Dawn of Another World

Chapter 34

The mottled and potholed road was full of sand and dust, and small pieces of abrupt gravel might be kicked under the feet at any time. Basil followed Ling Xiao, and the backs of the two gradually disappeared at the intersection of Spice Town when they came.

Under the silent sky, there is a whole piece of dark blue that can almost suck people's souls. The scenery that the two of them saw along the way was no different from the decadent scene at the entrance.In those collapsed houses with a gray-black surface and only a part of the incomplete outline, you can occasionally find things like stone platforms and stone beds half buried in the sand. Of course, all of them have been eroded by weathering without exception. Very powerful.

It seems that after the catastrophe thousands of years ago, the entire Spice Town was indeed completely abandoned.

After checking the surroundings, there was still nothing. Ling Xiao didn't know what he was expecting. He shook his head at Basil with a wry smile, and then withdrew his hand.The scorched black stone slab under his hands should have been the table top of a certain stone platform, but it was so fragile that Ling Xiao's finger touched it, and it shattered into several pieces with a click.

"This town is huge." Basil said suddenly.

After squatting for a long time, Ling Xiao's legs were a little numb. He stood up with Basil's arms stretched forward. Ling Xiao clearly knew that Basil was comforting him with Basil's outstretched arms. Spice Town is very big. , and many more places to check out.

Ling Xiao was still a little discouraged just now, but now his depressed and heavy mood was unbelievably lighter, "Then let's go to another place."

"...Mmm." After hesitating for a moment, Basil still nodded. He looked around, but he didn't let go of the tight string in his heart. He really didn't like this dead and desolate town where even the air flow seemed to be stagnant and settled. perception.

As the two walked and watched, they came to a large circular open ground from time to time.

Ling Xiao looked around. They were still surrounded by collapsed houses and broken walls, and the open space in front of them was covered with a thick layer of sand and lime soil, which was completely different from what it used to be.After watching for a long time, Ling Xiao asked uncertainly: "Is this... the square of the old town?"

Although Ling Xiao has just arrived, he has read a lot of materials and ancient records. He also knows that according to the customs of Terra, no matter how small a settlement is on the mainland, such a multi-purpose area will be opened up for blessings, gatherings, and festival celebrations. square.

Facing Ling Xiao's doubts, Basil on the side held his hand tightly in the next moment.Lightning flashed across the golden brown eyes, and Basil's right palm stretched out. In the flickering radiance, the long sword that was condensed and formed by spiritual power, red all over, and with golden flames flowing between the blades was already grasped. in hand.

"Basil?" The sudden change made Ling Xiao feel a little overwhelmed. First, he lowered his head subconsciously, glanced at the arm holding him, then raised his head to look at Basil who was in the posture of raising his sword to fight, and followed his long sword Directly pointing, on the edge of the open space in front of the left, there happened to be a relatively well-preserved two-story stone building with only a small half of the corner damaged compared to the surrounding collapsed houses.

"come out."

There was dead silence all around.

"Come out." Basil repeated in a flat tone.

His face was expressionless, but his eyes were extremely sharp, and his whole person exuded an extraordinary power.This oppressive coercion directly pressed towards the shadow of the stone house pointed by the sword tip.

At this moment, Ling Xiao finally noticed something was wrong, and narrowed his green eyes. Under the dark shadow of the half-collapsed stone building, it seemed that something was moving...

"Basil." Ling Xiao tugged on the sleeve of the silver-haired young man beside him.

Lowering his gaze, Basil shook his head to signal Ling Xiao not to make a sound, and then the two cautiously approached the black shadow that seemed to be shaking more and more.

"..."

"..., woo..."

The closer they got, the more clearly the occasional sobbing and sobbing could be heard in the rustling voice.

In the end, Ling Xiao and Basil carefully stepped over the pile of rubble and walked into the decayed stone house shrouded in heavy shadows.

"... Woohoo!" It seemed that the thing had also heard the sound behind it, and the trembling body that was hiding in the dark darkness of the stone wall was trembling more violently at this moment.

Ling Xiao and Basil looked at each other silently, and both of them saw strange expressions on each other's faces.Gradually adapting to the dim light in the stone house, Ling Xiao felt that if he read it correctly, it should be a figure wearing a large black cloth or a cloak or something.

"Who are you?" Basil raised his sword and asked.

"...Woo!" The person who was curled up in the corner seemed to be extremely frightened, his mouth was vague, and he kept muttering words, but he was completely deaf to Basil's question, and he just refused to turn around and face them.

