Novels like The Dark Surge
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Dark Surge, best match first.
- 101 Don't Arrest Me! The Kempeitai Translator's Online Friends Keep Me Alive 别抓我！特高课翻译靠网友保命 [The rating just came out, and it's set to rise] [War of Resistance espionage]➕ [Transmigration]➕ [Livestream] I transmigrate to Shanghai in 1937, now under occupation, and awaken a cross-era Livestream System. Every viewer is a netizen from the future. Each hour of viewing earns one point, which can be exchanged for firearms, skills, and all kinds of modern supplies. For the first three days, nobody watches my livestream. I save up points to learn Japanese, then pose as a timid translator and i 4.2kReads6.8Score433Shelves
- 102 The Spy Blade: 1933 谍刃1933 No transmigration + no System + no heroine + slow pace + strives to stay close to historical fact Li Mo, an orphan from a Shanghai lane, is taken to the Northeast by a guide working for the Communist Party and becomes a policeman in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Through a twist of fate, he earns the favor of senior Kwantung Army officers. Relying on his own abilities, he rises step by step from a low-ranking policeman in the puppet Manchukuo government to deputy director of the police departmen 85Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 103 Lost in Love and Greed 《爱与贪婪的迷途》 The Lost Path of Love and Greed 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Espionage: From Agent to Japanese Aristocrat 谍战：从特工到鬼子贵族 “Who am I? …Chen Lin? …Or Konoe Ichiro? …Chinese? Or Japanese?…” “You are Konoe Ichiro, heir to Japan’s Konoe family, one of the Five Regent Houses, and Konoe Fumimaro’s eldest grandson. You are Japanese!!!” “That’s right, I’m Konoe Ichiro… Konoe Ichiro… I am Konoe Ichiro… I’m Japanese… Then who are you?” “Me? My name is Chen Lin! I’m Chinese… Chen Lin!” 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Espionage: A New Superpower Every Month 谍战：我每月一个新异能 [Light System + independent development + no reliance on any faction + portable pocket dimension] Ye Zi'an becomes a junior agent for the Military Statistics Bureau and awakens a System that lets him switch to a brand-new supernatural ability every month. Identity Verification: Obtain information about a person's identity and interests. Puppeteer: Use another person's DNA to control them for a short time. Dreamweaver: Enter other people's dreams to find clues and gather intelligence. Psychologis 1.4kReads7.6Score121Shelves
- 106 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战：我双重附体，让我做线人？ [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 36Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 107 Espionage: The Days I Slacked Off at the Military Statistics Bureau 谍战我在军统摆烂的日子 We live in a peaceful era, but how many nameless heroes sacrificed their lives for this country and its people? History books are too thin to contain their greatness. Turn a page, and you've got their whole lives! History books are also too thick. We can't remember their names; we only know that they are heroes! He transmigrates through time to China during the War of Resistance Against Japan and takes the place of the original owner. Following his elders' arrangements, he joins the Juntong as a 66Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 108 Espionage: This Little Spy Is Only Three 谍战：这个小特务才3岁 A thrilling novel of resistance and espionage during the war against Japan. Meet the youngest and most badass secret agent in history. He risks his life time and again for his country. This blurb doesn't do it justice, so head to the story itself! 6.4kReads6.0Score672Shelves
- 109 The Mining Empire's Overlord 超级矿业霸主 He acquires a super industrial mother machine, rises from the countryside, mines across the globe, and builds up an army among the stars. 123Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 110 Getting Rich Through Appraisal 从鉴宝开始暴富 A master treasure appraiser transmigrates to the modern world and uses his gift for appraisal to make his way through the city. Jade and porcelain, gold and silver, old banknotes, calligraphy and paintings: they’re all at his fingertips. 140Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 111 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 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Espionage: The Killer in the Dead of Night 谍战：暗夜里的杀手 Liu Jianguo transmigrates to the war-torn Republic of China era. He belongs to no faction and is simply an ordinary peasant farmer. Even a humble farmer can wield great power. [Ding! Super-agent physique activated.] [Ding! Reconnaissance Eye acquired.] He becomes a ghostly messenger, a killer in the dead of night. Opium gang: “Who the hell shot up our cargo and killed our men?” 76th: “Forget chasing the underground party. We’ve got a mole of our own to deal with!” Special Higher Police: “We’ve h 7kReads7.2Score506Shelves
- 113 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
- 114 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 《隐藏在背后的真相》 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 A Night at Wanjiazhai 《夜宿万家寨》 A Night at Wanjia Village 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 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 827Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 117 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 2.9kReads7.0Score175Shelves
