There is a big world in the extreme north of the sky world, called Tianyu.
This place used to be extremely prosperous, relying on those local forces who constantly searched for resources outside the territory, this world has a huge resource inventory. Later, with the joint cooperation of the major forces, the Tianyu world was created and promoted to the spirit world. It is one of the few special worlds in the extraterritorial world that can upgrade the aura level of the entire world.
But with the invasion of an extraterrestrial creature, the place has completely changed.
The coming creatures have a special name "fear species", they like to ingest fear as food and grow from it. Especially the fear of the strong is their favorite food.
They blocked the world of Tianyu, imprisoned all creatures living in the world of Tianyu, and began to spread fear.
In terms of strength, although the fear species is not as powerful as the Zerg race, it is also a well-known predatory force in the outer world.
For resources, their desire is not strong, what they really desire is to enjoy the energy brought by fear.
With the invasion of the fear species, the major forces in this world have joined forces to resist, but there is a big gap in strength. In the end, the world fell and was ruled by the fear species.
At that time, all creatures in the Tianyu world were like cattle and sheep in captivity, and life and death were not up to them at all.
In order to create a steady stream of fear in the creatures in the Tianyu world, the fear species will not always carry out a large-scale killing during the period of ruling this world.
This also caused the hearts of the creatures in the Tianyu world to be dominated by fear, because they didn't know when they would die, and it might be in the next mass killing.
In order to make the fear spread better, the horror species even transformed the aura of this world, turning it into a special negative aura that can continuously expand the fear in the creatures' hearts.
In such an atmosphere, the Tianyu world fell completely and was ruled by the fear species for five hundred years.
And the creatures in this world are also transformed by the special fear aura, lose the belief of resistance, and spend all day in hesitation.
Such a transformation is undoubtedly a success.
Just like colonization, invasion is the first step, and the spiritual transformation of the natives is the key.
Under the skillful operation of fear creatures, this world has completely turned into their "fear farm", providing them with food (fear emotion) continuously.
Without the appearance of that person, there would be no possibility of turning over in this world...
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Before the Epoch, the Tianyu world, the 876th year when the world was ruled by the fear species.
In a vast forest in the north of the world, a new member was born in the "Mingtong" tribe with about a thousand people.
The birth of the baby eased the tense nerves and fears of the tribe members.
At this moment, all the members gathered in the tribal square, waiting for the high priest to pray for the newborn baby.
When the high priest picked up the baby from the "spiritual spring water", the eyes of the tribe members immediately focused on the baby's immature face.
Different from the haggard and hesitant faces on their faces, the baby showed a smiling face, and his hands were constantly scratching and pulling on the high priest.
Seeing this scene, the tribe members also showed smiles on their faces.
This is the child of their high priest. For his birth clan, the people knelt on one knee and sent their blessings along with the prayers.
When the prayer was over, the high priest looked at the baby kindly and stroked his forehead:
"May you always smile and not be tortured by fear!"
The baby kicked his little feet, his eyes became two crescent moons when he smiled.
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His name is "Ming Xiao", he was born ordinary, he has no outstanding fighting talent, and no special blood blessing, his only characteristic is that he loves to laugh.
In this world dominated by fear, it is an alternative, because he always has a smile on his face, as if he is not affected by the fear of this world at all.
Since Mingxiao was born, the smile on his face is a ray of consolation for the members of the tribe in their oppressive life, full of contagion.
Although Ming Xiao is very mischievous, as long as he sees him, the mood of the members will improve.
Mingxiao soon reached the age of 15 in such an environment.
This year his mother sent him to a main city outside the forest to start his training.
This stage is also a process that every member of the Mingtong tribe has to go through.
Due to the lack of resources in the forest, especially the extremely short supply of spirit stones, only places like the main city can earn the spirit stones needed for consumption.
For more than 800 years, the value of Lingshi has risen rapidly, and it has become an indispensable necessity for all living things.
Because the aura of this world has been polluted into a special negative aura, if you take too much, you will fall into madness uncontrollably and die in extreme fear. Only by ingesting some pure aura from time to time, can one have a chance to continue living.
And those spirit stones that have already been mined have become a means for most creatures to resist the special negative aura, and they must regularly ingest the aura in the spirit stone to maintain their mental state.
Every household in the Mingtong tribe has someone working in the main city, earning spirit stones to subsidize the family.
The 15-year-old Ming Xiao also joined it at that time, and became a blacksmith forging weapons in the main city.
This kind of life is undoubtedly boring. Compared with the carefree life in the past, there are many smiles on Ming Xiao's face.
Because he has to work at the "forging furnace" every day, and the regular wages (spiritual stones) paid out every month will be collected by his mother, leaving only a small amount for him to meet his daily consumption.
Sometimes because of Mingxiao's neglect of work, the monthly salary he received was less, and his mother would send letters to reprimand and blame him.
What made Ming Xiao angry the most was that once because he bought some play props out of playfulness, part of the wages sent home that month was reduced, and the letter sent by his mother made Ming Xiao feel chilling.
