[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

When Yinan said goodbye to Dumuzi, she promised to wait at the same place——she really let the tour group stay where they were, set up camp, and stayed on the side of the road from Uruk to Eridu.

Among the tour group, Gu Da cried all night because of the ominous omen of "Venus transiting the sun".The next day, he saw Yi Nan was still by his side, everything was as usual and calm, the mid-level priest was somewhat relieved.

But from this day on, the weather is not good, there are always thin clouds in the sky, and occasionally a few drops of rain.Venus, which must appear in the east and west every morning and evening, has never appeared again.

Seeing that Yi Nan had no intention of leaving, Gu Da timidly asked: "Dear Miss Nan, you... what are you waiting for?"

"Yes, are you waiting for Brother Dumuzi? Did he go to Eridu or where?" Hamti and Ake also interjected curiously.

Inan smiled and shook his head.

"I'm waiting for someone from Uruk."

"People from Uruk? Will people come from Uruk?" Gu Da slapped his head, "Yes, the witch will definitely send someone to take care of the saint when such a big incident happened. The witch will definitely not set aside Miss Nan doesn't care."

Yi Nan smiled sweetly at Gu Da, that smile seemed to praise him: Gu Da, you are such a silly and sweet priest.

In fact, after Yinan sent Dumuzi away, he was not in a hurry to return to Uruk.On the one hand, she needs someone to support her to strengthen her momentum; on the other hand, she needs to understand the current situation in Uruk.The so-called "know yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle", this is the truth Yi Nan has understood since he was a child.

And she also believes that there are people in Uruk who are worthy of her trust, who will be able to pass on the information she needs to her.

But communication in this era is entirely based on roar. People in Uruk only know that Inan has gone to Eridu, but don’t know her exact location—so staying where they are and waiting by the side of the road is the best solution.

Sure enough, on the third day after Dumuzi left, the horse trainers from Uruk found them.

Seeing that it was the horse trainer, not the priest, Yinan immediately breathed a sigh of relief: Uruk's problem is not serious, and the situation is still under control.

"Are you all right?" Upon seeing Yi Nan, the horse trainer immediately got off his horse, fell to the ground and greeted Yi Nan loudly.

"certainly--"

Yi Nan replied with a smile, "Do you all think that during my absence in Uruk, I actually went secretly to fight with other gods?"

The horse trainer scratched his head with his hand and said, "There are indeed people in the city who say so."

The story in the city is actually more serious than this. Some people say that the goddess Inanna "overwhelmed her own strength". In addition to provoking Enki in Eridu, she also tried to fight against the authority of the god Anu, even at the expense of Venus. Colliding with the sun, the result was directly knocked into the dust - the goddess may be taken back to the heavens in the future, and will never be able to return to the human world to protect Uruk.

And this is the source of the panic in Uruk.

"As soon as you go back and appear in front of the world, everything will calm down." The horse trainer respectfully invited Yi Nan to return to Uruk to preside over the overall situation.

Now there are only two ways to revive the morale of the people of Uruk: one is that the sky clears up and Venus reappears—this is not up to anyone to decide; the other is that Inan, as the representative of the goddess, reappears on the streets of Uruk.

Unexpectedly, Yi Nan shook his head and said with a smile: "Now is not the time, I still need to wait for someone. Wait for him to appear."

The horse trainer is puzzled: is there anything more important than returning to Uruk now?

Yi Nan was very sure: "Yes, I will not leave until he returns."

Gu Da and the others looked at each other, and these young people could tell: "Are you waiting for Dumuzi?"

Yi Nan replied with a smile: "That's right."

When the "Venus Transit" just happened and she had not received any news from Uruk, she had already acted first-she asked Dumuzi to return to Eridu and made a request to Enki, please Enki Start fulfilling the promises you made to Inan now.

Dumuzi went here, the journey was difficult and dangerous, and it was not an easy task to persuade Enki in such a short period of time.

While waiting for Dumuzi, Yinan asked the horse trainer about the situation in Uruk in detail.The horse trainer relayed to Yinan every word that Kuxin told him that day, and also roughly told how the witch showed the "magic object" left by the wizard Dan to the world that day.

"The 'relic' left by Wizard Dan——"

Yi Nan rubbed his chin and couldn't help muttering: "Back then...what did I leave for Wizard Dan?"

Gu Da and the others accidentally heard it, and were startled at the same time.

But these tour group members have been with Yi Nan for a long time, and they all understand Yi Nan's temper, and know that she will make a few jokes from time to time.

Maybe what Yi Nan said now was just a joke against Wu's words.

Thinking of this, Gu Da and the others put the question aside for the time being.

