“Professor Jiang, the country needs you to assemble an archaeological team capable of deciphering the forbidden zones of the ancient kingdoms.”
After transmigrating to a parallel world dotted with mysterious forbidden zones, Jiang Nan thinks his knowledge of history will finally come in handy.
But when the System activates and gives him a list of team members, he nearly drops his archaeological shovel on the ground.
“Hu Bayi? Zhang Qiling? Zha Gu Shao? Aren’t these the legendary figures of the tomb-raiding world...?”
[Ding! The System has detected the Host’s doubts. Special notice: They are merely civilian scholars with unique research expertise in ancient tomb structures.]
Looking at the “archaeology dream team” in front of him, Jiang Nan wipes away his cold sweat. “Everyone... this is a legitimate archaeological expedition...”
“Don’t worry, Captain Jiang!” they all reply in unison, while the crisp clinking of Luoyang shovels comes from their backpacks.
When this “archaeological team” enters the first forbidden zone, the experts in the monitoring room are collectively stunned.
“Why are they so familiar with the traps and secret passages?!”
“How can that guy with the black sunglasses dismantle a bronze puppet with his bare hands?!”
“Wait! What archaeological team uses black donkey hooves as tools?!”
As the truth about the ancient kingdom hidden deep within the forbidden zone gradually comes to light, Jiang Nan realizes that his team members’ identities are far more complicated than he imagined...
“So you’re not just tomb raiders?”
“Captain Jiang,” Zhang Qiling says, quietly wiping the blood from his blade, “we don’t raid tombs. We uncover histories that should never have existed.”
After the last forbidden zone is conquered, Jiang Nan receives commendation from headquarters. He looks at the newly unlocked “Map of the Mythic Era’s Forbidden Zones” in the System, then turns to the team members studying the Kunlun Sacred Tree and shouts:
“Pack your gear! This time we’re going archaeological... no, we’re going to pay Queen Mother of the West a visit!”
