[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Dumuzi decisively opened the box left by Wizard Dan, took out the rope left thousands of years ago, and interpreted the meaning of this rope, which greatly boosted the morale of the Uruk people.

"Dumuz—our king!"

Countless Uruk people shouted excitedly.By this time, any doubts about the young shepherd had been dispelled——

Just look at him opening this box only with magnanimity and determination, and looking at the whole Uruk, no other person can do it—even the mysterious witch who has always been unpredictable.

And he is full of wisdom in doing so: think about it, a mere box, no matter what it contains, may not actually help Uruk at all; but he directly transformed this box into the courage of the Uruk people .

At this time, Wu's face was pale, and he woke up faintly from the ground.She supported her body very reluctantly, probably thinking that Uruk should be crying out loud at this moment, and all Uruk people should be completely desperate.

Unexpectedly, what she heard was: "Dumuz—be our king!"

"You lowly shepherd, who gave you the courage to stand in this position and call yourself 'king'?"

Wu asked loudly.

However, her voice was no match for the waves of requests from the Uruk people.

Dumuzi's cheek turned slightly to Wu's side, he should have heard Wu's words - but he didn't pay attention to Wu's words at all, he didn't care at all.

Now all the people in Uruk are demanding to elect Dumuzi to be their "leader", so - what does becoming a king in the world have anything to do with his background and previous occupation?

Witch was completely ignored.She sat up with difficulty supporting the ground with her hands, seeing that she had no influence over Dumuzi, she immediately turned to look at Gashti.

"My good girl," Wu Wu looked at the trainee priestess who had "betrayed" her, but she still seemed to be thinking of her wholeheartedly.

"Gashti, do you think you want to help this shepherd from a foreign country because of your spring heart?"

The more Wu thought about it, the more he was right: Otherwise, with Dumuzi, a powerless outsider, without the help of Gashti, how could so many people be willing to recommend him?

"Gashti, I'm an experienced person. I can see that young man's mind very clearly. The person in his heart is not you at all, and he will never regard you as his favorite woman in his life..."

Seeing the embarrassing and funny expression on Gashti's face, Wu thought he had guessed right, and hurriedly continued to provoke: "Even if he becomes the 'king', holds power in his hand, and owns the whole of Uruk, he doesn't have you in his heart. What good does it do you?"

"It's better to stand up now and expose his old background. He is just an ordinary shepherd, and you are a priestess who grew up beside witches!"

The more Wu thought about it, the more he was right, and continued to persuade: "If you stand up at this time, I will have the ability to make the whole city of Uruk recommend you to be the 'king'—yes, you can be the king and queen yourself. , with the full support of me and the entire temple.”

"The power bestowed by the gods has almost worn out in this era, and the world really needs to give birth to a new kingship." Wu said his judgment at once, "while the temple still has influence and financial resources, let me Push you one more time!"

Seeing Gashti's indifferent appearance, she reminded again: "That young shepherd, he won't love you!"

Gashti finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a smile, "Do you think... I will feel jealous because of my own brother?"

witch:……

What? ...Brother?

Gradually she remembered that Qashti was originally a young child "brought back" to the temple by the priests from the countryside around Uruk—a girl who used to cry day and night as a child because she missed her loved ones.

Seeing that she has good aptitude, Wu stayed by his side and promised Gashti many times to help her pray to the gods and find her parents and relatives.But the witch has selfish intentions. Even if Gashti asked the priests she knew to help her find out, the witch secretly obstructed Gashti from finding her relatives.

Unexpectedly, she found her own brother in such a silent way, and at this most critical moment, she elected her brother to be king in one fell swoop.

Wu's provocation failed, but she was so angry that she held her breath, and she immediately passed over again.

Wu fainted again, so he couldn't see: there seemed to be a mysterious force sweeping Uruk.All the people gathered in front of the temple turned around in the same direction at the same time in the twilight.

There was an emotion running through the crowd, whispers, asking each other, "Is this real?"

