Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

In this latest work by Lord of the Mysteries author, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, be prepared for a well-thought out and detailed apocalyptic, cyberpunk world with a setting superseding Lord of the Mysteries!
Our protagonist, Shang Jianyao, is crazy—literally crazy, at least that's what the doctors said. Living in a huge, underground building of Pangu Biology, one of the few remaining factions in this apocalyptic wasteland known as the Ashlands, he acts in unfathomable ways that's head-scratching, comical, and shrewd. So is he really crazy? Probably.
He has a grand dream: to save all of humanity.
Intricately tied to this dream is something everyone in the Ashlands believes in: Deep in a particular ruin buried away by danger and famine, a path leading to a new world awaits. To step into the new world, one only needs to find a special key and open that certain door.
There, the land is bountiful, as if milk and honey flows freely. 
The sunlight is dazzling, as if all coldness and darkness are washed away. 
The people will no longer have to face desolation, monsters, infections, mutations, and all kinds of dangers.
There, children are joyous, adults are happy, everything is fine as they are supposed to be.
Every Antiquarian, Ruin Hunter, and Historian roaming the Ashlands knows: That's the New World.

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Shang Jianyao didn't agree with Joseph's description. "He isn't considered crazy usually?"

"Apart from being relatively brutal and hot-tempered, Mr. DiMarco is normal in other aspects," Joseph argued.

Jiang Baimian didn't let Shang Jianyao continue arguing and took the initiative to ask, "During that period of time, how was Mr. DiMarco's performance different from usual?"

"Didn't I just tell you?" Joseph's expression became gloomy again as if he had recalled something bad. "He became even more brutal and was no longer tolerant of the guards. We were jittery when on duty every day, afraid that we would be executed for something as trivial as Mr. DiMarco hearing us farting accidentally."

The other guard, Paul, echoed in sympathy, "Previously, a guard very trusted by Mr. DiMarco was beaten to death for such a trivial matter."

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