Looking for Tomb-Raiding Stories With Plenty of Angst and Heartbreak 求盗墓，要虐文一定要有刀子，意难平也可以

1. 51 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Mute Slave Becomes Everyone's Darling 盗墓：哑奴他成了团宠 A Total Slacker After the Egg Era是摆烂蛋蛋后啊Two Male Leads719k WordsCompleted Lu Li was a male dan actor, heir to a master of Chinese opera, blessed with both a beautiful voice and a handsome face. Unfortunately, the sweet, clear voice that charmed audiences onstage became a weapon in everyday life. His little mouth could spit out a stream of cutting insults without a single swear word. He never expected karma to catch up with him so quickly. A plane crash reduced him to nothing. When he opened his eyes again, he had become the only son of a noodle-stall owner. He was bur 8.4kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds

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   I remember they were all a little bit angsty.

2. 52 盗 Tomb Raiding: Red Begonia, Speaking Heart to Heart 盗墓：红棠解语 Han Yuxi寒玉熙Two Male Leads162k WordsCompleted 1v1: Xiao Hua vs. Hong Yuxi. The side couple is Hei Ping, so feel free to skip this if that’s not your thing. The side couple won’t get much of a romance storyline. I transmigrated, and since I was born frail, I initially thought this was just an ordinary world where I could live a peaceful life. That was until I was four, when my grandfather took on an apprentice. He turned out to be Xie Yuchen. The family I had fought so hard to gain was killed by the Wang family just like that. I’m going to g 756Reads7.1Score10014d adds
3. 53 盗 Tomb Raider: A Lifetime Without Worries 盗墓之一世无忧 Si Nian糹卄Mystery99k WordsCompleted After dying in the modern world, he accidentally got bound to a System and came to the world of tomb raiding, where he also became the biological brother of his god. He swore to keep his god from ever being hurt or manipulated again, to give the Iron Triangle a happy ending, to find Master Hua a patron of his own, and to make sure Xiezi would no longer be alone. Everyone else gets to grow old with the person they love, while he alone is left to endure every kind of loneliness and hardship. (This 190Reads6.6Score—14d adds
4. 54 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Little Lord Yun Chronicles 盗墓：云小爷的二三事 It's Just Zijing就是子衿啦Mystery294k WordsOngoing [Native protagonist + no romantic pairings + no System + reborn Sand Sea Wu Xie + breaking up the core five + unfriendly to the Wu family + overpowered combat ability + strength on full display] No romantic pairings, with a focus on friendship and ambiguous feelings, mainly between the Kid and Hei Xiazi and the protagonist, with a little Xiaohua. The author is a bit of a pervert... I like putting characters through a little suffering, so please go easy on me... Yun Qingchuan (name taken from 494Reads8.2Score10014d adds
5. 55 盗 Tomb Raiding: When Will It End? 盗墓之何时了 Mr. No Introduction不介绍先生Two Male Leads335k WordsCompleted [Twins + original male protagonist + original pairing, appearing later + two male leads + angst galore early on, bittersweet and painful] Jia An, a false peace. Wu An, no peace. Wang An, a deluded peace. Every one of them is him, and none of them is. Twins. As a boy, he thought he was one of two possible fates in the womb. But in truth, he was a destiny forged one hundred percent by others. The Wu family chose him. The Nine Gates chose him. And countless people far away, beyond his reach, create 1.3kReads8.7Score22914d adds
6. 56 盗 The Ultimate Tomb-Raiding Notes: Hua Zhonglin 盗墓终极笔记：花中林 No Freedom in the Wind任风无自由Two Male Leads95k WordsCompleted The plot of this story mainly follows The Ultimate Note. It's about an original male lead and Xiao Hua. Xie Yuchen vs. Jiang Bolin Betrayed by someone he had saved, Jiang Bolin is conflicted, but his methods are as decisive as ever. He had already been planning to die and move on to his next life, but then System 007 forcibly binds him to it. With no choice, Jiang Bolin resigns himself to doing the work and completing missions... But why is he in the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles?! All 585Reads8.9Score11314d adds
7. 57 盗 Tomb Raiding: One Man, Two Personalities, One Flirts and the Other Kills 盗墓：两个人格一个撩人一个杀人 Loves Yangyang, Little Darling爱阳阳小宝贝Two Male Leads885k WordsOngoing (Dual male leads + dual personalities) Zhang Anle transmigrates into another world, bringing along a second personality who can really fight. He wins everyone over by acting sweet and obedient, but when he stops pretending, they like him even more. Zhang Anle: On the surface, I'm a good little angel. In reality, I'm even more formidable than my second personality. Xiao Le: Cold and aloof on the outside, but secretly gentle only with Zhang Anle. 2.1kReads7.2Score31214d adds