After the horse trainer sent the news, he immediately turned back to Uruk.Before leaving, Yi Nan asked him not to disclose the news that he was still "alive" to anyone.

On the second night after the horse trainer left, Dumuzi rushed back to the tour group's camp.

He was on his way late at night and almost missed the people staying overnight by the side of the road.Fortunately, there was Xiao Hei, who stopped by the side of the road and yelled loudly early in the morning, waking up Yi Nan and the others. Yi Nan hurried to light the fire, so that the two sides would not miss it.

Du Muzi jumped off the horse, stretched out his arms to wipe the glistening sweat on his forehead, and said four words to Yi Nan who came up to him: "Fortunately, life is not disgraceful."

Yi Nan showed a smile naturally, and his heart was stable.

Give her another half a month, and she will be able to properly solve all the existing problems in Uruk and complete all the scientific observations and tasks that she needs to carry out since she arrived in this era.

She comforted the shepherd dog, and then apologized to the others who were woken up: "You guys rest first, it is Dumuzi who is back."

Looking at Dumuzi's dusty face under the light of the fire, Guda and the others patted their hearts and said, "Don't worry", "We can go back to Uruk tomorrow", and then went to sleep with peace of mind.

Both Dumuzi and Yinan couldn't fall asleep, so they simply sat by the fire, gathered the recent news they got together, and confirmed each other.

Dumuzi was quite relieved to hear that Qashti presided over the overall situation in Uruk with great vigor.

When Yi Nan heard that Enki's old man took this opportunity to accuse her of "sneaking away with something wrapped up", he was very annoyed, and said that next time she went to Eridu, she must grab Enki's white beard. , pull a few off, and see if Enki, the "lord god", is like her and doesn't feel pain.

But Dumuzi persuaded Yi Nan with good words, saying that although this reason sounds absurd, it is the best choice at present.

"Actually, I discussed it with Enji, and I think it's... a good reason." Dumuzi explained to Yinan very embarrassedly, "After all, you brought us to brew beer, and Enji once preached, Now many people in Eridu know about it; and the old man has such a temper, if he is drunk because of his greedy mouth, it is quite normal..."

With a bitter face, Yi Nan thought to himself: Indeed...

Enki and Inanna, a pair of "gods", one "naughty" and the other "gluttonous", for this reason they turned against each other... It does sound more "real".

"Enki really needs a strong reason to persuade so many Eriduians to come to Uruk to exert pressure. After discussing with Enki, I think this 'misunderstanding' is acceptable."

"As soon as the matter is over, Enki will immediately find out that this is a 'misunderstanding'; he will find that you have already left the skills and items for exchange in Eridu, but he did not wake up. It’s just a discovery. Enki will also publicly announce the agreement reached between Eridu and Uruk, announcing that the two cities will be friendly for generations to come..."

This can probably be regarded as a "bitter plan". Yi Nan needs to temporarily sacrifice her reputation, and let Eridu put pressure on Uruk. Zhaoxue", the two sides clarified the misunderstanding, cleared up the previous suspicions, and agreed that the future generations will be friendly and never be enemies.

Yi Nan stretched out a pair of pink fists, and punched Dumuzi cracklingly, but she didn't have much strength, the small punches felt like tickling.

"What you said makes sense, but I'm just very angry, so what should I do?"

Dumuzi looked at her apologetically: "I was wrong, I didn't discuss with you before making a decision—but, you know, in such a situation, I really have no better way."

"I will never be like this in the future, absolutely not—"

He stretched out his hand, gently grasped Yi Nan's wrist, and looked at Yi Nan with apologetic and pleading eyes, looking like a child who made a mistake.

What else could Yi Nan do——Dumuzi had done his best to complete the task to the best of his abilities.

Of course I chose to forgive him.

Inan pursed her lips, thinking: It seems that Inanna has definitely memorized the title of "Naughty God".

She slowly withdrew her wrist from Dumuzi's hand.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly felt a vibration on her wrist, and turned her head again, and found that a light screen suddenly appeared above the wrist watch embedded in her wrist. In the light screen was a row of huge Arabic numerals:

"72:00:00"

片刻之后，这个光屏上的数字开始改变，“71:59:59”、“71:59:58”、“71:59:57”……

The Sumerians created the sexagesimal system for the timekeeping system of this world. At this moment, time is also following this timekeeping method, passing quickly and steadily.

Yi Nan was stunned for three seconds, unable to speak.

At the moment, she can only think of one person: Daniel, Daniel... Only Daniel can do this kind of thing.

She had protested to the scientific research madman before, and she didn't want to suddenly stop observing in an era like last time, and leave unprepared and extremely abruptly——

It now appears that Daniel took her advice and gave her a tip:

"You have 72 hours left." Looking at the numbers on the light screen, Yi Nan seemed to be able to hear the man's calm but emotionless voice.

Staring at this light screen, Yi Nan felt his back molars being gently ground.

She just told herself: There is still half a month, half a month!

Give her another half a month and she will be able to settle everything and solve everything.

"You have 72 hours left." The emotionless voice seemed to still linger in her ears.

Where does a complaint work?In "Project Revisiting Civilization", Daniel is the character who can make all decisions like a god.

Finally, the light screen disappeared automatically, and Yi Nan let out a breath.

But on her wrist, she always felt that there was something gently vibrating, ticking... Time was passing by every minute, and a moment of delay was a moment missing.

Dumuzi saw the light screen beside Yinan at the same time, and was too frightened to make a sound.

There were symbols on the light screen that he didn't recognize, that's all; the most terrible thing was that those symbols were jumping.

After a long while, Dumuzi turned his head to look at Yinan, his bitter eyes seemed to ask: Are you really...are you a god? Are you lying to me?

Yi Nan smiled wryly at Dumuzi: "If I can explain everything clearly in a short time, I will definitely explain it."

But I can't-

She looked at Dumuzi.

The young shepherd's beautiful eyes were still staring at Yinan at this moment. He frowned and pondered, and suddenly asked, "What do you need me for?"

Yi Nan stretched out his arms to Dumuzi almost at the same time: "I need you to take me back to Uruk. Go now, fast!"

Almost in an instant, Yi Nan regained her usual calmness and composure, as if everything was still under her control—it was just that time was a little tight.

Yes, she still has 72 hours, and 72 hours is enough to do a lot of things.

In Yinan's inner dictionary, there had never been such words as "lie down" or "admit defeat".Even if there are only 72 minutes and 72 seconds left... Yi Nan will take as many actions as possible to achieve her goal under the balance.

But it is also because of this that at this moment, she needs the shepherd in front of her very much, she needs Dumuzi to pull her back, and she will repay him with the same sincerity—to help him and create a new life that no one in this world has ever seen. The achievements that have been created.

There was no doubt in Dumuzi's eyes, he directly caught the girl's arms, stretched out his arms to wrap around her waist, and hugged her easily.

He came to the bay red horse, gave a "wow", and said in a low voice, "Man, can you still run? Give us another ride."

The bay red horse seemed to understand Dumuzi's meaning, snorted, and took two steps back.

"This guy is in good spirits, but he still wants to ask for candy." Dumuzi put down Yi Nan, took out a piece of maltose that he was carrying with him, and fed it to the bay red horse.He jumped on the horse by himself, then leaned over and held Yi Nan's arms, and brought her to the horse's back, letting her sit behind him.

Then Dumuzi patted the bay red horse's neck passionately: "My dear horse, I know you have a lot of ability, please, take us back to Uruk, hurry up!"

He stretched out his left arm, wrapped his back around Yi Nan's waist, kicked the horse's stomach lightly with both feet, and lifted the rope around the horse's neck with his right hand. Flying along the road to Uruk.

The horse neighing once again alarmed the tour group, and Gu Da and the others who had already fallen asleep woke up again from their sleep.The dog barking sounded again, and the little black dog didn't understand the master's decision, so he barked twice on the spot and let out an aggrieved "wow".

"My friends, please help take care of Xiao Hei!"

Dumuzi dropped a sentence in the distance.The only thing that went away in the night was a hazy silhouette and the sound of the four hooves hitting the ground.

Yi Nan forgot one thing - in this era, saddles have not yet appeared.Riders are free to ride their horses.

When Dumuzi pulled her onto the bay horse, she hadn't realized that the journey would take her back to Uruk in the shortest possible time, but it would be extremely uncomfortable.

Almost relying on his horse-training instinct, Dumuzi lay on the back of the bay horse, rising and falling as the horse ran.

But now behind him is Yi Nan who doesn't know how to ride a horse at all. Both of them are quite awkward, and sitting is extremely uncomfortable.

Yi Nan did try to reach out and lightly support Dumuzi's waist to sit firmly on the horse, but soon found that this was an impossible task.During the turbulence, Yi Nan felt that she would be thrown down anytime and anywhere—fortunately, she didn't have any psychological burden, and she couldn't fall to her death anyway.

Dumuzi obviously had a psychological burden: he held Yi Nan tighter with his backhand, and occasionally turned around and said to Yi Nan, "Nan, hold me tight."

Yi Nan happened to be almost knocked off the horse by the bay red horse. When she was frightened, she stretched out her arms and hugged Dumuzi's waist tightly—as expected, she was really stable, and the risk of falling was greatly reduced.

