Novels like Republican China: From Fake Young Master to Warlord
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- 51 The Nameless Long River: Thirty Years Behind Enemy Lines 长河无名，敌营三十载 Japan, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, the United States, and South Korea: six identities at once, and thirty years embedded in enemy ranks. From the covert battles in Shanghai and the Hangzhou Incident to code-breaking intrigues, the smoke of Nomonhan, espionage in the Far East, and power struggles in a world at war, he hides his real name and bears the burden of his country and people under an assumed identity. His name is absent from the history 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Republican Era: A Shadowy Web of Espionage 民国：谍影迷云 [Pocket Dimension + One Female Lead + Competent Characters + Consistent Logic + Historical Accuracy] The rating has just gone live, so please give it a chance. (Onion Orange salutes!) Su Xin, a historical researcher, transmigrates to the years of the War of Resistance and becomes a minor secret agent in the Military Statistics Bureau. The bureau gains an ace operative skilled at hunting down Japanese spies, while the Communist Party gains a “deep-cover agent” hidden in the enemy's heart! Trackin 411Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 53 Espionage: My Second Life in the Republic of China 谍战之我在民国做二代 [Spy Warfare + Political Intrigue + Trading Supplies + Ultimate Wish-Fulfillment: Not to Be Missed] Zhao Zhilin is a well-connected young scion and a legendary spy who has returned through time, determined to resist the Japanese. Whether he’s dealing with the Special Service Office or No. 76, he fits right in. “I know who the ‘Hu Qin’ you’ve been looking for is.” This is the confession offered by a turncoat at No. 76 who could no longer endure torture. “It’s time Zhao Zhilin got promoted.” These 991Reads5.9Score10514d adds
- 54 Espionage: Starting in 1936 谍战：从1936开始 In 1936, the land lies shattered, and dark clouds gather over the nation. Modern special police officer Wang Xinjie transmigrates to the Shanghai concessions and becomes the most unremarkable Chinese constable, awakening a portable storage space from the start. A Japanese ronin kills someone in broad daylight? He snaps the man's wrist and sends him flying with a shoulder strike! A foreign superior sides with the Japanese invaders? He exploits public anger to put the man in his place, leaving him 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Lone Hero of Yingxiong 孤胆雄英 Tags: Republic of China era, espionage, passionate, mind games, ruthless, warlord rivalries, love of family and country [Ruthless hero returns + espionage and mind games + decisive and ruthless + beauties of a chaotic age] Shanghai, a city awash in blood and turmoil. Chen Moyan awakens to find his fellow agents dead and himself a “lone ghost” with the Juntong’s guns trained on him. Kill his colleagues to earn their trust? He becomes Juntong’s sharpest blade, earning the nickname “Chen the King o 1.8kReads8.6Score16814d adds
- 56 Espionage: My Codename Is Demon-Mirror 谍战：我代号照妖镜 After a car accident, Shen Qingyun, a university psychology student, woke up in 1939 in someone else's body, that of a clerk in the Military Statistics Bureau's interrogation department. In the Zaosibao torture chamber, a Japanese spy kept his mouth shut, refusing to confess even under severe torture. With the section chief and director at their wits' end, Shen Qingyun used microexpression psychology to find the spy's weak spot and pry open his ironclad lips! When Dai Li heard about it, he was d 1.2kReads6.3Score10714d adds
- 57 The Dead Man's Stand-In 替死人 On the verge of death, actor Gu Changsheng picked up the face of a dead man. From then on, he lived in place of the dead and died in place of the living. Wearing the face of a Japanese interpreter, he infiltrated the Special Services Section, serving the Nationalist intelligence service while passing information to the underground Communist Party. In the three-way struggle, he turned Shanghai upside down, one borrowed face at a time. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 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
- 59 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
