To the far north of the Heavenly Dome World, there is a large world called Heavenly Domain.

It was once extremely prosperous, and thanks to the local forces that were constantly searching for resources outside the territory, this world had a huge inventory of resources. Later, with the cooperation of major forces, the Heavenly World was once created and promoted to the Spirit Realm, which 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 extraterritorial creature, the place has completely changed.

The arriving creatures have a special name called "fear species", and they like to feed on fear and grow up from it. The fear of the strong, in particular, is their favorite food.

They sealed off the Celestial World, imprisoned all the creatures living in the Celestial World, and began to spread fear.

In terms of strength, although the Dreads are not as strong as the Zerg, they are also a well-known predatory force in the extraterritorial world.

Their thirst for resources is not strong, what they really crave is to enjoy the energy that comes with fear.

With the invasion of the Dread Species, the major forces in this world have also joined forces to resist, but there is a clear gap in strength, and in the end, this world still fell and was ruled by the Dread Species.

At that time, all the creatures in the Heavenly World were like cattle and sheep in captivity, and life and death were not up to them at all.

In order to generate a steady stream of fear among the creatures in the Celestial World, the Fear Species will not necessarily carry out a large-scale killing during the reign of this world.

This also causes the creatures in the Celestial World to always be dominated by fear, because they don't know when they will die, possibly in the next mass killing.

In order to make the fear spread better, the horror species has transformed the aura of this world, turning it into a special negative aura that can continuously expand the fear in the heart of the creature.

In such an atmosphere, the Celestial World completely fell, and was ruled by the Dreaded Species for five hundred years.

And the creatures in this world have also lost their faith in resistance under the transformation of the special fear aura, and spend their days wandering.

Such a transformation was undoubtedly a success.

Just like colonization, invasion is the first step, and the spiritual transformation of the indigenous people is the key.

Under the skillful operation of the dreaded creatures, the world has been completely transformed into their "fear farm", providing them with a constant supply of food (fear emotion).

Without that person, there would be no chance of turning the world around......

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Before the era, the Celestial World, the 876th year when the world was ruled by the Dreaded Species.

In a vast forest in the north of the world, a new member was born in the "Stygian Copper" tribe of about 1,000 people.

The birth of the baby relieved the tense nerves and fears of the tribesmen.

At this moment, all the members of the tribal square gathered here, waiting for the high priest to pray for the blessing of the newborn baby.

When the high priest picked up the baby from the "spiritual spring water", the eyes of the tribesmen immediately focused on the baby's immature face.

Unlike the haggard and hesitant on their faces, the babies had smiling faces, their hands constantly tugging at the high priest's body.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the tribesmen also showed smiles.

It was the child of their high priest, and for his birth the people fell down on one knee and sent their blessings along with the prayer.

When the prayer was over, the High Priest looked at the infant with kind eyes and stroked his forehead:

"May you always smile and not be tormented by fear!"

The baby kicked the little feet, and the eyes smiled like two crescents.

……

His name is "Dark Smile", he was born ordinary, has no outstanding fighting talent, and has no special blood blessings, and his only characteristic is that he loves to laugh.

In a world dominated by fear, it is an outlier because he is always smiling, as if he is not affected by the fear of this world at all.

Since his birth, the smile on his face has been a hint of solace in the oppressive lives of the tribesmen, and it is full of contagion.

Although the smile is very mischievous, as long as they see him, the mood of the members will improve.

Soon Silent Laughter came to the age of 15 in such an environment.

This year his mother sent him to a main city outside the forest and began his ordeal.

This stage is also a process that every member of the Stygian Copper Tribe has to go through.

Due to the scarcity of resources in the forest, especially in the extremely scarce area of spirit stones, only by relying on places like the main city can you earn the spirit stones needed for consumption.

For more than 800 years, the value of spirit stones has risen rapidly and has become an indispensable necessity for all living beings.

Because the aura of this heaven and earth has been polluted into a special negative aura, if you take too much, you will inevitably fall into madness and die in extreme fear. Only by ingesting some pure aura from time to time can you have a chance to continue to live.

And those spirit stones that have been mined for a long time have become a means for most creatures to fight against special negative aura, and they must regularly ingest the aura in the spirit stones to maintain their mental state.

Every household in the Stygian Copper Tribe has someone working in that main city to earn spirit stones to subsidize the family.

It was at that time that the 15-year-old joined the group and became a blacksmith forging weapons in the main city.

Such a life is undoubtedly boring, and compared to the carefree life of the past, there are many fewer smiles on the face of the smiling smile.

Because he had to work by the "forging furnace" every day, and the regular monthly salary (spirit stones) would be collected by his mother's clansmen, leaving him with only a small amount of expenses just enough to meet his daily consumption.

Sometimes, because of the slackness of work and the monthly salary he gets, his mother will send a letter to reprimand and blame him.

What made Styx laugh most angry was that once because he bought some fun props because he was playful, the wages sent home that month were less than a part, and the letter sent by his mother made Styx feel cold.

