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- 1 Espionage: Codename Flying Eagle, The Japanese Invaders Are Terrified 谍战：代号飞鹰，小鬼子吓哭了 [Brave and resourceful | The turbulent Republic of China era | Deep sibling bonds | Brother doting on his sister | One female lead | Spy warfare System | Cunning and calculating | Saving the nation and its people | Anti-Japanese espionage | No. 76 | Special High Police | Military Statistics Bureau | Underground Party] In 1940, the nation was in turmoil. The flames of resistance against Japan had reached their height, and Shanghai had become a living hell of espionage. The Wang Jingwei regime’s 38kReads7.4Score3.3kShelves
- 2 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…” 158Reads7.4Score119Shelves
- 3 Abyssal Impostor: King of Spies for Seven Years 深渊伪装者：七年间谍王 In late autumn 1938, on the eve of Wuhan's fall, Nationalist staff officer Chen Xing wakes amid a pile of corpses. In his arms is a top-secret document capable of shaking the course of the war: the “Minutes of the Secret Sino-Japanese Talks,” a treasonous pact. Behind it lies a clandestine deal between senior figures in the Nationalist government and the Japanese invaders. But his true identity is “Jingzhe,” a Communist agent operating behind enemy lines. Now the Japanese special forces, a Junt 2.9kReads7.2Score335Shelves
- 4 Undercover in Military Intelligence, Yet You Become the Demon Den's God of Wealth 卧底军统，你竟成魔窟财神爷 Lin De transmigrates into a world combining spy dramas such as The Rebel, Kite, and The Disguiser, becoming the “God of Wealth of the Devil's Den,” a man with four separate identities. From then on, as an undercover agent with the codenames “Dark Sparrow” and “Lone Wolf,” Lin De commands the tides of power in Shendu. Zheng Yaoxian: “For all my careful calculations, I never imagined that Mr. Lin De would have four identities at once.” Ming Lou: “His alertness and adaptability fooled even me. The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Kite: The Prequel 风筝前传 In 1932, Communist intelligence agent Zheng Yaoxian, codenamed “Kite,” is ordered to go undercover in the Special Services Division of the Fuxing Society. Over eighteen years, he rises from a rookie agent to the high-ranking position of “Juntong Sixth Brother,” navigating Dai Li's suspicions, the Nationalist Central Organization Department's Party Affairs Investigation Bureau's crackdown, and pursuit by the Japanese. As “Guizi Liu,” he strikes fear into his enemies and eliminates traitors, while 633Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 6 Behind Enemy Lines: The Whole Internet Watches Me Go Undercover Through Reincarnations and Breaks Down in Tears 敌后：全网看我轮回潜伏，爆哭 [Regret Story] [Angst Warning] [War of Resistance] [Live Memory Viewing] [Infinite Time Rewinds] [Deep-Cover Spy] [No Female Lead, but Female Characters] To study a device that lets people view memories from across time, experts chose an old, unmarked grave in a village for their experiment and broadcast it live across the internet. According to the local county records, the tomb's occupant, Shen Wanli, had been a collaborator who did terrible things for the Japanese invaders. He was an utterly 188Reads—Score179Shelves
- 7 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. 5.8kReads6.7Score386Shelves
- 8 War of Resistance Espionage: Codename Zhong Kui, Slaying Demons and Traitors 抗日谍战：代号钟馗，斩鬼锄奸 [War of Resistance + Espionage + Republican Era + Business Rivalry + Underworld] No System, no transmigration, no invincible protagonist, and no foolish villains. An original tale of espionage during the War of Resistance, following a Communist Party agent who fights and bleeds his way to maturity. Amid the turmoil of Shanghai, he dances on the edge of a blade, cutting down Japanese invaders and traitors. 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Espionage: Me and My Traitorous Family 谍战：我和我的汉奸之家 Chen Hui transmigrates into a mash-up world as a spoiled rich kid, the second generation of a powerful family. He thinks he’s come to live the good life, but it turns out his family has a complicated background: his father is the head of a local peace preservation association, his mother runs a brothel, his eldest brother is a senior interpreter for the Japanese, and his second brother is a puppet army battalion commander... At first, he plans to run away to save his own skin. But as time passes 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 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—Shelves
