Looking for Tomb-Raiding Stories with a Zhang-Surnamed Main Character, but No Qilin Bloodline 求盗墓类，主角姓张，但不是麒麟血脉

1. 1 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I'm Really Not a Zhang, I Swear! 盗笔：我真不是张家人，真的！ Fortune, Who Wants to Get Rich想要发财的富贵Mystery494k WordsCompleted [The rating just came in, so it’ll go up later. No romance. The characters are my own interpretations of the original cast. Lots of flashbacks, and this isn’t a power fantasy. I’m not bashing Wu Xie or the main cast! The blurb is a bit weak. It has a touch of the groveling-after-regret trope and everyday-life vibes.] Zhang An never imagined that a single surname could turn his life upside down. When he first met someone called Guan Gen, Guan Gen saw him hiding his right hand and asked if he was 15.6kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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   Then I have to mention this one. The protagonist's surname is Zhang. He doesn't have Qilin blood, but he ate Qilin blood when he was a child, so everyone thinks he's a member of the Zhang family. It's so good! 🥰

2. 2 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Young Master Dug Me Up After a Thousand Years of Sleep 盗墓：沉睡千年被小哥挖出来 Zhoushan Gatekeeper Auntie舟山管门大娘Two Male Leads596k WordsCompleted Zhang Qiling: He is the person I need to protect for the rest of my life. Wu Xie: QAQ He broke up my trio! Our brotherhood is over! Fatty: TAT I can't afford to offend him. He's my ancestor! Zhang Qingsheng lived alongside Zhang Qiling for centuries, until Zhang Qiling dug him out with his own hands! He is peerless in power, like a divine king, with astonishing abilities! He is uninhibited and utterly free-spirited! The story begins with listening to thunder! Let the adventures begin! [I'm no go 3.8kReads8.9Score429Shelves

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   His surname is Zhang! He's not of Qilin blood! He's the younger brother's older brother! 😆

3. 3 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Corrupted Qilin Tattoo 盗墓：邪化麒麟纹身 Bai Xiaofei of the City Gate城门白小飞Mystery809k WordsCompleted [South Sea Return to the Ruins, Under One Person + tomb raiding + Old Nine Gates + the Qilin boy + century-old families + exposure + immortality + the uncanny] The soldier, the actor, and the immortal led astray. The rakish devil laughs like a Buddha. The beauty who reads fortunes plays a game that reaches the heavens. This is a story that belongs to the Old Nine Gates. 10.7kReads9.2Score788Shelves

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   They're all... All beautiful, especially the last one, it's amazing!

4. 4 盗 Tomb Raiding: After a Century in Seclusion, the Little Brother Asks Me to Come Out 盗墓：隐居百年，小哥请我出山 Flying Pig飞天猪Mystery911k WordsCompleted Zhang Yang accidentally transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world, where the Divine Tomb-Raiding System is activated. “Faqiu has its seal, Mojin its talisman, Banshan its techniques, and Xiling its armor.” These are the pillars of the tomb-raiding world. For Zhang Yang, mastering all these arts is as easy as breathing. Over the past few years, people have occasionally come looking for the whereabouts of Zhang Yang, the Hidden Immortal. He has always managed to avoid them. Until Little Brother show 2.9kReads7.5Score311Shelves
5. 5 盗 Tomb Raiding: I’m the Stillborn Baby Who Slept for Three Thousand Years! 盗墓：我，沉睡三千年死婴！ Nanye Wu南野武Two Male Leads576k WordsCompleted Chu Tian is reborn into the world of Tomb Raiders: Restart and Listening to Thunder. From the start, he climbs out of a coffin and meets Wu Xie and Pangzi for the first time~ He is an experiment in the Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou’s quest for immortality! In this life, he is the stillborn child of the Zhang family, dead for three thousand years! In this life, he is the son of the Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou! In this life, he is the one the Zhang family has protec 2.6kReads9.1Score372Shelves
6. 6 救 Help, I Transmigrated into the Grave Robbers' Chronicles World 救我，我穿越盗笔世界了 Creeping Jenny连钱草Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [The Iron Triangle + Slow Burn + No Heroine + Not Mindless + Original Plot Follows the Source Closely + Both Heartbreak and Sweetness + Panzi + CP] (P.S. There are livestreams, but they're entirely from another world, and the livestream itself is a huge plot hook. There are no livestreams in Volume Two.) On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, five planets align. A fantastical transmigration journey begins. Lian Qian carries something closely connected to the tomb-raiding world, searching in t 8.6kReads9.4Score520Shelves
7. 7 守 Tomb Keeper: In China's Ancient Tombs, Even Gods Are Forbidden to Enter 守陵人:华夏古墓，神明禁行 Moonlit Sleeplessness月愁眠Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted After Zhou Sheng fails to confess his feelings to the campus beauty, Huo Yujie, his classmates mercilessly mock his summer vacation plans. Just then, the Tomb Guardian System awakens! Tomb Guardians protect the imperial tombs of the world and safeguard the dragon veins of China! What Zhou Sheng doesn’t know is that his beloved campus beauty is the heir to one of the nine great tomb-raiding families! The very first tomb he’s assigned to guard is already being targeted by her family! Zhou Sheng: “ 8.3kReads7.9Score886Shelves

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   If I weren't surnamed Zhang, I would have a book. The first book is about tomb guarding, the second is about tomb raiding, but some other things (unrelated to tomb raiding) were added later.

