Cthulhu Gonfalons

Chapter 1

Sui Xiong groaned and opened his eyes. Killed head!

“I'm just drunk. Why on earth does my head hurt so much? ”She groans, tries to turn around and sits down. Then, he saw that the blue sky and the emerald green water merged into one color; the vast sea stretched into the distance with no end in sight. In the sky above him, white seabirds were flying overhead; the sea breeze had a slightly salty taste and was blowing gently, making water ripples.

What a beautiful sight.

But ... Why is he lying by the sea? Sui Xiong began to recall what had happened. Last night, she played an online game with her friends, and she even made it through a very difficult basement. Soon the special item he had hoped for finally appeared, and everyone was fighting for it. But in the end, Sui Xiong lost the game, at a point when everyone was trying to get the highest score.

He was very upset with hers, and had to refrain from throwing his mouse. Then, he no longer wanted to play the game, so he logged out, turned off the computer, went straight down, and ordered some food and a bottle of beer.

Then what happened? Then ... he did not remember, which seemed quite normal. Who can remember what happened after being drunk? But he lived in an inland city, and there was not even a pond nearby, let alone an ocean. He just got drunk last night. Why is he near the sea, and why is there no land around him?

But wait! There was no land around .. so what was he sitting on then? Above the sea? Sui Xiong suddenly realized this, but somehow he did not sink in like he would if he were a character in a cute cartoon. Instead, he was still floating in the sea, and it helped him calm down a bit. So, it seemed like he did not have to worry about drowning to death, but he also knew he could not swim.

Then, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Where are his legs! Where's his body? It made sense that she could still see her legs and body if she lowered her head, but Sui Xiong could not see anything. Well, technically, he could see something faint, a transparent contour, similar to a human figure. Under the transparent contour was clear sea water, and in the water, he could see fish and shrimp milling about. But, what does this have to do with him? Where did his legs and body go? Is only the transparent contour left?

Sui Xiong raised his hand to his face. Not surprisingly, he found that his hands were also part of this transparent contour. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps .. his entire body became a transparent contour. Or perhaps, that transparent contour was not his body at all but .. his soul?

“OK, there are at least two things that are clear: first, I am at sea; second, my body is lost, which means I may be a soul. ”He then realized that his terrible headache from before was completely gone now, which also seemed normal. How could he have a headache without a body?

However, the strange thing was that he could still see with his eyes, listen with his ears, smell the seawater with his nose, and feel the seawater as he brought his tongue closer.

Then he thought that with his body gone, he no longer needed to worry about drowning. However his soul can still sense things, so there is no need to worry that he will become deaf or blind — thus, it seems that everything is not so bad …

“Truely, bad news always comes with good news. As they say in the movie: ‘What do you want first, good news or bad news?’ ”Sui Xiong said to himself.

Despite undergoing a major change in the environment, he was very calm, which was unexpected. He never thought he could contemplate such a strange situation so calmly, rather than panic under such circumstances.

“Maybe because I lost my body, I have also stopped feeling things like pain and adrenaline, which can affect my mind?” He said to himself, trying to move a little. Then he stood up, looked around at the sea, and felt that his perspective had indeed changed.

He lay down, and once again felt the height of his perspective change. “Well, I'm sure that the soul has a certain shape. It was not gas or ball, as I read in the fairy tale .. and I will definitely get the Nobel prize for discovering this, “gumamnya. He tried to take a few steps to see if his body, or perhaps his soul, could really move or not. It would be a disaster if he could not.

Fortunately, he was still able to move, even walking, running, or jumping. In fact, his top speed was even faster than when he was alive! At least he didn't have to worry about being imprisoned in this endless sea and becoming a wandering ghost or an earthy spirit for good.

“His compassionate steps I won't be imprisoned here!” Sui Xiong. Then he stopped moving and started thinking about what to do next.

As for the question of why on Earth everything became like this, he had already given up on finding the answer. This was all beyond his imagination, and ordinary servants like him could never figure it out. Spending time thinking about this would be as useless as those ancient scholars who spent their entire lives trying to connect the stars in the sky with the emperor's wealth and misfortune. Studying Confucian classics and ancient books until their hair was bleached, they still stood by their task, which was honorable but meaningless.

Sui Xiong was first thought to have gone ashore. Since he was a human, or rather, a human soul, it meant that he was terrestrial, not aquatic. So his first step was to go ashore to find people and find out where he was.

