Republican Era: Reborn as Sun Dianying, the Era's Greatest Tomb Raider

Sun Dianying opens his eyes to find himself in the body of a defeated general with the same name. He has a few dozen exhausted soldiers under his command, no food or ammunition, and enemies on all sides.

In this desperate situation, the Ultimate Tomb-Raiding System activates.

From then on, the chaos of war takes a dramatic turn.

Others recruit troops and buy horses with tax revenue. I rely on grave robbers, using tombs to fund my army. A righteous official's tomb? Dig it up! A corrupt official's grave? Loot it! The Eastern Mausoleums? That was my job in the first place! I trade gold and silver for machine guns, and antiques for gunboats.

While the other warlords are still fighting over a few lousy rifles, my army is already sweeping across the land in domestically produced trucks, armed with guns and cannons rolling off the assembly line.

Years later, when reporters question Sun Dianying, now a regional warlord, he calmly replies: