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

The first version says that this person called "Nian" is not a monster, but an old god. The monster is actually a guy named "Xi". This guy has four corners and four legs, and every winter he will go to nearby villages to catch people and eat. Later, with the help of "Nian", the people drove away "Xi", so there was a New Year's Eve.

The second version is actually similar, it just replaces the legendary monster with "nian", and the god who helped the people doesn't know what it's called.

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

But Bai Xiaoqiu is obviously not concerned about this now...

"I'm still playing with your sister..." Bai Xiaoqiu forced her face to send the village chief away. When she turned around, she felt that the eggs were about to break.

He didn't expect that he would encounter a big event like a monster siege as soon as he appeared on the stage... Although there was only one monster, it was a monster that was famous in the legend! In analogy, this guy was like Lu Xun in the monster world - Brother is not in the world, but his legend is circulating in textbooks.

Perhaps due to the express delivery, Bai Xiaoqiu's golden fingers have not arrived. Faced with the situation where such a monster came to him, all he left was cowardly.

"No, it's okay," Bai Xiaoqiu began to find ways to comfort himself, "There are so many capable people in this village, and there are tall people holding on to the sky. Didn't the village chief just say that, I just need to find a place to hide and take care of myself." Bai Xiaoqiu waved the pickaxe and hit the rock wall one after another, looking at the front with a blank look: "Besides, I have never seen the monsters in this world with my own eyes. The New Year beast said so scary, maybe he really looks very cute. Maybe he gave it a New Year gift and the other person left by himself."

His first half of the sentence makes sense, but in the second half, he deceived himself... The row of monster head specimens in the village chief's house are not fake, and the most "cute" one also looks like a Godzilla, which is not inconsistent with Picasso's painting...

So cute monsters only exist in the world of pokemons with the correct way of traveling through time!

...

Since the village chief learned that the New Year Beast was about to attack, Bai Xiaoqiu found that the atmosphere in the village had obviously become tense.

Every day, many fully armed hunters return to the village with strange prey... According to the village chief, those big and scary prey are 80% herbivorous animals... What surprised Bai Xiaoqiu even more than those large herbivorous animals that they had never seen before were those kittens walking independently behind the hunter.

"Oh, are you talking about those cat people?" The hunter uncle smashed a tree trunk with a diameter of nearly one meter into the ground, fixed it with other trunks to form a very solid and reliable wooden wall (this is the second reinforcement in recent days), then wiped his sweat and said, "Those little guys are good partners of our hunters!"

Bai Xiaoqiu had a very eye-catching help to help the hunter uncle fill a cup of tea, and slapped the wind and said, "Why have I never seen them a few days ago?"

The hunter uncle picked up another tree trunk: "Isn't this winter? Although some livestock have been tamed in the village, they still have to store more food to have a clear mind! So the village chief sent a task to the hunters in the village, asking them to catch as much prey as possible... The cats and people naturally followed them."

Bai Xiaoqiu wanted to ask again, but his boss, the mine leader, Boss Li, was already shouting and urging him: "Xiaobai, come back to work soon!! Many hunters' equipment and weapons are worn out very badly. The blacksmith shop has already urged us. We have to prepare more ore!"

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A few more days have passed, and the village’s defense has been prepared, and the Nian Beast is coming.

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

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

"The New Year Beast is here," the hunter uncle was wearing armor made of some unknown parts of animals, with a large bow of XXXL behind him, and a sledgehammer in his hand. After seeing Bai Xiaoqiu, he said in a serious tone: "What are you stupid and standing up?! Come and hide with others in the cellar behind the village!!"

Before the Nian Beast came, Bai Xiaoqiu was really timid, but when the Nian Beast really came and felt this nervous and dangerous aura, Bai Xiaoqiu calmed down a lot: "Hey, don't look down on others!! Is there anything I need to help?" Bai Xiaoqiu felt that he had been very cared for by the villagers these days. When something happened, it was really unreasonable for him to hide in a young and strong man.

"You are the only one?" The hunter uncle seemed to hear some funny joke. "Xiaobai, it's not that I look down on you," he said, taking the big bow behind him, and threw it to Bai Xiaoqiu, "If you can move this bow, I will take you to help."

Bai Xiaoqiu reached out to take it, and suddenly felt a slump in his hand and his body was staggering. The bow looked a little bigger and there was nothing special. I didn't expect it to be so heavy in his hand. If Bai Xiaoqiu hadn't been able to increase his strength a lot after coming here, he wouldn't be able to hold the 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 said, "Wow, I didn't realize that you are really energetic! OK, just go to the village entrance with me to help." Time is tight, and the hunter uncle doesn't want to bother with such things.

Following the hunter uncle, Bai Xiaoqiu quickly arrived at the entrance of the village. Looking through the fire, you can see a black fog filling the forest opposite the village from afar. It doesn’t look like a natural phenomenon. I think the villagers judged the arrival of the New Year beast through this.

Many people were busy behind the wall, and dozens of fully armed hunters looked into the distance with serious expressions... Behind them were a row of cute cat people.

"Erniu, why did you bring Xiaobai too?!" Seeing Bai Xiaoqiu's arrival, the village chief frowned and scolded: "What did you let him mess with such a dangerous thing?!"

The hunter uncle smiled silly, then touched the back of his head and said, "Xiaobai is here by himself, and he has the strength to do it. He can handle my dragon-sling bow, so he should be able to help."

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

"Okay, just help me and hand over the things." The village chief had no time to care about anything else. After saying something to Bai Xiaoqiu, he turned around and shouted: "Everyone is ready to take out the bow, aim at Ya and shoot it to death!!"... By the way, the village chief learned the word "ya" from Bai Xiaoqiu, and he felt that it was very touching to shout.

The black shadow was obviously the New Year beast. Although it was too far away to see its appearance, it was not difficult to see that it was very fast and it was quickly closer to the entrance of the village.

With the order from the village chief, the villagers holding the bow behind him began to fire arrows together. However, the speed of the beast that year was too fast, and 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 performance was Uncle Erniu. He pulled out several arrows from the side, pulled the bow and took the arrow in one go, and the arrows crossed the night sky like a meteor, and the middle-aged beast's face was in front of him.

But there seemed to be something protecting it on the beast's body. The arrows shot on it and it was bounced open, making a metal collision sound. Although the hunter's arrow paused its forward steps for a moment, it did not cause any substantial damage.

Just as everyone was pulling their bows again and preparing to release the second wave of arrow rain, the black fog on the Nian Beast suddenly became restless and wrapped it in. After the black fog dissipated, the Nian Beast actually disappeared out of thin air.

The old village chief seemed not surprised by such an incident. He immediately shouted: "It is just invisible. Don't panic. Keep shooting in the direction of its movement, don't stop!" It seemed that the village chief was about to let everyone shoot an arrow net to stop the New Year's beast from approaching.
Chapter completed!