"Excuse me—" After a moment of stalemate like this, Ling Xiao had no choice but to lower his voice and try to approach the other party as gently as possible, "Excuse me, why are you here alone? We have no malicious intentions, my name is Ling Xiao, and he ..."

"...Ling, Xiao?" For a moment, the man seemed to react to Ling Xiao, a direct transliteration of the name in the common language of Terra. He murmured and repeated, and his trembling body instantly became stiff.

After saying his name, Ling Xiao, who was about to introduce Basil, froze for a while after the other party spoke hoarsely.Not for anything else—the figure with his back to him and Basil, even though it was difficult to speak, called Ling Xiao's name in a language that he had almost given up on extravagant hopes, and I don't know how many light-years away , the language of the hometown of the earth!

"You, you too... Are you from the earth too...?" His lips trembled, Ling Xiao was stunned for a long time, and then he forced to ask in a bit of broken Mandarin.His eye sockets were hot, his head was buzzing, and the native language buried deep in his consciousness blurted out like an instinctive reaction.

At this time, the slightly stiff back stopped shaking, and he stood up in slow motion and turned around slowly, probably maintaining the curled up position for too long, the rigid movement was like a creaking, lacking A soft robot, in the end, he finally revealed a whole face with black hair, black pupils, and very ordinary facial features——

"I, my name is Wang Linqi." The voice was also trembling. The young man named Wang Linqi had a dull expression on his face, as if he had been completely stunned by the shock and shock.

"I was at work, and when I fell down, I didn't know anything." Apparently due to lack of communication for a long time, his voice was hoarse, and it gradually stabilized after swallowing several mouthfuls of saliva.Although it seemed that they were staring at Basil and Ling Xiao seriously, if you observe carefully, you will find that the expression and eyes of the other party are still straight.

"Later when I woke up, I was already here. What exactly is this place? Why are there two suns in the sky, and the ground is so desolate? I thought I was dreaming, but there is no such thing as a dream where I can't wake up for such a long time ? I, am I dead? Huh... don't die! I don't want to die...!"

The young man named Wang Linqi became more and more excited as he talked, and in the end it almost turned into crying.As he came to his senses and realized the desperate situation he was facing, his emotions began to collapse and out of control as the speed of his speech became faster and faster. He sat back on the ground again, and the whimpering gradually turned into wailing. In his early twenties, he exchanged tears on his extremely young face, "I still have my parents, a younger sister... and my girlfriend... Woohoo, we're going to get married next year... I don't want to die...!"

Facing the young man in front of him who kept repeating that he didn't want to die, Ling Xiao could empathize with him crying bitterly at this moment. Recalling the same helpless and hesitant self when he first came to Terra, Ling Xiao's eyes couldn't stop flushed.The hand he held tightly with Basil was so strong that Basil almost felt pain.

"You are not dead." Looking at the young man crying bitterly on the ground, Ling Xiao's eyes were pitiful, "You can still shed tears, still be so sad and sad, and you still miss your parents and relatives all the time, so how could you be dead? So don’t give up and live well.”

"Really...really? I...will I be fine?" Wiping his red and swollen eyes indiscriminately, the young Wang Linqi's eyes lit up instantly, as if because of Ling Xiao's simple sentence, he immediately gave him great hope and hope. courage.

"The two of us are in the same situation, and I too... also came to this continent inexplicably." Ling Xiao looked at each other, as if he was looking at another self at this moment, he held Basil's hand next to him tightly again, and said firmly: "But someone told me not long ago that as long as you are alive, there will always be a way out, and you will always find a way. So Mr. Wang, please don't give up!"

"Thank you! Thank you... woo..."

Nodding his head heavily over and over again, Wang Linqi, a young man with neat black short hair, began to cry again.This time, it was no longer purely desperate venting, but tears of gratitude and joy as if finally looking forward to a ray of dawn in the darkness.

Although Basil on the side couldn't understand the soft tone and strange pronunciation between Ling Xiao and the strange young man, it didn't prevent him from judging from the expressions of the two of them that the strange young man who suddenly lost control of his emotions had gradually calmed down.

"What do we do now, Ling Xiao?" So Basil asked.

Wang Linqi, who had just calmed down a little with the strange and weird sudden sound, became startled and nervous again, "He, who is he...!"

He stared into black eyes, as if he had just realized that there was someone beside Ling Xiao, his voice trembled, his eyes did not dare to meet Basil directly, and finally he could only glance at Ling Xiao for help, "This person ...How come this person's eyes are golden in color? Also, what is in his hand... what is it in his hand?"