- 60 Shadows of Espionage: Operation Rat Hunt 谍影重袭：猎鼠行动 This is the second espionage novel following Shadow in the Clouds. It is about a “mole's nest” that has infiltrated the upper ranks of the Ministry of State Security, and the series of life-and-death struggles between Luan Jianglong, Zhou Yutong, and the “mole's nest”… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Four Hundred Men Held the Rear, and for 14 Years, No Order to Retreat Came 四百人断后，14年没有撤退命令 Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the Long March, and to the brave souls who risked everything in the people's war. You laid down your lives to pave the road to a brighter future. With a devotion that will never fade, we honor every undying spirit of loyalty. I believe the opening chapters will draw huge traffic, because the story is even more explosive. [War of Resistance Espionage · History · Spy Thriller · Special Forces · No Female Lead · Power Struggle · No Ha 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 62 War of Resistance: It Began When I Became Li Yunlong 抗战：从我变成李云龙开始 Reborn as Li Yunlong, now the director of a military clothing factory, he shows us how he deals devastating blows to the invaders on the battlefield of the war against Japan. “Everyone, listen up! The moment the guns start firing, the whole regiment follows my orders!” “Brigade commander, congratulations on your fortune!” 2.7kReads5.9Score10014d adds
- 63 War of Resistance: Two Long-Term Laborers 抗战之两个长工 In the war-torn years in Sui County, Shangqiu, Henan, this story does not dwell on the worst of human nature. Instead, it focuses on the lives of ordinary people in an extraordinary period of history. Every ordinary person’s life is a book in its own right. 73Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 64 Espionage: You'd Better Come Clean 谍战：你最好老实交代 In this dark forest where everyone is acting and everyone is lying, Jia Derang serves his country with a unique ability. Whenever someone lies in front of him, their body glows red. Other people use torture to interrogate suspects. Jia Derang just “reads their faces.” Whether he’s dealing with Japanese spies who deny everything or collaborators who weep and beg for mercy, Jia Derang always greets them with a smile: “Relax. You’d better come clean.” After all, when the red glow from your body is 530Reads—Score10414d adds
- 65 The Age of War 烽火年代 “I would burn my body and become a bolt of lightning, To tear apart the endless, pitch-black night. Even if I could bring only a fleeting moment of light, It would still illuminate and warm this beautiful world.” A vital piece of intelligence, an uncanny photograph, and a world where enemies and allies are hard to tell apart and danger lurks everywhere. A brutal war of raging flames and flying bullets; a tense spy struggle rife with deception and intrigue. Loyalty and betrayal, reunion and sepa 140Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 66 Underground Resistance Station: Fatten Them Up, Then Kill Them 地下交通站：养肥了再杀 He transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking traitor in the Anqiu Investigation Squad. From the start, Heiteng beats him like a dog, but fortunately, he gets bound to the “Raise Them Fat Before Killing Them System.” [Ding! “Raise Them Fat Before Killing Them” System successfully bound!] [Congratulations, Host! You successfully sold one beast: Yoshida Meici (current weight: 68 kg, no change in weight). Initial rewards: 5 silver dollars and 5 boxes of veterinary penicillin!] [Rewards have been 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Glory in the Dust 尘埃里的荣耀 Anti-Japanese War spy intrigue + espionage, history + agents, powerful figures + power struggles, face-slapping Late autumn, 1948. The operations room of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters. Just as Section Chief Guo Zhun, a major general, reaches for the gun in his desk drawer, Shen Xingzhi, a special agent from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, walks in. He says he’s there for a cup of tea, but his eyes are fixed on Guo Zhun’s shoes. Hidden in the heel is a roll of microfilm that co 4.1kReads8.0Score31714d adds
