏信息 My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.7kReads8.5Score14814d adds
- 161 Espionage: A Fight to the Death 谍战：生死较量 In early 1928, Su Ziwu, the son of a wealthy family, is arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang's Special Operations Group, then secretly trained as an agent. During an operation to crack a secret Japanese spy organization, a Chinese Communist underground operative sacrifices herself to protect Su Ziwu's identity. Stunned by this revelation, Su Ziwu makes an even greater discovery: the "Thousand Faces" instructor who has been training him in the Kuomintang unit is also a member of the Chinese 4.1kReads9.2Score47814d adds
- 162 War of Resistance: The God-Tier Commander 抗战：神级战将 Leng Hanfeng formed a women’s special forces unit from the start and set out to kill Japanese soldiers. Zhou Weiguo: “He taught me what real special operations look like.” Yamamoto kidnapped one of Leng Hanfeng’s female soldiers. No problem. Leng Hanfeng went and tied up the Japanese lieutenant general in command at the gates of Ping’an County. A prisoner exchange? No, no, no. He wasn’t just going to make Yamamoto release his men. He was going to take out Yamamoto and the lieutenant general, t 2.7kReads8.5Score24014d adds
- 163 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China: I’m a Descendant of the Guanzhong Knifemen 穿越民国我是关中刀客的后人 After an accident, a rock-climbing instructor transmigrates back to the Guanzhong region during the Republican era. On his very first day, he discovers that bandits have slaughtered his family. It is the year the Japanese invade China, when the nation is broken and families are torn apart. The Xi’an Incident brings the Nationalists and Communists to an understanding: brothers may fight among themselves, but together they must resist foreign aggression. Against this backdrop, family vengeance and 73Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 164 Renewing My Life in Republican-Era China 我在民国续费人生 [Republican Era Slice of Life] [Golden Finger Sign-In] [Space] [Lighthearted Comedy] This is a slice-of-life story set in the Republican Era, focused on cozy, easygoing days and building wealth. It is not an overpowered wish-fulfillment story, and there is no otome romance route. The romance only appears much later, with the focus on the female lead's growth. Bad news: Ji Shaowei transmigrated, and landed in the Republican Era! Good news: she transmigrated into a Republican Era game she had spe 14.7kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 165 Warlord: I'm a Prodigal Son, Ruling the Turbulent Age 军阀：我！败家子，纵横乱世风云 Synopsis: [Warlords + tycoon protagonist + one heroine + sweet romance + 1916 + sign-in + Republican-era setting + devoted husband + doting father + brotherhood] In his previous life, Zhao He was addicted to gambling and opium. He not only squandered his entire fortune, but also watched his wife bang her head against a wall and die. He was consumed by regret. Reborn in 1916, Zhao He becomes a devoted husband. He will reclaim everything that belongs to him, then lead his wife and daughter through 2.9kReads7.1Score11914d adds
- 166 War of Resistance: Shadow Sharpshooter 抗战风云：暗影神枪 Where does the thunderclap strike, shattering the ghosts’ courage? A divine marksman emerges from the shadows of the dark woods! Seven years after the fall of the three northeastern provinces, a young sharpshooter appears from deep in the Greater Khingan Range. Bearing the blood debt of a village massacred by the Japanese, he begins a desperate counterattack like a phantom... No clichés / Not a wish-fulfillment novel / Smart characters / Suspense and horror / Witty and humorous 4.1kReads8.2Score35314d adds
- 167 The Traitor Called Blind Dog 汉奸瞎狗子 (No System, No Wish Fulfillment) (No Transmigration, No Invincibility) (Light Situational Comedy) Gouzi was found by the villagers. Raised in a haystack and fed by the whole village, he couldn't tell red from green, so the other children called him Blind Dog. When the Japanese invaders arrived in the countryside, they demanded that someone from the village become its headman. It was a thankless job that would make enemies on both sides, and one wrong move could cost a man his head. At the crucia 1.1kReads9.3Score10914d adds
- 168 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 4.2kReads6.6Score21514d adds
- 169 Zhang Zongchang, Warlord of the Republican Era 民国枭雄张宗昌 General Zhang Zongchang, “The Fortune of a Lifetime Begins with Beiyang” That snowy night, I swung my fists alongside the Russian bastards, and blood splattered across the Vladivostok docks. They called me a mad dog. I just laughed. They didn’t understand: in this dog-eat-dog world, only the cruelest survive. With a hundred Mauser rifles in my arms, I led a band of desperados aboard a battered ship bound for home. The Shanghai military governor wanted to recruit me? A Zhili clique general wanted 2.7kReads7.3Score17714d adds
