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The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记
[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
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- 2 Northern School Tomb Raiders: Raise the Coffin, Make a Fortune 北派盗墓:升棺发财 [Tomb Raiding and Treasure Appraisal + Jianghu Adventures] I have seen an immortal corpse in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, encountered a giant moray eel in the South Sea, and witnessed a mysterious ghost city in the desert. Over the past ten years, I have lost everything and found myself in peril time and again, surviving by the skin of my teeth. I have some hard-won experience from making my way through the world of tomb raiders, so I dare to tell you about this dangerous underworld. 5.3kReads8.7Score342Shelves
- 3 Tomb Raider Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓王 [Real tomb-raiding + suspense + treasure appraisal + Master Yao's team + no ghosts or monsters] I'm a spirit medium from Northeast China, and a poor young man hoping to turn my life around and get rich. With nowhere else to turn, I got involved in tomb-raiding. I never imagined my very first shovel would strike the legendary Tai Sui. From then on, the wheels of fate began to turn... I've spent over a decade raiding tombs, traveling far and wide and dealing with deception at every turn. Do you th 65.2kReads9.1Score8.2kShelves
- 4 The Antiquities Restorer 做旧师 [Entirely handmade, with no AI whatsoever + Behind-the-scenes industry secrets + Authentic antique identification with images and text + National vendettas and family feuds] If you want to truly understand the antiques trade, start by making fake antiques! Start by learning to age forgeries! My name is Mei Jiu. I was just a temporary odd-jobber on a film crew, but after I helped them repair a broken bowl, I was promoted to assistant prop master. I fix props, so why are they asking me to make fak 40.5kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
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National Treasure 国家宝藏
[Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Smart Protagonists] There is a group of people armed with black blades and mysterious arts, born to venture into ancient tombs across the land. There is a group of people who fight without end and bleed until they are drained, dying to protect the nation's treasures. They stand before the countless people of the world, shielding them from its darkest corners. They leave the greatest glory of their people behind them, for all to behold. They share one name: Qilin. But I
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Northern School Tomb Raider: The Notes of Master Yao 北派盗墓：姚师爷笔记
In 2021, my peaceful life in an antiques shop was upended by the arrival of Master Yao, the “Number One Expert Beyond the Pass.” Searching for dragon veins and gold, reading the clouds and sensing the qi, identifying plants and listening for thunder, exploring tombs and finding burial sites, opening coffins and picking locks... These are his unique skills, where truth and falsehood intertwine. In the worldly martial-arts world, grudges are settled with relish. China's vast and varied culture gav
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Tomb Hunting in the Wilderness 荒野寻墓
[Tomb Raiding Is Illegal, So Don’t Try It Yourself] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Appraisal + Human Nature + Rules] In the 1990s, with nowhere else to turn, I joined a tomb-raiding gang and embarked on a perilous quest to find ancient tombs. We searched the towering mountains for a vanished kingdom that had stood for a thousand years. Could the sacrificial rites of the ancient Shu civilization really grant eternal life? The deceit and scheming in the antiques trade showed me how cold the world could
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The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局
[Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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- 10 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
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Folk Feng Shui: I Made My Name by Moving a Grave 民间堪舆：从迁坟开始扬名
On a midnight road, a ghost encounters a coffin being carried. A blood-seeping black coffin holds calamity at bay. Chen Mo, a boy from a remote mountain village, only wanted to live in peace with half a box of tattered books and a cracked compass left behind by his grandfather. Then the old village chief died mysteriously, and the supposed auspicious burial site turned out to be a place steeped in a century of resentment. The instant the coffin was opened, bloody words appeared alongside claw ma
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- 12 The Tomb Raider Who Keeps Time 盗墓守时人 “Guardians of Time and the Memory of Civilization”, All ancient tombs and ruins are actually defensive fortifications built by Chinese civilization to withstand periodic “spatiotemporal cataclysms.” The struggle between tomb raiders and tomb guardians is, in truth, a battle over the memory of civilization. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Yin Tombs of the Yellow River: A Feng Shui Master of the Qing Nang 黄河阴坟：青囊风水师 The Yellow River Yin Tomb: A Qing Nang Feng Shui Master 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Tales of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓往事 My name is Yao Yuan. I used to be a tomb raider. In December 2014, after the shocking nationwide Red Mountain Case was solved, I was arrested at Tianyi Hotel in Ningcheng, Chifeng. I was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison for crimes including looting ancient cultural sites and tombs and trafficking in cultural relics. Now I have served my sentence and been released, ready to start a new life. If you're interested, why not hear me tell the stories of tomb raiding that happened to me? 556Reads6.8Score—Shelves
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The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记
From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed.
