Liu Shenming, a young man in the 21st century, died suddenly on the street. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in an alien city filled with putrid stench and fog. He became a beggar huddled in the gutter, but discovered that he had a strange self-healing ability - when the wound healed, crawling snake-like lines would appear under the skin. With the frequent use of his abilities, his dreams began to be filled with the sound of sticky scales rubbing against each other, and the ancient whisper echoed in his ears: "I grant you rebirth... You should be my vessel." When he glimpsed the legend of the "Serpent of Cthulhu" in the forbidden ancient books, the truth penetrated his bones like ice: every healing feeds the old shadows in the parasite, and the city shrouded in madness is just the first sacrifice for the resurrection of the snake god...
