Novels like Only in My Bag: Book 18
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- 151 Back to 1929: Saving the Nation by Taking the Long Way Around 回到1929我曲线救国 Lu Chen transmigrates to a parallel-world version of the Republic of China and becomes a rich second-generation heir. His eldest brother is a brigade commander, while his second brother has joined the Bolsheviks. What is he supposed to do? He can only choose another path to help his country. 1.7kReads7.7Score100Shelves
- 152 Chasing the Waves with the Wind 随风逐浪 One crisis follows another, and China is beset by turmoil. Every son and daughter of the nation has a duty to do their part! In the early years of the Republic, young Chinese students studying in Europe returned home to serve their country. A young Chinese American from San Francisco awakens to his calling, leaves home, and sets off for China. He conceals his identity, puts down his pen to take up arms, and rides the tides of history to become a king of the covert front. 252Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 153 Espionage: I Awakened a Daily Intelligence System 谍战：我觉醒每日情报系统 He is a low-ranking patrolman in the French Concession, and every day he gets ten new pieces of intelligence. He is also an expert operative, a god of death roaming the night. Because he awakened an Intelligence System. 16.2kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
- 154 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Shadow Agent 影子特工 Born into an age of chaos, with the nation in peril, a man must serve his country! A young man burdened by vengeance for his family and hatred for his country assumes a false identity as he flees and joins the Special Services, beginning a dangerous and thrilling career as a spy. He crosses paths with forces from every side, matching wits and battling for survival. In this game within a game, who will be the last one standing? 14.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 156 Republican China: From Fake Young Master to Warlord 民国，从冒牌少爷到一方军阀 [No System + Republican Era + Multiple Heroines + Espionage in the Later Story] After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, landlord's son Li Mingyuan, who had paid for a trainee patrol officer's post, set sail for his new assignment with his newlywed wife Shen Shutong, his attendant Fugui, and the old family servant Wang Guilan. They were attacked by river bandits along the way. The original Li Mingyuan was killed, while Fugui, the protagonist and a modern-day special forces soldier, was knocked unco 11.9kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
- 157 Back to the 1940s: Fleeing Famine to Shanghai 穿回四十年代逃荒去上海 In 1942, Wang Li woke up in a cellar and discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a landowner’s wife. From the start, she was fleeing famine, and along the way she got separated from her companions. Well, if she had to flee, she had to flee! Life hadn’t been great in the modern world either. Now it was just her and a simple-minded girl. After enduring all kinds of hardships, they finally made it to Shanghai and bought a house. In her spare time, she even helped herself to the belongings 2.6kReads8.2Score136Shelves
- 158 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 This book is set in a different period from the earlier novel Railway Archives. On August 15, 1945, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic, Japan surrendered. The espionage game had already been set in motion. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, Ye Tian was recruited by the Military Statistics Bureau under the codename Qingci. He became a double agent, using both his railway dispatcher’s job and his Qingci identity to wage a covert battle as a Communist underground operative. He supplied the Communist 6Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 159 Espionage: I Pulled Boss Dai’s Rickshaw and Became a Juntong Station Chief 谍战：拉车戴老板，我成军统站长 Situ Li was reborn into an age of war. He was starving and worked as a lowly cart driver. He knew how to survive, but had no connections to get ahead. He thought he was destined to remain an insignificant nobody, but by a twist of fate, he ended up saving a big shot from the military intelligence service. The boss said, “Graduate from the military academy within a month, and I’ll give you an official position.” Before Situ Li could even protest, he found himself at the military academy. Then he 8.1kReads8.5Score510Shelves
