High-Quality Novels About Mining, Gold Prospecting, and Treasure Hunting 挖矿，淘金，寻宝类高质量小说

1. 1 让 I Told You to Pan for Gold! Do You Even Know What That Means? Why Are You Hauling It Away by Car? 让你淘金，淘金懂吗！你用车拉？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A financial crisis sent wages plummeting, and newly graduated students fought tooth and nail for jobs paying just 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn’t take the disappointment. He stayed home, hanging around doing nothing, smoking and drinking every day. Luckily, he awakened the Gold Prospector System. With a metal detect 19.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   I personally recommend 2 and 5, but the others are also good.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: I Awakened a Gold-Digging System 穿越八十年代，我觉醒了淘金系统 Tomatoes Are Eggplants Too番茄也是茄Urban275k WordsOngoing (Gold panning, System, transmigration, comedy, urban life, everyday life, tycoon) After transmigrating back to the 1980s, a college graduate who had failed to make it in the city returns to his village and becomes a freeloader living off his parents. Luckily, he gets a Gold Panning System. You can only pan twenty or thirty yuan a day? Sorry, I make more than ten times that. Still worrying about your savings? It took me just three days to become a hundred-thousand-yuan household. How can there be 10Reads8.0Score—Shelves
3. 3 淘 Gold Rush 淘金 He Jialong河家龙11k WordsCompleted Gold Rush 84Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 开 From the Start, I'm a Wilderness Gold Prospector: I Haul My Gold Away by the Truckload! 开局荒野淘金客，我黄金用车拉！ Madman-Eating Flower发癫食人花Urban708k WordsCompleted One man, one car, one dog. A metal detector in his left hand, a little shovel in his right! Unable to take another day of being squeezed dry by his idiot boss for a monthly salary of just 1,500 yuan, Li Dashan quit on the spot. He put what little he had on the line, headed for the western wilderness, and became a proud wilderness gold prospector! After awakening the Voice of All Things, he could communicate with all kinds of animals without a hitch! With connections spreading across the wilderne 6.9kReads8.3Score530Shelves
5. 5 淘 Gold Diggers, Gold-Digger Souls, Gold Diggers Are All Better Than the Rest 淘金人，淘金魂，淘金都是人上人 Walking the Dark Abyss黑渊行走Urban709k WordsCompleted [Urban Fantasy + City Life + Reborn + System Cheats + Tycoon + One Female Lead + Gold Prospecting] Gambler Yang Fan unexpectedly awakens the Gold Prospector System. From the start, he pawns his wife's dowry jade bangle to buy a metal detector. "Wow, I dug up silver nuggets, and now I've found a gold nugget! Who knew gold prospecting could be this thrilling?" "If you can make money doing this, who the hell would gamble?" With the System able to pinpoint locations and give updates, Yang Fan qu 2.6kReads8.2Score166Shelves
6. 6 让 You Asked Me to Hunt for Treasure, but I Found All These Beautiful Women 让你寻宝，你却寻这么多红粉佳人 Xi Jie西孑Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Gold Prospecting + Adventure + Beauties + Tycoon] Pan Xiaowei transmigrated to the 1990s in a parallel world and was bound to a treasure-finding System from the start… Anything without an owner, from cash on the ground to gold in the earth and treasures in tombs, all ended up in his possession… As Pan Xiaowei made his fortune, romantic encounters and luck with beautiful women kept coming his way… 5.9kReads8.2Score638Shelves
7. 7 荒 Wilderness Gold Prospector 荒野淘金客 Kang Yimu康一沐Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Wilderness Survival + Gold Prospecting + Gunfights + Special Cheat + World Exploration] Reporter from a world-famous TV network: “Mr. Lei, as a Longxia native, you went from having nothing to becoming a billionaire in the United States in just a few years. It’s quite a story. There are three rumors in the gold prospecting world: that you have superhuman strength; that you know Eastern dragon-seeking and tomb-raiding arts; and, finally, that you know kung fu and once fought the infamous Golden B 2.4kReads7.1Score186Shelves

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   These are recommended: mining, gold panning, and treasure hunting.

