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- 1 Espionage: At Last, I Make It to the Honey Trap 谍战：终于熬到美人计 Zhang Yuan transmigrated to Shanghai in 1937 and became an intelligence operative for our Party, working undercover in the city. From the start, he was trapped in a living hell and brutally tortured. Whips, pepper water, the tiger bench, the electric chair... With no other options, the Japanese resorted to a honey trap. A female agent in a graceful kimono, her smile beguiling, approached Zhang Yuan, battered and covered in wounds. 2.1kReads—Score14214d adds
- 2 Shadow Wind 风影 A mind-bending espionage story! Amid a bizarre plot, witness the love, hate, and intrigue of an elite spy, along with his great wisdom and courage… 3.4kReads7.7Score31814d adds
- 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 2.9kReads7.2Score33514d adds
- 4 Espionage: Dawn at Machangting, 1949 谍战：1949马场町的黎明 [Spy thriller + based on real events from the White Terror era + mind games + no System + high-stakes intrigue] In August 1949, Lin Huaiyuan, a senior staff officer in the former Ministry of National Defense, was ordered to cross the sea. His true identity was that of an undercover agent codenamed “Secret Envoy One.” The top-secret intelligence he carried contained a “double cipher” linked not only to the situation in an archipelago in the southeast, but also to a secret plan known as “Fortress. 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Espionage: I Use Tianwen to Foretell Life and Death 谍战：我以天问预判生死 Wang Yike, a modern online writer whose stories never gained traction, transmigrates to become an underground peripheral intelligence agent for the Nationalist Army and awakens the “Tianwen System” hidden in his family's ancient jade. It can foresee fragments of the future and provide “Heaven's guidance.” With the Tianwen System's help, Wang Yike makes a fortune amid the chaos and repeatedly turns danger into safety on missions. He is forcibly appointed leader of the three-person Compass team, w 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Truth Is Out: The Blade's Shadow Beneath the Mask 摊牌了，面具之下的指尖刀影 All right, the secret’s out: beneath the mask, a blade flickers at my fingertips 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Money-Hungry Female Agent 财迷女特工 Hello, dearies! I'm the author of "The Money-Hungry Agent"! This is a fast-paced power fantasy about a Wall Street money lover who transmigrates into the Military Statistics Bureau! The heroine, Shen Dairuo, has no romantic delusions and relies purely on business savvy to counter espionage. She's a master of accounting, arbitrage, and building intelligence networks. She turns the tables from the brink of execution, amasses gold bars and builds her own team, then keeps Japanese agents and old han 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Spy Within a Spy Within a Spy 谍中谍中谍 [Spy warfare + political intrigue + undercover agents + Republican era + no System] A boy who has been wandering in the mountains is discovered by the Xing'an Sect, a Japanese mining company, the Black Dragon Society, the Saibei Gang, a tomb-raiding sect, and local warlords. They all want to train him to be a double agent, a role that demands the extraordinary skill of a tightrope walker. How does the boy play both immortal and devil, snatch treasure from the jaws of danger, and dance on the edg —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 9 Espionage: Taking the Place of a Japanese Aristocrat, the Secret Police Bureau’s Tyrant 谍战：顶替日本贵族，特高课暴君 In 1939, Shanghai has become an isolated island. Lu Yuan is nothing but a low-ranking agent at a Military Statistics Bureau training school, always ready to risk his life as cannon fodder. Because he looks almost exactly like Fujiwara Ryuichi, a high-ranking Japanese aristocrat about to take up a post in Shanghai, the bureau’s leadership selects him for a “decoy double” operation that is all but certain to end in death. Their true aim is to have him deliver false intelligence, then let the Japan 3.9kReads6.2Score27614d adds
