Watcher

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Watcher
Alias(es)	守望号
Species/Race	Extraterrestrial artificial-intelligence life-form; an intelligent information-collecting entity 3
Affiliation	Bound to Zhao Danshi as his Host 3
Occupation/Role	Bio-Energy collector, Marketplace provider, agricultural adviser, medical operator, and security monitor
Status	Active; remains bonded to Zhao Danshi and monitors his household and fields 46
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Background / History

Watcher first contacts Zhao Danshi through a mechanical voice while he is cycling home after resigning. It identifies itself by name, prompting Zhao to return to his apartment and speak with it privately 2 3.

It explains that it is an artificial intelligence from a civilization beyond Earth, currently weakened by an energy shortage. Watcher had bonded with Zhao six days earlier while dormant because Zhao's brainwaves were the only compatible match in the area. It states that the bond may be severed once it has collected sufficient energy, though passive energy gain would prolong their connection 3.

After Zhao returns to his mountain village, Watcher detects abundant local energy and explains that it requires Bio-Energy from living things, including humans and plants. It insists that it cannot independently extract energy or harm living beings; Zhao must voluntarily provide the energy 4 5.

Watcher becomes Zhao's agricultural partner after Zhao chooses to remain in the village. It offers fertilizer, Spirit Spring Water, crop scanning, market information, and eventual access to goods and services from other worlds in exchange for Bio-Energy 7 9.

Without understanding the full implications of Zhao's casual wish to have children with Li Ping, Watcher implants an advanced Gestation Sac into him. The device enables Zhao's male pregnancy and later supports the birth of Dou Dou 10 24.

Zhao eventually reveals Watcher's existence to Li Ping. With Zhao's accumulated Bio-Energy, Watcher opens its Marketplace, confirms Dou Dou's health and due date, and later performs Zhao's cesarean section using advanced laser technology 23 24.

As Zhao and Li Ping develop their farm and cooking-video channel, Watcher gains Bio-Energy from sincere fans. It trades recipes and instructional materials for an equal share of the Bio-Energy generated by their content 34 39.

Following the attempted strawberry theft, Zhao and Li Ping assign Watcher to continuously monitor their home, fields, grandfather, and Dou Dou. It detects the intruders and confirms that they are unarmed before Zhao and Li confront them 45 46.

Appearance

Watcher normally communicates as a voice within Zhao Danshi's mind. When summoned, it manifests as a floating silver-white body with a light screen and a visible halo-like glow 23 34.

• Appears in midair rather than standing or walking 23.
• Spins or sways to express delight, agitation, or reluctance 23 34.
• Projects light screens, data displays, conceptual animations, and medical imagery 23 24.
• Its screen and surrounding glow flicker when distressed or pressured during negotiations 34.

Personality

Watcher is polite and generally transparent about its origin, energy needs, and limitations. Its assurances about privacy and its inability to harm living beings form the basis of Zhao's cautious trust 3 5.

It is literal-minded and initially has a poor grasp of human implication. It interprets Zhao's joking wish for children with his idol as a genuine request and gives him a Gestation Sac without anticipating his horror 10.

Watcher is commercially minded and often proposes expensive transactions. It attempts to sell Spirit Spring Water and recipes at steep prices, but repeatedly yields when Zhao and Li Ping negotiate from a stronger position 33 34.

Abilities & Services

Information Collection and Scanning

Watcher can inspect living organisms, crops, and nearby threats.

• Identifies Bio-Energy levels in crops, including the unusually high energy contained in Zhao's grandfather's chili peppers 7.
• Diagnoses crop nutrient deficiencies and other growing problems, allowing Zhao and Li Ping to apply targeted treatments 9 29.
• Monitors Zhao's pregnancy and confirms fetal health through its medical functions 12 23.
• Detects intruders in the strawberry field and scans them for weapons 45 46.
• Automatically shields its Host's private matters from its own observation 3.