8. 8 我 I Have Billions of Clones, So Why Are You Making Me Mine? 我有亿万分身，你抓我去挖矿 Slightly Tipsy Every Day日日微醺Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Exploding Clones + Invincibility + Playing It Safe + Master Schemer + If I Can't Beat Them, I'll Call for Backup + No Rules] My name is Fang Yun. I had just transmigrated when I ascended to the Immortal Realm. Turns out, the ascension was a trap! I became a lowly mine slave in the Immortal Realm, digging for five hundred years. Then! I awakened the Infinite Clone System in the mine. These clones not only share my cultivation level, they can also help me cultivate. Best of all, they can change t 43kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves

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9. 9 淘 Gold Rush 淘金 Lai Er来耳Mystery244k WordsCompleted A standout mystery-adventure tale from a master of deduction A Rashomon tale from the gold rush A major adaptation of the same name, meticulously produced by iQIYI’s Mist Theater Starring Liao Fan and Chen Feiyu Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jiang Zhuoyuan No blood, no gold! No deaths, no gold! I’m a gold prospector, the kind who stakes his life In the 1980s, I followed my elder brother to prospect for gold. When we arrived, we formed a temporary team with several other prospectors and headed 6.9kReads9.6Score854Shelves

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   I recommend listening to the audiobook or watching it.

10. 10 仓 Treasure Hunting in Warehouses: From the Start, I Donate the Twelve Animal Heads 仓库寻宝，开局捐回十二兽首 Huabei Payment Overdue花呗已到期Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi becomes a professional storage-unit treasure hunter in the United States. Countless abandoned storage units across the country hold all kinds of treasures. Marilyn Monroe's dress, Captain America's shield, Iron Man's armor... What delights Yang Yi most is discovering one of the Twelve Zodiac Animal Heads: the Snake Head. From then on, he searches for treasures all over the world, determined to bring all twelve of China's zodiac animal heads home! 2.2kReads8.3Score201Shelves

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    Not bad, gold panning, treasure hunting.