8. 8 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8kShelves

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   This is truly the pinnacle of tomb raiding novels.

9. 9 盗 Tomb Raiding: I'm on a Yearning for Life, and My Teammates Are Xiaoge and Shirley Yang 盗墓：人在向往，队友小哥雪莉扬 Waiting for More Cats等待猫多Male-Channel Fanfiction192k WordsOngoing [Tomb Raiding]+ [System]+ [Genius]+ [Not Mindless]+ [Showbiz]+ [Smart Characters]+ [The Iron Triangle]+ [Ping Xie Couple] Zhang Ye transmigrates to a merged world of Tomb Raiding and Back to Field. From the start, he gains the tomb-raiding skills of Chen Yulou, leader of the Xieling faction. His teammates are Xiaoge, Shirley Yang, Wang Pangzi, and Wu Xie. The four great tomb-raiding factions, Mojin, Faqiu, Banshan, and Xieling, gather together! On the surface, they’re a security team. In reality 228Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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   Bai Ze bloodline, Zhang Ye

10. 10 盗 Tomb Raiding: This Guy's a Keeper. If There's a Tomb, He'll Raid It 盗墓：这兄弟能交，有墓他真盗 Little Pikachu Beast小比卡兽Mystery276k WordsOngoing [Tomb raiding + no female lead + no mindless plot + original protagonist pairing + comedy] Chen Mo is reborn in the world of Grave Robbers’ Chronicles. Other people get overpowered Systems when they transmigrate, but Chen Mo becomes a walking photocopier. To save up some retirement money for himself and Xiao Ge, he takes De Kao along on a tomb raid. Go! Wu Sanxing wants a crew? Off we go, off we go! The Black Gold Ancient Saber? Just copying it for fun. The Queen Mother of the West’s Palace? 62Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    This one is okay.

11. 11 穿 Transmigration: Starting with Tomb Raiding 穿越：从盗墓开始 Carefree & Peaceful逍遥&太平Mystery475k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, no female lead. Don’t read if you dislike that, and please don’t leave hate comments.] Zhang Yuhang discovers that he has transmigrated, and even awakened a System! He thought he was on his way to the pinnacle of life!!! But reality plays a cruel joke on him. Looking at the bright red words on his System panel, Zhang Yuhang feels that the road ahead is shrouded in darkness... 26Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    😄😄😄😄

12. 12 个 I Chose Corpse Driving as My Profession, and the Police Are Losing It 个人职业填赶尸，警察麻了 If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them打不过我加入Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted During summer break, Jiang Bai boldly ventured into the mountains of Xixiang and became a corpse walker. He rings the soul-summoning bell, strikes the ritual gong, and walks between the realms of yin and yang. Even ghosts and gods give way! As Jiang Bai leads corpse after corpse out of the mountains, a passing streamer happens to capture it on camera. The whole internet goes wild! "Holy crap, that's the first time I've seen someone offer a cigarette to a corpse. I'm impressed! Old Liu from Shang 11.4kReads7.6Score1.2kShelves

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    Story Synopsis: Corpse transport, zombies, live broadcast from the underworld, multiple realms, tomb raiding, and a resurgence of terror.

