Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Xi, Uncle Zhi, if you want to attack, you have to follow my advice: build a raft and cross the river." Xiaoxing immediately brought up the old idea again.

"Xing is right. If we take a raft to cross the river, those waterfowl won't be able to do anything to us." Upon hearing this, Chen hurriedly raised both hands in agreement.

"Yes, we will definitely succeed in crossing the river by building a raft!" Feng Heyun and others also echoed.

Dong was naturally indisputable because his plan had failed, so he just stood there in silence.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhi nodded and announced: "My fellow warriors, in order to better deal with those waterfowl, I think this is the only plan that will work!" Having said this, he looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was setting. He continued: "It's getting late today and everyone is tired. Why don't we find a place to camp and rest for the time being, and tomorrow morning we will return to the West Mountain to cut wood and build a raft."

"Yes, Uncle Zhi!" everyone responded loudly.

That night, after dinner, Xiaoxing took Hong'er and Chen took Lan'er, and the four of them strolled along the river. The silver moonlight poured on the river, and from a distance it looked like a thin layer of mist, hazy and ethereal.

"Brother Xing, are you really okay with your injuries?" Hong'er asked again, touching a wound on Xiaoxing's back.

"These are just some superficial injuries, nothing serious. Hong'er, you don't have to worry." Xiaoxing looked at the spot on his leg that was bitten by a goose and answered easily.

"Xing, today's river crossing failed and everyone was injured. It's all Dong Ge's fault for not listening to others' advice and insisting on having his own way, which led to this." Chen said angrily.

"Chen, Dong Ge wanted to swim across the river and was in a hurry to succeed. Who would have thought that there would be those waterfowl blocking his way?" Xiaoxing said.

"Xing, ever since the cave master passed away, Dong Ge has always acted as the boss and ordered everyone around. I think he probably wants to be the cave master." Chen picked up a stone and threw it into the river.

"If Dong Ge wants to be the cave master, then let him be the master! Someone has to be the master anyway, so who cares who it is?" Xiao Xing said disapprovingly.

"Brother Dong is selfish and cold-blooded, lacking in strategy, and is not suitable to be a cave master at all." Chen was very unhappy and threw another stone into the river, then said to Xiaoxing: "Xing, I think you should strive to become a cave master. If so, I will fully support you."

"Yes, yes. Brother Xing, if you become the cave master, we will support you a thousand times!" Hong'er and Lan'er followed.

"I'll be the cave master?" Xiao Xing shook his head, his expression solemn: "Being a cave master is a big responsibility, I have never thought about becoming a cave master."

"Xing, if you give up being the cave master, then Dong Ge will be the only one who can take over. By then, we will be led into dire straits by him." Chen said with great regret.

"That's not necessarily true." Xiao Xing patted Chen's shoulder and said, "Chen, the cave master left a will: whoever defeats the Nian beast will be the next cave master. As long as you work harder, you might have a chance."

"Brother Xing is right. Brother Chen, it would be good for you to be the cave master!" Lan'er clapped her hands and shouted.

"Me?" Chen shook his head and said with a smile, "In terms of intelligence and courage, I am not even one tenth as good as Xing and Dong. This is unless the Nian beast runs in front of me and surrenders and commits suicide."

"Hahaha!" Xiaoxing, Hong'er and Lan'er burst into laughter. After laughing, Xiaoxing said seriously: "Chen, don't worry about who wants to be the cave master now, we just need to work hard to do our job well."

The four of them talked as they walked, and did not return to the camp to rest until late at night.

The next day, just after breakfast, Zhi led everyone to cut wood. Since there was only wasteland nearby, they had to go back to the West Mountain, which was a hundred miles away.

After two days of hard work, the group finally cut down the wood and carried it back. Without taking a break, Xiaoxing directed everyone to start making rafts. After another day of hard work, more than 50 rafts were made, each four feet wide and twenty feet long.

"Uncle Zhi, brothers, now that we have these rafts, we are determined to defeat the army of waterfowl." Xiaoxing said happily as he looked at the rafts.

"Xing is right. As long as we are standing on the raft, we don't have to worry about waterfowl diving and attacking us." Chen said.

