[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

The light screen projected by the watch shows the time: 5500 BC.

It took Yi Nan only ten minutes to jump from 6900 BC to this point in time, spanning nearly 500 years.

Daniel just said that the time measurement of ancient civilizations can use "thousand years" as a unit, and then arranged such a jumping shuttle for her in the time-space tunnel.

But Daniel should have his reason for this arrangement - according to later history and anthropologists' research, even after 1400 years, human beings are still in the middle and late Neolithic Age, which is similar to the era in which the young Dan lived. Compared with human civilization, it is still a breath away, and has not yet produced a substantial leap.

Thinking about the efforts I put in 1400 years ago, I don’t know how much impact I can still have after 1400 years—Yinan is also very curious about this.

Going back to prehistory again, this time she is still in the vast Mesopotamian plain, with the Euphrates River flowing quietly in the distance.

Standing here and looking around, the landform of this land has changed considerably compared to 1400 years ago:

In the current Mesopotamia Plain, ridges and ridges can be seen everywhere, and as far as the eye can see, they are all fields that have been reclaimed; the crops in the fields have already been harvested——Yinan looked at the field, and the light brown land was covered with leftovers from the last crop of wheat stubble.

Tall date palm trees are neatly planted in the fields, producing sweet dates and providing shade to the working people.

At the end of the flat land, there are lush hills, which look like excellent pastures.There are small houses dotted among the hills, which must be the villages inhabited by local people.

Yi Nan quickened his pace and walked towards the small village in the distance.Hope she can meet a few villagers there and ask about the current situation.

Approaching the entrance of the village, Yinan saw a kiln made of clay bricks at a glance.There are many broken pottery fragments scattered around the kiln.Yi Nan picked up a piece at random, and saw that the texture of the pottery piece was uniform and fine, smooth, with various patterns painted on it, and a layer of smooth enamel on the surface.

It seems that people's pottery craftsmanship in this era has reached a fairly mature level.

Yinan looked at the rows of neat and beautiful buildings in the village—these huts were also built with clay bricks, and the doors, windows and roofs all had arched structures.

Before leaving the Sumerian tribe, Yinan mentioned the technology of using clay bricks to build arch structures orally to young Dan.At that time, time was limited, and she did not see Dan and the villagers of Sumer come true one by one.

Now, the more Yinan looked at it, the more complacent she felt: That guy Daniel kept saying that civilization might go backwards, but didn't the Sumerian civilization that she had participated in still develop well?

But once Yi Nan entered the village, she gradually noticed something strange: no one could be seen in the village as in the fields outside.

Now the sun is setting on the mountain, and the sky is getting late. It should be smoke from the kitchen. When every household is preparing to eat, there are neither people nor lights in this village.

——Could it be an abandoned village?

But it is not the case: the fronts of every household in the village are cleaned clean and bright, there are no weeds in the middle of the road, and there are various flowers and herbs in the clay pots at the door.

After going around two rows of houses, Yinan heard the calls of "baaaa" and "moo", and found the livestock locked in the back fence.

It's impossible for the residents of this village to just leave their livestock behind and leave the village, right?But if the village hadn't been abandoned, where would the villagers have gone?

Yi Nan walked around the village twice, the sky became darker and darker, and she gradually felt a little uneasy.

Suddenly, there was a movement in one place in the village, like a jug fell to the ground with a "clang".

Yi Nan recognized the direction and rushed to it immediately, and saw a brick house with a board door on it.She stretched out her hand and pushed it, but the door was locked tightly by some kind of bolt, and it did not move at all.

So Yinan tapped on the door lightly and asked, "Is anyone there?"

— No answer.

So Yinan turned around, turned his back to the door, and looked at the dead village vigilantly.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a cool breeze behind her, as if the door panel behind her opened by itself.

Before she could react, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from behind, one hand pressed her mouth, and the other stopped her waist.

The person behind dragged her into the room with force, and then the door was gently closed.Yi Nan and her captors fell into darkness at the same time.

A voice came from next to my ear: "Shut up!"

Yi Nan: ...How can she make a sound?

The voice next to her ear sounded quite young, and the person who dragged her into the house should be a young man.

The warm breath sprayed against Yi Nan's ear, the man was too close, Yi Nan's body couldn't help but move, trying to move away.

Unexpectedly, that person hugged her even tighter, and even whispered comfort in her ear: "Don't be afraid!"

Yinan: ...? !

What is she afraid of?What is she afraid of?

Yi Nan just felt that his mouth was covered, his breathing was not smooth, and he was quite upset.

But the person who spoke just now spoke with sincerity, and he was really comforting Yi Nan sincerely, wanting her not to be afraid.

