[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

After nightfall, Uruk is decorated with lights and festoons everywhere, forming a sea of ​​joy.

People lit all the lights that could be lit, ready to celebrate all night long.

If you stand on the temple and look into the distance, you can see: the lights of the city, centered on the temple, extend in all directions, and extend to the north to the deep Euphrates River.

Many people are coming from the Euphrates to the city of Uruk—most of them are the people of Eridu, and some are fishermen from Uruk who live on the banks of the Euphrates, and they are being captured by Uruk. As “distinguished guests and friends,” they were cordially invited to come and celebrate together in the city of Uruk.

Enki of Eridu was sitting in front of Inanna's temple at the moment, pulling his white beard rather dissatisfied, and asking loudly:

"Where's the beer, where's the beer?"

"Hospitable people of Uruk, bring out your beer!"

Uruk: ...?What is beer?

On a day like today, they can only promise enough honey water.

As soon as the "old child" heard that there was no one, he kicked his feet straight, pulled his beard and cried.

After a while, Enji figured it out and turned around: "It turns out that the first can of beer was brewed at my place!"

He held up the pottery cup filled with honey water, and said with a smile, "That little girl treated me well, and Enki accepts her. From now on, Eridu must have more contacts with Uruk."

People in Uruk looked at each other, and they could roughly guess that the "little girl" Enki was talking about was Inan, the saint of Uruk.

But they never guessed that Enki would try his best to "communicate more" with Uruk, for no other reason than to eat the beer brewed from Uruk's barley.

When celebrating, how can there be less beer?

Enki looked at the pottery cup in his hand, already thinking about the future with a smile.

"02:17:20"

At this very moment, the "little girl" Enki spoke of was with the "new king" of Uruk.She stretched out her hands to wrap around Dumuzi's waist, and gently pressed her cheek on Dumuzi's back——

The bay red horse was galloping towards the bank of the Euphrates with the two of them on their backs.

Yinan roughly calculated that it would take about 2 hours to gallop on fast horses to the banks of the Euphrates River from the city of Uruk.She and Dumuzi arrived at the river, about 40 minutes left-there were rafts used by the Eridians on the river, so she should have a way to leave this era on the Euphrates.

"River escape", this is Yi Nan's ingenious way of leaving.

At least in this way, the Uruk people who are celebrating will not be frightened like last time, and ordinary people's perception of the world will not be affected again because of this "ascension" beyond ordinary people's ability.

It's just that I'm too sorry for the young man beside her.

Dumuzi...probably hoped that the 2-hour journey in front of him would never be finished.

But after Yinan made a request to Dumuzi, Dumuzi remained calm from beginning to end.

He even sent someone to find the companions who came from Tibila Village together, and found something from their luggage to bring to Yinan.

"The whole body is covered with sand"——Let me ask Yi Nan, is he surprised or not?

Now Yinan has changed into this khaki off-road suit again. The material of the off-road suit is special, which is very different from the feel of the linen robe.When she went to hug Dumuzi again, there seemed to be a natural barrier, silently reminding Yi Nan——

You were not born here;

You are doomed to leave.

I don't know what Dumuzi will think when she leaves.But at least the young king of Uruk didn't show anything on the surface, but arranged everything for her very efficiently, and brought her here on horseback himself, and said that there would be a surprise waiting for her.

"listen--"

When they reached the banks of the Euphrates River, Dumuzi put Yi Nan off his horse and pointed to the distance.

"Wang-"

A shepherd dog ran forward cheerfully, threw itself into Yi Nan's arms, knocked her back two steps, and hugged the "dog".

"Ugh-"

When this little Wang saw Yi Nan, he even knew how to put his two front paws on Yi Nan's knees, and said "wow" in his mouth, pouring out his grievances.

Yi Nan had no choice but to rub its chin and ears for a while, coaxing in a low voice: "I won't leave you in the future, I won't leave you..."

Once he said this, Yi Nan suddenly couldn't laugh or cry—for the first time in his life, he realized that he was really not a person suitable for making promises.

"Miss Nan," in the distance, Gu Da, Hamti and Ake came together.It turned out that they had rushed to the vicinity of Uruk, and after getting news from the people sent by Dumuz to look for them, they immediately changed direction and rushed to the Euphrates River, so that the "travel group" could reunite again.

But when the young people saw Dumuzi, they all greeted Dumuzi with courtesy, "Our king..."

Dumuzi nodded lightly, as if he already had the awareness that once he held the kingship, he would naturally need to distance himself from his former partners.He has to bear all the responsibilities by himself, and the taste of loneliness is also enjoyed by him alone.

"It's great to meet you!" Yi Nan cheered up, "My friends, each of you is excellent and treats people very sincerely... I am really happy to travel with you."

Gu Da and the others blushed.

