Novels like Beacon Fires: Whether the Capital Falls into Chaos Is Up to Master Wen
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- 151 I’m Here for One Thing: To Build a Mushroom Bomb 我来这里只为办一件事，造蘑菇 Li Junlin's notebook laid out his plans for after he transmigrated. Find a university where he could teach. Train a large group of talented people. Find a way to make money, and make a lot of it. Find people to mine uranium and refine it into crude uranium. Buy equipment from abroad to extract elements such as ammonia, hydrogen, and fluorine. Use gas diffusion separation to extract and enrich uranium-235. 6Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 152 New Feng 新奉 At the end of 1925, Guo Songling joined forces with Feng Yuxiang and Li Jinglin to rebel against the Fengtian clique at Luanzhou. Leading an army of 70,000 straight toward Fengtian, he was defeated a month later due to the interference of the Japanese Kwantung Army and betrayal by his allies. He and his wife were executed by firing squad. But Bai Han, the top humanities student in the national college entrance exam, unexpectedly transmigrates into Guo Songling at this very moment, changing every 397Reads—Score11414d adds
- 153 Deep Love and Heavy Rain: I’ve Taken the Spy Chief 情深深雨蒙蒙之特务头子我收了 The new book has just received its first rating, so the score will rise over time. This is a fanfiction crossover between the TV dramas The Right Way of the World and Romance in the Rain. It focuses on romance rather than politics, telling the sweet-and-sour love story of a secret service chief and a charming young lady. Yang Liren is the intelligence chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation's Shanghai office. Lu Mengping is the Lu family's youngest daughter, a spoiled, sharp-tongued girl wh 1.3kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 154 Espionage: Every Time I Refuse Someone, I Get a Reward 谍战：我拒绝别人就爆奖励 Chen Shu, a police academy graduate, accidentally transmigrates to 1938 and becomes a Juntong agent operating undercover in the foreign concessions. From the start, he gains the Refusal System. Every time he refuses someone, he receives a variety of rewards. [Refuse the boss's wife: Receive a basic intelligence reward] [Refuse to carry out a mission: Gain language proficiency] [Refuse to commit fraud: Receive an identity verification card] [Refuse a Japanese spy's honey trap: Gain the Artillery 5.4kReads7.5Score35514d adds
- 155 The Hunter's War of Resistance: After the War 猎人的抗战【战后篇】 In early September 1945, Japan announced its surrender. Some remnant forces were still conspiring with the reactionary Kuomintang on Chinese soil, relying on puppet troops and bandits to stir up trouble. Yan'an sent a telegram ordering Cao Xingguo, then commander-in-chief of the Northeast Allied Army, to lead his troops out once more and sweep away the remaining enemy forces... 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Rebellious Young Marshal's One and Only Love 桀骜少帅的绝色白月光 [Both Chaste + Peerless Beauty + Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance + Many Children + Obsessive, Possessive Hero] {Exquisite Jiangnan Beauty vs. Cold, Proud Young Marshal} Before he met Tang Lichu, Li Juechen had impossibly high standards. Refined and arrogant, with a cool, distant gaze, he was unmoved by even the most beautiful women. After meeting her, the lofty Third Master Li fell in love at first sight. From then on, everyone knew that Young Marshal Li had found a precious sweetheart to cheris 5.7kReads8.9Score53514d adds
- 157 The Heiress Is Sweet but Ruthless, and the Young Marshal Is Obsessed 大小姐甜切黑，少帅追疯了 A Republican-era romance! A Republican-era romance!! A Republican-era romance!!!! A Republican-era romance!!!! A Republican-era romance!!!!! 3Reads—Score46814d adds
- 158 Lost in Love and Greed 《爱与贪婪的迷途》 The Lost Path of Love and Greed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Righteous Path of the World Is One of Vicissitudes: Adrift Across the Four Seas 人间正道是沧桑之四海飘零 Meng Jia wakes up one day in the body of a young student from a century ago, who opposed an arranged marriage and starved herself to death. To keep escaping marriage, she follows her cousin to Guangzhou to study. By chance, she meets Chu Cai, a secretary in the principal's office at the Whampoa Military Academy. He is a shadow operative behind the KMT's Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, a powerful division chief who pulls the strings. Cold, calculating, obsessive, and willing to do 22.3kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 160 Fengtian 1920: Starting at the Military Academy 奉天一九二零：从讲武堂开始 In Fengtian in 1920, winds over the mountains and rivers still carry the smoke of warlord Beiyang. The graduation shots at the military academy have just rung out. Clutching his gold-embossed diploma, he stands on the eve of the Fengtian clique's rise to power. No one knows he carries memories of the future. He knows the Zhili-Fengtian War will end in defeat, remembers how Guo Songling's rebellion against the Fengtian clique will turn out, and knows that in a few years, the gunfire of September 6Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 161 The Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang 血战台儿庄 He unexpectedly returns to an era that is both despairing and full of promise. Chen Deliang foresees history, and takes part in shaping it. He strives to adapt to this age, both to survive and to bear witness. 1.3kReads7.4Score—14d adds
