The hundred-meter-high watchtower was built with huge trees in a triangular shape, very stable. A guard on it pointed to the eastern mountains and exclaimed that he saw Xichuan Town.

The crowd erupted in an uproar.

Reverend White Crane and several grandmasters guarding the area leaped up, flying like giant Peng birds, and landed lightly on the watchtower. They stared intently, their expressions turning dull.

Beyond the eastern mountains, the dense fog was dissipating, revealing a primeval forest with towering trees. These forest trees were so tall, it was impossible to know how many years they had grown.

Behind the fog-shrouded forest, in the mist, a ruined architectural wasteland was faintly visible, vaguely resembling the former office buildings. No one knew what had happened, but these high-rise buildings had all collapsed, a scene of devastation and chaos.

There seemed to be more buildings behind, but the fog was too thick to see anything clearly.

"The geographical location matches Xichuan Town, but we need to take a closer look."

Reverend White Crane and the others waited anxiously and excitedly for the fog to dissipate, but before it could, the sun had already set, dusk approached, and darkness enveloped the earth, making visibility even dimmer.

Helpless, they could only wait for dawn to see again.

But in any case, this was good news. Cheers erupted in Black Wind Safe Zone, and many of the older generation ran out of their rooms and roared excitedly in the streets.

"Sixty years ago, my boyfriend and I made a pledge of eternal love. He disappeared with Xichuan Town that year. I never married, and I firmly believe he is still alive. Now that Xichuan Town is back, my boyfriend must be back too."

An old woman leaned on her crutches, tears falling.

"My wife went to Xichuan Town on a business trip and disappeared for so many years. Is she still there now?" An old man in a Zhongshan suit adjusted his reading glasses and gazed east.

"Second Uncle, my dear Second Uncle, I'm seventy years old! If you're still alive, you'd be ninety years old this year! Can your teeth still handle chicken butts?" Zhang De ran out laughing, shouting in the streets, ignoring the advice of his children and grandchildren, climbing onto the roof and gazing east.

Turning his head, he scolded his children and grandchildren, "What are you doing crowding here? Hurry home and make roast chicken! I'll go to Xichuan Town early tomorrow morning to find my Second Uncle. My Second Uncle loves chicken the most!"

His old eyes were dim, and he was clearly a little senile, sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. Sitting on the roof, he caught a chill from the night wind and sneezed. He lost his footing and fell, and his children and grandchildren hurriedly caught him and carried him back to his residence in the impoverished area outside the safe zone, feeding him a sleeping pill before he finally calmed down.

There were many old people like this.

But there were also many old people who stamped their feet and wiped away tears, saddened by the ruthlessness of time. Xichuan Town had been gone for sixty years, and sixty years was enough for a generation to pass away. Their friends or relatives from that time might already be gone.

However, they still harbored illusions, thinking of their relatives or friends in Xichuan Town. They would be sleepless tonight, their hearts exceptionally agitated, constantly looking east.

Most young people didn't know about Xichuan Town, only having read about it in history books. The disappearance of Xichuan Town was a landmark event, marking the beginning of the great evolutionary civilization with the revival of Earth's vitality.

On the watchtower, the night wind was slightly cool.

Reverend White Crane and Master Yuan Kong sat cross-legged, their gazes fixed on the dark eastern night sky, expectant and apprehensive.

"Brother White Crane, do you perhaps also have relatives in Xichuan Town?" Master Yuan Kong broke the silence and asked, offering a cigarette.

The cigarette was made in Black Wind Safe Zone, roughly made but with a strong flavor.

Reverend White Crane lit the cigarette, exhaling smoke rings, and said, "Amitabha. The master that this poor Daoist has always been thinking about was a respected old gentleman in Xichuan Town, proficient in calligraphy and sinology."

"Back then, when Xichuan Town disappeared, he also went missing. Now that Xichuan Town has reappeared in the world, this poor Daoist must go to Xichuan Town to see. Calculating the time, he was 70 years old back then. Sixty years have passed. Is he still alive..."

Reverend White Crane's fingers holding the cigarette trembled, clearly his heart was not at peace.

For so many years, he had been thinking of his master, a wise and insightful man. In particular, his master's theory of "going against the grain" had helped him so much.

He looked at Master Yuan Kong, curious, "Master, do you also have relatives in Xichuan Town?"

"Not relatives, but a close friend, a famous biology professor and expert who went to Xichuan Town to do research. As a result... alas, I hope he is still there!"

Master Yuan Kong chanted a Buddhist prayer and sighed.

Reverend White Crane offered him another cigarette. The two smoked and sat cross-legged on the watchtower. Tonight, their hearts were restless and their minds uneasy. They couldn't cultivate, so they could only smoke and wait for dawn to see Xichuan.