"Don't be afraid, Mr. Wang." Ling Xiao hurriedly explained, "His name is Basil, and he's mine... well, he's my companion."

Ling Xiao hesitated for a while, really not knowing how to accurately describe the relationship between the two.If it is a guardian, I am afraid that the extremely nervous young man in front of him will not be able to understand it at all; if it is a friend, Ling Xiao instinctively feels that the relationship between him and Basil cannot be simply summed up by the word friend.In the end, he could only make a compromise, trying to explain clearly as concisely as possible, so as to make that Mr. Wang relax.

"Together with Basil, I specifically found this abandoned spice town in order to investigate the rumors of someone who had the same experience as you and me many years ago."

"You mean——there's a third person like us?" Wang Linqi was also stunned after hearing Ling Xiao's words. He quickly got up, and at this moment, he couldn't care less about the stern-faced Basil, or his apprehension. The golden streamer in Basil's hand flickered, like a weapon that burned like a flame.

"Yes." Ling Xiao nodded solemnly.

If what I heard from Sylvia, the patriarch of the Desolate Snake Clan, was just an ancient legend or anecdote, then the young man named Wang Lynch who appeared in front of Ling Xiao and Basil at this moment It is enough to make people sure-behind this magical spice town, there must be some unknown and important secrets.

"Mr. Wang, can you recall how you got here in the first place?" Ling Xiao's attitude towards Wang Lynch was very polite.

The other party is obviously not used to being called 'Mr.' so gently and solemnly. The young man Wang Lynch showed a trace of embarrassment on his ordinary face. He scratched his head, frowned and thought: "I don't know... I When I woke up, I was already here. I walked around and found no one. The surrounding area was very desolate! Then when I looked up, I saw two suns in the sky. At that time, I thought I was dazzled or I was dreaming, but it turned out not to be a dream... I am very scared!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Linqi seemed to still have lingering fears and trembled all over.

"Then when you woke up, did you find anything unusual, such as seeing a vortex-like light?" Ling Xiao continued to ask unwillingly.

"Whirlpool? No, what is that?" Although the young man Wang Linqi looked puzzled, he answered Ling Xiao's question with certainty.

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36. Geographical setting of Terra Continent

[Sisters who have no problem understanding this article can completely ignore this chapter and bow. 】

[Because the article continues, new settings will be added to this chapter at any time, so girls who hate spoilers, it is recommended to read the full text, and if you are still unclear, go back and read this chapter. 】

[Sisters who don’t understand some noun settings and don’t mind slight spoilers in the following chapters, please continue. 】

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Terra is a completely different planet from Earth.

There are [-] months in the whole year, and a total of [-] days is a sidereal year.

○In the daytime sky, there are two stars named Liti and Byrutan hanging at the same time. At night, there is a huge red moon named Noah hanging in the sky, and there are three galaxy belts criss-crossing like the earth's night Milky Way.

○Terra Continent is a huge landmass similar to the Pan-Ancient Continent 2 million years ago. It is surrounded by oceans. The ocean in the extreme east is called the Sea of ​​Sighs. The ocean in the west has not been discussed yet, so Please ignore it for now.

○The entire Terra is divided into two by a mountain range called Keel Cliff from west to east.The predecessor of the keel cliff was the largest river in Terra thousands of years ago-Belzothgar, which means the river where life converges.It originates from the Thunder Ridge west of the Highlands of Pain, and countless tributaries flow through the entire continent, and finally merge into the Sea of ​​Sighs in the far east.

○The Alliance of Light north of the cliff—mainly composed of [Ancient Tivas] (orcs, grassland peoples, capable of transforming into human and animal forms, and the Saofeng Plain in the northeast is their settlement); [Ancient Asain] (mountainous People, short in stature, nimble and agile, living in the highlands of pain in the west); [Ancient Tuya people] (forest dwellers, creators of all kinds of magic and art, and the northern Songyu Forest is their hometown).

○The Holy Federation south of the cliff—mainly composed of [Guaike people] (the people of the Central Plains, they established the Kingdom of Gadesai and ruled the shining hills in the central part of the south); Inhabited seaside peoples, born merchants, characterized by dark skin, whose birthplace is the Good Luck Coast in the southeast).

○The conflicts and struggles between the two forces, the North and the South, have been going on since ancient times, and they regard each other as enemies.Thousands of years ago, the entire Terra developed into its most prosperous and glorious period. Under a series of unexpected events and changes, the final battle involving the entire continent broke out without any suspense.Tens of thousands of elite mage fighters from the Alliance and the Federation faced off on the ground and air in the north and south of the River of Life.