- 10 Espionage: Shanghai Shadow 谍战：上海潜行者 In 1930, Shanghai was a city in turmoil. The military intelligence service, the underground Communist Party, the Japanese Kempeitai, the collaborationist Wang Jingwei regime, the Soviet NKVD, Britain's MI6, America's OSS... Forces from every side moved in the shadows, spies crossed paths, and life or death could turn on a moment. Zhang Fengxin, a modern university student, transmigrates to the eve of the War of Resistance and becomes a student in the eighth class of Huangpu Military Academy. By 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Espionage in the Resistance War: I Have a Background Editor! 谍战抗战：我有背景编辑器！ Time: Autumn 1937. The Battle of Shanghai is over, and the city has fallen. The protagonist, Liu Yunchuan, is a notorious playboy in Shanghai, a secret agent for the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, and later joins the Chinese Communist underground. He is also a transmigrator with a built-in background editor... With this cheat at his disposal, senior Japanese officials all become his backers. Who would dare cross him with connections like these? What intelligence could he pos 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 From the Pile of Corpses, I Carve a Path Through Nanjing with a Bayonet 开局死人堆，一把刺刀杀穿南京城 Transmigrated to the hell of Nanjing in 1937, Muye has no System and no support. What he does have is a mastery of urban warfare eighty years ahead of its time! [Environmental Scan] Ruins = prime hunting grounds; sewers = rapid assault routes. [Improvised Gear] Japanese ration tins and pull rings = instant-trigger tripwire bombs; flour and wood ash = anti-tank smoke screens. [Tactical Overmatch] Three-man squads versus reckless mass charges; CQB indoors versus bayonet combat. Watching the massac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Espionage: Codename Pufferfish 谍战：代号河豚 In 1937, as Shanghai falls, Lin Mo goes undercover in enemy territory. With no System, he is both the secret service’s “abacus” and the Communist Party’s “pufferfish.” He hides a deadly poison within himself, burrowing into the heart of Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime. He wields ledgers like blades and supplies like bullets, methodically sabotaging Japanese and puppet-government strategies. When victory in the War of Resistance comes and he is awarded the Medal of Loyalty and Diligence, he dives on 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Espionage: My System Is So Improper! 谍战：我的系统太不正经！ [Ding, The neighbor’s wife keeps sending you flirtatious glances. Choose: 1. “Madam, please show some restraint!” Firmly reject her advances and receive one ‘Good Person’ card! 2. “I didn’t see anything!” Pretend not to notice her interest. Neither make a move nor accept her advances, and receive: Master-level Green Tea Skills! 3. “Then I won’t refuse your kind offer!” Reward: Japanese fluency!] Lin Xuan: Japanese is great! I’ve got to learn Japanese! 21Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 No One Knows Your Name 你的名字无人知晓 This is a “book of darkness” for hardcore fans of historical spy fiction. If you’re hoping for someone to transmigrate or be reborn, or for a System that gives them cheat-like powers... there’s still time to leave. But if you long to sink into the real, filthy quagmire of espionage from 1930 to 1949, rife with conspiracies, schemes, and betrayal, and to witness with your own eyes how an ordinary man is forged by the Soviet NKVD into a nameless phantom, shaping the course of war from the shadows —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Republican Era: A Transmigrator's Spycraft Code 民国：穿越者的谍战密码 Shanghai on the eve of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. As Li Liancheng, a transmigrant struggling to survive at the bottom of society, he is unexpectedly drawn into an intelligence war between the Kuomintang, the Communists, and Japan, using modern thinking to unravel a web of espionage. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 You Were Supposed to Infiltrate, Not Become a Japanese Colonel! 让你潜伏，没让你当鬼子大佐呀！ [Smart Protagonist]+ [Corrupting the Japanese Army]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Master of Disguise] Transmigrate into a Japanese cannon-fodder soldier on the Songhu battlefield? No problem, I have a complete knowledge of history! A lost little agent from the Military Statistics Bureau infiltrates the Japanese army, planning to keep his head down until victory. Instead, he kills a sergeant, sells weapons, passes along intelligence, and accidentally becomes a Japanese general. Director Dai of the M 5.1kReads6.1Score32814d adds