Especially Gu Da, remembering the first time he and Yinan met face to face, the mid-level priest who was about to "re-employ" was very ashamed, lowered his head, and determined to wash away the habits he had acquired when he was a priest before, but to do what Yi Nan said Yes, treat people with "sincerity".

At this time, another "acquaintance" also appeared, with a puzzled face, he ran to Yi Nan and said, "Enji sent someone a message, saying that he wants me to take you on a raft."

This is the uncle who has always been near Enki's temple island, holding a sheepskin raft for visitors.

Inan nodded.

Gu Da and the others were all stunned: "Miss Nan, where are you going..."

"Going to..."

Yi Nan hesitated to speak, not knowing how to explain.

At this time Dumuzi took a big step forward and said politely: "Everyone, after saying hello, please go back to Uruk to celebrate, the people there need you to join."

"Miss Nan, I can always see you when we should see each other in the future."

What Dumuzi said was very certain, and Gu Da and the others immediately believed it, greeted Xiao Hei immediately, and hurried towards the brightly lit place.

Hamti hasn't forgotten to look back: "Miss Nan, remember to go back to the city to celebrate with us when you're done!"

The three of them left one by one, and the river was immediately cleared.The uncle went to the river to tidy up the raft, and only Yinan and Dumuzi were left on the spot.

It was only then that Yi Nan dared to turn on the light screen of the watch and take a look:

"00:32:20"

This is her last half hour in this era.She didn't have much time, she had to get on the raft and let the current carry her to the middle of the Euphrates - where she might be emptied like last time and disappear, but there should be no one to see .

Except, in front of me, this person.

Yi Nan suddenly didn't know how to face it, she had no experience at all, how to complete a sincere and polite farewell?

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the man on the opposite side strode forward and hugged Yi Nan with both arms.

Yi Nan's heart felt as if someone had suddenly flicked it with a fingernail, and there was a "boom".

She was surrounded by the fresh, slightly citrusy scent of a young shepherd.And she was surrounded by a pair of powerful arms, as if she had been immobilized, unable to move at all.

The next moment, she could see Dumuzi's beautiful eyes in front of her eyes, her eyes were a little flustered, and she didn't know what to express.

His Adam's apple moved slightly, his lips opened and closed, and he seemed to want to say something, but his voice was blocked in his throat, and he just couldn't get out.

His lips moved closer, as if he wanted to stick them together—Yinan summoned up his courage and prepared the psychological construction for a deep kiss at the time of parting. Who would have thought that kiss, which was supposed to be a fiery and confusing kiss, turned out to be light in the end? It fell lightly on her forehead.

Yi Nan closed her eyes slightly, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

But for some reason, Yi Nan felt a little lost in his heart.

After all, she... will never meet this person in front of her again.

The young man asked softly in a hoarse voice, "If I, I mean, if..."

The questioning ended here, and Yi Nan never heard him say "if".

Even though this young shepherd was recommended by all the Uruk people and given a divine prophecy by Enki from Eridu, he was still humble and unconfident in front of Inan.

After all, he experienced great changes in his family when he was young, and the road of life was not smooth sailing. When he was young, he suddenly met a girl with amazing talent and beauty, and regarded her as an irreplaceable goddess——

But Du Muzi really, hadn't been able to muster up the courage to speak out his heart, expressing the passion in his heart that had obviously been suppressed to the point where it could no longer be suppressed.

Fortunately, Yinan was considerate, and hugged Dumuzi back, and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, I really have something important to ask you."

Dumuzi was refreshed and listened carefully, but he heard Yi Nan say: "I am a person who likes to see others happy and happy. So after I leave, I hope you will have more music, dancing, laughter, and banquets... ..."

"And you," Yi Nan suddenly stretched out his hands, and mischievously tugged at the shepherd's handsome face, "I hope you can smile more, I hope you can forget all your sorrows..."

What a disrespectful gesture, and what an excessive request—the young shepherd had never experienced this before, and suddenly showed a desolate expression that could not laugh or cry.

But obviously he can, he can do it, and his sadness won't be written on his face.

So Dumuzi raised his eyebrows, watched Yi Nan turn and leave, checked her light screen again, came to the bank of the Euphrates River, and explained to the uncle who was supporting the raft. Finally, she and the uncle boarded a raft , but with a sheepskin raft.

Dumuzi knew that she would definitely leave alone, and let the uncle who supported the raft come back with a sheepskin raft.But at this time, he really sent her away like this, how could he live with it.

So after the raft left the shore, Dumuzi immediately started to walk downstream along the Euphrates River, accompanied by Yinan's raft.

After getting on the raft, Yinan tried his best to calm down.

She asked the uncle who held the raft to take her to the center of the Euphrates River, where the raft she was on could drift by itself with the current.

