[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

The expedition to the depths of the cedar forest, with an "expedition team" of more than 100 people, was far more difficult than Yinan's trip more than 2000 years ago.

On the third day after entering the forest, food poisoning happened to the expedition team.Someone added poisonous mushrooms to the stew while cooking from the grain they carried with them.

It happened that Yi Nan was not in the camp at this time, and when she came back, many people had already swallowed the sweet and fat stewed rice.

Gilgamesh was as hungry as his companions. Although the stewed rice served in front of him in an earthenware bowl was savory, because he hadn't seen Inan yet, he took only two bites and put down the earthenware bowl. Waiting for friends to come to eat together.

At this time, someone in the camp suddenly yelled, and then foamed at the mouth, convulsed all over, and fell to the ground.

This symptom seems to be contagious, and some people immediately felt that something was wrong: "Hey, why...why, there are so many stars in front of me?"

"Villain?...Why are there so many villains standing in front of me?"

"Hahahaha, it turns out... so the monsters in the cedar forest are just... little people who can dance?"

Gilgamesh heard this, but knew little.He stood up immediately, his eyes darkened, and he immediately began to feel dizzy.

At this time Yi Nan came back.

She knew something was wrong when she heard the "dancing little man", and immediately shouted: "Everyone, stop eating the food in front of you."

But she reminded too late.Inan came to Gilgamesh and was about to inquire, when Gilgamesh suddenly stretched out his hand, squeezed her wrist, and laughed.

Inan wanted to shake off, but Gilgamesh had great strength—his strength was almost as strong as Inan's, and he dragged Inan into his arms with his blushing face smiling very maliciously.

Visions, insanity, sympathetic excitement... are all possible effects of some mushroom neurotoxins on people.

Yi Nan said silently: Brother, I'm sorry.

Suddenly she punched Gilgamesh squarely in the stomach.The guy suffered a heavy blow, looked at Yi Nan, his eyes suddenly showed pain, but suddenly felt nauseous because of it, let go of his hands, hugged his upper abdomen, turned to the side, bowed his head and vomited, and instantly swallowed the little food he had just eaten The food was all vomited out.

If anyone noticed Gilgamesh at this time, he would realize that their king, two-thirds gods and one-third human, like everyone else, could see little people after eating mushrooms, and was killed After being beaten, he bows his head and vomits.

But no one has time to pay attention to Gilgamesh.All who remained at the camp, except for a small party sent out earlier to patrol the camp, tasted a delicious stew of mushrooms and barley grains.Some of them were short of breath and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth; others, like Gilgamesh earlier, had hallucinations in front of their eyes, and kept stretching out their hands and waving them in front of them, as if they wanted to drive away the "little man" in front of them. open.

Yi Nan took a glance and saw a clay pot in the middle of the camp, with damp charcoal next to it, presumably clean water filtered by the charcoal.Yi Nan immediately reached out to pick up the jar, grabbed a large handful of coarse salt from the guard who was in charge of lighting the fire and cooking, and sprinkled it all into the jar.

She carried the pot and came to everyone, regardless of the three sevens and twenty ones, each of them poured a large mouthful of salt water first.When the other party regained consciousness, Yi Nan taught them to stick their index fingers into their mouths to induce vomiting: "No matter what, spit out everything you ate!"

She was alone and alone, and when she met someone who didn't cooperate, she could only punch her twice unceremoniously.But the team that was sent out to patrol quickly rushed back. They took the salt water jar from Yi Nan and began to disperse their rescue companions.

Inan took a breath and turned to look at Gilgamesh.

The young Wang stared straight at the eyes, a little dull.Yi Nan was very worried, and reached out to touch the artery in his neck, and wanted to open his eyelids to have a look.

But Wang held Yi Nan's wrist in awe-inspiring manner, his eyes were like lightning, and he said, "You... how dare you, how dare you hit the king..."

Inan was very happy. Gilgamesh was able to "hold vengeance" on her punch just now, which proved that he was not deeply poisoned.

Unexpectedly, confusion appeared in Gilgamesh's eyes: "Duo, you... why do you have two, two Doo?"

Yinan: It's still not all right.

She quickly helped Gilgamesh lie down, and went to fetch some water for him to drink—then there was nothing she could do to help Gilgamesh, she could only let him lie down and wait for the neurotoxin The influence is gradually passing.

But Gilgamesh refused to let her go without saying anything: "Duo, tell me, has the king come to the underworld... Are these villains here to greet the king, or to arrest the king?"

"Old King, you have already arrived here, are you still refusing to let me see my mother?" Gilgamesh shouted to the sky.