- 21 Shanghai, 1941: Code Name Crane Ferry 抗日上海1941：代号渡鹤 [Spy thriller + based on true events + mind games + no System + high-stakes game] In 1941, Shanghai was an isolated island surrounded by Japanese-occupied territory. The city was a crossroads of power, with undercurrents running deep. On the surface, it was the “Paris of the East,” a glittering world of pleasure and luxury. In truth, it was a city of spies where every faction vied for power. Shen Mo was a rising star in Shanghai, deputy chief inspector at the French Concession police station. Da 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Espionage: Lone Wolf of the Blade 谍战：刀锋孤狼 [War-of-resistance espionage, spy intrigue, history, agents, play the pig to eat the tiger, face-slapping, suspense, workplace] [No golden finger, no System, no transmigration. Historical espionage inspired by real people.] [Lieutenant general and bureau chief, a double agent: a heart beating in enemy territory, living like a nameless lone wolf] A lieutenant general and bureau chief. The commander-in-chief personally summoned him to the meeting and marked his proposed plan “Approved.” A renowned 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Espionage in Changshu 常熟谍影 Just after Xu Zhiyuan arrives in Changshu, he receives a secret order: “Something is happening in Dongxiang. Go investigate No. 7 Plum Blossom Alley at once.” Under cover of night, he pushes open the half-ajar wooden door and finds the room in disarray. A blood-red plum blossom mark on the wall catches his eye, chilling him to the bone. 223Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Shadows and Spies: An Undercover Agent in the War of Resistance 暗影谍影：抗战卧底 From 1939 to 1944, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate. In Central China, the Japanese military established its intelligence hub, the “Plum Blossom Bureau,” and colluded with the Wang Jingwei puppet regime to hunt down underground intelligence agents and destroy resistance organizations. At the same time, they secretly advanced “Operation Cold Star,” building hidden weapons depots and training agents in an attempt to completely blockade the resistance bases in Central China a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 No Return Call 无回电 In 1949, on a besieged island battered by storms. He is Jin Tie, deputy director of the Communications Department of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, codenamed "Fisherman." After twelve years undercover, he suddenly loses contact with his organization overnight. A piece of intelligence that could save hundreds of lives is trapped inside him, like a bomb with its fuse nearly spent. The enemy has arrived. Gu Shenyan, codenamed "Hound," is a top agent who trusts data, not human nature. H 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Shanghai, 1937: The Silent Stitch 抗日上海1937：无声的针脚 In 1943, the occupied districts of Shanghai appear calm on the surface, but beneath it, undercurrents swirl. Shen Yanqiu, a Communist underground operative codenamed “Tailor,” goes undercover as the owner of an upscale tailor shop in the French Concession, tasked with rebuilding a shattered intelligence network. His adversaries are Sato Ichiro, the newly appointed chief of the Japanese secret police, and a mysterious double agent known as “Shadow.” When Shen Yanqiu discovers that his contact is 2.4kReads6.6Score28014d adds
- 27 Shadows of Espionage: The Sleeper Agent's Hidden Move 谍影：潜伏者的暗棋 He was a disposable pawn marked for execution in place of someone else, but he reversed his fate under the guns. In three days, he went from an abandoned pawn to a name on the Special High Commissioner's desk. In half a month, he had the head of a Military Statistics Bureau station requesting a meeting. How would a criminal psychology graduate student who transmigrated into the past navigate the tides of espionage and turn himself, a dead piece, into the only living eye on the entire board? Repu 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Republican-Era Espionage: The Winds of Change 民国谍战之风起云涌 For the shame of the nation and the pain of our families, we will never rest until the Japanese invaders are defeated. Our blood soaks the scorched earth. We are sons of China, brave and true. This is a true story from the years of resistance against Japan. The King of Espionage emerges, reminding us never to forget the heroes of the unseen front. 15.2kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 29 The Nameless Reverse Blade 逆刃无名 Spy thriller + Republican-era China + agents + mystery and deduction + careful planning + high-IQ mind games + undercover work + no romance In 1934, Shanghai was shrouded in turmoil. Shen Yan, a proofreader at a small newspaper, was an ordinary man with just two extraordinary qualities: a photographic memory and an unmatched talent for keeping his abilities hidden. A circle-shaped coded message, a ragtag team of five, and an assassination that would shake the world. He killed the traitor in thre 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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 1.4kReads7.0Score10414d adds
- 31 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