But at the beginning of the war, great destruction suddenly fell on Terra.Meteorites fell, earthquakes occurred frequently, the river of life boiled, and earth fire magma overflowed and erupted. After that, the keel cliff rose, and more than half of the soldiers and magicians in the mainland were buried here in this catastrophe.

After the Scourge, the Eye of Thales descended on Terra.Countless dangerous poisonous beasts that humans in Terra had never seen or heard of at that time flocked to the mainland from the opened Eye of Thales.In the last seven days, the sage's spire in the north fell, and the golden sanctuary of Striaides in the south disappeared, and the sea of ​​cold moss and grass in the Saofeng Plain was turned into scorched earth in the unquenchable sky fire.

It took almost decades for the alliance and federation that had fought endlessly to maintain a stable situation, and the next millennium will be a long and indefinite road to recovery.

After the great destruction, these surviving Terra residents all put the word "Ancient" before their race names, to distinguish them from the period of prosperity and prosperity before the destruction.

The two hostile forces, the north and the south, can only live in peace for the time being at Port Lane, a free trade city-state established by the Cuban Sasols by the sea of ​​sighs at the end of the cliff in the far east.

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The grade classification of magicians and warriors in the continent of Terra, except for magic apprentices and warrior apprentices——

○Mage levels are divided into: Mage → Great Mage → Magister → Grand Magister → Sage (after being promoted to a sage, you can have your own domain)

○The fighter level is divided into: Warrior → Berserker → Epee Walker → Storm Juggernaut → Warlord (Warlord also has domains)

○ For thousands of years, in addition to the dominant magicians in the mainland, there have also been warriors who advanced by tempering their physical strength.

In the process of cultivating together on an adventure, a considerable number of warriors will become shields to protect the fragile magicians.As a result, a contract between the guard and the guarded was gradually derived between the two.

Once the guardian contract imprinted in each other's souls is signed, the two will become a relationship that entrusts their lives and loyalty to each other, and will never leave them until death.

Although the guardian respects the guarded as the master, the relationship between the two is not master and servant, subordinate or subordinate; they are friends, relatives, and companions.They fought side by side with each other, shared weal and woe, and the fire of the contract was deeply engraved in the soul, and it would not be extinguished until the death of one or both parties.

○The natives of Terra have a very long lifespan. Ordinary people have a lifespan of about 300 years. Every time a magician or warrior is successfully promoted, it can be extended for another 300 years.

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[The Eye of Thales is the rift in the space plane. 】

[The setting is completely fanciful, so don't take it seriously. 】

○About the Eye of Thales

The popular explanation is that the plane B of another planet that does not belong to the planet Terra originally crossed and overlapped with the plane of Terra for unknown reasons, so in a random place on the continent of Terra, various scenes unique to planet B appeared, climate, flora and fauna etc.

○About the shape of the Eye of Thales

For example, in the cover picture on the copy, here is a direct reference to the shape of the spiral galaxy, which is flat and disc-shaped, with the most radiant core, surrounded by rotating light arms.

○About the types of Eye of Thales

The Eye of Thales can be divided into small, medium, large, and even giant scales according to [size and area]:

A very small number of cracks will continue to grow and upgrade after opening.

(As for judging the initial size of the crack, a rough estimate can be made through the time span from the omen state to the open state. Here is a detailed setting in Chapter 11 of this article.)

The Eye of Thales can be divided into inner eye and outer eye according to the state of existence:

The inner eye cannot see the actual size of the area from the outside, it shrinks inward, and the sense of space will expand and expand strangely when entering its range;

The outer eye can judge the size of the area from the outside. Its area extends outward, and it is as big as it looks from the outside.

The Eye of Thales can be basically divided into flame, earth, water, wind and plant/wood fissure according to [light color]:

Flame Fissure glows red

The rift glows brown

Water Rift glows blue

Wind Rift glows white

Plant fissures glow green

[In addition to the above, there are relatively rare mixed mutation cracks. 】

Variation fissure is a special species whose location, time, type, and scale cannot be predicted.

Among them, the Alliance of Light in the North - the Millennium Thunder Array on the Thundering Ridge of the Pain Highlands, the Corroded Abyss of the Sage Spire in the Rainforest Land; It is a terrifying mutation rift that makes all the humans on Terra Continent turn pale.