"Yes, this way, we can kill those waterfowl more conveniently." Feng followed.

"If we defeat those waterfowl, we can eat roast duck and roast goose!" shouted the roots and leaves.

"My fellow warriors, everything is ready. Tomorrow we will cross the river on a raft, defeat the roosters and waterfowl, and destroy the Nian beast." Zhi raised his arms and shouted.

"Defeat the rooster and destroy the Nian beast!" Everyone shouted slogans.

After breakfast the next day, Dong and Xiaoxing led a team of more than 400 people to attack. They took their weapons and boarded the rafts to row towards Qinwang Island. It was safe and secure, as if walking on flat ground.

The roosters and chicken spirits who had been watching from the sky saw the humans attacking on the rafts, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly flew to Bird King Island to report to Emperor Nian: "Emperor Nian, it's bad, the humans are attacking again!"

"Didn't these monkey-like humans fail in their last attack? Why don't they just roll back but instead attack again?" Upon hearing the news, Emperor Nian couldn't help but become restless again.

"Emperor Nian, last time humans crossed the river by swimming, but this time they are crossing on rafts. What should we do?" The rooster said with a sad face.

"What should I do? What else can I do?" Emperor Nian said angrily, "Hurry up and order those geese and ducks to hold me back, otherwise, I will turn you into a whole chicken in one bite."

"Yes, Emperor Nian, I'll go right away, right away." After saying that, the rooster flew towards the nest of the Goose King and the Duck King.

The Goose King and the Duck King were still immersed in the excitement of defeating humans, and were talking loudly and "quack quack".

"Humans are so vulnerable. They run away before they have enough fun!" The Goose King raised his head and laughed.

"How can humans be our opponents? Looking at the way they swim, they seem so stupid and ridiculous." The Duck King looked disdainful.

"But our Rooster King still regards humans as invincible gods. Hahahaha..." The Goose King laughed.

Before the Goose King had finished laughing, the Rooster came rushing over in a panic: "Goose King and Duck King, something is wrong, humans are attacking again!"

"King Rooster, why are you so panicking? If these defeated humans dare to come again, let them taste the pain of being twisted again." The Goose King said contemptuously.

"King Rooster, humans are just like a giant turtle in the water. It's so easy to deal with them!" King Duck was equally contemptuous.

"King Goose and King Duck, humans attacked by swimming last time, but this time they switched to crossing the river on rafts. I'm afraid they will be difficult to defeat!" The rooster sighed with a frown.

"Take a raft?" The Goose King and the Duck King asked curiously, "What is a raft? Can it swim?"

"A raft is made of wood by humans. It can float on the water. Humans ride on it and paddle it. So there is no danger of drowning," the rooster explained to them.

"We are not afraid even if we take a raft. We can definitely defeat humans. Quack, quack..." The Goose King still disagreed.

"Since the Goose King is so heroic, he should lead the waterfowl army to defeat the enemy!" the rooster urged hurriedly.

"Quack quack..." The Goose King received the order and led the Duck King, Cormorant and more than ten thousand other waterfowl, and marched down the river to greet humans.

When he swam halfway across the river, he saw humans paddling across the river in the distance. The goose king stretched his neck and shouted, "Humans who are looking for death, you are still forcing us to attack. If you have the guts, don't run away."

"You dead roosters and stinky ducks, I let you win by chance last time, but this time I won't stop until I kill you all!" Dong stood at the bow of the raft, brandishing his knife and cursing.

"Haha, the defeated general is even more boastful than an old cow. Brothers, come on!" The Goose King could not stand it any longer.

Dozens of goose and duck spirits flew over the water, swooped down on the raft, and opened their mouths to bite the humans on the raft. Xiaoxing on the first raft saw the waterfowl attacking, waved his knife and shouted, "Brothers, prepare for battle!"

After shouting, he stared at a goose demon that was coming at him aggressively and chopped it down with his sword. Instantly, the goose demon's head and body were separated and it died in the water. Others such as Chen, Yue, Feng, etc. also showed their skills and killed more than ten goose demons and duck demons.