Yi Nan suddenly felt a little pain in her heart, like being pricked by a needle. Instead of leaving Gilgamesh immediately, she hugged his upper body and let him lean into her arms, so that he could feel more comfortable.

But Gilgamesh shook his head and said with a grin, "Duo, don't think that you can forgive the king by betraying the king...you dare to hit the king. Do you think you can escape this heinous crime?"

Yi Nan continued to reach out and gently pat the man's handsome face, hoping to pat him awake: "Hey, you are the king, the most important thing is to have a good rest, don't talk so much?"

Gilgamesh continued to stare at her: "Unless, unless you...you can become a girl and marry the king."

Yi Nan directly overturned him cleanly: "Marry whoever you like!"

She ignored the nonsense Gilgamesh, but turned to nurse other poisoned people, help them induce vomiting, let them drink clean water, let them lie flat on the ground, and slowly wait for the effects of the psychotoxin to slowly fade away. past.

As for Gilgamesh, he was not seriously poisoned, so let him lie slowly on one side, and he will naturally return to normal in a few hours.

But this pot of stew with poisonous mushrooms eventually caused irreparable damage.There were a total of one hundred people in the team, some of them had body edema and difficulty in breathing because they ate too much, and nine of them died in the end.Among the nine people, there are both the king's personal guards and Amorite hunters.

Among the remaining people, about 30 people were in serious condition, lying in a drowsy state, and it seemed that they could not recover within three to five days.

A handful of mushrooms dealt a heavy blow to the entire "expedition team".

They had just entered the cedar forest, and hadn't encountered the so-called "monsters", but they encountered death here first and lost their hands.

When night came, all who could move arose to perform funerals for their companions.

The funeral is cremation. People gather firewood, build a huge fire, and put the body on the fire.The rising flames dispersed the scavengers hovering over the woods, and there was an ominous cry of "Yah Yah" in the air.

According to the Amorites, if they don’t bury their companion’s remains in this way, they will be attacked by wild beasts in a place like the cedar forest—“Even if you die, you can’t rest in peace!” An Amorite hunter said.

"Can't you rest in peace after death?" Gilgamesh, who had recovered to normal, looked at the corpse that disappeared in the raging flames with a sad face.

He is a king, he has always been brave, and no one can be him.But this was the closest he was to "death". He was almost in the underworld, and he almost saw the dead king.When he woke up, what was waiting for him was the news that the personal guard he had followed for a long time had unfortunately passed away.

Inan stood beside Gilgamesh, secretly evaluating the impact of this "accident" on Gilgamesh—Wang Yuanzheng and Amori had never encountered such a heavy blow, but he encountered such a heavy blow in the cedar forest. thing.

What exactly does "death" mean? For Gilgamesh, this question is getting closer and closer.

But after waking up, Gilgamesh remained calm as usual, and he solemnly apologized to Inan.

"Duo, Wang's remarks are inappropriate, you are Wang's most important friend, Wang shouldn't say those... those nonsense."

Yi Nan gave him a hard look, thinking that this is a typical "I treat you as my best friend but you want to pick on me"?

Gilgamesh quickly explained: "The king really has no intention of not treating you as a man. You are very brave and responsible. Judging from what you have done, who doesn't regard you as an upright man?"

It seems that what Gilgamesh is most worried about is that his friend is obviously a man, but because Gilgamesh "wants" him to be a woman, his self-esteem may be hurt.

Yi Nan couldn't help reaching out to grab his neckline, thinking that this vest should be worn more securely.

But compared to this "little awkwardness" between Wang and Wang's friends, the future of the entire "expedition team" is much more important at this moment-the team of more than one hundred people lost nine lives at once, and there are three more. More than a dozen people are in a critical stage and cannot recover immediately.

Gilgamesh discussed for a long time with all the people who were still in good physical condition and able to act, and finally decided to divide the entire expedition team into two parts, and some people stayed in place to take care of the more than [-] people who had not recovered from the poisoning and protect them. , until they were able to act, and returned to Amori together.

The other part is led by Gilgamesh and continues to enter the mountain: they have already lost their manpower, and the goal may no longer be hunting the "vicious beast" in the forest, but at least they must find a way to figure out the legend. What exactly is the monster.Otherwise, it will be spread in the future that the team led by Gilgamesh gave up the entire expedition and the plan to eliminate harm for the people just because they ate a meal on the way... Gilgamesh's reputation cannot afford such serious damage. loss.

Those who stayed behind and entered the mountain were all voluntary. In the end, about [-] people decided to follow Gilgamesh and Inan and continue to march deeper into the cedar forest.Some of them are Uruk guards who are loyal to Gilgamesh, and some are Amorites who lost their relatives in this cedar forest and are determined to take revenge.