- 68 Undercover at No. 76: My Female Boss Wants to Marry Me 在76号当卧底：女上司想嫁我 Shanghai, 76 Jisifei'er Road, 1943. I am Shen Tingbai, the youngest interrogation section chief at the Wang Jingwei regime’s secret service headquarters, codename Judge. No anti-Japanese agent in my hands can hold out for more than seventy-two hours. They say I’m a loyal dog of the Japanese, a traitor among traitors. No one knows that every time I pry open someone’s mouth, I’m gambling with my own life: extracting the enemy’s intelligence while protecting comrades who haven’t yet been exposed 258Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Espionage: Telling Jokes in Republican-Era China 谍战：我在民国说段子 After staying up all night ranting about spy dramas, 996 office drone Cheng Ming wakes up having transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938, now under occupation! From the start, he's an abandoned pawn of the military intelligence service, pursued by traitors at No. 76 and surrounded by Japanese agents. He just transmigrated, and already he's about to get himself killed? Fortunately, he awakens a historical-commentary golden finger. While others rely on marksmanship and strategy to go undercover, he uses 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Shadow Stalker: Chasing the Light 潜影：逐光 In 1943, Lin Xiuyuan, a staff officer in the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense, grew disillusioned with the corrupt regime. Recruited by Shen Qinghe, an underground Communist Party member, he became the “Lone Star,” an agent embedded in the Kuomintang’s upper ranks. Using his position, he sent crucial military intelligence to Yan’an, helping secure victory in several campaigns. In 1949, Lin Xiuyuan was ordered to follow the Kuomintang to Taiwan and continue his covert work under the codena —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Kite: Spy Games in Shanghai with Zheng Yaoxian, the Military Intelligence Agent 风筝：与军统六弟郑耀先谍战上海 Just scored! Republican-era setting + passionate ensemble cast + espionage + Military Statistics Bureau + undercover operations + battles of wits + no System + not reborn + the Military Statistics Bureau’s Sixth Brother In 1939, Chen Gongxing, a lieutenant colonel and deputy station chief in the Military Statistics Bureau, defected. At the time, the Shanghai Mei Agency and Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime’s Special Services Headquarters, Number 76, were opening their doors. Chen Gongxing became Num 5.1kReads7.4Score32314d adds
- 72 King of Espionage: Four Identities, Dancing on the Blade's Edge in Shanghai 谍战之王四重身份上海滩刀尖跳舞 [Espionage + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Fourfold Identity] After I transmigrate to Shanghai, I take on four undercover identities: one with the Japanese army, one with 76, one with the Juntong, and one with the Red faction! On a stormy night, all four sides close in on me. With a gun pointed at my back, I use a single badge to drive off a Juntong sniper, talk circles around a 76 agent, and exploit the Japanese army’s power to break out of a deadly trap! Other people risk their —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 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
- 74 Undercover Diary: Bureau 76 76号卧底日记 He has ears that can hear death in the radio waves. She can't read, but she can memorize anyone's face with a single glance. Nanjing, 1943. Chen Ze'an, deputy head of the communications office at No. 76, is a Wang Jingwei regime agent on the surface and an undercover Communist operative in secret. His only weapon is his extraordinary hearing: he can anticipate death from the static in radio transmissions and detect lies from the sound of a heartbeat. The organization assigns him a “wife”: Cuipin 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Sand of Theseus 忒修斯之砂 The Sand of Theseus is a post-apocalyptic allegory blending sci-fi suspense with philosophical speculation. While investigating a series of severed-finger murders, Detective Lin Xia accidentally uncovers her father’s legacy: a quantum utopia project. The entire city is actually a virtual cage imprisoning human consciousness, and every case is a cruel enactment of the System’s self-checking procedure. When she discovers that her memories have been altered and her body pieced together from forty-t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Espionage: I Have a Phantom Express Van 谍战，我有一辆幽灵快递车 [Espionage] + [Behind Enemy Lines] + [Multiple Identities] + [Spatial Powers] + [The Green Gang]... The moment Yu Yang opened his eyes, he found himself in Republican-era Shanghai, a low-level Green Gang thug tasked with watching over a venue. He was also the Military Statistics Bureau's most peripheral informant, so peripheral he wasn't even worthy of a code name... One intelligence handoff caught the attention of the bureau's headquarters. Dai Li said, "From now on, his code name will be Lon 42.7kReads7.9Score4.2k14d adds
