[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Hearing the roar of beasts in the forest in the distance, Gilgamesh immediately ordered everyone to check the weapons in their hands.

Although the number is not dominant, the entire expedition team is equipped with at least two weapons.Gilgamesh carried two spears in his hands, and another was pinned to his waist.Yi Nan is also configured in this way.

Among them are archers who are good at bows and arrows. Bows and arrows are long-range weapons, so archers are protected in the middle of the team.At this time, when they heard the movement in the distance, the archers did not dare to neglect. They untied the bows on their backs one after another, drew out the copper cluster arrows, stretched the bows and set the arrows, and were ready to attack.

A group of people moved slowly like this, walking towards the depths of the forest where towering giant trees grew.

In the forest, which is usually shrouded in cold fog, the visibility is uncharacteristically high today.Clear vision brings a lot of confidence to people.

As the team marched, Yinan reminded everyone: "Keep in formation, everyone keep up, don't fall behind."

As she was walking in front of the team, she suddenly felt something was wrong, and suddenly called a stop: "Count the number of people!"

After the incidents of the poisonous mushroom and the silver willow branch, Inan seems to have the authority not to lose to Gilgamesh in this team, whether it is the guard of the king of Uruk or the hunter of Amori, everyone knows The boy from Sipar was quite a clever and alert man.

Gilgamesh also turned around immediately when he heard what Inan said.His memory is beyond the average person, and he only glanced at the team and said, "Amori's hunter is missing one person."

The team of 24 people has now become 23 people.

"That's right, Ah Sang is missing." An Amori hunter was shocked to find out that his companion had disappeared.

Gilgamesh immediately ordered: "Everyone forms two circles, the archers are in the inner circle, and the others are in the outer circle. Raise your guard, slowly return to the way you came, and look for Asan."

The Amorites are very grateful for this decision, but they are all terrified of Ah Sang's inexplicable disappearance-the situation is not good.

Unexpectedly, just about a hundred steps back, a tall figure appeared in the distance, resembling the missing Amori hunter Asang.

"So you are here!" His companion hurriedly greeted him, "Hurry up and catch up? You see, because of you, even the king's trip was delayed."

The figure in the distance remained motionless.

The other Amori hunters began to feel impatient: "I said Ah Sang..."

Suddenly, Yi Nan said loudly from behind: "No, that person is not Ah Sang! Stay alert, attack carefully!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the figure in the distance suddenly raised her head and roared to the sky. The roar was no different from the roar of the beast heard earlier, and it shocked all the birds perched on the cedar treetops in the forest. Get up, flap your wings and fly high into the sky.

"really not……"

Only then did the Amori hunter see the tall figure in the distance—it was indeed a person walking upright, but what he was wearing was not the woolen robe that the Amori hunters wore every day, but a piece of animal skin, which only covered the key points. parts.The man's exposed skin was dark, but his muscles were knotted, and he seemed to have infinite strength.

What was even more frightening was that upon hearing Yi Nan's shout, the tall figure in the distance slowly raised his head.Under his disheveled hair, people saw a stiff face and a pair of blood-red eyes.

Whether it is the Orion or the guard, no one has ever seen such a creature that does not know whether it is a human or a beast.

At this moment, Yi Nan suddenly thought of the white head who died in front of her more than 4000 years ago—the tall figure in the distance, with the same blood-colored eyes as the white head, and looked as cruel as the white head.

The "strange person" appeared in the distance, and everyone's attention was focused on that person.The same was true for Inan, but Gilgamesh yelled loudly beside him.Shocked, she turned her head to look behind her, and saw Gilgamesh reaching out with the spear in his hand, directly poking a big hole in the chest of a "weird" who was also surrounded by animal skins.

That "strange man" was obviously aiming at Yi Nan——Yi Nan was the shortest of them all.She happened to be standing at the outermost edge of the line.