Gradually, Yi Nan's eyes began to get used to the darkness in front of him.She turned her head slightly - the people around her were so close that she couldn't even see the young face completely, only a pair of extraordinarily bright eyes in the darkness.

—Dan!

Yi Nan almost shouted in his heart.

But she woke up immediately, more than 1000 years had passed, and Dan was no longer alive.The young man beside him is at best a descendant of the original Sumerian tribe.

Unexpectedly, the young man listened carefully to the movement in the village, and then whispered in Yinan's ear, "I'll let you go, so don't make any noise, okay?"

Yi Nan nodded, and the young man immediately removed the hand covering Yi Nan's mouth and nose, but his other arm was still around Yi Nan's waist.Yi Nan exhaled lightly, and could clearly feel the warmth being transmitted from the young man's arm to her body—so she held back, and didn't try to break free.

At this time there was movement outside.The sound of dense footsteps came, and through the not-so-thick door panel, the firelight used for lighting could be vaguely seen.

"It seems that the people in this village have indeed rushed to Tibila to meet the priest." The people outside were talking.

"They should have all left. It doesn't look like someone left the village." Another person answered, "Except for the sheep behind... I don't know if the people in the village have left the shepherd behind."

At this moment, a few clear and crisp dog barks sounded from the direction of the sheepfold.

The first person who spoke before suddenly smiled and said: "Maybe only the shepherd dog is left in this village to guard the house."

"It doesn't matter whether the shepherd stays or not. The priest summoned the villagers of the two villages in Tibila to recruit candidates for the 'Holy Wedding Ceremony'. The shepherd has no money, so he is definitely not qualified."

Yi Nan was very curious after hearing this: Attending the ceremony?Why would a shepherd be ineligible?

"You left all the sheep in the village, the people in this village will soon regret it." The first person to speak laughed.

"It's okay, you can let them make a wish first, and then send the sheep."

"It's just that you all have to remember that when you meet the villagers tomorrow, no one is allowed to make any promises."

"Ordinary ceremonial candidates, as long as they can afford the starting price; as for the candidates for the 'Sacred Bridegroom', the one with the highest bid is directly selected. Anyway, after going to Uruk, there will be another election. But the final candidate for the 'Holy Maiden', only Wu can decide, even the priest can't say anything, so don't make promises."

"Let's go, it's so late, and I have to report to the priest later." The people outside gave an order, and seven or eight voices responded together.Immediately, those chaotic footsteps gradually faded away, and they should have left the village.

After all the human voices were gone, the village returned to silence.The young man next to Yi Nan finally loosened his arms and whispered in Yi Nan's ear, "Okay! It's all right!"

After letting go of Yinan, he touched the corner of the room, probably found two pieces of flint, tapped twice, and lit a small oil lamp.

The oil lamp is also made of pottery, and its shape is very simple. It is a pottery dish with a handle, filled with a shallow puddle of clear oil, and twisted the wick to become an oil lamp.

A flickering light was born in the corner of the room, the light was weak, but it still filled the whole hut in an instant.

Kneeling on one knee beside the oil lamp was a young man with slightly curly chestnut hair, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pair of bright eyes looking at Yinan curiously.

But if there is any similarity between his appearance and the boy Dan... Yi Nan can only say that she just missed her.The young man in front of him didn't have any special resemblance to Young Dan in appearance, it was just that when Yi Nan tilted his head just now, he had the illusion that the temperament of the two was somewhat similar.

Yi Nan looked at the young man, and the other party looked her up and down.

"You were chosen by the priest to become the 'saint' representing the goddess Inanna, so that's why you were dressed like this, right? Then you escaped secretly?"

The young man pointed to Yi Nan's clothes and asked with a smile.

Yi Nan: "Me?...Ceremony? Dressed up as... like this?"

She lowered her head and looked at the brand-new khaki off-road jacket she was wearing, and was suddenly frightened——

In this way, "becoming a god" is a real hammer: she herself is really the goddess Inanna believed by the local people-to become a "saint", you have to wear clothes of the same color as hers to be regarded as Inanna representative.

And the young man in front of him seemed to have mistakenly thought that Yinan was a girl who had been picked by the priest to become a "Holy Maiden", and somehow escaped secretly.That's why the young man acted "hastily" and hid her.

Yi Nan: Do you want me to pretend to be myself and sacrifice myself? ... This is outrageous.

The author has something to say: This time Yi Nan started from scratch again... But this time it can't be regarded as completely starting from scratch, but on the basis of Wizard Dan's achievements, and set off again.

①Tibila is the name of a village, and it is a pair of neighboring villages with Bard Village where Yinan is now.After that, Bad Tibera merged into a small city-state in history, and in Sumerian mythology, it was the hometown of a shepherd god.