Terraria: Cruel World Legends

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Terra Continent, God Realm——

Beside a large lake on a plain with rippling blue waves, stood a slender figure clad in pure white light.

Looking closer, one can see that He is surrounded by countless dazzling beams of light and shining golden chains following special trajectories.

If you want to see His face clearly... I'm afraid that's not possible, because a black barrier is attached to His face, which is called the "cognitive filter."

And now, He was reading a golden scroll. Countless mysterious words appeared on the scroll, and it was still slowly flashing...

However, at this moment, a rune emitting dazzling light appeared out of nowhere in front of him. He was stunned at first, then put down the scroll and looked up at the rune.

The rune slowly opened up a dazzling crack, and then emitted a light like a supernova explosion... After the light dissipated, a scene was reflected in the crack.

After a moment, the rune flashed and then disappeared. Then, in silence, he rolled up the scroll in his hand and crushed it with force. Then, the scroll turned into countless white particles floating in the air.

"It's ridiculous." He said slowly.

“How can a mere mortal be able to kill multiple gods?” As he spoke, he manipulated the golden chains around his body and began to play with them.

"The blasphemous god Providence was slaughtered by his army until only a trace of his body remained. The goddess of life Silva was dragged into the abyss and fell into an endless cycle of death. Even other gods were killed by him one after another."

"Yarim? He is such an interesting mortal... To be honest, I am really curious... Can mortals really surpass gods?"

At this moment, He suddenly stopped controlling the golden chain, and then lowered his head: "...How about..."

As He spoke, He raised His finger, slightly activated His divine power, and soon created a human being. Then He walked over and gently touched his forehead with one finger.

"Well, yes. It seems that this creation is indeed a mortal... but... nothing more than an extremely weak soul."

"As for your name...how about 'Xi Yao'?" After saying that, He turned around and looked at the rippling blue lake in the mountains.

"Then, Xiyao, I hope you can let me know whether mortals can surpass gods... After all... maybe only if I really want to know something, I will put it into practice..."

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As soon as He finished speaking, a beam of dazzling white light shone and he lost all thoughts, and his memories dissipated like the tide.

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Terra Continent——

In the middle of a shady forest, a slender figure was lying quietly. Under the dazzling sunlight, a slight blush appeared on his slightly immature and handsome face.

He has a good appearance, with thick black hair that is slightly parted, a handsome face, a slightly fair complexion, and a slender figure... He is simply a boy who is the most popular boy in school.

"Woo..."

Under the dazzling sunlight, he slowly opened his eyes, and then suddenly covered his forehead with one hand, as if he had suffered a great shock.

At this moment, he only felt a tinnitus echoing in his mind, as if it was going to pierce his eardrums... After barely recovering, he looked around.

"...Where is this?"

He saw that there was a forest all around him, with lush green trees. In the distance, there were a few rabbits playing and playing. A breeze blew by, and the scent of nature filled his nose.

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"...Hello, traveler!" A man's voice suddenly sounded behind him. Hearing this, he immediately turned around and looked behind him.

I saw a handsome man wearing a light green shirt, dark blue trousers, with a handsome face. He was standing under a tree behind him with his arms folded, looking at him with a smile.

The man looked very young, probably only 26 years old at most.

"...You, who are you?" he asked cautiously.

The man thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "I am your guide on your adventure. My name is Andrew, but you can just call me guide."

"What? Guide? Wait, what guide? I don't remember... I had any guide... And who am I? Why am I here?" He asked the guide Andrew.

Andrew frowned slightly, a little confused: "...Huh? You don't remember what happened to you before? No wonder you appeared here inexplicably..."

"...Well...if you know...can you tell me?" he said pleadingly.

"..."

Andrew was silent for a while, then sighed and said apologetically: "Well... I don't know who you are either."

Hearing this answer, he felt a little lost, and then sat down on the grass. Andrew walked towards him and sat next to him.

"So, what's your name? Do you remember?" Andrew asked.

"...I'm afraid I need to recall this..." After saying this, he closed his eyes...

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes: "...Xi, Xiyao... The first word that I remembered that sounded like a name was this..."

"Hmm? Xiyao?"

Andrew frowned slightly, thinking about something, then looked at him with deep eyes.

"Looks like I'm in trouble?" Andrew muttered to himself.

"Uh...what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, but since you only remember the word Xiyao, why don't you call yourself Xiyao? How about it?" Andrew said with a smile.

Of course he was helpless: "Uh... um, okay... Xiyao?"

"Then... Xiyao, do you remember anything else?" Andrew suddenly asked.

"Uh... well, I seem to see an entity surrounded by countless lights... but... I can't see His face clearly..." Xi Yao said, holding his forehead.

"...Then...can you see His face clearly?"

"Well, I'll try..." After saying that, Xi Yao closed his eyes...

After a long time, Xi Yao slowly opened his eyes and shook his head: "No, every time I want to see His face clearly, it will be blocked by a black barrier..."

Andrew suddenly stood up, and then walked back and forth excitedly: "So..."

"Uh...guide, where is this...?" Xi Yao asked after watching Andrew walk back and forth several times.

Andrew suddenly stopped walking back and forth: "Here? This is... Terra, or you can call it Terraria."

"Terra...Terraria...then...what should I do?"

"Work hard to become stronger, surpass everything, and you will know everything you want to know..."

"…So what should I do now?"

