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- 51 Republican-Era Espionage: The Secret Agents All Call Me Chief 民国谍战：特务都叫我处座 A righteous soul transmigrates to the twenty-second year of the Republic of China. By then, the Japanese were already preparing to invade China. Lu Yang, a Chinese student studying abroad, is recruited into their spy organization. A transmigrator takes advantage of the situation and embarks on a thrilling mission worthy of Mission: Impossible. He starts out as a low-ranking police officer in the Nationalist government, then gets recruited by both the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and th 1.4kReads6.9Score100Shelves
- 52 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. 3.3kReads7.4Score143Shelves
- 53 Espionage 谍战 You can run three simulations a day. This is the protagonist's only trump card while undercover in the puppet army's garrison battalion in Chuzhou. The simulations show no images, replay no events, and offer no extra rewards. 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Republican Era Espionage: Code Name Crab 民国谍战之代号螃蟹 They endured a long, dark night, writing an indispensable page in China's War of Resistance with their blood. Some say your writing feels real, but who knows that the real world of espionage was even more brutal, too brutal to put into words. With this book, I pay tribute to all the heroes who gave their lives for their country on the intelligence front. 23.3kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
- 55 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
- 56 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China: From Straw-Sandal Soldier to Red General 穿越民国：从草鞋兵到红色将军 He opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking soldier among the dead in the Sichuan Army of the Republic of China era. Warlords clash, and a human life is worth less than a dog's. Relying on the tactics he remembers, he claws his way out of a mountain of corpses and advances one step at a time, from a squad leader to an officer in the Whampoa clique. In the Battle of Shanghai, Sichuan Army soldiers in straw sandals stand against elite Japanese troops with their flesh and blood. In the Defense 52Reads—Score114Shelves
- 57 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
- 58 Dark Flame: A Lone Star Shines Over the East 暗火：孤星照东方 After the Pacific War broke out, Japan’s wartime economy was strained, yet its naval factories continued running at full capacity. The war in China entered its most grueling phase of strategic stalemate, and the Japanese army carried out brutal “mopping-up” campaigns across the country. They thought the night was their cover, never realizing that I was the night itself. He was known by the codenames Qiming and Qingluan. He was also Stone, and the mysterious codename Ghost. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Years Without Regrets 无悔岁月 In 1936, dusk settled over Xiangcheng, steeping it in the smell of rust and blood. The late-autumn wind cut like a knife, piercing to the bone. Xu Chengyang tugged down the brim of his police cap. The collar of his coarse wool uniform chafed his neck raw. This black uniform was both his prison and his armor… 469Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Sequel to Lurking 潜伏后传 In September 1949, at Tianjin Airport, one fleeting glance was all it took. Using the code phrase “the old hen circling,” Yu Zecheng entrusted his life savings and the intelligence he had yet to deliver to his “late wife,” Wang Cuiping. After heading to Taiwan, Yu Zecheng walks on eggshells under Wu Jingzhong. He must contend with factional infighting within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics while fending off the relentless scrutiny of Liu Yaozu, chief of the Operations Division. Meanwh 47.8kReads8.6Score3kShelves
- 61 Yongzheng's Secret Blade 雍正暗刃 Political intrigue + Assassination + Romance + Court drama. The Blood-Drop Earring, the most ruthless and secretive assassination unit in Yongzheng's Imperial Bodyguard Office, strikes fear into all who hear its name. Chen Ying, its sharpest hidden blade, is ordered to slaughter a loyal minister's entire household. But he discovers that his victims are not rebels: they are a lone official who knows the royal family's deepest secrets. The dying man's question, “Who will silence you when your turn 338Reads—Score104Shelves
- 62 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
- 63 Railway Archives: Infiltration, Espionage, and the Shocking Case of Liaoshen 谍战潜伏铁路档案辽沈惊蛰 Espionage, agents, undercover work, urban life, history, mystery, hard-core railway detail, war, the Republic of China era, and passion. In the thirty-sixth year of the Republic, on the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, undercurrents swirled along the railway lines at Jinzhou, Siping, and Meihekou. Ye Tian, a Communist underground agent codenamed Jingzhe, went undercover as a railway traffic dispatcher. He gathered military intelligence and disrupted Nationalist transport, providing crucial support 5Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 64 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
- 65 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战：让你潜伏，你混得风生水起 [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 19.2kReads7.9Score1.4kShelves
- 66 Espionage: Harbin, 1941 谍战：哈尔滨1941 In 1939, Harbin was a vast maze of spies. Zhou Jinyu, a cool-headed ace agent, and Gu Wanru, a rookie, were ordered to pose as husband and wife and infiltrate the heart of the Japanese puppet regime. From an identity crisis that began in hell to an unshakable trust forged through life and death, they treaded carefully under the ever-watchful suspicion of Ichiro Shimizu. As the mystery of the “Shadow Protocol” closed in and their own names appeared on the “elimination list,” Zhou Jinyu realized t 5.4kReads7.5Score442Shelves