- 170 War of Resistance: A Beiyang Warlord Takes Xiao Liu's Place as Marshal 抗战：北洋军阀，顶替小六当大帅 [Republican-era warlords + building an independent force + special forces + characters from Drawing Sword + Shanghai Bund] Xu Zhihong transmigrates to the warlord-ravaged Republic of China and becomes the son of a powerful Beiyang warlord. The country is in turmoil, the people are in peril, and the nation's territory is steadily falling into enemy hands. Yet these useless warlords squabble over power and let the enemy run rampant across China. Xiao Liuzi even retreats without a fight, ceding ter 1.3kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 171 War of Resistance: The Black Soil Begins to Boil 抗战：从黑土地开始沸腾 Zhang Tingyan, a retired officer, is unexpectedly reborn the day before the September 18 Incident. He becomes a battalion commander in a Northeast Army supply battalion, and the son of a senior Northeast Army veteran. With the September 18 Incident about to erupt, he chooses to fight back, rallying every force he can and organizing the Northeast Army, patriotic youth, and ordinary people in a tenacious struggle. Over fourteen years of fighting the Japanese army, he faces countless hardships and 732Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 172 Espionage: I Make Up All My Intel 谍战我的情报全靠编 Chen Feng, a modern-day wage earner, transmigrates back to the Republican era and becomes a military intelligence agent. Drawing on the knowledge he gained in the future, he writes a legendary chapter in the world of espionage in the Republican era, becoming a legend among intelligence agencies around the world. 12.3kReads6.5Score75514d adds
- 173 The Invincible Reward System for Killing Japanese Invaders 抗日杀鬼子之无敌奖励系统 Decisive and ruthless + independent development + strategy and tactics + endless feel-good action + never goes on hiatus. Who says we have no clothes? I’ll share my robe with you. Banners flutter, horses whinny. Brave men, brave men, the time to serve our country is now... Brothers, we leave no one behind and give up on no one. Come on, I’ll take you home. Come back, souls... We’re home... An invincible reward System: kill the Japanese invaders and earn rewards. From now on, wherever the Japane 15.5kReads7.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 174 An Orphan Girl from the Late Qing Ventures into Republican China 清末孤女闯民国 This is a long novel about a woman struggling to survive and take revenge amid the chaos of war, fleeing, standing up to gangsters and warlords, and finding love. Today, she happily sets out to seek refuge with her older sister in another city. The next day, she risks everything to save her sister by storming an execution ground alone. Within two days, she kills the prefect and the county magistrate, along with their daughters, becoming a wanted criminal for murdering officials of the imperial c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Bright Sword: I Became a Japanese High-Ranking Official and Started Causing Chaos 亮剑：我成了鬼子高管，疯狂搞事 By a twist of fate, Zhou Chuxin becomes the third-generation heir to the Tokugawa family. All Zhou Chuxin can say is, “Reporting to my superior: I want to fight the Japanese, but somehow I've become one of them.” Well, now that she's become one of them, she might as well do something about it. And so, a special unit with an unusual identity appears on Chinese soil. They fight bravely, specializing in sabotaging their own side. “What, you say you're a colonel? A colonel isn't even qualified to me 610Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 176 Retreat to the Savage Mountain? I Activate the Strategic System! 撤退野人山？我激活战略系统！ Tick-tock! Tick-tock! Deep in the dense forests along the China-Myanmar border, everything was silent, save for the soft patter of water dripping from the treetops. Li Chenfeng lay motionless in the undergrowth. A drop of water landed on a leaf beside his face, splashing into his eye, but he didn't dare blink. His neck throbbed with pain. A leech squirmed happily against it, swollen with blood. The bushes in the distance swayed. Li Chenfeng glanced at Zhang Xiaoyu, tamped down his agitation, 80.3kReads7.4Score9.8k14d adds
- 177 Espionage: Codename Wrecking Ball! Infinite Plunder! 谍战：代号大摆锤！无限掠夺！ [Spy warfare + gritty action + rooting out traitors + power fantasy + System + business + portable space] He is the most overlooked nobody in the Military Statistics Bureau, and the lowest-ranking Green Gang underling, living each day with death hanging over him. He is the shadowy boss controlling a vast family business, and a gangster, a scumbag, in the eyes of countless people. More than that, he is a secret agent who strikes fear into the hearts of traitors and Japanese spies. His codename: W 6kReads6.4Score42514d adds
- 178 A Lone Boat in the Espionage World 谍海孤舟 [Espionage] + [Woman Disguised as a Man] + [Multiple Secret Identities] + [Two Powerful Leads] In 1937, Jinling fell. Sixteen-year-old Xu Qingru, born into a scholarly family, witnessed the Japanese invaders slaughter her entire family. Carrying a blood debt and a top-secret list, she abandoned her maiden name and stepped into the endless darkness, transforming into an elite agent known as "Petrel." Back in isolated Shanghai, she becomes a double agent who walks the knife's edge. On one side, sh 1.4kReads8.8Score14914d adds
