Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"My lord, it seems that humans have left the cave." The big black dog looked up and said without hearing any noise.

"Well, I guess the humans must have lost their way, so they retreated." Dog Head nodded and guessed.

"Huh..." Upon hearing this, Emperor Nian let out a long sigh: "How come these cunning humans are not trapped to death?"

"Although I didn't die from sleep this time, I may not be so lucky next time." said Dog Head.

"I hope humans will give up and stop attacking." Emperor Nian said.

"Since the humans have retreated, let's continue sleeping!" Pighead was woken up, muttered, and fell asleep again.

For three consecutive days, Doghead heard nothing and asked in confusion, "Huh? Why don't humans attack anymore? Have they gone back to Hongmeng?"

"Yes. It's probably possible." Emperor Nian nodded and said, "Those naughty humans will never stop attacking until they withdraw their troops."

The dog head turned to the big black dog and the big gray wolf and said, "Big black dog and big gray wolf, lead the brothers out of the cave to have a look and hunt some food."

"Yes, my king!" The big black dog and the big gray wolf agreed and led the pack of dogs out of the cave.

Before the dogs walked out of the cave, they smelled the aroma of barbecue, which made them salivate.

"Big Bad Wolf, it seems like someone is grilling meat outside the cave. It smells so delicious!" asked the big black dog, licking his tongue.

"Yes, it smells so good!" The big bad wolf was drooling, "I guess this must be roasted rabbit meat."

"I think it must be roasted venison." The big black dog sniffed.

"It's rabbit meat!"

"It's venison."

The two dogs started arguing, neither willing to give in. The big spotted dog next to them stepped forward and tried to persuade them: "Two leaders, is it rabbit meat or venison? Why don't we go out and try a piece and find out?"

"Big Flower Dog is right. Try a piece and you'll know." Big Black Dog swallowed his saliva and said, "But who is grilling this meat? Are you willing to let us taste it?"

"No matter who he is, if he refuses, we will just go and rob him." said the big bad wolf, licking his white fangs.

The dogs agreed and ran towards the cave entrance. Soon, they arrived at the cave entrance and looked outside. They saw many humans sitting around a campfire, grilling and eating.

"Big Bad Wolf, it turns out that humans haven't retreated yet and are still barbecuing here." The big black dog said in surprise.

"I was wondering who knows how to barbecue, it turns out it's those cunning two-legged beasts." The big bad wolf said hatefully.

"Big Bad Wolf, should we still go up and rob?"

"You still dare to provoke them? Aren't you afraid of breaking your legs?" Although the big bad wolf was very envious, he still shook his head fearfully.

The big black dog didn't dare to go forward, but the smell of barbecue was so delicious that it was reluctant to leave.

After looking around for a while, the big black dog couldn't help but say, "Big Bad Wolf, we can't eat the delicious barbecue, but it's not bad to eat a piece of their discarded bone."

"Big black dog leader, if you want to eat bones, I can pick one up for you." The big spotted dog next to them saw a man finishing his barbecue, and threw a big bone not far from them. In order to please the leader, he volunteered to pick up the bone.

"Big spotted dog, since you are willing to take the risk to pick up bones for me, I will definitely treat you differently. Go now!" said the big black dog, licking his tongue.

The big spotted dog received the order and quickly ran towards the discarded bone. However, just when it picked up the bone, it was discovered by the sharp-eyed Chen.

Chen's shout startled everyone. They dropped the barbecue in their hands, stood up and looked towards the cave entrance. Sure enough, they saw countless green eyes swimming there.

Dong was not afraid but happy when he saw the dogs coming out of the cave. He dropped the barbecue in his hand, picked up a wooden stick and shouted, "These dead dogs, we couldn't find you, but you came out to die. Brothers, hurry up, don't let them get away this time."

After shouting, he didn't wait for everyone and strode towards the cave entrance.

