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- 151 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
- 152 The Infiltrator: Spy Hunter 潜伏者【猎谍】 A young man named Chen Heng is accidentally swept into a turbulent era by a copper pocket watch. Watch as he lies low in the shadows, builds an intelligence network, hunts spies, and works step by step toward the ideal he holds dear. 108Reads—Score10314d adds
- 153 Cat and Mouse, Side by Side 猫鼠同途 The sins of his previous life, the debts of this one, an obsession etched into his very bones and blood: none of it has ever faded. He must protect his family and rewrite the fate that once brought their entire household to ruin. He must get closer to that person and relive everything: the missed chances, the debts, the madness, and the love. But being reborn is no gift. It is another gamble with his life. Someone else has returned with memories of a previous life, just like him, carefully plot 224Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 154 Republican Era: From the Military Intelligence Bureau to Ruling the World 民国：从军统开始纵横天下 By a stroke of fate, Zhou Lin transmigrated back to the Republic of China in 1936 and became an intelligence agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. It was an era of turmoil, but also one full of opportunities. With a clear head, an accurate grasp of the situation, and a little help from the System, watch as Zhou Lin navigates the competing forces of Japan, the Nationalist government, and the underground Communist Party. How will he, caught at the heart of the maelstrom, rise to become a major 77Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 155 War of Resistance: Raising Hell in Kyoto 抗战：从大闹京都开始 Japanese generals: “From now on, whenever you run into Gongsun Hao, keep your distance. He’s shameless.” Japanese military intelligence: “Why can’t we ever kill him? What is he made of?” The upper ranks of the Shancheng Army: “That slippery rascal’s causing trouble again. Who did he kill this time? What a menace.” The upper ranks of the Juntong: “Hurry and bring Gongsun Hao here. He’ll know what to do.” The world powers: “Gongsun Hao is nothing but a profiteer. He’s not someone you want to mess 19Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 156 Espionage and War 谍与战 Wu Zimo, a police officer at the Xing'an Town Police Station in Manchukuo, transmigrates and awakens a talent for perceiving mental states. He can detect people's microexpressions in a fraction of a second, improving from one-fifth of a second to as fast as 1/25 of a second. By honing and refining his mental abilities in the field, Wu Zimo steadily becomes faster at recognizing and catching microexpressions. This gives Wu Zimo a foothold in the puppet Manchukuo police force and becomes the found 14Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 157 Red 红色 It's been four years since the drama Red. I had so many thoughts while we were filming, but I didn't expect to have even more afterward. There's too much to say. Just like the characters in the drama, brothers can't escape the tides of history and the changing times. Fortunately, life is short, and there's no time to savor the setbacks in front of us. We have to hurry and make something new and interesting. Even if it turns out frustrating, that's still more vivid and moving than old memories. I 7Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 158 Espionage: The Special Higher Police Agency Is Gone, and You Still Call Him Loyal? 谍战：特高课都没了，你说他忠诚 1940. Dongye Ming transmigrates into the role of an action squad leader in the Special Higher Police Section at the Japanese Shanghai Headquarters. Dongye Ming thinks that transmigrating to 1940 means he can shoot the Japanese invaders, but he never expects that the first person he wants to shoot is himself. He cries, “I can’t become Japanese. I can’t betray our martyrs. I’m going to kill this Japanese devil right now.” Just as he points the gun at himself, an unexpected turn of events occurs. Y 8Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 159 Espionage: Damage Transfer Drives Japanese Spies Insane 谍战：伤害转移，日谍被折磨疯了 He transmigrates to Republican-era China, joins the Interrogation Division of the Secret Service, and awakens a Damage Transfer System. The System lets him designate any Japanese person or collaborator he encounters as a transfer target, redirecting all the injuries and pain he suffers to them... “Li Ran, why do you always like hurting yourself?” Li Ran: “Do I? I'm just trying to keep myself alert...” “But even if you need to stay alert, you don't have to drink pepper water!” Li Ran: “You don't 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 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
- 161 The Complete Story of Undercover 潜伏之全传 In 1945, with victory in the War of Resistance drawing near, Yu Zecheng, a Communist underground agent codenamed “Emei Peak,” is sent by Dai Li to the Tianjin Station of the Military Statistics Bureau. Relying on his exceptional intelligence and composure, he carefully navigates the enemy’s inner circles, maneuvering among multiple factions. But the unexpected return of his former lover, Zuo Lan; the suspicions and tests of station chief Wu Jingzhong; and the covert surveillance of his colleague 13.3kReads7.9Score75814d adds