Before that, she had solemnly bid her farewell to her uncle—probably Enki had said something first, and the poor uncle didn't dare to ask anything. He could only wave goodbye to Yi Nan, and then drove away on a light sheepskin raft.

Everything finally quieted down. There was only the sound of the Euphrates River beside Yinan, and the laughter and laughter of Uruk became the background of the distant noise.

"00:04:22"

She turned on the light screen on the watch again to confirm the time.

At this moment, she suddenly heard someone on the shore calling her name loudly: "Yinan——"

Yi Nan was stunned for a moment: In this era, she hadn't heard anyone call her that for a long time.

Immediately she got up from the raft and looked out to the shore.

It was Dumuzi who yelled this—although the light by the river was dim, Yi Nan could only make out a shadow, an outline, but this figure was so familiar, she knew it was Dumuzi just by looking at it.

He was walking along the road on the bank of the Euphrates River, closely following the movement of Inan's raft, walking along the river so fast that he ran wildly.

"Yinan—"

He shouted the name desperately.

Yi Nan opened her mouth, but didn't know how to respond for a moment: The name "Yi Nan" did not exist in this era of 5500 BC, and she never revealed it to others.

Others either call her "Nan" or "Miss Nan", or believe that she is actually the goddess "Inanna"—no one would call her the name "Inan".

Then the question arises, how did Dumuzi know her name?

"Yinan!" Dumuzi's voice was extremely firm and could not be misheard.

"Dumuzi, you...how did you know..." Yi Nan suddenly thought of a possibility, and wanted to ask incoherently.

She was too far away from the river, and her voice could no longer reach Dumuzi's ears loudly.

What if Dumuzi knew the name "Yinan" because of "memory"?

He remembered Inan, just as he remembered that what Wizard Dan left in the wooden box was actually a safety rope.

But the problem is... 1400 years apart, it's unscientific—

Immediately, Yi Nan approached the edge of the raft, stepped directly into the flowing water of the Euphrates River with a "snap", and quickly retracted his foot.

Why? ——She looked at the familiar figure on the bank, and almost wished that time could be turned back immediately, as long as she went back another 30 minutes, back to the moment when she was still on the river bank.

Then she can ask this man herself: "Do you recognize me?...Do you remember me?"

The imaginary Dumuzi would then reply: "Yes, Inan, my goddess, I fulfilled my promise, and when I saw you, I had grown up."

"Dan..." Yi Nan sat down on the raft again, dipping his feet into the icy water of the Euphrates River, trying to calm himself down.

"00:02:19"

She no longer had time to ask Dumuzi for confirmation—even if she jumped into the water now, swam to the shore, and swam to Dumuzi, with her little swimming skills, it was absolutely too late.

The wind in her ears was very strong, and it was still sending the voice of Dumuzi on the shore to her ears.

"Yinan... the next time we meet again, I believe I will become a... King of Heroes!"

After all, he still felt that he was not courageous enough, and some regrets could not be made up for.

"hero King?"

Yinan immediately stood up from the raft and waved to Dumuzi on the shore.

"Yes! You will become the King of Heroes!"

She wants to shout loudly: Yes, you will definitely become a wise king, a king full of heroism; you will never disappoint the expectations of the world.

That was exactly what she was looking forward to.

Dumuzi stopped.

He saw a dazzling star rising from the surface of the Euphrates River, rising straight to the sky, leaving an equally bright reflection on the water surface, which shattered when the wind blew.

This star rose into a clear night sky in which all the stars in the sky paled in comparison.

However, it burst into full light in an instant, and then shattered into countless fragments, each emitting light, and dissipated in the air.

Every piece that was broken seemed to have become a star in the sky.

Dumuzi reached out and took out the bone flute that he carried with him, took a deep breath, put his lips on the bone flute, and immediately played a melodious tune.

As she said, she is a person who wants to see others happy and happy, and likes singing and laughing.

——As long as she likes him, he will do it all, and if she wants him to forget the sadness, he will try hard.

Accompanied by the dexterous and graceful sound of the flute, two lines of tears flowed down the shepherd's cheeks.

—and he, like her, knew he could do it.

In front of the temple of Uruk, Enki watched the Uruk people dancing joyfully on the steps, and tasted the honey water happily.

When he looked up, he saw a bright and dazzling star rising from the Euphrates River, soaring into the sky.Enki stared at the night sky in amazement, only to see that the star quickly disappeared again.

Enki sighed, and understood why the girl was so anxious to find him from Eridu.

Most of the Uruk people didn't notice the fleeting star, and they were still singing and dancing.

Enki thought for a while, and felt that the little girl was doing the right thing, and immediately raised the pottery cup in his hand again with a smile, allowing the honey water to flow down his white beard along the corner of his mouth.

Yi Nan woke up from the chaos and opened his eyes.She was greeted with warm applause.

"Our bravest experimenter is back!"