- 162 Espionage: This Little Spy Is Only Three 谍战：这个小特务才3岁 A thrilling novel of resistance and espionage during the war against Japan. Meet the youngest and most badass secret agent in history. He risks his life time and again for his country. This blurb doesn't do it justice, so head to the story itself! 6.3kReads6.0Score66814d adds
- 163 Night Snow in Beiping 北平夜雪 A soft-spoken yet resilient southern orphan × the cold, rebellious only son of an army commander Five-year age gap | Both virgins | Tension and longing | Reunited after a breakup | Love seized by force “Five years later, when they met again, he personally arrested the man she loved.” That year, amid wind and snow at a small station, he took off his coat and wrapped it around her frozen body, his voice cool and indifferent: “Put it on. Don’t cause me trouble.” He was the only son of an army comma 7.5kReads8.9Score85014d adds
- 164 They Want You as a Concubine? Marry into the Military Governor's Household and Become a Lady! 让你做妾？你谋嫁督军府成贵妇！ [Alternate Republican Era setting + devoted couple + household intrigue + sweet romance!] [Split-personality fake innocent bunny vs. overbearing young marshal who takes what he wants] In everyone’s eyes, Sha Luoluo, the fourth concubine-born daughter of Jiangnan’s richest family, is a dim-witted fool. But she excels at music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and dance, and she’s a natural at food, fun, and socializing! One day, her wicked legitimate mother and troublesome father pressure her to m 726Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 165 The Bizarre Murder at the Roadside Inn 大车店诡异命案 Bizarre murders, men and women in turbulent times, tangled love and hate, and the legend of the resistance. During the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, on the northern Manchurian frontier, stood a mountain called Big Butt Mountain. Two semicircular peaks joined together, and the locals were plainspoken: they named things exactly as they looked. For forty li in every direction, it was the only horse-cart inn around: the Big Butt Mountain Inn. Men and women shared the big northeastern kang beds 406Reads—Score10014d adds
- 166 An Orphan Girl from the Late Qing Ventures into Republican China 清末孤女闯民国 This is a long novel about a woman struggling to survive and take revenge amid the chaos of war, fleeing, standing up to gangsters and warlords, and finding love. Today, she happily sets out to seek refuge with her older sister in another city. The next day, she risks everything to save her sister by storming an execution ground alone. Within two days, she kills the prefect and the county magistrate, along with their daughters, becoming a wanted criminal for murdering officials of the imperial c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 War of Resistance: Taking Revenge with a Child Soldier Squad 抗战：带着娃娃兵复仇 Luo Yang, a modern man with a background in science and engineering, accidentally transmigrated to the War of Resistance era while on a business trip. He encountered a group of orphans and led them from small victories to great ones, dealing blow after blow to the invaders. Back in the modern day, Luo Yang had never understood why their forebears had refused to surrender even under torture. Weren’t they afraid of pain and death? After transmigrating, he realized that anyone who watched their lov 6.5kReads8.4Score54914d adds
- 168 Espionage: The Ultimate Undercover Agent, Night Hawk of the Military Intelligence Bureau 谍战：最牛潜伏，军统夜鹰 [Original Characters + Intelligence + Assassinations + Sweeping Through Shanghai’s Foreign Concessions] Zhao Haifan transmigrates to Shanghai during the isolated-island era and becomes a Juntong agent, codename Night Hawk... The story strives for realism, and most characters are based on historical figures. The ten great female agents of Juntong, the ten female fiends of the 76th, and the Imperial Flowers of Japan’s Tokko. A heroine who supplies the Nationalist Army with vital resources. Chinese 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 169 1943: From Fleeing Famine to the City, I Begin Killing Japanese Invaders 一九四三：从逃荒进城杀鬼子开始 The rating just came out, and it'll gradually go up!!! [Fleeing famine] [Killing invaders] [Stockpiling supplies] [Building a powerful military through technology] In 1943, in the Central Plains, Li Jianye transmigrated into the body of a fifteen-year-old child fleeing famine. Facing a hellish start with natural disasters, human calamities, and Japanese invaders running rampant, Li Jianye used his Twin Pisces ability to turn his fate around. Kill the invaders, stockpile supplies, defend home and 6kReads7.1Score22214d adds
