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- 101 The Spy’s Nemesis 间谍的克星 He was a legend in the Party, and its finest agent. In the early days after liberation, the Party's former underground operatives came out of the shadows, while the enemy went underground. They sabotaged the cities liberated by the Party and assassinated its key figures. Faced with one serious attack after another, the Party sent in its ace agent: a man who had once made the enemy gnash their teeth in hatred, yet whose true identity remains unknown to this day. And so the story begins... 669Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 102 Beacon-Fire Deserter: The Road Home 烽火逃兵:归途 A tribute to Xiao Zhixianxian, a fan-written continuation of The Deserter in the Flames of War. Picking up where the original stopped updating, at Chapter 687. Hu Yi, Xiao Hongying, Mule, Ma Liang, Gao Yidao, Li Youcai... not a single one left out. No System, no transmigration, no cheat abilities. The same old feel, the same familiar faces. After waiting nine years, it’s time for them to come home. 4.6kReads7.3Score45114d adds
- 103 Secrets of the Spy War: The Japanese Translator 谍海秘事之鬼子翻译官 From the start, Liu Dongyang worked as an interpreter for the Japanese army, matching wits with the enemy and treading carefully at every turn. He also faced constant threats from collaborators and traitors, with danger lurking everywhere. Yet he always managed to escape trouble and obtain vital intelligence for his side. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 104 Espionage: Daybreak 谍战:破晓 When night falls over the newly born land, two fated adversaries are forced to join forces. The brilliant Lin Nan is a forgotten gem from the old era, versed in criminal psychology and codebreaking. The battle-hardened Zheng Feng is the blade of the new order, devoted to discipline and absolute loyalty. This is a war that begins with conspiracy and ends in faith. When the enemy holds the city’s pulse in its grasp, and humanity’s fate hangs by a thread, they wield their wits as spears and their c 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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
- 106 Espionage: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea 谍战之瞒天过海 Espionage: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Lotus Spy 芙蓉谍 The moment the silver scissors pried open the dragon’s vulnerable scales, the fuse began to sputter and spark. Jiang Ruobing stared at the red words on the “Torch Dragon Project” map: “Level Rongcheng on the sixth day of the winter month.” Suddenly, her fingertip brushed half an embroidered hibiscus on the back! As the Military Statistics Bureau’s most ruthless ace, she could kill with a steel needle. But no one knew that inside her Shu embroidery frame, she was using three shades of blue threa 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Espionage: I Can Possess Corpses 谍战:我能附身尸体 (Transmigration + covert infiltration + assassination + sabotage + pocket dimension) Jiang Yunfei, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to the early days of the War of Resistance and becomes an agent in the intelligence division of the Military Statistics Bureau's Shencheng Station. Just after he arrives, a traitor sells them out. The intelligence division's safehouse is surrounded by the agents of 76, and they're about to be wiped out! Fortunately, Jiang Yunfei gains the ability to po 5.3kReads8.3Score40614d adds
- 109 Wielding Wind and Thunder in Silence 无声执风雷 [Modern-day agent + modern-day espionage + mind-bending] By a twist of fate, a reporter met a former covert operative. After getting to know him, the reporter came up with the idea for this story. Thanks to it, he went from working for a small-time newspaper to becoming editor-in-chief. The story he wants to tell is about a group of young people and their lives on the secret front. 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Espionage: I Am a Parrot 谍战之我是鹦鹉 Not a bleeding heart, not invincible, a master of keeping his head down. A model citizen born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, he suddenly finds himself in the war-torn year of 1938. He has plenty of passion but no courage, and has always believed that keeping a low profile is the way to survive. After gaining a parrot double, he thrives in the secret service. You think I'm Juntong? You think I'm a traitor? You think I'm with the Red Party? No! I'm a parrot. 634Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 112 I Protect My Country and Defend Its Borders with Supermarket Supplies 我用超市物资护国守疆 God of the Blizzard Lin Chen was once the youngest company commander with the rank of captain in the Fierce Tiger Special Operations Brigade. During a secret mission three years ago, his team of twenty-seven was ambushed, and eleven were killed. He survived, but it felt as if half his soul had been left behind. At 250 pounds, taking piano lessons at Songjiang Vocational College, with his ex-wife’s divorce papers abandoned on the piano keys, he thought this was how the rest of his life would go. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Screen Worlds: I Can See Your Name 影综:我能看到你的名 Li Weigong, Wu Jingzhong, Zheng Yaoxian, Wang Tianfeng, and Tan Zhongshu are my colleagues. Yu Zecheng, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan, Xu Zhongyi, Ming Lou, Gong Shu, Lin Nansheng, Chi Tiecheng... are my students. How could I lose? Watch Gao Feng write his own legend in the world of master spies. We stand at the beginning of the story, watching them head toward their inevitable deaths. 3.2kReads7.4Score15014d adds