- 118 Espionage: Cultivating with the Female Commander from the Start? 谍战：开局和女长官修炼？ 646Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts, Code Name: Shadow 谍战：开局偷听心声，代号影子 Su Chen woke up one morning transmigrated to Shanghai in 1939, where he had become a low-ranking member of the Green Gang. He accidentally awakened the ability to read minds, saw through the Japanese invaders’ arrest plan, and successfully rescued members of the Lixing Society. With the country in turmoil, he also caught the eye of the Green Gang boss and went undercover in the police station, distinguishing himself time and again. Through one life-or-death crisis after another, he rose steadily 5.9kReads7.2Score266Shelves
- 120 Spy-Battle Match-Three 谍战消消乐 A modern-day special police officer transmigrates into the puppet state of Manchukuo as a low-ranking policeman. Li Bai unexpectedly acquires a match-three System, and thus begins a winding, eventful career as an undercover agent. Completing missions expands an enormous pocket dimension and can even grant him unique special abilities. The System’s astonishing bonus rewards turn out to be all kinds of beautiful women. Li Bai is having the time of his life. Keeping a low profile in enemy territory 9.1kReads8.2Score759Shelves
- 121 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 《床下有鬼》 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 One Terrifying Night for a Haunted House Sleep Tester 《凶宅试睡员的惊魂一夜》 A Terrifying Night for a Haunted House Sleep Tester 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Sadako Returns 《贞子复活》 Sadako Comes Back to Life 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Price of My Wife’s Affair 《老婆出轨的代价》 The Price of My Wife’s Affair 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Awakening After the Affair 《出墙后的醒悟》 Awakening After the Affair 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 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
- 127 Hunter of Shanghai 上海滩猎人 Chen Ke transmigrates into a world where espionage stories converge and gains a Spy-Hunting System. Report to the Chairman: Members of the Shanghai Black Dragon Society are disappearing one after another. Report to General Toihara: Our agents hidden in Shanghai have gone missing. 65Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 128 The God of Currency Who Runs a Scrap Yard 开废品收购站的货币之神 After an accident, Gu Ping inherits the divine status of the God of Currency and returns to the time a few years ago when he had just opened a scrap recycling shop. Through repeated experiments, Gu Ping discovers that the divine status that came to him by chance has mutated under the influence of this world’s fundamental laws, becoming a primordial treasure much like the legendary Jade Disc of Creation. After establishing an initial bond with the divine status, Gu Ping inherits some of the God o 5.7kReads6.7Score368Shelves
- 129 Killing Enemies Drops Gear, and I’m Invincible 杀敌爆装备，老子无敌了 After waking up, Chu Feng discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of "Bright Sword" and become a defeated soldier. Fortunately, he awakens the [Warfare Support System]. [Reward for killing an ordinary Japanese soldier: Type 38 rifle x1, hand grenades x4, 6.5 mm rifle rounds x210...] [Reward for destroying a Type 92 heavy machine gun: Type 92 heavy machine gun x1, 7.7 mm machine-gun rounds x480, spare barrels x5 + cooling water tank...] [...] See how Chu Feng uses this golden finger to 74Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 130 Gold Rush: I Made It Big in Australia 淘金：我在澳洲做大佬 My new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.1kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 131 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
- 132 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
- 133 Bane of Japanese Spies: From the Start, I Awaken a Lie Detector System 日谍克星，开局觉醒测谎仪系统 Before he was reborn, those damned secret agents acted with impunity, buying off traitors and trading intelligence, causing one battlefield defeat after another as brave men died in vain. After he was reborn, the damned secret agents wailed in agony and trembled in fear, shouting that they wanted to go home. Warning, warning. Lie detected, lie detected. Accept the mission?… 324Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 134 Espionage: As Long as I'm Weird Enough, No One Will Suspect Me 谍战：只要我够变态就没人怀疑我 Scene: Interrogation Room Japanese Female Agent: You’ll never get me to talk, even if you kill me. Li Si: I won’t kill you, and I won’t ask you for intelligence, either. Japanese Female Agent: Why aren’t you asking me for intelligence? Li Si: Someone, gag her. Japanese Female Agent: ??? I know classified intelligence. If I die, you’re all doomed! Li Si: I just want to torment you to death. Who cares about intelligence? Japanese Female Agent: I want to see your commander. Li Si: Someone, go gag o 34Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 135 Blood and Intrigue 谍血风云 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Absolutely No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Fired with Passion] Returning to the war-torn Republic of China, the protagonist uses his slight head start to navigate between the various factions. On the secret front, every move is fraught with danger; between black and white, he repeatedly risks his life, earning achievements that no one will ever know about… 15Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 136 Espionage: Slaying Enemies Gets Me Gear, and I’ve Gone on a Killing Spree 谍战：杀敌爆装备我真杀疯了 (For fans of Spy Shadow Storm, from a platinum-level author on another site, feel-good fiction, multiple heroines, and readers who love spy-war masterminds: add this to your bookshelf) The System grants me lofty ambitions, and my wife helps me reach the summit After passing the civil service exam three times, he was so excited that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and transmigrated into the Republic of China in 1939, becoming an abandoned pawn of the Military Statistics Bureau. Just after Gao H 258Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 137 I Have X-Ray Vision and Hunt for Treasure in America 我有透视眼，寻宝美利坚 After unexpectedly gaining X-ray vision and a host of other abilities, Zhang Mu searches for treasure in America, rising step by step from an ordinary man to the undisputed king of the treasure-hunting world. The lost Nazi treasure, the vanished Golden Pyramid, the Pirate King’s legendary hoard. Looking at the gold and jewels filling his personal storage space, Zhang Mu smiles once again. 4.4kReads8.5Score359Shelves