They followed their guide and continued toward the cedar forest—at last they passed through a canyon, and a high mountain appeared before them, with a forest of towering trees growing on it.

According to the guide, this is the real cedar forest, and the danger is at hand.The guide reminded people to be vigilant, after all, monsters live on this mountain and may appear at any time.

However, Gilgamesh fell ill precisely at this time.

According to Inan's speculation, Gilgamesh's illness was caused by the days of fatigue, sorrow, nervous tension, and the fog that kept coming and going in the mountains all day long.After being submerged in such a damp and cold environment for a long time, Gilgamesh might have caught a cold.

Gilgamesh, who has always been in good health, seems to be sicker than ordinary people.

He developed a high fever and was confused.Even when he was lying by the warm fire, his face was flushed, his teeth were clenched, and his teeth clashed up and down, rattling non-stop.

The hunters of the Amorites, like the guards of the king of Uruk, were astonished that the king could be "sick".

Only Yi Nan felt that this couldn't be more normal, and she explained to others with a straight face: "Even if the king is a demigod, he is at least one-third of the human body. Why, can't even get sick?" ?”

People quickly explained: "No, it's not...just, we don't cure the king's disease."

In Amori, the priestess in the temple will make medicine to treat diseases; many people also believe that drinking beer can cure diseases.But now in the cedar forest, neither is within reach.

But Yinan had a solution. She continued to divide the twenty-person team into two groups. One group stayed in place and was in charge of guarding; the other group went to find clean water and hunt for food. Let the people go and find more silver willow branches and bring them back—if it is possible to cut down two silver willows, it would be even better.

Silver willow is a plant with strong vitality, which can be found everywhere in the Mesopotamia. There is no reason why it should not be in the cedar forest.

Sure enough, the team that went out to hunt for water really cut down two silver willow trees and came back.Yinan hurriedly directed them to peel off the bark of the silver willow, cut off the thin silver willow branches, soak the bark and branches in boiled water for two hours, and then soak the silver willow The water from the branches was boiled, cooled and given to Gilgamesh to drink.

Orion and the guards were a little silly: "Is that... alright?"

Silver willow trees are very common, and they are planted in front of and behind houses in ordinary villages—but the priests in the temple have never told them that this thing can cure diseases.

Yi Nan sighed: "It also cures the fever caused by catching a cold—"

The men around her stared together: What do you mean by "cure the fever caused by catching a cold", this kind of illness is also fatal, okay?

The bark and branches of the silver willow tree contain naturally occurring salicylic acid, the main ingredient in aspirin, which helped Gilgamesh reduce his fever and reduce the physical pain caused by his cold.

What Inan is doing now is to dissolve these active ingredients in water, and then feed them to Gilgamesh.

The soup made from silver willow bark tastes extremely bitter, but its active ingredients are pitifully small.Gilgamesh was so dizzy from the fever that he was still choking on the bitter taste and almost vomited out all the potion.

Yi Nan could only lift his upper body, coax and feed him, and then kept stroking his chest and back, barely making him drink most of the can.The clay pot was immediately taken to soak the next potion, while Inan carefully put Gilgamesh down, humming the Uruk folk song he heard from nowhere, making this bitter young man feel happy again. I relaxed my nerves and fell asleep slowly.

In the process of making medicine and taking medicine repeatedly, Gilgamesh's fever gradually subsided.

He seemed to have experienced a fiery dream. He dreamed that he had wings like a bird on his back, flew in the air, and approached the sun.Under the scorching sun, his whole body was on fire, and his throat hurt like smoke.

So he fell headlong from the air and fell into the vast ocean. The bitterness of the sea water that he choked in his mouth made him unbearable. He swam with all his might, trying to escape from the dark and cold sea.

Finally he escaped, but went back to his childhood, in order to become a wise king, he worked day and night, when the moonlight and starlight poured down from the skylight of the palace, he was able to recover from the mud that the previous king Lugabanda and the elders gave him. Climb out of the pile of boards.

What greeted him was the gentle care of a certain woman in the temple.She wiped the sweat off his forehead for him, carefully brushed away the broken hair that was sticking tightly to his cheeks, placed a linen pillow filled with rushes and spices under his neck, and sang softly for him Her voice is as beautiful as a lark, and her fragrance is intoxicating.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Gilgamesh would think of the icon of Inanna in the temple.When he was a child, he often hid behind that holy statue, but he never seemed to think that if the goddess of Venus came to the world, it would be as beautiful as before, right?

But her face was somewhat familiar, and she actually looked like his friend, Enkidu of Sipar - but it was obviously impossible!During the time Gilgamesh thought he must be ill, his mind was burning.