- 114 Blank List 空白名单 Wuhan is occupied, and the situation is treacherous and unpredictable. A mysterious list has drawn intense attention from all sides. It came from a Chinese Communist Party member who vanished eleven years ago, and now every faction is locked in a fierce struggle over it. To obtain the list, our organization sends a top student to infiltrate the upper ranks of the puppet regime in Wuhan. His name is Xiao Muyang. He has received no training and has never carried out a mission. His spotless record 1.4kReads8.2Score19314d adds
- 115 Agent: Fighting Yu Manli from the Start 特工:开局搏斗于曼丽 After transmigrating, Lin Guangnian enrolls at the Military Statistics Bureau’s secret agent academy, where he becomes classmates with Yu Zecheng, Yu Manli, and Ming Tai. He shocks Wang Tianfeng during a training exercise. Wang Tianfeng: “The best student I’ve ever taught!” Zheng Yaoxian: “Move the plan up. Support Lin Guangnian in all his operations!” Yu Manli: “I don’t love a hooligan like you!” Yu Zecheng: “Big Brother, what’s our next move?” 216Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 116 Lost in Love and Greed 《爱与贪婪的迷途》 The Lost Path of Love and Greed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 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
- 118 The Hidden Sentry 暗哨 On the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, a sleeper agent who had been silent for years awakens inside the Kuomintang's Northeastern secret service. Surrounded by treacherous Military Statistics Bureau agents, gang leaders straddling the line between respectable and criminal, and prominent Shengjing women whose loyalties are hard to read, he must maneuver alone through threats from every side, hidden in the shadows as he shines a bloodstained beam of light on the city's liberation... 4.6kReads8.9Score32514d adds
- 119 Bane of Japanese Spies: From the Start, I Awaken a Lie Detector System 日谍克星,开局觉醒测谎仪系统 Before he was reborn, those damned secret agents acted with impunity, buying off traitors and trading intelligence, causing one battlefield defeat after another as brave men died in vain. After he was reborn, the damned secret agents wailed in agony and trembled in fear, shouting that they wanted to go home. Warning, warning. Lie detected, lie detected. Accept the mission?… 313Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 120 Espionage: Three Years, Then Three More, Until I Became an Enemy Nation’s General 谍战:三年又三年,我成敌国将帅 Jiang Chen transmigrates into a world where spy dramas like Kite, The Disguiser, and The Message have merged. From the start, he becomes the favored disciple of Zheng Yaoxian, the Sixth Brother of the Juntong. After training under Zheng Yaoxian, Jiang Chen infiltrates the Special Higher Police Agency once again. And so, a triple agent who strikes terror into the hearts of Japanese and puppet-government spies emerges. The three Ming brothers: Jiang Chen is my handler. I'm convinced! Zheng Yaoxian 3.4kReads7.1Score23314d adds
- 121 Espionage: I Make Up All My Intel 谍战我的情报全靠编 Chen Feng, a modern-day wage earner, transmigrates back to the Republican era and becomes a military intelligence agent. Drawing on the knowledge he gained in the future, he writes a legendary chapter in the world of espionage in the Republican era, becoming a legend among intelligence agencies around the world. 12.3kReads6.5Score75514d adds
- 122 Espionage: Starting from Above the Cliff 谍战:从悬崖之上开始 Though the nation lies broken, its mountains and rivers remain. Ding Ran transmigrates to a hundred years in the past and becomes a triple agent. The island nation: “That man is a demon, an out-and-out demon.” The Baldies: “How can someone so perfect exist in this world?” The Beautiful Country: “Get his identity at any cost.” In the end, Ding Ran writes his own legend in that era. 2.4kReads8.7Score14114d adds