○Crack biohazard classification:

Ordinary Beast → Fierce Beast → Ferocious Beast → Monster Beast → Warcraft → King Beast

The difficulty of hunting these rift creatures can be divided into normal level [-] to level [-] difficulty from wild beasts → ferocious beasts → fierce beasts, starting from monsters and going up, it is a special level difficulty task. )

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Lampgrass (plants in cracks, branches and leaves glowing can be used for lighting)

Helaman flower (plant fissure plant, underground tubers can be ground into flour-like powder for consumption, the above-ground part can be made into paper for writing, flower nectar can be eaten)

Green kudzu pear (a plant with cracks in the plant, the fruit can be picked and made into fruit juice drink)

Lulu fruit (plant fissure plant, the fruit can be picked to make wine, or made into a drink)

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Fire iguana (flame fissure creature, both meat and eggs can be eaten, and the skin can be made into leather armor)

Acupuncture Flame Scorpion (flame fissure creature, the tail needle is highly poisonous, the meat is edible, and the giant front claw is very hard and sharp and can be made into a weapon)

Red pheasant (flame crack creature, edible meat and eggs, feathers can be used as decorations)

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Swamp raccoon (water fissure creature, fur is waterproof and warm, can be made into clothing tents, etc.)

Sleeping Bird (water rift creature, beast class, no eyes)

Octopus (water crevice creature, beast level, whose eggs are rare and delicious in the mainland)

Tidal murlocs (water fissure creatures, beast-level, beautiful in appearance, ferocious in nature, addicted to the brains of other creatures, also known as brain-eating murlocs, are notorious beasts among all fissure creatures)

Sea Lotus (Water Rift Creature,)

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Wind moss (wind rift plant, can be used as food)

Frost Salt (wind fissure mineral, used for seasoning, often associated with wind moss, found at the bottom of its root system)

No Regret Wood (wind-cracked plants, the trunks all grow in one direction, meaning never look back and never regret)

Flying dolphin (wind crack creature, beast level, about one meter in size, gregarious habit, has fleshy wings, can glide and fly at low altitude)

Dreadclaw ground beast (wind crack creature, beast level, three to four meters long, habit of living in groups, able to dig soil and move quickly under the ground, with amazing fighting power in groups)

Ground-piercing giant mountain spider (wind crack creature, monster level, solitary habit, ten-meter body length, four pairs of legs that can pierce the ground, named after the rock, and the mucus sprayed is highly poisonous)

Double-headed horned eagle (wind crack creature, beast level, solitary habit, sharp claws and sharp beak, double-headed protruding horns can emit sonic attacks, wingspan up to eight meters wide, body length about three to four meters)

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[Maybe there will be some gods in ancient Terra legends that girls are interested in]

○Thales—Terra Continent Creation|The name of the god of the world, the embodiment of brilliance and nature.

○Fiorina——Goddess of Blessing and Healing, Companion of Thales, the God of Creation, It is said that all the buffs and healing spells that are handed down in the world today in Terra Continent are created by her.

○Liti, Byrutan——Eternal Star, a pair of twin daughters conceived by Thales and Fiorina.Thales, who was furious because of the incestuous love between siblings, was punished and turned into a star in the sky.Thales made them rise day after day to illuminate the land of Terra, always looking at each other and chasing each other, but never getting close.Against Thales' wishes, Fiorina secretly sent blessings so that the two could meet briefly on the first day of the first month of each year.

○Noah——The Devouring Moon is a red monster created by Thales in his sleep.Thales predicted that it would completely devour Terra and all creatures on the ground. Thales, who woke up from his dream, created the giant wolf Charlotten in order to prevent Terra from being destroyed by Noah.

○Charlotan—the ancestor god of the giant wolf tribe, the ground mount that Thales walks in the world.Legend has it that a giant three-headed silver wolf chases Noah the Red Moon every night. Only its howling can deter Noah's power and prevent Noah from getting too close and devouring Terra.

○Plains——The literal meaning of Terra is the flying person and the giant dragon. It is an auspicious beast that soars and dominates the sky.Created by Thales, it became his air mount to patrol the sky. The blood nature is hostile to all filthy and evil things.Because of competing for Thales' favor, he often quarreled with Charlotten.Thales then separated them permanently, one only running on the ground at night, and the other only traveling in the sky during the day.

○Attila——the lord of darkness, the king of the dead, the god of darkness and death.Once fought with Thales, and finally fell into the abyss of Terra's core due to defeat. The cursed person who refused to send blessings to the goddess Fiorina can only wander in the dark abyss forever, ruling the world of the dead and the undead.

○Timothy—the god of the sea worshiped by Sasol people in Cuba since ancient times.

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