"Everyone, please make way for the saint and her companions to come to the temple." Dumuzi stood in front of the temple steps and spoke loudly.

"It's really a saint!"

"The saint is really back!"

The Uruk people, who had finally been confirmed, felt the joy in their chests that was about to explode.

The crowd quickly made way for the saint and her companions to walk towards the high steps of the temple, and to Dumuzi who stood with his head held high in front of the temple.

I saw that Yi Nan was as beautiful as yesterday, and it seemed that during the time when Jin Xing disappeared, she never suffered any harm.

She stretched out her hand to support an old man with a white beard. The white hair on the top of this old man's head has been pitifully thin, and now he is showing a shiny forehead.

"This old man... walk slowly, slow down!"

People in Uruk have always had the habit of respecting their elders—this is a tradition left over from the time of Wizard Dan.Coupled with the fact that the saintess personally supported them, the people of Uruk bowed to express their respect.

Yi Nan accompanied the old man and walked all the way to the temple amidst the attention of everyone.

The old man obviously hadn't exercised for a long time. After climbing the steps of the temple, he was out of breath and muttered repeatedly: "Why is it so high?".Yi Nan reached out and stroked his back to help him straighten out his breath.

The old man finally calmed down, and looked up at the towering pillars in front of the temple, with envy in his eyes! — What fine wood!

Yi Nan hurriedly poked his arm: "Have you forgotten? You don't need these anymore! Solid keel, dense covering, waterproof asphalt, copper nails and iron nails for fixing various parts, That's what you need right now."

The old man was stunned, and suddenly he was proud again: "Yes, hahaha, I, Enki, don't need these big guys anymore!"

Standing in front of the temple, the two turned simultaneously to face the crowd in Uruk.At this moment, Dumuzi came over and saluted the old man: "My friend Enki, are you in good health for this journey?"

Enji glared at Yinan and Dumuzi, his beard curled up again and again, and said, "For you two little fellows, I'm going to fight this time."

The voices of several people were not loud, and only those around them could hear them.

When Gashti heard this, she raised her two slender and beautiful eyebrows in surprise; but behind Gashti, the high-ranking priests who were led to the temple shouted frantically: "Enki... ...it was Enki, and Enki has come to Uruk!"

The news spread quickly, and everyone in Uruk in front of the temple was horrified.

Enki, the main god of Eridu, is now standing in front of the temple of Inanna—is it true that the Uruk people should fight instead of the goddess Inanna in this "battle of the main gods"?

There are really people who don't say anything, just copy the guy.

"Wang just said that we have to rely on ourselves—"

They learned and applied the ideas they had just received, and they were actually pretty quick.

Seeing this, Enki quickly grabbed his beard and said loudly, "Stop—"

Some people stopped and some didn't stop, some people were rushing up the long steps of the temple.

"I'm just an old man, I won't cause you any trouble!"

Enki had one advantage. His voice didn't seem very loud, but it was able to be heard clearly by many people, and finally stopped their footsteps.

——That's right, the one in front of me looks like an ordinary old man.

He was alone, and he walked tremblingly.Just now, he had to walk up such a high step all the way, and he still needed the support of the girl beside him all the way—this one is really no different from an ordinary old man in the folk.

"Everyone, I'm Enki of Eridu. Like this one, I'm actually a witch." Enki pointed to Qishti who was standing not far away.

Gashti hurriedly moved two steps to the side, making the position pointed by Enki to let the witch lying on the ground wonder if he was pretending to faint.

This "Enki" admitted his true identity as soon as he came up. He is not a god, but just a representative of a god in the world.

"So it's the witch from Eridu!" The people of Uruk breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that this was not a god.At this moment, everyone noticed that their backs were covered in sweat.They were no longer nervous, but now they all wanted to have a good talk with the people from Eridu.

"Enki of Eridu, tell the truth, what have you done to our goddess?"

"Why don't you let the Eridu people trade with us with shells again? And you said you want to cut off contact with Uruk?"

