Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

The next day, because there was still some finishing work to do, Xiao Xing only left Xia Hechen, Sun, Moon, Wind, Cloud, Thunder, Lightning, etc. to help. The others went hunting with the cave owner.

Xiaoxing, Chen and Xia were clearing the remaining stones outside the cave entrance. Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Chen pointed ahead and shouted, "Xia, Xing, brothers, look, the rats are coming again!"

Xiaoxing and his subordinates looked up and saw a mouse sneaking out from the bushes and running towards the Tianju Cave.

"Hey! The mouse is here to steal food again. Be beaten." The servant had a wooden stick in his hand and he raised it and hit the mouse so hard that its brain burst.

He picked up the dead rat by its tail and said with a smug smile, "Haha... Xing, Chen, we have rat meat to eat again."

"Brother Xia, Xing, it's bad! There are more rats ahead." Chen looked at the plain ahead and shouted in horror.

Xiaoxing looked up and was shocked to see thousands of rats swarming towards him.

"Oh my God! There are more rats this time than last time. Everyone, hurry up and pick up your weapons to kill the rats." The subordinate shouted.

"Yes, brother." Lei was impatient and picked up a wooden stick and was about to rush over.

Feng held Lei and said, "Lei, there are so many rats. Even if we fight them for a whole day, we may not be able to kill them all."

"Brother Feng, what else can we do besides fighting?" Lei asked, scratching his head.

Xiao Xing said thoughtfully: "Brother Xia, Brother Feng, the rats are back, there must be something fishy. I think we should notify the cave master to come back first."

Chen nodded and said, "Xia Ge, Xing is right. The rats are strong and we are few in number, so it is not easy to eliminate them. We must get the cave master and his men to come back to help."

"In that case, I will go and report to the cave master right away." After saying this, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Oh, I got it!" Xiao Xing slapped his head and shouted, "Brother, wait a minute. I'd better ask the eagle to find the cave owner. That way it will be faster and won't delay our hunting of rats."

After saying that, he whistled, "Shhh!" and an eagle suddenly descended from the sky and stood in front of Xiaoxing.

"Big Eagle, there is a group of rats attacking us now. Fly to find the cave owner immediately and ask him to come back to the cave to help." Xiaoxing stared at the big eagle and gave the order word by word.

The eagle seemed to understand. It called "coo" twice and then spread its wings and flew into the sky.

The rats were getting closer and closer. Xiao Xing said, "Xia Ge, Chen, Yue, Feng Ge, Yun Ge, all the brothers, you go ahead and I will go to the cave to call for help."

After Xiao Xing finished speaking, he turned and ran into Tianju Cave, raising his arms and shouting to the people in the cave: "Everyone in the cave, listen up: The rats are here to steal our food again. The cave owner and his family are out now, please pick up sticks and help me kill all the rats and protect the food!"

When the fat old Zhang, thin old Zhu and short old Bai who were guarding the three cave gates heard this, they jumped up and said, "Xing, the rats are coming again? I didn't kill many last time, I'm going to kill more this time."

Xiao Xing looked at the three of them - the skinny one was as thin as a bamboo pole, the fat one was as fat as a pig, and the short one was as short as a winter melon. He shook his head and said, "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhu, and Uncle Bai, we won't bother you with hunting rats. You three should be responsible for guarding the cave door to prevent rats from coming in."

"Okay then. Xing, we will definitely guard the cave entrance strictly and not let any rat in." Lao Zhang said, patting his chest.

The people who stayed in the cave were all old men, women, and children. Although they were not very strong, when they heard that the rats had come back, they responded immediately. They picked up sticks and shouted excitedly: "Let's go kill the rats! Let's go kill the rats!"

Xiao Xing saw his mother Chun holding a stick in the crowd, wanting to go and kill rats. He quickly ran to Chun and said, "Mom, you are sick, you can't go, you should stay in the cave and rest!"

It turned out that Chun suffered from a disease called "anger attack". Once she encountered an emergency, she would suddenly faint and have difficulty breathing. Xiaoxing only recently learned about her mother's disease. She was afraid that an emergency would occur during the rat hunting and stimulate her to have another attack, so she hurried to stop Chun.

Chun looked at Xiaoxing and said solemnly: "Xing'er, you are my only son. I am proud that you can speak in front of everyone. In this situation, one more person means more strength. For you and for everyone, I have to help no matter what!"

"But what if you--" Xiaoxing still seemed very worried.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Chun raised the stick and encouraged him, "Xing'er, you are a man. You should be decisive and brave when encountering things and do your best. Don't always be nagging."

"Yes! Mom, I will do my best." Xiaoxing nodded vigorously and replied.

Except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, there were more than 2,000 people in the cave, big and small. Led by Xiaoxing, they rushed out of the cave. Hong'er and Lan'er also came out holding wooden sticks.

Xia Hechen and the others had already started to fight the rats. They fought hard, killing rats one by one. However, more rats rushed forward like desperate criminals.

"Brother Xia, Chen, we are here." Xiaoxing roared and led everyone towards the rat group.

Although the old, weak, women and children were not very strong in fighting, they were more than enough to deal with a rat. Soon, as people continued to beat them, the ground was covered with rat corpses.

After a while of fighting between humans and rats, the rats looked at the dead rats all over the ground and seemed to be scared. They turned around and ran away one after another.

"Hey! Where are you running to, you thieves?" He beat them vigorously and chased them with sticks.