"Brothers, everyone pick up your weapons, bring plenty of dry food and torches, and don't let them escape this time." Xiaoxing also stood up and shouted.

"Everyone charge! Don't let these vicious dogs run away!" Xi Hechen, Bei, Yue, Feng... and the others picked up their weapons and rushed over.

"Brothers, humans are coming to kill us! Run!" When the big bad wolf saw the humans rushing towards him, he was scared to death and turned around and fled into the cave.

The big black dog was also in a state of panic, not caring about eating the bones, and ran away. The other dogs, unwilling to be left behind, also fled back into the cave.

The big spotted dog was only about 40-50 meters away from the human. When it picked up the bone and was about to run back, the human had already spotted it and rushed over. The big spotted dog knew it was not good, so it turned around and ran away, but it was too late. Dong, with the help of the firelight, had already spotted the big spotted dog nearby, and he roared and swung at it with a stick.

With a "smack", the stick hit the big dog's right hind leg. The big dog screamed, its leg was broken. It threw away the bone in its mouth, dragged its injured leg, and limped away into the cave.

Dong was unwilling to give up, and started chasing after them with a stick in hand, shouting, "Brothers, bring torches and food with you, and chase after them with me."

"Yes, Brother Dong." Xiaoxing, Xi, Chen and the four hundred warriors who entered the cave last time received the order and returned to the camp to get torches and food, and then followed.

The big black dog, the big gray wolf and the others had already escaped and disappeared. The big spotted dog, due to a leg injury, could not run fast, so he fell behind alone.

"Brothers, hurry up, don't let it run away." It was dark in the cave, and Dong was chasing very slowly with the help of the firelight, so he urged everyone anxiously.

"Brother Dong, even if we can't catch it, it would be good if we can follow it to its kennel." Xiaoxing said.

"Yes, yes, let's follow it to the doghouse and kill the Dog King and the Nian Beast at the same time." Chen followed.

"The people behind you remember to mark the cave wall to prevent us from getting lost when we come out." Because of the lesson last time, Xiaoxing reminded everyone as soon as they entered the cave.

"Got it, Brother Xing, we will definitely leave a good mark." A warrior named Xiaosha from the back responded loudly.

The big spotted dog walked for a long time, passing through one cave after another. Soon, it ran out of the earth cave and reached the second cave - the water cave.

As soon as he entered the water cave, Dong exclaimed in surprise: "Damn it, this cave is twice as tall as before, but it's full of water."

"Brother Dong, is the water deep?" Xiaoxing, who was following behind, asked hurriedly when he heard it.

"Xing, the water is not deep. It's just up to my calves." Dong replied.

"Brothers, be careful, there is water in the cave ahead." Xiaoxing immediately warned everyone.

"Got it, Xing!" everyone agreed.

As the group followed the big flower dog through a cave, Xiaosha suddenly called out from behind, "Brother Xing, stop chasing us. This cave has a hard rock wall and we can't mark it. What should we do?"

"Everyone stop for a moment!" Xiaoxing hurriedly stopped everyone, his brows twisted into a knot, and he was at a loss for what to do for a moment.

"Xing, we can't stop. Once we lose the big dog, we'll be nowhere to find it." Dong shouted anxiously.

"Brother Dong, if we don't leave any signs, we will get lost again and be trapped and unable to get out." Xiaoxing said worriedly.

"Xing, we should find the doghouse first and eliminate the Nian beast and the dog king." Dong stamped his feet and shouted.

"What happens after that? Are we just going to be trapped to death?" Xiaoxing asked back.

"You are afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind. If you hesitate any longer, the big spotted dog will disappear." Dong held up the torch and looked into the distance. He saw the big spotted dog desperately running away, getting farther and farther away, and about to disappear in the darkness. Dong said excitedly: "Xing, the opportunity is not to be missed, and the time will not come again. If you don't chase it, I will chase it alone."

"Xing, Brother Dong is right. If we let them run away this time, it will be really hard to find them again." Although Xi agreed with Dong's opinion, he didn't dare to follow Dong to take risks again after being trapped last time.