- 67 A Blood-Red Chess Game in Shanghai 上海滩血色之棋局 This novel is dedicated to the heroes who risked their lives on the hidden front during the War of Resistance Against Japan, fighting for the liberation of their country and people. The story follows its two protagonists, Shen Donglin and Su Yingxue. Shen Donglin is an agent for our Party, operating undercover at No. 76. Su Yingxue is an agent for our Party undercover within the Military Statistics Bureau, as well as an international anti-fascist operative. After enduring countless trials of lif 1kReads—Score106Shelves
- 68 Espionage: Rising from Cannon Fodder 谍战：从炮灰开始崛起 The previous book is about to conclude, and an audiobook narrated by a real person is now available. Readers who enjoy audiobooks are welcome to check it out. [War of Resistance Espionage + System-Powered Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Paths of Development + Military Statistics Bureau in the Early Story + Army in the Later Story + Beating the Japanese to a Pulp] Son 32.4kReads7.6Score3.6kShelves
- 69 Espionage: Rewinding for Intelligence Made Me the Military Statistics Bureau's Faith 谍战：回档情报，我成了军统信仰 After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.5kReads8.2Score720Shelves
- 70 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. When you gaze into the abyss again, the abyss gets impatient: “What are you looking at?” Feng Gang, a modern historian, transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Born into a time of chaos, in the darkest hours before dawn, he discovers that he has no System or superpowers of any kind. All he has is a deep gaze that spans a century and sees through every illusion... 19.6kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
- 71 Small-Town Romance 小镇风月 This thousand-year-old town prospered and declined with its shipping trade. In the 1990s, dance halls sprang up, bringing with them a case of stolen tax silver, a midnight murder, a police officer killing someone, and the murder of a dance hostess. As people fight over money, power, and love, the story also uncovers the heroic deeds of resistance fighters from the town fifty years earlier. The warmth and coldness of human life are distilled in the town's tales of love and desire... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Espionage: I Was Undercover, Then Awakened the Fierce Cop System! 谍战：潜伏的我却觉醒悍警系统！ [Espionage + Wits and Strategy + Cheat Ability + Ruthless + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Punishing the Japanese Invaders + Tycoon] When it comes to killing Japanese invaders, is anything more satisfying than slaughtering them openly, right in front of their own men, and then getting promoted and rewarded by them afterward? Li Mengzhou transmigrates to Shanghai in 1938, becoming a rookie who has just joined the police force, and awakens the Tough Cop (Bandit) System! “This is occupied territory! The crim 3.5kReads7.8Score294Shelves
- 73 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
- 74 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
- 75 Superpowered Heroes Beat Up the Japanese Invaders 异能者暴揍鬼子 Wang Lu possesses the Dragon Soul Divine Cauldron, whose blessing grants him supernatural powers to hunt Japanese soldiers and collect Sin Points. He forms a league of superpowered fighters and leads them in killing, sabotaging, and destroying, carrying out one bloody atrocity after another to fill the Japanese with fear and dread. 353Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 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
- 77 I Stumbled Upon My Aunt's Secret 我偶然发现小婶的秘密 I Accidentally Discovered My Aunt's Secret —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 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
- 79 Spy Games: I'm a Gun Nut Who Loves Growing Ginseng 谍战，我是刀枪炮，就爱种人参 (The rating just came out, and it's very low right now. No idea if it'll go up or down, but I'll do my best.) I'm Xu Erwen, better known as Wenwen. I've got just one hobby: growing ginseng. My biggest dream is to own a Land Rover and make a little money. But what happened? I was in the middle of dreaming big, and when I opened my eyes, I was in Shanghai in 1939! Well, here we go! As the saying goes, a dead Japanese soldier is a good Japanese soldier. Putting them to use instead of wasting them s 43.3kReads6.6Score4.4kShelves
- 80 War Against Japan: The Enemy-Lines Suicide Squad 抗日之敌后敢死队 This is a spy thriller. There is no System, no transmigration into another person's body, no rebirth, no transmigration into a book, and no futuristic weapons to lend a hand. It's a story about using intelligence and the unique talents of extraordinary people to pull off one major operation after another that gives the Japanese invaders a headache. Since there are no futuristic weapons to help, the story moves a little slowly. I ask readers to be patient and enjoy it. The story takes place in Z 736Reads6.2Score100Shelves
- 81 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
- 82 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