11. 11 让 I Told You to Clear the Land, Not Dig Up a Treasure Vault! 让你开荒，不是让你挖藏宝库！ Shen Leqi神了奇Urban473k WordsCompleted [Special constitution, no System, livestreaming, treasure hunting, countryside, community building] Lu Ran quit his job, returned to the countryside, and started livestreaming rural life. He didn’t expect it to be quite so different from what he’d imagined. He clears the yard and digs up a jar of Yuan Shikai silver dollars! He tends the vegetable patch and somehow digs up an antique! He goes up the mountain looking for wild mushrooms and finds a century-old wild ginseng root. He plants a tree an 703Reads8.7Score—Shelves
12. 12 环 Treasure Hunting Around the World: Starting at a Mystery Box Warehouse 环球寻宝：从盲盒仓库开始 Rock 'n' Roll Pineapple Candy摇滚菠萝糖Urban1.3M WordsCompleted After a car accident and a divorce, Chen Rui's luck hit rock bottom. Then he suddenly gained the supernatural ability known as the Golden Eye. Watch as Chen Rui uses his power to spot treasures hidden in plain sight, starting with bargain finds in Europe and America, and turns his life around. Pearls and jade, antique porcelain and collectibles: bring them all to me! Treasures from the East, the West, Africa, and South America: they're all mine! Setting sail from North America, Chen Rui swears t 251Reads8.1Score113Shelves
13. 13 直 Livestreaming Bargain Hunts in the West: From the Start, I Make a Hundred Thousand Times the Profit 直播欧美捡漏，开局十万倍利润 Xue Is Not薛不是Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Bai transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits a bankrupt private collectibles museum, and awakens the [Bargain-Hunting Reclamation System]. The System can identify and appraise the history and value of any salvaged item, and even help recover collectibles. System: Host, wake up! Get out there and find a bargain! Xiao Bai: Shut up! Stop rushing me! I can't find bargains fast enough as it is! Whoa! Is this a rare edition of the Maryland News? Whoa! Is this an ancient Roman emperor's footwra 2kReads8.3Score175Shelves
14. 14 古 Finding Antiques and Bargains, Starting in 1985 古玩捡漏从1985开始 Mint Bureau造币总厂Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After spending half his life in the antiques trade, middle-aged Luo Jun is reborn in a dream in 1985, back in an era when buying grain required ration coupons. He becomes a clerk at a trust store. With the antique knowledge he accumulated in his previous life and memories of a future beyond his time, Luo Jun thrives at work and makes a name for himself in the collectors' world. Step by step, he grows into someone he never would have dared imagine becoming in his past life... [Period piece + an 7.3kReads8.6Score645Shelves
15. 15 我 I Am a God-Tier Mining Magnate 我是神级大矿主 Mo Bei Wang墨北望Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Someone bragged to me about how rich he was. I looked at the hundreds of mining permits in my hands. Someone bragged about how many underlings he had. I looked at the hundreds of thousands of employees at my mines. I’m Chen Sheng, a no-nonsense mining tycoon with godlike abilities. While you’re still mining on Earth, my mines have already spread throughout the 2.8kReads8.5Score159Shelves
16. 16 极 The Ultimate Salvage King 极品打捞王 Old Yang the Half-Immortal老杨半仙Urban3.9M WordsCompleted 71% of Earth's surface is surrounded by oceans, and at least three million sunken ships lie quietly on the seafloor, waiting to be discovered! What does that mean? Wealth? Fame? No! No! No! In the eyes of Xiao Peng, the King of Salvage, that's all garbage! As a cleaner of the ocean, every one of these shipwrecks... IS! MINE! 18.9kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
17. 17 开 From the Start, I Dug Up a Ton of Gold 开局挖到一吨黄金 Wu Fan吾凡Urban2.4M WordsCompleted After his girlfriend dumps him, He Shiming suddenly gains the ability to foresee the future. From then on, all kinds of girls start chasing him like crazy. His ex-girlfriend shouts hysterically, “He belongs to me! None of you dare steal him!” The campus belle replies boldly, “No! You gave him up, so now he’s mine! Stay away from my boyfriend, or you’ll regret it!” 20.5kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
18. 18 神 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Salt's Scar盐巴的疤Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score607Shelves
19. 19 超 The Super Treasure-Hunting Scanner 超级寻宝仪 Old Song Next Door隔壁老宋Urban9.8M WordsCompleted Young Zhou Zhong unexpectedly obtains a super treasure-hunting System and goes on to discover countless treasures lost throughout the world. 5.4kReads7.3Score593Shelves
20. 20 荒 Gold Panning in the Wilderness: From Laborer to King of Gold 荒野淘金，从打工牛马到黄金之王 Dragon-Slaying Squad屠龙小队Urban300k WordsCompleted Chu Mu, a civil engineering graduate, was only an intern, yet he had to oversee safety for the entire project. He earned just 1,800 yuan a month and was eventually fired. After getting fired, Chu Mu awakened the Strongest Gold Prospector System. As long as he could dig gold out of the ground, he would receive rewards. “Master Prospector,” “Physical Attributes x10,” “Lifespan +10 Years,” and more... Taking everything he owned, Chu Mu flew to the western United States and became a wilderness gold 706Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    These are the gold rush stories I've read so far. The content is quite believable, and it reflects the hardships of gold rushing in reality, as well as the dirty market behind it, the interpersonal relationships and obligations, and the life and death of dead sailors. There's even some chaotic fighting involved.

