A tomb-raiding partner is hard to find, and a reliable one is harder still. Jian Xiao'er, Luojing City's top expert in 'all talk and no action,' figures she must have left home without checking the almanac. How else would she have ended up 'shanghaied' by an iceberg, an actual iceberg, Yan Zhi, and dragged onto a pirate ship... no, a tomb-raiding expedition?
Boss Yan has three great qualities: aloof, scheming, and knows everything. Jian Xiao'er has three treasures: a sharp tongue, quick wits, and fast feet. When a terminally germophobic intellectual meets a survival expert who rolls around in the mud, an ancient tomb expedition instantly turns into a comedy show.
'Boss Yan, this zongzi seems to have taken a real shine to you. Think it's smitten with your white clothes?'
'Shut up and get things ready. It's afraid of fire.'
'You got it! Boss, what do you think of my new Super-Duper Thunderbolt Flashy Rainbow Cannon? It'll blind the thing for sure... assuming it has eyes, that is.'
Jokes aside, they must tell truth from illusion on the soul-haunting staircase, find a way to survive the quicksand trap, uncover deadly intent in a faceless mural, and receive a 'love letter' from a thousand-year-old scented corpse... Danger escalates at every turn, and secrets are peeled back layer by layer. In this adventure, equal parts fun and peril, they'll have to outwit traps, dodge zongzi, watch out for rival tomb raiders, and try not to get killed by each other's antics.
Warning: This book may make you burst out laughing during tense and exciting scenes. Please do not read it in formal settings.