Yi Nan comforted herself: She wasn't afraid of falling, but mainly because she was afraid of falling off the horse and wasting time—the more she thought about it, the more she felt it made sense.

Dumuzi felt a little relieved. Finally, his left hand no longer needed to support Yinan with his backhand. Instead, he had the opportunity to hold the rope loop or the horse's mane. The two of them could walk more steadily and faster.

"Nan, if you are tired, try to hug me tightly and take a rest as much as possible."

"Once I'm back in Uruk, I'll be able to find a chance to rest, but it's up to you to run the show."

"Nan, you just have to rest. Everything is up to me."

At this time, the sky had gradually turned brighter. Although the sky was still covered with thick clouds, the road in front of him and the houses in the village that were quickly left behind were gradually becoming clearer.

Yi Nan has a physique that doesn't matter even if he's tired, but at this moment she thought: This guy Dumuzi seems to be implicated by her again.

The young shepherd had just been sent to Eridu by her, and after an exhaustive negotiation with the "old and treacherous" god Enki, he rushed back to her right away—now she asked Dumuzi again "inhumanly" Take her back to Uruk.

"It's really hard for you." Yi Nan leaned on Dumuzi's back, wrapped his arms tightly around his waist, and whispered.

"Don't be embarrassed, as long as you say it, I can do it for you." Dumuzi said in a deep voice, his eyes were focused on the road ahead, but his mouth seemed to be making an oath.

Yi Nan really felt a bit of peace of mind: she had been thinking over and over before, considering how she should take every step after entering Uruk, as if a wheel was turning rapidly in her mind, and she was somewhat restless.

But now, she is riding the bumpiest "transportation vehicle" in history, feeling the body temperature of the people around her, feeling the feeling of being surrounded by warmth... She actually feels really tired, and gradually closes her eyes, curls up her body, and With his forehead pressed against the shepherd's back, he fell asleep slowly.

Even in his sleep, Yinan was still calculating: After the "Venus transit", it took more than half a day for Qashti to find the horse trainer after the "Venus transit" happened, so it took two days for the horse trainer to arrive in Uruk ...

Dumuzi flew her back to take her back, the same distance, [-]% discount, about a day and a half.

But when Yinan opened his eyes again, dense villages around Uruk had already appeared beside him.The bay red horse still showed no signs of fatigue, galloping recklessly on the road, showing no intention of stopping at all.

Yi Nan raised his head and just saw Dumuzi's side face. His forehead was full of sweat, his eyes were full of red threads, and his tired look made people feel distressed.But he had no intention of stopping to rest for a while.

As soon as Yinan moved, Dumuzi felt it, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "You're awake." It seemed that the ride just now was the most satisfying ride in his life.

"Let's go to the horse training ground first." Seeing that the horse training ground was almost here, Yinan quickly reminded Dumuzi.

After all, they couldn't just rush straight into Uruk so recklessly.

Du Muzi obeyed her, and then gently poked the bay red horse. This guy obviously knew that there would be another candy soon, so he hissed joyfully, took the two on his back, and jumped towards the horse hunting field.

The bay red horse was familiar with the horse training ground, and rushed straight in.When entering the arena, a horse trainer who was feeding and drinking the horse looked up in astonishment. Yi Nan saw his face clearly and knew that he was the one who had received Cu Xin's instructions and reported to him.

It seemed that Du Muzi took her on a long journey at night, and the bay red horse was a talented long-distance runner. They unexpectedly caught up with the person who reported Yinan earlier, and the two arrived almost at the same time.

When he got to the place, Dumuzi wiped his hands on his robe embarrassingly, then stretched out his arms, put Yi Nan behind him, and got off his horse stiffly.

Yi Nan could feel that Dumuzi's hands were already soaked with sweat, but the young shepherd insisted on drying his hands before touching Yi Nan's body.

After they both dismounted, Du Muzi led the bay red horse over, handed the horse over to the trainer, and asked him to help feed it with water and fodder.Dumuzi still didn't forget to hand a few hot malt candies from his pocket to the horse trainers, reminding them not to forget to give the horse his favorite "reward".

After explaining everything, Dumuzi walked to the side of the stables.The young man finally had a chance to sit down and rest.

Almost as soon as he sat down, the snoring started.

A young man who was so exhausted that he sat down and fell asleep.

Yi Nan watched him fall asleep, amused and grateful at the same time.She turned around quietly, turned her back to the other people in the riding ground, and turned on the light screen of the watch——

"58:02:17"

Others need a day and a half for the journey, but Dumuzi took her and ran it in 14 hours.