shovel talk
Belle Adams' Butler
by ash_knight17
Waking up from a nightmare several hours before dawn, Belle fetched a drink of water. She paused in front of her kitchen's window when she noticed a lit lantern in front of her mansion's garden. Her butler stood there, shovel in hand. This was no hour to be gardening. Curious, she made her way outside, but when she had gotten close enough to see a large and hollow pit next to her eternally-stoic and polite butler, she saw him pick up a rotten body. A DEAD BODY!Her eyes widened fearfully when she…
After the Marriage Cancellation, She Becomes a Big Shot
by Yandere Catgirl
"The useless daughter of the Su Family, Su Ye, had gone crazy after being rejected by the Bo Corporation's President!On the first day, she touched her father's head. "Nephew, I think this project I found is good. You can go auction for it tomorrow."The next day, she dug up the Su family's ancestral grave with a shovel and muttered, "I remember that it was buried here?"On the third day, she patted the shoulder of a certain clean freak CEO. "Little Bo, even if the marriage didn't work out, we stil…
Digging to Survive: I Can See Hints
by Sword Old Wolf
After being awakened from their slumber, billions of people found themselves dispersed in various sealed crypts. Surrounded by earth, they each had only a shovel. They had to dig their own tunnels in order to advance to the next crypts. Nobody could predict whether it was a crypt full of supplies or monsters ahead! Klein was also forced to join in the digging, but he could see hints. [Dig further and you will end up in magma.] [It’s not a bad idea to dig to your right. After you enter the crypt,…
The Shovel System
by Eternal_Pathfinder
It's a portal fantasy about our boi Jackie Lewin, he went down to his local hardware store and picked up a shovel only to get sucked into another world with it.Now, he must use his shovel to survive the harsh and challenging world full of mysterious monsters and immortals.
My Kingdom Building System
by DivineAquila
[QUEST: The Beggar from Another World][Beg 10 times: 0/10][Rewards: Old Rusty Sword]"Huh, what am I supposed to do with that sword? Dig my own grave? Then you better give me a shovel." The beggar said jokingly.[The quest has still not been accepted][The reward changed][New reward: Old Rusty Shovel]"Hey, hey, hey! I was joking. And why did you gave me a Rusty Shovel? I meant a new one!" [Ding][The quest has been automatically accepted]"System! You bully people far too much!"["..."]"Ahh! I guess I…
You're Testing a Kitchen Knife, But Why Are You Using it to Strike a Military Shovel?
by Fried Rice With Sour Cabbage And Beef
Zhao Feng transmigrated into a parallel world and became a product livestreamer. For a whole week, he promoted kitchen knives, but for six days, no one showed any interest. Not only that, the viewers in his livestream room mocked him, claiming that everything he sold was garbage.Unable to tolerate this, Zhao Feng couldn't hold back his anger anymore. In front of hundreds of viewers in the livestream room, he pulled out a military shovel and said, "You all said my stuff is garbage, right? Well, n…
After Being Trafficked, I Started My Revenge
by Sebastian Reed
“Song Chengcheng, have you really degraded yourself to this extent?”“Ji Lin died, and it's all your fault!”When she said this, her eyes were fixated on me, almost shedding tears of blood.My name is Song Chengcheng, and I just graduated this year.Right after graduation, I went on a graduation trip with some good friends.But nobody expected that the picturesque, beautiful little village would turn out to be a hellish place.My boyfriend, Ji Lin, was killed by the ignorant villagers while trying to …
Surviving Underground: Super Prompting System
by A Little Demon Fish
Upon waking up, six billion people were scattered and transported to the enclosed depths of the underground. Every single being was in a cellar of only a few square meters, with only a shovel beside them. They were fully surrounded by dirt, rocks, and terrifying monsters that would tunnel out from time to time. In order to survive, people began to dig around in seek of a chance to survive. Some dug up food and water, some dug up quilts that could keep out the cold, some dug up a terrifying Ogre …
Call Girl to a Vampyre
by Kricket_Leedy
Series Complete!Thank you to all of my fans! I am happy you have chosen to enjoy the world I have created. Part Two of the series is now complete! Please be sure to stay tuned for new stories and content.**Trigger warning**This story contains references to non-consensual sex, sex work, Poly/Bisexual situations, mental-health issues, as well as depiction of self-harm and death."My dreams seemed to pull me to you. Since I was a child, you were there, in my thoughts, protecting me, calming my fears…
Global Descent into the Crypt World: A Divine-Level Decomposer
by Fire Hole
All of humanity had descended into a mysterious world filled with crypts.Everyone started with a cave and a shovel. They had to dig for other caves in search of resources if they wanted to survive.Xia Chengfeng, who had already mastered “Crypt World”, was elated. He selected the talent of a decomposer at the start of the game.He then made use of divination techniques to preempt any danger.“Divining the cave on top. A prophecy of misfortune. Undead creatures are howling in the cave!”“Divine the c…