- 170 Turbulent Times of the Republic: A Journey That Began With a Japanese Baron 民国风云：从日本男爵开始的征程 In 2025, overworked office drone Huo Dongting wakes up as the son of a wealthy Jinan merchant in 1900. From childhood, he studies under a high monk at Puzhao Temple, mastering profound internal arts and the Stele-Pushing Hand. In 1912, he travels east to Japan and shakes up Tokyo with modern business tactics: he amasses wealth through a pyramid scheme, wins over the Takahashi family, and even talks his way into the title of Japanese baron by fabricating an aristocratic lineage, making a vast for 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Exquisite Ninth Concubine 绝美九姨太 [Republican era + a system + transmigration into a book + the male lead pursues his wife to win her back + a dangerously obsessive male lead forces his love on her + everyone’s favorite + multiple male leads + the heroine goes from clearheaded to falling apart] I’ve transmigrated into a book!! I’ve transmigrated into a book! Yu Wanqiao, a top celebrity, accidentally transmigrates into an unfinished novel called Madly in Love in a Chaotic World, bringing her golden finger with her. The System te 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 《隐藏在背后的真相》 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 173 A Night at Wanjiazhai 《夜宿万家寨》 A Night at Wanjia Village 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Twilight of the Empire and the Dawn of the Republic 帝国的黄昏与民国的序幕 In the endgame that was late Qing China, some wanted to become emperor themselves, some wanted to overthrow the emperor, some wanted to restore the monarchy, and others secretly colluded with the foreign powers. Meanwhile, along the railway lines in the north, imperialist armies had already planted explosives. When the man at the helm fell, it was not only jackals that came rushing in, but also poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows. 66Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 175 Code Name: The Super County Brigade 番号：超级县大队 [The Immortal Number + characters from the War of Resistance dramas + System + reclaiming lost territory + founding a country overseas] Though this is a power fantasy, it isn't mindless. The protagonist travels alone, and battlefield conditions are described according to the terrain. Troop movements take time; they won't all magically appear at once. Nor will planes, tanks, and other equipment simply be ready to use without a second thought. Pilots, tank crews, and artillerymen all need time to 111Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 176 A Blood-Soaked Hero in the War of Resistance 抗战之浴血悍将 I’ve climbed mountains, crossed seas, and roamed the world in every direction. I’ve carried a gun and served in the army. I’ve never blinked while killing. My origins are a mystery, and my marksmanship is unmatched. I’ve never met my equal. Who am I? I’m Li Xuekun, the God of War who fights the Japanese invaders! I fought bloody battles in Nanjing, faced the enemy at Xuzhou, and led my troops to Wuhan, killing countless foes. Watch me fight for my country and help revitalize China! 66Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 177 Warlord: I Become Governor and Crown Myself Emperor at the End of the Qian Dynasty 军阀：我在乾末当总督登基称帝 [Warlords, civil war, transmigration, wild imagination, war, political intrigue, hegemony, multiple heroines, fictional late Qing setting] While Zhang Qien was out on a mission, an accident caused him to transmigrate and be reborn in an alternate world: into the family of a wealthy merchant in the eastern province of the Great Qian Empire on the Shenzhou Continent. At this time, the southern governors across the continent were already acting like warlords, carving out their own territories and c 525Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 178 Zhang Zongchang, Warlord of the Republican Era 民国枭雄张宗昌 General Zhang Zongchang, “The Fortune of a Lifetime Begins with Beiyang” That snowy night, I swung my fists alongside the Russian bastards, and blood splattered across the Vladivostok docks. They called me a mad dog. I just laughed. They didn’t understand: in this dog-eat-dog world, only the cruelest survive. With a hundred Mauser rifles in my arms, I led a band of desperados aboard a battered ship bound for home. The Shanghai military governor wanted to recruit me? A Zhili clique general wanted 2.7kReads7.3Score17714d adds
- 179 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 《床下有鬼》 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 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
