My Mysterious Tales from the Mountains

Rare and exotic items served as dowry, while the vast mountains were offered as betrothal gifts. I just want to say that those who commit the crime of smuggling nationally protected rare animals are subject to imprisonment for not less than five years but not more than ten years, and a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, they may be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than ten…

Ignore the synopsis, ignore the title, ignore the rebirth premise at the beginning; this novel is truly excellent, possessing the qualities of a masterpiece, and would be suitable for adaptation into a web movie. To be honest, the rebirth setting in the early stages was really unnecessary and a bit ridiculous.

It's written as modern, but some strange and supernatural things appear, which I don't quite understand.

Weasel demanding a title

Seeing the fox get married left me a bit confused. The protagonist had experience as a mountain herder, and he even prepared ashes and widow's tears before going up the mountain. Yet he still almost died at the fox's hands. So how did the murderer, who wasn't prepared at all, survive unharmed? Why was the fox able to detect the protagonist's scent alone, while the murderer wasn't detected?

A male protagonist who's practically disabled and gets breathless even while cleaning up trash dares to climb a cliff with his bare hands without any safety equipment on his first trip into the mountains… and the constant smirk is enough to deter anyone from even trying.

Everything before that was fine. Once you start writing about tombs, either someone else changes the script, or it's done by AI. The story is disjointed and incoherent, with numerous random and illogical character names appearing. I'm quitting. Goodbye.

Everything was alright until we went into the tomb, which was a turn-off. It's not that other archaeologists have lived their entire lives without incident, but as soon as you arrive, all sorts of ghosts and monsters start appearing, and they even get involved with the police chief and stuff.

The beginning was actually okay, and the theme was quite interesting. I thought it was a promising new story, but it turned out to be poisonous later on. As a hiker, I originally thought I was hiking through the vast mountains and exploring the wonders of the world. But it turns out all the good stuff is in your Zhao Family Village mountains, right?

After reading the first five chapters, it's no wonder people call this opening idiotic. These days, who writes a rebirth story? Seeing an important person—mother, father, or someone else—and immediately tries to empathize and cry? Writing it so bluntly only makes you, the author, feel self-conscious. As a reader, I absolutely despise this kind of opening.