The Southern Archives

Series Title: Grave Robbers’ Chronicles (aka Lost Tomb; aka Daomu Biji)

Book Title: The Southern Archives (Cannibalism Mysteries)
Author: Xu Lei
Original Language: Chinese
Translation Language: English
Translator: Tiffany X
Editor: Merebear226
Downloadable Version (last updated 2/23/2022): pdf and epub

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Summary:

From 1877 to 1878, droughts occurred in nine Chinese provinces, accompanied by thirty-two other disasters. Those affected accounted for half of the country’s population. During this year, China quickly became a cannibalistic hell. This period became known as Dingwu Qihuang. Dingwu Qihuang started with a drought and ended with a plague that spread from China to all of Southeast Asia, lasting for nearly half a century. Our story takes place in this period. The plague in the southern jungle, the truth about Dingwu Qihuang, a father and daughter…

(Aka, Little Brother Zhang’s story)

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FYI: The pdf/epub contains everything on this page.

The First Case—Flower Reef

[Please note: Tiffany and I accidentally started working on the author’s first draft instead of the final version, so chapters 14-28 will have 2 versions. The draft chapters are shoved further down the page if you’re interested in reading them.]

• Chapter 1 – The Origin of The South Sea Archives
• Chapter 2 – Cured People in The Fog
• Chapter 3 – Out to Sea
• Chapter 4 – Unlucky Smell
• Chapter 5 – South China Sea Plague Ship
• Chapter 6 – Things in the Sunken Ship
• Chapter 7 – Wudou Disease
• Chapter 8 – Mortal Enemy
• Chapter 9 – Case Closed
• Chapter 10 – Listening to the Spring Rain All Night in the Small Building. How Many Years Have Passed Since Becoming a Wandering Hero in Xianyang?
• Chapter 11 – Zhang Ruipu
• Chapter 12 – Killers In Poverty
• Chapter 13 – He Jianxi, A Man Who Can’t Be Beaten To Death
• Chapter 14.2 – The Na’an
• Chapter 15.2 – Flies
• Chapter 16.2 – Zhang Haiyan Flying Above Shit
• Chapter 17 – Despicable Plague God
• Chapter 18.2 – An Intersex Person
• Chapter 19.2 – The Plague God’s Kiss
• Chapter 20.2 – Changing Ships
• Chapter 21.2 – Nepenthes
• Chapter 22.2 – Where To?
• Chapter 23.2 – Three People, One Bathtub
• Chapter 24.2 – He Jianxi Cried
• Chapter 25.2 – The Moon Casts On The Waters A Reflection Of A Heavenly Mirage. In The Sky At Dawn, Clouds Gather To Build A Castle In The Air
• Chapter 26.2 – Deduction
• Chapter 27.2 – Miss Dong
• Chapter 28.2 – The Building From Three Thousand Years Ago
• Chapter 29 – Steven’s Plan
• Chapter 30 – Mo Yungao In Southern China
• Chapter 31 – Fear
• Chapter 32 – Miss Dong 2
• Chapter 33 – Lose Control
• Chapter 34 – Killing Spree
• Chapter 35 – The Apple Scam
• Chapter 36.2 – Bai Zhu
• Chapter 37 – Farewell
• Chapter 38 – The Wind Blows In The Spring. Looking At The Small Building, The Wandering Hero Finally Returned To His Hometown
• Chapter 39 – Return Home
• Chapter 40 – Hermit Crab
• Chapter 41 – Low-Level Agent Zhang Haiyan
• Chapter 42 – The Zhang Family In The Northeast
• Chapter 43 – Those Who Are Favored By Gods
• Chapter 44 – Zhang Haiqi
• Chapter 45 – Reunion
• Chapter 46 – Running Accounts And A Thousand Years Between The Mountain And The Sea
• Chapter 47 – Good Fortune In Changsha
• Chapter 48 – Nanjing
• Chapter 49 – A Quick Plan
• Chapter 50 – The Hints On The Money
• Chapter 51 – The Hai Generation
• Chapter 52 – I Am Your Mother. I Am Also Your Grandfather.
• Chapter 53 – A Man On A Lone Boat
• Chapter 54 – Case Closed

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Author’s 1st Draft of Chapters 14-28:

• Chapter 14 – Nan’an
• Chapter 15 – Doctor Steven
• Chapter 16 – Baoen
• Chapter 18 – The Plague God’s Kiss
• Chapter 19 – A Man With A Clear Conscience
• Chapter 20 – Changing Ships
• Chapter 21 – A Little
• Chapter 22 – The Clothes Don’t Fit
• Chapter 23 – Three People, One Bathtub
• Chapter 24 – Too Sleepy
• Chapter 25 – The Moon Casts On The Waters A Reflection Of A Heavenly Mirage. In The Sky At Dawn, Clouds Gather To Build A Castle In The Air
• Chapter 26 – Deduction
• Chapter 27 – Miss Dong
• Chapter 28 – The Building From Three Thousand Years Ago
• Chapter 36 – Bai Zhu (censored)

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Southern Xinjiang Volume: Potluck Case

[Aka “Extra 7: 2018 Chinese New Year Special”. Direct sequel to the “Flower Reef Case”]

• Chapter 7.1 Introduction
• Chapter 7.2 – The Man Who Waited For Arrows
• Chapter 7.3 – The Woman Who Broke Her Word
• Chapter 7.4 – The Things People Say Behind Your Back
• Chapter 7.5 – Potluck Capital
• Chapter 7.6 – Entering Potluck Capital
• Chapter 7.7 – Wedding Crashers
• Chapter 7.8 – Excuse me
• Chapter 7.9 – We All Live Differently
• Chapter 7.10 – Embarrassed
• Chapter 7.11- The Southern Faction
• Chapter 7.12
• Chapter 7.13
• Chapter 7.14

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Spin-Off Case: The Map In The Dream

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – The Most Despicable Man In The South Sea
• Chapter 2 – The Angel Who Attracts the Plague God
• Chapter 3 – Two People and a Corpse
• Chapter 4 – The Sorcery Temple
• Chapter 5 – Dirty Faces
• Chapter 6 – Wade’s Past
• Chapter 7 – The Huge Secret In The Rainforest
• Chapter 8 – Gadflies
• Chapter 9 – Gonka
• Chapter 10 – The Desire To Eat People

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Southern Archives Extras

• Chapter 1 – The Profile Of The Members In Perak
• Chapter 2 – The Research About The Southern Archives
• Chapter 3 – Notes About Our Leisure Time
• Chapter 4 – Ways To Make A Living