- 181 Sadako Returns 《贞子复活》 Sadako Comes Back to Life 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 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
- 183 Awakening After the Affair 《出墙后的醒悟》 Awakening After the Affair 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 184 A Warlord's Harem in Republican China 民国军阀的后宫生活 The warlords of the Republic of China fought over territory, troops, power, and women. Just imagine transmigrating back to that era. Every warlord would thump his chest and proudly swear, “I’m a real man!” And so, the Republic of China developed its own unique spectacle: warlords with wives and concubines galore. Anyone reading the history of the Republic of China must read about its warlords, and must not overlook the women who appear here and there in their stories. Compared with the stench of 1.9kReads9.0Score—14d adds
- 185 War of Resistance: I'm the Boldest in Beiyang, and My Father Is the Northeast King 抗战：北洋我最狂，家父东北王 Ye Tianci transmigrates to 1928 and becomes the foremost of the Republic of China’s Four Young Masters. To fight off the invaders, he volunteers for military service, develops industry in the Northeast, and builds a modern system! He also seizes Chiang Kai-shek’s fortune and becomes the president of the Whampoa Military Academy! He taps the Daqing oil field, producing more oil than anyone could use! He 371Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Anti-Japanese War: The Special Forces' Ace, Old Six 抗日之特战军神王牌老六 Warrior king Wu Liu transmigrates to the blood-soaked battlefield of the War of Resistance against Japan, becoming Old Six, a man who delivers sesame flatbreads to the front lines. “So what if I'm Old Six? Old Six is the ace!” “To fight the Japanese, you ought to use Old Six's methods. Wipe them out!”... 2.6kReads8.3Score15614d adds
- 187 Republican-Era Detective: Fourth Master Qiao Thrives in Turbulent Times 民国奇探：乔四爷，乱世逢生 Synopsis One: Qiao Chusheng always says he’s doomed to a miserable life, while Lu Yao will live to be ninety-nine. Lu Yao thinks that if this is fate, then he’ll have to change Qiao Chusheng’s. Who says no one can survive in troubled times? The Republic of China is a world in flux, and such times are bound to produce heroes. From police detective to warlord, Shanghai to Chongqing to Yan’an... If the gods answer his prayers, Qiao Chusheng will live to a hundred, blessed with both fortune and pros 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 War of Resistance: The Ghost Captain 抗战：幽灵舰长 Ye Chaoyong transmigrates into the wreckage of the Beiyang Fleet’s Chaoyong, becoming a ghost captain with a naval base of his own. An ensemble story about reclaiming lost territory and resisting the invasion. The war involves not only land, air, espionage, and guerrilla battles, but also naval warfare, a struggle over culture and faith, and battles against the paranormal and supernatural forces. 174Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 189 The Splendid Lady Doctor 锦绣女娇医 Someone's newly issued rules for being a good husband: Listen when your wife speaks. Follow your wife when she goes shopping. Back your wife up when she gets into a fight. Wait for her when she goes out. Be willing to spend money on her. Let her have her way. Soothe her when she's angry. The rules spark an outcry from men everywhere: The whole world already knows you're henpecked, but don't drag the rest of us into it! Life's impossible in this world! The person proudly trots over with a newspa 393Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 190 From the Jiang Family Estate to a Retirement Home at Gongdelin: My War of Resistance 抗战从蒋家大院直达功德林养老 The buildup is fairly long. If you want to get straight to the main plot, it's recommended that you start after Chapter 88. The protagonist is reborn in the Republican era. He graduated from a prestigious military academy and is Nikolai's childhood friend. At first, he grovels to the brigade commander while quietly building up his strength. Then, well, we'll talk about that after a few hundred chapters. 748Reads7.3Score12014d adds
- 191 Tech City: From the War of Resistance to a Rising Great Power 科技城：从抗战到大国崛起 “Ha! Those Japanese bastards, bow down!” “With a space this miraculous, we won’t need six years. Three will be more than enough for us to ride into Tokyo and admire the cherry blossoms.” “But since we can connect to online marketplaces in the future, we can’t be so short-sighted as to focus only on this little patch of land at home.” As he spoke, the old man crouched down and casually sketched a map of the world on the ground. “This is a familiar ice-free port. From here, we can head north strai 20Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 192 The Chinese War Wolf of the Expeditionary Force 远征军之中华战狼 [Expeditionary Force + Reasonable Golden Finger + No System + Not Mindless, Fired by a heart full of passion, he fights on the battlefield, ready to die far