Chapter 1 One Day

One day, Hao Ren would understand what extraordinary foresight meant, what the wisdom of a goddess was, and what the "crow's mouth" level of making things come true with his words meant—when Raven 12345 said she was just casually analyzing a few things to show off, she had already deduced certain truths with a high degree of accuracy. Obviously, mental obstacles did not hinder the intellectual power of the fairy sister.

However, Hao Ren now only felt that his boss was simply ill. Could they not maintain the corporate atmosphere properly?

"Have some fruit first. We've been talking for so long," Raven 12345 continued to wear a bizarrely stiff, saintly face, pushing the unidentifiable melons and fruits on the table in front of Hao Ren. "Don't be polite with me. Anyway, our unit doesn't have that many rules. These are all prepared to deal with inspections, but the inspector only ate three or four melon seeds and left."

Hao Ren still appreciated Raven 12345's amiable, sisterly demeanor, though it would be better if she could get rid of the "special expression pack for dealing with boss inspections" that seemed to be fixed on her face. He casually grabbed a fruit that looked like a nectarine from the plate and asked curiously, "Ate three or four melon seeds? That's a bit of an exaggeration..."

"No exaggeration," Raven 12345 waved her hand. "The one who came to inspect was a higher-level Raven God. You know Raven Gods, right? You've seen them before. They're just that big..."

The goddess sister gestured a length about the size of her palm while saying, "Stretched straight, they're only this tall. I even prepared a large plate of fruit, but that little thing was full after eating three melon seeds. Later, I thought that wouldn't do. Eating so little is considered poor hospitality, so I used chopsticks to force the fourth melon seed into her mouth..."

Hao Ren immediately broke out in a cold sweat: he felt that the goddess sister had a problem with her understanding of the word "hospitable"!

Raven 12345, next to him, was still stroking her chin, feeling good about herself: "This way, I should be able to get an 'Advanced Worker' award this year, right..."

Hao Ren's cold sweat was almost flowing to the floor: Still thinking of getting an "Advanced Worker" award! You didn't skewer the imperial envoy to death with your chopsticks!

But then again, Hao Ren was indeed impressed by the tiny Raven God who was only the size of a palm. At that time, he heard that this chibi goddess was the god of "messengers, travel, and supervision" and patrolled the macro-world. Now he had a deeper understanding of the Raven God's work. It seemed that the nature of their work was similar to roaming around campus... oh no, the dean of education who inspects the quality of education...

Optimistically speaking, Raven 12345 had no chance of getting an "Advanced Worker" award in this lifetime.

Hao Ren nibbled on the strange fruits in the fruit plate. These things were obviously not produced in the human world and were probably heavenly treasures from the God Realm, similar to the golden apple back then. However, their tastes were much more peculiar. For example, the "nectarine" he was holding now looked like a nectarine, but it actually tasted like black pepper steak...

"I thought I was hallucinating when I took the first bite," Hao Ren stared at the fruit in his hand. "Didn't you let it spoil?"

"How could I? They're all fresh," Raven 12345 smiled slightly (the only expression she could make now), "They're all special products cultivated in the God Realm, personally researched by the Goddess of Life. One of our bosses is particularly good at eating, so the food in the God Realm is also absolutely unique—come, try this one. I mainly wanted you to try this one."

Hao Ren suspiciously took the thing that the goddess sister handed over. It looked like a grape, felt like a grape, and smelled like a grape, but after the previous nectarine that tasted like black pepper steak, he really didn't dare to trust the appearance of God Realm fruits anymore. "Tell me what this is called first, and then I'll decide whether to eat it or not..."

"Emperor's Exclamation." The goddess sister casually threw out a badass name.

Hao Ren immediately felt that he had to eat it: "What the..."

"Emperor's Exclamation, because this thing once made our big boss speechless at the banquet—that was a state banquet where three god systems gathered, so you know the power of this fruit. How about it? Want to try it?"

This time, before Raven 12345 finished speaking, Hao Ren directly stuffed the "grape" into his mouth, muttering as he stuffed it in, "Eat, eat, eat, if I don't eat it, I'm not human. This sounds like it'll increase my cultivation by at least a thousand years... Ptooey!"

Hao Ren didn't finish half a sentence when a rush that went straight to his brain exploded in his mouth, surging to every nerve ending in his limbs and bones. He immediately spat it out, and then that indescribable taste began to travel on his tongue, even in his marrow. In that instant, he even felt that he had broken through human senses, broken through the nerve structure of carbon-based organisms, and broken through the material barrier of this world, using his tongue to touch an experience in another inhuman realm—no exaggeration, what the hell was this taste! Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy? You simply couldn't describe it with taste. It felt like every nerve on his tongue was shaking violently as if it had been electrocuted. A stinging, stabbing impact surged from his throat to his marrow. Next, his whole body was itchy as if he was nerve-poisoned. This impact lasted for a full ten minutes, ten minutes!