- 179 Transmigrated to the Republican Era: The Young Lady's Harem Is on Fire 穿越民国：小姐的后院着火了 Fictional Republican Era + Multiple Male Leads + Male Leads Are Pure + Female Lead Has Special Abilities + No Saintly, Naive Goody-Two-Shoes Luo Lan is the Luo family’s adopted fourth daughter. Her older brother adores her, the young marshal bows to her, a young gentleman loves her deeply, and even a warlord submits to her. She refuses to be a vine that clings to someone else, choosing instead to be a queen who controls everything. As the world descends into chaos, she advances one careful step 1.9kReads8.3Score20514d adds
- 180 Secrets of the Spy War: The Japanese Translator 谍海秘事之鬼子翻译官 From the start, Liu Dongyang worked as an interpreter for the Japanese army, matching wits with the enemy and treading carefully at every turn. He also faced constant threats from collaborators and traitors, with danger lurking everywhere. Yet he always managed to escape trouble and obtain vital intelligence for his side. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 181 War of Resistance: Sign-In for 100,000 Barretts and Bombard the Enemy 抗战：签到十万巴雷特，炮轰强敌 [Republican-era Warlords + Building Power Alone + Characters from Bright Sword + Artillery God Yang Zhihua + Snow Leopard Zhou Weiguo] He transmigrates to the warlord-ravaged Republic of China, becoming the commander of the Fengtian Army's 38th Regiment and activating a Kill Enemies, Get Loot System. Every enemy he kills earns him unlimited rewards! Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host, you have slain five thousand enemy troops and received an unlimited troop deployment reward: one hundred Tiger tan 906Reads5.7Score10314d adds
- 182 1926! Save Them! 1926！救人！ In 1926, the protagonist successfully catches a ride on the Northern Expedition. I originally planned to have him consolidate the country’s industrial resources. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, check out my previous book, “1926: The Northern Expedition.” 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Espionage: I Can Possess Corpses 谍战：我能附身尸体 (Transmigration + covert infiltration + assassination + sabotage + pocket dimension) Jiang Yunfei, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to the early days of the War of Resistance and becomes an agent in the intelligence division of the Military Statistics Bureau's Shencheng Station. Just after he arrives, a traitor sells them out. The intelligence division's safehouse is surrounded by the agents of 76, and they're about to be wiped out! Fortunately, Jiang Yunfei gains the ability to po 5.3kReads8.3Score40614d adds
- 184 Espionage: Gravely Wounded from the Start, I Must Kill Japanese Soldiers to Stay Alive 谍战：开局重伤，必须杀鬼子续命 [Espionage + System + Schemer + All Villains + Ruthless] How long can an ordinary person survive after transmigrating to Beiping during the War of Resistance? Song Wenyuan has the answer from personal experience: Three days! He was nearly killed by bandits right after arriving, but luckily someone rescued him and brought him to Beiping. After begging for food for three days, the Japanese caught sight of him. As a gleaming bayonet pierced his chest, Song Wenyuan died with regrets! At the moment o 22.2kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
- 185 Espionage: You Were Told to Infiltrate, So Why Are You Running the Special High Intelligence Unit? 谍战：让你潜伏，你搞特高课课长 [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Super Satisfying]+ [No Torturing the Protagonist] Guan Peng transmigrates to Shanghai in 1934 and becomes a young police officer. His superior immediately makes things difficult for him, but luckily, his System activates just in time. In this world, kind people get bullied, and even a good horse gets ridden! Realizing he needs to change, Guan Peng first kills his superior, then successfully takes his place! Du Yuesheng: “Brother Peng, this is just a little token of my 15.3kReads7.7Score94814d adds
- 186 Defending the Nation Against Japan with Blood and Iron 抗日之铁血救国 Military enthusiast Li Erhu wakes up in the capital in 1935. That year, with the signing of the He-Umezu Agreement, Japan begins its invasion of China. Unfortunately for the Japanese, this guy has a badass System. You have Type 38 rifles? I've got M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles... You have Type 92 heavy machine guns? I've got MG42 general-purpose machine guns, nicknamed Hitler's buzz saw. I'll mow you down. You have Type 92 infantry guns? Heh, I've had 105 mm howitzers for ages. By the end of W 158Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 187 The Sequel to I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me, Part Four 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》续四 The Wife Suspects I'm Cheating, Part Four 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Transmigrated into the War of Resistance: The Phoenix Rises from the Flames 穿越抗战之浴火凤凰 Fang Mengqi, a modern female special forces soldier, is forced off a cliff by foreign mercenaries while covering her comrades. When she