In the letter, his mother said that she needed a large number of spirit stones for cultivation, so she asked him to send back most of the spirit stones he earned, and not to buy other entertainment items.

For her mother's request, Mingxiao felt extremely aggrieved.

He also became rebellious because of this, thinking that why should the children of other tribes live happily in the main city, why should I be so wronged by myself.

After that, Mingxiao would deliberately send less money to his mother, and learn from the children of other families in the tribe to spend and have fun with his monthly salary.

This is his protest against his mother's behavior.

In the face of the scolding letters sent by his mother in the follow-up, Mingxiao didn't even pay attention to it.

He wanted to live his life and didn't want to be constrained by his mother anymore.

But Smile still underestimated his mother, and after a few months of being in style, the blacksmith shop suddenly began to withhold his wages, leaving only a small part of it for his food, clothing, and shelter.

In response to this, Ying Xiao angrily questioned the old blacksmith as the reason, and the old blacksmith also told him the answer.

Because this was the request of his mother, who was the high priestess of the Stygian tribe and had business dealings with the blacksmith, she decided to support the blacksmith's choice. As for the missing wages, they were not deducted, but sent back to her mother.

At that moment, Silent Laughter was completely angry.

For such a mother, Mingxiao even had the urge to stop it.

You need spirit stones, don't I need them?

Practice! Practice! Why do you only care about yourself, am I not your child!

At that time, he completely became unsmiling, and he chose to leave the blacksmith shop to find a new job, never wanting to be controlled by his mother again.

In this way, Mingxiao stood on the opposite side of his mother.

Time passes, ten years pass in a blink of an eye, and the experience is over.

But Stygian had no intention of returning to the tribe, because his mother there made him feel cold.

Even when his mother sent him a letter asking him to go back, he didn't have the slightest idea.

Because he didn't want to be controlled by his mother anymore.

At that time, Silent Smile thought that he would spend his life in the main city and never return to the tribe again.

But variables have emerged.

Despite the remote location of the main city, at the far north of the world, the crisis of fear that has swept the land has quietly arrived.

On that day, dark shadows appeared in the sky accompanied by blood, and a dark red cloud crept from the edge of the sky to the main city.

As the massive cloud approached, fear spread......

Their killing is like an art, not instantly lethal, but slowly tormenting the senses of the target creature, causing it to die in excruciating pain and fear.

Most of the creatures in the main city were lying on the ground at this moment, struggling frantically, fear had already grabbed their throats, and the spiritual defense line collapsed in an instant, completely trapped in the prison of fear and unable to break free.

Countless black shadows swirled and danced in the sky above the main city, devouring the fear that overflowed from the main city.

At this moment, no one thought of resisting, and courage had long been crushed under fear.

The remaining creatures relied entirely on ingesting the aura in the spirit stones, surviving in trembling and towering, and as long as the spirit stones were exhausted, they would die like those distorted companions around them.

Before the crisis could be fully reached, a large number of creatures fled the main city and began to flee for their lives.

At that time, Silent Smile also escaped from the main city in the crowd and ran towards the forest.

The dark red clouds also slowly advanced at this time, enveloping the main city, constantly devouring the lives of the creatures in the main city.

That was the first time that Smile felt fear, and it was like a devil's claw clinging to his back, ready to snap his neck and take his life.

After running for a day and a night, the laughter exhausted his physical strength, and people around him kept falling. So he didn't dare to slack off, so he could only continue to grit his teeth and run wildly.

With the fall of the main city, he has nowhere to go, and now it seems that there is only one option to return to the tribe.

It was a place he didn't want to go back to, but now he didn't have a choice.

After three days and three nights on the road, he returned to the tribe, but what he saw stunned him.

The tribe has long since fallen, with distorted corpses everywhere, and members of the tribe have been killed in extreme terror.

At that moment, he thought of his mother, and although he hated her, he still ran to the house where his mother was.

Pushing open the door, he saw his frightened mother lying on the edge of the bed, her body already stiff, and he could imagine how painful it was to die.

At that moment, Mingxiao's mood was very complicated.

But at this time, he found his mother holding two letters.

When opened, the contents were stunned.

[Wu'er, I know that you are stubborn by nature, my mother is afraid that you will have no one to rely on after your death, I have stored all the spirit stones you earned under the bed, plus the total of 7,326 stones earned by my mother, this will be your last reliance in this world dominated by fear, disaster will come at any time, protect yourself. 】

Seeing this letter, Mingxiao's eyes widened, and his heart trembled uncontrollably.

Taking a deep breath and holding back the emotional surge, he opened the second letter.

[Wu'er, may you smile forever!] 】

This sentence is the blessing given to him by his mother when he was born.

It was also the last words his mother left for him.

Looking at his dead mother, he smiled and left tears:

"I've spent ten years competing with you, and in the end I lost everything, hahahaha!"

The first turning point in her life came from her mother's selfless love.