- 11 Espionage Codename: Little Conch 谍战代号：小螺号 He was a veteran office drone who had spent twenty years making his way through the foreign trade industry. In his previous life, he was as dull as an ox, always keeping his head down and working... So Heaven sent someone as ordinary and timid as him back to the twenty-fourth year of the Republic. My heart was set on the light, but somehow I ended up with the “bandits.” I wonder if I can keep my head down and fade into the background in this vast sea of outlaws. Waiting for the light, all the wh 15Reads—Score136Shelves
- 12 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—Shelves
- 13 Kite on a Deserted Island 孤岛风筝 Shanghai, an isolated island, 1941. Zheng Yaoxian, the Juntong's ace agent known as “Guizi Liu,” arrives at the Shanghai station as deputy chief and launches a bloody campaign against Japanese and puppet forces in the French Concession. Ruthless and always several steps ahead, he's the enemy's most fearsome opponent and the most dependable big brother in the eyes of his comrades. No one knows his true codename is “Kite,” a top-secret Communist operative working undercover. Every day, he walks a 417Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Shadows of Espionage in Shanghai: 1938 沪上谍影：1938 Modern-day investigator Lu Ping'an is driven to his death by a game of capital. His soul transmigrates to the French Concession in Shanghai in 1938, where he becomes a timid, fearful clerk in the police archives. In this chaotic era, he awakens the “Hard Work Makes Up for Lack of Talent” System. Combining modern criminal investigation techniques with the ability to learn twice as fast, he catches a glimpse of a covert war taking shape through the musty air of the archives. Forced to bear four id —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Espionage: The Flight of the Bee 谍战之蜂飞 He was swept into the maelstrom of espionage by the “Lily Gold” deposited at HSBC. He matched wits with master spies and fell into passionate romances with beautiful women, until an ordinary young man became a top agent! He joined forces with his seniors to found the renowned “Institute 724,” serving as the guardian of the shield of New China. Though he was an unappointed “temporary worker,” the international intelligence world trembled at the mention of “Bee”! He was clear about whom he loved a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 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—Shelves
- 17 Shadows of Espionage 谍影迷踪 A shocking conspiracy lies behind the case. Only after peeling back the layers of mystery does he discover that the person he used to be was never really him, and the wife he once had was never really his wife. He and she may both be nothing more than code names. Trapped in a desperate predicament, fighting for survival on an isolated island, burdened by guilt buried deep within. It tears his soul apart, leaving wounds that can never be mended. Passion or composure? A devil or a savior? 88Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 18 War of Resistance: The System Begs Me to Be Even More Ruthless 抗战：系统求我，手段再脏亿点 [System] [Feel-Good] [Scheming] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Bright Sword Fanfiction] Chen Yin transmigrates into the War of Resistance and binds to the "Unrestricted Warfare System." It has just one rule: the more a method used against the enemy violates the ethics of war, the more lavish the reward! [Ding! You used a feces-smeared bamboo skewer. Malice rating: 2 stars. Reward: 200 war points!] [Ding! You added powerful laxatives to a Japanese army water source, causing diarrhea on a regimental sca 196Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 19 Espionage: This Undercover Agent Is Too Dependable 谍战：这个卧底太稳健了 He is Juntong's ace intelligence operative, a ghost to the Japanese: they know only his code name, never his true identity. When later generations ask him the secret to his success, he has only two words: play it safe. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Shadows of Espionage: Loyalty Has a Price 谍影：忠诚明码标价 Shanghai's occupied zone, 1939. Chen Mo, an archivist for the Military Statistics Bureau, is betrayed by a traitor because of his connections. Just as his entire station is wiped out, he binds to the [Karmic Subversion System]: anyone's loyalty can be assigned a price. Pay to Change Fate: Spend $200 to make a traitor's gun “accidentally” go off; Kill with a Borrowed Knife: One tip sparks infighting between Unit 76 and the Japanese army; Perfect Disguise: A dull accountant by day, a m 223Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 War of Resistance: Our Osaka Division Will Fight Its Way to the Top! 抗战：咱大阪师团，奋发图强！ Lin Chen transmigrates to World War II and becomes Hikawa Gangban, commander of the Third Battalion, 70th Regiment, Osaka Division. This is the Osaka Division, notorious for “dragging their feet on the battlefield but coming first in business.” But under Lin Chen's command, things change! Fighting to the death? Bravely slaughtering the enemy? That's standard practice, all right? Don't believe me? Ask the Yanks! They're fierce, sure, but what's the Osaka Division's guiding principle? Stay alive! 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 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—Shelves
