Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

After Zhi finished speaking, everyone applauded and celebrated excitedly. When the applause stopped, Zhi invited Xiaoxing out again and stood in front of the crowd. Then he gave a summary report to everyone: "Dear warriors, the pig king and pig spirits are fierce and sturdy. With my hunting experience of more than 50 years, it is not easy to defeat them. In our first attack, due to the poisonous gas and mud, dozens of people were injured, and Hai finally died due to serious injuries. In desperation, Xing suggested praying to Bai Ling, and fortunately he suggested: we must go to Xuelian Peak to ask the Ice God for help. So Xing and Dong and others went to Xuelian Peak to ask for help from the Ice God. Only then did heavy snow fall from the sky, covering the poisonous gas and freezing the mud. Originally thought that the second attack would defeat the pig king and pig spirits, but because the pig king and pig spirits were too many and fierce, they were finally defeated. When they were extremely helpless, it was Xing who came up with the plan of throwing sweet potatoes to capture the king - throwing sweet potatoes to attract the pig spirits, and then taking the opportunity to defeat and capture the pig king. In the end, the third attack on the pig king was a great success. Therefore, this victory is all the credit of Xing. Everyone applauded and congratulated Xing."

Chen immediately clapped his hands and cheered: "Xing, you are awesome."

Then everyone applauded and cheered, and the applause sounded like thunder.

"Uncle Zhi, although the plan was mine, it was accomplished with the cooperation of all of us. Therefore, the credit should belong to everyone." Xiaoxing was praised but still behaved very modestly.

"Xing, the cave master once said: Even the courage of ten thousand men is not as powerful as a clever trick. Your clever trick of throwing melons easily defeated those ferocious pig monsters. With my hunting experience of more than fifty years, it is really unbelievable. Therefore, you are the most powerful." After Zhi finished speaking, he even gave Xiaoxing a thumbs up.

It is said that excessive modesty is a sign of pride. Xiaoxing didn't know what to say and just touched his head embarrassedly.

After Zhi praised Xiaoxing, he went on to say to Dong and the others, "My fellow warriors, the Nian Beast is now at the end of its rope. Our next stop is to head to the Throat of the Tree Stump Mountain and try to completely eliminate the Nian Beast."

"Yes, Uncle Zhi," the crowd responded, and then shouted slogans: "We will never return until the Nian monster is destroyed!"

After the celebration, everyone went to rest. Xiaoxing held Hong'er's arm, Chen held Lan'er's, and the four of them talked as they walked. Hong'er asked excitedly, "Brother Xing, do you think we can eliminate the Nian Beast in the next stop?"

"Hong'er, as long as the Nian beast really escapes to the throat of Shuchu Mountain, I think we can definitely wipe it out." Xiaoxing answered confidently.

"That's great, Brother Xing, once we destroy the Nian beast, we can go back to Hongmeng." Hong'er shouted excitedly.

"Hong'er, are we going back to Hongmeng soon? Really?" Lan'er asked in surprise when she heard it.

"Lan'er and Hong'er, do you want to go back so much? I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming." Chen teased them.

"The reason we came along is because we can't bear to leave you, right?" Lan'er rolled her eyes at Chen.

"I've been out for a few months. Not only them, but even I want to go back home." Xiao Xing sighed, "Alas, I wonder if my relatives in Tianju Cave are doing well?"

"Yes, Xing, I hope that at the next stop, we can successfully eliminate the Nian beast." Chen prayed.

The four of them chatted for a while and then took a rest.

Dong, on the other side, did not say a word the whole night. He knew that Xiaoxing's brilliance had completely overshadowed his own limelight. Dong secretly vowed that he must bravely kill the Nian beast in the next stop. Only in this way could he turn the decadent situation around and become the cave master. Thinking of this, he fell into a deep sleep.

After breakfast the next day, Zhi ordered the beast kings to lead the way, and the army set out towards the Shuchu Mountain in the south.

