Novels like Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund, best match first.
- 151 Reborn as a Military Cook: Chronicles of a Mercenary 重生炊事兵之佣兵风云录 Hardcore military fiction + No System + Marksman + Mercenary Mercenary? Chef? In his previous life, he was a marksman and small-arms expert hiding in the mess hall of a rapid-response unit in Huaxia! A gun in one hand, a wok in the other! He died in an exercise while saving a new recruit who had wandered into the blast zone! When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn on a smoke-filled battlefield in a parallel world! This time, he had a cleaver in his left hand and a gun in his righ 21.3kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 152 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, 2.3kReads8.8Score25914d adds
- 153 Secrets of the Old Teahouse: The Terrifying Basement 老茶馆秘闻之恐怖的地下室 Secrets of the Old Teahouse: The Terrifying Basement 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 154 I’m Conquering the Middle East 我在中东打天下 [Just got rated, don't let it scare you off! The score will rise later.] This is the Middle East, This is where my younger brother is. He is the blade, and his brothers are the edge. Wherever the blade points, none can stand against it. Seize territory, protect the oil, and charge ahead in triumph. Recruit talent, build drones, missiles, radar, satellites, and more. Punch the Squid, kick Eagle Sauce, and bring the neighboring small nations to heel. He carves out a place for himself in the Middle 14.2kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 155 We're Already in Showbiz, Who Still Cares About Romance? 都混娱乐圈了，谁还谈感情啊 Zhang Xin, a cryptocurrency operations manager, is reborn as a lovesick trainee on Blue Star who died from holding his breath. You came to work in the entertainment industry, so why are you talking about love... "Playing along is fine, but catching real feelings is out of the question!" But... A singing diva, a top-tier starlet, an award-winning actress, a wealthy heiress... No, he couldn't take it anymore. Faced with the choice between being a beast and being worse than a beast, he chose "somew 840Reads—Score1514d adds
- 156 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 21.4kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 157 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—14d adds
- 158 The Spoiled Young Master Is an Evil God, and All His Followers Are Beauties 纨绔大少是邪神，眷属全部是美女 [The ratings just came in, and they’re going to soar] [Showing off in public] [Multiple heroines] [No toxicity or angst] [Divine and insane] [Highly intelligent villains] [Epic battlefields] The Evil Gods cast their gaze down from the stars. Their mutterings worm into the soul, and their corruption makes flesh betray the will. Cities writhe beneath their skins, while people mutate in ignorance. The Empire, the forbidden zones, and the rulers enthroned high above have long since written humanity 273.3kReads9.2Score32.3k14d adds
- 159 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 唐小鸣与叶华传说 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Godhood for All: There's Something Off About My Divine Realm 全民神祇：我的神域有点不对劲 [Godhood for All] [Farming] [Mutation] [No CP] [Multiple Cultivation Systems] [An Increasingly Unhinged Zoo] In the era of divine domains for all, everyone awakens their own divine domain in high school. Tang Shi awakens an A-rank talent: [A Wild, Chaotic Explosion of Growth]. Its effect is simple: the plants and animals in his divine domain mutate at random. The good news is, they might get stronger. The bad news is, they might grow in all the wrong ways. Luckily, he also has a special building 176.5kReads8.3Score24.9k14d adds
- 161 My Friend Still Has Years to Live. What Gives You the Right to Detain Him in the Underworld? 我朋友阳寿未尽，你们凭什么把他扣在阴间？ My friend still has years left to live. What gives you the right to keep him in the underworld? 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 162 Bearing the Five Turbidities, I Walk Through a Wicked Age 身负五浊，行于恶世 [Xuanhuan] [Superpowers] [Single Heroine] [Two Powerful Leads] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Slow Burn] “When you look back on your life, how would you define yourself?” In 2050, alien species invaded Blue Star. Led by the “Dream Masters” who had awakened their “Strange Eyes,” humanity raised the banner of resistance against the all-consuming tide. The Five Turbidities: the turbidity of kalpas, views, sentient beings, afflictions, and life. As you journey through this evil world of the Fiv 2.3kReads—Score24014d adds
