Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âThereâs nothing much to say about my past. Anyway, I was just passing time and accidentally became a god.â Fatty Big Sea and Gao Peng were seated side by side on the roof of the islandâs palace.
âItâs possible to accidentally become a god,â Gao Peng said. âBut why did you get such a big head after you became a god? Was it to help with the frequent rain?â
Fatty Big Sea didnât understand the joke and smiled. âActually, my head wasnât this big in the past.
âMy memory was very poor. Donât people always say that a fishâs memory is only seven seconds? Although this is exaggerated, itâs quite close. Because the fishâs brain is relatively small, a poor memory is normal. I was very stupid at that time. Compared to the rest of my own kind, I was still considered dumb. My memory was worse,â Fatty Big Sea said.
âThere are so many things that I canât remember, like who my father is. I also donât know who my mother is.
âIn the past, I only knew how to eat small shrimps in the river mud and go find seaweed and duckweed to eat. Those were happy days,â said Fatty Big Sea as it gestured.
âAnd after that?â questioned Gao Peng.
âLater, I grew up slightly. Maybe because I was handsome at that time, I never worried about food,â Fatty Big Sea said with a sigh.
âAll the female fishes in the river loved to be around me. I didnât need to catch any prey. They brought food to my nest every day to feed me.â Fatty Big Fish became emotional. âSo I ate until I was chubby and fair because I didnât have to hunt. I stayed in my nest every day, eating and sleeping.
âUntil one day, a poisonous zombie jellyfish passed by my fish hole. I thought it was someone bringing me food, and I suck my head out. I was stung. Even though I didnât die, it was a disaster. My face was festering, and my body was also paralyzed by the toxins.â
Fatty Big Seaâs tiny eyes blinked. It appeared to have thought of something. âSince that day, all the fish that had given me food in the past never came by again, but it was expected... After all, who would want to see a fat fish with a rotting body?
âI was hungry for seven days, and my stomach had shrunk to a third of its size. I thought I was going to starve to death. It was then that she came into the cave. I recognized her. She was the little fish that had lived beside me. I used to give her a little food when I had too much because I pitied her.
âShe was tiny and the weakest of her batch. She didnât have enough to eat herself, but during the time when I couldnât move, she basically gave me most of the food she caught every day.â
Fatty Big Seaâs voice softened when it spoke of her. âShe was only half my size, and the food she caught every day wasnât enough for both of us.â
âAnd after that?â Gao Peng asked.
âOne day, she stopped coming. By then, it had been a long while, so the poison in my body had reduced significantly. After three days of being hungry in the cave, my poison was gone. I swam out of the cave to look for her, but couldnât find her after looking for a long time.
âLater, a fish told me that during that period, she went to the most dangerous intersection of the sea to collect food daily. Although the food was abundant, the danger was also greater. On the day that she didnât return, the fish had seen her head in that direction.â
Fatty Big Seaâs eyes became two slits. âDid you know that I was originally a river fish? The sea was an abyss for me, and I never thought that one day I would actually go to the sea.â
âThatâs pretty touching. Did you find her, then?â Gao Peng smiled and touched Fatty Big Seaâs round head.
Fatty Big Sea shook its head. âAt least until I found out that I couldnât remember her appearance. I never hated my poor memory so much. Later, I thought, if my brain was bigger, if it was only bigger, maybe I could recall her appearance,â Fatty Big Fish said faintly.
Although he knew it is a tragic story, Gao Peng still had the urge to laugh.
âActually, a larger brain would be good,â Fatty Big Sea mocked itself. âA bigger brain and a bigger mouth. That makes me biting someone more painful for them.â
âThat is true.â Gao Peng nodded, thought about it, then retracted the hand that was on the fishâs head.
âDid you know that my motivation to become a god was because the oldest fish in our river told me at that time that a god was omnipotent?â Fatty Big Fish laughed. âDamn omnipotent. I couldnât even save myself, much less save others,â Fatty Big Sea said bitterly.
âA god with life attributes canât save the dead?â Gao Peng was a bit surprised. He had heard that a god who had mastered the ability of life could revive the dead.
âThere must be a corpse, and it canât have been dead for too long.â Fatty Big Sea shook its head and said, âYou know, the most ridiculous concept in this world is fairness. Some monsters have stood at their peak at the point of birth. They only need to lift their toes and gently lift their feetâthen they become gods.
âThe vast majority of monsters have to work very, very, very hard and risk their lives! It takes billions of trillions of life-and-death battles and a streak of rare luck to become a god. Even so, the abilities of life, healing, and sacredness have nothing to do with lowly monsters like us.
âThese abilities are only comprehensible to those who are talented or qualified... Because only they donât have to worry about survival, they have the resources to explore these abilities. A low-life like me... Had I relied on the life ability, would I have become what I am today? Did I use the life ability to compete with other monsters for treasure? Did I use it to kill?!â Fatty Big Sea grew very emotional at this point...
Gao Peng thought about it, but he still resisted, saying, âThat happened yesterday.â
âYou didnât become the second generation of a god, but at least youâve become the kind of creature you hate the most,â Gao Peng said.
Fatty Big Fish nodded and was somewhat content. âYeah, I became the one I used to hate most.â
âHey, Fatty Big Fish, tell me how you ended up with Windstorm Water Magic Spiderâs mother.â Gao Peng poked Fatty Big Seaâs head.
âAh?â The usually fearless Fatty Big Sea began to play dumb.@@novelbin@@
âAh, what are you saying? I suddenly canât hear you.â Fatty Big Sea declared loudly.
âDonât be so stingy. Youâve shared the story of your first love; whatâs there not to share about your wife?â Gao Peng said with a smile.
âIâm deaf, Iâm deaf, you canât hear or see me.â Fatty Big Sea jumped from the roof and whipped its tail, leaping towards the beach.
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The next day, Gao Peng called all his familiars together for a meeting.
âFatty Big Sea, I asked you previously if you had any friends who had accidentally died young. Have you thought of any?â
Fatty Big Sea smiled. âYou want a divine artifact. I remember a place where an âold friendâ might have stored divine artifacts, but itâs hard to say if they can be retrieved.â