- 162 Espionage: The Fog 谍战之雾蒙蒙 The sudden withdrawal of Shen Junfei, a senior Communist agent deeply embedded in the enemy's ranks, leaves behind an immature “young swallow.” And so it is cast into the vast, perilous world of espionage... 389Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 163 Espionage: I Can Hear People's Thoughts, and I'm Shanghai's Intelligence Broker 谍战：偷听心声，我上海情报商人 [Can hear people’s thoughts] + [no female lead] + [nobility] Gu Ming returns to a Shanghai caught in turbulent times as Gu Ming of the Japanese noble Mitsui family. Using his noble status to pass on intelligence, he becomes the biggest information broker on Shanghai’s black market. No. 76: “Damn it, who leaked the information?” Chief of the Tokko: “Damn it! Find them! You have to find them!” With intelligence at his disposal, he becomes a renowned Shanghai businessman. Behind the cover of his bu 301Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Espionage: I Handle Logistics at Headquarters 76 谍战：我在76号管后勤 Li Zongheng, a college student from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes the head of the supplies allocation section at Wang Jingwei’s 76th Division. Looking at the den of evil before him, Li Zongheng gives a cold laugh. This lucrative cushy job will make the perfect cover for fighting the Japanese! With control of supplies, he manages ammunition and medicine above, and food and fuel below. The foreign firms in the concessions are his supply stations, and the 76th Di 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 A Chemical Genius’s Saga in the Flames of War 化学天才的烽火传奇 A sudden earthquake hurls Ding Qiushi, a chemistry PhD, into the turbulent currents of 1932. Faced with an unfamiliar and unsettled age, Ding Qiushi does not lose his way or falter. With the land shattered and flames of war raging everywhere, he resolutely devotes himself to the revolution, turning his vast knowledge of chemistry into a covert and powerful weapon. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Transmigrated as a Leopard Cat in Republican-Era China, She Won Big 穿越民国狸花猫，她赢麻了 [Transmigration + espionage + special abilities + sweet romance] Su Manman wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the sequel to the Republican-era espionage drama The Wind Chasers, which she had been following! Not only has she become the long-lost younger sister of Matsushima Kiichiro, a senior Japanese military adviser, but she’s also taken on the crucial role of an underground Communist Party courier. To top it all off, she and her idol Wei Ruolai are posing as a married couple while goi 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Shadows of Espionage, 1936 谍影1936 An ordinary civil servant is unexpectedly transmigrated to the turbulent twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China after a twist of fate. In an era full of uncertainty and challenges, he is forced into the complex, mysterious world of the Military Statistics Bureau, embarking on a thrilling and legendary career as a spy. In search of an underground organization hidden in the shadows and determined to expose Japanese spies' conspiracies, he resolutely throws himself into this war without gunfire —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 From Now to Now 从现在到现在 War has been humanity’s constant companion throughout its development. Yet beginning in the early twentieth century, the nature of warfare escalated dramatically, from the outbreak of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. It was an unavoidable chapter in humanity’s history. Gongsun Mo, Cibi Ying, and their comrades witnessed and took part in the bloodiest, most brutal conflict in human history, one that claimed more lives than any other. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Espionage: First, I'll Win Over My Beautiful Superior 谍战：先搞定美女长官再说 (Spy Thriller + Multiple Heroines + System + Making It in Shanghai) (The System is there to make certain events more plausible, but its role will gradually fade later on.) At first, transmigrating with a System seemed like a fantastic deal. He thought he'd reach the pinnacle of life, surrounded by endless wealth and beautiful women. He never expected to land right in the middle of the Eastern Meat Grinder, the Battle of Shanghai. Watch how Lin Yi lives out a very different life. 265Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 170 Spy War: I Seem to Have Infiltrated the Enemy as an Imperial Prince 谍战，我好像潜伏成了鬼子亲王 Chen Mo, a modern special forces soldier and history-and-espionage enthusiast, unexpectedly becomes reborn in the body of a young Peking University student who shares his name, in Beiping shortly after its fall in 1937. He is bound to the “Civilization Guardian System” and gains a portable storage space. To save the country from disaster, he uses the “Perfect Identity Disguise” opportunity awarded by a System mission to assume the identity of a Japanese royal collateral prince who was about to v 2.3kReads—Score12214d adds
