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- 1 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. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Thirteen Paths of the Underworld 幽冥十三途 The Thirteen Paths of the Netherworld centers on folk customs, regional ghost stories, and growth through solving mysteries, weaving together a century of hidden Netherworld secrets and struggles of human nature. Strange incidents plague the remote mountain village of Qingwuling. The old man who guarded the mountain dies a mysterious death, and Chen Yan, a young man who has returned home, is unexpectedly drawn into a century-old secret. His grandfather was actually the guardian of the Yin-Lockin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Memoirs of a Tomb Raider 盗墓者回忆录 [No System, not fanfiction, entirely original!!!] Tomb raiding is a technical craft. You must open a tomb without damaging it, and open a coffin without breaking it. This story begins in 1998 at Whitehair Mountain, on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains. Pagoda of the Buddha, Mound of Ten Thousand Bones: a tomb-raiding adventure with a suspenseful edge. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Northern School: Murder in the Tomb Passage 北派：墓道追凶 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Jianghu + Treasure Appraisal + Deduction] I was just a low-ranking police officer in a remote county town. An accident changed my life: my mentor was murdered, and my friend was in danger. To avenge them, I quit my job and joined a northern tomb-raiding crew, fighting fire with fire. But things only grew stranger: mysterious writing, the origins of dragon veins, underground palaces… After more than a decade of tomb raiding, I came to understand one thing: the jianghu i 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Tomb-Seeker's Chronicle 寻墓探迹录 [Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Underworld] What if the life you seek does not exist, and the regrets in your heart can never be soothed... The unprecedented ice disaster of 2008 led to me, a seventeen-year-old, joining a tomb-raiding crew by a twist of fate. From then on, I entered the underground world and the treacherous world of human hearts, never to live an ordinary life again. After returning from the Kunlun Mountains, I thought I could leave the scene behind for good. But, to my surprise, I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Caves Beneath the Sea of Sand 沙海地窟 To find his brother, who mysteriously vanished six months ago, Xiao Rui sets off on an adventure to the underground caves of the Sand Sea. 20Reads7.3Score614d adds
- 7 Tales of Tomb-Raiding Mysteries 盗墓诡事录 A series of stories that really happened, presented to readers as the autobiography of a man released from prison after serving his sentence, revealing little-known tales from the world of tomb raiding... 12Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 8 The Golden-Splitting Formula: The Hidden Treasure Map 分金诀：盗藏天图 Tomb raiders plunder the secrets of immortality, robbing the dead in the Ninefold Underworld. When the sky lantern shines and the ghost-blowing lantern is lit, the master geomancer uses gold to locate the tomb. A qilin map showing a corpse on its back draws Meng Kai into a world of intrigue and tomb raiding. He enters ancient tombs, takes on zombies, battles evil corpses, and hunts ghosts. But gradually, he discovers that what lies buried in the mausoleums isn't human at all... Tomb raiding is d 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Play for Real! 盗墓笔记：我玩的就是真实！ [Tomb Raiding + Appraising Treasures + Setting Traps + Self-Driving] Search for dragons and divide the gold, study the winding mountains. Each winding ridge brings another pass. If the gates are secured by a thousand locks, a prince or lord must surely dwell within! Shang tombs, Han tombs, Warring States tombs, Tang tombs, Song tombs, Yuan tombs, tomb guardians, stone statues, epitaphs, murals, golden coffins and silver outer coffins. Gold-threaded jade burial suits, sheepskin scrolls, Warring S 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Central Plains Gang 盗墓笔记之中原帮 [Authentic Tomb Raiding + Adventure and the Supernatural] If you want thrilling action, start reading from Chapter 80. Three troublemaking boys from Xiuwu County hope to make a fortune from tomb raiding, but they run into trouble and flee to Kaifeng overnight. By a twist of fate, they meet Mo Xunshan, a seasoned tomb raider. They bow three times and become his disciples, honoring him as their “Boss,” and form a small team called the “Central Plains Gang.” From then on, a desolate little courtyar 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Mystery of the Tomb Raiders 盗墓疑云 In 1983, a close friend of mine was sent to Ganquan County, Yichuan, on an archaeological expedition. On the mudflats along the Yellow River, the team dug up a bronze bell sealed shut with cowhide. When the bell was accidentally opened, a woman's bones were found inside. From that moment on, strange things began happening one after another: Archaeologists died one by one, and human bite marks appeared on the bodies... Mongolian villagers slept on their knees, and time suddenly began running back 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Tomb Raiding: The Autobiography of a Mountain-Moving Daoist 盗墓：搬山道人自传 [Tomb Raiding + Suspense + No System] Twenty years ago, my grandfather went to prison for robbing the tomb of the King of Yangyue. Ten years ago, my father was executed by firing squad for robbing a late Shang tomb that held a baby spy. I’m the last surviving member of the Zhang family’s southern branch, and as a descendant of the Mountain-Moving Daoist sect, my veins run with the blood of tombs. When I took up my ancestors’ burden, I was shocked to discover that they had been seeking the secret 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Underworld of Tomb Raiders 盗墓江湖 Tomb raiding, treasure hunting, and extraordinary figures of the martial world. Some people are born into that world. The dignified young master of a sect was abandoned at birth, and when the aunt who raised him suddenly disappears, the boy has no choice but to venture into the martial world to find her. He never expects to become entangled in a family conspiracy. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Records of the Northern Fiend’s Tomb Raids 北煞盗陵录 In the bitter winter of 2002, Xiang Feng, a boy from a mountain village in the Northeast, cuts off a finger and swears an oath to join the northern tomb-raiding gang Silver Fox in hopes of saving his sick mother. On his first expedition, to a blood-soaked Western Zhou tomb, his teammates are poisoned and undergo corpse transformation. Only he is spared, after touching the bizarre markings on a bronze tripod. A black line appears on his right arm and spreads toward his heart. The line turns out t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Several Reincarnations, I Revived My Beloved from a Past Life in a Tomb 几世轮回我在盗墓中复活前世爱人 A brand-new tomb-raiding universe! New settings, new battles, and a new style! It’s definitely unlike any tomb-raiding story you’ve read before. Blending tomb raiding, the supernatural, transmigration, immortality, Taoist magic, and more, the protagonist Xu Ran leads his two apprentices, Yi Shiyi and Hua Yang, through ancient tombs, uncovering the stories behind them and gradually solving a host of mysteries, including their own origins and Xu Ran’s most important mission: bringing his beloved b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Tales of the Cloud People 云人往事 [Tomb Raiding + Treasure Appraisal + Wild Imagination + Transmigration] I've lived with Qin Xingran since I was little. She's basically my boss, though sometimes I call her “Puppy.” When her father, Qin Bing, disappeared, we were dragged into a major incident. The others with us were Fatty and Xu Lijie. My boss had been missing for more than two years, but we'd finally had a lead a few days ago. An old man came into the shop today. In this line of work, you hear plenty of stories from passing to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Chronicles of Tomb Raiding in Western Hunan 湘西盗墓录记 - The cliffside cave-burial complex at Danshan, Chenxi - The thousand-year-old hanging coffin formation at Guizangpo, Xupu - The Han Dynasty marquis's tomb at Huxi Mountain, Yuanling - The thirty-six sinkholes of the Miao territory in Fenghuang,, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Northern School of Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓贼 In truth, the tomb-raiding world hasn’t had the Faqiu, Mojin, Banshan, or Xieling schools for a long time. There are only the Southern and Northern factions. I used to belong to the Northern faction. I roamed far and wide for nearly ten years, and explored countless tombs. I was once worth over a hundred million. But so what? Joining this line of work was a mistake from the start. In the end, I was left with nothing. 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 19 The Northern School Tomb Raider's Memoirs 北派盗墓手记回忆篇 I was once Shenyan Feng, a legendary tomb raider of the Northern faction whose name alone made people take notice. Now I’m just Xiang Yuan, an unremarkable shopkeeper on Wucheng’s antique street. I spent ten years cultivating an air of mediocrity, trying to bury forever the life I’d once led among the shipwrecks of the Yellow River and the ice tombs of snowy mountains. Then, on a rainy day, I received half of a Warring States-era jade pendant shaped like a double-dragon huang. The other half sho 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Tang Dynasty Code 大唐密码 Along the way, I saw ancient beast spirits buried deep in the underground palace of an old temple, the legendary Weimolongren, and the sacred Kunlun Mountains hidden in myth. Along the way, I saw a Buddha who had attained nirvana in the snowy region, a sage who had transformed into a rainbow on a sacred mountain, and a Daoist master who had ascended from Kunlun. Along the way, I saw debts of gratitude left unpaid in a past life, karmic ties left unfinished, and promises that had never been fulfi 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 21 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Xie Qirong 北派盗墓笔记之谢起榕 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Xie Qirong of the Northern School 168Reads—Score514d adds
- 22 Strange Tales from the Bottom of the Lake 湖底奇谭 The ninth novel in the Miao Junru Archaeological Adventure series. On the eve of victory in the War of Resistance, Miao Junru is returning to Chongqing from Wuyuan, Huizhou. While crossing Poyang Lake, he encounters an American special forces unit captured by the Japanese. Behind this seemingly ordinary incident lies a vast conspiracy targeting China. After a fierce battle with an ancient underworld ape at Laoye Temple, Miao Junru and an unidentified secret agent from the Military Statistics Bur 36Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 23 The Tomb Raiders: The Blood Tomb of the Underworld 摸金三人组之幽冥血墓 [In the late 1980s, a blood-red map leads the way as three veteran soldiers venture into a thousand-year-old tomb where life and death are inseparable!] In 1988, the smoke of the Sino-Vietnamese War had only just cleared. Lin Zhan, a former scout, returned home after demobilization, bearing the courage and scars forged on the battlefield. All he wanted was a quiet life. His childhood friend Zhao Tiezhu, formerly a machine gunner, was as broad and solid as his name suggested. Big-mouthed and bold 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Even Thieves Have Principles: Wu Lao'er's Tomb-Raiding World 盗亦有道：吴老二的盗墓江湖 (Tomb Raiding + Jianghu) (Fictional story, please do not imitate) (Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try it yourself.) Times are tough, and my pockets are empty. With nowhere else to turn, I shoulder a Luoyang shovel and venture into a remote mountain tomb. Evil spirits in the tomb, unscrupulous fellow tomb raiders, patrolling militia: danger after danger closes in. Everyone says tombs conceal riches, but I know all too well that making money underground usually means gambling with your life. 18.5kReads—Score85414d adds
- 25 The Rural Tomb-Raiding Gang 乡村盗墓团伙 Lao Zhang, Pin Yu, Wang Youcai, Yi Xiaoling, and Wang Jiabei are drawn into the secret of an ancient tomb sealed away for years deep in Baishan after a chance discovery. Ghost soldiers marching along hidden paths, eerie wormholes, lost tombs, and events from thirty years ago emerge one after another. As the group ventures deeper into Telmo Mountain, they gradually discover that the real danger on this adventure has never been limited to what lies inside the tomb. It also comes from the secrets e 3kReads—Score12214d adds
- 26 My Years as a Tomb Raider 我当土夫子那些年 The Faqiu Seal, the Mojin Talisman, the art of moving mountains and splitting ridges, and the Dragon-Seeking Formula. Light a candle in the tomb, and let the ghost blow it out; read the terrain, raid tombs, and seek the star peaks. In truth, all of these are just legends. Real tomb raiding is divided into the Southern and Northern schools, and each has smaller factions such as the Hunan Gang and the Guanzhong Gang. There are no such things as the Mojin, Faqiu, Mountain-Moving, or Ridge-Splitting 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Dragon Vein of Cangshan 苍山龙脉 A bronze coffin unearthed beneath the Qinling Mountains reveals a secret buried for a thousand years. Shen Ling, a retired soldier and heir to a line of tomb raiders, is forced back into the trade after finding half of a dragon-patterned jade pendant left behind by his uncle before he disappeared. He turns to his childhood friend Jiang Kui, who made his fortune dealing in grave goods at Babaoshan, and meets Gu Qingyan, an archaeologist willing to do anything to find her father. More terrifying s 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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... 96Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 29 Tomb Raiding: My Years with an Unorthodox Crew 盗墓：我在野路子团队里的那些年 People say tomb raiding has two schools: the southern school specializes in underwater caves, while the northern school handles earthen sites. In fact, there's a third school: the unorthodox kind. People online say that unorthodox tomb raiders are reckless and die young, but that's not always true. Some of them are every bit as good as the professionals. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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 2.7kReads6.9Score17614d adds
- 31 Tomb Raiding Prophecy: Secrets of a Parallel World 盗墓预言：平行世界的秘密 Lin Feng, an online writer with dreams of striking it rich, plagiarized tomb-raiding novels to make ends meet. But he unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world much like Earth. To his delight, he discovered that none of the novels he'd plagiarized existed there. Armed with the “Tomb-Raiding Compendium” in his mind, he set off a tomb-raiding craze in the online fiction world. The ancient tombs he wrote about, from the mysterious Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to the perilous City of Jings jue, w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Moving Mountains and Commanding Ridges 搬山御岭 Whether you turn to tomb raiding out of desperation or in the hope of getting rich overnight, once you take it up, you're a thief. A thief is a thief. No matter how you dress it up or how many stories you tell, a thief is still a thief. Once you've done it, you'll never shake that label. I fell in with the wrong crowd by a twist of fate. After all the ups and downs, the trials and tribulations, I managed to make a little something of myself. If you'd like, I'll tell you my story, slowly and from 8Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 33 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! 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Tomb Book: Bonus Chapters 墓书番外 A remarkable book records the locations of ancient tombs throughout the land. With it, one can plunder endless treasures from countless tombs, drawing hordes of tomb raiders in search of riches. It also reveals the legendary story of four brothers living through a time of chaos... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Restarting 1998: The Intrigues of King Yiqu's War Chariots 重启1998：义渠王战车风云谲 In the fall of 1998, a golden war chariot belonging to the Xirong Yiqu King was discovered in a Xirong tomb at Yuanjiashan in Licheng. But overnight, the chariot vanished without a trace. Police officer Luo Chucheng led a team to investigate. Later, the golden chariot surfaced in Macau, and Luo Chucheng went there alone to deal with all kinds of people. In the end, he uncovered the truth. But after the truth came to light, Luo Chucheng and Su Canrong both transmigrated back to 1998. The blind sp 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 With Spiritual Energy Depleted, How Can I Improve My Cultivation? 灵气枯竭，如何提升修为？ (Tomb raiding + supernatural horrors + ominous places of great danger + cultivation + flirting) A slow-paced urban cultivation story set in a world where spiritual energy is drying up. On his way to breaking through to the next cultivation level, the protagonist encounters one bizarre event after another. He explores mysterious ancient tombs and ventures into eerie places of deadly danger… As his cultivation improves, his body begins to show some unusual changes. Whenever he meets a pure, belove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Above the Snowfields 雪域之上 In 1969, as preparations were made for a possible war with the Soviet Union, an engineering unit entered the Kunlun Mountains under secret orders. There, they stumbled upon an astonishing secret hidden in the mountains... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Shan Hai Mystery 山海谜踪 A series of bizarre and extraordinary events unfolds around the search for the legendary Eight Mirrors of the Qin King. Why do those behind the scenes need the mirrors? What secrets are they hiding? What dangers will Lin Jian and Nian Yao face? The story that follows will reveal all. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 My Years in the Northern School 我在北派那些年 [Tomb raiding + mystery + underworld + strange social tales] In the early twenty-first century, I joined a Northern tomb-raiding gang by sheer chance, all to make a living. Over the years, I’ve traveled far and wide, seen the dark side of human nature in the underworld, and experienced all manner of strange and unusual events that most people never encounter. If you have some time to spare, grab a stool and listen as I tell you about the real underworld experiences of a Northern tomb raider. 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 My Life as a Tomb Raider 我盗墓的人生 Don't talk to me about some damn love story. All I want now is to make money! What's the point of envying other people? We need to take action too. Whether it's robbing people or raiding tombs, once the money's in our hands, we'll have everything! Stop worrying all day about who loves you and who cares about you. That's all nonsense. Here's a rule of thumb for you guys: men follow women, women follow money, and money follows men. Keep that cycle going if you want to live like a proper human bein 835Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 41 Tomb Raiding: The Secret Realm of Tianshu and the Seven-Star Lamp 北派盗墓：七星灯之天枢秘境 In 2003, northern China stood at a delicate turning point between old and new. The tide of reform and opening up was reshaping traditional industries, while thousand-year-old tombs buried deep underground still concealed secrets and temptations