Tomb Raiding: Even Hu Bayi Needs a Technical Consultant

[Tomb raiding + adventure + urban life]

When archaeologist Yao Siye touched a bronze talisman at the Hongshan ruins, he woke to find the world transformed. It was 1979, and on a mass grave in Ningcheng County, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, a windbreaker drew Wang Kaixuan's shovel. Yao lifted two fingers and caught the blade with ease. The qilin tattoo on his shoulder burned hot: the strange blood in him had awakened.

This wasn't the history he knew. The lost city of Jingjue, the Longling maze, the Worm Valley of Yunnan... legendary forbidden places became battlefields where he had to fight to survive. Hu Bayi's compass, Fatty Wang's wisecracks, and the mysterious, capable Mo Jing joined him as his new companions. His blood could repel poisonous insects, break illusions, and sense yin energy, earning him the title "Master Yao" from Fatty.

But the curse of the Ghost Cave followed him like a shadow. To break it and uncover the mystery of his own transmigration, he had no choice but to venture deep into King Xian's tomb and seize the Dust-Removing Pearl. During the battle in the Worm Valley, his strange blood ran wild, and he lost his memory for the first time. At Kunlun Shrine, the ultimate gate appeared, and the needle of fate pointed toward the snowy Changbai Mountains.

There, he met another silent guardian: Yang Peng. The talisman and the Ghost Seal resonated, and the "ultimate" beyond the bronze gate proved connected to his bloodline. At last, the mystery spanning worlds was revealed: he hadn't arrived by accident. He was the key to maintaining the balance.

Would he return to the modern world, or accept his destiny? When all the legends had finally settled, Yao Siye wrote The Strange Traveler's Companions. Its pages held not only the snowstorms of the desert and whispers from the tombs, but also the trials and bonds of a group who had faced life and death together.

This was more than transmigration. It was a homecoming.