At this moment, Emperor Nian was indeed fleeing towards the throat of the tree stump mountain. When Emperor Nian heard that Zhutou had been captured and surrendered by humans, he knew that something was wrong. He was so scared that he turned around and ran away. He ran fifty miles in one breath, and when he saw that it was dark, he walked slowly.

Humans will soon catch up, so where should it go next? It touched the blind eye. The failure made it dare not fight against humans again. Nian Di walked in a daze, thinking: Humans are too powerful. Not only can he not win, but they have also broken through the dangerous barriers of the beast kings one by one. It seems that the only way to be safe is to find a place that humans can never find. But where is such a place in the world? Nian Di thought about it and suddenly remembered the idea that Dog Head had suggested when they were in Tianshan Cave: there is a tree stump mountain, and there is a bottomless cave called the ground throat on the mountain. No matter what kind of animal, it can only enter but not exit. At that time, because he heard that it was impossible to get out, he rejected the dog king's suggestion. Now that he was desperate, Nian Di thought about it again. Although this ground throat can only be entered but not exited, it is better than being slaughtered and roasted by humans. Thinking of this, Nian Di walked quickly towards the tree stump mountain.

The lonely Emperor Nian ran for a day and a night, and felt hungry again, so he decided to find something to eat. There was a grassland in front of him, and a rat spirit and its offspring were constantly moving food into the rat hole.

The Nian Emperor excitedly ordered the Mouse Spirit, "Little Mouse, I am the Nian Emperor. I didn't expect to meet you here. Hurry up and offer me some food. I'm hungry!"

The rat spirit glanced at Emperor Nian and answered bluntly: "Emperor Nian, I'm sorry, our king has surrendered to humans, so we rats only obey humans. If you want to eat food, go find it yourself. I won't accompany you."

"You dead rat, how dare you offend me? Aren't you afraid that I will eat you?" Emperor Nian was immediately furious and wanted to go forward and smash them to death and eat them.

"Emperor Nian, the most powerful person in the world now is no longer you, but the great human beings. If you want to eat us, we will go to humans for help." The rat demon was not afraid and ran away with a group of children.

When Emperor Nian heard the word "human", it was as if a basin of ice water was poured over his head, and he shivered with cold. He watched the rat demon family run farther and farther away, but he didn't dare to chase them. In desperation, Emperor Nian went forward to look for food, and found a group of buffalo demons eating grass there leisurely. Emperor Nian shouted to the herd of buffaloes with joy: "Buffalo, I am Emperor Nian. I didn't expect to meet you here. I am hungry, please offer me some food."

The buffaloes looked up at Emperor Nian and ignored him and continued to eat grass. Emperor Nian became furious again and yelled at the buffaloes, "Are you cows deaf? Hurry up and offer some food to me!"

"Emperor Nian, our king has already surrendered to humans and obeys their orders. So, you don't have to yell at us anymore, and we won't serve you anymore." A buffalo spirit replied disdainfully.

"You are really rebelling. I am going to eat you all." Emperor Nian shouted even more angrily.

"Emperor Nian, humans are the most powerful people in the world now. If you want to eat us, we will ask humans for help." The buffalo demon left a message unwillingly, then turned around and ran away with the herd of buffaloes.

When Emperor Nian heard this, he felt as if he had been hit by a club and stood there in a daze. After the cattle ran far away, he slowly continued to move forward.

When passing through a forest, Emperor Nian met several tigers eating an elk. Emperor Nian could not help but feel hungry again, so he said to the tigers: "Listen, tigers in front, I am Emperor Nian. I am hungry, please give me the elk to eat."

"Emperor Nian, our king has surrendered to humans and now only obeys humans. You are hungry, go find food by yourself!" A tiger spirit stopped eating and answered impatiently.

"You dead tigers, after all, I am the Emperor Nian who once ruled over you. Aren't you afraid that I will eat you?" Emperor Nian was furious, and according to his previous character, he threw them a thousand times before he felt relieved.