"Also, we said that our saint stole your 'secret', what is going on?"

"Saint of Uruk, how could it be possible to steal something from your Eridu?"

"..."

There was a lot of discussion for a while, and the temple in Uruk was in chaos, and no one could hear each other talking.

Enki frowned, turned to look at Yi Nan, and Yi Nan gave Dumuzi a look.

So Dumuzi took a big step forward, his tongue burst into thunder, and he said loudly: "Everyone can trust me, why don't you let me ask—"

One sentence, just one sentence——in front of the temple, all the men and women in Uruk, young and old, all shut up, raised their heads and stared at Dumuzi, waiting for him to ask Enki a question.

Yi Nan stood beside the two of them, thinking: That's enough - Dumuzi's prestige in the whole city is enough to support him to become the king here.

So Dumuzi said, "Enki, I heard that Eli is going to be an enemy of Uruk?"

Enki immediately said, "No, no—this is a complete misunderstanding. I was invited by this girl to clarify the misunderstanding and express the friendliness of the people of Eridu to Uruk."

"is this real?"

The turning point came so suddenly that many Uruk people under the steps were speechless with their mouths wide open, unable to believe it.

Wu, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but move his body when he heard this, he couldn't pretend.

"Old man, then why did the Eridu people fight against the Uruk people before?"

Seeing that the people of Uruk could not believe everything, Dumuzi took the opportunity of asking questions and asked Enki to clarify the facts himself.

Enki turned his head and pointed to Inanna's temple: "Isn't it because of these giant pillars?"

As the chief priest/witch of Eridu, he was very eloquent, and he explained the cause and effect in a few words. He not only explained the festival of intercepting logs in Uruk in the early years, but also explained why Eridu canceled the shell coin. Use—those are not measures aimed at Uruk.

Among the Uruk people, there are quite a few merchants who trade with business travellers.At this moment, when they heard that the witches blatantly snatched the logs felled by others, and even borrowed the name of the goddess Inanna, they all blushed and couldn't speak; Reason to be unhappy.

Enki turned his eyes and changed the topic immediately, talking about the fact that Yinan and his party went to Eridu a while ago and had given great help to the people of Eridu.After Yinan and his party left, the people of Eridu caught up decisively, and wanted to thank Yinan for his help in person. Unexpectedly, this was misunderstood by the people of Uruk, thinking that the two sides had turned against each other, and Eli would attack Uruk.

Dumuzi looked at this old man who was smarter than a moray eel, and he was really speechless: Didn't you say that you misunderstood that Yi Nan stole the treasure about civilization, and later found out that it was a misunderstanding, so you came to clarify it? ?

Enji looked at Dumuzi triumphantly with a pair of small eyes, as if to say: I’m all here, so I can’t blame me anymore, can I?

As Enki fully explained the entanglement between the two parties, the tense atmosphere in front of the temple completely dissipated.

The Uruk people put down the weapons in their hands, and some of them sat down and wiped the sweat from their heads.

"It's all clear and it's fine."

"Eridu is willing to live in peace with us. That's a good thing. Uruk people are never stingy."

"...It's not a matter of being stingy or not. After all, we have been sorry to others before. In the future, we should get along well and make up for the losses that others suffered before."

At this moment, Wu stood up unsteadily.

She seemed to muster up her courage, pointed at Enki, and shouted with all her strength: "Enki!"

"No matter what you say, you can't cover up the fact that Eridu invaded Uruk."

Seeing the turmoil, the people of Uruk hurriedly took all the weapons in their hands—although Wu's behavior was contemptible, but she had controlled Uruk for more than [-] years, and her words were not enough to be listened to.

At the moment, everyone is like Enki, waiting for the witch of Uruk to speak, listening to her questioning Enki, how did Eridu violate Uruk.