Xiaoxing and everyone else followed.

After chasing for about a mile, I suddenly heard a terrifying and trembling cry: "Oh my God! Xing, Chen, look ahead, a large group of rats is coming."

Xiaoxing and the others stopped and looked up. Not far away, they saw a large group of rats rolling towards them like a tide. Wherever the rats passed, the grass stems disappeared and the land became bare. You don't know until you see it. Xiaoxing and Chen were stunned.

"Oh my God! There are so many rats. Let alone killing them, they might even eat us. What should we do?" he asked in panic.

"I don't know either." Xiao Xing was also very nervous. After all, no one had ever experienced such a scene. However, Xiao Xing quickly calmed down and turned to give orders to everyone: "Another rat army is attacking from the front. Everyone stop chasing and stay where you are."

"Oh, it would be nice to have a machine gun." Xiaoxing muttered to himself.

"Xing, what is a machine gun? What is it used for?" Chen who was standing next to him asked curiously.

"A machine gun is a weapon that can fire bullets. One volley of bullets can kill a large number of rats." Xiaoxing replied.

"Oh, machine guns must be much more powerful than our bows and arrows." Chen imagined.

"Of course! Alas——" Xiaoxing sighed helplessly.

Everyone stopped behind Xiaoxing, Xia, Chen, Yun, and other hunters, and looked ahead. They saw countless rats running towards them, making an alarming noise.

A timid person among them said with trembling legs: "Oh my god! There are so many rats? There must be tens of thousands of them! What should I do?"

"Yeah! How can we get rid of so many rats? If they swarm over us, we might all be eaten by them." Someone in the crowd worriedly said.

"That's right! This is too scary! We might as well hide away for a while!" Everyone was talking at once, not knowing what to do.

Hong'er, who was standing behind Xiaoxing, asked anxiously, "Xia Gege, Xing Gege, Chen Ge, tell me what to do? Otherwise, let's retreat back to Tianju Cave first!"

Chen looked at Xia, Xia looked at Xing, Xing raised his stick and shouted to everyone: "Brothers, uncles and aunts, facing these rat thieves, we must not be timid, let alone retreat. Everyone muster up courage and destroy them."

"Xing is right." He was filled with heroic spirit, waving his stick and shouting: "Everyone listen to me, don't be afraid, as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to defeat these rat thieves."

"Yes, we are hunters, how can we be scared away by this little mouse?" Feng also shouted.

"Brother, we will all listen to you and swear to wipe out all these thieves." Yun raised his hands to show his agreement.

Seeing this, the others agreed to fight the rats to the death.

"Kill the rat thieves! Kill the rat thieves!" everyone shouted.

Xiaoxing and the others were holding sticks, ready for battle.

The rats were getting closer and closer, but when they were about 30 meters away from the people, they suddenly stopped moving forward, whispering to each other, baring their teeth and wagging their tails, staring at the people with fierce eyes. The rats stayed there, and although Xiaoxing was very surprised, he did not dare to attack rashly, and silently prayed that they would retreat quickly.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the back of the rat herd. A group of animals as big as wolves and dogs broke through the waves and moved to the front of the herd, looking at people defiantly.

Xia Hechen, Feng and the others did not take it seriously at first, after all, they were all experienced hunters and had seen all kinds of strange insects and beasts. But when this group of animals that looked like wolves but not wolves, dogs but not dogs came to them, they were shocked after a closer look and almost fell to the ground in fright.

It turned out that these thousands of large animals were not other creatures, but a group of giant rats that had turned into spirits. These rat spirits were huge, dozens of times the size of ordinary rats. Their eyes were shining, two fangs were sticking out of their mouths, and their tails were as long as four or five feet.

The crowd had never seen a rat this big before, and they were all stunned, their legs trembling, and some women even peed themselves in fear.

He stuck out his tongue at Xiao Xing and said, "Oh my God! These are not rats, they must be a group of rat spirits."

Before Xiao Xing could reply, a voice came from the other side of the rat group: "What rat spirit? You two-legged beasts are really rude. You should respectfully address me as the Rat King."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was the oldest and most ferocious of the rat spirits, the Rat King. He was sitting on the ground, holding his head high, stroking his big belly with one hand, glancing at everyone with an extremely arrogant attitude.

Everyone was even more surprised that rats could speak human language. Xiao Xing calmed down, raised his stick, stepped forward, and shouted at the rat king: "You rat thieves, we have nothing to do with you, why do you come to steal our food again and again? I warn you, we humans are not easy to mess with. You just retreat today, and that's it. If you insist on forcibly robbing, look at this stick in my hand, I will beat you into a meat pie."

The rat spirits rolled their rat eyes, looked people up and down, and started talking among themselves.

"Squeak, squeak, it turns out that humans are upright two-legged animals that look like monkeys." said a black rat spirit.

"I thought humans all had sharp teeth and horns, and had three heads and six arms. But it turns out they are not vicious at all." said another gray mouse spirit.

"Although humans don't look fierce, they have killed many of our rats. I also heard that they have caught and killed many ferocious animals, skinned them, and roasted their meat to eat." said another white rat spirit.

When the other rats heard this, they were all terrified. Only the Rat King didn't take it seriously. He sneered, "Since humans are just like monkeys, what's so scary about them? The Monkey King didn't dare to contradict me when he saw me. How powerful can humans be?"