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- 51 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, 85.3kReads7.5Score10.4k14d adds
- 52 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 29kReads5.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 53 Transmigrating to 1940: Titled the Ghost King 穿越40，称号鬼王 Wang Dong’s soul transmigrates, bringing him to 1940, where he becomes a four- or five-year-old boy in Wangjia Village. But due to the System, his body develops some problems, so he’ll kill Japanese soldiers while recuperating. He is the Ghost King in his enemies’ hearts, and he is the real Ghost King. The protagonist is a lone wolf who belongs to no organization, and is overwhelmingly powerful. 2.2kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 54 Traveling Between Two Worlds to Fight in Korea, I Beat Up the Americans 双穿抗美援朝，我暴打美国佬 In 2026, overworked wage slave Su Tianci gets his writing royalties. He plans to go out for a foot massage with the full-service treatment, as a reward for himself. But he never expects to open his eyes and transmigrate to a battlefield engulfed in war. There’s no water, medicine, or food. Fortunately, he can return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 26.3kReads7.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 55 The New Boss of Thirteen Provinces 十三省新掌包 Zhang Wenyuan, a graduate of the National University of Defense Technology’s Pontoon Bridge Command Department, had just been assigned to his unit when a once-in-a-century flood struck. He met with an accident while taking part in flood relief operations, only to transmigrate to Northeast China in 1935... 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Fox of Hengyang 衡阳之狐 Zhang Wenyuan, a hitman in his previous life, was betrayed by his handler. Ambushed while on a mission, he somehow found himself transported back to the battlefield of the 1944 Defense of Hengyang. 234Reads6.6Score10814d adds
- 57 Loyal Souls Amid the Flames of War 烽火忠魂 Historical setting: 1937–1945, from the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan to victory Core theme: The clash and convergence of individual heroism and collective destiny, and how ordinary people choose to become heroes when pushed to the brink 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Transmigrate into Four Lines: Defying Orders from the Start, the Japanese Are Losing Their Minds 穿越四行：开局抗命，鬼子疯了 [Transmigration + War of Resistance Against Japan + System + Madman] Transmigrate into the Four-Row Warehouse, get a System, kill the enemy to serve the country. Simple and brutal, fighting the Japanese invaders, with a madman's temperament, a special forces soldier, and utterly domineering… 6.4kReads6.7Score47214d adds
- 59 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 3 《怀疑妻子对我不忠3》 32Reads—Score214d adds
- 60 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 266Reads7.6Score7814d adds
- 61 War Against Japan: The Enemy-Lines Suicide Squad 抗日之敌后敢死队 This is a spy thriller. There is no System, no transmigration into another person's body, no rebirth, no transmigration into a book, and no futuristic weapons to lend a hand. It's a story about using intelligence and the unique talents of extraordinary people to pull off one major operation after another that gives the Japanese invaders a headache. Since there are no futuristic weapons to help, the story moves a little slowly. I ask readers to be patient and enjoy it. The story takes place in Z 685Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 62 Iron-Blooded Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to 1933 to Fight the Japanese 铁血特种兵穿越抗日1933 When the soul of a former special forces soldier from Huaxia crashes into Shanhaiguan in January 1933. The Northeast has already fallen, Xiao Zhang has abandoned his homeland and retreated west, and the Japanese invaders' iron hooves are poised to trample the pass beneath the cold stars. He is a man from Hebei, from the future. With the edge of modern tactical thinking in his grasp, he stands shoulder to shoulder with the national heroes beneath the Great Wall, taking up rusted rifles with them. 1.2kReads6.3Score10514d adds
- 63 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 41.7kReads7.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 64 Revenge and Retribution on the Shanghai Bund 快意恩仇上海滩 Li Tianhu, a nationally certified master fitter, gets drunk at a business dinner and ends up in 1930s Shanghai in a parallel world. He becomes an ordinary blacksmith from the lower classes and, with the help of his System and golden finger, grows stronger step by step as he pursues his own brand of justice across Shanghai. 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越六零，我成难民了？ Drop your personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Reject pointless self-torment and go completely off the rails when something happens. Better to make trouble for others than suffer in silence. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He’d only joined a cycling club and wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he’d somehow fall off a cliff? When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the materially deprived 1960s. 