At this time, Wu also knew that he was desperate, the last blow.What happened in front of the temple just now seriously damaged her authority. If she can't take the last gamble like this, it means that the power that has been in the hands of witches for more than 1000 years will be subverted and handed over from now on. Give it up to someone else.

Enji rolled his small eyes, twitched his white beard, and responded to all changes without change, listening to what the shaman would use to accuse him.

"Venus fell, and Goddess Inanna suffered irreparable damage. This is a loss that cannot be compensated for by paying your entire Eridu."

Wu suddenly turned his head and pointed at Yi Nan: "And this girl, the saint who was once highly expected by people, is now just an ordinary person, a person who has completely lost her divine power, and she can no longer protect the city as before—— That's why she brought you to Uruk, talking about being friendly with Ellie for generations... Inanna was never such a god!"

Inan stretched out her hand to put her forehead on her forehead: Daringly, in this person's perception, Inanna is truly a "mischievous god".

She looked at Wu with some pity: from the moment of "Venus transiting the sun", all her actions on this side, from beginning to end, were actually aimed at Wu—but Wu knew nothing about it, and never He didn't even know that he was the one being targeted—it was too late for Wu to fight back.

"You witnessed the fall of Venus, and you were afraid. You worried that the people under your rule would be out of control, so you blamed Eridu for this celestial phenomenon, right?"

Enki looked at the witch in Uruk with warm eyes, and seemed to say: Actually, everyone has played this trick before.

Wu was still furious, but unexpectedly Ding Enji raised his head slightly, nodded to the western sky, and asked, "If Venus really fell, then what is it?"

Everyone's eyes turned to the west, the direction of the setting sun.There, near the horizon, hung a bright and brilliant star.

--Venus.

Venus rises after sunset.

The Uruk people were anxious and fearful, and the Venus, which they had been looking forward to for a long time but had not seen, hung steadily on the clear sky at this time.

"what--"

"great--"

"It turns out that the goddess never abandoned us—"

With tears in their eyes, many Uruk people bowed devoutly in the direction of Venus in the sky.

It turns out that when all this happened, Venus was just hiding behind the sky, but hadn't come to the stage.

The only person who is worried now is Wu alone.She made mistakes one after another, and the mistakes became more and more outrageous, so wrong that no one would believe what she said.

At this moment, Wu's feet went limp, and she fell to the ground again, stunned, as if she had aged a dozen years in an instant—at this moment she knew that she had lost all her chances, and there was no way to turn things around.

Inan gave Gashti a wink, and Gashti immediately went up to help the helpless woman, preventing her from harming him and not allowing her to escape punishment.

Leaving aside the mystical roles played by Wu, Wu does have her own skills in the field of astronomy—and these astronomical observations and calculations originated from Wizard Dan, Yi Nan does not want to stop here.

Yi Nan quietly turned his back and glanced at her wristwatch.

"5:32:59"

There is still a little time, and she needs to catch up with the remaining 5 hours to achieve all the goals—she still needs a safe farewell, and can no longer suddenly "fly up in place" in front of the world like last time, In turn, it influenced the worship of gods for the next 1000 years.

So Yinan took a deep breath and nodded to Enki.

Enki received her signal, took a step forward, and said in his deep and moving voice:

"The people of Goddess Inanna in Uruk, I, Enki of Eridu, am here today. Besides solving problems and discussing cooperation, I also have one more important task."

The attention of the Uruk people had already turned to Venus, but when Enki said that there was a "more important" priority, they all turned their heads.

Enki took a step forward, stretched out his hands to the sky, and said, "Eridu once received an oracle from God—the kingship descended from the sky and fell on Eridu."

The people of Uruk all opened their mouths, wondering why Enki would bring this prophecy about Eridu here and make it public.

Enki went on to say: "It happened that a young man from the villages around Uruk came to Eridu with him. By virtue of his loyalty, wisdom and courage, he won the favor of the gods and transferred the kingship from Eridu to Eridu. brought to Uruk."

"what--"

"Is this..."

People turned their attention to Dumuzi standing in front of the temple.