Fortunately, Gilgamesh was extremely vigilant, and when the strange man rushed towards Inan, he unceremoniously gave him a spear.

"hiss--"

The weirdo hissed.

Even though Gilgamesh had stabbed him alive on the spear, the man still couldn't restrain his desire for fresh flesh and blood.Holding the spear body, he forcibly broke free from Gilgamesh's grasp, stretched out his sharp claws towards Inan, and stared straight at Inan with protruding blood-red eyes.

Inan was taken aback and kicked the man away. He turned his head and nodded to Gilgamesh to express his thanks.

"Thanks to the king—"

Gilgamesh said with a sullen face, "It should." Then he immediately turned his head away from her.

Inan still didn't know that Gilgamesh felt uncomfortable with her, but he also cared that she was a girl, so he paid extra attention to her everywhere—she thought that Gilgamesh suddenly encountered such a "savage" and was very nervous. I'm tense, so I don't want to talk to her more.

She just pays attention to the weird guy who was hurt by Gilgamesh.

The strange man was seriously injured and was on the verge of death, but he seemed unable to resist the temptation of the other side. He stretched out his hand to Yi Nan and shouted loudly: "People...people, fresh...alive..."

Yi Nan opened his eyes wide and thought to himself: This is the worst.

She actually understood what the person on the other side said.

It turned out that the ones entrenched in the cedar forest were not ferocious beasts, but a group of human beings who were exactly the same as them.

This is what they encountered - the cannibal tribe.

Inan's face changed, and Gilgamesh immediately reacted: "Isn't this some kind of monster, this is... a human?!"

As soon as he uttered the word "person", more "people" appeared in front of him. Several wild men who were also surrounded by animal skins seemed to be attracted by the smell of blood, and suddenly rushed towards Gilgamesh.

They dragged the man stabbed by him in front of Gilgamesh, forcibly tore it off the spear point, and dragged it aside. Some people had already rushed to the wound and had just eaten two bites. He was dragged down by his companions and thrown aside.This guy looked up with blood in his mouth, looking at the outsiders with terrified expressions, he made a grunting sound in his throat, and his blood red eyes shone, as if he saw more food.

Gilgamesh was still calm, but the guards and Amorite hunters around him were almost completely terrified.The archer, who was supposed to release an arrow in the face of the attack, was stunned and couldn't even release a single bow and arrow.Everyone was completely shocked when they saw the most savage, brutal, and incredible scene before them.

Yi Nan was very puzzled: this conflicted with her cognition.

The other party may be a tribe that has been living in the deep mountains, blocked and blocked, so when the human tribes outside continue to improve, the tribes in the cedar forest can only stand still——

They may experience a certain degree of civilization regression, but the other party has developed a "language" that can be understood, and knows shame, knows how to cover their own bodies, and can even lift up from their companions with ease. Spears that come out - this proves that they know how to use tools.Even if civilization goes backwards, it is impossible to retreat to a more primitive state than the white-headed Kashan tribe.

How could such a tribe evolve into a tribe that takes pleasure in "cannibalism"?

At this time, Yinan suddenly asked the Orion of Amori loudly: "Your consul mentioned... when did the cedar forest first become dangerous?"

Several Amori hunters were so frightened that they couldn't keep their wits about them, and said tremblingly, "I'm dead... We're going to die here!"

Only one of them was still sane, and he answered Yi Nan loudly, "About a generation ago!"

A generation ago? ——Nowadays, the lifespan of human beings is slightly shorter, and one generation is more than 20 years.

Thoughts flashed through her mind: These "people" in front of them are bloodthirsty, cannibalistic...have a pair of scary red eyes—maybe this is a disease, a disease caused by cannibalism?

One of the consequences of cannibalism is that a kind of viral nucleic acid called "prion" is transmitted between organisms, sheep will suffer from "scratch", cattle will suffer from "mad cow disease", and deer will be infected with this virus. After the virus is planted, it will become a "zombie deer" like a zombie.