One "grape" allowed Hao Ren to return to normal breathing after ten minutes. He dizzily regained consciousness, and there were still indescribable "tastes" vibrating on his tongue, but the amazing thing was that after this impact, his spirits were extremely good, and he could still exclaim with a thick tongue, "What the hell is this?!"

Raven 12345 casually flicked a small ball of light and hit Hao Ren on the head: "Did you forget what the employee code said? Civilized words and deeds are required to start work. You're not allowed to swear at work in the unit—you have to wait for the leader to finish scolding you before you can scold."

Hao Ren tried to straighten his tongue: "Um... so what is this exactly?"

"Emperor's Exclamation," Raven 12345 leaned back in her chair. "Amazing, right?"

Hao Ren felt that he had been tricked by the goddess sister: "This thing is called 'Emperor's Exclamation'?"

"That's right, the big boss exclaimed after eating it," Raven 12345's tone was particularly serious. "Just like you exclaimed... oh no, he didn't say 'What the', he said 'What the fuck'. After the big boss exclaimed, this thing was bestowed the name 'Emperor's Exclamation' by the God of Time."

Hao Ren jumped half a meter high: "...'Emperor's Exclamation' means that?!"

"What did you think?" Raven 12345 glanced at Hao Ren. "Our Xiling culture's naming method has always been simple, straightforward, and easy to understand."

Hao Ren's brain was dizzy from the impact of a grape, and he couldn't remember a few questions he originally wanted to ask. He shook his head, sat back in his chair, and pointed to the string of "Emperor's Exclamation" that was left on the plate: "Speaking of which, there aren't any side effects from eating this thing, right?"

"It's okay, don't worry. Our God Realm's food safety is perfect. All these newly cultivated things have been specially added with the function of 'preventing cultivation power from exploding'. Don't worry about you eating it, even your family members will be fine."

Hao Ren's eyes rolled, and he casually took out a plastic bag from his personal space, and with a wicked smile, he put the string of "grapes" into the plastic bag: "Then I'll take some back for my family to try..."

Raven 12345 was shocked by Hao Ren's thick skin: "You're visiting the leader's house and taking food with you?!"

"Pity my family, some are old, some are frustrated in their careers, some are reincarnated in the wrong place and are lost on the road of life, some have been wandering for half their lives, and some are even orphaned seedlings whose entire race has been destroyed. I'm eating the heavenly treasures of the God Realm outside, and they..."

"Get out after you're done pretending!" Raven 12345 raised her hand and pointed to the door (specially emphasizing that she still had a saintly smile on her face), "Even when my brain was broken, I wasn't as shameless as you are now!"

Hao Ren took the order and left directly with the plate...

After Hao Ren left, the courtyard surrounded by green walls and flowing streams returned to tranquility. Raven 12345 sat in her chair without moving, but casually picked up her teacup and took a sip, tilting her head slightly: "Aren't you tired of standing there for so long? I even taught you the technique of invisibility."

The air not far away rippled out of nowhere, and the space rippled like water. A woman who looked exactly like Raven 12345 but had a dignified and steady temperament appeared: "I was wondering why you specifically asked me to bring that thing from Shadow City—I thought your taste had suddenly become heavier. You're really good to him."

"He's an excellent employee, so he deserves special treatment," Raven 12345 smiled. "I've read his report and analyzed the samples. That thing in the Dream Plane has at least one attribute that can't be avoided, and that's spiritual corruption. I'm going to desperately stack soul resistance on Hao Ren. 'Emperor's Exclamation' is something that the Soul Snatcher personally blessed, a divine blessing at the level of a great goddess. I don't believe that this level of permanent spiritual blessing can be broken by a reactionary element from the countryside."

"A great goddess personally blessed it," Raven 23333 looked at a grain of "grape" on the table, which Hao Ren accidentally dropped when he ran off with the plate. "The thing is a good thing. I heard that the taste was quite normal when it was first cultivated, but why did it become this taste after Sandora His Majesty blessed it?"

Raven 12345: "...This must be a high-level miracle. We don't understand it, so don't research it."

"It doesn't matter," Raven 23333 frowned slightly. "But I don't think it's good for you to casually change the name of this thing. What 'Emperor's Exclamation'? This isn't the official name."

"Let me tell you, I can't even listen to the original name. How can I say 'The Emperor's What the Fuck'? I'm mentally ill, but I also have embarrassment cancer. These two diseases don't conflict."

"That's true."

"Right? Mental illness and embarrassment cancer don't conflict."

Raven 23333: "..."

She felt that she really couldn't communicate with her mentally ill predecessor...