Novels like Espionage: The Red Shopkeeper
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- 1 The Military Governor of Weibo? Not Even a Dog Would Take the Job 魏博节度使，狗都不当 The Son of Heaven in Chang'an, the Wei warband! This was a mad age, an age that took nothing seriously! In 888, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the prelude to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms began. A mad military governor crossed paths with an even madder one! The head of the Xiangzhou governor hanging above the city gate, and the woman who had been lying in another man’s bed, constantly reminded Duan De just how insane this era was. In the Weibo garrison, where human life was cheap and repl 83Votes12.4kRecs67.9kFans
- 2 My Spy Career in the Republican Era 民国：我的谍战生涯 [Third Prize in the Essay Contest Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the War of Resistance: Remember History, Honor the Fallen, and Press Forward] Shen Yi, a police sketch artist, unexpectedly returned to the Republic of China era, when the nation was on the brink of ruin. After transmigrating, Shen Yi discovered that whenever he touched someone, he could read their memories. He hunts spies, kills Japanese invaders, and takes part in major events, doing his part to safeguard his co 184Votes33.2kRecs184kFans
- 3 How Can You Become a Star Without Money? 没钱怎么当明星 “What matters most when working with celebrities? Talent? Resources? Connections? No, no, no. Cash is what matters most. How can you work with celebrities without money? Money cannot buy acting skill, but it can buy an old veteran actor to carry a production. Money cannot buy talent, but it can buy talented workhorses. Money cannot buy connections, but it can buy traffic and buzz.” “Then why do you insist on cash?” “Because I only accept cash. I do not accept empty promises.” This is a story wit 0Votes48kRecs151.2kFans
- 4 Espionage: Investigated by the Party's Disciplinary Commission from the Start 谍战：开局被党调科搜查 An ordinary modern second-generation rich kid transmigrates into a top heir of the Republic of China era. From the start, he is investigated by the Party's Investigation Section, only to be invited to join the Blue Shirts Society instead. He soars like a roc along the edge of his superiors' fury, dances back and forth on the psychological bottom line of the Transport Commander, occasionally teases the Central Unification Bureau, specializes in beating up the Japanese, and flirts and acts lovey-d 2Votes24.5kRecs84.5kFans
- 5 A Surgeon’s Life in Espionage 外科医生的谍战生涯 A thoracic surgeon at a top-tier provincial hospital affiliated with a medical university goes back to 1936. A scalpel can't stop bullets. But surely you can still get sick, can't you? “Want to live? Beg me.” 14Votes40.2kRecs257.7kFans
- 6 Game Development: Starting with a Reboot of an Anime Game 游戏制作：从重铸二次元游戏开始 2015: an era when even pigs could take flight. That year, the anime game boom began as a tiny ripple. Over the next few years, familiar names like Honkai Impact 3rd, Arknights, Azur Lane, and Punishing: Gray Raven would rise alongside a wave of new companies and take their places on the stage of history. That year, China's single-player games were still stumbling forward in confusion, huddled in the fading afterglow of The Legend of Sword and Fairy and Gujian, desperately waiting for someone to 129Votes67.4kRecs182.3kFans
- 7 I Am the Gunslinger! 我，枪神！ Gao Fei has failed at many things. His family's factory went bankrupt, leaving him with debts instead of an inheritance. He delivered takeout and drove for a rideshare service. Eventually, with no other choice, he went to Russia to collect a debt, only to be forced into the Russia-Ukraine war. Everyone has a stage that's right for them. Gao Fei found his on the battlefield. Becoming a mercenary was the beginning of his success. He fights his way through the Russia-Ukraine war, takes on drug cart 3.4kVotes566.6kRecs923kFans
- 8 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 9 A Nineteenth-Century Guide to Medicine 十九世纪就医指南 “We live in an innovative city, an age filled with miracles, and the surgery this royal theater brings you is equally epoch-making. Ladies and gentlemen, appearing today is an outstanding young surgeon, a young man renowned for performing more than a thousand operations and repeatedly setting records in various fields, a true pioneer of medicine. Very well, without further praise, please allow me to introduce Professor Kavi Friedrich Heins to you without reservation!” This book is also known as 22Votes75.1kRecs143.8kFans
- 10 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 (The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope 734Votes169.4kRecs430.8kFans