"That means building a house for us first, but it's not the reinforced concrete building you think it is. Just a simple wooden house will do... But I'm afraid we are in a hurry now. Look at the current position of the sun. It's almost 12 noon now...

Once it reaches 7.30: pm, night will come... Don't be fooled by the beautiful, harmonious and peaceful daytime on Terra... The nights here are terrifying."

"Uh, okay...hmm? What is this?" Xi Yao suddenly found that there was a very small bag in the pocket of his black sweatshirt jacket.

"Hmm? The gift from the God of Terra? It seems to be correct..." Andrew muttered to himself.

Xi Yao took out the bag, and then pulled it, and the bag immediately became very big and turned into a backpack.

Andrew leaned against a tree: "This is called space compression technology, don't be surprised."

"Can you control space?" Xi Yao reached in and took out a cloth bag...

However, the strange thing is that after taking the bag out of the backpack, the bag immediately became bigger... It was like magic... No, it was like magic...

"Hmm? This is... open it and take a look." Andrew said with a frown.

Hearing this, Xi Yao gently untied the string of the cloth bag and poured out the contents… However, what Xi Yao did not expect was that a pile of things that seemed to require a container with a volume of more than three or four cubic meters was poured out of the bag.

"Ah?" Xi Yao looked at the pile of things and was a little at a loss. How could a small bag hold so many things?

Andrew: “This is also space compression technology, which is very common in our world.

Including the backpack on your body, it can even shrink to the size of a bottle cap, or expand to the size of a person, but it can hold a lot of things. This is the space compression and space expansion technology...Okay, now, it's time for you to choose your career."

"Hmm? Occupation?"

"Yes, its full name is Tactical Occupation. In our world, there are five types of Tactical Occupations:

The warrior has high output, ten times the fire... cough cough, I'm out of tune...

First, the warrior is a tactical profession that uses melee weapons such as swords. Its tactical defense is the highest compared to other professions of the same period, and its tactical output is relatively high.

Second, the shooter, as the name suggests, is a tactical profession that uses long-range weapons. Tactical defense is second, and tactical output is the most stable.

Third, the mage, the mystery of magic is unfathomable, you can only take a look, because if you look again, you will explode. Tactical defense ranks fourth, and the tactical output is extremely high and relatively stable.

Fourth, Summoner, summons minions to fight for you, with the weakest tactical defense and high tactical output.

Fifth, the thief, who can be understood as a thrower, has a tactical defense that is inferior to that of the shooter, and can have a high or low tactical output. When appropriate, the thief's single-target output is the highest."

"Look, this cloth bag contains weapons for each profession: such as the warrior's tin broadsword, the archer's tin bow, the wizard's topaz staff, the summoner's squirrel summoning staff (garbage), and the thief's brick." Andrew said, pointing to the things on the ground.

Xi Yao was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up: "So rich? It's like a game!"

Andrew heard this and lowered his head in silence for a while.

"...A game? It would be great if it really was a game..." he whispered.

"...Hmm? Guide, what are these?" Xi Yao took out a blue star from the ground, about the size of a palm.

And a brown, whirlpool-like object.

"This blue one is a good thing. Try to crush it. The magic energy in it will strengthen you and increase your magic power limit."

Xiyao then did as he was told. The blue stars shattered and turned into a piece of blue particles surrounding Xiyao. After that, he only felt a magical power permeating his whole body.

Andrew said nothing, but looked at the brown vortex.

"As for this vortex-like object... it is a record of the feelings of a monarch... named God Seeker... about all things on the Terra continent. We call it the 'legendary object'.

You will get other legendary objects when you defeat some powerful enemies in the future. The legendary objects are transformed from the soul essence of those special enemies, and each legendary object has a different message. "Andrew said, and saw Xiyao carefully looking at the vortex.

"That's not right, guide, there are no words on this vortex?" Xi Yao asked in confusion.

"...It's not for looking at, it's for listening. Listen carefully and you will naturally hear it." After Andrew finished speaking, he looked up at the sky. It was already noon.

"Really?"

After saying that, Xi Yao put the vortex close to his ear, ignored all the noise around him, and listened carefully...

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The Dragon's Tomb trembled slightly. I looked up and saw ancient dust flying down from the towering cliffs.

Those magnificent wings... How long has it been since I became a hero worthy of their name?

I just blinked my eyes briefly, but it seemed like centuries.

Look at all I have accomplished, now reduced to rubble. No one dares to seek me, no one dares to walk my path.

In this cruel world, there is only nothingness to greet them.

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"Ah this?"

Xi Yao looked at the vortex in his hand in confusion, then looked at Andrew.

Andrew: “What’s wrong?”

"Guide, is the person who said this a chuunibyou?"

“…I don’t know…Okay, you have to hurry, it’s already noon!

There is no time to waste! Take your axe, cut down this forest, and build a house for us." Andrew urged.

"Chopping down trees? Is it legal for Zhang San to cut down trees? Is it fair? Is it moral?"

(Please note that the word Zhang San is not Mr. Luo’s special word. Here, Zhang San is used as an example just like Mr. Luo’s original intention.)

Andrew heard this and was speechless:

"...Alas... In our world, there are no rules or laws in areas not under national control, and we are currently in an area not under national control... which is the public domain..."

“Is… is that so… Okay, I’ll go chop it right away… Woo!”

Xi Yao was halfway through his words when he turned around to chop down a tree, but who would have thought that suddenly Xi Yao was hit heavily in the face by a sticky, blue thing!