- 171 Republican-Era Spy War: Code Name Sweet and Sour Fish, the God of Slaughter Arrives 民国谍战：代号糖醋鱼，杀神降临 Synopsis: [War against Japan + Brave and clever + One heroine + System + Cunning + Saving the country by indirect means + Deep brotherhood + Smart protagonist + Undercover disguises + High technology + Deep brotherhood + Love of country and family + Passionate] Zhao Jun, an anti-drug police officer, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, the second year of the nationwide War of Resistance against Japan. The fighting on the front lines is extraordinarily fierce. Resistance fighters shed 3.4kReads6.9Score18814d adds
- 172 You Sent Me Undercover, So I Bought Off the Entire Military Intelligence Bureau 让你卧底，你用钱砸穿军统 He transmigrates into a mash-up of the TV dramas "Jingzhe", "The Kite", "Infiltration", "The Rebel", and others. The traitor Zhou Haichao transforms into a great hero and thrives in the Military Statistics Bureau! Guan Yongshan: “Everyone in the department knows he’s a traitor. But… he pays far too well!” Fei Zhengpeng: “Wasn’t I supposed to be the traitor Camel? How did I become Sakura, the Japanese spy?!” Wu Jingzhong: “Haichao, we’re the only two left in the whole station. I suspect… I’m Moun 76Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 173 Crimson Dawn 血色黎明 Trade blood and passion for the dawn; give your life to honor your oath. Face demons with courage, and fight the wicked with wisdom. 1.3kReads7.9Score13214d adds
- 174 Republican-Era Espionage: Di Ting 民国谍战之谛听 I believe every Chinese person has dreamed of transmigrating back to the War of Resistance against Japan and facing the Japanese in battle. Murong Fei, a modern lip-reading expert who should have been attending an academic conference, woke up after a car accident to find himself on the front lines of the war against Japan. With his ability to read lips, known as “Divine Hearing,” he uncovered the Japanese army’s plans amid the artillery fire and escaped death. The Secret Service took notice of h 2.9kReads7.1Score24514d adds
- 175 Espionage: The Death-Fearing Master of Survival Scares Boss Dai from the Start 谍战：怕死苟神，开局吓坏代老板 Lu Feng was a “legendary” spy in 2056, nicknamed the Runaway Third. During an operation, he was shot dead because he ran too fast, then transmigrated to Planet Alpha in a parallel world. Time moves slowly on this planet, which has only just reached the era of World War II. Lu Feng becomes a low-level intelligence officer in the Military Intelligence Bureau. All he wants is to stay alive in this chaotic age, but circumstances and the System force him to deliver one earth-shattering intelligence r 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Eagle of the Lonely Island 孤岛飞鹰 In 1941, Shanghai is an isolated island. Yan Shuangying, carrying the Chinese Communist Party’s top-secret codename “Earl,” parachutes into the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau as deputy station chief, under the codename “Sharp Sword.” Director Dai kills two birds with one stone: what is called reinforcement is really both a blade and a shackle. Facing the suspicions of station chief Chen Gongpeng and the deadly struggle with action squad leader Du Ma, while navigating the dead 2.7kReads7.0Score18714d adds
- 177 A Battle of Wits in the Spy World 谍海智斗 After the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate, the secret front became a second battlefield, where “you were among us, and we were among you.” Spies from every side played their part in that turbulent chapter of history. Acting on orders from the organization, agent Chen Ziqiang goes undercover and engages in a battle of wits with Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators. This novel recounts his heroic deeds: his courage and resourcefulness, his passionate fight to defend his hom 448Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 178 Transmigrating into Bright Sword: Li Yunlong’s Independent War of Resistance 穿越亮剑：李云龙的独立抗战之路 Modern young man Lin Manduo gets so frustrated watching a show that he unexpectedly transmigrates into the insubordinate regimental commander known as the defiant Li Yunlong, a man who was supposed to be executed. Demoted to a common soldier, he uses his knowledge of the plot to recruit Wei the Monk before anyone else, teams up with political commissar Zhao Gang, brings Chu Yunfei over to his side, and beats Yamamoto’s Special Forces to the punch. When all the scattered heroes of Jinxi Bei have 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 179 After I Transmigrated into a Japanese Noble Family, I Became a Hidden Spy 穿越日本贵族后，我成了谍战暗棋 Lin Yanchuan, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Konoe Nobuhiko, the second son of Japan’s top aristocratic family, the Konoe clan, during World War II. He has no overpowered cheat, only one modest ability: by reading subtle descriptions of people’s psychology, he can see through their hidden emotions and intentions. When he first enters enemy territory, he treads carefully beneath the aura of his noble birth. As he mimics Japanese etiquette and naviga 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Espionage: I’m Actually the Enemy’s Top Female Leader 谍战：我竟是敌方顶级女领导 [1940s + espionage + no System + no romance] Who could make this up? A modern Japanese-speaking trade manager wakes up after transmigrating straight into a Chinese prison as a female prisoner with amnesia! The absurd part is, she has the exact same face as a Japanese Kempeitai female commander! The real commander has just been assassinated when the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau picks her up on the spot and forces her into intensive training to serve as a replacement spy. Fluent in Japane 2kReads6.1Score22614d adds
