Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

When the rooster heard the question, he could only report the truth tremblingly: "Reporting to the Emperor Nian, as soon as the Dragon King arrived in Hongmeng, he flooded the caves and forced humans onto the hills. But because the hills were too high, the first attack failed. Later, it rained heavily, and the Dragon King attacked humans again. This time, humans climbed up the hills to hide, but the Dragon King took advantage of the heavy rain to flood the hills and trapped humans on the hills. They were almost drowned. As a result, humans asked the beast to help them fight. The beast could spit fire, which burned the Dragon King so that he had nowhere to escape. He had no choice but to rebel and surrender."

"What? Even the Dragon King failed?" Emperor Nian was dejected when he heard it.

"The Dragon King can spit water, so how come he can't defeat the beast that spits fire?" The dog-headed military advisor was very surprised when he heard this.

"The fire that the beast spits out is not ordinary fire, but a stream of electric purple gas, so water cannot extinguish it." The rooster explained hurriedly.

"Ah? Humans have captured my big brother, the Dragon King? This won't do!" Hearing this, the Snake King also cried out in surprise, and then he said to Emperor Nian: "Emperor Nian, I want to conquer humans, poison and kill them all, and rescue my big brother, the Dragon King."

"Snake King, think twice before you act!" said the pig-headed guard. "Now the Rat King, Ox King, Tiger King, Cat King, Rabbit King, and Dragon King have all been defeated by humans. How can you be a match for humans? If you are not careful, you will be captured by humans too."

The snake king spit out the venom, glanced at the pig head, and said: "Brother Pig, you underestimate me, the snake king. Not to mention the monkey-like human, even if it is an elephant, just one drop of my venom is enough to kill them all."

"What the Snake King said is true. No matter how powerful humans are, they cannot defeat snake venom. Emperor Nian, just send the Snake King." The dog-headed military advisor stroked his beard, looking thoughtful.

"Okay!" Emperor Nian nodded excitedly and said, "I will take you with the rooster to conquer humans right away. If you wipe out humans, I will exempt you from all labor service and tribute."

"Yes, Emperor Nian!" The snake king spit out the core, turned around and walked out with the rooster, saying, "Just wait and see, this snake king will definitely wipe out humans."

"After you kill humans, remember to bring back some human flesh for us to taste!" Dog-Head shouted to the Snake King.

The Snake King was determined to avenge the Dragon King. Relying on his powerful venom, he returned to the Bird's Land Island in a high-spirited manner. Then he gathered three or four thousand snake spirits and soldiers, and under the leadership of the rooster, they marched towards Hongmeng in a mighty manner.

Not long after, the rooster led the snake army to Hongmeng. The rooster pointed to the Tianju Cave as usual and said to the snake king: "Brother Snake, that is the Tianju Cave of mankind. You guys go and conquer it. I'll leave first."

After saying that, he flapped his wings and flew to Gusonggang to watch. The snake king then stood up, hissing and spitting out his core, and said to all the snake spirits and snake soldiers: "My people, after more than ten days of trekking, we have finally arrived at Hongmeng. Now everyone, charge, eliminate humans, and rescue Brother Dragon King!"

"My king, why are you in such a hurry? We have been swimming non-stop for so many days and we can't swim anymore. It would be better for us to take a rest first and then attack." said a python spirit, stretching lazily.

"Yes, my king, let's take a break first." The other snake spirits shouted.

When the snake king heard about resting, he couldn't help but feel weak all over. He nodded in agreement and said, "Since you are all tired, it's good to take a rest!"

The snake king saw the rat-catching hill ahead and said excitedly, "My people, there is a small hill ahead. Let's set up camp there and rest."

Upon receiving the order, all the snakes swam towards the rat-catching hill. They happened to find the cave dug by the Rabbit King and his companions, so they hid in the cave to rest.

After the humans captured the Dragon King, everything returned to a peaceful and tranquil life. In order to guard against the Nian Beast sending out the Beast King to attack again, Qiu ordered Dong and Xiaoxing to lead a team to patrol everywhere every day as usual, just in case.