- 77 Espionage: Superpowered Agent 谍战：超能特工 The protagonist is Li Mo. Time: The War of Resistance Against Japan Location: Shanghai Workplace and position: A major in the Mei Agency, with his rank still rising... Read on, and you’ll find he is also the head of an intelligence team directly under the Juntong headquarters, known as “Qingpu and Hong Qigong.” Keep reading, and he’s also a member of the underground Communist Party! Read a little further, and he’s a transmigrator with a System at his side! Complete missions to earn money and sup 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 From the Start in the Interrogation Room, I Break the Case by Going Crazy 开局审讯室，我靠发疯破局 [Espionage | Transmigration | Manchu Noble Heir | No System | Sharp-Witted] Song Zhe transmigrates to Xinjing in 1933 and is dragged into an interrogation room by the Japanese military police. Should he put on a show of defiance, refusing to yield even in death? Or tell them he came from the future? That wouldn't be an explanation. It would be suicide. So he chooses a third option. He goes crazy. “Now that's the spirit!!!” “Louder! I can't hear you!” “We have the upper hand!” The military police 23Reads—Score45514d adds
- 79 Red Countdown: Shanghai Spy Games, 1932 红色倒计时：上海谍影1932 [Decisive protagonist] [Thrilling spy story] [Multiple heroines] In all of Shanghai, there are only two kinds of Japanese spies: the ones Qin Zichen has killed, and the ones he's planning to sleep with before killing. When he raised his smoking gun barrel on the Bund, every Japanese person in the International Settlement wet their pants! 20Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 80 Espionage: From the Start, I Personally Betrayed My Comrades 谍战：开局我亲手出卖了同志 Shanghai, 1942. On the first day Shen Gui was dragged into Unit 76, bamboo splinters were driven beneath his fingernails. For three days and three nights, he didn't give them a thing. On the fourth day, he confessed. The contact station was destroyed, and six comrades were killed. Overnight, he went from an underground Party member to a traitor despised by everyone. The organization wanted him dead, and the enemy didn't trust him. He became a wandering ghost with nowhere to go. But no one knew t 1.5kReads6.8Score10514d adds
- 81 Code Name: Wick 谍战代号灯芯 Espionage · play the pig to eat the tiger · battles of wits · cool-headed and composed · fake marriage · love of country In 1936 Shanghai, everyone at the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics station knew Lu Xingzhou was a “deadweight”: he dozed at work, was always the last to handle a case, went weak in the knees at the sight of blood, and ranked dead last in every annual performance review. No one knew that he had quietly handed over half the “meritorious achievements” on Director Dai’s desk 13kReads7.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 82 Espionage: The Many-Faced Yama, I Became the Juntong's Faith 谍战：千面阎罗，我活成军统信仰 [Master of Disguise]+ [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [One Female Lead] Ling Yunzhi transmigrates to Shanghai in 1939 and becomes a deputy captain of the 76th Division's direct-action squad. Backed by a system, he is decisive and ruthless, and completing missions is a breeze. In the Juntong, he is known as the Faceless Yama. To the Communist Party, he is the Dragon's Thorn. One high-ranking Japanese intelligence officer after another, along with army and navy officers and members 79Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 83 The Years in Xinjing 新京岁月 Chang Letian was born and raised in Northeast China. As a boy, he witnessed the Japanese occupation of the region. As a young man, he enrolled at Datong Academy in the puppet state of Manchukuo. The more he saw of the world, the more clearly he recognized the brutal oppression of the Japanese invaders. His national consciousness gradually awakened, and he embarked on the path of resistance and national salvation. 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 My Espionage Comes with a Cheat 我的谍战有外挂 Shanghai, 1936. Chen Mo, a frail teacher, is the Military Statistics Bureau's most inconspicuous undercover agent, codenamed “Fat Wave.” One day, he awakens to the power of scanning, and nothing can escape his notice, friend or foe. With this “foresight,” he always avoids traps and quietly passes along vital intelligence. As Shanghai's world of spies disappears into a fog, only he can walk safely through the heart of the enemy, carrying an invisible light. 29.3kReads7.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 85 Undercover at the Secret Service Bureau 潜伏在特务处 A traditional spy thriller: no golden fingers and no transmigration. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. Spring 1941, Jiangcheng. Lin Yanzhou, a technician at Hanyang Ironworks, draws the attention of Japanese spy Nanzou Yun Zi after repairing a German diesel engine at the docks. Then Zhao Bingjun, deputy director of the Secret Service, coerces him into joining their ranks. As his three identities near exposure and the “Jiaogang Plan” sets its sights on Jiangcheng, he makes patience his 834Reads6.5Score11114d adds