- 181 Shadows Over Shanghai: Reborn in the Republic to Save the Nation and Its People 沪上谍影：魂穿民国救国救民 [War of Resistance espionage] + [Single heroine] + [Soul swap] + [Soul transmigration] A graduate student in history transmigrates into the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and becomes Shen Yanzhi, a Juntong trainee agent. He navigates between Juntong, the Japanese collaborationist regime, and the underground Communist Party, walking a knife's edge with only fragmentary memories of history to guide him. There is no romance, only a yearning to hold on to his beliefs and survive. Can he preserve his convic 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 I Have a Japanese Soldier Doppelganger 我有一头鬼子分身 A Republic-era spy thriller filled with intrigue, military intelligence, espionage, power fantasy, multiple heroines, and suspense. A down-and-out office director from modern times wakes up in the 26th year of the Republic and finds himself the head of the action squad at the Military Statistics Bureau’s Qingdao station. To his surprise, he discovers he can control a Japanese agent. His dismay turns to delight. From then on, he uses the Japanese agent to crush his enemies and climb the ranks. As 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Espionage: From the Start, I Dissected a Live Informant, Then Sewed the Intel Back Up in Tears 谍战：开局解剖上线含泪缝合情报 In 1939, at 76 Jisifeier Road in Shanghai, a den of horrors loomed. Here, human life was worthless, and secrets cost more than gold. Lin Jiu transmigrated into this world and became a reviled “special cleaner” (mortician/forensic examiner) in the General Affairs Office of 76. He spent his days among corpses, his clothes permanently steeped in the smell of formalin. To the secret agents, he was a walking omen of bad luck; to the society ladies, a rat from the gutter to be avoided at all costs. Ye —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Espionage: Code Name Beehive 谍战：代号蜂巢 In the Shanghai concessions in 1937, Lu Chen, a former special forces instructor, transmigrates into the body of Asano Akira, an ethnic Chinese employee of the Japanese military intelligence service. From the start, he faces an identity check, but his awakened Hive Intelligence System lets him turn the tables: by touching an object, he can extract information from the past 30 minutes, and by making contact with someone, he can unlock their hidden secrets! In the eyes of the Japanese, he is a cle 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Espionage: Every Female Agent Is My Informant 谍战：女特务都是我的内线 [Espionage + Multiple Heroines + System + Hearing Their Inner Thoughts] Whenever he comes into contact with a beautiful woman, he learns her memories, experiences, inner thoughts, schemes, and secrets, giving him leverage over her. Handsome and devilishly charming, he lies low in enemy territory and finds himself surrounded by one romantic encounter after another, as if he were strolling through a land of women. He cons and deceives, spinning one outrageous tale after another until the enemy's f 2.3kReads7.2Score17514d adds
- 186 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
- 187 Republican-Era Spy War 民国谍战 "Need to move people or cargo? I'll fix up a manure cart for you. Short on medicine? The military police hospital is ready to help. Food? Got it! Guns and ammunition? Got them! A tank? Come on, are you kidding me? The Republican era is full of remarkable people, and the righteous lead the way. Watch Lu Xiao turn the tide and show what a true hero is made of." 1.6kReads9.0Score15914d adds
- 188 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 87Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 189 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—14d adds
- 190 Shadows of Espionage: Enemy Agents in Action! 谍影重重：敌特在行动！ In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic, the whole nation was engulfed in the flames of the War of Resistance. Liu Zezhi had graduated from the Military Statistics Bureau's Qingpu training camp just over a year earlier when he was ordered to keep watch on Li Shiqun, who was suspected of planning to defect. Just as expected, Li Shiqun defected, and by a twist of fate, Liu Zezhi accidentally saved his life. Li Shiqun became the head of the 76th Division, the secret police organization of Wang Ji 3.7kReads8.8Score33214d adds