21. 21 我 My Years Panning for Gold in the Sewers 我在下水道淘金的那几年 River Lantern河灯Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted I’m a plumber, and through a strange twist of fate, I stumbled into a mysterious, shadowy gold-panning trade! They hide in the bustling heart of the city. In a world driven by material desires, they soil their feet, endure the stench wafting into their nostrils, and plunge their hands into filthy, murky water, pulling out strings of gold, silver, and jewels... 193Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 闯 Breaking Ground in Manchuria: How Did Farming and Mining Make Me King of the Northeast? 闯关东：种地开矿怎么成东北王了 Bao Gungun包滚滚Urban215k WordsCompleted Qin Dalu wakes up in 1905 in another person's body and embarks on a journey to Manchuria. The Wood Gang fells trees and floats logs downstream, the Ginseng Gang digs for ginseng and hunts, and the Gold Gang pans for gold and fights bandits... 118Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 淘 Gold Rush Rookie: Did I Dig Up a Mammoth Tusk on Day One? 淘金新人，第一天挖出猛犸象牙？ The Postman邮差Urban482k WordsCompleted [Gold panning + everyday life + farming + lighthearted + pets + tycoon] After unexpectedly transmigrating, Gu Wen awakened a quest System. As long as he completed quests, he could earn traits of the corresponding level, and even grant those traits to other team members. [Gold Prospector]: Can sense ores underground, but there’s a chance you’ll dig up nothing but rocks! [Master Mechanic]: Nothing special, just years of practice! [Heaven-Defying Luck]: You’re not searching for a mineral vein. The 190Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: The Gold Rush Begins 穿越80从淘金开始 Illiterate but Loves Audiobooks文盲爱听书Urban302k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 212Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 透 X-Ray Vision: I Became a Tycoon by Foraging in the Mountains 透视：我靠赶山成首富 Thunderbolt Kid霹雳娃Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [X-ray vision + enhanced body + treasure hunting in the mines + revenge on an ex-girlfriend] When Zhang Wei awakened his ability to see through stone, his body was enhanced as well. Zhang Wei’s family had been tricked into paying an outrageous price for an abandoned jade mine. Zhang Wei looked over the mountain with his X-ray vision and said, “There’s so much raw jade here. This mine isn’t abandoned at all.” When the village bully picked on his father, Zhang Wei beat him up and sent him off to p 4.4kReads8.5Score544Shelves
26. 26 感 I Can Sense Everything: Treasures, Come Right Into My Arms 感知万物，宝贝快到我怀里来 Mud’s Scar泥巴的疤Urban146k WordsOngoing An accident awakened the power within Zhou Minghan’s ancestral jade pendant, granting him an extraordinary perceptive ability. Not only were his five senses greatly enhanced, but his physical attributes improved as well. He also gained a unique ability to use his mind to probe the inner details of objects. Top-grade jadeite? What a treasure. It’s mine. Legendary antiques? What a treasure. They’re mine. Rare treasures? Nice, what a treasure. They’re mine now. What, you say you’re a little treasur —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mining and treasure hunting, definitely worth checking out!

27. 27 寻 A Treasure-Hunting Adventure: My Warehouse Can’t Hold Any More Treasures 寻宝奇缘，仓库的宝贝都装不下了 Mud’s Scar泥巴的疤Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Tang Songyuan, an excavator operator, accidentally dug up a small metal ball and gained an extraordinary power of X-ray vision. From then on, he embarked on a fantastical journey of treasure hunting and discovery. Imperial green jadeite, meteorites from beyond the heavens, legendary antiques... He claimed countless rare and precious treasures as his own. 8.8kReads8.9Score941Shelves
28. 28 重 Reborn to Wealth: I Tricked Dad into Digging for Wild Ginseng 重生暴富，从忽悠老爸挖山参开始 Stars and Moon Shine Together星月齐辉Urban704k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the family, friendships, and love I have cherished throughout my life, and to everyone who has appeared along my journey. I’m grateful to have had you, all of you, in my life... 184Reads7.1Score102Shelves
29. 29 缅 Northern Myanmar: Starting Out in Jade Gambling at Yemu Xi 缅北：赌石从也木西开始 Qiaqia Doesn't Crack Sunflower Seeds恰恰不磕瓜子Urban568k WordsOngoing [Jade Gambling + Multiple Heroines + Flexible Morals + Tycoon + Golden Finger + Feel-Good Story] Three years at a junior college, all for nothing. I slung my bag over my shoulder and headed south to Guangdong; Tears soaked my pork rice, and I swore I’d make a million yuan. Night shifts at an electronics factory, hauling construction sludge for food delivery, carrying bricks; I worked like an ox and plastered on a smile, but my take-home pay was peanuts. With no connections or backing, unable to 1.5kReads7.1Score109Shelves

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    It's pretty much the same thing, like digging for jade.

30. 30 淘 Gold Rush: I Made It Big in Australia 淘金：我在澳洲做大佬 Second Young Master Wei魏家二少Urban477k WordsCompleted My new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.1kReads5.8Score—Shelves

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    The gold rush you wanted

31. 31 黄 Golden Eyes: King of Antiques and Gemstone Gambling 黄金瞳：鉴宝赌石王 I'm a Girl我是妹纸Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Stone gambling] [Rise to power] [Satisfying read] [Tycoon] [Bargain hunting] [Antique appraisal] [Face-slapping] Ye Fan’s life hits rock bottom: he loses his job, falls into debt, and gets abandoned. Then a fragment of a mysterious ancient jade streaks across his eyes. When he wakes, the whole world has changed. In the scrap yard, stones bloom with the radiance of Imperial Green wherever his fingers point. At ghost-market stalls, his sharp eyes reveal a genuine Tang dynasty Buddha hidden in a p 90Reads7.1Score129Shelves

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    They are all treasure appraisal novels.