- 86 I Can Rewind Five Minutes, and I Became a Spy-Killing Demon 回档五分钟，我成了谍战杀神 I rewound five minutes, crawled back from hell, and became Second Young Master Zhang, a spoiled heir in Shancheng. The Japanese have my father’s command post surrounded by a massive force. I’ll save him! The Special Higher Police have sprung a deadly four-stage trap. I’ll break it! I came back to life to kill the Japanese and root out the collaborators! A tactical pen with a triangular blade, stained with blood and deadly at the throat, lets me steal other people’s skills. A pair of blood-red do 39Reads5.9Score11714d adds
- 87 I Sign In to the Republic-Era Spy System From the Start 我，开局签到民国特务系统 After transmigrating to the Republican era, I started out with the Japanese chasing me down. At the critical moment, the System activated. Sign in: obtained fluency in Japanese and a pistol. I fired back and killed them on the spot. From then on, Peking gained a living King of Hell whom everyone feared. I kill collaborators, steal weapons, infiltrate the Japanese military, and turn beautiful female spies to my side... Other people rely on their brains to play spy games. I rely on sign-ins. As lo 1kReads—Score11614d adds
- 88 Espionage: I Got Rich Killing Japanese Invaders 谍战：杀小日子杀成大富翁 [The Little Wooden Hut Across the Five Lakes] This one got off to a bit of a late start, so please bear with it and keep reading. I promise the excitement never lets up! [Hit Novel] Also known as "The All-Powerful Young Intelligence Officer" Qian Kai transmigrates to 1936 and becomes an archivist at the Xicheng Station of the Fuxing Society’s Special Operations Division. On the forty-ninth day after his transmigration, he awakens his first supernatural skill, followed by another on day seventy-s 763Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 89 The Last Piece of Intelligence 最后一份情报 He is a “dormant” courier, codenamed Lighthouse, the quietest undercover agent in the heart of enemy territory. But when his superior suddenly goes missing and he receives a “top-secret” list riddled with errors, he realizes the entire intelligence network has been infiltrated, and he himself is being set up as a sacrificial pawn. Caught in a manhunt where nothing is what it seems, the only person he can trust is a woman of mysterious identity who has deliberately approached him... Now that ever 2.5kReads7.7Score21514d adds
- 90 Old Dreams of Shanghai 旧梦上海 [Republican-Era Romance + Two Strong Leads, Devoted to Each Other + Wealthy Families + War of Resistance and Espionage] Shanghai, 1925. Qiao Wanyin, the illegitimate daughter of the Qiao family, had been raised in the countryside. On her way back to Shanghai, she was killed by her stepmother. A modern-day female assassin accidentally took over her body. To conceal her sharp edge, she acted sweet and obedient, pretending to be frail. To avoid attracting attention and suspicion, she took a job as 121Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Espionage: Forced to Be Cannon Fodder, Everyone Wants Me Dead 谍战：被迫当炮灰，都想要我的命 [The story of an ordinary person and a cannon-fodder System doing whatever they please] Ning Guangbai, a college student born in the 2000s, transmigrates to Republican-era China burdened by four generations of family vengeance. Just as he is about to take a wrong turn, the System appears in the nick of time. Faced with a choice between becoming a traitor or cannon fodder, Ning Guangbai resolutely chooses to join the Action Section of the Secret Service and become cannon fodder. From that moment 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 One of the Eight Great Generals of the Military Statistics Bureau: I Am Zheng Yaoxian 军统八大金刚之我是郑耀先 [Espionage + history + secret agents] No power fantasy, no golden finger. Read with caution if that's not your thing. “I once thought I was Zheng Yaoxian of the Military Statistics Bureau, Ghost Six, a killing machine. But my brothers, you used your lives to teach me that you were Chinese first and foremost. Today, we have all gotten our wish. Consider this peaceful, prosperous world something I’m seeing on your behalf…” 158Reads7.4Score11914d adds
