Chapter 45 Task Overlay

Shen Xingyan, seeing the flood of maintenance prompts, also began another wave of high-intensity labor with his little skeletons without hesitation.

Looking at Star Origin 's current stance, Shen Xingyan no longer hoped to be able to rest and relax today. He sighed, somewhat pleased with himself while feigning distress, "Time to bury our heads and work hard!"

However, what happened next seemed to truly validate his words, making him curse himself for having a jinx.

Because all agricultural product growth progress collectively increased by 20% in such a short time, the frequency of Star Origin 's maintenance prompts became extremely rapid, far exceeding previous times and also greatly exceeding Shen Xingyan's estimates.

"My goodness... is it that fierce? This speed of appearance is taking advantage of me now, but when I have a skeleton army of ten thousand in the future, let's see what you can do to me!"

Although he knew that the dream of a ten-thousand-strong skeleton army, if no accidents occurred, would only be realized twenty-seven years later, he was only thinking about it now, essentially drawing himself a big picture.

At this moment, Shen Xingyan had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem; his mind still had the energy to fantasize about this matter.

However, his self-indulgent thoughts did not last long before the speed at which the Star Origin prompts appeared dragged him back to reality.

This was because the prompts appeared too frequently, severely exceeding Shen Xingyan's understanding, forcing him to focus all his energy on labor, and his labor speed also increased to its fastest frequency ever.

It was fortunate that the previous wheat harvest had raised his professional Rank by three levels, increasing all his attribute values in Star Origin World by three points.

Based on his current attributes, when working with full effort, he was more than twice as strong as before, and his labor value was already equivalent to two and a half little skeletons.

No wonder other Farmers, after reaching Advanced Rank, could manage all their Farms by themselves.

However, despite his full-effort labor, the final result was somewhat unsatisfactory.

The frequency of Star Origin 's maintenance prompts not only did not decrease but showed a tendency to increase.

Despite Shen Xingyan and his little skeletons trying their best to complete all the labor, they still could not keep up with the rhythm of the maintenance prompts.

This time, Star Origin 's maintenance prompts seemed to be wildly retaliating for the humiliation Shen Xingyan and his little skeletons had given them earlier, frantically dispatching tasks as if all tasks were concentrated in this period.

Not only did it not give them any breathing room in between, but it even made Shen Xingyan see for the first time what a "double prompt" was!

Shen Xingyan had previously understood this content; the precursor to "task stagnation" was this double prompt, an early warning signal given by Star Origin World. If these tasks were not processed in time, then a "triple prompt" would appear.

The appearance of a "triple prompt" also meant that the Farmers had not much time left!

If this type of prompt appeared for too long, Star Origin World would make a "task stagnation" judgment, followed by punishment, leading to a definite reduction in the final harvest!

And this was something most Farmers often experienced; it was not a rare occurrence for them.

But Shen Xingyan, with his little skeletons working twenty-four hours a day, had never experienced such a thing since he Awakened his profession.

Shen Xingyan saw, to his surprise, two Star Origin prompt icons floating above his current Farm.

While this opened Shen Xingyan's eyes, all the little skeletons also froze in place, not knowing which prompt to prioritize, as if they had crashed.

Shen Xingyan looked at the dazed little skeletons, thought for a moment, and understood the loophole in the instructions he had given earlier.

"He only told Wangcai and the others to work according to Star Origin 's prompts, but he didn't say how to work when two prompts appeared simultaneously, just like a car that can only go straight suddenly being given two turns to choose from; the result will only be that it cannot run."

After understanding this, he quickly modified the instruction: "Wangcai, modify the work instruction. From now on, whichever prompt appears first, prioritize that one. Pass it on."

As Shen Xingyan's instruction was successfully modified, Wangcai, who had been somewhat confused, also recovered.

He saw that Wangcai barely moved, and all the little skeletons returned to their normal labor state.

Shen Xingyan was not surprised by Wangcai's operation, simply assuming they had a special method of communication between them.

Looking at the recovered little skeletons, Shen Xingyan could not help but think, "It's a good thing I'm here; no trouble occurred. If this situation happened when I wasn't around, the first punishment from Star Origin might have already descended!"

After sighing, Shen Xingyan looked at the two prompts hanging above his head and felt how awkward it was. Since he started farming, with the help of his little skeletons, he had never received such a threat.

Feeling a bit annoyed, he simply gave an instruction directly to Wangcai:

"Wangcai, pass it on. Now, except for this one mu of wheat, all other Farms will temporarily abandon meticulous cultivation. Work with all your might!"

And Wangcai, wearing a straw hat, seemed to sense the anger from his master. He saw it slightly shake its skeleton head, and all the other little skeletons seemed to have been given a buff, their labor movements visibly speeding up a lot.

This phenomenon made Shen Xingyan nod in satisfaction. In special times, one must use special methods; farming cannot be too rigid.

Just as he lowered his head to continue working, an astonishing scene suddenly appeared before his eyes: he saw -1 number prompts appearing above the heads of all the little skeletons he could see.

This made him suddenly widen his eyes, his face full of confusion, incomprehension, and disbelief. He could not believe what was happening before him!

"Why did all the little skeletons, including Wangcai, lose one drop of blood for no reason!" This question began to echo in Shen Xingyan's mind.

He hadn't eaten pork, but he had seen pigs walk. Shen Xingyan recognized the -1 prompt at a glance; it was Star Origin World's blood deduction prompt.

Then a pessimistic thought could not help but begin to emerge in his mind:

This is unacceptable! The little skeletons only have ten health points. If this continues, the little skeletons I summoned over ten days will disappear like this!

Forget about a ten-thousand-strong skeleton army in the future; it will be difficult even to maintain the current state!