wakes, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a woman with the same name during the War of Resistance... “[Ding... Detecting that Chinese women in this era are suffering under the Japanese invaders. Give the women of this era a chance to stand tall...]” “[Ding... A warrior rose, a phoenix reborn in fire! Fight for women’s survival in this era! 375Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 189 Northeast Tales: The Women of Guandong and the Bandits 东北往事•关东娘们儿与土匪 Original title: “Tales of the Northeast: The Mother of the Bastard” [Republican Era + Japanese Puppet State of Manchukuo + Notorious Bandits] [Period Setting + Underworld + Northeast Villages] [Ensemble Cast + Jianghu Feuds] [War of Resistance + Father and Son + Tough Guys] A 19-year-old bandit's young leader takes a bullet and tumbles into a willow grove. Feng Qiuyue, a 29-year-old prostitute, grabs him and says, “Big brother, why don't you come home with me for a while?” That one visit sets of 38.5kReads8.5Score2.7k14d adds
- 190 One Body, Six Realms: Everyone Rises from the Bottom 六界同体：全员从底层崛起 I'm a low-level corporate drone and programmer in late 2026. No car, no home, no savings. Life has me struggling to catch my breath. After an accident, I stumble into a mysterious void and encounter five other versions of myself. My companion from prehistoric times is a primitive tribesman, eating raw meat and struggling to survive beneath the fangs of ferocious beasts. Liu Shan, a down-and-out prince of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era, has nothing but a prince's title and is dismissed by 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 A Spy, But Not Quite 似谍非谍 Still Chen Gang, still transmigrated into someone else's body. But this time, there’s no golden finger and no life-saving spirit spring water. It’s simply a story about killing Japanese soldiers and traitors, and stealing their money. 1.6kReads8.3Score15414d adds
- 192 I'm Bao Guowei, and from the Start I'm Cornered in an Alley 我叫包国维，开局被人堵巷子里 [Alternate History]+ [No System]+ [A Nobody's Rise to the Top] Bao Guowei stayed up late reading a novel he'd borrowed from Guo Chun and dropped dead. And then I became Bao Guowei. I was no longer Guo Chun's lackey or everyone's laughingstock. I made my fantasies come true: I smeared egg soup on Guo Chun's head, made Gong Deming fetch my ball, and got An Shuzhen to write me a love letter... But Bao Guowei's peaceful days in the small town wouldn't last long. The times were turbulent, foreign inv 6.4kReads8.6Score33814d adds
- 193 Espionage: If You Got This Script, Would You Take It? 谍战：这剧本给你你要不要？ [No System + No female lead] [Hellscript, Volume 2] Transmigrating into a spy thriller, Long Yan finds himself holding a hellish script and posing as a Japanese officer?! After attending the same military academy as Zhou Weiguo, entering into a partnership with the Ming Corporation before parting ways, and facing life and death on the battlefield alongside Takeshita Shun, Long Yan finally finds his organization. Three years later, he returns to Shanghai. This time, he's an agent embedded in the 831Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 194 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
- 195 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
- 196 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
- 197 I Transmigrated to Fight the War Against Japan Alone 穿越之一个人的抗战 [Weak System] + [Pocket Dimension] Zhang Jian, a discharged soldier, accidentally transmigrates to the eve of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Just as he's preparing to make a name for himself, he turns out to be a walking treasury and a wanted criminal in multiple countries. No faction dares take him in, and he doesn't dare start one of his own. All he can do is wage the war alone, quietly... 46Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 198 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
- 199 Espionage: I Sign In at the Military Police Headquarters from the Start 谍战：开局我在宪兵队签到 Note: The early part of this book focuses on espionage among the nobility. After the protagonist takes control of Sakura, the story enters a worldline similar to The Man in the High Castle! [Sign-In] + [A Plausible Noble Identity] + [Moles Within the Enemy's Ranks] + [Doesn't Return Home After the War] + [A Different Kind of Resistance Against Japan] (This story won't leave you feeling frustrated. The protagonist has powerful connections in the navy, army, and Foreign Ministry, so feel free to g 2kReads8.9Score13914d adds
- 200 The Rouge Calamity of War: Cao Feiyan, the Warlord 烽火胭脂劫：枭帅曹飞燕 She was born and her mother died because of it. At seven, her father sold her into a brothel. On the night she was forced to entertain her first customer at fourteen, Cao Feiyan drove a red-hot candlestick through the madam's throat. She fled into a ravine of the dead. When she was down to her last breath, the bandit chief lifted her chin. “Girl, can you handle a gun?” Five years later, the old chieftain died suddenly, and the three leaders were drenched in blood in the Hall of Brotherhood. No o 57Reads—Score—14d adds
