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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It wasn't Shang Jianyao who replied to Long Yuehong but Jiang Baimian. "Making friends is indeed more reliable in the short term, but it won't take long for Shang Jianyao's Inference Clowning to lose its effects without the suitable environment.

"Think about it. Most people in the Underground Ark won't help Yu Tian and Bode testify that they are friends with Shang Jianyao. Once they return, they will quickly discover that they were deceived. In contrast, making them misunderstand our identities and think that we are envoys from the Vigilance Church who want to help them overthrow DiMarco's rule is in line with their inner desires. It might even be a manifestation of their hidden desires guided by Inference Clowning.

"People will always believe what they are willing to believe. This way, when they return, they will cooperate with Inference Clowning to deceive themselves, hypnotize themselves, and actively help us do things even if they sense something amiss.

If One Can Influence the Heart of the Opponent, One Will Avoid War