from home, with no regrets even if it means nine deaths!] The Expeditionary Force, Southeast Asia, the Savage Mountain. Rally the scattered troops, fight the Japanese, uphold China's national dignity, and forge the soul of a nation! Veteran Chen Feng returns to the battlefield just as the Expeditionary Force suffers total defeat and falls in 8Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 193 Restoring the Jade 还璧 [Republican-era romance + two equally strong leads + mutual healing] A double-sided master thief returns to her old trade, while a calculating tycoon pulls the strings from behind the scenes. Together, they join forces to hunt down a national treasure. A society beauty and master thief versus a vengeful tycoon! By day, she outsmarts scheming rivals as a gifted designer. By night, she scales walls and rooftops as a female thief who faked her death years ago. In the glamorous world of high society 447Reads9.2Score11014d adds
- 194 I Became the Great Marshal of the Northeast 我成为了东北大帅 Xu Luowu accidentally transmigrated and became a crystal fox, the only son of Xu Shichang. He rose to become the Governor of Dongbei and founded the fearsome Feng Army, sweeping across the borderlands and expanding his territory. In no time, he became a powerful ruler with a million troops at his command, giving the people of Dayan reason to hold their heads high and ensuring no one dared look down on them. 55Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 195 Republican Era: The Shanghai Tycoon 民国：上海滩枭雄 1. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, with a sharp mind. 2. He starts out in the martial world, builds a business, establishes a base of operations, and saves the country and its people. Han Kaijia's soul travels back to old Shanghai in 1915. When others scheme against him, he seizes the opportunity and strikes back with razor-sharp precision. From then on, he understands one thing: When you're out in the world, you make your own name and status. The powerful figu 1.2kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 196 I'm a Foreigner in Republican-Era China 我在民国当老外 [World War II + spy thriller + Republic of China era + American politics + postwar Japan and Korea] He transmigrates into the body of a West Point graduate and becomes a captain and assistant military intelligence attaché at the U.S. military attaché office in the Republic of China. He helps the Republic of China and rises through the ranks in the United States. Later, he becomes the commanding officer on the front line of the U.S. war against Japan. After the war, he oversees all of Japan's aff 4.9kReads7.5Score12514d adds
- 197 War of Resistance: I Have a God-Tier Weapons System 抗战：我有一个神级军火系统 Zhao Zijing, a veteran discharged from the military, was visiting the site of the Battle of Shanghai when he unexpectedly transmigrated to the battlefield in a parallel timeline. He became a platoon leader in the Training Regiment. At the same time, the influence of the dimensional rift gave Zhao Zijing a golden finger: the God-Tier Weapons System. He bought weapons and equipment for his soldiers in the System's shop, then led them into battle against the Japanese. To his surprise, they tore thr 356Reads7.4Score14914d adds
- 198 Defending the Nation Against Japan with Blood and Iron 抗日之铁血救国 Military enthusiast Li Erhu wakes up in the capital in 1935. That year, with the signing of the He-Umezu Agreement, Japan begins its invasion of China. Unfortunately for the Japanese, this guy has a badass System. You have Type 38 rifles? I've got M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles... You have Type 92 heavy machine guns? I've got MG42 general-purpose machine guns, nicknamed Hitler's buzz saw. I'll mow you down. You have Type 92 infantry guns? Heh, I've had 105 mm howitzers for ages. By the end of W 158Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 199 The War God Rises in the War Against Japan 抗日之战神崛起 Amid the flames of war, smoke rises on every side, and the Chinese nation stands on the brink of ruin. Yuan Zhiwen, newly returned from his studies in Germany, is driven by a desire to serve his country. With a heart full of fervor, he fights the enemy and drives out the Japanese, eventually becoming a legendary god of war! 1.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 200 A Blind Doctor in Republican-Era China: Evergreen in the Capital 民国盲医，我在四九城里万古长青 [No System + martial world + miracle doctor + tycoon + farming + you'll regret not reading] The story begins in the winter of 1924, when the last emperor was driven from the palace. My master, who had lived for a thousand years, ascended to immortality. Before he died, he passed the secret of immortality on to me, then sent me down the mountain and into the world to claim an inheritance in the capital. He told me that a healer must have a compassionate heart, and that only by treating the sick a 60Reads9.0Score—14d adds