- 123 Espionage Agent: From the Start, I Was Just a Nobody in the Juntong 谍战特工,开局军统当混子 [Republic-era espionage + building an independent power + a male lead who never takes a loss + special operations] Shen Lang bites the dust and unexpectedly is reborn in the Republic of China era. The descendant of a veteran of the War of Resistance, he is determined to become a Communist spy. But the original owner of his body was a useless errand boy in the military intelligence service... A complete deadweight, too... And now someone has a gun to his head, about to use him as a scapegoat... H 461Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 124 Snow Leopard: I Am Yan Shuangying 雪豹之我是燕双鹰 Middle school student Qin Feng is bullied by a group of thugs on the playground. He expects things to go as they always have, but this time he transmigrates, possessing the body of Yan Shuangying. He also transmigrates into Zhou Weiguo’s world. Because of his arrival, Xiao Ya and Fan Xiaoyu survive and join the Falcon Assassination Squad he forms. Fang Shengli survives too, becoming the captain of the Snow Leopard Special Forces. 412Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 《隐藏在背后的真相》 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 126 A Night at Wanjiazhai 《夜宿万家寨》 A Night at Wanjia Village 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Spy Drama Crossover: A Love-Hate Battle Between Me and a Female Agent 综谍战:我和女特务相爱相杀 [The Disguiser + The TV Adaptation of The Message + Other Espionage Dramas + Two Female Leads] The protagonist is right there in the front row, shipping couples. Rong Xiaxuan transmigrates to the old world of a century ago, where Japanese invaders ravage the land and the country lies in ruins. The good news: this is a parallel world generated by espionage dramas, and she knows the plot inside out. The bad news: from the start, she is targeted for assassination by the Military Statistics Bureau, 1.1kReads8.3Score10414d adds
- 128 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
- 129 Espionage: A Forensic Doctor Reincarnates as the Republican Era's Top Spy 谍战:法医魂穿,成民国第一特务 [Crossover of Film and TV Worlds + Triple-Identity Agent + Vivid Characterization + No System] A year ago, he was an invisible nobody at work, a rookie forensic examiner! A year later, Gu Mingzhe transmigrates into a new body and becomes the Republican Era's most formidable agent! As for ruthlessness, Wang Manchun is no match for me! As for schemes, even the Viper Ming Lou is nothing special! As for presence, even Nanda Yoko has to bow and scrape before me! Codebreaking, reconnaissance, business 1.1kReads5.7Score—14d adds
- 130 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 《床下有鬼》 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 One Terrifying Night for a Haunted House Sleep Tester 《凶宅试睡员的惊魂一夜》 A Terrifying Night for a Haunted House Sleep Tester 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Sadako Returns 《贞子复活》 Sadako Comes Back to Life 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Price of My Wife’s Affair 《老婆出轨的代价》 The Price of My Wife’s Affair 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Awakening After the Affair 《出墙后的醒悟》 Awakening After the Affair 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 135 Espionage: A Rider in Manchuria 谍战之一个骑手在满洲 In his previous life, he was the most ordinary rickshaw puller. In this one, he’s a ruthless assassin! On the freezing nights when Japanese forces and their puppet regime run rampant, Ding Li relies on his extraordinary intelligence to repeatedly assassinate emperors, generals, and Manchurian officials... Single-handedly, Ding Li undermines the puppet state of Manchukuo, its order, and its economic lifelines... He gradually becomes a brave and steadfast patriot, and organizes a fierce, tenacious 4.3kReads8.8Score42014d adds
- 136 The Poor Become Rich Through Their Own Reversal 穷人逆转才是富 After retiring from the special forces, Ye Tianxuan takes on espionage networks and creates the Veterans Group. Working with his partner Xiao Yue, he turns it into a world-class corporation. Together, they tackle social tensions and cutthroat business competition while resisting interference from foreign forces. He also fights criminal organizations through corporate espionage in the modern business world. This story is entirely fictional, yet reality lies hidden within its fiction. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战:我双重附体,让我做线人? [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 36Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 138 Blood and Intrigue 谍血风云 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Absolutely No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Fired with Passion] Returning to the war-torn Republic of China, the protagonist uses his slight head start to navigate between the various factions. On the secret front, every move is fraught with danger; between black and white, he repeatedly risks his life, earning achievements that no one will ever know about… 14Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 139 Shadows of Espionage: Starting as a Patrol Officer 谍影暗杀:从巡警开始 “Instant Mission: Kill Wang Mingchu, a traitor to the Fuxing Society. Reward: +50 combat skill experience.” Enhanced physique, martial arts, marksmanship, spatial abilities, disguise... When the Special High Commission discovers that collaborators are being killed one after another, when the Military Statistics Bureau cannot fathom how the Japanese army’s arsenal was blown up, and when the Red Party’s contact point suddenly receives an anonymous warning... No one would have guessed that the guy 20.1kReads7.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 140 Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶 The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear 3.4kReads8.8Score43014d adds
