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 looked at the helicopter in midair and smiled as he invited the city defense soldiers at the door in. "Why don't you come in for a while? It will be relatively troublesome if the higher-ups see you leaving after asking a few questions at the door. It would also be easy to expose my and my companions' secrets."

The city defense soldiers found Shang Jianyao making sense and walked into Grimm Watch Shop with their standard assault rifles. As they habitually sized up the area, they saw Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen guarding the area that led to the back.

These two people were also wearing city defense uniforms, but they were equipped with military exoskeletons that made the soldiers' eyelids twitch instinctively.

"They too?" The leader of the city guards turned to look at Shang Jianyao. His tone was still normal, but his actions had unconsciously assumed a defensive posture.

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