[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

When leaving the cedar forest, Gilgamesh never let go of Inan's hand.

The two of them, as if they were young people who had just fallen in love, walked out of the cedar forest holding hands and with smiles on their faces.

Sheng Chan Shahat prostrated himself by the side of the road, tremblingly watching them pass by him without looking back, without even leaving her a look.Shahat finally sat down on the side of the road, and realized that the woolen robe on his body was completely soaked in cold sweat.

She looked at the backs of the two of them: the man was tall and handsome, the woman was bright and charming... But, as long as they took a step away from the cedar forest, the girl's back would fade a bit.

Shahat escaped the fear in her heart, remembering her previous feelings for Yinan, couldn't help crying again in shame, holding her face.

She finally understands now that the child she picked up back then was destined to disappear——

Gilgamesh also knew this well. When he finally walked out of the forest, his fingers were still warm, but his cheeks were full of tears.

There was no one around him.

But facing the Uruk warriors and the fearful Amorite hunters who came to greet him, Gilgamesh still showed a sincere and grateful smile——

Because he has tasted the honey.

The king returned to Uruk, alone.

When the whole of Uruk was still immersed in mourning and sorrow, the king was already in business as usual.

He is no longer sad, and as soon as he returned to Uruk, he started to deal with all the affairs to be dealt with with the most vigorous energy. No matter how difficult the affairs were, he could always find a solution together with the officials .

Wang's temper is also much better, and he will show a calm smile to any ordinary people in Uruk——Wang's smile is still inverting all living beings, but the young girls in Uruk understand that it is no longer possible for Wang to smile for them. There is no such possibility anymore.

Wang still likes to walk on the streets of Uruk with the lion cub Hakesh. Hakesh is very high-spirited, sticking out his tongue into the air from time to time, and when he gets mischievous, he will suddenly stop in his tracks, as if being caught by someone. Pull the cat rope.

Wang still likes to go to the tavern in Uruk by himself after nightfall, and he likes to ask for a small pottery table that can sit side by side for two people, and put a glass of beer next to him.Wang would also applaud when he saw a wonderful dance. Once a dancer in a tavern dared to invite the "good-tempered" Wang to dance with her, but Wang even looked at her side embarrassedly...

Everyone thinks that Wang is crazy, because of Wang's lost friends or love.

However, since Gilgamesh returned from Amori, the city of Uruk has gradually recovered its vitality and prospered day by day:

When the gates of the city were opened, farmers flocked to the outskirts of the city, rebuilt their villages, and started anew. Year after year, they repeated land preparation, irrigation, and cultivation; The number of workshops is increasing day by day, raw materials are continuously transported, and the tools, utensils, and decorations made are sold well all over the country, and are popular in the entire river basin.

The life of the people of Uruk is getting richer and richer, and the jewelry on the women of Uruk is getting more and more dazzling...

Time is like the flowing water of the Euphrates River, rushing to the sea day and night; it slowly climbed up the city wall of Uruk, and slowly grew moss on the surface of the clay bricks.

The king gradually grew up and grew old.

In the city of Uruk, a new generation has grown up.They are younger and more poetic.

They are all very interested in the part of the "Cedar Forest" adventure that the world has read, and they want to write the story of Gilgamesh into poetry for the world to sing; or write it down and record it on clay tablets for generations to come. People remember that there once was such a hero-king on the banks of the Euphrates.

In the end, the young people turned to the saints of the temple.

At this time, the library of the Temple of Inanna had been built: it seemed to be the largest library in the Mesopotamia.Clay tablets preserved in various historical periods, whether they are accounting records, sacrifices to the gods, or even correspondence between city-states, new poems and music scores, and legends spread around the river basin... are all preserved here .

The saints recorded and registered these clay tablets one by one, and more clay tablets were burned.

When the saints heard this request, they all hesitated—they all knew that Wang's adventure had the most significant impact on Wang's life, and it was that experience that caused Wang to be alone all the time.

But in the end the saints still consulted Gilgamesh's opinion.Wang Xinran agreed, expressing his willingness to chat with young people about his shocking adventure back then.

So the young people collected all kinds of rumors from Amori, Sipar, Uruk and other places, and asked Gilgamesh to verify them one by one, intending to write all the "fierce stories" that the king himself said into praises. In the poems written by Wang Er.

However, no matter how this poem is written, it cannot avoid one person-Enkidu of Sipar.It is said that he/she is the king's close friend, but after becoming the king's bride, he was "punished by heaven", so he left the king and never appeared in Uruk again.

This person has an outstanding appearance and a strange identity, and even rumors cannot tell whether he/she is a man or a woman.

It was this person that the young people were most curious about—although they had been warned by the saints, but driven by curiosity, these young people made up their minds and must ask themselves.