- 32 Secrets of the Spy War 谍海秘事 [Transmigration] [Espionage] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [No Supernatural Abilities] Liu Dongyang unexpectedly transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes a Japanese army interpreter. His relatives curse him, his friends hunt him down, and his fellow townspeople despise him. Used by Japanese officers and courted by Chinese collaborators, he finds himself with nowhere to run as he begins an extraordinary life amid those chaotic, bloody years… 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 No Tempting Allowed 禁止诱惑 [Everyone in Shanghai knew that Third Master Gu had no interest in women. That is, until he tore open my qipao in front of everyone at a victory banquet and bit my earlobe with a low laugh. “Miss Shen, you weren’t nearly so chaste when you were beneath me last night, crying and begging me to stop.”] On the surface, Shen Jingzhe was the top songstress at the Paramount. In secret, she was the most lethal blade in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Gu Beichen was Shanghai’s all-powerful un —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Transmigrated to 1950: China's Ace Spy Goes Undercover in America 穿越50华夏王牌暗谍潜伏美利坚 [CIA + British 007 + NATO + espionage] The Korean War breaks out in 1950, and our top spy embedded in the United States finds himself surrounded by danger. To keep Matthew Ridgway from heading to Korea, he uses a missing-person case to drag him into an investigation. As the investigation progresses, he discovers that Britain is dissatisfied with the postwar order and has built an extensive network of spies in the United States to seize geopolitical advantages. The master spy enters the game alon 169Reads—Score11114d adds
- 37 Is This My System? 这是我的系统？ Faced with a wounded nation weeping blood, Jin Nan was enraged. He moved among the many factions, including the Special Higher Police, No. 76, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Wang Jingwei puppet government, the Chongqing government, gangs, and warlords. He gathered a wealth of intelligence, eliminated countless brutal Japanese agents and traitorous bullies, and did everything he could to help his beleaguered nation. Years later, he had become the strongest agent, yet no one had ever seen his 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 War of Resistance: Me, the Shadowy Star of the Special Higher Police 抗战：我，特高课影帝 He transmigrates to 1938 and becomes a section chief in the Japanese secret police? Wu Tian says: “Don't panic. No big deal!” It's just a spy game. I've directed plays for half my life. What have I got to fear? Shanghai is my set! The Military Statistics Bureau, the Communist Party, and 76 are all actors under my command! Today, I'll add a camera angle to a “kissing scene” with a female Military Statistics Bureau agent (passing along intelligence). Tomorrow, I'll swap out a prop in Du Yuesheng's —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Netherworld Tycoon: My Ghost Soldiers Can Devour Gods and Demons 幽冥巨贾：我的阴兵可吞鬼神 When Lin Yuan wakes, he has transmigrated to a strange world where ghosts and monsters run rampant and the laws of reality have crumbled. Survival is his first priority, and the “trillion-dollar inheritance” he has received isn't gold or silver, but an army of ghost soldiers lying dormant in the underworld! At first, he trembles in terror before hideous ghosts. Then he coolly commands his black-armored ghost soldiers as they test their strength. From a frail mortal, he rises to become a strange- 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Undercover: Alone in the Light 潜伏之孤守光明 "Undercover: Alone in the Light" tells the story of Yu Zecheng on the eve of Tianjin's liberation. Traveling from place to place with Wu Jingzhong, he goes undercover, beginning in Shanghai. There, he navigates the competing factions, obtains the city's defense plans and a list of undercover agents, and uses infighting within their ranks to pass on intelligence, clearing the way for the People's Liberation Army to liberate Shanghai. He then heads to Chongqing and infiltrates the heart of the Bu 22Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 41 The Missing Courier 消失的交通员 In the spring of 1941, Qingcheng simmered with intrigue under Japanese and puppet rule. “Gray Snake,” an ace courier for the Chinese Communist Party’s Qingcheng underground station who knew the key intelligence routes, suddenly vanished without a trace. A top-secret list concerning the safety of underground party organizations across the Jiangnan region disappeared with him. Meanwhile, the Japanese puppet secret service’s Plum Blossom Agency and the Military Statistics Bureau’s Qingcheng station 43Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 42 Me! The Number One Foolish Traitor, Actually the Ultimate Undercover Agent 我！