32. 32 透 Heavenly Eye: King of Stone Gambling 透视天眼：赌石王 Writing Books Because I'm Starved for Something to Read书荒而写书Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Jade gambling] [Power fantasy] In a single night, his family was ruined, his company went bankrupt, and his father died with a grudge in his heart. He fell from the heights of success and became a lowly apprentice in the jade market, struggling amid endless mockery and despair. Then the jade pendant passed down through his family merged with his eye, unexpectedly granting him the power to see through everything and discern the glow of treasures! From then on, no flawed jade or hidden treasure c 742Reads6.8Score102Shelves
33. 33 透 Why Are You Looking Around with Those X-Ray Eyes Instead of Gambling on Jade? 透视眼不去赌石，乱看什么呢 Writing Books Because I'm Starved for Something to Read书荒而写书Urban4.6M WordsCompleted [X-ray vision + stone gambling + scratch-off tickets + antique appraisal + bargain hunting + tycoon + farming + livestreaming + rags-to-riches comeback] On his way to take out a loan, he was sent flying when a woman driver slammed on the gas and hit him. By sheer luck, he gained X-ray vision. From then on, A stunningly beautiful rich woman chased after him, eager to get close. The campus belle won his heart through his stomach with her cooking, and a breathtakingly beautiful CEO wanted to hand h 5.7kReads8.3Score711Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn: I Built a Fortune for My Wife and Daughter Through Stone Gambling and Antiques 重生：我赌石鉴宝养肥妻女 Never Stop Updating从不断更Urban359k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Doting on His Wife and Daughters + Antiques and Treasure Appraisal + Period Setting] In his old age, master appraiser Shen Hao died of grief and regret, haunted by the wife and daughters he had caused to die. He was reborn in 1992, carrying all that remorse with him. Seeing his wife, beaten black and blue, and his twin daughters hiding under the bed, he was overcome with tears. Reborn, he swore to mend his ways. Drawing on his experience as a master appraiser in his previous life, he w 543Reads6.3Score—Shelves
35. 35 没 Is There No Law? I Can See Through Everything, So I Look Wherever I Want! 没王法，顶着透视眼乱看！ Never Stop Updating从不断更Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Stone gambling + antiques appraisal + X-ray vision + settling scores on the spot + ruthless and decisive + underdog comeback + stress relief] Xiao Yang is a deliveryman who gains X-ray vision after a thug ambushes him and injures his head while he's helping a beauty catch her cheating boyfriend in the act. From then on, he turns his life around, gaining money, beautiful women, luxury cars, mansions, and power... [This is a feel-good underdog comeback story. If it doesn't make you happy, come fi 7.4kReads7.9Score875Shelves
36. 36 透 X-Ray Eyes: Appraising Treasures and Gambling on Jade 透视眼鉴宝赌石 Sexy Black-Stocking Mother Monkey from Flower-Fruit Mountain花果山穿黑丝性感母猴Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Underdog comeback + X-ray vision + treasure appraisal + stone gambling + satisfying wish fulfillment + bargain hunting + tomb raiding] Zhang Wei is a miserable low-level wage worker. Unable to pay his rent, he works for his landlord in lieu of payment. While fixing the landlord’s faucet, the landlord’s husband comes home. Zhang Wei hides in a closet and accidentally cuts his finger on a nail, awakening his X-ray vision. From then on, his life takes off. Money, beautiful women, luxury cars, mans 351Reads7.8Score132Shelves
37. 37 赌 The King of Jade Gambling 赌石王 I'm a Girl我是妹纸Urban5.6M WordsOngoing [Stone gambling + multiple female leads] On his way to work on his electric scooter, Mo Yu crashes into a BMW. The bad news: He crashed into a BMW! The good news: It belongs to his boss. Beautiful boss: “What the hell? Who dares hit my BMW!” Taking a closer look: “Oh, it’s just my workhorse!” Afterward, Mo Yu does odd jobs for his beautiful boss after work every day to pay for the repairs, and accidentally gains X-ray vision and a pocket dimension... From then on, his life is one lucky break aft 3.3kReads7.7Score408Shelves