yet to be unearthed. Across this vast region, stretching from the black soil of the Northeast to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi and Gansu, a special group of “dragon seekers” plied their trade. They inherited the ancient 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 42 The Guanzhong Tomb Raider's Notes 关中盗墓手札 One embroidered shoe, half a debt to the King of Hell. Qin Xin, an apprentice at an antiques shop, gives in to greed and breaks his master’s iron rule against buying goods of dubious origin, secretly accepting a strange Ming-dynasty embroidered shoe made of plain satin. But just after the deal is done, the seller mysteriously drowns in a shallow stretch of water barely waist-deep, right before everyone’s eyes. A woman with blood streaming from every orifice comes for his life in his dreams, clos 386Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 My Tomb-Raiding Diary 我的倒斗日记 At eighteen, Zhang Tianniu gets caught up in a mysterious tomb-raiding crew with his childhood friend Gou Dazhi while trying to raise money for his critically ill mother. From an ancient tomb in Yinshan Hall to a Ming dynasty underwater tomb, they face sinister creatures such as black-haired stiff corpses, six-tentacled abyssal octopuses, and thousand-faced corpse centipedes. They also discover that the rumors about his father meeting his end at Yinshan Hall twenty years ago were true. As the cr 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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—14d adds
- 45 The Secret Records of the Mountain Movers 搬山秘录 During Beijing's damp plum-rain season, Zhang Tian, a history graduate obsessed with antiques, happens upon a mysterious old man in Panjiayuan. Along with an ancient bronze mirror, he unexpectedly acquires a book called The Secret Records of the Mountain Shifters, its pages steeped in an eerie aura. Tucked between the yellowed sheets is half a jade pendant engraved with the Big Dipper. Phrases hidden in the notes, such as “Mountain Shifters specialize in breaking mechanisms,” seem to open a door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Roving the Underworld with the Appraisal System 带着鉴宝系统闯江湖 [Antique Appraisal + Martial World + Suspense] Gao Chen, a vocational college student, enters the world of antiques and martial arts with the help of an antique-appraisal System, where he witnesses the ups and downs of human life. Gang wars, martial-world feuds, and contests between martial artists: Gao Chen watches every detail of this world like a recording device. Schemes, traps, and plots within plots: one snare after another proves to Gao Chen that the martial world is far more complicated 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Don't Compare Tomb Raiders! The Guanshan Taibao Have No Taboos! 别拿摸金比！观山太保百无禁忌！ My name is Jiang Jiuhe. My ancestors were the Guanshan Taibao, who built and guarded imperial tombs to keep tomb raiders away. But by the time the duty passed down to me, I'd spent twenty-five years on guard and still couldn't get a decent meal. I looked at our ancestral copy of The Guanshan Guide to Mysteries and spat. To hell with the ancestral rules! In this world, starving to death is no better than gambling everything, even your life. But I never imagined that by tearing it up, I would be r 662Reads—Score10614d adds
- 48 A Tomb Raider’s Notes from Guanzhong 关中盗墓手记 [Tomb raiding is illegal. This book is intended only to prompt reflection.] I used to be a tomb raider. Now I’m an adviser at the Archaeological Research Institute of the National Cultural Heritage Administration. After turning back from the wrong path, I was given a chance to atone through meritorious service. Everything in this book comes from my own experience. It records my entire journey, from being a farmer on the Xianyang Plateau to straying onto the path of tomb raiding. Here you’ll find 290Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 49 The Silver Fox of Northern Tomb Raiding 北派盗墓银狐传 During the chaotic Republican era, the famine-stricken boy Wang Xiansheng bows three times before he is finally taken in by Wang Pingzi, a master of the Northern School. After three years of training and hardship, he inherits his master's teachings and learns the craft. Later, he ventures alone into Manchuria, follows the rules, and steers clear of danger. With his hard-earned skills, he writes a tale of master and disciple, survival, and the honorable path of the Northern School's tomb raiders 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 50 I'm Not a Tomb Raider 我不是盗墓者 I'll tell you a secret: history is alive. Li Bai's friends and the emperor's fellow players may still be right here among us. The strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas have never left, either. It all began with an extraordinary encounter I had on the Tianshan Mountains. An old man gave me his memories. Now, the story begins. —Reads—Score—14d adds