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I'm Zhao Jia. Let Me Tell You About the Ancient Tombs I've Raided 我叫赵甲，讲讲我盗过的古墓
My name is Zhao Jia, an obscure black-market trader in Shancheng. My master, Liu Banchi, spent his whole life hunting with eagles, only to have one peck out his eye in the end. He died at the hands of his own people. Since then, I've been afraid. Not of ghosts, but of people. I washed my hands of the trade, hoping to live in peace, but trouble came looking for me. A map with a sinister secret, a wealthy man with connections everywhere, and a deadly game I can't escape. To stay alive and uncover
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- 17 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
- 18 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 9 盗墓笔记续9 After the Zhang Family Ancient Building incident, Zhang Qiling went to the Bronze Gate, while I returned to Hangzhou to keep running Third Uncle’s business. I thought it was all over, but who knew it was only the beginning. Chen Wenjin appeared again. A mysterious map was hidden among Huo Xiangu’s belongings, and a third Ghost Seal had surfaced. Perhaps we wouldn’t have to wait another ten years: the ultimate secret was already within reach. 2.7kReads8.7Score375Shelves
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The Gambling Den 赌城
My new book, I’m a Proper Chinese Medicine Doctor, So Why Am I Being Treated Like a Gynecologist?, is out. As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. But as someone who lost everything and worked as a junket agent, I can tell you for sure: every single gambler loses! Even if you can avoid a cheat’s tricks, you can’t escape the odds of the casino. Gambling is a game ordinary people should never touch. It’s a blade that kills without drawing blood!
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- 20 The Crooked Path 走偏门 [Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix 23.5kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
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The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄
Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie
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With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼
The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead!
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- 23 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves
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Tomb Raiding: The Autobiography of a South School Grave Robber 盗墓：来自一位南派土夫子的自传
[Authentic tomb raiding, outdoor adventure, suspense and the supernatural] I'm a tomb raider from the Southern School! In the early 1990s, I was forced to set out with my second uncle on the point of no return that is tomb raiding. They say tomb raiding is a trade where you risk your neck every day! In reality, what makes it even more treacherous than the ancient tombs is the deceitful underworld of tomb raiders! Now, let me tell you about the years I spent tomb raiding with the Southern School,
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Tomb Raider's Notes: Tales from Northeast China 盗墓手扎之东北往事
The later chapters get increasingly fantastical and exciting, with thrilling adventures. The earlier part is a little more subdued, so please bear with it. Chen Feng is an ordinary man who will gradually grow and achieve great success.
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- 26 A Little Tomb Raider from the Northern School 北派小小盗墓贼 [Tomb raiding + mystery + treasure appraisal] [First person!] There are no ghosts here, only one Wang's adventures in the underworld. In the early 21st century, I was struggling to make ends meet when I met an old man on Antique Street. Listening to him brag was what got me into tomb raiding. I once ended up a beggar, spent time on the wrong side of the law, and even made a name for myself in the tomb-raiding business. Grab a seat, everyone, and listen as I tell you some old stories from the und 2.7kReads7.7Score227Shelves
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Tales of Strange Northern Tomb Raids 北派盗墓诡事录
In the early twenty-first century, I was just a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. Determined to make something of myself, I threw in my lot with a northern tomb-raiding gang and set out on a road of no return. I traveled far and wide across the north and south, saw ancient tombs where the dead came back to life, and learned just how treacherous people in the underworld could be. From an ignorant boy to a weathered middle-aged man, the strange people and events I've encountered
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Tales of the Shocking Shan Hai Tomb 山海惊墓录
I was born in Northeast China, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain. From there, my journey began, crossing rivers and enduring hardship. Everything started there. The strange and uncanny things I encountered in those years, I wanted to bury deep in my heart and let time wear them away. But nightmares came again and again, disturbing my sleep. Whenever I woke with a start, I often felt I could barely breathe, and the pain cut to the bone. Thinking it over, I finally decided to put pen to pap
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- 29 Tomb of Mountains and Seas 2 山海惊墓录2 Where will we end up if we keep going down? At the Earth's core? The darkness seems to cling to our skin and seep into our bones. Aren't we underground? Then why is there an endless river of stars above us? 761Reads—Score260Shelves
- 30 Records of the Shocking Tombs of Shan Hai 3 山海惊墓录3 Some hear breathing but cannot find its source; some see a shadow but cannot tell whether it is their own or some being from the sea. It feels neither anger nor joy. The moment you step inside, it remembers you, and you will never be able to leave. 484Reads—Score249Shelves
- 31 Tales of the Shanhai Tomb 4 山海惊墓录4 A low, eerie chuckle drifted from deep within the desolate woods. The red cloth that had been offered in worship swayed from a branch. Ancient paper ash and dying incense lay scattered on the ground, and faded red cords hung deep in the forest. It looked up at me, its mouth splitting into a grin. 413Reads—Score229Shelves
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My Tomb-Raiding Life 我的倒斗生涯
Tomb raiding is said to have originated during the Cao Wei dynasty and continued for a thousand years. It has both official recognition and civilian organizations. A thousand years have made this illicit trade a fully developed profession, with an astonishing number of tricks and secrets. Literary works have told and retold its tales. But what is tomb raiding really like? I entered the trade at fifteen and led my first expedition into a tomb at sixteen. I saw its dangers with my own eyes...