- 23 Espionage: Codename Firebrand, Igniting Shanghai 谍战：代号火折，点燃上海滩 Winter, 1938. I am Gu Yu, code name: "Firestarter." I have returned to Shanghai for one mission: carry out the New Year's Eve Plan. The Green Gang, Bureau 76, the Plum Blossom Agency, the Military Statistics Bureau... I will light this fire with my own hands! 4.4kReads—Score480Shelves
- 24 The Miracle Doctor Fights the Japanese: Slay the Enemy and Serve the Nation! 神医抗日：杀敌报国当大夫！ “What’s this?” “An American-made submachine gun.” “And this big thing?” “A Leopard 2 tank.” A miracle doctor can do more than heal the sick: he can save the nation! Watch a passionate young man show what it means to be a man! (Please leave your brain cells at the counter, and don’t get hung up on some of the plot points. Just enjoy the ride!!!) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Espionage: Codename Wuchang, I Really Have Only a Hundred Million of Them 谍战：代号无常，我真的只有亿个 Su Ci transmigrates to the Republican-era metropolis of Shanghai and becomes a teacher at Tongwen Academy, a Japanese spy agency disguised as a school. In this deadly espionage world, everyone else walks a tightrope every day, but Su Ci awakens the [Assassin Mercenary System]. As long as he has money, he can summon an unlimited number of elite assassins, demolition experts, and infiltrators! What if he has no money? He’ll just ask the Japanese for some! “Chief, blowing up the ammunition depot wi 423Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Shadow War, 1949: Spies in the Tiger’s Den 暗战1949：虎穴谍影 Life may be lost, but faith never dies. If I leave and never return, then so be it. Glory lies in the heart, and passion burns within. In August 1949, as the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, Communist Party member Wu Shi went undercover there as deputy chief of staff at the Ministry of National Defense. Together with courier Zhu Feng, he formed the East China Sea Intelligence Group and sent the Communist Party’s East China Bureau top-secret intelligence, including troop deployments on Kinmen Isla 74Reads7.7Score104Shelves
- 27 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—Shelves
- 28 Tale of Two Stars on a Lonely Island 孤岛双星记 In 1939, during Shanghai's isolated-island period, the 76 Office has just been established as a den of evil, and Japanese agents run rampant. Yan Shuangying, an underground Communist Party member, infiltrates the 76 Office under the name "Earl," walking a razor's edge. Meanwhile, Zheng Yaoxian, a top undercover agent of the Central Special Operations Division codenamed "Kite," is assigned by Dai Li to the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, where he secretly lays plans in the Fre 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Became Emperor of Japan 我在岛国当天皇 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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.” 94Reads6.5Score172Shelves
- 31 Espionage: A Republic-Era Spy Surviving Between the Cracks 谍战：夹缝生存中的民国小特务 [Transmigration + bloodshed + survival] He was just an ordinary college student, but an accident turned him into the lowest-ranking secret agent in the Military Statistics Bureau. He had planned to keep his head down and survive, but he couldn't bear the torment of his conscience. So he made his move... And found himself struggling to survive in the maelstrom of history! —Reads—Score2.1kShelves
- 32 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 795Reads5.9Score101Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 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—Shelves
- 35 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 2.3kReads7.3Score138Shelves
