There are two main versions of the legend about the Year Beast.

The first version is that this monster called "Nian" is not a monster, but an old fairy, and the monster is actually a guy named "Xi". This guy is four-horned and four-legged, and every winter he goes to a nearby village to catch people to eat. Later, the people drove away the "Eve" with the help of the "Nian", so there was a saying about Chinese New Year's Eve.

And the second version is actually much the same, except that the legendary monster is replaced with "Nian", and the god who helped the people doesn't know what his name is.

According to what the old village chief just said, at least in this world, the second version of the legend is obviously closer to reality.

However, what Bai Xiaoqiu cares about now is obviously not this

"This is still playing with your sister" Bai Xiaoqiu sent the village elder away with a strong face, and when he turned around, he already felt that the eggs were about to break.

How could he have thought that as soon as he appeared on the stage, he encountered a big event like a monster attacking the city, although there was only one monster coming, but it was a monster that left a name in the legend! By analogy, this guy is like Lu Xun in the monster world - his brother is not in the rivers and lakes, but there is a legend of his brother in the textbook.

may be due to the express delivery, Bai Xiaoqiu's golden finger has never arrived, and in the face of this kind of monster hitting the door, all he has left is cowardice.

"It's okay, it's okay," Bai Xiaoqiu began to find ways to comfort herself, "There are so many capable people in this village, and there are tall ones on top of the sky when the sky falls, didn't the village chief just say it, I just need to find a place to hide and take care of myself." Bai Xiaoqiu waved an iron pickaxe, knocked on the rock wall for a while, looked at the front with empty eyes, and looked broken: "Besides, I haven't seen the monster in this world with my own eyes, that year beast is so scary, maybe the real appearance is actually very cute, maybe give it some New Year's goods and leave by itself." ”

The first half of his sentence is quite reasonable, but in the second half of the sentence, he lied to himself that the village chief's row of monster head specimens is not fake, and the most "cute" one is also bared with teeth and grinning like Godzilla, which is not inconsistent in Picasso's paintings

So the cute monster or something only exists in the Pokemon world in the right way to traverse!

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Ever since he learned the news of the imminent attack of the Year Beast from the village chief's mouth, Bai Xiaoqiu found that the atmosphere in the village had obviously become tense.

Every day, many heavily armed hunters return to the village with strange prey, according to the village chief, eighty percent of the big and scary-looking prey are herbivores, and what surprises Bai Xiaoqiu more than those large herbivores that he has never seen before are the kittens and cats that follow the hunters and walk on their own feet.

"Oh, you mean the cat people?" Uncle Hunter smashed a tree trunk with a diameter of nearly one meter into the ground, fixed it with the other trunks to form a fairly solid and reliable wooden wall (this is the second reinforcement in recent days), then wiped his sweat and said, "Those little ones are good partners of our hunters!" ”

Bai Xiaoqiu's discerning Uncle Hunter filled a cup of tea, fanned the wind and said, "Then why haven't I seen them a few days ago?" ”

Uncle Hunter picked up another trunk: "Isn't this winter?" Although some domestic animals are domesticated in the village, they still need to store and distribute more food to have a good idea! Therefore, the village chief sent a task to the hunters in the village, asking them to hunt as much prey as possible, and when they came back, the cats naturally followed. ”

Bai Xiaoqiu wanted to ask again carefully, but in the distance, his boss, the mine boss Li, had already shouted and urged him: "Xiaobai, come back to work soon!" Many hunters' equipment and weapons are very worn, and the blacksmith shop has already rushed, so we need to prepare some ore! ”

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Another few days have passed, and the village's precautions have been prepared, just waiting for the Nian Beast to come to the door.

That night, Bai Xiaoqiu was sleeping in the house that the hunter's uncle helped him build, when he suddenly heard a huge bell ringing outside, followed by the flash of the fire, and the sound of shouting and footsteps was intertwined very noisy.

Bai Xiaoqiu rubbed his eyes and put on his clothes ("Ah, Xiaobai, the material of your clothes is so special!") When he gave Bai Xiaoqiu new clothes, the hunter uncle who realized it sighed, and when he walked out of the house, he happened to meet the hunter uncle who was also in a hurry.