38. 38 透 The Master of Jade Gambling With X-Ray Vision 透视赌石高手 I'm a Girl我是妹纸Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Stone gambling + antique appraisal + casinos + an ordinary man's rise + multiple heroines + scratch cards + farming + everyday life] At a company team-building event, he accidentally spots his stunning female boss using the restroom in a small grove. By a twist of fate, he awakens the power of X-ray vision. From then on, he uses his X-ray vision to appraise antiques and find hidden treasures, win big with scratch cards, dominate the casinos, discover valuable antiques and paintings, and gamble 790Reads6.3Score103Shelves
39. 39 透 X-Ray Vision: Gambling on Jade and Appraising Treasures 透视眼赌石鉴宝 I'm a Girl我是妹纸Urban5.2M WordsOngoing [X-ray vision + stone gambling + antiques appraisal + underdog comeback + bargain hunting + antiques] While making a delivery, deliveryman Su Ming came across a beautiful woman whose faucet was broken. As he helped her fix it, he suddenly gained X-ray vision. From then on, his life was like a cheat code, carrying him all the way to the top. 2.2kReads7.6Score292Shelves
40. 40 被 After My Ex Cheated on Me, I Struck It Rich on Gemstones 被前女友绿后，我赌石暴富 Writing Books Because I'm Starved for Something to Read书荒而写书Urban690k WordsCompleted [X-Ray Vision + Appraising Treasures + Stone Gambling + Underdog's Comeback + Underworld + Treasure Hunting + Tomb Raiding] After He Jianghai caught his girlfriend cheating, the other man retaliated by blinding him. When He received a corneal transplant donated by a kind stranger, he unexpectedly gained X-ray vision! From then on, he rose to the top and became a winner in life. [An exhilarating underdog comeback story, well worth a read!] 875Reads7.0Score101Shelves
41. 41 中 Divorced in Middle Age, I Strike It Rich Through Stone Gambling, and My Ex-Wife Regrets It 中年离婚，赌石暴富，前妻后悔 Spooky and Weird鬼迷日眼Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Stone Gambling + Antiques Appraisal + Underdog’s Rise + X-Ray Vision + Tycoon + Farming + Everyday Urban Life + No Harem] Unable to bear their frugal, impoverished life any longer, he decided to take a chance for his family. He used years of savings to open a hot pot restaurant with a friend, only to get cheated by that friend, lose everything, and end up owing a huge amount in loan-shark debt. When a gang boss came to collect, his wife immediately asked for a divorce, and he left with nothing. 1.7kReads7.6Score186Shelves
42. 42 我 I'm Just a Miner, My Family Doesn't Own a Mine 我只是个矿工家里没矿 Let the Breeze and Moonlight Make the Wine清风明月来做酒Urban192k WordsOngoing Lin Wuyou's grandfather gave him this name in the hope that he would grow up carefree. Sadly, his grandfather died of illness just a few years later. His father was a coal miner, and when Lin was eight, a gas explosion took his father's life too. His mother took the compensation money and ran off with someone else. Now Lin really was carefree. The villagers pitied him and each household gave him a meal, which kept him alive until he was fifteen. Long-term malnutrition left him thin as a stick, t 137Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, reborn in 2004 as a second-generation miner, saving his family's near-bankrupt mine. Zheng Zongyao started with mining, then expanded into the new energy industry, gradually building a new energy vehicle empire. He then invested in chips, blockchain, and AI, releasing the world's first smartphone. Aircraft carriers were fitted with controllable reactors, and as his conglomerate expanded, he monopolized the resources of Earth. On the surface, he became the world's richest man; secretly, his interstellar fleet was already mining resources on the Moon and Mars.