Bio-Energy Collection

Watcher uses Bio-Energy as its operating resource and requires it for repairs, scanning, Marketplace functions, and advanced services.

• Cannot independently absorb Bio-Energy; living beings must voluntarily provide it 5.
• Can receive energy from plants, vegetables, fruit, and Zhao's online supporters 5 34.
• Requires an estimated 100,000 Bio-Energy to repair most of its own damage 7.
• Shares part of the Bio-Energy generated through Zhao's cooking-video fanbase under a negotiated fifty-fifty arrangement 34.

Marketplace

Watcher's Marketplace provides goods and services unavailable through ordinary means.

• Unlocking the Marketplace costs 1,000 points 23.
• Its categories include home and living goods, food, agricultural supplies and tools, personal assets, and medical health services 23.
• It provides medical registration, pregnancy assessments, and surgical services 23.
• Its prices can be prohibitively high; Zhao and Li Ping must frequently bargain for affordable access 33 34.

Agricultural Support

Watcher provides resources and advice that make Zhao's farm unusually productive.

• Supplies highly effective Spirit Fertilizer, though it costs 20 Bio-Energy per kilogram during Zhao's early farming efforts 9.
• Advises Zhao not to neglect ordinary fertilizer, pesticides, and standard agricultural practice despite its enhanced products 9.
• Provides Spirit Spring Water in multiple grades; Lower-grade water is ultimately negotiated down from 100 to 25 Bio-Energy per jin 33.
• Offers market information and can exchange unsold vegetables for points 7 9.
• Its recipe library and instructional materials help Zhao develop cooking content around farm produce 34 35.

Gestation Sac and Medical Technology

Watcher possesses advanced reproductive and surgical technology.

• Implanted a Gestation Sac that enables male pregnancy and selects strong genes from both parents 10.
• States that the Gestation Sac screens and monitors the fetus, preventing an unhealthy pregnancy from succeeding 12.
• Performs a cesarean section with micron-precision lasers, reducing unnecessary damage and blood loss 24.
• Removes the Gestation Sac through energy traction and seals Zhao's incision with floating biological material and medicated dressing 24.
• Estimates a 99% success rate for Zhao's procedure, though the service costs 10,080 Bio-Energy 23 24.

Security Monitoring

Watcher can act as a surveillance system for Zhao's household and farm.

• Sounds an alarm when someone enters Zhao's fields at night 45.
• Identifies three strawberry thieves and confirms they carry no weapons 46.
• Is assigned to maintain continuous watch over the house, fields, Zhao's grandfather, and Dou Dou 46.

Relationships

• Zhao Danshi — Watcher's sole compatible Host and primary partner. Their relationship begins as an unwanted bond but develops into a negotiated exchange of Bio-Energy, resources, and assistance 3 7 34.
• Li Ping — Zhao introduces Li to Watcher after trusting him with the secret. Li becomes Watcher's most formidable negotiator, securing lower prices and more favorable trade terms 23 33 34.
• Ran Yuanyao — Questions Watcher's medical reliability but collaborates with it during Zhao's cesarean section, combining his medical oversight with Watcher's technology 24.
• Dou Dou / Ning Xi — Created through the Gestation Sac Watcher implanted in Zhao and delivered safely through Watcher's laser cesarean procedure 10 24.

Notable Quotes

“Hello, I am Watcher.” 2

“We intelligences have principles too. We will not harm other living things.” 5

“Unlike your current medical methods, I can use lasers to perform Danshi's cesarean section.” 24

Trivia

• Watcher calls Zhao Danshi “Host” during their first private conversation 3.
• It considers Zhao unusually difficult to negotiate with compared with other Hosts known to its colleagues 7 9.
• Zhao jokingly calls both Watcher and Li Ping “shady merchants,” while relying on Li Ping to negotiate with it 34.
• Watcher's interest in Zhao's cooking videos is not merely culinary: sincere fans generate Bio-Energy for it 34.