8. 58 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Twin Blossoms 盗墓笔记：双生花 Xiao Ran's Fish肖染的鱼Two Male Leads161k WordsOngoing Legend has it that red spider lilies bloom on the banks of the River of Forgetfulness in the underworld. Also known as flowers of the other shore, they are said to have spirits like all things. As the red spider lily gradually gained consciousness, a wandering soul on its way to reincarnation carried it into the cycle of rebirth. A story aimed at making everyone fall for the protagonist. Please don't read if that's not your thing. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 59 盗 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Disguise Myself as a Ghost to Scare People 盗墓：开局扮鬼吓人 Twenty Years of Persistence执着二十年Mystery327k WordsCompleted What kind of kid does Fatty bring along? On his first tomb raid, he plays Bai Wuchang. On his second tomb raid, he plays a forbidden woman. On his third, he becomes the tomb owner's very own self. Wu Xie points to the porcelain mural in the underwater tomb. “He's Wang Canghai's twin brother.” Xiao Hua takes out an old photo from the Republic of China era. “He's my second senior brother.” It isn't until the group makes it to Changbai Mountain that they find out the truth. Wang Xiaoying waves a ha 3.3kReads9.0Score40814d adds
10. 60 汪 The Wang Family's Chessboard: She Is a Sacrificial Pawn and the Blood of His Heart 汪家棋盘，她是弃子，也是心尖血 Jing Yu静玗Mystery717k WordsCompleted She knelt in the blood-soaked ancestral hall of the Wang family, clutching the bone fragment of the last opponent she had defeated. Of the twenty-seven candidates, she was the only one left alive. Three ribs were broken, her left eye was temporarily blind, and the flesh on her back hung in bloody strips, as if chewed by a wild dog. This was the price of becoming the young clan leader. The Wang family never kept dead weight. She met Zhang Qiling again in an ancient tomb while pursuing the Snake-B 532Reads6.3Score10414d adds
11. 61 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Silence Doesn't Mean I'm at Fault 盗墓笔记之沉默不是代表我的错 Longing Beneath Changbai Mountain长白山下长相思Mystery203k WordsCompleted No female lead, no romance pairing. The protagonist is male, the youngest son of the Wu family and Wu Laogou’s younger brother. The story leans toward everyday life? Maybe. He has almost no fighting ability, but he’s clever and scheming. He’s doted on by everyone, likes being alone, and is a little shy and quiet. The sort who secretly becomes everyone’s beloved? Perhaps? A boy who barely speaks and is somewhat withdrawn suffers a calamity at home. Just like his name suggests, he ends up missing 628Reads8.9Score10914d adds
12. 62 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Last Immortal 盗墓：最后一个永生者！ Nanye Wu南野武Mystery190k WordsCompleted Ten years. He had awakened. Reborn in a world of tomb raiding, he was an immortal! He was the secret everyone in the world of tomb raiding wanted to uncover! So the Little Brother had guarded the Bronze Gate for ten years for him. The Little Brother said, "Chu Tian, I'll guard you in this life. In the next, it'll be your turn to guard me." 1.2kReads8.7Score14714d adds
13. 63 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Bai Ze Crosses the Mortal World, and They All Remember Me 盗笔：白泽渡尘，他们皆念我 Fated Bond of Hope希长之缘Two Male Leads673k WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth | Everyone is in unrequited love | The ultimate beautiful, powerful, and tragic character | An intensely ambiguous battlefield of love | Everyone is consumed by obsession | Heavy OOC] Shen Ciyi unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, becoming the only person in the world born with the bloodline of Bai Ze and a fate marked by misfortune and solitude. He possesses an invincible power to bring the dead back to life, defying heaven to c 3.1kReads8.4Score57114d adds
14. 64 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 25.6kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
15. 65 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Road Is Hard 盗墓：行路难 Qi Yeming齐夜明Two Male Leads423k WordsOngoing [System + Ping Xie, Hei Hua + Zhang Family Boy Band + Can Sang + Sha Triangle + I Don’t Even Know] [All pairings, 111…0…111, mountains of headcanons, characterization so OOC it’s shoulder to shoulder with the sun, with interspersed content] [Is there angst? Just a tiny bit (♡>𖥦<)/♥] He Yunfan, who killed his own family with his bare hands: “I’m not some good little child who likes to scheme and manipulate things from behind the scenes.” The Wang family’s first child who refused to be loyal to th 364Reads6.9Score26914d adds
16. 66 盗 Tomb Raiding: Losing My Memory Again Today! 盗墓：今天也在失忆呢！ Egg Noodles in Clear Broth, Extra Egg清汤鸡蛋面加蛋Two Male Leads261k WordsOngoing Lin Cizhen really thinks he's the most miserable person in the world. From the start, someone lifts the lid off his coffin, and to top it off, he discovers that he has transmigrated! As if transmigrating weren't bad enough, the gods of this world forcibly erased his memories. So his first meeting with the Tender Beef Five turns out like this: Xiaoge: Come on, let's go home. Black Glasses: My eldest boy! You must've had a hard time finding me! Xiaohua: This guy's brain... doesn't seem to work too 3.3kReads9.1Score45714d adds
17. 67 盗 Tomb Raider: I'm Just a Delivery Guy 盗墓之我就是个送快递的 I Want to Go Herd Sheep我想去放羊Mystery387k WordsCompleted [The female lead is unambitious and destined to toil, but she’s an exceptionally capable courier + Partly Set in an Alternate World + No Couple in the Main Story, but there’s an extra, hehe] I’m an emotionless courier. I love getting off work, holidays, my paycheck, good food, and hitting people, but I don’t love delivering packages. Sometimes I wonder if there would be fewer people making me angry if I hadn’t delivered a package addressed to “Wu Xie.” Ever since meeting Song You, Wu Xie and 4.5kReads9.2Score67814d adds