- 160 Reborn in the Republic: Three Thousand Warlords at My Beck and Call 豪横，重生民国，三千军阀做小弟 [Republican Era] [History] [Transmigration] [Reborn] [Warlords] [No Female Lead] I’m not really that powerful. I only have more than three thousand warlords who willingly serve as my underlings! Gao Qiqiang transmigrates to a parallel world resembling the Republican Era, where he becomes the playboy heir of a powerful family. His warlord father, Chen Tai, is the renowned Marshal of Jianghuai. As Uncle Tai’s most useless child, Gao Qiqiang is sent by the old man to military school to toughen him 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Espionage: Taking Advice Lets Me Catch Spies 谍战：我听劝就能抓间谍 Jiang Yifan is an agent with the Military Statistics Bureau’s operations team, yet he repeatedly manages to catch local spies. Jiang Yifan is also a newly recruited officer in the Special Higher Police. By a twist of fate, he poses as a Japanese merchant and infiltrates the organization under an assumed identity. At the same time, Jiang Yifan is a friend and loyal partner to the underground resistance, and he has secretly joined them as well. With all these identities, Jiang Yifan can only say, 3.4kReads8.1Score197Shelves
- 162 Espionage: I'm a Shanghai Scion, Codenamed Porter 谍战：我，沪上大少，代号搬运工 In Shanghai, occupied by the invaders, there is a prominent and illustrious family: the Lin family of Shanghai. The eldest brother, Lin Zhenbang, is the military command's finance chief in Shanghai, codename: God of Wealth. His true identity is a secret underground intelligence agent, codename: Cedar. The second brother, Lin Duhan, is chief of the military command's operations division in Shanghai, codename: Killer. The eldest sister, Lin Hanyue, is chief of intelligence at the Shanghai station 5.5kReads6.1Score487Shelves
- 163 Espionage: I Sign In at the Military Police Headquarters from the Start 谍战：开局我在宪兵队签到 Note: The early part of this book focuses on espionage among the nobility. After the protagonist takes control of Sakura, the story enters a worldline similar to The Man in the High Castle! [Sign-In] + [A Plausible Noble Identity] + [Moles Within the Enemy's Ranks] + [Doesn't Return Home After the War] + [A Different Kind of Resistance Against Japan] (This story won't leave you feeling frustrated. The protagonist has powerful connections in the navy, army, and Foreign Ministry, so feel free to g 2kReads8.9Score132Shelves
- 164 Espionage: I Can Read People’s Inner Thoughts 谍战：我能洞察心声 Chen Yongren, formerly a special operations agent, has his soul transmigrate to the Republican era, where he becomes a minor spy for the Military Statistics Bureau and awakens the Spy King System. Every time he catches a Japanese spy, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He obtains the [Insight] skill: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated. He can listen at will to the thoughts of everyone within a five-meter radius of himself. He obtains the [Ultimate Actor] skill: In a time 20.7kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
- 165 The Wildflowers of the Battlefield Bloom All the Brighter 战地黄花分外香 Don’t judge it by the rating alone! The story runs from the April 12 counterrevolutionary massacre in the Republic of China era to the founding of New China! The male lead lives three lives in one. He’ll take you into the tangled world of the Republic of China: is he a “nail” planted by the Communist Party, a “poison fang” of the Kuomintang, or an elite agent of Japan’s Tokko? How can he survive between three shifting powers and turn one victory into another? Watch Guo Heyu in action! This work 31Reads5.8Score109Shelves
- 166 Espionage: Aboard the Lone Boat, I Start with a Death Note 谍战：人在孤舟，开局死亡笔记 Transmigrate to 1941 with a Death Note from the start, and who would still choose to be a spy? Armed with a weapon that controls cause and effect, he must realize that he is the big boss pulling the strings! [No need to save your brain]+ [A Chinese take on Final Destination]+ [In cold weather, wear an extra secret identity]+ [The protagonist doesn’t suffer]+ [Peak-level caution]+ [No female lead] Xiao Cheng transmigrates to the streets of Suzhou in 1941! A legendary Death Note lies within arm’ 19.7kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 167 Espionage: Red Agent, Codename Phoenix 谍战：红色特工之代号不死鸟 “Chu Yazi! You have to become a top agent, just like your master.” “Master! You can escape with ease even after being arrested. I can’t do that.” “Get lost! I arranged such a good identity for you, and gave you the top code name ‘Phoenix.’ How can you still say you can’t do it? Oh, right! Mr. Wu has something to tell you, too.” Mr. Wu said earnestly: “Chu Yazi! The ‘Phoenix’ is reborn from the flames. You must infiltrate the very heart of the enemy at any cost. Do not return until the revolution 22kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 168 Espionage: Every Animal Is My Inside Man 谍战：动物都是我的内线 After transmigrating into the 28th year of the Republic of China, Gao Lingyu discovered that he had become a low-ranking intelligence officer in the Intelligence Division of the 76th Special Agent Headquarters, under the New Government. In short, he'd become a traitorous dog who had thrown in his lot with the Japanese. But aside from being a traitorous secret agent, he discovered that he had another identity: he was an undercover agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, stationed at the 76th on 4.5kReads8.2Score289Shelves
- 169 The Queen of the Military Intelligence Bureau 军统女王 [Espionage + political intrigue + wits and strategy + ruthless decisiveness] The bloody odyssey of the Military Statistics Bureau’s queen! She is the knife in Boss Dai’s hand, and the nightmare that haunts his bedside! 1937: Shanghai, a deadly trap Lin Wei, codenamed “Ghost Fox,” arrives in Shanghai and forms the “Fox Thorn” assassination squad within three months. As her qipao swirls, collaborators’ heads roll and Japanese officers lie awake at night. But the wine Nanzo Yunko offers her is lace 12kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 170 Espionage: The Little Spy's Great Reversal 谍战：小特务大逆袭 [Love for the Nation + Passionate Resistance Against Japan + One Heroine + Tense, Thrilling Plot + Ruthless and Decisive] With our nation on the brink of destruction, we have no choice but to risk everything and fight to save it. Military academy student Qin Tian transmigrates to the snowbound city of 1938 and becomes director of the General Affairs Section of the secret service bureau. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy, but in truth, he is a long-time undercover agent for the Communist P 8.1kReads8.6Score584Shelves
- 171 A Lone Boat in the Espionage World 谍海孤舟 [Espionage] + [Woman Disguised as a Man] + [Multiple Secret Identities] + [Two Powerful Leads] In 1937, Jinling fell. Sixteen-year-old Xu Qingru, born into a scholarly family, witnessed the Japanese invaders slaughter her entire family. Carrying a blood debt and a top-secret list, she abandoned her maiden name and stepped into the endless darkness, transforming into an elite agent known as "Petrel." Back in isolated Shanghai, she becomes a double agent who walks the knife's edge. On one side, sh 1.4kReads8.8Score147Shelves
- 172 Railway Archives 铁路档案 A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 1Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 173 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.4kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 174 Espionage: I Pose as a Japanese Officer in Enemy-Occupied Territory 谍战：我在敌占区扮演鬼子军官 [This novel has a System, with no more than ten uses] [Large cast] [Espionage + business warfare + nation-stealing] The novel has three volumes: [The Mainland Arc] Mainly follows the protagonist's rise and development. [Siam Arc] Portrays the Japanese military in the later stages of the war from Siam's perspective. [Japan Arc] Begins at Chapter 648 and mainly focuses on postwar Japan. Many readers consider this part the highlight. Lin Zhiyuan is Hengdian's best-known actor for playing Japanese 135.4kReads8.7Score17.5kShelves
- 175 The Sea of Infiltration 潜伏之海 At Taoyuan Airport in 1949, as Yu Zecheng performs the final “hen circling” signal under the station chief's watch, he has no idea that this gesture will mark the beginning of an underground mission lasting thirty-eight years. A customs inspector forced to go to Taiwan, he burns the letter addressed to his “late wife Cuiping,” then uses the ashes to piece together his first map of Taiwan's defensive fortifications. From helping build an intelligence network for the U.S. military's “Operation Bri 124Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡 Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 Merit System: Laying Low and Delivering Supplies in the Republican Era 功德系统：我在民国苟着送物资 When Lin Wanxing woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to Shanghai in 1940, where she had become a penniless university student whose parents were both dead. To make matters worse, war was raging and supplies were scarce. Even sanitary pads were a luxury. Luckily, the Taobao app on her phone had mutated into a [Merit System]. Do good deeds, earn merit points, and exchange them for modern supplies! Rescue a little girl who nearly gets run over by a rickshaw? [Merit +100! Portable storage 1.9kReads6.2Score157Shelves
