Tomb-Raiding Novels: Besides Northern School Tomb Raiders, the Rest Feel Awkward 盗墓题材的现在除了那个北派盗墓其他的尴尬。
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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
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- 2 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 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
- 3 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 59.2kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves
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Tales of the Northern School's Wandering Taoist 北派散土往事
[Tomb Raiding + Antiquities Appraisal + The Ways of the Underworld + Everyday Life] [Tomb raiding is illegal. Don't try it yourself!] I'm Lu Jiufeng. I never wanted fame; I just wanted to stay alive. What I'm about to tell you is about the dark days I lived through myself. Believe it or not, this is what the underworld is really like. (Lights a cigarette.) Before you come in, understand this: the road through the underworld is long, and once you enter, there's no turning back...
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- 5 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 38.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
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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 Raiders Dig Up My Grave 盗墓掘我坟
My name is Lin San. I was born with yin-yang eyes, so I can see right through ancient tombs. Five burly men threatened me with shovels and forced me to rob a tomb. I dodged every pitfall with pinpoint accuracy and ended up as their technical consultant. On our fifth job, I pointed at a massive Warring States tomb and said, "It's full of treasures down there." But once we got inside, I discovered the tomb's owner was my great-grandfather. That night, Great-Grandpa appeared in my dream and slappe
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- 8 The Mystic Nine: The Hanging Coffin Heavenly Book 老九门之悬棺天书 [The animated comic adaptation of the novel, The Old Nine Gates: The Hanging Coffin Heavenly Scroll, is now streaming!] After his grandfather dies, he leaves behind a letter with just one word: Return. Chen Ran rushes back to Jiunmen Town in southern Sichuan to attend the funeral, but inside his grandfather's coffin, he feels half of a bronze tiger tally. The nine tomb-guardian families in town appear at once, forcing him to lead them up Hanging Coffin Cliff. The Heavenly Scroll at the summit ap 319Reads—Score—Shelves
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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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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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My Years as a Tomb Raider 我干盗墓的这些年
A rigged gambling game left me saddled with an enormous loan from loan sharks. But it also set the wheels of fate in motion. In the end, it sent me down the path of tomb raiding! I traveled far and wide and mixed with all kinds of people, going from an inexperienced young man to a tomb raider. Come with me into the underground underworld, a world of deceit and scheming…
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The Thief’s Disciple 盗徒
(A new author and a new book. The rating has just come out, but it will gradually rise.) My uncle said I wasn't cut out for this line of work, but he was the one who took me into my first tomb. My name is Li Wuming. I've been called an ill-fated loner since I was a child. When my grandfather forced me to memorize the feng shui formulas in the Book of Origins, I thought the most I'd ever become was a fortune-teller. Some roads aren't ones I choose to take. Fate forces me down them.
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Tomb Raiding Tales from Western Henan 豫西倒斗往事
[Tomb Raiding] [Appraisal] [Period Piece] [Supernatural Mystery] [Feng Shui Secrets] My name is Jin Hai. My grandfather was one of the most skilled tomb raiders of the Republic of China era. While he was alive, he repeatedly warned me never to get involved in tomb raiding. But after he died, I had no choice and ended up taking that path anyway. In the early 1990s, I went against his dying wish and followed in his footsteps, bringing along my childhood friend Wang Ping. Our Luoyang spade plunged
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After Being Laid Off, I Robbed the Factory Director's Ancestral Grave 下岗后我盗了厂长祖坟
[Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + turning the tables against the odds] Laid off means a dead end? I’ll rob the factory director’s ancestral tomb and defy fate! One shovel, and the soil reeks of blood. Two shovels, and ghost fire burns inside the coffin. Three shovels, and the bones reveal a thousand-year-old secret. The factory director’s vengeful spirit won’t rest, and an ancient tomb’s evil presence is closing in. The road to revenge has become a road to the underworld. Want to sur
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The Ghost Mirror King's Mausoleum: A Clash Between Heaven and Earth 诡镜王陵之天地对决