"Xing, we brought enough torches and dry food this time. Even if we get lost and trapped, I think we can hold on until we get out." Chen said.

"Since everyone says we should continue chasing, let's do this." Xiaoxing shouted to the back: "Xiaosha, use your stone axe to knock a mark on the stone wall for me."

"Yes, Brother Xing." Xiaosha received the order and swung the stone axe to chisel several marks on the stone wall.

Although Xiaoxing was still a little worried, he had no choice but to continue chasing after her.

So, everyone waded through the water and continued to chase. After a while, the man in front suddenly yelled "Aiya", then fell down with a "thump", and the torch in his hand fell into the water and went out immediately.

"Brother Dong, what's wrong with you?" Seeing this, Xiaoxing behind him hurriedly quickened his pace and tried to help him, but suddenly he was tripped by a large object and fell into the water with a "splash", and the torch was extinguished.

"Brother Dong, Xing, what happened to you? Are you okay?" Xi, Bei and others behind asked in surprise.

"Brothers, we just tripped over a big rock, it's okay." Dong climbed up wet and answered while wiping the water off his body.

"Oh, it turns out that it was the big rock that caused trouble and scared us." Xi and everyone laughed.

"Brothers at the back, hand over two torches." Dong said.

This time everyone brought a few extra torches when entering the cave, so someone immediately lit two torches and handed them to Dong and Xiaoxing respectively.

"Oh! The big spotted dog is lost!" Dong took the torch and shone it forward, and found that the big spotted dog had taken advantage of the opportunity to run away without a trace and its whereabouts were unknown.

"This is bad." Xiao Xing cried out, "Brothers, let's catch up and look for him."

Everyone accelerated and chased forward, only to see three similar forked caves ahead. Now everyone was confused, which cave did the big flower dog go to?

"Xing, there are three branch caves ahead. Which cave should we chase into?" Dong looked at the three branch caves of the same size in front of him and couldn't help but feel troubled again.

"This..." Looking at the branch caves that were nowhere to be found, Xiao Xing pointed to the hole in the middle and said, "These holes are very similar. Let's just randomly choose a hole to chase after them, just like before."

Dong, having learned his lesson last time, did not dare to voice any objection. The others had no objection either, so they chased after him towards the middle cave.

The group chased for a while in a hurry, but still could not see any trace of the big spotted dog. Soon, the road came to an end, and three fork tunnels appeared in front of them.

"Let's continue chasing towards the hole in the middle." Xiaoxing waved his hand and led everyone to chase further.

After walking a lot and entering a lot of caves, they still couldn't see any trace of the big flower dog. Xiao Xing finally lost his patience and stopped to say to Dong: "Brother Dong, we have been chasing for a long time, but we haven't caught up with the big flower dog, and we haven't seen the end of this water cave. Should we continue chasing?"

"Xing, even if we can't catch the big spotted dog, we have to search this water cave thoroughly. I don't believe we won't be able to find the Nian beasts." Dong raised his eyebrows and said fiercely.

"Brother Dong is right." Xi interrupted, "We can't slack off. We should go deeper into the cave and find out what's going on."

"Brother Dong and Brother Xi are right. We are well prepared this time. We should search again. If there is nothing found, it will not be too late to retreat." Chen Hefeng, Yun and others followed suit.

"Okay then, let's continue searching." Xiaoxing nodded.

The group wandered around for a long time but still found nothing. Just when everyone was dejected and exhausted, Xiaoxing, the leader, suddenly screamed "Aiya!", stumbled, and fell into the water again.

"Xing, what's wrong with you?" Dong rushed forward to pull her, but he tripped over something and fell with a thump.

"Xing, Brother Dong, why did you fall down again?" Chen asked in surprise from behind.

"What bad luck! There is another big rock here." Xiaoxing climbed up, wet all over, and warned the people behind him.