- 178 Underhanded Struggle 暗斗 He was hailed as Asia’s greatest spy, and was also the king of secret agents. His death remains shrouded in mystery to this day, and the truth behind it has long fascinated people. What seemed like an ordinary accident concealed a story chilling to the bone. How many masked infiltrators fought over it in the shadows, and how many nameless heroes left us lamenting their loss... His death was both an inevitability of history and a historical accident. The true culprit behind it is still shaping th 6.3kReads9.2Score580Shelves
- 179 The Raging Eastern Front 狂飙的东线 The Führer is assassinated, and Goering takes over the Third Reich. He appoints Kahn Regismond as commissioner on the Eastern Front, granting him command over the German forces there. The Battle of Stalingrad begins. Can he change the course of the war? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Espionage: You Were Told to Infiltrate, So Why Are You Running the Special High Intelligence Unit? 谍战：让你潜伏，你搞特高课课长 [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Super Satisfying]+ [No Torturing the Protagonist] Guan Peng transmigrates to Shanghai in 1934 and becomes a young police officer. His superior immediately makes things difficult for him, but luckily, his System activates just in time. In this world, kind people get bullied, and even a good horse gets ridden! Realizing he needs to change, Guan Peng first kills his superior, then successfully takes his place! Du Yuesheng: “Brother Peng, this is just a little token of my 15.6kReads7.7Score991Shelves
- 181 The Windbreaker 破风者 In 1931, Jiang Hanwen, head of the Shanghai Central underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested and promptly betrayed the revolution. Under the command of special commissioner Wu Shude, the Shanghai district of the Kuomintang Central Investigation Department, predecessor of the Zhongtong, used information provided by the turncoat Jiang Hanwen to launch a sweeping manhunt and purge of our underground intelligence network in Shanghai and its key operatives. Chen Tongzhou, 2.4kReads8.8Score267Shelves
- 182 King of Spy Wars: This Undercover Agent Gets Danger Alerts 谍战之王：这个卧底有危险提示 Espionage + Triple Agent + Ruthless + Danger Alerts + Foresight He is the most prized disciple of Kenji Doihara, head of the Special Higher Police. He is the colonel and deputy station chief most admired by Dai Li, head of the Military Statistics Bureau. And he is also the underground Party’s elusive master assassin, “Deep Sea.” Three identities, countless faces. He walks in darkness, yet his heart always faces the light... Chu Tianheng’s soul transmigrates to an era ravaged by war. Using “Dange 18.6kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
- 183 Republican Era: Starting with Whampoa's First Class 民国：从黄埔一期开始 [No System] [From the start at Whampoa] [Front-line resistance war] [Over a million words so far, with an army of 300,000 and countless enemy kills] Lu Muzhi, a civil engineer, transmigrates to the first class at Whampoa Military Academy in 1924. He advances carefully, makes his way into the heart of power, and completes his studies. Alongside a host of future generals, Lu Muzhi takes part in the Eastern Campaign and the Northern Expedition, rising through the ranks from a young Whampoa cadet to 2.1kReads8.7Score174Shelves
- 184 Silent 1937 无声1937 In his previous life, he met with an accident while carrying out a mission. When he opened his eyes, he had become Chen Shusheng, captain of a Juntong action squad, locked in an interrogation room and framed as a scapegoat. The Japanese spy wants him dead. His own men have set him up. His superior is happy to go along with it. On this path, one wrong word means death, and trusting the wrong person means ruin beyond redemption. He comes from the future and knows how much more suffering this natio 101.9kReads8.8Score9.3kShelves