- 163 Zhang Xiaojiu's Adventure Journal 张小酒的冒险笔记 [The animated series is now available] Zhang Xiaojiu has died once. In his original world, the Demon Realm overturned the Human Realm, wiping out humanity across the globe. His soul, carrying regrets, transmigrated into the body of a baby born before the catastrophe. This time, he wanted to hide away and survive in peace, but fate set him on the path to saving the world. A white-clad angel wept for him, a fiery policewoman took a blade for him, and a gentle spirit demon faced death for him witho 5.5kReads9.1Score50514d adds
- 164 Delivery Rider Codename 007: I'm Not a Secret Agent 骑手代号007，我不是特工 “The System is forcing me to become a secret agent, but I’m just a delivery rider trying to earn enough to buy medicine for my little sister!”, Chen Xiao On a stormy night, Chen Xiao accepts a delivery order bound for hell. The customer is already dead, and the person who accepted the delivery is lying in a pool of blood. Killers are outside the door. As he lies dying, the [Hive Special Operations Mission System] forcibly binds itself to him. From then on, half of his delivery bag holds life-sav 312Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 165 Rigid Justice 刻板正义 If you were born to be humanity’s savior, destined to sacrifice yourself, would you accept your mission? [Great Calamities] are extinction-level natural disasters that occur every few years: tsunamis, meteorites, swarms of insects, collapsing stars. Only the most powerful superhuman, known as [Justice], can end them by offering up their life. Against this backdrop, humanity has developed all kinds of unique social systems, and the world’s balance of power and relations between nations have bec 630Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 166 The Adventures of Li Ergou in Another World 李二狗异界闯荡录 The Eastern and Western Continents, the four realms of humans, demons, dragons, and gods, nine great domains of the void, countless worlds, and a vast universe from time immemorial. A whole new world system, a completely different experience. Humans and demons clash, dragons and gods wage war. From earth to heaven, the battle against gods and demons begins! 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 A Captivating Voice: The Mouse Fell in Love with the Cat 音色动人：老鼠爱上猫 [Supernatural, Dual Cultivation, Urban High Martial Arts] Carefully written, high-IQ fiction, following a journey from prisoner to god. A book for the soul, beginning with everyday urban life before venturing into the supernatural and then cultivation. One heroine, with the ancient soul Wan'er merging with her as part of the story. A work of traditional literature told in first person. The story is written across three levels of meaning. See how many you can uncover. Bringing you a different 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Legend of Lu Hua and Hua Fei 吕华与华飞传说 The Legend of Lü Hua and Hua Fei 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3.1kReads8.0Score12714d adds
- 170 It's Tough to Get By in the Republic of China 这个民国不好混 [Pocket Dimension] [Republican Era] [War of Resistance Against Japan] [Common Folk] [Independent Operations] Qin Jin accidentally transmigrated to the Republican Era. He was no expert at civil war, but a seasoned hand at fighting foreign enemies. With a little pocket-dimension bug, he was going to see his schemes through to the end. Laughing through tears is life; laughing through tears is survival. The Republican Era might not be romantic, but it was definitely a wild ride! 1.6kReads8.5Score26214d adds
- 171 I'm Already the Lord of the Universe, and You're Still on Earth? 我都宇宙之主了，你们还在地球？ Xu Que awakens his golden finger and gains the ability to draw talents! Talent One: [Immortality] Gain one year of life every day, with no limit. Talent Two: [Heaven-Defying Insight] Gain one point of insight every day, with no limit. Talent Three: [Hundredfold Critical Hit] Your cultivation progress gets a hundredfold boost every day! Talent Four: [Your Life Is Mine] Kill someone and gain an extra life, with no limit. Talent Five: [I Carry a Healing Spring] Recover 1% of any injury every second 463.4kReads8.5Score56.8k14d adds
