As he spoke, Elder One Hundred and Eighty took out another movie poster, which was a cartoon with mice as the protagonists, because most of the audience were young children, and the painting style was fresh and cute.

"Look, these are the pictures that the gods have given us, and you can see from these pictures how much the gods love us."

The 180th elder said, "It seems that at that time, we ate and lived with the gods, and our existence was indispensable in the family of every god!" ”

The mice who heard this statement for the first time naturally "squeaked" and exclaimed.

Those adult rat clans who had already heard the preaching of the 180 elders were also proud and honored.

Only Chu Ge laughed in his heart, and said in his heart, yes, in most human families, I am afraid that the existence of rats is indispensable, but you are not very "loved" by people, and the vast majority of human beings will do whatever it takes to destroy you!

"We are the first and most perfect creation of the gods, and this is by no means my wild boasting, but the historians of the Long Fang Kingdom."

The One Hundred and Eighty Elder said mysteriously, waving his paws, and the two attendants brought a thin pamphlet, but it had been mottled and mottled by the earthquake and flood, and most of the patterns and words on it had peeled off.

Chu Ge's eyes widened, and he looked hard, and vaguely saw the words "The Story of the Zodiac" on the cover.

"After the gods created all things in the heavens and the earth, they named the most spiritual and favored creatures among them the 'Zodiac', and their love for the Zodiac reached such an extent that all the years were named after the Zodiac, and the gods born in a particular year would have an indescribable connection with the 'named beast' of this year."

One hundred and eighty elders opened this "Story of the Zodiac" and showed it to the rat clan, "Look, we rat clan, but we are at the top of the zodiac!" ”

Although the pictures and text are mottled, you can still vaguely see the mouse on the first page, jumping and vibrant.

All the rats and rats believed it all at once.

The little mice jumped up with joy, flicked their tails, circled around, and couldn't help themselves with excitement.

"As you can see, our rat clan is at the top of the 12 zodiac signs, and the beginning of each 12-year cycle is the 'Year of the Rat'."

One hundred and eighty elders said, "In this year, our rat clan is simply the supreme existence, those imposing and golden heavenly cities of the gods, the streets and alleys will be plastered with our portraits, a lot of food and jewelry will be made in our likeness, and even the gods will wear rat masks and make up as rat clans to make fun of each other. ”

Elder One Hundred and Eighty said, taking out a tattered cartoon mouse mask from the shoebox, as well as a plastic cartoon mouse toy, to prove that he was right.

Dozens of mice snatched cartoon mouse masks and toys, wanting to see something strange, and almost tore the already rotten mask completely, but the rats picked up their tails and slammed them hard, causing them to "squeak" and scream, hugging their heads and running around, refusing to let go, and the scene suddenly became a mess.

"Don't fight, but when I'm done, you can take your time and see the grace of the gods to us."

The One Hundred and Eighty Elder also came from the stage of a mouse, and it still remembers how excited and crazy it was when it first heard the story of the gods when it was a mouse.

It waved its paw very magnanimously, signaling the rats not to be too embarrassed by the mice—just a year and a half ago, these rats were not the same virtues? It's normal to be excited to see the legacy of the gods.

"If the Year of the Rat is only symbolic of culture and entertainment, then what I want you to see next is about the glory and fall, the rise and the fall of the gods, the rise and the fall."

One hundred and eighty elders cleared their throats and continued, "When the civilization of the gods was so powerful that they could even explore the secrets beyond the sky, they invented a supreme artifact called the 'computer' - I don't know exactly what it is, it is said to be something that can change the world of the gods and make the gods make a leap forward in civilization, and guess what, what do the gods use to manipulate computers? ”

The mice looked at each other, how could they guess?

The rats were thrilled, knowing that they would once again have the privilege of viewing the legendary artifact.

Sure enough, the one hundred and eighty elders personally climbed into the shoebox, fixed the front paws and tail in a triangular shape, and respectfully lifted out something that was properly wrapped in a silk scarf from inside.

It squints its eyes and, with the gentlest and most delicate movements, unravels the knots on it.

Under a layer of silk scarves, there is still a layer of silk scarves, it is carefully uncovered layer by layer, and under the five layers of silk scarves, the artifact shows its true appearance.

It's a mouse.

The wired kind.

"Oops!"

The mice had never seen anything like it, and they all screamed.

The rats' expressions were solemn, and they shed tears of crystal tears for the gods' favor on them.

"It's the 'mouse,' and it's named after us."

The One Hundred and Eighty Elder said, "Legend has it that the gods gathered all their wisdom and invented the artifact of 'computer', but they couldn't think of a way to control the artifact.

"Without the right tools to manipulate the computer, the power of the artifact would have been reduced by at least half.

"Just when the gods were at a loss, it was a particularly intelligent rat who came up with a way to harness the artifact, and let the gods take inspiration from it to make this tool that looks very similar to ours.

"Look, this is the head, this is the tail, is it really like us?"

The rats and mice nodded their heads.

The words of the one hundred and eighty elders are well-founded, convincing, and simply unassailable.

If it weren't really the idea of the rats, why would the mouse be so similar to them, and it was called "mouse" instead of "dog mark", "cow mark", "cat mark"?

"In short, the gods used the mouse to control the computer, opened a new era, made their world appear a thousand miles forward, created countless magnificent, resplendent and splendid heavenly cities, it was a real golden age, we rat people and other creatures, together with the protection of the gods, lived in that carefree eternal paradise."

The one hundred and eighty elders shook their heads, their faces were full of light, and their mouths were full of "tsk", envying the good life of the golden years, but also deeply regretting that they could not see it with their own eyes.

Rats and mice, who feel the same way, can't wait to get into posters, posters and storybooks, so beautiful that they don't look like the real world.

"And then?"

One mouse boldly asked, "What happened?" ”

"Later ......"

The one hundred and eighty elder's face showed a stunned light, and he said a little dazedly, "Later, the golden age of the gods was completely shattered by war and destruction—no one knows where the war started, some people say that the gods were tempted by demons, and some of the gods degenerated into demons; It is also said that the gods were attacked by more powerful enemies from outside the heavens, in short, the gods manipulated the thunder, trampled the mountains and cities, and launched a war that destroyed the world.

"The tranquility of the past is gone, the civilization of the past has turned into barbarism, the gods have attacked each other with the most advanced weapons, even mice and computers, killing each other mercilessly, destroying the cities they have worked so hard to build, and finally, turning the ground into a purgatory of dark clouds, poisonous gases, and wastewater, and most of the gods and the creatures they created have died in this war - this is what we call 'the fall of the gods'."

Among the rats, there was a sigh of not much regret.

The rats were heartbroken, and the mice pounded their chests and sighed at the fall of the gods.

Chu Ge was confused, and he didn't know where the one hundred and eighty elders heard such an absurd statement.

It is true that in the mid-to-late 21st century, the major powers of human civilization are indeed tense, and all-out nuclear war is on the verge of breaking out.

However, with the advent of the era of calamity, all kinds of natural and man-made disasters have brought the human world together like never before, and the contradictions between the major powers are really nothing in the face of the power of heaven and earth, and all of them have been eliminated invisibly.

Today's human civilization has long been phoenix nirvana, where is the "fall of the gods"?