- 185 Reborn in the War of Resistance: Every Invader Deserves to Die 重生抗战：入侵者都该死 (War of Resistance + espionage + pocket dimension + Republican era + parallel timeline) Anyone who seeks to destroy our country and wipe out our people will face our blood-soaked resistance to the very end! Zou Yiyi had just been reborn into a parallel timeline when she realized this was the most tragic chapter in the history books she'd once read. Her father had done nothing to provoke anyone, yet the Japanese used him for target practice as he fled famine. As she lay dying, her mother entruste 8kReads8.9Score498Shelves
- 186 Someone Else's Beloved? The Commander Will Still Take Her by Force 他人挚爱？督军照样强娶豪夺 (Male stand-in, possessive pursuit, forced love, intense push and pull, powerful man bows his head, two strong leads, both devoted to each other) Transmigrated into a warlord-ravaged era, Ruan Xiaoxiao only wants to keep her head down and survive. But disaster strikes: her comrade is framed and thrown into the police station. With nowhere else to turn, she has no choice but to humble herself and beg Huo Yunting, the governor of three provinces, who holds the power of life and death. Everyone s 2.9kReads—Score223Shelves
- 187 Reborn as a Secret Service Agent 重生之军统特务 Lin Mo, a modern history graduate student, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in the Republic of China era in 1938, where he becomes a young agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. To survive the chaos and protect his homeland, he uses his knowledge of history to lay an astonishing web of espionage. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Espionage: From Shanghai's Little Beggar to the King of Spies 谍战：从上海滩小乞丐到特工之王 Chen Shaoan’s soul transmigrates to old Shanghai, where he becomes a beggar scraping by. By chance, he saves a wounded woman, and ends up stumbling into the Military Statistics Bureau. With the Japanese invasion of China underway, Chen Shaoan uses his Role-Playing System to purge traitors, capture enemy moles alive, and assassinate senior Japanese officers, becoming a world-renowned king of spies. 7.6kReads8.7Score682Shelves
- 189 The Great Doctor of the Republic, Fighting the Japanese 抗日：民国大医生 [Doctor, espionage, transmigration, agent] A doctor transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes a medical student once again. But he somehow ends up in the Japanese army as a genius military doctor. Yet he is Chinese, so he begins his own unconventional campaign to save his country. If he can't kill the enemy on the battlefield, he can sabotage them behind the lines and perhaps still make a difference. 13.3kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
- 190 Republican Era: I Get Sign-In Rewards in Prison, and All My Men Are Fanatically Loyal 民国：签到在监狱，手下全是死士 Lin Feng has just transmigrated to the Republic of China era when he ends up in prison. He awakens a sign-in System and quietly grows stronger by signing in behind bars, while the number of loyal death warriors under his command keeps increasing. The International Settlement has no garrison, so they come to me to borrow troops. The French Concession has no garrison, so they come to me to borrow troops. By the time they’re done borrowing, both concessions are staffed entirely by my people. When t 2.9kReads6.9Score182Shelves
- 191 Tang Dynasty Detective 大唐刑警 Shen Yan, head of the major crimes unit in a modern criminal investigation squad, accidentally transmigrates during an explosion while arresting cultural relic smugglers. His soul takes over the body of a newly appointed constable at the Wannian County Office in Chang'an during the Zhenguan era. Using modern forensic medicine, trace evidence analysis, criminal psychology, and logical deduction, he solves one strange case after another in a Tang Dynasty where laws are rudimentary and investigatio 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Espionage: From Military Intelligence Agent to Rising Star of the Kwantung Army 谍战：从军统特工到关东军新星 [Dancing on the Edge of a Knife] + [Smart Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Ruthless] + [No System] Lin Feng, a modern history student, transmigrates to Kyoto in the island nation in 1939, in a parallel world. He takes over the body of a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named “Iron Rooster.” The original owner, posing as a returned overseas Chinese named Kobayashi Fengichiro, was treated as a disposable pawn by the Bureau and left in the island nation to await orders. In the end 9.7kReads8.7Score369Shelves