"Oh, you say her!" Gilgamesh replied casually.

"She's here now, I can feel her." He turned his face naturally, looking towards the empty side.

The young people changed their complexions in unison, exchanged glances with each other, and some even had the urge to run away.

"Is there anything you want to ask her? Maybe the king can answer for her." Gilgamesh continued to ask.

"No, no... We should have understood it pretty well..." The young people just felt creepy, and found an excuse to escape.

Gilgamesh looked at these young people and shook his head depressedly: "Why are all the young people nowadays so...insincere?"

"If you are not faithful to the facts, can you write a real adventure? Will you really write Wang's adventure in the cedar forest as fighting a little monster?"

Hearing Gilgamesh's complaints, an elderly saint came over and comforted him: "Young people, of course they have the imagination of heroes in their hearts. Since you nodded and let them write, let them create. Bar."

"What you learned about life and death also affected them, which made them want to record every bit of this world and pass it on to future generations?"

Hearing what Sheng Zan said, Gilgamesh nodded happily, showing a look of great satisfaction.

"There is another thing I want to tell you," the Shengchang continued, "I found a storeroom near the elders' courtyard, which seems to store clay tablets from the era of the former king Dumuzi..."

"It's been a long time since the time of the former king Dumuzi." Gilgamesh counted, thinking that it has been at least a thousand years since the time of the shepherd king.

"That's right," the saints all cheered, "This has added a lot of precious collections to the temple library. It is said that some of them are the handwriting of former kings. Do you want to go and have a look?"

Gilgamesh readily agreed, and he himself was full of curiosity about the "God's Chosen One", the first king of Uruk.

"Let's go!" Before he left, he didn't forget to greet the void, as if greeting his partner.Over the years, the saints have gotten used to it.

In the newly discovered warehouse, there were shelves made of wood in the early years—but it was decayed after a long time. When outsiders entered, the shelves collapsed and the clay boards fell to the ground.

The saints were all distressed, but Gilgamesh comforted him gently: "Doesn't this just mean that this is a real ancient thing?"

He casually picked up a clay tablet from his side and said with a smile, "The handwriting is actually very similar to Wang's handwriting..."

"Hey, it looks like it was written by the late king Dumuzi himself. Dumuzi, the goddess Inanna, sacrificed for a lifetime." Gilgamesh read out the contents of the clay tablet word by word.

"Look, this is the cuneiform script representing the goddess Inanna, which is slightly different from the one we use now. If you read it in the current way, it would be - Yi, Nan..."

Wang Qinglang's voice suddenly stopped, and the clay tablet almost fell from his hands.An official noticed the crumbling king, noticed the crumbling clay tablet in the king's hand, and reached out quickly, thus saving the ancient relic left thousands of years ago.

As for the king, the hero king never needs to be rescued—

Instead, Gilgamesh suddenly left with his head held high, laughing heartily.

"The king remembered, all the kings remembered!"

He said loudly and proudly.

His footsteps became faster and faster, he quickly left the warehouse near the Elder's House, and turned back to the steps of the Inanna Temple.He turned around and looked at the fiery red sunset in the distance. There were tears in his smile, but he laughed very happily.

"As long as I can remember you, we will meet in the next era."

He thought so.

After the Age of Gilgamesh, the time axis seemed to turn faster.

The "slave" who escaped at Sipar at the beginning turned out to be a Semitic prince.

This prince really failed to make any waves when Gilgamesh was in power, and the descendants of this prince, their descendants, were very mediocre, and they failed to make any waves in the hundreds of years after that. spray.

Until the 24th century BC, the prince's descendants produced a Semitic hero-Sargon of Akkad.

Sargon was originally a young official of the city-state Kish.Taking advantage of King Kish's decision-making affairs and the city-state's defeat, he took Kish first.After that, Sargon swept across the Mesopotamia and established a unified empire ruled by the Akkadians.

But after the Akkadians conquered the Mesopotamia, they were immediately conquered by the Sumerian civilization.Sargon and his empire fully absorbed the Sumerian writing, beliefs and enthusiasm for farming and business.Their own culture converged infinitely towards that of the Sumerians.

Less than 100 years after Sargon, the Sumerian city-state was once again revived.The Mesopotamia once again entered a period of conflict between heroes.

The city of Uruk has slowly declined in this process, and it has lost its former glory, which makes people sigh.

"If a city-state is doomed to perish, then is there any hope for this city-state... or, in other words, is it still qualified to breed a great civilization?"

"What if we replace the concept of 'city-state' with 'earth'?"

Daniel questions in-person attendees during the phase wrap-up of The Rediscovering Civilization Project.

The dignitaries of various countries who were listening to Daniel's speech were stunned.

