" A tiny civilized world, an intelligent creature the size of an ant.”
Xu Zhi lowered his head and looked at the intelligent species that he had created by limiting his body size. The white-haired old man with tears streaming down his face sighed.
Back then, the young bugape he had held in his hands, the hot-blooded youth who stood at the top of the giant tree and roared at the sky with the Sword of Damocles in his hand, was already old. He was walking towards the end of time.
His youthful and ambitious attitude, his hot-blooded arrogance, seemed to have happened yesterday and indeed two days ago.
Their seemingly endless years were but a brief moment in my eyes.
"Gilgamesh, how have you been all these years?”Xu Zhi spoke softly. His voice pierced through the vast clouds and landed in the bustling Uruk Royal City below, above the Central Royal Palace.
Gilgamesh held his holy sword, and his entire body trembled.
"Me? I'm doing well, right?"
His throat was dry and hoarse as he looked at the towering giant in the sky.
Even though it wasn't the first time he saw it, he was still moved by the magnificent scene. The giant that was ten thousand feet tall pierced straight into the clouds, and his body seemed to support the entire world. The rich light covered his face, and a trace of light faintly appeared in the clouds. It was a pure white and holy light, and one couldn't see the majesty clearly. The eyes in the clouds were extremely deep.
The giant was looking down at Uruk City.
Magnificent, great, solemn, sacred, no words in the world could describe that shocking beauty!
"Heavens!"
"It really exists!"
Tens of millions of people in the city, including merchants in leather, slaves in ragged clothes, women in noble dresses, civilians, and craftsmen, put down their work and walked out of the shops and houses. They stood on the streets and looked up at the vast giant that pierced through the sky.
" In the legends, the intelligent species that bestowed our civilization, the Giant Beast of Wisdom."
"A giant that's 10,000 feet tall.”
"What a great and vast life form! It is comparable to the sun, moon, and stars in the sky!”
They were all immersed in shock, and their minds went blank. Longing, fear, shock, and countless complex emotions intertwined, finally turning into incomparable admiration.
The ministers of the palace around him were also shocked, which made Gilgamesh laugh involuntarily. He recalled the first time they met, and he had also felt this same shock.
After a moment of silence, Gilgamesh raised his head and revealed a look of desire." Behemoth of Wisdom, I have already accomplished the legacy of civilization that you gave me more than a hundred years ago.”
Xu Zhi was like a giant that had traveled through the ages. His voice was mighty, piercing through the clouds and falling on Uruk's capital city below." Your great achievements will be recorded in the Sumerian epic, Genesis, which you have ordered others to write. You will be the greatest first-generation king in the history of the Sumerian civilization, the Hero King Gilgamesh. Future generations will write a song of praise for you in history.”
" No, I don't want to live in the glory of thousands of years after death in an epic that is passed down by word of mouth.”Gilgamy suddenly became excited.
"Then what do you want?"
"I want to be like you, to have eternal life.”Gilgamesh raised his head and looked at the giant that towered into the clouds. He was extremely eager." I am willing to give up everything, willing to give up everything. Please give me the three treasures of eternal life!”
Xu Zhi was silent for a moment.
Gilgamesh, the king, had already obtained almost everything in the world. Glory, women, power, wealth, the world belonged to him, but he was still not satisfied.
Xu Zhi also wanted longevity!
Xu Zhi was now terminally ill and could die at any moment. He was extremely envious of Gilgamesh's magnificent life, which was like an epic chapter of his life.
" Gilgamesh, you are too greedy. I don't have the three treasures of immortality.”Xu Zhi looked calmly at the king who was on the verge of aging." The birth, aging, sickness, and death of species are the laws of nature. I can't change them.”
At the end of one's life, everyone longed to live on.
Xu Zhi seemed to be sighing at himself.
His identity and status were wiped out at that moment, and the scale of countless civilizations was crossed. He and Gilgamesh were just two pitiful species that were silently waiting for their decline, facing the fear of death.
No matter if it was an emperor or an ant, they could not escape from the yellow soil and white bones.
Xu Zhi suddenly wanted to say,"
I'm facing death just like you.
However, he did not. He only looked down at the capital below with great emotion.
"No, I'm not. No…"
Gilgamesh squeezed out a hoarse voice and looked at the huge divine face surrounded by clouds in the sky." No, you lied to me. You can do it. You can clearly do it!!”
His eyes were burning as he looked at Xu Zhi's towering mountain range and sturdy young body that was as sturdy as a rock. He had aged for more than two hundred years, but he had never left a single mark on this great giant.
To him, time seemed like yesterday.
The Giant Beast of Wisdom, as the most mysterious intelligent species, was immortal in his opinion.
"What kind of powerful strength is this? What kind of long lifespan is this?"
Gilgamesh's lips trembled, and he lowered his voice. He suddenly raised his head and could not help but roar,""Then are you here to respond to my call and witness my death? A humble and pitiful life, shivering and dying of old age.”
" I'm here to send you off. I don't have the ability to extend your lifespan. I'm also here to give you a second warning and handover of civilization.”Xu Zhi sighed and said," Your civilization is too brutal. You exterminate all living things around you, destroy forests, and slaughter giant beasts. The entire land has been trampled by you. A true civilization is not brutal, nor is it barbaric. I ask you to stop your slaughter!”
"Stop the slaughter?"
Gilgamesh's burly body was white-haired, but he was still strong. He suddenly trembled, and his entire body trembled. His eyes seemed to be burning with a ball of fire, growing stronger and burning fiercely.
The white-haired old man suddenly took a step forward.
"No, the slaughter will never stop. My footsteps will never stop! Do you know that the Sword of Damocles that you have given me over the years seems to be hanging high above my head? It has given me great strength and brought me unparalleled fear. Today, I will personally pull out the sword hanging above my head!”
"Akkad."
"Your subject is here." The historian in charge of compiling " Founding Era " stepped forward.
"Remember the history of our current civilization.”Gilgamesh's voice was resolute.
On the red table, Akkad silently picked up his quill and rolled out a roll of gray animal skin paper.""Speak, Your Majesty."
" The history of mankind's resistance against nature is a history of courage and hymns. The original intention of me ordering people to compile 'Founding Era' was to leave history for future generations, to let future generations understand the courage of our ancestors to resist nature.”
"Now, let history record my courage at this moment.”
Gilgamesh took a deep breath, his aged body holding the Sword of Damocles. He laughed deeply and elaborated,"
" Founding Era, year 175 of the Sumer Dynasty. After slaying the strongest legendary beast in history, Finba, the Hero King Gilgamesh, who had been sealed off for more than a hundred years, attacked again. With the power of the entire nation, he lured the almighty beast of wisdom out and wanted to swing his sword at it to kill it!”
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