- 193 Espionage: Getting Intelligence from the Colonel’s Wife 谍战：从大佐太太开始获取情报 [Espionage]+ [System]+ [Resistance War]+ [Reborn] Reborn in the parallel world of 1940, in Changchun, the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo. The resistance war is at its final, most perilous stage. Deep behind enemy lines, danger lurks everywhere! Eradicate the traitors, wipe out the Japanese, and restore China! Liu Long is not only a mysterious ace agent, but also has a special System. As long as he safely delivers intelligence, he earns points that can be used to learn acupoint tec 12.6kReads8.9Score756Shelves
- 194 Nightingale 夜鹂 Espionage in the War of Resistance “When loyalty becomes a crime and betrayal becomes a means of survival, who can hold on to their humanity in a world gone mad?” An epic tale of espionage that blends transmigration, suspense, and devotion to country and family. It uncovers the darkest corners of wartime Shanghai and follows a soul torn apart by fate as it grows from a pawn into the player moving the pieces. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, late autumn draped Shanghai’s sky in a sickly 1.4kReads—Score103Shelves
- 195 Spy War: I’ve Caught Every Japanese Spy 谍战，日谍被我抓光了 I'm an avid angler, and I transmigrated into the body of a secret agent. I'm an avid angler. I don't know how to do anything. But I have a System that can identify Japanese spies. I also have a storage space, just for helping myself to free stuff from the Japanese. Before the full-scale war broke out, I had nearly rounded up every last one of their spies. Japanese soldier: Baka! What's going on? We're running out of spies! Kenji Doihara: Baka! What's wrong with you people? We can't train spies a 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 196 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 He Shouye, an actor in a hit TV drama, is shot in the heart with a prop gun and wakes up in the Republican era as He Shouye, a ginseng porter. He has no lifespan to spare after his transmigration, but a System that lets him extend his life by killing Japanese invaders arrives and binds itself to him. Follow He Shouye through the many lives he leads as he fights the invaders to stay alive. 2.4kReads—Score167Shelves
- 197 Espionage: I Transmigrate to Republican-Era China and Rise to Become the Strongest Warlord 谍战：穿越民国我逆袭成最强军阀 [War of Resistance Espionage + Siheyuan Courtyard + Spatial Storage + Overpowered + Republican-Era Politics] Zhang Qi transmigrates to Beijing in the 1930s, where he rises from humble beginnings. From the start, the Zhang family trades most of its fortune for a letter of appointment: county magistrate of Wanbei County. The poorest and most dangerous county? All nine previous magistrates died in office. Watch Zhang Qi govern the county and take on local strongmen, the Japanese, and the Westerners 1.7kReads8.4Score129Shelves
- 198 Beauty and Hairdressing in Republican-Era China 我在民国美容美发 Spy thriller [No romance + entrepreneurship + espionage + not a power fantasy + no arrogant, all-conquering hero or Mary Sue + kindhearted, not malicious + everyday street life + no romantic melodrama + slow-paced] [Author's note: Feel free to read two or three chapters before deciding whether to continue. Don't blindly follow the reviews when judging a book's worth; decide for yourself.] Zheng Xiaohe brings modern skills with her when she transmigrates into the granddaughter of a barber in Ji 2.8kReads9.0Score259Shelves
- 199 Espionage: I Became the Biggest Secret Agent 谍战：我成了最大的特务头子 In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic, Xie Yanlai transmigrated back to Beiping. As a Whampoa Military Academy graduate assigned to reinforce the Beiping branch, he foiled Major Ishikawa of the Special Higher Police's plot to buy off Beiping's political leaders within half a month, breaking the record for the fastest promotion of a Whampoa graduate. A month later, he took down the North China Army's secret treasury. Three months later... Xie Yanlai was able to repeatedly earn outstanding mer 3.5kReads8.8Score330Shelves
- 200 Shadows of Espionage 谍影重重 Bao Dazhuang transmigrates to the wealthy Guan family in Yulan City during the War of Resistance Against Japan, becoming a repulsive-looking Republican-era live-in son-in-law whom everyone despises. He works as a translator for the military police, handling nothing more than routine documents. It is only after becoming a real spy that Bao Dazhuang realizes this is nothing like the spy films of his previous life. At best, he is a mediocre agent. Yet his cowardly, selfish, and easygoing nature rep 5.9kReads8.8Score556Shelves