"Emperor Nian, you may be powerful, but humans are more powerful. You can eat us, and humans can eat you too." The tiger spirit replied coldly, and then said to the other tiger spirits: "Brothers, let's go and ask humans for help."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Nian was like a nail nailed to his chest. He watched them run away but dared not chase them. With a long sigh, Emperor Nian continued to move forward. Along the way, he met rabbit spirits, dragon spirits, snake spirits, horse spirits, sheep spirits, monkey spirits, chicken spirits, dogs and pig spirits. These beast spirits, without exception, did not obey his orders because their king rebelled against Emperor Nian and surrendered to humans. Not only that, they also mocked and ridiculed Emperor Nian: "Emperor Nian, you are no longer the king of the world, but a desperate outlaw who is being hunted by humans and hiding from place to place. What ability do you have to command us?"

"Emperor Nian, you have abused us for thousands of years. Now that humans are coming to kill us, it is time for us to stand up. Just wait to be destroyed by humans."

The remaining faith of Emperor Nian completely collapsed, and he kept moving forward with a sigh. The former majesty and glory had long gone, replaced by infinite desolation and sadness. After another two days of walking, Emperor Nian finally arrived at the foot of Shuchu Mountain.

The Tree Root Mountain is about 20 feet high, and its shape is a cylinder with the top slightly smaller than the bottom. It is not very large, with a radius of about one mile. From a distance, it looks like a big tree stump, or like a neck of the earth growing there. The foot of the mountain is surrounded by bamboo forests, and from the middle of the mountain, there is a steep cliff. The top of the mountain is flat and there is nothing on it. In the middle, there is a huge cave about 100 feet wide. The inside of the cave is dark and bottomless, like a huge throat. On the wall of the cave, there is a slippery, spiral path leading to the depths of the cave.

Emperor Nian walked around the foot of the mountain and found a gentle slope to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, Emperor Nian looked at the colorful scenery below the mountain, then turned his head to look at the dark hole of the ground, stretched out his foot to step in, then hesitated and retracted it. After doing this again and again, Emperor Nian retreated to the edge of the cliff and said to himself: "Well, I'd better wait and see. Maybe humans may not be able to find this place."

In this way, Emperor Nian, holding on to a glimmer of hope, guarded the edge of the cliff day and night, waiting for the arrival of humans.

Just one day later, on the morning of the third day, a deafening and terrifying slogan came from the north: "We will never return until we destroy the Nian beast! ..."

"It's over, it's over. The humans have finally found us. Let's hide in the throat of the earth." Emperor Nian panicked and ran to the edge of the cave. Just as he was about to step in, he looked at the bottomless black hole and shrank back again, still muttering to himself: "Well, I still can't rush into the throat of the earth. No matter what, I have to fight the humans with all my might. If I can't win, it won't be too late to escape into the throat of the earth."

Having made up his mind, Emperor Nian returned to the edge of the cliff, shook his long tail, and prepared to face the human attack.

Then Zhi led the army and, under the guidance of the beast kings, they marched for five days and finally arrived at the foot of Shuchu Mountain.

"Awesome human, the mountain in front is the Tree Stump Mountain, and the Earth Throat Cave is on the top of this mountain." The Dog King and the Beast Kings pointed to the mountain in front and said to Zhi Hedong, Xiaoxing and others.

Everyone was stunned when they looked at this inconspicuous hill. Zhi said in amazement: "Shuchu Hill is actually thick and short, just like a tree stump."

"Uncle Zhi, this mountain is not very high, it is a good place to attack." Dong looked at Shuchu Mountain, waved to Xiaoxing and the others, and said hurriedly without taking a break: "Brothers, follow me to attack the top of the mountain and destroy the Nian beast."

"Yes, Brother Dong." Xiaoxing and everyone else picked up their weapons and prepared to attack the top of the mountain.

"Dong, Xing, based on my fifty years of hunting experience, the Nian beast is invulnerable to swords and guns and extremely powerful, making it the most difficult to defeat. You must be careful when you meet it." Zhi instructed.

"Uncle Zhi, the Nian beast is alone, and there are so many of us. Why should we be afraid of him?" Dong answered fearlessly.