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Global Conquest: 1937 in Another World 全球争霸：另一个位面的1937 [Dual Transmigration] [Overwhelming enemies with weapons from a more advanced era] [Passionate revenge] [No System] [No heroine] [No tired clichés] Using interdimensional transfer technology obtained from Xinfeng Corporation, as established in my previous novel, the relevant authorities have independently built a space-time portal. On the other side lies 1937 in another dimension. Everyone knows what kind of beasts exist there. With such a golden opportunity, how could we possibly let it pass? A 129Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 67 I Stumbled Upon My Aunt's Secret 我偶然发现小婶的秘密 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Shop System: Slaughtering Japanese Soldiers on the Anti-Japanese Battlefield 商店系统之抗日战场屠杀鬼子兵 Unlimited power fantasy + System Shop + No-brainer fun + Slaughtering Japanese soldiers Jiang Chen accidentally transmigrates to Hebei in late 1937 and activates the Invincible Shop System. The more Japanese soldiers he kills and the more territory he occupies, the more powerful the goods he can buy become. Troops, food, guns, tanks, cannons, warships, aircraft carriers, planes, atomic bombs: it has everything. Slaughter the Japanese soldiers... 1.3kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 69 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 71 Two-Way Travel to Republican-Era China: Rich Enough to Rival a Nation 双穿民国之富可敌国 Su Tianci is sent back to the Republican era by a hundred-ton truck while saving a little girl who is about to be hit by a car. The moment he opens his eyes, he sees the Japanese invaders swaggering around. His patriotic blood boils, and he takes them on with a brick. What’s even more amazing is that he can return to 2025. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 587Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 137Reads7.6Score4114d adds
- 73 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 75 Reborn: A Brilliant Life of Reversal 重生逆袭灿烂人生 I'm someone who has been reborn. In my previous life, I drifted through life in a daze, muddling through each day. The first thing I'd think about every morning was where to go to make money and how much I needed to earn. I couldn't think of anything else. But even after working so hard, I accomplished nothing and lost so much along the way. When it came to opportunities in life, I missed out on one good chance and turning point after another. When it came to family, I was left with countless re 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Transmigrate Through Time and Space: The Tiger Roars as It Slays the Japanese 穿越时空之虎啸杀倭 Laohu was an overseas agent. He died a hero while carrying out his final mission, but his soul transmigrated into the body of a man in a shantytown in Zhabei District, Old Shanghai, in 1938. Using his skills, Laohu kills Japanese soldiers, robs their banks, sabotages their counterfeit currency schemes, raids their supply depots, breaks people out of prison, blows up their headquarters, destroys their airfields, and carries out countless other missions. He also has a System that transmigrated wit 1.1kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 77 Global Conquest: Starting from a Lonely City in the Ming Dynasty 全球争霸：从大明的一座孤城开始 Red collar tabs, green uniform, crouched low with a rifle held at an angle: the world's greatest infantryman. [World Domination] [Armored Warfare] [Unrivaled on Land] [Dominance in the Skies] As a besieged city in the late Ming dynasty faces its fall, a hundred green-uniformed “divine soldiers” descend from the heavens. Armed with automatic firearms, they sweep through the Jin troops, yet insist they aren't heavenly generals. When Shen Jing'an, the civil official defending the city, asks where t 757Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 78 Fist in Hand, Roaming the World: Part One 倚拳闯天涯上 I was a miserable wage slave, rushing to deliver a package, when suddenly a car knocked me down. My head struck a gravestone, and everyone thought I was dead. But I felt an invisible force burrowing into my head. I had learned martial arts. 335Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Transmigrated to 1937, I Fought My Way to God-Tier Skills 穿越1937，杀出一身神级技能 [War of Resistance + Lone Wolf + God-Tier Skills + System + Inventory Space] Skill ranks: Beginner - Proficient - Expert - Master - Grandmaster - God-Tier [Life motto: I'm not a bad person, but I'm no saint either!] [I'll always settle a score, and I'll always repay a kindness!] Lin Yuan awakens a cheat-skill System from a game he played in his previous life. The hunt begins! When Lin Yuan unlocks his first skill, the way he looks at the Japanese invaders changes. "Bang!" Skill points +1 "Boom! 66.2kReads7.6Score8.8k14d adds
- 80 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 《废旧医院的惊魂夜》 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 81 Reborn in 1993, I Became a Tycoon With My Pocket Dimension 重生九三年，带着空间做富豪 Synopsis: Urban, reborn, spatial superpowers, “zero-cost shopping overseas,” decisive and ruthless, lighthearted and funny, passionate and merciless… This story is entirely fictional. If anything seems unreasonable, just take it as a joke. Please be understanding. This humble writer is deeply grateful! Some say that southern China in the 1980s and 1990s was paradise for entrepreneurs and migrant workers, with gold everywhere. As long as you were bold and worked hard enough, you were sure to mak 12.9kReads7.7Score94114d adds
