Chapter 1: The tomb-raiding storyteller! Starting from fifty years ago!

"Picking up from where we left off."

"The Wu family patriarch of the Lower Three Sects suddenly heard a Mauser pistol shot from inside the hole."

"Then he heard his father shout, 'Third kid, run!'"

"At that moment, he felt the rope go slack. The 'earth rat' who had just been sent into the hole by the group to scout the path shot out of the hole like a bullet, as if something was hanging onto it!"

"The Wu family patriarch couldn't care about anything else; he grabbed the earth rat and turned to run!"

"He ran for over two miles in one breath before he dared to stop."

"He pulled out the earth rat from his bosom and took a look, screaming in terror. It turned out the earth rat hadn't hooked onto anything, but was instead clutching a bloody, severed hand."

"And he recognized that hand—it was clearly his second brother's! It looked like even if his second brother wasn't dead, he was crippled!"

……

In the capital, at the Dashilan Sanqing Garden theater.

A young man wearing a long gown, with very old-fashioned manners, was sitting behind a desk telling stories.

The young man, named Zhang Lin, had just transmigrated to this parallel world not long ago.

Having bound himself to the Storyteller System, he suddenly discovered that this world was slightly different from his original one.

In this world, archaeology was a massive craze, almost a nationwide activity!

The authorities not only encouraged private factions to join the ranks of archaeology but also regularly broadcasted the excavation of major tombs live.

All of this was because the history of the Xia Kingdom in this world had severe gaps.

In desperation, they sought those lost fragments of history from ancient tombs!

Over hundreds of years of development, private archaeological experts had emerged in droves.

Some could even completely surpass official archaeological experts!

Once such experts surfaced, they were almost always recruited by the authorities and given official status.

However, there were still some families and factions in the private sector that disdained cooperating with the authorities.

They were accustomed to being the group with superior status in the archaeological world!

The common people felt both curiosity and admiration for these mysterious families.

But without exception, they knew very little!

Even the authorities didn't have many channels to obtain full information on these ancient families.

And tomb archaeology was fraught with danger; sometimes, even with advanced technology, the authorities couldn't guarantee a successful excavation.

As for personnel losses, that went without saying!

Every time they encountered a major tomb, the public was almost surprised if a few people didn't die.

But those ancient families were completely different.

They seemed to possess secret techniques that ordinary people couldn't learn.

When exploring tombs, they not only gained more than others but were also better at avoiding danger.

Over time, this group became the uncrowned kings of the underground world!

After Zhang Lin transmigrated and understood everything, his mind became active in an instant.

This was simply heaven helping him, allowing him to use the storytelling system.

To tell everyone the stories of the Southern and Northern factions, the Gold Touching and Hill Moving, the Moving Mountains and Unloading Ridges, the Old Nine Gates, the Mountain Watching Protectors, the Zhang family, the Wang family, and even the foreign tomb-raiding expert Lara and treasure-hunting master Ben Gates!

Therefore, Zhang Lin, who had successfully been hired at Sanqing Garden, didn't tell the familiar stories of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, or the Legend of Ji Gong like other old storytellers.

Instead, he started a new book, calling it "Legend of Tomb Raiding"!

At the beginning, no one bought it.

They clamored that it was boring, but that changed once they heard the opening of the tomb-raiding notes.

Starting from 50 years ago in Old Changsha's Biaoziling, where four earth-diggers excavated a blood-corpse tomb.

All the listeners realized they had struck gold.

The twenty-something young man before them was actually telling the legendary stories of those uncrowned kings of the underground!

This was simply the thing everyone dreamed of hearing.

First-hand information that couldn't be obtained in any literature or program!

Therefore, Zhang Lin, who had only told the opening yesterday, was already a hit in the capital's archaeological circle.

Today, Sanqing Garden was packed, and tickets had been scalped to sky-high prices.

Anyone with a bit of insight, having heard the recordings of Zhang Lin's storytelling from yesterday, understood that this young storyteller wasn't spouting nonsense!

He really had the goods!

Before today's story began, some people couldn't help but discuss yesterday's plot.

"You all missed out by not coming yesterday; Zhang's opening alone was enough to make one's heart race!"

"That's right, Mr. Zhang said that among those four earth-diggers, some were from the Wu family of the Lower Three Sects of the Old Nine Gates. As soon as they appeared, they used a Luoyang shovel to dig a hole, bringing up some bright red soil."

"The Wu family patriarch's father only took one look and smelled the soil, then concluded it was a blood-corpse tomb. That nose is simply too sharp!"

"Hearing the name 'Lower Three Sects,' it seems there are also Upper and Middle Three Sects? But if someone from the Lower Three Sects has such a grasp of archaeological knowledge, I wonder what kind of divine figures those from the Upper Three Sects are?"

"But what exactly is a blood-corpse tomb? I've never heard of it before."

"Not only that, but those people crawled into the hole, and before long, something went wrong. Who knows what happened."

"Stop guessing, Mr. Zhang is out, let's listen carefully!"

Zhang Lin looked at the sea of people below, a faint smile on his face.

…….

When Zhang Lin spoke of the old master of the Wu family, and that the thing held in his arms was his second brother’s severed arm.

Every listener felt a jolt in their heart.

They understood that the few who had crawled into the hole were in grave danger!

An ancient tomb is different from other places, because it is ancient and has long been buried underground.

It often happens that unfathomable phenomena occur, which even science cannot explain.

Now, with the support of the nationwide archaeology craze, the public has become accustomed to the appearance of such supernatural phenomena.

But hearing the people in the story let out screams, they still couldn't help but worry!

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Zhang Lin to continue.

"This third brother, who is the old master of the Wu family, although he was bullied quite a bit by his second brother, the bond between the brothers was very deep."