- 191 The Military Statistics Bureau's Iron Wall: The Japanese High Command's Lament 军统之铁壁：日军大本营的哀叹 Rebirth and transmigration + military intelligence + golden finger: Churchill: We’re broke. Fine, give him two million pounds’ worth of weapons for those two pieces of intelligence. He can pick them up himself; no delivery. Hitler: How did he find out that our Japanese allies are holding secret talks with the Soviets? Fine, let’s buy the meeting notes. Roosevelt: He can get us a Zero fighter? Write him a check, and ask if he’d like to switch sides while we’re at it. The Japanese: Who on earth le 1.6kReads7.8Score10214d adds
- 192 Espionage: From the Start, I Infiltrated an Enemy Nation Under the Codename Scalpel 谍战：开局潜伏敌国，代号手术刀 [Transmigration] + [Espionage] + [Daily Intelligence System] + [No Female Lead] Liu Jichuan transmigrates to 1936, only to discover that he's an intelligence agent for the Blue Shirts Society, stationed undercover in Tokyo. His most urgent task is to convince his sister-in-law, Fujiwara Shizuka, to believe that he's actually Jichuan Jiro, not an impostor. Fortunately, he awakens the [Daily Intelligence System], which randomly refreshes with all kinds of intelligence every day at midnight. [Today 2.5kReads7.0Score13814d adds
- 193 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 532Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 194 Just Like His Father and Grandfather Once Were 就像他父辈和祖辈曾经的模样 (From World War I to World War II) (Slow burn, with the focus mainly on the period after World War I) (A note for readers who may want to pass: It's slow-paced. It has some wish-fulfillment, but nothing too outrageous.) (Alternate history) “Deceivers and doers aren't necessarily opposites. Deception takes many forms. If my actions make you believe that this is who I am, then I've succeeded in deceiving you. As for being a doer, I deceived you all and then made my deception a reality.” Humphryck 5Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 195 Cracking Codes and Capturing Spies: From Prisoner to the Military Intelligence Bureau's Seventh Brother 破密码擒间谍，从囚犯到军统七哥 Ye Mingyuan, a modern criminal investigation graduate, wakes up to find himself a murder suspect in the Republic of China era. In a Military Statistics Bureau prison, a whip is dipped in water and a branding iron glows red. His interrogators have only one demand: "Sign the confession." Someone else might have caved. But Ye Mingyuan has read thousands of case files in his previous life, and forensic science, forensic medicine, and criminal psychology all come naturally to him. In just one night, 720Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 196 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
- 197 Kite 风筝 Decades of ups and downs, decades of life and death, all for the sake of completing the most difficult mission. The most dangerous infiltration, the most heart-pounding plots; hunted by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he witnessed tragedies of unimaginable cruelty. It was a war without gunfire, yet all the more terrifying for it. Zheng Yaoxian, the Kuomintang's top secret agent, was ruthless, cunning, and clever. He was the feared "Sixth Brother" of the Military Statistics Bureau, a 61Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 198 Shadows of Espionage: I Open a Jiahe Restaurant in Shanghai 谍影重重：我在上海开嘉禾菜馆 I Heard the Ice-Cold Beauty Say She Loves Me. It is 1929, and Shanghai is rife with undercurrents. I transmigrate into the body of “Lone Wolf,” an underground Communist agent. The moment I open my eyes, I find Chu Yunshu, a stunningly cold female agent from the military intelligence service, pointing a gun at my forehead. My golden finger activates, and her thoughts ring like a gong: [Why is this idiot so clueless? He even stole a kiss from me last night!] I keep a rock-steady expression. “Miss 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Espionage: I Can Eavesdrop on Everything 谍战：我能窃听万物 He's an agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, yet his superiors have ordered him to save the son of a Japanese military bigwig. He's a marginal figure in enemy intelligence circles, yet time and again he gets wind of the Japanese side's top-secret plans. He's timid, greedy, and lecherous, yet he repeatedly becomes the key to foiling the enemy's schemes. And the only reason he can do all this is that he has an extraordinary pair of ears, able to hear the sounds around him... 9Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 200 Return to the Nest: Code Name Lone Goose 归巢：代号孤雁 In 1946, during the Central Plains Breakout, dawn rose red with blood. Lu Huaijin, our Party’s top undercover agent, codenamed “Lone Goose,” carried a top-secret list that held the lives of hundreds of comrades. Amid the chaos, he lost contact with his only superior, “Star Shepherd,” and vanished without a trace. Within the organization, his file was stamped “suspected defector” and sealed away in a fog of uncertainty. Twelve years later, in 1958, an old-fashioned coded message that seemed to be 26Reads6.9Score—14d adds