- 82 The All-Powerful Soldier King Crushes the Japanese Army 全能兵王之碾压日军 Wang Xiaowei, a modern all-around soldier king, transmigrates to the 1937 Battle of Jinshanwei. Watch as this invincible modern warrior crushes the Japanese army through the battles of Jinshanwei, Kunshan, and Nanjing, the Taierzhuang Campaign, the battles of Wuhan and Changsha, and the Burma Campaign, all the way to victory in the War of Resistance. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 He Shouye, an actor in a hit TV drama, is shot in the heart with a prop gun and wakes up in the Republican era as He Shouye, a ginseng porter. He has no lifespan to spare after his transmigration, but a System that lets him extend his life by killing Japanese invaders arrives and binds itself to him. Follow He Shouye through the many lives he leads as he fights the invaders to stay alive. 2.6kReads—Score17914d adds
- 84 Back to 1959, I Bind a System and Turn My Life Around 重回五九绑定系统逆袭人生 [System + Lighthearted Comedy + 1970s + Updated Promptly at 7 a.m. Daily] Li Guangzhao wakes up to discover he has been reborn at the age of eighteen. Facing his father-in-law, he doesn’t act rashly this time! He awakens a System. Money? To him, it’s just a string of numbers. Food? The supplies in his System’s storage space are enough for his whole family to eat their fill whenever they want! Every regret from his past life, he’ll make up for this time! 6.9kReads8.1Score54914d adds
- 85 War of Resistance: A Militia Regiment from the Start, Rising to Become the Mightiest Warlord 抗战：开局民兵团，晋升最强军阀 [War of Resistance + Republican Era + System + Building an Independent Army + Great Counteroffensive] After transmigrating to northwestern Shanxi, Su Changqing becomes the spoiled young master of the wealthy landlord Su family and awakens an arms-dealer System. The System offers every kind of supply imaginable. It has everything from basic guns, ammunition, and medicine to advanced heavy artillery, tanks, and aircraft, even entire production lines… All he has to do is kill enemies to earn 231Reads8.0Score13714d adds
- 86 Back to 1982: I Have an Unlimited Supply of Goods 重回1982，我有无限物资 I came back reborn with my house? The thing is, my house refreshes itself every day. Take something away, and it reappears the next day! And so, in 1982, my supplies began refreshing without end! 1.3kReads8.0Score10614d adds
- 87 Transmigrating to the Late Han Dynasty to Rule the World 穿越汉末霸天下 Wu Xiaoyao is an active-duty special forces king. While on a mission in the Sakura Islands, he is betrayed by a spy who had been hiding in China for more than thirty years. To protect his teammates as they retreat, he single-handedly takes on the entire Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces unit, more than 180 men, and kills over a hundred Japanese devils. Exhausted, he raises his head to the sky and roars, "I have the will to kill the enemy, but not the strength to turn the tide!" Then he detonates 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 China’s Front Line Against Japan: Vow to Kill the Invaders 中华抗日第一线誓杀鬼子兵 Decisive in battle + independent development + strategy and tactics + endless wish fulfillment + never goes on hiatus Ten billion soldiers guard the Great Wall for ten thousand miles, Must our descendants wait to avenge our national humiliation? I would gladly lead a hundred thousand tiger-and-wolf warriors, To ride out with blades drawn and enter Tokyo. Xiao Zong is decisive and independent, sworn to kill the Japanese devils And capture the accursed Emperor alive. The Japanese devils call him 11.2kReads8.3Score65114d adds
- 89 From the Start of the Republic, I Applied to the First Class at Whampoa: I'm from Fenghua 民国开局报考黄埔一期我是奉化人 [Main Battlefield + First Class of Whampoa + No System + No Fighting Among Ourselves] If you're here for the War of Resistance, start reading from Chapter 43. The earlier chapters cover Whampoa and Eastern Europe. Liu Bin looks back on the century of humiliation in the history of the Rabbit nation. To make up for the regrets of history, he'll set foot in Whampoa's first class and rewrite what happened in places like Shanghai and Nanjing. It all starts now, in Fenghua. What does it matter if y 114Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 90 Reborn in 1976: All I Want from the Start Is to Fill My Stomach 重生76年，开局只为填饱肚子 Themes: Supernatural powers, pocket dimension, scheming, the many sides of life in a special era, and more... The middle-aged loser Fang Xiangyang is reborn. The good news is that he's returned to forty years ago, an era full of opportunities. He can change his own fate and his family's, ride the wave of a great age, and make a name for himself. The bad news is that his family has run out of food. If he doesn't find some soon, they may all starve to death... 7.3kReads8.1Score45014d adds
- 91 Invincible Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之无敌 Wu Xiaoyao was an ordinary wage slave. To survive in this damnable era, he had no choice but to go abroad and become a mercenary, risking his life for a living so his family could have an easier life. Who could have guessed that, through a twist of fate, he would transmigrate back to the late 1970s? See how Wu Xiaoyao, equipped with the golden finger every transmigrator needs, makes a name for himself in that red-hot era! 723Reads—Score3614d adds