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After I Started Slacking Off, All Humanity Begged the God of War to Return 我摆烂后，全人类跪求战神出山
High Martial Arts + System + Subverting Expectations + The God of War Returns + Getting Stronger by Slacking Off + Hidden Powerhouse + The Ex-Wife Regrets It Too Late + Global Crisis + Sci-Fi Apocalypse He was once the Dragon Torch God of War who guarded the nation's borders. After retiring, all he wanted was to fix cars and take it easy. His ex-wife thought he was a good-for-nothing and divorced him. Then the beast tide breached the city, and during a global livestream, he shattered countless s
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- 34 The Cage of Rules: I Use the Brush of History to Break Every Deadlock 规则囚笼：我以史笔破万局 High-IQ mind games + infinite-loop survival + rule-based horror + historical research + smart characters + fast-paced plot + battles of human nature + no saintly protagonists + satisfying wish fulfillment + everyday warmth When a higher-dimensional civilization turns Earth into a game board, every rule is a blade aimed at your life, and every scenario is a gamble with death. Zhang Mingyong, a historical document archivist who has spent ten years poring over old records, is thrown headfirst into —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Unrivaled Master: From Hauling Bricks at Construction Sites to Urban Kingpin 无双国手：从工地搬砖到都市枭雄 God of War + Divine Physician + Live-in Son-in-Law + Suspense + Emotional Entanglements A double knockout of a God of War and a divine physician! When a battle-hardened soldier living under an assumed name is arrested by his own ex-wife, a bloody trial that will sweep across the entire city begins. The day my ex-wife personally cuffed me and dragged me into the interrogation room, she said through red-rimmed eyes, “Zhang Mingyong, you deserve to rot in the mud for the rest of your life.” I lowe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The True Record of a Tomb Raider 来至一个盗墓者的纪实录 [Real tomb raiding + suspense + antiques appraisal] Starting in the 1990s, this story follows Wei Yonggang, a young man from the countryside, as he rises swiftly through the tomb-raiding world, going from accidental participant to an underground legend thanks to his “guts, attention to detail, and expertise.” He is sworn brothers with Tian Sanjiu, the last disciple of Silver Fox, and his junior fellow disciple is the sharp-eyed Feng, known as Fengzi. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern Shaanxi 陕北盗墓笔记
[Tomb raiding, daily life, hardship, growth] This is a story about tomb raiding, feng shui, and the underworld. These are people who once lived ordinary lives but were forced by hardship to take up tomb raiding. They have no experience, only their miserable lives. Watch how they use those wretched lives to forge a legendary future. In 1999, a shocking incident took place in Suiping City, in northern Shaanxi. The tomb of Meng Tian, located right in the heart of the city, was completely emptied
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- 38 The Yellow Emperor’s Secret 黄帝秘藏 With a blood-written deed on my body, I fought hungry dogs for food. In the bitter cold of winter, I was about to be beaten to death on the frozen ground, until someone stood before me and told me I was a dragon in the art of feng shui... 14.8kReads8.9Score592Shelves
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My Years as a Swindler 成为江湖骗子的那些年
[Mystery + Period Setting + Exposing Scams] I'm sharing what happened to me firsthand. Don't scam people or try your luck with the law! This isn't a martial arts world of swords and flashing blades. This is the world around us, full of hidden currents and treacherous schemes. Zhu Chuan, a disciple of the Pi Sect, the most modern of the Eight Schools of the Jianghu, had such a mastery of Zhuyou magic that when he first entered the underworld in the 1980s, he turned scamming people into a lucrativ
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Tomb Raiding: The Third Master's Ultimate Secret 盗墓：小三爷之终极秘密
Tomb Raider: The Little Third Master’s Ultimate Secret: Is Third Master really dead? Has Brother Xiao left the Bronze Gate? What is Fatty’s true identity? To uncover the secret of the Ultimate, has Little Third Master unlocked a new map?