When prions spread among humans, they can interfere with the human brain, causing patients to suffer from insanity, uncontrolled behavior, and even loss of consciousness.

Yinan hypothesized that more than 20 years ago, some Amori hunters strayed into the cedar forest, just in time for the tribes in the cedar forest to suffer from food shortages.So the people in the tribe made a consensus and let the poor hunter be the ghost in their belly.Since then, the taboo of "cannibalism" has been broken, and it has become a fact that is openly accepted by the tribe, and it has also opened the door for the spread of diseases.

As a result, this tribe who can use spoken language and know how to use tools has now become like this-not only do they regard outsiders as fresh delicacies delivered to their door, they even treat their own injured...

Looking at the barbarians with bloody mouths, raising their heads one by one, and looking them up and down with their red eyes, Yinan felt heavy in his heart—these people seemed to be terminally ill, and they couldn't even be regarded as human beings.

Yinan froze, and said loudly: "Be careful, everyone, don't be bitten by them..."

Her mind was full of the spread of prions, so it was all about reminding her.Who knows what to be afraid of, suddenly there was a shrill scream from behind Inan and Gilgamesh, and a guard of Uruk was bitten by the throat by a barbarian who suddenly rushed from a slash.The two wrestled together and fell to the ground.

Another savage took the spear from his companion who had been wounded by Gilgamesh, and held it in his hand, as if to help his companion who was wrestling with the guards of Uruk.

The barbarian held a spear, but the two men on the ground struggled repeatedly, unable to separate.The barbarian looked at it for a long time, and probably felt that he had no way to start. Impatient, he suddenly raised his spear and nailed it directly to the ground. Immediately, he nailed his companion and enemy to the ground at the same time, and both died.But he opened his bloody mouth wide and laughed.

Yi Nan's heart felt cold, and he blurted out: "They are not human!"

The animal nature of the other party has surpassed human nature, and has long been out of the category of "human".

Yes, even if there is a human body, or even a human mind, but without human consciousness and morality, one cannot be regarded as a living person.

Gilgamesh saw that the guard who had been with him for a long time died in such a short period of time, using the spear he threw, and his eyes were tearing with anger.But the situation was too pessimistic, so he decisively ordered: "Retreat!"

Barbarians surrounded them from both ends of the road, and the remaining 22 people immediately retreated to a clearing on the roadside.

Yinan reminded loudly: "Calm down, they are different from us, they don't understand division of labor and tactics."

"So many of us are together, not alone, as long as we work together, our strength will be a hundred times greater than theirs!"

"Fight it like a tough battle!" Gilgamesh said coldly.

The heroic blood flowing in Gilgamesh's body, which had been dormant in Amori for too long, finally began to boil at this moment.

Seeing that the barbarians were chasing after them, Gilgamesh weighed the spear in his hand, identified the direction clearly, and threw it at a towering giant tree—he was repeating the old trick, but the strike was faster and faster. ruthless.The giant tree was cut off in half, and fell towards them, right between the expedition team and the barbarians.

The tree was about as thick as a person's arms, and when it fell down, its branches and leaves just formed a barrier, stopping the barbarians immediately.

The hunters of Amori saw that their eyeballs were about to fall out, thinking that if the king of Uruk was always there, why would they need woodcutters?

Gilgamesh didn't stop at all, and raised his hand to order: "Archers step forward!"

A row of archers stepped forward neatly——

The savages pushed aside the branches and leaves of the giant tree noisily, climbed over the trunk, and approached here.

But Gilgamesh said ruthlessly: "All are aimed at the king, no false arrows are allowed."

The strings in the hands of the archers immediately slowed down, and instead of shooting immediately, they waited until the barbarians got closer, and all the arrows in the hands of the first row of archers shot out with a "swish".

The savages in the front row fell like harvested barley.

The savages behind them continued to charge forward as if they hadn't noticed the sacrifice of their companions.