He closed his eyes, tried his best to erase the thought of "it's fine if it's a woman", and opened his eyes again with 12 respect for his friend, but in front of him was an extremely soft side face:

His friend had a curvaceous face——Gilgamesh stared at it: for some reason, the lines that made that face look sharp and angular were gone now.His eyelashes were so thick and long that they almost cast a small shadow under his eyes.At this moment, he raised his head slightly and was looking elsewhere. His slender neck seemed to be carved by the best jade craftsman in the city...

But it was a woman's neck.

Gilgamesh couldn't help stretching out his hand, stroking his neck, and swallowed specially to make his Adam's apple move.

This little action startled the woman in front of her, and her eyes suddenly brightened: "Are you awake?"

She immediately turned her head, looked around, and said loudly: "The king is awake!"

People around heard the sound and gathered together.Someone shouted in Amori's accent: "It turns out that the water soaked from the bark of the silver willow is really so effective?!"

Someone also expressed heartfelt gratitude to the king's friends: "Enkidu of Sipar, the king's guards would like to express their unspeakable gratitude to you, thanks to you for thinking of a way to heal the king..."

But Gilgamesh was at a loss, and his whole body was fixed in place like a statue: Could it be that he is really the son of God, who can make his wishes come true, but he actually turned his good friend...into a woman?

The joy in the woman's eyes was familiar, and her mischievous and sly expression was also imprinted in her heart; she boldly stretched out her hand, rubbed Wang's short hair on Wang's head, and then put her hands together, Gently patted Wang's left and right cheeks——

Gilgamesh sat up angrily.

His anger was not because the person in front of him was disrespectful to him, but because—the king finally figured it out: the "friend" of the king in front of him must have been a woman in the first place.

After being sick for several days, Gilgamesh had no strength at all. After sitting up, he fell straight backwards.

Inan didn't know anything about Gilgamesh's mind.All she knew was that the restoration of lucid consciousness was the first sign of the effect of salicylic acid.

So Inan asked someone to bring half a pot of bitter potion over, and she honestly and unceremoniously poured the potion into Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh wanted to cry: he finally knew what the bitter ocean in his previous dream was.

——Duo, how could you treat Wang like this?

In Gilgamesh's mind, he should have questioned in such a majestic and loud voice.

But in fact it was Wang lying weakly in Yi Nan's arms, panting slightly and refusing: "...too bitter."

The woman in front of him had obviously deceived him, but he couldn't refuse her tender care - thinking about it this way, the young Wang felt even more desperate.

Yi Nan thought about it, and immediately decided to stop taking the drug: "It may indeed have irritated your esophagus and gastric mucosa, but your fever has subsided and you are awake, so you must recover soon." Aspirin is indeed harmful to the gastrointestinal tract. Relatively strong stimulation and side effects, even if Gilgamesh asked to continue taking the medicine at this time, she would not let him take it anymore.

She turned her head and said to the hunters and guards beside her, "Don't worry, everyone, the king will get well soon."

There was joy in the camp where the people were temporarily staying, and even the birds in the forest were startled.

This is the first serious difficulty they have overcome since entering this "ominous" cedar forest.Wang's recovery means a lot to them, even more exciting than Yinan's recovery of themselves.

The guards of Uruk were of course very happy, and the hunters of Amori were also very pleased - because Yi Nan had no intention of "hiding" the secret recipe for the treatment of the disease, but instead told them the method and dosage of the medicine one by one, and told them Alerts to possible allergies.

This means that as long as these hunters can walk out of the cedar forest alive, the prescription can be spread and help more people.

Gilgamesh really recovered quickly as Inan said.

As soon as he woke up, he resumed eating, and once he ate, the blood immediately returned to his handsome face; after another two days, he was able to walk around, try it out, and his strength had returned to its original state.

But compared to before, Gilgamesh seems to be a little alienated from Inan.

Yi Nan wanted to know the extent of his recovery, so he offered to try arm wrestling with Wang.Gilgamesh blushed with a "guji", turned his head and walked away without saying a word, with embarrassment and anger in his expression.

Inan felt that he might have raised his request too early, and Gilgamesh hadn't fully recovered yet.

When resting at night, she would occasionally get up and check the situation of Gilgamesh beside her: she would find that Gilgamesh followed his habit and was still lying on his side when he fell asleep-but he was lying on both sides. The two arms were retracted, and they even hugged each other, in short, they refused to hang around Yi Nan again.

This is... After being ill, he finally learned how to sleep well? ——Inan thought.

The next day, the dense fog in the cedar forest seemed to lift a little.The Orion of Amori suggested to take this opportunity to rush into the mountain.Neither Gilgamesh nor Inan objected.

Not long after they climbed towards the high mountain, they heard a roar belonging to a wild beast from the dense forest in the distance.