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Xichuan Town, Snake King City.

Cheers rang out, and excited shouts rose and fell.

"Long live the Snake King! Mighty Snake King!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Snake King, for breaking the blockade of the strange fog and allowing us to regain our freedom."

People ran and cheered in the streets and alleys, ecstatic and tearful.

Ever since Xichuan Town was sealed off by the strange fog and isolated from the world, people from the outside couldn't get in, and people from the inside couldn't get out. They were separated from their relatives and friends, and turned into monsters in Xichuan Town, eating raw meat and drinking blood.

It was a hellish life. They thought they would never get out in this lifetime, but today, the king cobra, whom they had once hated and feared, broke the blockade of the strange fog, allowing Xichuan Town to reappear.

At this moment, everyone's mood was complex. Their hatred for the king cobra had also lessened a lot. At least it had done a great deed, solving the biggest problem in Xichuan Town.

"Whoosh~"

A fishy wind howled, and the huge snake shadow descended from the sky, suddenly transforming to five hundred meters in size.

Zhang Ji had returned from hunting.

The bloody aura and murderous intent on his body were heavy, making people frightened, but at this moment everyone cast respectful and affectionate glances at him, their eyes filled with light.

"Welcome our King!"

"Long live His Majesty the Snake King, welcome our hero's return!"

Liu You Shan shouted loudly, and the crowd on both sides of the street cheered along. They were genuinely happy and excited from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhang Ji swam through the street, his blood wings spread, his double claws on his back, his bone spurs inverted, his front body erected high, his five heads raised together, his scarlet vertical pupils ferocious and evil, but at this moment his pupils were smiling.

He stretched out a claw and waved it at the surrounding crowd, and the cheers instantly thundered.

Across the street.

A group of small animals, only three meters tall, came. There were chickens, snakes, sheep, and horses, as well as tigers, monkeys, and horses.

They were a group of children, and at this moment they were carrying various gifts towards Zhang Ji, their eyes bright and pure. Looking at Zhang Ji's tall figure, they were very timid, but under the encouragement of the adults on both sides of the street, they mustered their courage and said loudly:

"Your Majesty the Snake King, thank you for giving us freedom, please accept our gifts!" said a little tiger in the lead.

Although it was called a little tiger, it was also three meters tall. It had just been born not long ago, but it was full of vigor and blood, like a fierce beast cub.

And in fact, it was indeed not simple. It had the head of a lion and the body of a tiger, its limbs were strong and powerful, and its eyes were scarlet, naturally exuding a fierce light. It was actually a fierce Biao.

A powerful tiger breed.

"Your Majesty the Snake King, this is our gift." The little fierce Biao said in a childish voice, standing upright, its two hind claws on the ground, and its two front claws holding a bouquet of flowers, hanging it on Zhang Ji's snake scales.

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Chapter 2

"Good, good child!" Zhang Ji's claw stroked its little head.

Another white-haired little rabbit came hopping, a girl with armadillo blood, just born with three tails, cute but powerful, her bloodline no lower than the fierce Biao. She gave Zhang Ji a king cobra puppet toy that she had made herself.

"Little bunny, who are your parents?" Zhang Ji asked with a smile, guessing if this was Wu Zhan's child.

The three-tailed armadillo white rabbit tilted her head and replied crisply, "My dad is Li Gang, my mom is Zhao Su Su,喏, they are over there."

Her claws pointed to a pair of rabbits next to the street. Both rabbits were a hundred meters tall, one a nine-tailed lion rabbit and the other a white-haired fierce rabbit.

Zhang Ji understood, it seemed that it was not Wu Zhan's child, but this couple was definitely not simple to have survived until now, and the fierce aura swirling around them was no less than that of the surrounding people.

They saw Zhang Ji and were terrified, not knowing what Zhang Ji was asking them for, and hurriedly came out and bowed their claws in salute:

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Snake King, the children are ignorant, if there is anything they do wrong, please forgive them, Your Majesty the Snake King."

The two were apprehensive.

They were originally laborers in Snake King City, and because they were good at carving patterns, they were rewarded with more demon king meat soup, so the couple had both evolved to the level of ninth-level fierce beasts. Now that Xichuan Town had broken the seal, they were grateful and let their children and other children come to present gifts to Zhang Ji.

For this rabbit child, they had long accepted and loved it deeply like many others.

Moreover, the child's bloodline was extraordinary, it was an armadillo bloodline, born with three tails. The other armadillo bloodline in Xichuan Town was said to be the head of the War Wolf Regiment, Wu Zhan, who was also a famous figure. The dog hall's experts had encircled and suppressed him many times, but he was still at large.

