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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Han Wanghuo carried a paper bag and returned to his rented apartment in the Green Olive Zone with Zeng Duo.

"Preparations are almost done." He nodded at the short, thin, and sickly Zeng Duo. "Only the last two matters are left."

"I know. It's been hard on you." Zeng Duo—who had short hair and malt-colored skin—took the paper bag from Han Wanghuo. "I'll do the cooking."

Han Wanghuo fell silent for a moment before saying, "You don't have to do this. You aren't my servant."

Zeng Duo looked down at the brown shoe on her foot and frankly said, "My requests are indeed more excessive than what you will receive. I want to make it up to you as much as possible while I'm alive."

The request she made as a condition for selling her heart was to 'save a town.'

The Matter of the Town