- 11 EN Clearing Jin 廓晋 To clear the way means, first, to open it up, and second, to sweep it clean. Having arrived in the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms era, one should strike out into the current, set one’s heart on the Northern Expeditions, drive the Five Hu tribes from the Central Plains, and then sweep away the aristocratic clans from the imperial court. Such is the way to clear the realm, build a new enterprise, and carry on Chinese civilization. That is the theory. But in the autumn of Yonghe 5, AD 349, when a 13.7kVotes901.7kRecs1.1MFans
- 12 At This Hogwarts, There Is No Chosen One 在这个没有救世主的霍格沃茨 The new book I'm Definitely Not Hogwarts' Greasy-Haired Man On the night when the Chosen One of the Wizarding World was supposed to be born, Harry Potter instead died beneath the Killing Curse. The man whom nearly every British wizard dared not call by name once again gained the wisdom and ambition that had always belonged to him from within his Horcrux. Darkness completely engulfed the island of Great Britain. Wizards were divided by blood into a clear hierarchy of nobility and inferiority. 13Votes84.3kRecs318.1kFans
- 13 Fierce Wind 烈风 This is a land rife with war and death, chaos and bloodshed. Every soft click of a trigger sets off a devastating chain reaction. Every bullet fired is the beginning of an avalanche. But the fierce winds forged by the scorching heat of thermite will eventually burn every enemy to ash. The moment Chen Chen opened his eyes after being reborn, he found himself caught in a trap on the battlefield. To survive, he had no choice but to embark on the path of a mercenary, selling his firepower. O 0Votes182.1kRecs512.1kFans
- 14 The Great Power's Warhawk 大国战隼 [Top work on the 2020 Chinese Online Literature Influence Rankings] “I can get to Guam with one stomp on the gas. Believe it or not!” Other people burn fuel flying planes. Li Zhan burns through engines! 0Votes758kRecs443.4kFans
- 15 The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐 Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world! 34Votes743kRecs1.3MFans
- 16 EN The Book of Strange Tales 志怪书 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. The pine wind scatters the tea smoke. Amidst piles of white clouds, immortals sleep. A dream of the past rises without warning: beneath the village entrance tree, an old man tells tales. The stories of immortals, ghosts, fox spirits, and mountain monsters that once left children wide-eyed are neither wholly true nor wholly unreal, both eerie and romantic, and still as marvelous as ever. How many have dreamed of traveli 86Votes1MRecs1.3MFans
- 17 EN My Stand-in is Steve 我的替身是史蒂夫 "Child, do you know what this is?" Thanos raised his golden gauntlet, the six Infinity Stones shining with dazzling radiance. "With one snap of my fingers, you will turn to dust in the wind." "I don't believe you, Dad." Fang Mo, wearing the Infinity Suit, slowly shook his head. The Universe Sword in his hand pointed straight at Thanos's shiny, bald purple head. "Forget the Infinity Stones. Even the Heart of the Universe can't save your sorry life today!" "Do you know what this is? This is a Trut 187Votes525kRecs1MFans
- 18 We Live in Nanjing 我们生活在南京 This is a clichéd story about two young people saving the world. 14Votes146.2kRecs613.7kFans
- 19 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 20 EN I Swear I’m Not a Demon Masquerading as a Human 不许没收我的人籍 “She was a demon to begin with. How could meeting a human like me have turned her bad? Those critics are always saying the most ridiculous things.” In 1798, Cardinal Lanci was asked by a reporter about his past with the exiled princess, the last scion of the demon race, and the recent signs of the demons’ resurgence. He replied: “I’ve done far too much to defend world peace. I’m quite certain that, under her leadership, the demon race has no chance of restoring its kingdom.” … In the winter of 301Votes505kRecs2.5MFans
- 21 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 22 Firepower Is King 火力为王 In most lines of work, some people don’t get a meal from Heaven, some are blessed with a meal, and some have Heaven chasing after them to feed them. In the field of private military contracting, Heaven is shoving food down Gao Guang’s throat. Kidnapped from the start, Gao Guang is forced to become a member of a private military contractor just to stay alive. Until one day, in the world of private military contracting, he turns “Gao Guang moment” into a professional term. He specializes in war-re 23Votes1.2MRecs2.1MFans