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    That's about it. Two of them are together.

18. 68 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: All My Secret Identities Are a Mess 盗笔：我的马甲都很惨 Wei Wangwuhui魏忘无悔Modern Romance26k WordsOngoing Warning: this story gets heartbreaking. If you can't handle that, click the top-left corner to leave. Yuanyuan'er transmigrated into the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles and acquired a Knife System. The more people she makes cry, the stronger she gets. Her first secret identity is the Little Brother's childhood friend. Her second is the Black Glasses' family member. Her third is Xie Yuchen's older sister. Her fourth is Wu Xie's younger sister, and also Wu Xie's backup plan. Her fifth is Wa 48Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Hehe, let me recommend one of my own books. Readers who are interested can check it out!

19. 69 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: One Drop of Blood, and He's Panicking 盗笔：这滴血，他慌了 Tongziling桐梓灵Mystery318k WordsCompleted When I transmigrated into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, I had a Qilin Exhaustion Pill in my mouth. When Wu Xie rescued me, Fatty teased that I looked like Zhang Qiling's little sister. Later, when corpse beetles swarmed us, I cut my palm and flung my blood at them. The swarm retreated at once. Zhang Qiling gripped my bleeding wrist tightly, his voice trembling. “Who are you, really?” My eyes welled with tears from the pain. “Brother, you're hurting me...” He let go abruptly, his eyes wide with 487Reads—Score10614d adds

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    These are some good-looking, heart-wrenching, and painfully poignant stories. [Crying emoji]

20. 70 国 National Destiny Game: I Am a God, Guarding Alone 国运游戏：我为神明，独自守护 Tiannvrui of Silver City白银城的天女蕊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [National Destiny, Tomb Raiding, Roleplay, Solitude, Immortality, Zhang Qiling, No Romance] Shen Jinghan transmigrates to Blue Star. Ten days later, he's selected to enter a national-destiny game with an astronomical death rate. His memories of his previous life are useless, and his new body's constitution is pitifully weak. Just as he's about to despair, a roleplay System appears. From the start, he draws the card for Zhang Qiling as played by Xiao Yuliang in Ultimate Note. With the Black Gold 697Reads7.1Score10314d adds

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    This is a tomb raiding novel; it's very angsty and heart-wrenching.

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