"This question is like asking: Since life is bound to die, do people still need to live this life with the greatest enthusiasm?"

Daniel answered the question again with an analogy.There was a burst of applause from the audience.

Daniel just gestured for him to continue, and then brought the topic back to the various discoveries of the "Retrospective Civilization Project".The stage summary went so smoothly that after the meeting ended, many people surrounded Daniel, wanting to ask questions to this hot explorer in the scientific community.

Daniel refused one by one indifferently but politely, and just replied: "My colleagues will patiently answer your questions."

He walked through the crowd, looked at his watch, frowned, and returned to his laboratory on time.

Yi Nan was sitting on the big screen in front of him, sitting bored with his chin resting, his two slender legs kicking and kicking in the air, as if he would walk out of the screen in the next moment.

After Daniel entered the room, he didn't rush to pay attention to Yi Nan, but began to check the various instruments in the laboratory.

Yi Nan seemed a little embarrassed, she whispered, "Thank you—"

Daniel lowered his head: "I don't think I have done anything that deserves your special thanks."

Yi Nan muttered softly: "But you actually nodded in agreement and let me accompany that guy for the rest of his life..."

She was indeed by Gilgamesh's side through those years.When the residents of Uruk thought their king was crazy, Inan was actually by his side all the time, silently accompanying Gilgamesh every morning and evening for the rest of his life.

She was there when the king was dealing with political affairs; she was there when the king was arguing with people in the elders' house; she was there when the king was wandering the streets of Uruk with his cub, and lingering in taverns... At those times, she was always there, always exist.

Yi Nan didn't expect Daniel to agree to her request with a nod. She was mentally prepared, thinking that Daniel would refuse her decisively on the grounds of the "energy" problem of the space-time tunnel, but this guy agreed for the first time.

Daniel continued to work with his head down, but Yi Nan noticed that the corners of his lips were curved upwards slightly, making his handsome face look soft for the first time.

"Miss, please understand that in the past period of time, I adjusted the time axis of the observer and the observed, so the life of the hero king is relatively short for you; but once you return to the time-space tunnel again Among them, when you enter a new era, the time axis will be adjusted to normal, and your perception of time will no longer be fast-forward, but double the normal speed-when you feel that the time is unbearably long, I can There is no way to help you."

Yi Nan smiled sweetly at Daniel: "I know!"

She half-flatteringly asked the other party: "So the goal of the next journey has been decided?"

Daniel nodded and said, "The countdown has begun."

This means that Yi Nan will not stay on the screen in front of him for too long, and will go to another new historical period.

"This time we have arranged an identity for you—"

As Daniel said, Yinan raised his head with a "huh".The previous few times she landed at random places, and it happened that the locals she met after arriving there were very fond of imagining, helping her to fabricate various "identities" and "encounters".

It seems that Daniel and the whole team have put a lot of effort into solving this problem.

"This time you will be the heiress of a farmer and workshop near Uruk. The lady just died of illness, but no one else knows about it."

Yi Nan rolled his eyes and asked, "So, am I going to pretend to be someone else? Will people recognize me?"

"In fact, the heiress' parents are no longer around, and the nanny who has been taking care of the heiress has just passed away - in the target time and space, no one else has ever seen the adult face of that lady. You You only need to have a general understanding of her various social relationships, and you... will be able to secure a foothold in that society."

Yi Nan couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard Daniel's tone of praise.

"However, I must remind you that Uruk has declined, and your new goal is Babylon. It is no problem to stay in your own farm and workshop for a while, but you must remember that your goal is in Babylon, and various social factors will naturally push you to go to Babylon."

"Can you tell me the goal of this mission in advance?" Yi Nan hurriedly asked Daniel, "I don't want to be like last time. I didn't know that my mission had just started until the moment the magnetic field went wrong."

Since 7000 BC, her task is to guess it by herself. She guessed it smoothly twice, but got stuck on the third time.

Now she made a direct request to Daniel: she didn't want to guess anymore.

"As soon as you arrive at the target time and space, you will immediately understand what your mission is." Daniel said with certainty, "You will go to a certain point in time in the 18th century BC, and the carbon-14 dating method may only inform you of one Approximate date range, but your watch will notify you if you encounter an event that can be dated precisely."

Based on Yi Nan's understanding of Daniel, unless he was absolutely sure, Daniel would not say such "guaranteed" words.

She was relieved and believed that she would be able to grasp the specific content of the task immediately when she arrived at the place.

Daniel raised his wrist to look at his watch, quickly flipped through the large stack of documents in front of him, and said, "There is still about 10 minutes of waiting time, we can talk about something."

"By the way, a researcher in the project team who specializes in studying ancient Sumerian beliefs made a report. He specifically reminded that in the 2800 years after 1000 BC, due to the gradual decline of the Uruk city-state, The status of the goddess Inanna has also changed."