- 141 A Sea of Spycraft and Mystery 谍雾谜海 When faced with known history, some follow it faithfully, while others want to change it! This is a war between two transmigrators! A contest between light and shadow! But who will emerge victorious in the end...? 3.8kReads8.9Score37614d adds
- 142 Espionage: Cultivating with the Female Commander from the Start? 谍战:开局和女长官修炼? 647Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts, Code Name: Shadow 谍战:开局偷听心声,代号影子 Su Chen woke up one morning transmigrated to Shanghai in 1939, where he had become a low-ranking member of the Green Gang. He accidentally awakened the ability to read minds, saw through the Japanese invaders’ arrest plan, and successfully rescued members of the Lixing Society. With the country in turmoil, he also caught the eye of the Green Gang boss and went undercover in the police station, distinguishing himself time and again. Through one life-or-death crisis after another, he rose steadily 5.9kReads7.2Score26614d adds
- 144 Intelligence Codename: I Am Candle Shadow 谍报代号我是烛影 He is the Chen family’s only son, a wealthy young master, fluent in several languages, a top expert, and equipped with memories from his rebirth and a portable pocket dimension. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy. Inside, he is a soldier driven by urgency and guilt after being reborn. He plays a multifaceted spy while cultivating ties with all sides. Love of country and family: the romance and moving spirit of a “lone hero.” 94Reads6.5Score17214d adds
- 145 Espionage: I Ran Amok in the Juntong 谍战:我在军统杀疯了 [Invisibility + pocket dimension + ruthless decisiveness + sharp intellect + steady growth] He is the most inconspicuous nobody at the bottom of the Juntong, and no one knows his true identity. Ordered to infiltrate the Japanese and puppet secret service agencies, he spends every day outwitting the enemy to obtain intelligence, dancing on the edge of a blade. He is also an elusive master assassin who never shows mercy to his enemies. He eliminates traitors and kills Japanese invaders. Known as t 4.2kReads6.6Score21514d adds
- 146 Soul Transmigration to Republican China: My Years in the Military Statistics Bureau 魂穿民国:我在军统那些年 Gu Jinzhao transmigrates to the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance and becomes a low-ranking field operative in the Lixing Society's Special Service Division. In this era, when the nation faces mortal peril, Gu Jinzhao has no powerful connections and cannot influence the course of events. All he can do is make his greatest effort to prepare China for an all-out war. 179Reads8.1Score4414d adds
- 147 Espionage: I Have a Map That Scans for Spies 谍战:我有间谍扫描地图 Ye Feng is a hot-blooded young man who transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a low-ranking agent in the Lixing Society's intelligence division. He has powerful connections and is a Huangpu graduate. He also has the golden finger that comes with transmigrating: a spy-scanning map. Ye Feng: “Before, I never had the chance! Now I'm here!” Ye Feng: “You Japanese devils, I'll show you what cruelty means!” Ye Feng: “Whoever dares invade China will be killed!” Ye Feng: “Yes, I have just one r 4kReads6.5Score25714d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: Fighting Japanese Spies in the Anti-Japanese War in Changbai Mountain 四合院:抗战谍战在长白山打鬼子 [War of Resistance espionage + period setting + pocket dimension + courtyard home + transmigration + mountain foraging + transmigration into a book + no System] Shen Fei unexpectedly transmigrates to the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the 1930s. He rescues his comrades, forms a guerrilla force, and fights the Japanese invaders. More precisely, Shen Fei transmigrates into a book. When the Japanese commit atrocities, take them out! Drive the Japanese invaders away. For victory, open fire 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots: Code Name Lone Boat 落叶归根:代号孤舟 In 1949, forestry expert Shen Feng could have evacuated, but instead he took on the identity of low-level clerk Lin Qisheng and infiltrated the Taitung Forestry Farm to rebuild the “Tree-Ring” intelligence network. He wasn't the only one operating undercover. The mole codenamed “Night Owl” and the shrewd opponent Chen Huaiyuan drove him and his comrades into a desperate situation. Three years later, a new recruit's betrayal destroyed the group. With the help of A Hui, a local young woman who gav 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Faceless Man of Republican China 行走在民国的无面人 Yao Zhendong transmigrated. He didn't have the System that others had, but he brought with him a gift from his previous life: the Fool pathway of a mysterious potion series. He arrived in a world where the line between black and white was impossible to discern. The protagonist is suspicious by nature, quick to swing between joy and anger, neurotic, and somewhat selfish. 82Reads7.8Score1714d adds

















