Lucifer: Untold
by AlvinLyons
With the chaos that happened, Nathalia's grave was not finished. It was half filled. Wasted flowers scented the grounds. Shovels lie useless. Chairs scrambled in the area. A forlorn sight for the most feared woman in the society.As the rest of the people squandered for their lives, one man remains. The oldest friend. Three other men came. They picked the shovels as the old man orders. Slowly, they packed the unfilled grave. The old man held his hands to his back. Stared at the freshly dug soils.…
The Shy Girl Saved the Mafia Don
by Eris Eros
I'm torn. Should I help him? I can't just leave him to die. I mean he was still alive when he was buried. Arrrrggh! I scan the area and when I'm sure that the coast is clear. I look for the shovel and start to dig up. The adrenaline rush helps me to dig fast. After 10 minutes I hit something hard with the shovel.Lily Fiore: The shy girl that nobody notices but is now trying to overcome her past and anxiety.Salvatore Ugo: The only heir to one of the biggest Mafia on the underground society. He is…
Gravebound: I Level Up by Burying the Dead
by notehsaan
Death is not the end. It’s only the beginning of power.When Kashan Idris wakes up in the Deadzone—a world between life and death—he’s forced to survive by digging graves and burying wandering souls. But the first soul he buries doesn’t move on. It stays with him. Whispers to him. Watches everything.Now, back in the real world, Kashan learns he’s not the only one.Other Returners walk among the living… and not all of them came back sane.Beneath the city lies something ancient. Buried. Alive. Waiti…
Just me travelling
by Depressed_Shovel
Andy finds himself in the void, having no purpose and years of denial and insanity, then regaining it back because of boredom. Andy now has been given an ability by the void and send "her" merry may to go travelling. A bad synopsis I know. And heads up I'm not a good writer and English isn't my main language The original characters from other worlds are not mine, just Andy. And there are some worlds that I will possibly follow/change/ignore the Canon. If you want the original Canon then read the…
Just a Villager in Another World—Why Is My Crush the Empress?!
by RedSki
When two hesitant high-school crushes tumbled through a glitching portal, they awoke in a world that forgot them—and made them forget each other. Julian spawns as a nameless, shovel-dodging villager tormented by RPG pop-ups and checkpoint respawns. Emily materializes as an empress with no memory of her past, trapped in a gilded cage of lethal court politics and a husband who terrifies her can they outrun the system hunting their minds before they forget why they matter?
Empire of Dust
by Klockertzy
Castian is the stain on a royal line, the bastard son of a king who never wanted him. Deemed a dullard and a failure, he is exiled on his nineteenth birthday to the most desolate corner of the kingdom: the dying, dust-choked city of Oakhaven. It is a sentence of slow, grinding death, a cruel jest from a father who wants nothing more than to forget his existence. He has no skills, no allies, and no hope.But in the depths of his despair, as he kneels in the ruins of his new "domain," something imp…
Billionaire-Dollar Deception
by Favour_9_Olajide
Funny how life can throw a whole circus your way in just one day. Ava Patel, a rising star in City X’s modeling scene, thought she was finally catching her big break—until she discovered her manager, who also happened to be her boyfriend, had cleaned out her bank account and disappeared without a trace.To make matters worse, he didn’t just vanish—he left her for a woman Ava had never even heard of.Betrayal? Check.Broke? Check.Heartbroken and humiliated? Triple check.But just when she thought roc…
The Villain Who Became Pregnant With The Alpha’s Child
by NescafeMTL
* Keywords: modern drama, Omegaverse, cohabitation/spouse, reunion, contract, one night stand, handsome man, sweetheart, indifferent ball, obsessive ball, chaebol ball, lover ball, innocent ball, unrequited love ball, hurt ball, beautiful woman, cheerful ball , lingering water, pregnant water, dimensional movement/soul change, Harley King, comedy/comedy, moonlighting, shoveling, everyday life, healing, third person perspectiveOmega, who had Alpha's child after only one night together.A villain w…
Forging a New Life in the MMORPG World
by Taco_Gheerardijn
Welcome to the wild world of Fantasy Freedom, where blacksmith's son Renna reluctantly dives into his first VR adventure! All because his adorable little sister Yuna begged him to try it on his birthday. Talk about sibling pressure!Our hero's journey kicks off with a bang - or should I say, a shovel? That's right, Renna's starting weapon is a trusty spade. Who needs swords when you can dig your way to victory?But wait, there's more! The character creation system has a mind of its own, transformi…
Primal Ascendance: Hunter's Awakening
by NotWhatWhereThere
Daric never wanted to be a hero. Thrown into the Trial Realms with nothing but sarcasm and a shovel, he fights through mutated poultry gods, thunderous duck armies, and literal storms of chaos. With stats rising (barely) and death lurking (always), he’ll either ascend to power... or become the punchline of the universe.