The second row of archers stood up at this moment, raised the bows they had already drawn, hitched the arrows of the copper arrow clusters, and shot the arrows whizzingly again.

At the same time, the first row of archers stepped back, pulled out spare arrows from the quiver behind them, and put them on the bow.

The Orion of Amori saw it, and realized that the Uruk people did not use their full strength when attacking them.With such a smooth and fluid cooperation, if they were facing each other, they would be unable to resist at all.

There was also a narrow-minded hunter who snorted and thought: the Uruk people have seen this way of fighting, so they can learn it in the future?What's so strange about this?

But as soon as he saw the arrows equipped with copper arrow clusters shot out wave after wave in the hands of the archers, Orion immediately gave up his heart-this kind of strength is indeed only available in Uruk, and only those who are prosperous in Uruk Only copper casting workshops can produce enough arrow clusters.

Uruk - should it be an invincible city-state?

When Yi Nan turned around, he found that these hunters were all in a daze, and frowned immediately: "Don't be in a daze, quickly guard the back of the archers, be careful of someone sneaking from behind..."

Before she could finish her words, pine needles suddenly fell on her face.Yi Nan and Orion beside her raised their heads at the same time, looking up.I saw a black figure jumping down from the branch above my head, and a strange cry sounded in my ear——

It turned out that some savages climbed up the tall cedar in the forest, followed the pine branches to the top of the expedition team, jumped down from there, broke through the people's defense effortlessly, and fell directly in the middle of the team.

This is a barbarian who is not tall, but has a clever and shrewd face.If it weren't for the pair of obviously sick red eyes, he might be considered a heroic and handsome guy.

This barbarian did have some brains. As soon as he landed, he rushed towards Gilgamesh, who had his back turned to him, probably because he realized that Gilgamesh was the strongest in the team and also the leader.As long as Gilgamesh is killed, the morale of this team will naturally collapse,

Gilgamesh was surprised at the last moment to be attacked from behind.When he turned his head, he involuntarily exposed the vitals of his throat to the other party.

Seeing the other party open his mouth, a mouthful of sharp teeth came straight towards his neck, before Gilgamesh could reach out the last spear pinned to his waist, he naturally stretched out his arm to block it, and suddenly remembered what Inan said If he said that, seeing the other party's bloody mouth has come up, he felt a chill in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Yi Nan happened to be beside him, and suddenly stretched out an arm.

"I'll eat it for you! If you can eat it well, you win!" She was still muttering in a low voice.

Yi Nan's arm seemed to be carved out of alabaster, and it stretched out to the opponent's mouth. The barbarian took a big bite viciously, but he gnawed nothing, and his upper and lower teeth clenched together, causing severe pain.

Then Gilgamesh stretched out a fist and hit the barbarian in the abdomen, followed by another kick that flew directly, the man vomited blood, and it seemed that he would not survive.

Inan smiled at Gilgamesh: "You are welcome, this is a favor from the king."

Gilgamesh immediately turned dark again: He felt that it was only right for him to protect Inan. This guy, Inan, was obviously a woman, but he wanted to return his favor, and he still used this self-sacrificing method... and Is there anything more irritating than this?

Inan didn't know what Gilgamesh was thinking. She pointed to the "threat" who was climbing up the tree around her, and directly stuffed a spear into Gilgamesh's hand—her strength might be enough, but Accurate but absolutely not as good as this king.

With a cold face, Gilgamesh reached out to take the spear handed by Inan, looked around, and saw six or seven barbarians climbing the tall pine trees around him. He had already set goals and plans in his heart—although The opponent's position is high and low, changing at any time, but nothing can escape Wang's calculations.

I saw Gilgamesh throwing his spear, like a shooting star chasing the moon, hitting the target.

Immediately, Inan handed over the second and third spears... They were handed to Gilgamesh's left hand non-stop, and then thrown out one after another from his right hand.

One, two, three savages fell like stones from the tall pines.