- 172 So This Is How You Build a Battleship 战舰还能这么造 Warship design and construction + sales + Terra + farming Development path: transport ships, destroyers, cruisers, carriers, battleships, megastructures. Other things may be added along the way, such as carrier-based aircraft. Warship references: Legend of the Galactic Heroes + 40K + EVE, and so on. Combat follows the 40K style. If you can’t accept that, or want to see ridiculously epic space battles, this probably isn’t for you. Also, I’m a new author, so please don’t flame me. 560Reads6.3Score4514d adds
- 173 [Male-Oriented Short Story] A Hundred Years After I Kept My Elf Girlfriend Waiting 【男频短篇】我让精灵女友空等百年后 [Male-Oriented Short Story] After I Kept My Elven Girlfriend Waiting for a Hundred Years 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Night's Pardoner 赦夜人 [The author has a completed title on the Top Peak list, “The Usurper (Below the Upper City).” Read with confidence!] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Not Invincible] [Plot-Focused] [Dark Tone] [Not Mindless] [Character Growth] Every shift from day to night is a silent contest of survival. After nightfall, the world becomes a playground for the Blighted. A special light source can offer humanity brief protection. Some live high above, beneath the lights. Others cling to life in the mud. No matter how 271.2kReads9.0Score29k14d adds
- 175 [Male-Oriented Short Story] After My Childhood Friend Called Me Master, She Beat Me into the Hospital with a Stick! 【男频短篇】青梅叫我主人后，一棍把我打进了医院！ [Male-Oriented Short Story] After My Childhood Friend Called Me Master, She Beat Me Into the Hospital with a Stick! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Wildflowers Bloom at the World's End 末日野草开花 Order collapsed in an instant. The neon lights of civilization were swallowed by the wasteland of the apocalypse, and simply staying alive became the most extravagant stroke of luck. Chen Mingfei never imagined he would be swept into a catastrophe engulfing the entire world. From a frantic fight for life and death in a hospital to the despairing struggle to survive in a dead, empty city, he is forced to wage a long and brutal battle with death amid the ruins. Here, suffocating cold snaps and na 2.2kReads—Score21914d adds
- 177 War of Resistance: I Rise in Southeast Asia, Starting with the Expeditionary Force 抗战：从远征军开始在东南亚崛起 He transmigrates to 1942 and becomes a regimental commander in the expeditionary force. Step by step, he rises to become a figure who shapes the tides of world events. P.S. I'm not good at writing introductions. Please read the story itself. 13kReads8.3Score65014d adds
- 178 Purple Lightning Apocalypse: I Repaired the Universe’s Scars 紫电天启，我修复了宇宙伤疤 A short story about the origins of a new supernatural power. Wu Xinghui, an astrobiologist, triggers an ability in a laboratory in the Great Xia Kingdom and nearly dies. After unraveling the secrets of purple lightning, stellar tides, the Lingshu enzyme, and dormant genes, he even manages to rescue his grandfather, who disappeared after a mining accident and has been in deep hibernation for fifteen years. A new work is on the way. Stay tuned! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Superbrain Programmer: From Code Monkey to Ruler of the Stars 超脑程序员：从码农到星际主宰 “If one day your brain became more powerful than a supercomputer, what would you do?” Chen Xing, a 25-year-old programmer, has spent two years struggling in Shenzhen and is still a dirt-poor coder. His parents died early, and he has no one to rely on. He’s like a speck of dust in this city, liable to be swept away by the tides of the times at any moment. Then one night, he trips in an empty alley, splits his forehead, and his blood seeps into the ground. When he wakes up, the world has changed: 5.5kReads7.1Score25714d adds
