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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In fact, Jiang Baimian could've stopped Xiaochong when he ran to the alley. After all, she temporarily didn't have to worry about the others and was the first to react.

She could've shouted for Xiaochong to stop and say that she would bring him along. With the military exoskeleton and the modified jeep's help, it would definitely be much faster for them to escape together than for a child like him to do it alone.

But at that moment, Jiang Baimian hesitated. She guessed from Xiaochong's reaction that Du Heng had followed the trail and was already nearby.

If the Old Task Force kept bringing Xiaochong along and couldn't avoid the mysterious antiquarian, the Old Task Force would be in a dilemma when the two parties met. They wouldn't know which side to side with.

Either side was someone the Old Task Force couldn't face at the moment. Furthermore, they had a certain level of friendship with both parties and had been given considerable favors.

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