They were proud and honored as parents that their child could have such a bloodline, and they were envied by their neighbors on weekdays.

Zhang Ji looked down at them with a smile and said, "The child is well raised, have you named her?"

Hearing that Zhang Ji seemed to want to name the child, they hurriedly said, "We only gave her a nickname, Tie Dan (Iron Egg), we haven't given her a formal name yet, please give her a name, Your Majesty the Snake King!"

A cute little white rabbit, and also a girl, named Tie Dan, everyone around laughed. The little white rabbit puffed out her cheeks and shouted, what's wrong with Tie Dan? Mom wants me to be as strong as Tie Dan! People laughed even harder.

Zhang Ji said, "Since her nickname is Tie Dan, how about we name her Li Xixue (Li West Snow)?"

The couple cursed in their hearts, what a terrible name, but they excitedly and gratefully thanked him, "What a good name, the same as Your Majesty the Snake King being number one in the world, this name is also the best in the world, thank you Your Majesty the Snake King for giving her a name!"

After speaking, they slapped the little white rabbit on the head, telling her to kowtow and thank Zhang Ji as well.

Zhang Ji waved his claw, and the family happily retreated amidst the envious gazes of the people around them.

Being named by the ferocious King Cobra was a very meaningful thing, and it would be enough to brag about for many years to come.

The little tiger with the fierce Biao bloodline, who presented the flowers first, plucked up the courage and said, "Your Majesty the Snake King, I also want a name, can I?"

Next to him, his parents, two tigers, one without a tail and one without ears, looking strange, were quietly gesturing to the little tiger to encourage him.

Zhang Ji also liked this little baby who came to present flowers to him the most, so he smiled and said, "Of course, what are your parents' names?"

"My dad's name is Murong Lai, my mom's name is Ouyang Ruo, but my dad is an uxorilocal son-in-law, so I have my mom's surname, please give me a name, Your Majesty the Snake King!"

He pretended to be a little adult, bowing his claws in salute, his cute and silly appearance made everyone around laugh.

Zhang Ji also laughed and said, "Seeing that you are a boy, and also the first fierce Biao in Xichuan Town, and you look a bit biao (sturdy), then I will name you Biao, Ouyang Biao, how about it?"

The little tiger was immediately happy and said, "The Snake King is the only good one in the world, the child named by the Snake King is a treasure, this name is as unparalleled as you, Ouyang Biao kowtows to thank Your Majesty the Snake King!"

He was childish, but he had a lot of flowery words in his mouth, which made Zhang Ji laugh, and with a wave of his snake claw, he tore off a piece of snake scale and turned it into a palm-sized jade pendant, rewarding it to him.

"This is this king's snake scale jade pendant, it can protect you."

The little tiger excitedly took it, kowtowing again and again, seemingly feeling that it was not enough, he rolled his eyes, ran up and licked Zhang Ji's paw with his tongue.

It was sticky and wet, and his eyes were full of purity and reverence, looking at Zhang Ji as if he were a god.

Zhang Ji was satisfied in his heart, children were easy to coax and deceive, a small gift could make him regard you as a god, unlike adults, one by one clearly hated him to death, but shouted, Your Majesty the Snake King, I love you.

"Cultivate well, and come to work in the Snake King Palace when you grow up," Zhang Ji encouraged.

The little tiger didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, and nodded blankly, but his parents were extremely excited, and everyone around him was envious.

So, they also encouraged their children to come and present gifts to Zhang Ji to ask for a name. Hu San observed the situation and saw that Zhang Ji raised his head, seemingly no longer interested in giving names, so he shouted loudly, the brocade-clad guard dog knight came menacingly, opening the way and not letting anyone approach again.

Zhang Ji came to Snake King Square and announced loudly, "The strange fog has been broken by this king, and in a few days the fog will dissipate. My people, you can leave Snake King City at any time to find your relatives and friends."

"This king welcomes you to bring your friends and relatives to relocate to Snake King City."

The crowd cheered.

They were afraid that Zhang Ji would not let them go, but they did not expect that Zhang Ji was so calm and generous, which was beyond their expectations.

At this time, it was late, and the night was as dark as ink.

Snake King City was still raining snow, and in the fog, many people left Snake King City with luggage on their backs and their families in tow, eager to go outside.

"I will never come back, goodbye, Xichuan Town, Snake King City ~"

"Leave here, return to the human world, no more oppression, no more worrying about being eaten when sleeping, I want to live a normal life."

"Charge, I want to be as free as the wind..."

People cheered and rushed out of Snake King City, very excited. The soldiers guarding the city gate had already received instructions and did not stop them at all, opening the city gate wide.