- 180 The Legend of Hua Xiang and Ling Zifei 华翔与灵子飞传说 The Legend of Huaxiang and Lingzi Fei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Robinson in Deep Space 深空鲁滨逊 A lighthearted comedy with no violence, no spicy content, and a laid-back tone! This book was originally intended to be a low-budget screen production! It’s the story of Tang, a natural-born human accidentally cast to the edge of the galaxy, and his struggle to survive and find his way home! And A metal robot who is accidentally given a soul, and the growth of that soul as it clashes and merges with the robot’s rules! ~The story!~ ~The ending~ A bittersweet farewell (Part One) In the blink of an 287Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 After the Zombie Horde Ended, My Best Friend Turned into a Half-Human, Half-Zombie Monster 丧尸潮结束后，我的闺蜜变成了半人半丧尸的怪物 After the Zombie Horde Ended, My Best Friend Turned into a Half-Human, Half-Zombie Monster 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The Enlightenment Human Community 启明人类共同体 (The rating just came in and will keep rising, so feel free to give it a try. People keep saying there’s no room for sci-fi here, that everyone only likes cultivation and fantasy, and that The Three-Body Problem is the only one that can compete. Let’s prove them wrong!) Abducted by aliens? Turns out that’s a good thing: we’re the pandas of the universe. They won’t let us visit home? There’s always a way around every obstacle! They lock us in cages and cut us off? Then we’ll just have to secretly 1.3kReads8.3Score14814d adds
- 184 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 234.7kReads9.1Score22.2k14d adds
- 185 I Rule the Archives of Life and Death on the Other Shore 我在彼岸执掌生死档案 "Chen Mo, would you be willing to work for the Underworld?" "That lousy place? Not even a dog would go!" "A monthly salary of fifty thousand." "If even dogs won't go, then I'll go!" "Triple overtime pay, and if anything goes wrong on a mission, we'll make sure you get a good next life." "Big Brothers Hei and Bai Wuchang, you can count me as clocked in today." "Lord Yama, you're paying me so much, it's got me worried." 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Girls' Frontline: Commander of Task Force 141 少女前线：141指挥官 (This story has absolutely no connection to the official material. All character settings are based solely on the story itself.) What is modern warfare really like? Some say it’s a two-hundred-million-dollar drone firing a million-dollar missile at a ten-thousand-dollar jeep. Commanding a battle is a discipline in its own right... M4A1: Commander, your books... don’t have anything to do with commanding troops, do they? Chen Shusheng: It’s perfectly normal for a commander like me to know how to u 3.6kReads9.5Score24414d adds
- 187 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战：开局化身日本贵族军官 Li Yan was a frail, sickly man until one day he discovered that he had gained a doppelganger with a highly sensitive identity. Connecting his various doubles to his real body was a modest-sized storage space. From then on, he began moving through the largest commercial city in the Far East under a variety of identities. A covert agent for the Military Investigation Bureau, an aristocratic officer in the Japanese Marines, a rickshaw puller by day and a rooftop-running bandit by night… All these i 21.5kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
- 188 A Police Chief in Republican-Era China, Feared by Warlords and Foreign Powers Alike 混在民国当警长，军阀列强都怕我 [Wish-fulfillment + mass troops + overwhelming dominance + decisive and ruthless + no heroine] “Chen Zhuo, you’ve got some nerve! Who gave you the courage to kill a foreign dignitary?” “This is the foreign concession. Chinese police are forbidden to enter… Ow! Stop hitting me, please!” “Chen Zhuo, have you lost your mind? You even dare to hit the warlord’s son!” “Aren’t you a policeman? How come your troops have planes and tanks!? They’re even more advanced than those of foreign countries. You’r 29.2kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 189 Spy Games: I Infiltrated the Enemy and Became a Japanese General!? 谍战，我潜伏成了鬼子将军！？ (Japanese nobility, safety first, no female lead, willing to sell out when necessary) In the 21st year of the Republic of China, by a twist of fate, a thoroughly patriotic young Chinese man was taken to Japan and somehow ended up with the status of a Japanese noble. After being trained by Japanese militarists, he was ordered to return to China to carry out the “Lighthouse Plan.” What outsiders didn't know was that this young Japanese noble was actually a true Chinese patriot, a secret agent for 27.9kReads8.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 190 Reborn in 1942: While Others Flee on Tree Bark, I Eat Stewed Meat 重生42逃荒别人吃树皮我吃炖肉 [Fleeing famine] [Reborn] [Pocket dimension] [Decisive and ruthless] [Killing Japanese invaders] [Killing people and looting their bodies] [Multiple heroines, no single female lead] Ma Tian was a hitman who had only recently entered the profession when his fixer set him up. He was sent to assassinate a Southeast Asian general, only to discover it was a trap. At the last moment, he detonated the explosives in his hands, taking his enemies down with him. He transmigrated into the body of Su Chen, 28.3kReads7.