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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"Why?" Shang Jianyao took a few steps forward and asked.

Vice President—who was sitting in a wheelchair—glanced at him and said with a cold expression, "Since you're all here, you must've already made up your mind. No matter what disaster you bring to the Ashlands, you insist on escaping the New World and regaining your freedom. In that case, what's the use of me explaining?"

Flora's lips quivered a few times, but she didn't retort. Barnard and the others were the same.

They had indeed come here with the intention of dying if they didn't succeed. No amount of reason or emotion could stop them from continuing forward.

Long periods of 'imprisonment' had made them rather extreme. As for what disaster would happen in the Ashlands, they could talk about it or make up for it after they escaped!

"It's useful! You can at least persuade me!" Shang Jianyao quickly expressed his attitude.

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