You Said We Were Tomb Raiding, So Why Did You Dig Up a Technology Tree?

After transmigrating, Li Shoubai becomes a student in the archaeology department at a university in the Magic City.

In his senior year, he follows his advisor to excavate the Sanxingdui Ruins. Pointing at a newly unearthed Sanxingdui statue, the advisor jokes:

"Look at this strange shape. Doesn't it feel like we've robbed an alien's tomb?"

Li Shoubai puts his Luoyang shovel to work and digs a bronze tree out of the earth. To his surprise, he gains the technological legacy of the Mechanical Race and learns the truth behind the destruction of civilization.

To fend off the threat of doomsday, Li Shoubai explores the ancient tombs of different emperors, recovering scattered fragments of technology.

His dad, a chief engineer, is utterly baffled. Why am I studying cutting-edge technological theories in my good-for-nothing son's archaeology reports? Genetic enhancement, solar furnaces, ultra-miniature chips: you're telling me these things existed in ancient times?

When the Eagle Nation is overwhelmed by a biohazard crisis and comes asking for help, they're stunned:

"You mean some tomb raider in your country helped you build a Gundam?"

Our forebears left us records and texts!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.