Spy Wars: Starting with the Assassination of the Emperor
Li Wensheng traversed into a parallel world, returning to an era where every inch of land was stained with blood, and awakened a mysterious system. A year later, the devastating Battle of Shanghai unf
On January 13, 1938, a month after the Battle of Shanghai and Songhu, the devastating impact of that brutal war on the people of the Magic City was gradually fading away; life was returning to its usual rhythm, the dances continued, and the races went on.
At Huishan Wharf, a young man in a suit, gold-rimmed glasses lending him a scholarly air, carried a suitcase as he bought a ticket for a ship bound for Yokohama, Japan.
After waiting a short while, he followed the crowd onto the vessel. The passengers were predominantly Japanese, and once on board, nearly all the conversations he overheard were in Japanese—there was a sprinkling of English, but Chinese was absent.
Following the instructions on his ticket, the young man found his cabin. It was a standard ticket—four bunks to a room—and three young women were already settled inside. Entering, he offered a polite smile, set down his luggage, took a book from his suitcase, and reclined on his bunk to read.
Soon, the ship’s horn sounded, the engines rumbled to life, and the journey began.
He set his book aside and gazed out the window at the receding skyline of the Magic City, waves of emotion flooding his heart.
“Alas, every inch of our rivers and mountains is stained with blood,” he sighed inwardly.
His name was Li Wensheng, but he did not belong to this world. A year prior, his soul had crossed over, inhabiting a body that bore the same name, and at that moment, a system awakened within him.
This system issued missions at random intervals, each classified as easy, normal, ha