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- 1 Espionage: The Ruthless Information Broker, Killing with Borrowed Knives from the Start 谍战：黑心情报商，开局借刀杀人 After transmigrating to Shanghai, an isolated island in 1938, Chu He becomes a wealthy young tycoon and awakens the [Top-Secret Database of the Past Century]! From then on, a vampire information broker codenamed “Prophet” makes his mark on Shanghai. Other people’s spy games involve going undercover, suffering hardship, and risking death at any moment. Chu He’s spy games involve living in a French Concession mansion, drinking red wine, and selling fake intelligence every day to ruin the spies’ li 458Reads—Score10414d adds
- 2 Espionage: My Intelligence Updates Every Day! 谍战：我的情报每日刷新！ In 1935, Lu Xingye, the young master of the Lu family, returns from studying abroad and secretly joins the Party, his heart filled with unwavering conviction. Before him lies a shattered nation; behind him are his illustrious family and his father's expectant gaze. Acting on the organization's instructions, he uses his family's long-standing friendship with Dai Li to enter the heart of the Secret Service's predecessor, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Then fate delivers an unexpected 878Reads—Score10214d adds
- 3 War of Resistance: From the Start, This Whampoa Veteran Blows the Japanese Invaders Away 抗战：我黄埔元老开局打爆小鬼子 "Many of my students have died in battle. Now it's time for me, their instructor, to step up!" Lu Shaofeng, a Huangpu veteran and one of the academy's first instructors, has taught at Huangpu for over a decade, with students flourishing throughout the land. The War of Resistance breaks out in full, and the nation faces its gravest crisis. At last, Lu Shaofeng activates the System and successfully unlocks it, returning as a king with a powerful System at his side. He resolutely heads to the fro 101kReads8.5Score10.3k14d adds
- 4 Espionage: I Won Over a Female KMT Agent 谍战：我拿下军统女特务 Yu Wansheng, a secret Communist Party member using the alias Zhang Fugui, arrives in Harbin to carry out underground work. By a stroke of fate, he meets Kou Yingyan, the action team leader at the Harbin station of the Military Statistics Bureau, who uses her job as an accountant at a cargo depot as a cover. After passing a series of tests, Yu Wansheng cleverly infiltrates the Bureau. He then puts its manpower, resources, and other assets to use, making his mark in the business world. Leveraging 1.7kReads—Score18514d adds
- 5 Becoming an Investigator, Starting as a World War II Veteran 从二战老兵开始当调查员 Hannibal is not only a transmigrator, but also a soldier who has just made it out of the Second World War alive. He has only two choices. Either become a destitute, short-lived laborer in what might be the British Empire. Or become a damn investigator and gaze soulfully into the eyes of those tentacled foreign gods… “I think I might be dying,” Hannibal sighed. 48.7kReads7.4Score6.1k14d adds
- 6 Beiping 37: From Drawing a Police Station to Commanding a Million Troops 北平37：从抽到警局到拥兵百万 66.7kReads8.8Score6.9k14d adds
- 7 Espionage: After All This Time, I Finally Get to Use the Honey Trap 谍战：熬这么久，总算到美人计了 “You damn spy, you’re hurting me!” Just after transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Lu Chen is caught up in a massive conspiracy and tortured in prison. One day, a female officer stands before him with a whip in hand and asks, “Do you have a faith?” Lu Chen: “Not really... I guess.” The female officer says coldly, “Torture him! What’s the difference between someone without faith and a walking corpse?” Lu Chen: “???” I just transmigrated here. How am I supposed to have any faith? Female of 15.1kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 8 World War I: I Became the White-Haired Kaiser’s Wheelchair for Governing the Country 一战：我成了白毛德皇的治国轮椅 [World War I + Second Reich + white-haired Kaiser + gray line + old-school tsundere] [An old favorite returns: the previous book had 11,000 reviews and a 9.6 rating, so you can count on the quality] When Claude woke up, he discovered that he had returned to Germany on the eve of World War I, as a struggling second-rate writer. To make a living, he published radical essays in newspapers and gave impromptu speeches on the streets. But his good fortune didn't last: his activities caught the attenti 120.8kReads9.5Score21k14d adds
- 9 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 9.7kReads8.7Score36914d adds
- 10 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 14.4kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 11 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 20.7kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 12 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 18.6kReads8.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 13 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 133.9kReads8.7Score17.2k14d adds
- 14 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 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 15 1937: My Players Are the Fourth Calamity! 1937：我的玩家是第四天灾！ [Fourth-dimensional disaster + ensemble cast + resistance against Japan + nation-building + detailed] Xu Yanqing transmigrated to 1937. Just as he was preparing to join the forces and defend his country, he suddenly discovered he could summon people from the future Earth to this time period. In the enemy's eyes: “Nan-ni? Why are the enemies back again?” “They're a bunch of devils, completely unafraid of death!” “Who are they? If they're so well educated, why are they fighting on the front l 72.7kReads9.1Score6.5k14d adds
- 16 Riding the Waves of Tokyo Bay: Starting in 1945 逐浪东京湾：从1945开始 The protagonist himself transmigrates to Hengbin, Japan, after its defeat in 1945. Posing as a local, he works as an interpreter for the US military, becomes a shameless collaborator, builds a yakuza organization, and wreaks havoc on the Japanese who haven't yet paid for their crimes. He also gets up to all sorts of mischief with plenty of cute girls, makes it through the occupation, and eventually becomes a financial magnate. A story about making money and living life to the fullest! As they sa 41.8kReads6.4Score3.3k14d adds
- 17 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts and Expose Japanese Spies 谍战：开局偷听心声，识破日谍 Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss 65.3kReads8.8Score5.1k14d adds