43. 43 淘 Let's Strike Gold! Let's Get Rich! 淘金吧！暴富吧！ A Guest in My Dreams梦里身似客Urban318k WordsCompleted Urban life + gold prospecting + one couple + investment + Tycoon. Liu Weimin wakes up one day as another version of himself, and somehow he has a wife and an adorable daughter. What can he do but work hard to support his family? Fortunately, he has a System. Though it glitched out and left him with only scraps, even scraps feel great when there's gold in his hands. Watch as this poor young man rises from the lowest rung of gold prospecting to become a billionaire. 587Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    It's quite good-looking, but the wealth accumulates very quickly in the end.

44. 44 重 Reborn to Mine Trillions: I Control the World's Resources 重生挖矿赚千亿，我支配全球资源 Little Immortal Lang from Langlang Mountain浪浪山的小浪仙Urban176k WordsOngoing Reborn in 2004, he becomes the son of a mine owner and saves his family's mine from the brink of bankruptcy. Zheng Zongyao starts out mining, then lays the groundwork for a new energy industry, step by step building an electric vehicle empire. Next, he invests in chips, blockchain, and smart AI, and releases the world's first smartphone. He installs controlled reactors on aircraft carriers, and as his corporation expands, he monopolizes Blue Star's resources. In public, he becomes the world's ri 1Reads5.4Score—Shelves
45. 45 一 One Pickaxe to Godhood: I Struck It Rich Mining in the Haunted Realm 一镐成神：我在诡界靠挖矿成首富 Carefree Swaying Fried Dough Twist自在摇摆的油条Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsOngoing A world where monsters, demons, ghosts, and gods walk the earth, a world where chaos and order coexist. The protagonist is so poor that he goes to the strange realm to find work, only to discover, to his delight, that it is far easier to make money there than in the human world. He builds his business in the strange realm, then expands into other territories, eventually becoming a renowned tycoon. 7.3kReads7.9Score603Shelves

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    Mining, gold panning, metal detectors, treasure hunting and appraisal

46. 46 寻 Treasure Hunting: Archaeology Major Sparks a Cultivation Craze 寻宝：读考古专业，掀起修仙狂潮 Zuo Ye左夜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Liu Banxia studied archaeology, and her life was simple. She spent year after year working at archaeological sites, never accomplishing much. Then one day, she unexpectedly discovered traces of immortal cultivation. After a series of dangerous adventures, exploring ancient sites and searching for treasures, she unwittingly sparked a craze for cultivating immortality! 8.8kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
47. 47 诡 Bane of the Supernatural: Survival Begins at a Ruined Temple 诡异克星：从破庙求生开始 Copper Coin铜钱币Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The Weirdness Bane + Exorcism Through Science + Survival + The War of Civilizations “Please finish this bowl of noodles within the time it takes an incense stick to burn…” Gu Mo was sweating profusely as he stared intently at the bowl of scallion noodles on the offering table before him. “Don't eat it! If you do, it's all over…” 9.2kReads7.4Score836Shelves

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    [Cool] Recommended by the poster, this is an exceptionally good novel that will keep you up all night. The male protagonist transmigrates to a bizarre world and gains the ability to absorb and cultivate strange energy. However, he breaks the mold of conventional bizarre novels, using modern physics and mathematics to decompose the strange rules, arrange energy matrices, and eliminate and transform the strange energy rules for his own use. Click to watch for more exciting content.

48. 48 寻 Treasure Hunting the World 寻宝天下 Deep Feelings and Fragrant Books情深书香Urban1.4M WordsOngoing A treasure-hunting adventure novel. Yao Feiyu is sold by his girlfriend to a compound to have his kidneys harvested. As a cold blade slices into his flesh, his blood splashes onto an antique ring worn by a tycoon. A treasure-hunting spirit cat and a pocket dimension appear in his mind! He only wanted to keep a low profile and hunt for treasures, but every Tom, Dick, and Harry gets in his way! What a joke! I'll wipe out his entire family with one blow and take all the gold for myself! But before 2kReads6.5Score187Shelves

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    A global treasure hunt!

49. 49 职 The Workplace Tough Guy 职场猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban293k WordsOngoing The male lead, He Jumeng, has a superpower: a very special energy inside his body lets him sense what other people are thinking to a certain extent. It also gives him immense strength, fast strikes, and lightning-quick reflexes. Style: Workplace drama, clear and accessible writing, witty and humorous, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. Emotional push and pull with antagonists, compelling conflicts, a twisting plot, setbacks followed by comebacks, and lively, engaging storytel 9.8kReads—Score362Shelves
50. 50 荒 Wilderness and Deserted Island 荒野荒岛 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban620k WordsOngoing Distinctive and original, exciting and vivid, with sharply drawn, lifelike characters and lively, clear, concise prose. A story of survival and life on a deserted island, with an exciting plot and vivid characters. 13.5kReads6.1Score504Shelves

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