- 92 Fighting in the War to Aid Korea: I Have Infinite Resources! 抗战援朝，我有无限资源！ Spatial System + One Heroine + Striking Out on His Own + Supporting the Anti-Japanese United Army + Beating the Japanese Invaders + War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea + War of Liberation + Founding a Nation Overseas Yin Xinjun transmigrates to Northeast China in 1937! From that year on, the situation facing the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army grows increasingly dire! Meanwhile, Yin Xinjun grows stronger with every battle, fighting bravely alongside the various units of the United Army 4.9kReads8.2Score30414d adds
- 93 Bright Sword: From the Northwest Shanxi Front to Lake Changjin 亮剑：从晋西北打到长津湖 After an accident, Zhou Wu transmigrated back to a time when war raged across the land, becoming a soldier in the Eighth Route Army. Facing brutal invaders, he used the military knowledge and foresight he had gained in his previous life to build up the armed forces, fighting bandits, eliminating collaborators, and wiping out the Japanese... Every inch of our land is drenched in blood; ten million young men take up arms! Zhou Wu firmly believed that truth lay only within the range of artillery, a 20.1kReads6.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 94 Reborn: The Cold-Blooded Hardliner of the War of Resistance 重生：抗战冷血杠头师 I transmigrated into the War of Resistance against Japan and rallied over a thousand routed soldiers as a second lieutenant to form an iron-blooded special task force! At the beginning, those around me were scattered remnants, battered equipment, and hopeless morale. I turned this weak force into an iron-blooded army that would stand and fight any enemy, never retreating even in death, earning it the fearsome name "Hardhead Division" across the land! During the Defense of Nanjing, the Japanese a 24kReads8.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 95 War of Resistance: Rising to Power on the Shanghai Battlefield 抗战，从淞沪战场开始崛起 During the Battle of Shanghai, 700,000 Chinese marched fearlessly into battle, fighting the Japanese invaders, who had planes and artillery, to the death. In October of that same year, the Gu family’s castoff walked out the door. After transmigrating, Gu Changfeng, a modern soul, resolved to join the War of Resistance. But fate had other plans: he was dismissed from the army once again. Gu Changfeng thought, Perfect. The Shanghai battlefield, here I come... He gathered scattered soldiers and for 3.3kReads7.9Score20014d adds
- 96 A Merchant in the Bright Sword World 亮剑世界的商人 Lin Feng took over his family's failing factory, then accidentally fused with the military-industrial complex game System on his phone. Using the weapons and equipment he manufactured through the arsenal System, along with modern supplies stored in its spatial inventory, he aided Li Yunlong and supported the War of Resistance. 11.8kReads8.4Score67314d adds
- 97 Pang Biti’s Japanese-Killing System 胖鼻涕的打鬼子系统 + + . Superweapons + superpowers: this latest double-System novel will give you a reading experience like no other! In Sandbox World No. 1, Jiang Zhonglang relies on the Sacred Realm System and leads his comrades in the Tornado Anti-Japanese Alliance from the Shanghai battlefield onward, fighting bravely and winning every battle! But what challenges will they face when the enemy gets its hands on the Dark Pool System? That’ 489Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 98 A Heavy Armored Brigade from the Start: The Japanese Invaders Were Beaten to Tears 开局一个重装旅，小鬼子被打哭了 [Republic of China era, transmigration, military industry and a powerful army, financial supremacy, World War I backdrop, crushing the great powers, a passionate rise, political maneuvering] War is the theme of this book. Alongside the shooting wars, financial warfare will enter the story in its middle and later stages. Lu Chen: If the great powers are determined to destroy us, then I'll make sure they die first. Japanese invaders: Lu Chen, why do you keep coming after us? Britain: Please, stop 207Reads5.3Score1814d adds
- 99 War of Resistance: From the Start, Armed with a Fortress Gun and Awakened Powers 抗战：开局就是要塞炮，力量觉醒 [Transmigration, System, fortress guns, anti-aircraft towers, bases] As a special forces soldier, Xiao Dingfang transmigrates to a parallel world during the War of Resistance. After awakening a System, he gets his hands on a 105 mm cannon right away. A sniper rifle? Heh, my artillery has a range of 20 kilometers! A positional battle? No, I fight battles of annihilation! An artillery regiment? No, mine’s a heavily armed combined-arms regiment! 167Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 100 Springtime in a Shell Casing 弹壳里的春天 This is a stirring anthem of a people forged in the flames of war, and a tender love story blossoming beneath the smoke of battle. Set against the backdrop of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan from 1931 to 1945 and the subsequent War of Liberation, the story weaves a sweeping historical tapestry through the intertwined fates of Zhang Ai, a farmer’s son from the Northeast known as Goudan, and Qi Shuyun, a young student from Beiping. Spring in the Bullet Casings, originally titled Songs 266Reads—Score—14d adds