It was another fine day with beautiful weather and bright sunshine. Dong led a group of more than 50 people including Xi, Bei, Zhong, Heizi, Shugen, Yeli, Qian...; Xiaoxing led a group of more than 50 people including Xia, Chen, Ri, Yue, Feng, Yun, Lei, Dian..., and they were going out of the cave for patrol again.

At this time, someone called them from behind: "Dong, wait for us."

Dong looked back and saw his wife Li and Mei, Tao, Lianhua, Juhua, Xiu, and other twelve women, so he asked, "Li, where are you going?"

"Dong, it's already mid-June, which is the time to pick mushrooms. Lian and the others have agreed to go to the woods ahead to pick some mushrooms." Li replied.

"Wife, the cave master has ordered that you cannot go out unless necessary to prevent the beast king and his army from attacking. You are going to pick mushrooms, what if you encounter another beast army attack?"

"The Dragon King has been captured for more than half a month, and we haven't seen any beast troops. If we go pick mushrooms today, will they come?" Li Dao said.

"Who knows when the beast army will arrive? We should be prepared for the worst."

"Dong, how could it be such a coincidence? Since you are worried about the beast army coming again, why not go with us. We will pick mushrooms and you guard outside." Mei suggested.

"Sister Mei is right. Aren't you on patrol? If anything happens, just blow the horn and we can come back immediately, right?" Lianhua followed.

"That's right, that's right. If they don't let us go out, the mushrooms will be out of season soon and we won't be able to pick them even if we want to eat them." Juhua was almost drooling just thinking about the taste of the young mushrooms.

The women chattered nonstop. Dong said impatiently, "Okay, okay, you women are trouble. When you go to pick mushrooms, don't go too far. When I blow the horn, you must come back quickly."

"I understand, Dong, let's go." Li Jiandong agreed and agreed quickly without restraining himself.

The women, carrying wicker baskets, walked towards the plain ahead, chatting and laughing. Dong and Xiaoxing's teams followed behind them, patrolling.

The group walked three or four miles and approached the rat-catching hill. Li stopped and said, "Aunt Mei, Lianhua, the forest on the left is very lush and must be full of mushrooms. Let's pick some there."

"What Li said is absolutely right. Let's go and pick them there." Mei immediately nodded in agreement.

Dong saw that they had chosen a place and said, "Li, the rat-catching hill is ahead. We will go there to inspect it for a while and then go back to the hill to wait for you. When you have picked mushrooms, come to the hill to meet us and then go back together. Remember, pick mushrooms as quickly as possible and don't go too far."

"Got it, Dong, we'll be back soon." Li agreed and walked into the woods with the sisters.

Dong and Xiaoxing led the patrol team to continue forward, and walked about two miles, but did not find anything unusual. Dong said to everyone: "Brothers, the road ahead is peaceful, and I think the Nian beast has not sent any minions. Let's go back to the cave."

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this, and then turned around and walked back.

Soon, everyone returned to the foot of the Rat Catching Hill. Dong saw the Rat Catching Hill and remembered the last time the Rabbit King was captured. He felt a little touched, so he said to everyone: "Xi, Bei, brothers, let's go up to the Rat Catching Hill and take a look. Wait for Li and Mei to come back from picking mushrooms, and then go back together."

"Okay! Brother Dong." Xiaoxing and everyone else naturally obeyed.

Everyone climbed up the mouse-catching hill and looked around for a while. Everywhere they looked, there were lush green vegetation, a lush midsummer scenery. After looking at it, everyone found a dense sycamore tree to sit down and rest.

Dong looked at Xi, Bei, Zhong, Heizi, Shugen, and Yezi, and mentioned the past: "Xi, brothers, we once captured the Rat King and the Rabbit King on this hill. This is all my credit."

"That's right, Brother Dong. If you hadn't been quick-eyed at that time, the Rat King would have escaped." Xi replied.