- 36 A Haze of Spies 谍雾濛濛 Shen Junfei, a high-ranking Communist Party agent deep undercover in enemy territory, suddenly withdraws, leaving behind a “young swallow” who has yet to spread her wings. Just like that, she is cast into the vast ocean of espionage... 4Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 37 My Espionage Comes with a Cheat 我的谍战有外挂 Shanghai, 1936. Chen Mo, a frail teacher, is the Military Statistics Bureau's most inconspicuous undercover agent, codenamed “Fat Wave.” One day, he awakens to the power of scanning, and nothing can escape his notice, friend or foe. With this “foresight,” he always avoids traps and quietly passes along vital intelligence. As Shanghai's world of spies disappears into a fog, only he can walk safely through the heart of the enemy, carrying an invisible light. 29.3kReads7.2Score2.2kShelves
- 38 Espionage: From the Start, I’m an Underground Party Agent, Leveling Up on My Own! 谍战：开局地下党，我独自升级！ The moment he opens his eyes, information security engineer Shen Ye finds that he has transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938, a city battered by war, and become an underground Party member on the verge of exposure! From the start, it’s a nightmare: within three days, he must infiltrate the Japanese military’s Tokko headquarters and steal a top-secret intelligence file that will decide the organization’s fate, right under the nose of Kenichi Sato, a “China expert”! Fortunately, the [Eye of Intellige 8Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 39 Only in My Bag: Book 18 我的包里只第18本书 My new story is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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. 675Reads7.4Score100Shelves
- 41 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—Shelves
- 42 A Spy's Career, Starting with The Pretender 特工生涯，从伪装者开始 [No romance + transmigration + System] Office worker Lian Shuo is swallowed by a sudden explosion on his way to work. When he wakes up, he finds himself in Shanghai in 1933. An encounter with Ming Jing at a business association gathering makes him realize he’s in the world of The Disguiser, and an assistant System soon follows. Since Lian Shuo knows the story inside out, watch him make the most of his knowledge… 45Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 43 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—Shelves
- 44 Shadow of the Spy: The Lion Rises 谍影枭雄 Lu Zhongrui returns to the Republican era. A Huangpu Military Academy graduate, he joins the secret front, hunting down Japanese spies, rescuing Nanjing, taking control of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and turning the tide of a collapsing nation. Step by step, he saves the people and changes the course of history, becoming a legendary master spy! 6Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 45 The Covert Front 隐蔽战线 Can he complete his undercover mission while resisting the temptations of a femme fatale and facing the challenges posed by an old demon and a clown? 9Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 46 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—Shelves
- 47 Two-Faced and Caught in the Middle 两面三刀，我身不由己啊 In his previous life, Heng Wu was transported to the East before the War of Resistance began after a plane crash. He became a spy for the Japanese Army’s logistics bureau and was sent to China to maintain a long-term undercover assignment. Before setting out, Heng Wu stole a list of agents assigned to long-term undercover work. After returning to China, he set out to eliminate the Japanese spies on the list. In a battle of wits and courage, he joined the Military Statistics Bureau to help the Co 11Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 48 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—Shelves
- 49 The Pretender: Kite 伪装者之风筝 In 1943, Shanghai seethed with intrigue under the Wang Jingwei puppet regime. Zheng Yaoxian, the ace agent known as “Ghost Six,” was ordered by the Military Statistics Bureau to infiltrate the puppet government’s Special Services Department under the codename “Kite.” In reality, he was a senior Communist agent. Ming Lou, meanwhile, became the puppet government’s chief financial adviser after returning from overseas with a degree in economics. Publicly, he was the Military Statistics Bureau’s “Vi 1.5kReads7.0Score106Shelves
- 50 Espionage: I Can Pick Up Traits 谍战：我能拾取词条 [Espionage] [Traits] [Killing] [Economics] [Faith] Fang Tiansheng transmigrates into the body of a man in the 26th year of the Republic of China. He opens his eyes to find himself imprisoned and on the brink of death, branded a despicable traitor! At the moment of death, he awakens the Espionage Trait System. Killing traitors and Japanese invaders lets him collect the traits they drop. [I Like Telling Little Lies] [He Who Understands the Times Is a Hero] [The Most Devoted Man in the Land of Whit 1.4kReads7.0Score104Shelves