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Tracking the Tomb's Shadow 墓影追踪
Tomb raiding and battling corpse-demons, making a living by robbing graves. Across the land of China lie countless coffins and tombs. The secrets of feng shui, the heavens, and the earth are profound and unfathomable, beyond the reach of ordinary people. So we must give it everything we've got and uncover the truth. As for what happens in the tombs, let me tell you the story in full!
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Tales of Tomb Raiding in Southern China 南派盗墓往事
[Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Suspense] In the 1990s, I was just a minor antique dealer who traded in bones. Then I mistakenly bought a burial object, and from that moment on, I embarked on a one-way journey across a thousand years... To find the answers, I had no choice but to wander between the worlds of the living and the dead, crossing mountains and seas and traversing deserts and wastelands. At the very source of it all, I finally uncovered the truth behind the baffling mystery...
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- 43 The Western School's The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 西派盗墓笔记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Supernatural] A child born under an ill omen is one Heaven dares not claim and Earth dares not nurture. When I was born from a corpse’s belly, a yellow immortal fox worshipped the moon and the wild beasts wailed. It was decided then that I would spend my life dealing with the dead, never seeing the light of day. To escape this fate, I joined forces with my taciturn master and a jovial fat man, forming the West Faction’s iron-triangle tomb-raiding team. Over the years, I 1.4kReads8.8Score127Shelves
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Tianxia Bachang's Tomb-Raiding Legends (Five-Book Set) 天下霸唱摸金传奇（共五册）
This series consists of five books: Tracing the Sacred Spring, The Mysterious Tombs of Xiangxi, The Monster Tombs of the Mountains and Seas, The Poisonous Gu of Fuxian, and The Wild Sands of the Treasure Vault. Tracing the Sacred Spring: The greatest tomb-raiding trio in history, Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Shirley Yang, are back in full force. They venture deep into the distant Amazon rainforest to begin a new expedition! The Mysterious Tombs of Xiangxi: The greatest trio of gold-touching experts
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The Thieves' Den 盗薮
Thirty-Six Pounds: The Thieves' Sect Reigns Supreme (Paranormal + Tomb Raiding + Jianghu) (Don't read too much into this or try it yourself.) I'm an orphan. After Wu Laoer raised me, he brought me into the Thieves' Sect. From then on, I experienced a very different Jianghu. The King of Lingnan's tomb, the ancient city of the Dangxiang, the Kunlun ruins, and a whole series of adventures showed me the good and evil of the Jianghu. If you have time, let me tell you about them.
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- 46 Dragon-Suppressing Coffin 镇龙棺 The day Grandpa died, all the beasts paid their respects, and nine dragons carried his coffin... 2.5kReads8.9Score466Shelves
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The Reversed Starry Sky 倒转的星空
A high school student's descent down the wrong path: was it beyond his control, or did he simply go with the flow? And once he's on this road, can he ever turn back… Right now, all I can think about is going back to that summer. The Firefly Underground Palace, the General's ancient tomb, deadly peril on Hong Kong Island, the underground Dragon Palace: will I ever make it back…
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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- 49 A Tomb Raider's True Account 盗墓者的纪实 After thinking it over for a long time, I finally decided to write this book. It is told in the first person. I came into contact with ancient tombs when I was very young, and after becoming addicted to gambling, I plunged into the abyss of tomb raiding to pay off my debts. Our crew traveled far and wide, encountering inexplicable things, as well as human indifference and greed. I also experienced the temptations of money, the ferocity of wild beasts, and every side of society. This book covers 2.8kReads6.9Score191Shelves
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Tomb of Spirits 灵墓
The tide of the world is vast and unstoppable. Those who follow it prosper; those who oppose it perish! An ancestral book of paintings gradually unveils the secrets behind Eastern mythology. This twisted, unpredictable myth begins when the production brigade organizes the villagers to repair a river.
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