13. 13 僵 My Date with a Vampire: Starting with Uncle Jiu 僵约：从九叔开始 Jiang Yi僵一Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted A red-eyed Corpse King from the start, experiencing life. From Uncle Jiu's stories, step by step into My Date with a Vampire... Uncle Jiu: Ziyan, Wencai... I'm counting on you... Jiang Chen: You're a lot like me. Do you know who I am? Ma Danna: You're Jiang Chen? 8.4kReads8.1Score531Shelves
14. 14 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.3kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
15. 15 诸 Multiverse TV: From the Start, I Guided Sun Wukong to Find a Master 诸天电视机：开局指点孙悟空拜师 The Evening Breeze Keeps Blowing晚风吹啊吹Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Yi is watching TV at home when he discovers a bug that lets him connect to the worlds of movies and shows. While watching Journey to the West, he meets Brother Monkey and gives him pointers on finding a master at Mount Fangcun, cultivating the Way of Survival, and building high walls, stockpiling grain, and biding his time in East Victory Divine Continent. His rewards include an indestructible body, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Arts and Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, the Nine-Turn Mysteriou 4.4kReads8.3Score392Shelves
16. 16 诸 Myriad Worlds: I Became a Black-Eyed Jiangshi from the Start 诸天：开局变成黑眼僵尸 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Zombies are born from the resentment and ill fortune of heaven and earth. They neither age, die, nor perish, and are rejected by Heaven, Earth, and Man, cast beyond the Six Realms of reincarnation. In the Myriad Years of the Myriad Worlds of the Zombie Covenant, the Pangu Clan created the zombie race to destroy Fate. Red, green, yellow, blue, white, black. Red-eyed zombies can even destroy heaven and earth. When A Long wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to the Zombie Covenant world 7.9kReads8.4Score529Shelves
17. 17 人 Tomb Raider: I Scrape the Ground Bare and Drive the Zongzi Crazy 人在盗墓：刮地三尺给粽子搞麻了 Adorable Little Zongzi可爱小粽子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Tomb raiding + System + invincible hero + giant zombies + supernatural horror] Lin Yi transmigrates to the Ancient City of Jingjue and obtains the Tomb-Raiding Check-In System. Check in while exploring ancient tombs to earn generous rewards. Peerless martial art: Dragon-Elephant Prajnaparamita. Sixteen Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secrets. Qilin bloodline. Black-gold ancient saber! Maoshan Daoist arts! … Fatty: “Lin Yi is way too fierce!” Lao Hu: “Sigh, that guy has stolen my thunder again and again. (ಥ 913Reads8.7Score138Shelves
18. 18 洪 Honghuang: From the Start, I Strip Nuwa of Her Saintly Status 洪荒：开局斩掉女娲圣母之位 Lone Drifter浪子孤沉Eastern Fantasy638k WordsCompleted [Primordial World + Ancestor of Humanity + Primordial World sci-fi + wild imagination] Chen Xiao is brought to the Primordial World by a mysterious wish-granting paper and takes over the body of the Ancestor of Humanity. With only three wishes available and nothing but his soul, how will he develop the human race? “Wait! Isn't that Nuwa?!” Chen Xiao looks at the woman playing with mud below and can't help but stare in surprise. “We have to develop a human civilization suited to the Primordial Wo —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Tore Down the Golmud Sanatorium 盗墓：我拆了格尔木疗养院 Red-Headed Crane with Ice鹤顶红加冰Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Cheerful Protagonist + Comedy] Wu Mo transmigrates into the ultimate tomb-raiding world and becomes Wu Xie’s younger brother, gaining a tomb-raiding sign-in System. Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward granted. 1: Azure Dragon bloodline 2: Tomb-trap mechanisms 3: Corpse control With these skills at his disposal, Wu Mo starts running wild in the tomb-raiding world. He blows up the Golmud Sanatorium, beats up Hei Xiazi, and tests his strength against Xiaoge. He saves A Ning in the S 25.6kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
20. 20 盗 Tomb Raiding: Starting with the Taiji Divination Method 盗墓：从获得太乙神数开始 Extra-Spicy Mango特辣芒Mystery481k WordsCompleted [No Harem + Trio of Best Friends + No Brain-Dead Characters] Chen Xuan transmigrates into an open-world tomb-raiding adventure and gets the foremost of the Three Arts, the Taiyi Divination Technique, from the start! He earns System rewards by exploring. Chen Xuan teams up with Lao Hu, Fatty, and Xue Yang to form the Four Guardians, exploring every strange tomb under heaven! But Chen Xuan discovers that this world is home not only to the Moving Mountain and Unloading Ridges sects, the Gold-Touchi 699Reads7.3Score170Shelves
21. 21 纹 A Tattoo of Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin: From the Start, I Fight a Red-Clad Female Ghost 纹身九龙拉棺，开局硬刚红衣女鬼 Jiangnan Dog King江南狗王Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural]+ [Horror Revival]+ [Comedy]+ [Superpowers] Qin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world where demons and monsters are returning, only to find himself targeted by an evil spirit. Unable to awaken Superpowers, he decides to fight back by getting a terrifying tattoo! He has the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin tattooed across his back, with Nezha sitting on the dragon's head and pulling out its tendons, an open-eyed Guan Yu lying in the coffin, a muscular Tang Monk sitting on top, and Bla 450Reads9.2Score130Shelves
22. 22 盗 Tomb Raiding: Where Did Brother Ping Go? 盗墓：瓶哥去哪里？ Ji Ling既零Two Male Leads196k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite! No heroine (sweet on the outside, dark within)] [If you care a lot about characterization, don’t read! If you find it awkward, drop it. I’ve been writing this for a long time, and I’m honestly tired of discussing that part about whether he kneels or not. I explained it in Chapter 000, and I don’t want to talk about it anymore! Anyway, if you really find it awkward, drop it now!] “Host, you’re now the young master of the Ruan family!” “Oh. Then tell me, System, where am I ri 11Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Both the first and second books have the surname Zhang. The first book features a storyteller, while the second features Wu Xie's (adopted) younger brother. He appears very soft and cute on the surface, but is actually quite cunning.

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