In just a short while, the river was covered with corpses and dyed red with blood. The Goose King and the Duck King who rushed over were so frightened by this scene that they immediately turned around and fled in panic. As they fled, they shouted: "Quack, humans are too powerful now. Everyone, run!"

"Hua——" All the waterfowl saw the king running away, and those who were unwilling to be left behind followed him and fled. In an instant, they retreated to the Bird King Island like a whirlwind.

"Dead geese and dead ducks, where can you escape to? Brothers, chase them!" Xiaoxing put away the stone knife, paddled hard, and led everyone to pursue the victory.

The rooster watching the battle in the sky saw the Goose King and the Duck King fleeing, so he quickly flew over to intercept them and shouted, "Goose King and Duck King, the battle has just begun, why are you running away?"

"My Lord Rooster, the humans on the raft this time are indeed many times more powerful than last time. Many of my brothers were hacked to death as soon as they rushed up. If I hadn't run fast, I would probably not have seen you!" The Goose King shook his wings, still in shock.

"Brother Goose is right. Humans are not in the water and we cannot dive and attack. How can we fight this war?" The Duck King hung his head in dejection, still afraid.

"But as soon as you retreat, humans will attack. What should we do then?" The rooster was so anxious that he almost vomited blood.

"King Rooster, why are you so scared? If we can't win, can't we just run away?" The Goose King suggested.

"Run?" The rooster jumped up and shouted, "Nian Di sought refuge here because he had nowhere to run to because he was chased by humans. If we run, what will Nian Di do? He will eat us all."

"Ah? Then we are dead! What should we do? What should we do?" Upon hearing this, the waterfowl began to run around in a circle.

"Dead roosters, dead geese, dead ducks, humans are attacking again. Why are you still gathering here instead of going to defeat the enemy?" The nervous Emperor Nian ran over and asked.

"Report to Emperor Nian, humans crossed the river on rafts this time without the risk of drowning and became extremely powerful. The Goose King and the Duck King were defeated in the battle, so they fled back." The rooster answered timidly.

"You stupid geese and ducks, aren't you the most powerful in the water? Why are you now defeated and running away?" Emperor Nian's eyes widened as he looked ferocious, and he asked viciously.

"Nian, Emperor Nian, the cunning humans were riding on the raft, which was not conducive for our attack, so we were defeated." The Goose King explained tremblingly.

"Incompetent things." Emperor Nian was furious. He twisted his body, stretched out his long tail, and rolled up the Goose King, saying: "Listen to you, you useless people: If you can't defeat humans, you're dead!"

"Emperor Nian, spare my life, spare my life!" The Goose King struggled hard and begged for mercy: "Please let me go, I will go and fight humans to the death."

With a "bang", Emperor Nian threw the Goose King three feet away and said, "If you fail again, you dead birds, I will never let you off easily."

"Yes, Emperor Nian." The rooster agreed tremblingly, and quickly led the king of geese, the king of ducks and the army of waterfowl to the river.

"Damn Emperor Nian, he's trying to force us to death! King Rooster, we're done for now!" The Goose King was in pain from the fall and had a sad face.

"King Goose, it's good enough that Emperor Nian spared you just now. Let's find a way to stop the human attack!" The rooster comforted.

The Goose King and the Duck King had no choice but to lead the waterfowl army down the river to defeat the enemy. When the birds swam to the middle of the river, they saw humans paddling rafts from a distance and were so frightened that they stopped and dared not approach.

"Hey!" Xiao Xing on the first raft saw the goose and duck spirits coming back, and he brandished his knife and shouted, "You ignorant waterfowl dare to come back, this time you will never come back."

"You damn waterfowl, if you are brave, don't run away, let us kill them happily. Haha——" Dong laughed.

"If we kill all of you waterfowl, we'll have endless roast duck and roast goose to eat at night! Haha..." Tree Root shouted.

"Haha..." Everyone standing on the raft laughed with confidence. Before they stopped laughing, a strong wind blew and a huge wave more than three feet high was raised. The huge wave lifted the raft high up, and then suddenly fell down. Everyone on the raft was caught off guard and immediately lost their balance and fell into the water.