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- 51 The New War God of Southern Anhui 皖南新战神 He Dazhi is a directionless young man with no ambition, whose birthday banquet turns into a lavish feast. With the help of the System, he goes from an aimless nobody to a new God of War, making waves in a parallel world and taking southern Anhui by storm... 390Reads6.6Score10314d adds
- 52 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
- 53 The Making of a Top Assassin 顶级杀手的成长历程 Northeast China, 1933. Snow dyes the world a ghastly white, and the icy wind can gnaw the flesh from your bones. A young man in a thin shirt, skinny as a stick and shivering uncontrollably, stumbles into an earthen temple. He nearly trips over something at his feet: a corpse that is still warm. Beside the body, a spot of golden light flickers faintly, like a star buried in the snow. He reaches for it with trembling hands. The instant his fingertip touches it, a cold voice suddenly rings out in h 402Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 54 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... 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Superpowered Heroes Beat Up the Japanese Invaders 异能者暴揍鬼子 Wang Lu possesses the Dragon Soul Divine Cauldron, whose blessing grants him supernatural powers to hunt Japanese soldiers and collect Sin Points. He forms a league of superpowered fighters and leads them in killing, sabotaging, and destroying, carrying out one bloody atrocity after another to fill the Japanese with fear and dread. 347Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 War of Resistance: Oh No! Sichuan Dad Is Here! 抗战之：不好！川爹来啦！ With the nation in peril and the Japanese invaders showing their fangs, every man is responsible for the rise and fall of his country. I wished to enlist, but I was too old. Fortunately, I have a son, and he has volunteered. I give him this banner to carry at all times: wipe away blood with it when wounded, and be wrapped in it when he dies. March ever forward, and never forget your duty. The Death Banner 1.3kReads6.6Score—14d adds
- 57 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
- 58 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
- 59 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… 6.4kReads6.7Score49214d adds
- 60 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 3 《怀疑妻子对我不忠3》 My Wife Might Be Cheating on Me 3 32Reads—Score214d 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 700Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 62 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
- 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 41.2kReads7.5Score2.9k14d 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 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
- 66 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 177Reads7.2Score2714d adds
- 67 I Stumbled Upon My Aunt's Secret 我偶然发现小婶的秘密 I Accidentally Discovered My Aunt's Secret —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 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
- 71 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 Sequel 2 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 Sequel 1 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 73 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
- 74 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! 66.3kReads7.6Score8.9k14d adds
- 75 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
- 76 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 78 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
- 79 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 1.2kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 80 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 《废旧医院的惊魂夜》 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 81 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
- 82 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
- 83 Dark Flame: A Lone Star Shines Over the East 暗火：孤星照东方 After the Pacific War broke out, Japan’s wartime economy was strained, yet its naval factories continued running at full capacity. The war in China entered its most grueling phase of strategic stalemate, and the Japanese army carried out brutal “mopping-up” campaigns across the country. They thought the night was their cover, never realizing that I was the night itself. He was known by the codenames Qiming and Qingluan. He was also Stone, and the mysterious codename Ghost. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 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... 7.3kReads8.1Score46514d adds
- 85 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
- 86 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 11.1kReads8.3Score64114d adds
- 87 War of Resistance: Rising to Power Starting with Bright Sword 抗战：从亮剑开始崛起 A young man transmigrates into the world of The Bright Sword and awakens an Invincible Sign-In System. All he has to do is kill Japanese soldiers to earn loot rewards. Weapons, skills, equipment, silver dollars, Japanese women... it’s all there. He goes on to form a special reconnaissance company and take out the Yamamoto Special Forces. He launches a surprise attack on Heiyun Stockade, recruits the bandits, and kills Shamaozi. He builds up a force of an entire division and helps Li Yunlong capt 5kReads8.0Score18714d adds
- 88 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 13.8kReads7.7Score1k14d adds
- 89 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
- 90 War of Resistance Siheyuan: Ancestors, Kill Them! 抗战四合院：列祖列宗，给我杀！ [War of Resistance] + [Siheyuan] + [Transmigration] + [System] + [Summoning the Ancestors] + [Livestream] Game streamer Wang Ye takes a nap, only to discover that he has transmigrated into a War of Resistance game. The Siheyuan and its residents have come along with him. Wang Ye awakens the [System for Summoning the Ancestors], which assigns him rescue missions and livestreams his actions in the real world. “What? The game looks way too realistic!” “If it’s about the War of Resistance, I’m all i 264Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 91 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
- 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 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
- 94 War of Resistance: Breaking Through the Xiang River 抗战：从湘江突围开始 Fuya, you have to stay alive! Even if only one person remains, the souls of the Red 18th Regiment will live on. How do you choose between a family vendetta and the hatred of a nation? The blood-soaked debt owed to hundreds of millions of people must be repaid. You Japanese devils, Grandpa’s coming for you. 7.5kReads8.8Score32414d adds
- 95 Wolves in the Northeast: The Young Sharpshooter 东北狼烟：少年枪神 With the nation in peril and the land shattered, young Zhang Fan, the top student at his school, is forced to take up arms amid the chaos of war. With his exceptional intelligence, calm demeanor, and incredible ability to learn, he gradually becomes a sharpshooter feared across the battlefield. The puppet troops are acting cocky? He puts them in their place on the spot! The Japanese invaders are running rampant? One shot, one kill! The traitors are up to no good? He shows no mercy! From a frail 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 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
- 98 Selling Arms in Bright Sword 我在亮剑卖军火 Chen Dong gets a Portal System that lets him travel freely to the world of Drawing Sword. “Old Li, have you ever seen an anti-materiel sniper rifle?” “Old Li, this thing's called an RPG. One shot can take out a tank!” Li Yunlong stares at the gear Chen Dong is wearing, practically drooling. “Want it, want it! Your old pal Li wants it all! But, Brother Chen, could we settle the bill a little later...?” “No money? Easy. We can trade goods. Antiques, lumber, even Japanese officers' swords can be ex 5.9kReads8.2Score32214d adds
- 99 1937: I Have an Arsenal 1937：我有个军火库 A modern soldier transmigrates to the Republican era, where he studies intangible cultural heritage and uses the military knowledge he learned in the future to support the war of resistance. Every inch of land is soaked in blood; a hundred thousand brave men fight with all their might! How can four hundred million Chinese compatriots let the Japanese invaders run rampant? Kill the invaders and defend our homes and country! For a soldier's honor and the dignity of our people, China's passionate s 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Someone Else's Beloved? The Commander Will Still Take Her by Force 他人挚爱？督军照样强娶豪夺 (Male stand-in, possessive pursuit, forced love, intense push and pull, powerful man bows his head, two strong leads, both devoted to each other) Transmigrated into a warlord-ravaged era, Ruan Xiaoxiao only wants to keep her head down and survive. But disaster strikes: her comrade is framed and thrown into the police station. With nowhere else to turn, she has no choice but to humble herself and beg Huo Yunting, the governor of three provinces, who holds the power of life and death. Everyone s 2.7kReads—Score22014d adds