Yi Nan pursed his lips, thinking that this group of colleagues really didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

Everyone in the project team should know that the worship of Inanna by the Sumerians is inextricably related to her.

"First of all, Inanna changed from the original goddess of love and harvest to the goddess of love, harvest and war, adding the attributes of war—this may be related to Gilgamesh winning the war with the Akkadians."

"Secondly, Inanna is not favored in the new imperial capital."

"The worship of the gods changed over time. By the time of the Babylonian empire, in the capital, the object of worship was Marduk, the god of Jupiter - the goddess of Venus, Inanna, was marginalized and became a 'Fringe God.' I think it's worth reminding you of that."

Yi Nan thought about it, and felt that this was normal: based on her understanding of the locals in the Mesopotamia, every city there had its own patron saint.It was only natural that the new city of Babylon worshiped other gods.

But why did Daniel tell her this matter so seriously, Yinan lowered his head, thinking seriously.

She suddenly remembered something, and asked Daniel: "The heiress in the target time and space, what is her name?"

Daniel laughed immediately when he heard the words, as if he had expected that she would figure it out.

"The name of this heiress is 'Ishtar'." He replied with slyness in his eyes.

"Then I should really thank you!" Yi Nan suddenly became angry.

She doesn't like others to regard herself as a god - she prefers to use her own hands to build and create a better life like the world.

But why is she still unable to get rid of the aura/shadow of the "god" over her body after going around?

This soon-to-be heiress is actually very close to the new name "Ishtar" that the goddess Inanna got in Akkadian culture.

Yi Nan stared at Daniel, feeling that there was something wrong with the man opposite him.

But Daniel spread his hands and said: "No way, a woman of the right age has enough status and financial resources to do something. At the same time, she is not bound by her mother's family and her husband's family, has an independent status, and just passed away. 'Ishtar' girl."

"You can imagine that your first task is actually to help her, keep the family business she inherited, and continue to protect the serfs she protected, which is worthy of her identity you borrowed." Daniel explained.

Yi Nan pouted: What kind of nonsense is this?

But Daniel continued to say solemnly: "For this reason, we decided to retain the power you have, you still have enough power to rival the King of Heroes; but we must restore all your characteristics as a woman."

In this way, Yi Nan will no longer be a tomboy-like girl in the future. She will no longer be able to easily disguise herself as a man.

Yi Nan breathed a sigh of relief quietly for some reason, and felt that it might be a good thing that her image would no longer be controlled by a straight man like Daniel.What's more, she still retains her strength.

Daniel also saw her "relief".He was not angry, but solemnly emphasized to her: "Yinan—"

"I admit that when I first saw you, I had a bad first impression of you: At that time, I thought you were a delicate and weak female student. I had to use you because of your special physique... I once Thinking that your brains are not as good as your beauty, that you have only unrealistic fantasies about the beginning of human civilization. I even thought you would get cold feet."

Yi Nan smiled at Daniel: Actually...it is not necessary to be so frank.

"But after working together for a period of time, I know you better, and I plan to take back all the previous misunderstandings about you."

Yi Nan continued to smile: "I plan to take it back... so it hasn't been taken back yet, right?"

Daniel didn't intend to guess her mind at all, he just continued to say: "I think that in future tasks, you can completely let go and flex your fists bravely."

"I originally thought that it was impossible for you to change the development of human civilization and the course of history—but now I think that with you in history, it might be better!"

"what do you mean……"

Yi Nan stood up: the time for the short 10-minute talk was up, and the light of the instrument beside Daniel was already flickering, and it was almost beeping.

"What I mean is, in the future when you are in the target time and space, try to forget the constraints that those future generations have placed on you. You can actually do whatever you want..."

Before Daniel finished speaking, Yinan's figure had disappeared.

Inan did orienteering.

When she opened her eyes, in front of her was a young girl wearing a veil lying on her back, lifeless, and she must be the "heiress" that Yi Nan needed to replace.

Yinan sighed softly, and said, "Don't worry. I will protect what you want to protect on your behalf."

As soon as she finished this sentence, the young girl's body began to become transparent and gradually disappear.Yi Nan hurriedly seized the last moment, held the girl's hand, and learned everything she needed to know. At the same time, he also observed the girl's dressing habits and jewelry... After all, this is her starting point, and she will start with In the name of the young "Ishtar", she walks in this world.

At the same time, the light screen on her watch popped up, and the functions of the watch seemed to have returned to normal with the repair of the magnetic field bug.

"1700 BC—to be corrected." Marked on the light screen.

"To be corrected?" Yi Nan frowned, remembering what Daniel said, "events that can determine the exact date."

In the 18th century BC, what event can make people accurately determine the date?