头号蠢汉奸，实则潜伏天花板 [Resistance-war espionage + play the pig to eat the tiger + misunderstandings + double-agent infiltration + deep-cover spy + no abuse of the protagonist + long-form] The whole city curses Cao Liwen as a greedy, stupid traitor, yet the Japanese and the KMT’s secret service compete to promote and recruit him! Everyone laughs at him for being a brainless time-server. Little do they know that he has spent decades playing the fool while undercover, operating from Jiangcheng to the isolated island. He 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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—Score17914d adds
- 44 Espionage: Shadow Without a Trace 谍战：无间谍影 A story about a modern man who transmigrates into the espionage-ridden Republic of China. The first hundred chapters mainly cover some spy cases in Jinling. I feel like the protagonist hasn't really had a chance to show what he can do yet. My initial plan is to send him into enemy-occupied territory after the first hundred chapters, where he can finally unleash his full potential. Art is a big explosion. 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Hidden Game: A Silent Contest 暗局：无声的较量 [Espionage + Based on real events involving General Li Kenong + Mind games + No System + High-stakes intrigue] In 1930, Shanghai is rife with undercurrents. Li Yin, a Communist underground agent using the alias “Skylark,” is ordered to infiltrate the Kuomintang’s secret service, the Fuxing Society. There he joins forces with Qian Zhuangfei, codename “Night Hawk,” and Hu Di, codename “Green Snake,” to form a special party cell codenamed “Zhulong.” Their mission is to obtain the Kuomintang’s plan 149Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 46 A Lane Boy's War of Resistance 弄堂小子的抗战 Chen Agen grew up in the alleys of Shanghai and learned extraordinary martial arts from the reclusive master Lu Zijian, known as "Ghost Shadow." Carrying the simple ideal of upholding justice, he joined the police force. But after he unexpectedly saved Wu Siba, a powerful officer in the Japanese puppet organization known as Unit 76, he was forced into the den of evil and became a member of the collaborationist secret service headquarters. There, he witnessed the invaders' brutality and endured 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 King of Espionage: My Deadly Simulations 谍战之王：我能夺命模拟 Tang San obtains a Spy King System with five major categories of skills. First, killing enemies earns him their remaining lifespan. Second, the lifespan he gains can extend his own life. Third, he can spend lifespan to avert disasters and injuries that would otherwise befall him. Fourth, he can use lifespan to simulate lives, not only his own but other people's as well. Fifth, it has other incredible functions. 292Reads7.3Score10814d adds
- 48 Espionage Agent: The Shadows Begin to Shine at the Detention Center 谍战特工：灯影闪耀从看守所开始 Your identification papers have no name. Your seat has only a number. [No System, no transmigration into a drama, no borrowing characters from other works. The plot is half original and half adapted from real events.] A 20-year-old youth transmigrates to the Republican era. Armed with memories from his past life, he runs small businesses, exposes Japanese spies, hones his martial skills, plays landlord, fights spies and infiltrators, makes contact behind enemy lines, conducts secret infiltration —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Fight, Fight, Fight! Beat That Traitor to a Pulp 打打打，打你个大汉奸 On New Year’s Eve, the notorious traitor Chen Biao was killed while performing ancestral rites at home. A note was left beside him, bearing the words: “Victory in the War of Resistance is certain. May China endure forever.” Fight the Japanese invaders and eliminate traitors. Operation Code Cobra is about to begin...! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Shanghai 1949: Silent 上海1949：无声 October 1948. At the scene of his father's supposed “fatal car accident,” Gu Yansheng discovers a pocket watch stopped at 3:17, the time the bank closes for business in the afternoon. At the memorial held inside the bank, Shen Mozhi gives a eulogy, his gaze sweeping over Gu Yansheng like a knife. While sorting through his father's belongings, Gu Yansheng finds his father's handwriting beside a problem dated March 17, 1937, in Practical Bank Accounting: “Debit: Dawn. Credit: Long Night.” His firs 2.3kReads—Score16614d adds
