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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When the Old Task Force returned to the hotel camp, Lehman was already waiting outside Room 05.

Upon seeing Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and the others alight, this smuggler—who looked like an honest farmer—went over and smiled obsequiously. "I heard that you entered the Underground Ark and met DiMarco?"

His eyes were filled with anticipation.

This time, he didn't bring the bodyguards with him and had them wait for him far away. This was because he had already figured out that the team in front of him was stronger than he imagined. Having bodyguards was almost no different from not having any.

He felt that it was meaningless even if he brought over the military exoskeleton that his client had ordered for him for usage. After all, the other party also had one. Furthermore, how could an exoskeleton device withstand an Awakened at close range?

Therefore, it was better not to bring any bodyguards. In Ashlandic terms, this was 'showing sincerity.'

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