[Tomb Raiding + Suspense + Transmigration + Supernatural + Fantasy] Ten years ago, when the vicious Liang Zhongkui killed Xia Bu and Qin Dachuan to claim the sheepskin scroll for himself, the veil of conspiracy behind this strange feud was finally lifted for future generations. It turned out that everything had been done for God's Power Pack. According to unofficial historical accounts, whoever obtained the pack could not only conquer the entire world, but also gain boundless energy when activat
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- 16 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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Bloodline Awakening: The Lost Tomb 血脉觉醒，古墓迷踪
Right after graduation, Fang Yaoyang is drawn into a thousand-year-old mystery and forced to swallow a mysterious pill. His awakened bloodline feels more like a curse. To find an antidote and his missing father, he ventures deep into an ancient tomb, solves a deadly astrological formation, and battles uncanny creatures. But behind the tomb, undercurrents swirl among international organizations, guardian clans, and government forces. And Fang Yaoyang himself turns out to be the most important pie
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Hunting Notes from the Greater Khingan Range 大兴安岭狩猎笔记
Folk Horror / Period Fiction / Hunting Legend / Supernatural Northeast 1993, deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Snow seals off the mountains, and an endless sea of forest stretches in every direction. This is a blank spot on the map, a forbidden zone beyond the reach of the law. In a world of nothing but black and white, survival depends not on the law, but on the rules. Chen Ye, an abandoned baby raised by wolves, is known as “Wolf Boy.” Ten years ago, on a stormy winter night, the old hunt
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Master Yao of the Northern School 北派姚师爷
Decades ago, poor boy Yao Wenzhong from Chifeng encountered an old man watching the stars on a mountain. From then on, he entered a hidden world unknown to ordinary people. From a farm boy who wove bamboo baskets and hauled bricks, he gradually became the renowned “Master Yao” of the Northern School of tomb raiders. With a pair of eyes that could read mountains, rivers, and the stars, and a mastery of celestial feng shui unmatched in the underworld, he made his name. Over thirty years, he travel
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Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水
Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa
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The World Beneath the Soil: A True Record of Tomb Raiding 土里乾坤之盗墓记实录
My name is Chen Laosan. In 1985, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind only a notebook on feng shui. I was a timid country boy from rural Hebei, forced into the world of tomb raiding. Over fifteen years, I used feng shui to track dragon veins and the Six Lines to divine fortune and misfortune, sharing life-and-death adventures with three brothers. We explored an underwater tomb in the Yellow River, a tomb guarded by wolves in the Qinling Mountains, hanging coffins in
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- 22 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 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 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
- 24 The Haunted House Cleanup Crew: The Mystery of My Origins 凶宅清理师之我的身世之谜 The Haunted House Cleaner: The Mystery of My Origins 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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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.
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- 26 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
- 27 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 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 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
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In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库
An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan
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Tomb Raiding: I'm Little Brother's Sister 盗墓：我是小哥的妹妹
Zhang Jiaqi, an overworked office drone who spent her nights rushing from one task to another, suddenly finds herself in the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, a story she knows by heart. She lands in the Zhang Family Ancient Tower, binds to the Ultimate sign-in System, and awakens the only triple strain of supreme divine blood in the world. She bears two ancient legacies: on her father’s side, she is a direct descendant of the Zhang family’s orthodox Qilin bloodline, which wards tombs and
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Treasure Hunting in the South, Sheep Herding in the North: A Broken Book Leads to Hidden Treasure 南憋宝，北牵羊：半本破书寻宝藏
