Enkidu's first reaction was: Immortality is definitely a luxury, an unbearable wish.

I remember that Qin Shihuang wanted to pursue immortality and searched for medicine and immortals everywhere. He heard that there were immortals living in the three immortal mountains of Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou in the sea, so he sent the alchemist Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls to prepare three years of food.

, materials, and took a big boat called "Phantom" into the sea to seek immortality.

Xu Fu spent several years at sea without finding the sacred mountain. In 210 BC, under the order of Qin Shihuang, he led his people to the sea again. When they came to a "plain and wide ze", they stopped and proclaimed themselves king, teaching the locals farming and fishing.

Waiting for technology, he never returned to China.

Many legends show that Xu Fu crossed to Japan. Japan has preserved the historical records of the Yayoi period when "Xu Fu crossed over". It says that Xu Fu changed his seven sons to seven Japanese surnames such as Fukuoka, Fukushima, Fukuyama, and Fukuda, and then separated them into

Sent to 7 places. From then on, Xu Fu's descendants spread all over Japan and gradually multiplied.

Although this legend is a good story, according to the history teacher at that time, the pursuit of immortality was a foolish act and seriously inconsistent with the Marxist-Leninist materialist view of history! As the saying goes, if gold can buy a life, the emperor will live ten thousand.

Wanqiu. Since ancient times, emperors, generals and ministers have all turned into a piece of loess. Which one will live forever?

No matter how great your merits are, your death is absolutely fair.

But Enkidu then thought about it, no, why am I so narrow-minded? This is the Age of Origin. Things that were considered impossible before are possible here! If the food of eternal life really exists, if you want to get it,

It's not completely impossible.

Is it shameful to pursue eternal life? As a living being, of course I want to live forever, no one wants to die! Alas, science really limits my imagination.

Enkidu, who came around the corner, smiled apologetically and said to Gilgamesh: "But God will not give the food of life to humans! ... Why don't you try to beg Inanna?"

Gilgamesh shook his head: "I don't know how to ask her for such a private matter."

He spoke softly, and his emotions did not fluctuate, but he could hear a sense of determination.

"Why? Isn't it easy to have sex with the person on your pillow..." Enkidu muttered, and then said with an idea, "Hey, by the way, you can ask the goddess Ningsang!"

Gilgamesh smiled bitterly and said: "Only the three great gods An, Enlil, and Enki control the food of eternal life. The other gods (including Inanna) can only eat it regularly. And even if my mother had it, she would not

You will give it to me, that is a very serious crime!"

Enkidu nodded, he completely understood. The divine world is highly hierarchical, and resources and technology are in the hands of superior gods. It does not mean that a god can sympathize with Gilgamesh and help him. Just like flying on an airplane is common in modern times, but he and

Pengpeng cannot afford to give Twinkle a plane because they are also poor people at the bottom of society.

What's more, in terms of kinship, the Sumerian demigods are all the children of this god and that god. If all of them could get eternal life by begging their parents, the world would be in chaos!

When Enkidu first came to Sumer, he thought the demigods were so awesome that he even wanted to ask Gilgamesh: "Are you a god or a human?" Now it seems that demigods are still classified as humans.

In that class, the so-called different paths between humans and gods are clearly defined.

"Unless..." Gilgamesh said, "we can join the ranks of the gods."

"Becoming a god? This sounds more difficult!" Enkidu thought for a moment, "Well, but obtaining the food of eternal life by other means is a crime. This is at least the most legal method..."

"Yes..." Gilgamesh held his forehead and said, "'Becoming a god' is an idea that suddenly came to me. Although it is ridiculous, if it can really happen, I can independently protect Uruk and the whole of Sumei.

You, don’t rely on anyone anymore!”

Enkidu was speechless. Gilgamesh must have been stimulated and had the bold idea to surpass his own leadership. It seemed that everyone wanted to be free and did not want someone to suppress him.

A plan had been swirling in Gilgamesh's mind for a long time, and at this juncture, he couldn't help but tentatively asked: "Enkidu, I am now the king of Sumer, everything is going well."

On a good track, I have fulfilled my responsibilities as a king, don’t you think so?”

"yes."

Gilgamesh asked thoughtfully: "Then from now on, I want to pursue my personal wish, which is understandable, right?"

"Yes, yes..." Enkidu looked careless, but his heart was pounding. It seemed that the epic had finally begun to move towards her most important plot.

"It's like this. I have a crazy plan in my mind, but I never dared to say it." Gilgamesh gestured with his hands and said carefully, "There is a mountain covered with cedars in the Western Land. The legendary Kingdom of God is

It’s located there, I want to go there and see it!”

"Xitu..., where exactly is it?" Enkidu asked in surprise.

"I only know the approximate location of that mountain, but both Sumer and Magan (Egypt) imported cedar from that area. It is located at the source of the two rivers!"

The source of the two rivers... Enkidu's heart skipped a beat and he remembered the record in the "Old Testament Genesis":

"The Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east and placed the humans he created there. In the midst of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river flowed from Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided

There are four rivers: the first is called Pison, the second is called Gihon, the third is called Tigris, and the fourth is the Euphrates.”

The Pison and Gihon rivers have ceased flowing in modern times and their locations are unknown, while the Tigris and Euphrates rivers still exist.

Enkidu asked: "Isn't Sumer also known as 'e-din'? Isn't this the 'Kingdom of Gods'?"

"Edin" means Eden, and many scholars believe that Sumer was the original Garden of Eden. However, this is contrary to the description in the Bible, because Sumer is not at the source of the two rivers, but at the lower reaches of the two rivers.

In other words, there is a real Garden of Eden at the source of the two rivers, which is the real Kingdom of God!

Gilgamesh replied: "Sumere was indeed the original kingdom of God before the flood, but the terrain here was relatively low. It was soaked in water and silt for hundreds of years after the flood, so the kingdom of God moved to those two places.

The source of the river is a high mountain with thousands of cedar trees. The poem says, "Enlil came to the top of the mountain and looked around. He looked down at the foot of the mountain, and everywhere there were ocean-like floods; when he looked up, he saw mountains of fragrant cedars.

.He sows the barley on the hills and along the slopes...'"

Enkidu suddenly nodded: "Ah, the Garden of the Gods is there! So the legendary Tree of Life also grows in the center of that garden?"
Chapter completed!