- 138 Lost in the Spy Game 谍海迷踪 The turbulent age is rife with calamity! A young man with some martial arts and medical skills finds himself working as a doctor for a gang. When the nation faces a crisis, he secretly joins the underground Communist Party. Keeping a low profile, biding his time, and acting decisively and ruthlessly, he endures one trial after another, becomes a member of the Military Statistics Bureau and the 76th Bureau, and begins a ghostlike career as a spy! 218Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 139 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
- 140 The Con Artists’ Guild: Tales of the Old Guard 老千门之千门旧事 In those days, the world aboveboard was run by the government, merchant guilds, and the military. Beneath the surface lay an underworld order: The Three Teachings set the rules, the Nine Sects roamed the land, the Thousand Gates set their traps, and the Eight Generals wielded their blades. A young man was drawn into the game by a con on the snowy plains of the Northeast. He witnessed the Thousand Gates and Eight Generals firsthand at the docks of Tianjin, and eventually became a man who could se 131Reads—Score111Shelves
- 141 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 4.1kReads9.2Score487Shelves
- 142 Espionage: Code Name Big Dipper 谍战：红色特工代号北斗星 In 1936, an era of turbulent waves! There was a group of people feeling their way through the darkness, using the flame of their faith to light up the pitch-black night sky. Jiang Huo, code-named Polaris, went undercover in the Special Service Office, walking on thin ice and teetering on the edge of a cliff! In the narrowest of spaces, the struggle was cruel and merciless! In the dark of night, it was a tale of hardship and greatness! Their names may have been forgotten amid the years of raging 565Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 143 Espionage: I Have an Intelligence System 谍战，我有一个情报系统 People usually play many roles in society. They may be a son in one family, an employee at one company, and a citizen of one country. Liu Songfeng is more than all that: one man with a thousand faces, surrounded by layers of intrigue. In this turbulent age, Liu Songfeng uses his intelligence and extraordinary courage to navigate between rival factions. Yet his identity is shrouded in mystery, impossible to pin down. No one knows his name, but his deeds will live forever. Liu Songfeng says, “I wa 6kReads8.6Score346Shelves
- 144 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
- 145 Twin Eagles, I'm Your Phoenix Youngling 双鹰，我就是你的凤雏 I actually transmigrated into Flying Tigers and became sworn friends with Yan Shuangying. I bet your gun has no bullets, too. Yan Shuangying: Watch out for the brick behind him. Damn! You sneaky bastard, that's not how this works! 2.2kReads6.8Score144Shelves
- 146 Espionage: Madam, the Chief Doesn't Know About That, Does He? 谍战：夫人，长官不知道那事吧？ Xu Feng transmigrates to 1939 and becomes an undercover agent, awakening the [Weekly Lottery System] and continually acquiring new skills. From then on, he breezes through life with one advantage after another, gaining multiple identities... 1.2kReads7.3Score102Shelves
- 147 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 2.4kReads7.3Score141Shelves
- 148 Reborn Impostor 重生伪装者 With exceptional skills and an outlook far ahead of his time, Liu Zhenhua serves his country under several layers of assumed identities. He gives everything he has for his 455 million countrymen. If I must die on the battlefield for my country, why should I care whether my body is brought home in a horsehide shroud? 496Reads7.4Score102Shelves
- 149 Espionage: From the Start, I Teach Shen Jinzhen a Lesson 谍战：开局给沈近真上了一课 After watching the finale of the TV drama The Wind Rises from Luoyang, Wang Haishang finally breathed a sigh of relief when Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan met again! The ending was all right, I guess! The two had joined forces once more. They weren't just teacher and student anymore, but comrades on the same side! Still, the drama left far too many things unresolved! Aunt Zhou went mad? Awen died? Kong Lingzheng died? Xu Nuo died? Shen Jinzhen died too? The eldest sister survived, Yu Shiqing survived 5.5kReads6.3Score519Shelves
- 150 I Transmigrated to a War-Torn Era, and I'm No Easy Target 穿越到战乱年代，我也不是好惹的 Transmigration + Republican era + spies + System + parallel worlds + no CP Who would’ve thought that someone who wouldn’t even step on a tiny bug would suddenly transmigrate? Fine, she could deal with being poor and having a hard life, but of all the places to end up, she landed right in the middle of a mission. Before she could figure out what was going on, she was facing the prospect of being killed all over again. Still, she didn’t want to live in the original owner’s body either. But when th 1.3kReads8.7Score109Shelves