[No System] [First Person] [Passionate Martial World] [Treasure Hunting] In 2000, the wave of layoffs reached a small town in Chongqing. At twenty, I stood at the gates of the machinery factory with three thousand yuan in severance pay. My father had died in a car accident years ago. My mother was bedridden and needed medication all year round. Our family's only source of income was gone. Three days before the layoffs, I received an unsigned letter in the mail. It contained just one line: "Your
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The Fate of the Stars 星之宿命
A thousand-year shadow war between the Guardians and the Lockbreakers is reaching its end. The Lockbreakers seek to gather nine ancient relics, the Mirror of All Spirits, the Core of the Tower That Reaches the Heavens, the Eye of Horus, the Xuanyuan Sword, the Celestial Eye, the Eastern Emperor Bell, the Sunstone Calendar, the Ark of the Covenant, and the Philosopher’s Stone, to activate the crystal of the living starship “Stellar Whale” and welcome the return of the so-called “homeworld oversee
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The Dragon Bone's Secret Hoard 龙骨诡藏
Others raid tombs to find gold and treasure, but I get entangled with a vengeful spirit instead. My grandfather, Chen Xuanli, vanished in the Ailao Mountains. I entered the mountains with a dragon-bone divination disk, only to accidentally awaken a century-old female spirit. From then on, danger closed in at every turn: perilous underground palaces, ruins left by ghost soldiers, and secret Japanese military caches. The Fatty smashes through evil with his shovel, the Yin sisters set up formatio
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- 34 The Tomb Raider Legends Series: All Six Books 盗墓者传奇系列：全六册 A six-book set, including The Tomb Raider's Legend 1: The Tomb of King Chu You, The Tomb Raider's Legend 2: The Misty Marshes of Yunmeng, The Tomb Raider's Legend 3: The Divine Turkic Coffin, The Tomb Raider's Legend 4: The Sacred Bones of Kunlun, The Tomb Raider's Legend 5: The Ancient Tomb at the Earth's Core, and The Tomb Raider's Legend 6: The Border Town of Tomb Raiders. 202Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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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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- 36 The Complete Six-Volume Shanhai Demon Tomb Series 山海妖墓全六册 In the early days of Huaxia, Chi You ruled the land and enslaved humanity. Huangdi, leader of the human race, happened upon a mysterious book called The Classic of Mountains and Seas. From it, he learned the power to stand against demons, defeated Chi You, and became the new ruler of Huaxia. From then on, the demon race fell into decline, never to recover. As time passed, the demon kingdoms became ruins, and tomb raiders gradually began to discover their ancient tombs... I woke up inside the cof 4.2kReads9.1Score588Shelves
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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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- 38 The Tomb Raider's Jade Talisman (Original Novel of the Film and TV Adaptation) 摸金玦（影视原著） In the 1960s, a sweeping movement engulfed all of China. Fatty, Lu Jun, and I were assigned to a farm in the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps. With winter approaching, our old platoon leader arranged for the three of us and our courier, Jian Guo, to stay behind and guard the supplies. Before long, a once-in-a-century blizzard swept in. We set a trap for a fox stealing firewood, only to encounter a pack of wolves that had wandered down from Siberia. To escape, we followed the fox in 3.2kReads9.3Score504Shelves
- 39 The Nine Nether General of the Gold-Touching Captains 摸金校尉之九幽将军 In the 1980s, a trio of tomb raiders decided to quit the trade and turn to honest business. But when the three went to Xi’an to collect antiques and relics, a man named Ma Laowa set them up, nearly costing them their lives. By chance, they entered the underground palace of the Qin king and narrowly escaped death, bringing a gilt iron box out of the tomb. The gilt iron box contains a golden book, a national treasure of Western Xia that has survived thousands of years without damage. Its emergence 2.6kReads9.3Score420Shelves
- 40 The Lost Dragon Vein, 1995 龙脉迷踪1995 1. Central Plains Imperial Tomb Belt (Henan, Shaanxi) 2. Jiangnan Earthen Mound Tomb Complexes (Jiangsu, Zhejiang) 3. Southwestern Cliff Burial System (Sichuan, Guizhou) 4. Northern Liao and Jin Tombs (Inner Mongolia, Liaoning) 5. Western Regions Hu Tombs (Xinjiang, Gansu) This work neither glorifies tomb raiding nor simply condemns it. Instead, it tries to understand the complex choices people make in that gray area. When a flashlight illuminates a mural from a thousand years ago, when a finger —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 My Years in Northern Myanmar 我在缅北的岁月 The above is my true experience. I hope everyone will stop believing all that nonsense and learn to face themselves honestly. Struggling at the boundary between survival and morality, humanity and bestiality, searching for a glimmer of humanity in the abyss of darkness, and ultimately achieving self-redemption and resistance against systemic evil. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 As a Taoist Priest, I Shall Crush Every Enemy in the World 我为道士，当镇压世间一切敌 · Early stages: “Subdue it with force,” an instinct to protect those close to you. · Middle stages: “Win it over with reason,” seeking the roots of strife and karmic burdens. · Later stages: “Transform it through yourself,” using your own path to establish a new order for heaven and earth. What you protect is the possibility of all things continuing to thrive. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 At the Summit of the Tomb, in the Mortal World, Wherever I, Shi Yao, Go, There’s Money 墓之巅，人世间，有我石垚便有钱 Tomb Raiding + Horror + History + Thrills + Period Setting. “The Summit of the Tomb” is the pursuit of an ultimate secret, “The Mortal World” is a reflection on a century of change, and “Where Shi Yao Goes, Money Follows” is a condensed account of a tomb raider's complicated life: from chasing material wealth, to taking control of his own fortune, and finally understanding that culture is the true priceless treasure. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Last Tomb Raider in the Martial World 江湖上最后一个摸金校尉 He was a Gold-Seeking Captain, a Mound-Razing General, a Mountain-Moving Taoist, and even a Mountain-Watching Guardian. That's right: every tomb-raiding sect that came after him bears his mark. No one has ever seen his true face, but his story has always been passed down through the underworld. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Meng Chang, the Jade-Faced Hero: Tian Sanjiu's Road Through the Martial World 玉面孟尝：田三久的江湖路
[An audiobook-style narration is now available] In the late 1980s, in the forests of Northeast China, 16-year-old Tian Tian, later renamed Tian Sanjiu, is forced into the dangerous business of tomb robbing to save his gravely ill mother. A boy struggling at the bottom of society, he unexpectedly reveals a remarkable talent for cracking tomb traps and a ruthless decisiveness in the face of danger. But on his very first job, his master betrays him, and he narrowly escapes death. In the ancient tom
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Knocking at the Tomb Gate 叩陵门
[Tomb Raiding + The Supernatural + Horror + Mystery] When the last generation of highly skilled “underground workers” meets the first group of academically trained archaeologists, carrying fresh ideals, they are not colleagues. Yet, at the will of the state, they are forced to form an unprecedented special team. Their mission is not to hunt for treasure, but to rescue it. Their adversaries are not only the bizarre mechanisms in thousand-year-old tombs, but also foreign forces stirring in the sha
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My Uncle's Bizarre Experiences While Watching the Reservoir 老舅看水库时的离奇经历
They say that if you leave a reservoir deep in the mountains alone for long enough, giant fish will appear in it. And how big are these fish? With one flick of the tail, they can churn rivers and seas. With one thrust of the head, they can shake the earth and mountains. They can smash a small boat more than ten meters long to pieces with a single charge. A distant uncle of mine once visited a reservoir. In those days, food and clothing were scarce, and people were hungry and craving a taste of s
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- 48 Record of Strange Phenomena: Bizarre Adventures Through the Years 异象录之流年往事奇异冒险 A two-headed serpent, a giant clam in an ancient well, a humanoid goat, a venomous dragon from the Nine Hells, a giant toad the size of a hill... All these strange adventures, seemingly unrelated, point to one ultimate answer. 382Reads—Score—Shelves
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Tracking the Gu-Eaten in Yunnan 寻踪之云滇蛊噬
[Tomb raiding + mystery + horror + first-person narration] The protagonist and his companions rescue their childhood friend, Wang Xiaoling, from an ancient tomb. Later, they are accidentally taken hostage by tomb raiders and forced back inside. After surviving countless brushes with death, they are fortunate enough to receive the protection of a Gray Family Earth Immortal. From then on, they travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, raiding tombs and seeking treasure. [Monsters, zomb
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- 50 I Got the Highest Score in the County, Yet Turned to Tomb Raiding to Pay My Tuition 我考了全县第一却去盗墓赚学费 Zhao Yiming came first in the county on the college entrance exam, but his father told him to apply to a junior college. Zhao secretly changed his application and ultimately chose archaeology after seeing his Third Uncle make money selling antiques. When his father found out, he flew into a rage and ordered Zhao to retake the exam. Zhao firmly refused, but with no money for tuition, he could only silently give in to his father’s plans. When Third Uncle heard the news, he recommended Zhao for a s 7.9kReads—Score267Shelves