"Yinan, you are such a wonderful wife!"

"Wow!"

"Cheers to the fruitful experimental results!"

Then there was the crisp sound of glass bottles colliding.

Yi Nan rubbed her eyes, and found that in the laboratory she was familiar with, all the researchers of the entire project gathered together, elites from various fields.They were holding a bottle of beer in their hands at the moment, raised it towards Yinan, and then bumped each other's bottles.

"This is a beer brewed purely from barley, which almost perfectly restores the recipe left by the Sumerians. We use it to celebrate your completion of another stage of the task."

"Humanity has entered the era of copper and stone, and opened up writing... Tsk tsk tsk, Yinan, the human history you have witnessed can directly overturn the inferences of those historians."

"As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing is these beers!"

"Yes, yes, otherwise, what should we drink at this time?"

Yi Nan glanced over, but saw that there was no sign of Daniel in the entire laboratory.

She asked anxiously: "Daniel, where is Daniel..."

"I'll just say it!"

"When Yinan comes back, he will be the first to ask about Daniel."

"You can't blame her!"

"The person who cared most about her throughout the experiment was Daniel."

"You should care more about Yi Nan, she will ask you first when she comes back."

Yinan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only adjust his status and greet his colleagues in the project team.The project is full of scientific researchers, they are easy to get along with, and the jokes they make are all well-intentioned.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Yi Nan's eyes went dark, and when the lights turned on again, Daniel's small office appeared in front of her.Daniel was sitting across from her, lounging in an armchair, wrapping his arms around the back of his head.

"Okay!" Yi Nan really wanted to roll his eyes.

I dare to feel that I am really just a projection, and Daniel can cast her wherever he wants.After greeting his colleagues just now, Daniel immediately cut her to his office and faced her alone.

It just so happened that she was looking for him too.

"Daniel, I want to ask you, why Dumuzi..., um, one of my subjects in the experiment, can perceive the memory of another subject in the previous era?"

Daniel lowered his eyes, said "Oh", and asked her back, "How do you know he remembers?"

You are not Dumuzi, how do you know that Dumuzi has Daniel's memory?

Inan choked suddenly.

But her reaction was quick, and she immediately asked, "How do you know he doesn't remember?"

Daniel: ...

At this moment, he finally sat upright, with his arms hanging down, his elbows resting on the table in front of him, his hands clasped, and his index finger resting lightly on his lips.

Daniel stared at Yi Nan's projection, and replied seriously: "I'm not joking, let's talk about business."

"Your suspicion is not unreasonable. In the later period of your observation activities in 5500 BC, your experimental observation object did show some signs that he actually had the memory of another observation object in a different era..."

"I just went to consult experts in this field. They think that the hippocampus in the brain of your subject may be affected by the 'space-time tunnel' magnetic field. Therefore, as you stay in a certain era for a longer time, the other party can Gradually acquire some memories that do not belong to his life."

Inan was surprised and speechless.

But I think this is not impossible. After all, human research on the brain has not yet reached its peak. The hippocampus alone still has many unsolved mysteries in the fields of modern medicine and neurology.The hippocampus is affected by a magnetic field - this theory sounds plausible, but...

Yi Nan immediately asked: "But why him? I mean, only Dumuzi can get Dan's memory, while others don't?"

Yi Nan counted the people she had contacted in this era in her mind. Dumuzi was undoubtedly the one who had been with her for the longest time, but the members of the tour group, Qashti, Kusin, Enki...these people also got along with her for a long time Opportunity.Are these people not affected by the magnetic field?

Also, what's up with that subtle resemblance between Dumuz and Dan?

Yi Nan looked at Daniel in front of her. This face and the pair of amber eyes were quite familiar to her now, and she couldn't help but think of those two young people.

When she stared at each other, Daniel also looked at her, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The small office fell into silence, and the loud chatter and laughter of the researchers in the adjacent laboratory could be vaguely heard.

"Let's put it this way, memories that can be transmitted through magnetic fields have some prerequisites, the most important of which is that the bodies that can carry them have a high degree of similarity, that is to say, memories can only be transmitted between bodies of similar height. "

Yinan lowered his head, trying to understand this sentence—that is to say, it means...

What she met was actually a very similar person, and if she had memories from the same source, then they were in fact, the same...?

"This kind of situation does not only appear in the 'space-time tunnel'. In the long river of human history, we hear some voices from time to time: Some people claim that they have obtained memories that do not belong to them."

"These are not isolated cases, and may be related to the existence of a magnetic field similar to the 'space-time tunnel' that has always existed on the earth."

Yi Nan chewed on this theory for a while, then raised his head and looked at Daniel.

Daniel was also looking at her, with a strange expression on his face—as if he was confirming whether she was the Yi Nan he knew.

"When this happens, we usually refer to it as the human being -- the 'soul.'"