- 23 EN Above the High Heavens 高天之上 The crowdfunding campaign for the physical edition of Above the Heavens 3: The Abyss of Ruins is officially underway! The rewards include postcards, character stickers, a badge set, and holographic bookmarks. More stretch goals are on the way! As before, you can find us on the WeChat mini-program Dimension Core. The quality is excellent, so give it a try! == Every star shining high above has endured billions of years. Most lives are not even as long as the briefest glimmer of a star, and even th 52Votes734.6kRecs6MFans
- 24 My Father Is Emperor Gaozu of Han 家父汉高祖 The new book The Court Does Not Move South is now being serialized. Your support is appreciated! A great empire has just been born, and a new era is about to begin. Liu Chang once wondered whether he should compete for the throne and lead this brand-new empire himself. But then he looked at the people around him: Liu Bang, Empress Lu, Liu Ying, Liu Heng... Well, isn’t it better to stay alive? And so Liu Chang earned himself the title of the most shameful transmigrator and settled into 160Votes1.1MRecs3.9MFans
- 25 A Certain Hogwarts Professor of Runes 某霍格沃茨的魔文教授 Three years after graduating from Hogwarts, Felix walks into the magical school once more, but this time he is a professor! What sparks will fly when Muggle ingenuity meets magic? PS1: Professor of Ancient Runes; PS2: The timeline is set in the trio's second year; 33Votes483.9kRecs845.5kFans
- 26 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 27 EN The Game of Fate 烂柯棋缘 Fallen leaves beside the ancient Go board, an old tree where no one plays. A move at the center of the board, made on a whim; look back, and mountains and seas stretch into the distance. … When Ji Yuan woke up, he had become a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain god temple. A sword in the hands of a true immortal, a glib tongue in the hands of a charlatan: these are Ji Yuan’s means of making a place for himself in this terrifying world. VIP verification group: 72Votes4.1MRecs3.5MFans
- 28 The Outsider 间客 There are two things that deeply stir the human soul: the lofty moral law within us, and the brilliant starry sky above us., Kant When Xu Le looked away from these words and saw for the first time the countless stars scattered like sesame seeds beyond the dust, he wasn’t moved. On the contrary, he was furious: the stars beyond the District’s sky were so dazzling, who could stand it? Being blinded by their light every day would turn him into one of those feral cats on the mining roads, brain-fri 26Votes2.8MRecs1.4MFans
- 29 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 30 The Shadow of Espionage 谍影风云 An ordinary civil servant returns to 1936 by a twist of fate. He searches for underground resistance groups and tracks down Japanese spies, contributing his share to the liberation and revival of his country and people amid an extraordinary era. Thus begins his legendary career in the world of espionage. Spy Tide readers’ group 1: 833528943; Spy Tide readers’ group 2: 879936725; Spy Tide helmsman group: 940510849 43Votes7.9MRecs2.1MFans
- 31 The Matrilocal Husband 赘婿 In the final years of the Wu Dynasty, the age was turbulent and the realm was in chaos. Jin and Liao faced off against each other, the situation was unstable, and after a century of humiliation, the first faint glimmer of dawn signaling its end had finally appeared. Emperor Tianzuo, Wanyan Aguda, Wuqimai, Genghis Khan Temujin, Jamuka, Chilawen, Mukhuali, Bo'erhu, Bo'ersu, Qin Hui, Yue Fei, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao, Tang Ke, Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong, and Zhang Bangchang: loyal ministers and treacherous 337Votes13.5MRecs5.1MFans
- 32 Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生 I thought this was going to be a realistic urban-life story, but then the setting changed without warning! Spiritual qi revival, the return of Taoist arts: this is probably a story about modern civilization transforming into a cultivation civilization. This book still takes its time. Reader group: 666-464-52. VIP group: 465-455-757 14Votes2.5MRecs1MFans
- 33 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th 11kVotes37.4MRecs37.6MFans
- 34 Back to the Past as a Cat 回到过去变成猫 At the gate of the East Family Housing Compound at Chu Hua University, the gatekeeper uncle answered a phone call, then threw open the window and roared toward the nearby grove in a booming voice: “Black Charcoal, your mom’s calling you home for dinner!” Whoosh! A black cat shot out of the dense grass at the edge of the grove and raced toward one of the buildings, disappearing into the entrance in the blink of an eye. After it, one cat head after another poked up from the grass. It was mealtime: 25Votes1.2MRecs1.1MFans