"The year beast is here," the hunter uncle was wearing an armor made of unknown animal parts at this time, carrying a big bow with a number xxxl behind him, and a sledgehammer in his hand, and said in a stern tone after seeing Bai Xiaoqiu: "What are you kid still standing stupidly for?!" Go to the cellar behind the village with the rest of the people and hide!! ”

Before the Nian Beast came, Bai Xiaoqiu was really scared to death, but when the Nian Beast really came, he really felt this tense and dangerous aura, and Bai Xiaoqiu calmed down a lot: "Hey, don't look down on people!" Is there anything I can help me with? Bai Xiaoqiu felt that he had been very taken care of by the people in the village these days, but when something happened, it was really unreasonable for a young and strong young man to hide instead.

"Just you?!" Uncle Hunter seemed to have heard some funny joke, "Xiaobai, it's not that I look down on you," he said and took down the big bow behind him, tossed it in his hand and threw it to Bai Xiaoqiu, "If you take this bow, I'll take you with me to help." ”

Bai Xiaoqiu stretched out his hand to take it, and suddenly felt that his hand sank, and his body was also staggered. This bow looks a little bigger, there is nothing special, I didn't expect it to be so heavy in my hand, if it weren't for Bai Xiaoqiu's strength increasing a lot after coming here, he really couldn't hold this bow.

The hunter uncle next to him was even more surprised than Bai Xiaoqiu, he was stunned for a moment before patting Bai Xiaoqiu's shoulder and saying, "Hey, I didn't see that your kid is really strong!" Okay, you can come with me to the entrance of the village to help. "Time is pressing, and Uncle Hunter doesn't want to dwell on this kind of thing.

Following the hunter uncle trotting all the way, Bai Xiaoqiu soon came to the head of the village, looking through the firelight, he could see from afar that the forest opposite the village was filled with a black mist, no matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like a natural phenomenon.

Many people were busy behind the wall, dozens of heavily armed hunters looked into the distance with stern faces, and a row of cute cat people were followed behind them.

"Erniu, why did you bring Xiaobai too?!" Seeing Bai Xiaoqiu's arrival, the village elder twisted his eyebrows and reproached: "What are you letting him toss around with such a dangerous thing?!" ”

The hunter uncle laughed twice, then touched the back of his head and said, "Xiaobai, he is coming by himself, and he has the strength to handle it, he can handle my dragon bow, he should be able to help." ”

The village chief was about to say something, but at this moment, a roar like a tiger's roar came from the forest in the distance, followed by a figure surrounded by black mist!

"Alright, you can help with the hand-outs and deliver the things." How could the village chief have the strength to care about anything else, after saying a word to Bai Xiaoqiu, he turned around and shouted: "Everyone prepare, those who can shoot arrows take out their bows and aim at me to shoot to death!" By the way, the village chief learned the word "Ya" from Bai Xiaoqiu, and he felt that shouting was very emotional.

The black shadow was obviously the Year Beast, and although it was too far away to see its appearance, it was not difficult to see that its speed was very fast, and the distance between it and the entrance of the village was rapidly narrowing.

With the order of the village chief, the villagers with bows behind them began to fire arrows in unison. However, the speed of the beast was too fast that most of the arrows shot by ordinary villagers fell in the air, and only a few hunters could guarantee a certain hit rate.

The most eye-catching thing on the table is Uncle Erniu, he pulled out a few arrows from the side, pulled the bow and arrows in one go, and the arrows crossed the night sky like meteors, right in front of the middle-aged beast.

But there seemed to be something on the beast's body that was protecting it, and the arrows that shot at its body were all bounced away, making a sound like metal colliding, and although the arrow of the hunter made it pause in its forward steps, it did not cause any substantial damage.

Just as everyone drew their bows again and prepared to release the second wave of arrows, the black mist on the beast's body suddenly became agitated and enveloped it entirely. When the black mist cleared, the year beast actually disappeared out of thin air.

The old village chief didn't seem surprised by such a change, he immediately shouted: "It's just invisible, don't panic, continue to shoot in the direction of its travel, don't stop!" "It seems that the village chief is going to let everyone shoot an arrow net to stop the year beast from approaching.

But apparently the network of arrows shot by dozens of people was not dense enough, and the arrows did not cause much damage to the Nian Beast in the first place, and only a few seconds later, a monster with a single horn on its head and red and purple scales had already rushed in front of everyone.