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 191 The Land Where Gods Speak 神说之地 Death game + mystery + puzzle-solving + supernatural powers + mind games + ensemble cast + high-octane action Fast-paced and plot-driven, the kind of story where you can never guess what the next chapter will bring. When Dongfang Yao wakes up, he finds himself trapped in a strange room. To get out, he has to solve a puzzle game. He never expected his very first room to be a destruction-level game that puts life and death in the balance... Only after he clears the game and makes it out does he re 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The War of Resistance’s Furnace of Flesh and Blood 抗战之血肉熔炉 This story is set in a parallel world. It follows Qin Ren, a passionate young man from the 21st century who transmigrates back to the War of Resistance Against Japan and becomes a Whampoa Military Academy cadet, fighting the Japanese invaders head-on. When the enemy's iron hooves sweep across the land, the sons and daughters of China rise up to resist the invasion. 26.2kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 193 A Wind of Cranes and the Rustle of Grass 风声鹤唳 A cuckoo cannot build its own nest. It can only take over the nests of other birds. What Feng Chen took over was not a nest, but someone else’s identity and name. Even the Military Statistics Bureau’s confidential files in Section Eight contained no photograph of him, only a codename known to no one: Red Cuckoo. A top Kuomintang agent, Feng Chen was ordered to infiltrate the Shanghai underground Communist Party to obtain the list of Communist agents embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau’s u 1.4kReads9.3Score17314d adds
- 194 Survival in Another World: I Get the Devouring Golden Toad from the Start 异界求生：开局获得吞噬金蟾 The luxury cruise ship Sea God is struck by a supernatural typhoon, sending all its passengers transmigrating to the otherworldly realm of Ten Thousand Scars, where ferocious beasts roam. Killing monsters yields talent tattoos and weapons and equipment. From the start, Lin Mo devours a golden toad and awakens the divine skill of Infinite Devouring. Devour flesh and blood to gain attributes; devour runes to acquire talents, then wipe out every race! From surviving on a deserted island to sweep 14.9kReads6.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 195 Warlord of the Republic: I Turned Shanghai’s Nightlife Upside Down 民国枭雄：我掀了夜上海的天 When Chen Mo wakes up, he has returned to the age of fifteen, facing the hellish slums of Shanghai. In his previous life, he lived an unremarkable life and died in humiliation. This time, he’ll overturn this world that devours people! Armed with the [Warlord System], his fists draw blood and his blade takes lives. Starting in Fangualong, he recruits followers, seizes territory, and gathers wealth... He swears to become the greatest warlord in all of Shanghai’s pleasure quarters! The underworld i 11.1kReads7.0Score61114d adds
- 196 Please Answer, 404 请回答，404 Please Answer, 404 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 2kReads5.9Score21914d adds
- 198 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 3.4kReads8.8Score32114d adds
- 199 Transmigrate to a Western Fantasy World: My Infinite Save-Loading System 穿越西幻：我的无限读档系统 Transmigrating to a Western Fantasy World: My Infinite Save-Loading System 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 My Starship Game Ships Become Real? I Spent a Fortune on a Million Ships 星际手游反馈战舰？我氪出百万舰 “The ten thousand Silent Behemoth-class carriers you own in the game have been transferred to real-world shipyards.” “The one hundred thousand Flawless Nebula-class patrol cruisers you own in the game have been transferred to real-world shipyards.” “The five hundred thousand Wandering Sanctuary-class battlecruisers you own in the game have been transferred to real-world shipyards.” “The one million Dreadnought Orca-class destroyers you own in the game have been transferred to real-world shipyard 2.3kReads8.9Score19214d adds
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