- 93 Espionage: I Shock Zheng Yaoxian from the Start and Become a Symbol of Faith 谍战：开局震惊郑耀先，我成信仰 After transmigrating, Ye Ming finds himself in a world where espionage dramas such as Kite, The Disguiser, The Message, and Lurk have merged. He becomes a military academy student and classmate of Ming Tai and Yu Manli, stunning Zheng Yaoxian from the start. After graduation, Ye Ming is ordered to infiltrate the city of Shanghai and rebuild the Military Statistics Bureau’s Shanghai branch. Before long, Shanghai is gripped by fear of a triple agent who terrifies Japanese and puppet-government spi 410Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Espionage: The System Makes Me Identify Japanese Spies 谍战：系统让我辨识日谍 Wu Yong is reborn in the body of Wu Xiaoxuan, a man living in an era torn apart by war. To his surprise, he discovers he has a System that can identify Japanese spies. From then on, he uses his cheat to hunt down spy after spy, until Japanese military intelligence starts questioning its own sanity… 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Covert Front 隐蔽战线 Can he complete his undercover mission while resisting the temptations of a femme fatale and facing the challenges posed by an old demon and a clown? 9Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 96 Espionage: I'm the Grim Reaper, an Agent and the Soul of the Juntong 谍战：活阎王特工，我是军统信仰 [Spy thriller + mind games + cheat abilities + decisive and ruthless + punishing the Japanese invaders + absolutely no saintly heroine] (The rating just came in, so it’ll rise gradually~) Su Zheng transmigrates to Shanghai in 1938, becoming a double agent and gaining the ability called “Instant Death Verdict.” As long as he knows someone’s face and name, he can make them die unconditionally, exactly as he wishes. On the surface, Su Zheng is the head of General Affairs at the 76th Office, a notor 42.5kReads6.6Score5.5k14d adds
- 97 Espionage: I Get a New Piece of Intel Every Day 谍战：我每天获得一条情报 Zhao Yi unexpectedly transmigrated to Shanghai in 1938 and became a low-ranking police officer. To his surprise, he activated a System that gave him one piece of intelligence every day. Ordinary intelligence: A Juntong liaison station has been discovered. It must evacuate as soon as possible. Classified intelligence: An important figure on our side has been turned. We cannot let him leave. Top-secret intelligence: Japan is about to launch a major campaign. The complete plan and all related docum 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Sickly Agent: Stirring Up Trouble in Shanghai 病秧子特工：搅动上海风云 Shanghai, 1949. I was a sickly man who needed to take medicine every day, and also the enemy's ace spy, buried deep undercover. They used my long-lost younger sister as a hostage to keep me in line. From then on, I put on an act in front of the brother I trusted most, evaded the relentless pursuit of my fellow agent, and fed the elegant demons intelligence that was half true and half false. When the switch was thrown and the whole city plunged into darkness, everyone rushed to the front lines. N 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 99 The Chongqing Negotiations 重庆谈判 This book includes stories about people who are difficult to deal with, a shameless scene in court, an attempt to exchange for the liver of the Father of the Nation, a drunken appearance in court, Kong Xiangxi’s letter of testimony, Madam Zhou’s trump card, Chen Gongbo’s flight into exile, a public trial of a notorious traitor on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the eternal mystery of Jin Bihui, among other things. 217Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 100 Crimson Red Throat 血色红腔 When the female lead is five, her father is murdered by secret agents after a traitor betrays him. When the male lead is seven, a local bully forces his beautiful mother into despair, leading to her death. Later, the two leads meet through Yiyang opera and grow up together. To protect the opera's secret code and military cipher, they secretly contend with Kuomintang agents while also matching wits with Japanese spies... They weave the preservation of traditional opera and the struggle of a natio 3Reads—Score—14d adds