"Yes, it was Brother Dong who came up with the smoke trap when we were catching the Rabbit King." Bei followed.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Xiaoxing knew that Dong was comparing his achievements, so he just smiled. However, Xia was not happy, and said to Xiaoxing and Chen: "Xing, from the attack of the Rat King to the capture of the Dragon King, a total of five beast kings were defeated and captured by us. As for the Bull King, the Tiger King and the Cat King, it was all thanks to your trap and luring the tiger into the cave that we were able to defeat them."

"What Xia Ge said is absolutely right." Chen agreed, "Even when we defeated the Dragon King last time, it was Xing who made the greatest contribution. If he hadn't cured the beast, I'm afraid the beast wouldn't have been willing to help."

"Brother Xing is of course the best. Even the cave master praises him like that." Yue Ye said.

Dong was very upset when he heard this, but he couldn't get angry.

Xiao Xing didn't want to compete for credit, and said calmly: "Xia Ge, Chen, Yue, we are actually working for the people of the whole cave. What credit is there? Let's think about how to deal with the next beast king!"

"Xing, last time you predicted that the Dragon King was coming, it turned out to be true. This time, make another prediction. Which beast king will come next time?" Chen asked curiously.

"Yes, yes, Xing, tell me about it soon." The next person asked.

West, north, tree roots, leaves, clouds, thunder... and others were all curious and gathered around.

"The next Beast King will be more difficult to deal with than the previous six." Xiaoxing frowned and said worriedly.

"Ah? There is an animal that is more powerful than the fierce bull, the vicious tiger, the cunning rabbit, and the flying dragon? What kind of animal is that?" He couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Xing, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us now!" the impatient Lei asked anxiously.

"Brothers, I think the next beast king will be the venomous snake, so everyone must be more careful." Xiaoxing warned solemnly.

"Poisonous snake? Snake king?" He and everyone else couldn't help but take a breath.

"Yes, the snake king and the snake army are all poisonous. If you are bitten by one, your life will be in danger." Xiaoxing said.

"If it's a poisonous snake, it would be really hard to fight against!" Chen nodded.

"Well, poisonous snakes are indeed powerful. I remember this time last year, the warrior Sen died of poisoning after being bitten by a mountain snake." Xia said.

"And Shan, Dong Ge's father, was also bitten to death by a five-step snake when he was ten years old." Bei followed.

"Brother Dong, if there really are tens of thousands of poisonous snakes attacking us, we're really finished." Xi couldn't help but worry.

For a while, everyone was terrified and worried when talking about snakes.

Dong stood up suddenly and said to everyone, "Xi, Bei, down, brothers, it is still unknown whether the next beast king will be the snake king. Even if it is, our fear is in vain. What is coming will come. We have no choice but to fight."

"Yes, Brother Dong is right." Xiao Xing also stood up and said, "What is coming will eventually come. Even if the sky falls, we cannot retreat. In the face of disasters, we must muster up our courage and show our fearless spirit to duel with them."

"Brother Dong, Xing, what you said is great!" When everyone heard it, they were greatly encouraged and couldn't help but applaud.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from the bottom of the post: "Dong——, we are back. Where are you?"

Dong Jian shouted, and immediately jumped up and responded loudly to the back: "Li——, we are here, we will go back now."

Then he said to everyone, "Brothers, those women are back from picking mushrooms. Let's go home."

"Yes, Brother Dong!" Everyone stood up and tried to find a way to get off the job.

Walking at the end were two young men, Xiaori and Xiaoyue. Suddenly, Xiaori shouted at Xiaoyue, "Xiaoyue, why did you tease me by putting something cold on my neck?"

"Fuck, I'm not kidding you, you built it by yourself!" Yue quickly denied.

Seeing that he refused to admit it, Ri reached out to grab the back of his neck, and when he looked in front of his eyes, he found that it was a bamboo green snake as thick as a knife handle. He was so scared that he screamed again: "Ah! It's a snake!" Then he shook his hand, trying to throw the snake away.

Unexpectedly, the snake wrapped itself around his arm and then bit him.