After the sixth spear was thrown, Inan gave it again, but Gilgamesh didn't take it anymore.He flicked his spear, hitting an opponent who had climbed to the top.The barbarian screamed and fell from the air, grabbing wildly with his hands, and just caught a companion at the bottom. The momentum of falling from a high place was too great, and the two of them fell together and hit the ground heavily.

Gilgamesh, with six spears, took out seven opponents.

This time, not only the hunters of Amori, but even the guards of Uruk looked at their king with admiration——

The same is true for Inan, she stretched out her hand boldly, and patted Gilgamesh on the shoulder: "It's really you!"

At this moment, Gilgamesh couldn't keep his straight face towards Inan anymore. His flowing "Lianzhu Spear" would never have been as smooth without Inan's exquisite cooperation by his side.

She is the only one in this world who can cooperate so well with Wang.

Because of this, Gilgamesh felt that he would have to be tied to this little girl for the rest of his life, so he didn't think twice.

But Yinan's action of patting his shoulder was still masculine, and she was still speaking with masculine emphasis—let's put it this way, this woman has always regarded herself as a man and lived in this world.Even if she accompanied the king, she still had the mentality and identity of a teenager.

From beginning to end, she regarded herself as the king's buddies.

Thinking of this, Gilgamesh suddenly felt that the barbarians in the cedar forest...may not be such a difficult and difficult problem to solve.

After getting rid of the opponents in the tree, the expedition team gained the upper hand, slaughtered the remaining barbarians, and also found the body of Asang, the missing Orion earlier.

The Amorites proposed to take Sang's body away, but Inan still dissuaded him for the purpose of preventing the spread of the disease.Even all the used weapons were not recovered, but were all sent to the funeral pyre.

Even the bloodied corpses of barbarians were carried by Yi Nan to the cremation site.

When she explained to everyone, she used the excuse Sister Shahat gave her: she was a human made out of the gods, so she didn't have to be afraid of certain diseases that would cause savages to go crazy-but as ordinary humans, It's better not to act rashly... Wang is also, although Wang is only "one-third of human beings", but it turns out that this one-third can also get sick.

To Inan's surprise, Gilgamesh listened to her dissuasion, and stood by for the first time, even dissuading the guards and Orion from helping.

"Let her go—"

While Wang said this, he observed secretly, only to see when this woman would cry out and feel tired, so that he could catch up and help him personally.

But his calculation was completely wrong, Yi Nan's physical strength was basically inexhaustible, her thin body allowed her to keep spinning without a moment's rest, and completed tasks that even a dozen men might not be able to complete continuously.

Others are just astonished that humans "made of clay" have such endurance.

But Gilgamesh was shocked that the "woman" in front of him had the power not to lose to the king, and even had a more tenacious will than the king.

If this journey is going on, without the woman "Duo" in the team... what will be the result of the adventure in the cedar forest?

Thinking of this, Gilgamesh stood up abruptly—no one knew that Wang Xin, who was standing in awe, was silently paying respects to the "woman".

Wang's cognition was refreshed.

He felt that he knew "woman" again.

When the funeral pyre was ablaze, the Amorites knelt before the fire and prayed for their companions.

The guards of Uruk mourned silently for their fallen comrades.

On the other side, are the barbarians who were killed by the weapons and tactics brought by the later civilizations. They lay quietly in the fire, their blood-red eyes still wide open.

Gilgamesh looked at these bodies without any signs of life, recalling the previous adventures, somewhat lingering fear.

But Yi Nan came and whispered beside him: "Don't feel sorry for them - if they had a clear mind, then their mind and humanity must be deeply troubled by illness and wildness. Now it may be a kind of relief.”

Gilgamesh was stunned again, and repeated in confusion: "For troubled souls, the end of life will also be a relief?"

Inan reacted very quickly, and immediately reached out and patted Gilgamesh on the forehead: "You are not troubled, what are you thinking?"