"Oh right, her Innate Ascension Skill thingy. Smart," Bao stretched and yawned. "But it still seems like a waste. She's not in your harem or anything."

"I don't think I have to focus all of my time and attention into this 'harem' I'll be having—if I wish to help Miss He, even if she's not part of the harem, then I'll do it." Li Yang sighed and drove. "Either way, Miss He promised to help repay me.. consider this as an investment. I'll reap the benefits in the future."

"Sure sure, keep looking at this however you like it. You'll still end up doing what the Heavens want either way—but there's a reason your cultivation method is harem cultivation. You'll progress way slower if you don't actually get people in your harem. Get yourself a girlfriend or a fuck buddy? Alright, it's your life. But if she ain't in your harem—she's not that useful cultivation wise.."

The CEO stayed silent and drove on.

"... Untapped potentials, you know?" Bao grumbled and then crossed its arms. "There are benefits when you add.. I'll shut up. Don't think that I'll fill in the silence just because you're like that—you can't mind game me to say stuff. I'm a lot smarter than you think I am, I ain't any fool. If there's a fool here, it's you."

"Mhmm."

"... you were actually trying to, weren't you?" Bao accused him.

Li Yang kept his eyes on the road. "I need to concentrate while driving, so I will appreciate your silence."

"Oh, whatever."

It soon fell silent and Li Yang considered the situation. He already noticed it before, but the situation of this creature, of 'Bao' seemed to be in a similar spot as him.

He picked up the conversation and said, "By the way, I understand that a number of the Observers tend to take pleasure in not only watching me but also seeing you in a terrible spot."

"The Heavens can be downright sadistic when they're bored, what's new with that?" the creature jabbed a paw in the air. "I want sacrifices in my name, get me that piece of land and I'll claim it as my own and kill those who don't worship me yadayada."

He let the creature rant for a minute before he spoke, "I've been trying to remember their names, but who exactly is 'dat Peach'? The System says that they're a Moderator, but that's all I gathered. I do understand that they are all usernames—"

"Then give them privacy and don't bother about me!" Bao shouted. "I'd say something mean, but I'm not particularly happy to get hit by seventy-seven lightning tribulations again."

"My apologies to hear about that." Li Yang wanted to say that it had already bickered and ranted, but chose not to push it.

"You better be."

Even while the creature had given him a nickname to refer itself as and continued to talk with him—it didn't mean that it was willing to work with him at all.

Perhaps it was an impossible endeavor in the first place.

The CEO would finally stop outside of the Shen Society's building. He briefly glanced at the creature, "If I cannot ask about them, then what was your opinion on that pearl supplier—the System says the pearls are from undine origins, but the man is not."

"I guess I was wrong—but either he got a special diver, or we got an undine working for him." the creature waved a paw. "Which is weird since most of them hate humans, anyway. Not enough room to look at the fish in the sea when you get garbage mixed up in them, eh? You can get them mixed up, probably."

"I see.." Li Yang kept his thought to himself for now and stepped out of the car. It was time to pick both Taiga and his secretary up. The idea of using the LSO Water Breathing Chewing Gum would have to be postponed or halted entirely unless there was a friendly undine.

Bao rolled out of the shotgun and lazily floated above the air. "Forgot your pearls, you gonna brew them at the office?"

"I'm not exactly sure, but perhaps it could work," If he were to let his secretary drink the tea now, he had a feeling that she would tremendously benefit. "They do have a small kitchen there."

"They might want to get a taste then, are you willing to share?"

He considered it and didn't think that was so terrible, but before he could give an answer—a ding sounded in his ear and a screen appeared in front of them.

[ Observer 'Dat Peach' Nearly Forgot To Give Bonus ]historical

[ 'Dat Peach' Likes Being Recognized ]

[ You Have Received 696 Charm Points ]

[ You Have Received 'Unofficial System Patch' ]

Bao's eyes widened and then gritted its teeth, "This bit—"

"A System Patch?" Li Yang frowned at the sudden appearance. It was his first time receiving something besides Charm Points, but it was clearly something he shouldn't open based on its words. Unofficial sounded like a terrible idea and the idea that the System needed to be patched in the first place also slightly contradicted with most claiming it was infallible.

.. and yet when he was introduced to the man from earlier, that person seemed to be able to live a relatively normal and peaceful life. Was that person not forced to take Quests like him? Such an idea made him hesitate. "What exactly does it fix?"

"Ignore it—we have a lot of Observers, there are those who are silent. Then there are some who may love you, but there are also others who would enjoy seeing you suffer," Bao said.

It made sense that not everyone observing favored him. He couldn't imagine someone 'loving' him but forcing him to do something against his will.. still, this 'patch' was different. "Then I suppose whoever this Peach is, they can explain whatever they have gifted me?"

"Direct communication?" Bao scoffed. "That costs extra—"

[ 'Dat Peach' Is Now A VIP Observer ]

[ You Have Gained Your First VIP Observer ]

[ You Have Received 10,000 Charm Points ]

Li Yang raised a brow. "You didn't mention this."

"I'm not even supposed to be speaking in the first place, bastard!"