In the letter, my mother stated that she needs a lot of spiritual stones for her cultivation, so she asked him to send back most of the spiritual stones she earned, and not to buy other entertainment items.
Ming Xiao felt extremely aggrieved by her mother's request.
He also became rebellious because of this, thinking that why children from other tribes can live happily in the main city, why should I wrong myself so much.
From then on, Mingxiao will deliberately send less wages to her mother, and imitate the children of other tribes, using the monthly wages for consumption and entertainment.
This is his protest against his mother's behavior.
Facing the follow-up scolding letters from his mother, Ming Xiao even ignored them.
He wants to live his own life and doesn't want to be restrained by his mother anymore.
But Ming Xiao still underestimated his mother. After several months of being chic, the blacksmith shop suddenly began to deduct his wages, leaving only a small part for his basic necessities.
For this, Ming Xiao once angrily questioned the reason of the old blacksmith, and the old blacksmith also told him the answer.
Because this was his mother's request, she was the high priest of the Copper Tribe and had business dealings with the blacksmith shop, and the blacksmith shop chose to support her decision. As for the less wages, it was not deducted, but sent back to her mother.
At that moment Ming Xiao was completely angry.
For such a mother, Ming Xiao even had the urge not to let it go.
You need spirit stones, don't I
Practice! Practice! Why do you only care about yourself, am I not your child!
Ming Xiao didn't like to laugh completely at that time, he chose to leave the blacksmith shop to find a new job, and he didn't want to be controlled by his mother anymore.
In this regard, Ming Xiao stood on the opposite side of his mother.
Time passed, ten years passed in a blink of an eye, and the experience was over.
But Ming Xiao has no plans to return to the tribe, because his mother there makes him feel chilled.
Even if his mother sent a letter asking him to go back, he didn't have the slightest idea.
Because he doesn't want to be controlled by his mother anymore.
At that time, Ming Xiao thought that he would spend his life in the main city and never return to the tribe.
But there are still variables.
Although the location of this main city is very remote, at the extreme northern end of the world, the crisis of terror sweeping across the land is still coming quietly.
On that day, dark shadows appeared all over the sky accompanied by the light of blood, and a group of dark red clouds quietly approached the main city from the edge of the sky.
Fear spreads as the massive cloud approaches...
Their killing seems to be an art, it will not be fatal instantly, but will slowly torture the senses of the target creature, causing it to die in extreme pain and fear.
Most of the creatures in the main city were lying on the ground at this moment, struggling crazily. Fear had already restrained their throats, and their mental defenses collapsed in an instant, completely trapped in a prison of fear and unable to break free.
Countless black shadows hovered and danced above the main city, devouring the overflowing fear in the main city.
At this moment, no one thought of resisting. Courage has long been shattered under the emotion of fear.
The rest of the creatures completely depended on absorbing the aura from the spirit stones, surviving tremblingly, and as long as the spirit stones were exhausted, they would die like the distorted companions around them.
Before the crisis came completely, a large number of creatures escaped from the main city and began to flee for their lives.
At that time, Ming Xiao also escaped from the main city among the crowd and ran towards the forest.
The dark red clouds also slowly advanced at this time, covering the main city, continuously devouring the lives of the creatures in the main city.
That was the first time Ming Xiao felt the emotion of fear. It was like a claw clinging to his back, ready to wrench his neck and take his life away at any moment.
After running for a day and a night, Ming Xiao exhausted his physical strength, and people around him kept falling down. So he didn't dare to neglect, so he could only continue to grit his teeth and run wildly.
The main city has fallen, and he has nowhere to go, and now it seems that the only option is to return to the tribe.
Of course that was a place he didn't want to go back to, but now he had no choice.
After three days and three nights of traveling, he returned to the tribe, but what he saw shocked him.
The tribe has long been occupied, and corpses with distorted faces are everywhere. The members of the tribe were all killed in extreme panic.
Ming Xiao thought of his mother at that moment, although he hated his mother, he still ran to the house where his mother was.
Pushing open the door, he saw a terrified mother lying beside the bed, her body was already stiff, one could imagine how painful the death had been.
At that moment, Ming Xiao's mood was very complicated.
But at this moment, he found two letters in his mother's hand.
After opening it, the contents inside were stunned and smiled.
[My son, I know that you are stubborn by nature. I am afraid that you will have nothing to rely on after I die. I have stored all the spirit stones you earned under my bed. Including the ones earned by my mother, there are seven thousand three hundred and twenty-six stones in total. This will be your last resort in this world dominated by fear. Disasters will come at any time, so protect yourself.]
Seeing this letter, Ming Xiao's eyes widened, and his heart trembled uncontrollably.
Taking a deep breath, resisting the emotional surge, he opened the second letter.
[My son, may you smile forever!]
This sentence was the blessing given to him by his mother when he was born.
It was also the last sentence his mother left him.
Looking at the dead mother, Ming Xiao shed tears:
"I have spent ten years fighting against you, and in the end I lost everything, hahahaha!"
The first turning point in Ming Xiao's life came from her mother's selfless love.