In fact, he wasn't sure if he was still on Earth or back at the turn of the century. Maybe he was transported to the past, but he had no idea where he was transported to. If it was ancient times, it wouldn't be that bad, because the soul couldn't die or become sick. Perhaps if he was patient enough to find a way, he could return to the contemporary world he came from; but if he were to be transferred to a strange planet or an alien world, it would be a disaster, he said, and he'll never be able to come back.

In fairy tales, the soul is often described as something that is neither hard nor strong. In oriental fairy tales, a fragile soul can be destroyed by sunlight or a gust of wind. Although she was not afraid of the sunlight or the sea breeze now, Sui Xiong knew she would be in great danger if she left her soul unguarded. In particular, when he realized this, he became aware of how cold he felt.

The chill was unbearable, but rather a damp chill, akin to the sticky, gloomy cold of winter, a feeling that filled every fiber of men with disdain.

“So, what should I do?” Sui Xiong pondered. The simplest thing to do is to find a shell for his soul, or in other words, the human body. He looked around, but he failed to find anything suitable.

In fact, taking the shape of a human body was not a smart idea, considering Sui Xiong grew up in an inland city and was unable to swim. Even if he found a human body, he would most likely drown in this endless sea. If the human body is not functioning, he should at least seek refuge.

He long looked around him, left and right, then up and down. He turned his gaze around but did not manage to find anything worth hiding, so he dove into the water to see what was below.

When he dived, suddenly an idea flashed through his mind: he had a headache when he woke up, which meant that at that moment his body was still there. But after he woke up, and since he couldn't swim, his body must have sunk into the sea, leaving his soul drifting.

Does this mean he can get his body back if he goes down? This thought pushed him as he headed into the depths of the sea. However, after only a few seconds, he became discouraged; he could not swim deeper than 2 meters below the surface.

Fortunately, now that he was a soul, he did not need to breathe, so he would be fine underwater the entire time. Unfortunately, even though his body was in the sea, it was impossible to find him …

It was still a mystery whether his body was even in the water, so there was no need to worry. The most important thing is to find out how to be safe.

It might be an illusion, but staying in the water felt much safer for Sui Xiong. He felt a shocking sense of security under the water, like a bare-chested man who could finally put on clothes, neither thick nor warm, he said, but at least he did not need to fight against the cold by burning his subcutaneous fat.

“There are many tales about mountain trolls and water spirits. Is it safer to stay in the water? ”Sui Xiong muttered. From then on, he decided to live in the water and never come to the surface, other than searching for land.

“Among the four basic necessities of life, namely food, clothing, housing, and transportation, ‘clothing’ is fine. Regarding transportation, bus #11 will suffice, then from there it is food and housing, ”Sui Xiong muttered, while observing the surrounding aquatic animals.

In the distance, he saw some fish, while nearby, there were some white, semi-transparent jellyfish with thin tentacles. “I remember most jellyfish are edible, although there are nematocysts in their tentacles. I guess it will not harm the soul, “ Sui Xiong said,” but it seems that the soul should not eat food ... “However, he did feel the need to eat something. The urge for this “eat” gradually started to become strong, so he quickly became very hungry.

Without a second thought, he reached out his hand to catch the jellyfish closest to him. He easily caught it with the transparent contours of his hands. More precisely, his hand reached the inside of the jellyfish and caught something.

Understand yes! He pulled back his hand, and there was a jellyfish (in other words, something he could eat), so he put it in his mouth. He examined it carefully and found that it was just a fleck of light, not the transparent contour of the jellyfish he thought it was. He observed it for a long time and was convinced that it was just a small dot of light. He noticed that the jellyfish was still intact, with no tentacles missing, and what he caught was actually something intangible.

Is that ... soul jellyfish? The hunger increased, so he ate whatever he caught. When he saw the jellyfish floating in the water, he realized that it had died.

“Indeed, I've eaten the soul of a jellyfish.” He thought for a moment, and decided to catch more jellyfish. After a while, Sui Xiong was still not full, even though a dead jellyfish was floating in front of him.

“Now, I can be proud of myself and say that I am no longer an ordinary human being who would be at the bottom of the food chain if he lost his weapon. Rather, I am a dangerous predator, or in other words, a water spirit in the water. ”

Leaving behind the dead jellyfish, Sui Xiong laughed loudly three times and walked towards some fish in the distance.

He's still hungry.