"Yes, I am here this time because I was also entrusted by others to hand over this loyal and brave young man with a scepter that symbolizes royal power. I hope that in the future, the people of Uruk will keep their promises and be with Egypt from generation to generation. Lido people are friendly with each other.”

As he spoke, Enki took out a "scepter" from his pocket as if by magic.

This scepter is not too long, about as long as an adult man's arm, and is made of a hardwood branch with a smooth surface, with a "boomerang" made of brass embedded in it.One end of this "boomerang" is deeply embedded in the hardwood, and its other end has a blowhole left by casting. A brightly colored malachite is set in this blowhole to make up for the flaw.

The head of the whole scepter is in the shape of a "

Yi Nan watched from the side, tightly sullen his face, trying to keep himself serious, so as not to burst out laughing.

If this "scepter" is seen by later generations, it is definitely crudely made, and it is of a mediocre level; but now, just by the shiny luster of that brass boomerang, the people of Uruk have already looked straight at it and endured it. Can't help but amazed--

This is the kingship from heaven!

Yinan also knew in his heart that this scepter was indeed precious, after all—the world's first artificially smelted and cast copper product had extraordinary significance.

Enki turned to Dumuzi and said solemnly: "Young man elected by the people of Uruk, you are also the king of Uruk prophesied by God—"

Wu and the dozen or so high-ranking priests behind her were all sitting on the ground, as if they were pressed down by Enki's words, unable to speak a word.

Dumuzi was elected by the people of Uruk to become the "king" of the new era, but he has the prophecy of the gods as his endorsement - after this public ceremony, no matter who it is, it will never turn the world upside down.

Enki reached out his hand to Dumuzi, and handed out the world's first scepter with a metal head.

Unexpectedly, Dumuzi didn't reach out to take it.

The young man bowed his head humbly, but the word "stubborn" was written all over his body.

The young man should not want to take over the scepter from Enki, he seems to think that the source of power in his hand can only be Inan.

Enji waited for a while, but there was still no movement. The old boy pouted unhappily, turned to Yi Nan and said, "You should come."

So Yinan stepped forward, took the scepter from Enki, weighed it in her hand, and she seemed to have finally realized what kind of impact handing it out would have on the current society.

"Dumuz, out of my trust in you, I hand you this scepter that symbolizes royal power. I hope you understand that it represents not only power, but also unlimited responsibility."

"From now on, Uruk, the residents of Uruk, will be on your shoulders. You will eventually move forward with a heavy burden. Be careful in everything, and remember."

Inan held out his hand.

At this time, someone who didn't know shouted loudly from the steps in front of the temple: "Long live Uruk!"

"Long live my king!"

The cries sounded one after another, and amidst the cries, Dumuzi took the scepter from Yinan's hand, stood up, and showed humility and piety on his face.

He raised the scepter in his hand to the Uruk people, and the temple immediately fell into a boil——

"Rejoice, men of Uruk, that you have now had a wise leader."

"Celebrate that he is deeply trusted by the gods, and bravely accepted the entrustment of the gods."

Enki's steady voice could be heard even amidst the deafening cheers.Yinan followed him and added another sentence:

"The most important thing is that you have found yourselves and found the true source of strength in this city."

Yi Nan reached out and gently hung the safety rope she had left to Wizard Dan on Dumuzi's scepter thousands of years ago.For thousands of years, the products of the modern industry of later generations have resisted the invasion of time, and have not degraded or damaged.

She had a hallucination, as if two time-spaces spanning thousands of years were overlapping in front of her eyes.

Dumuzi raised his head and looked at Yinan, as if he wanted to confide countless times, but the young king couldn't speak to the girl in front of him.

"And I, I'm leaving—"

"I don't have much time left, maybe I can only use it to say goodbye to you properly?"

The girl raised her face and looked at the young shepherd.Dumuzi immediately stood there, like a statue.

After a long time, he stammered and said, "You...are you leaving again?"