- 83 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 Sequel 2 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 Sequel 1 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Making of a Top Assassin 顶级杀手的成长历程 Northeast China, 1933. Snow dyes the world a ghastly white, and the icy wind can gnaw the flesh from your bones. A young man in a thin shirt, skinny as a stick and shivering uncontrollably, stumbles into an earthen temple. He nearly trips over something at his feet: a corpse that is still warm. Beside the body, a spot of golden light flickers faintly, like a star buried in the snow. He reaches for it with trembling hands. The instant his fingertip touches it, a cold voice suddenly rings out in h 397Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 86 The Anti-Japanese War System Activates: Twin Souls of the Flames of War 抗日系统激活：烽火双魂 The years scorched by war are not far behind us. The bloodstains that dyed the earth red still burn in our eyes. The desperate cries beneath Nanjing's walls, the nameless bones scattered across the North China Plain, the ice frozen solid along the Songhua River... Every wound torn open by a bayonet, every village burned to the ground by artillery, is an inscription that cannot be erased from history's monuments. To forget is to betray the fallen heroes most deeply. And yet, amid the scorched ear 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 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
- 90 Reborn: A Brilliant Life of Reversal 重生逆袭灿烂人生 I'm someone who has been reborn. In my previous life, I drifted through life in a daze, muddling through each day. The first thing I'd think about every morning was where to go to make money and how much I needed to earn. I couldn't think of anything else. But even after working so hard, I accomplished nothing and lost so much along the way. When it came to opportunities in life, I missed out on one good chance and turning point after another. When it came to family, I was left with countless re 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Twin Treasures of Dragon City: The Sword God Keeps Her Safe for Life 龙城双璧：剑神护她一世无虞 [Resistance War] [Espionage] [Tortured Romance] [Thriller] [Superpowers] In the era of the Dragon Nation, Xiao Hanchuan, the last surviving heir of the Xiao family, takes up the Black Iron Spirit Sword to exact revenge. He crosses paths with Su Ling, a military intelligence agent and the last surviving heir of the Su family. When their paired pendants join together, they uncover the conspiracy behind their families’ destruction. Fighting side by side with sword and gun, they forge a deep bond am 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Transmigrate Through Time and Space: The Tiger Roars as It Slays the Japanese 穿越时空之虎啸杀倭 Laohu was an overseas agent. He died a hero while carrying out his final mission, but his soul transmigrated into the body of a man in a shantytown in Zhabei District, Old Shanghai, in 1938. Using his skills, Laohu kills Japanese soldiers, robs their banks, sabotages their counterfeit currency schemes, raids their supply depots, breaks people out of prison, blows up their headquarters, destroys their airfields, and carries out countless other missions. He also has a System that transmigrated wit 1.1kReads6.5Score—Shelves
- 93 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
- 94 The Beautiful Warrior of the Asylum 疯人院漂亮女斗士 A Pretty Fighter in the Asylum “Love is heaven, and killing each other is hell. We drift between the two, unable to escape.” Wen Yue and Yang Liang are locked in a love-hate battle, caught between fire and ice over a medical research breakthrough. Then a series of bizarre events begins: Professor Wen suddenly drops dead, Wen Yue’s daughter accidentally falls from a building, and Yang Liang forcibly sends Wen Yue to a prison-like psychiatric hospital... In the hospital, Wen Yue endures inhuman to 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 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
- 96 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 《废旧医院的惊魂夜》 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Bright Sword: Lucky Me, I’ve Reached the Japanese Stronghold 亮剑：锦鲤啊，打到鬼子大本营了 Wang Hao is an office worker and fishing enthusiast who transmigrates to the War of Resistance battlefield, where he doesn’t know how to do a thing. What he doesn’t realize is that he has the combined luck of a lucky koi and a total good-luck charm. He goes out fishing and somehow hooks a beautiful Japanese intelligence agent, exposing a Japanese spy network infiltrated into the base area. He goes up the mountain to hunt and somehow takes out a Japanese sniper team and kills a lieutenant colonel 15.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 98 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
- 99 Espionage: I'm Only 20, So What Is This Old Geezer's Comeback? 谍战：刚20，老登逆袭什么鬼？ [At 20, you graduate from a special training program in Hangzhou, join the Bureau of Secret Services, and become an agent] [At 22, you turn down a hint from the female head of the 76th Division’s secret service, losing your chance to take a shortcut] [At 25, after the Shanghai branch of the Military Statistics Bureau suffers a devastating blow, you rise rapidly through the ranks and become head of the intelligence team] [At 28, through years of effort, you become deputy chief of the Shanghai bra 14.3kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 100 Nameless in the Spy World 谍海无名 No one knows your name, but your deeds will endure forever. The artillery strikes on Beidaying, the fall of the Northeast, the puppet state of Manchukuo at the mercy of its masters, and thirty million compatriots enduring the suffering of a conquered people. Faced with a cataclysmic upheaval, Chi Yanzhou chooses to sacrifice himself for his country, infiltrating enemy territory to fight to the death amid conspiracies, schemes, and traps! He walks the cliff's edge beneath the enemy's guns, kindli 20.7kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
