While all the high-level farmers were marveling at this mysterious person or organization, the culprit of the entire situation, Shen Xingyan, was happily tending to his field. His state was nothing like that of the high-level farmers. Despite the barrage of notifications from the Star Source, he felt as if he were taking a walk in a garden.
After all, he had a group of diligent little skeletons, working tirelessly—that was the source of his confidence!
Today, after walking Shen Xingying home, he noticed that the cooldown time for his innate skill had expired, and he hurried to enter the Star Source world. After using the skill and performing the "excavation" ritual, he successfully summoned his thirteenth little skeleton.
Shen Xingyan only glanced at the newcomer and noticed that he looked quite sturdy, although the stats for all the skeletons were identical. This made him wonder, "Have I already summoned all the weak skeletons?"
Shaking his head with a smile, Shen Xingyan cast aside that amusing thought, nodded to the new skeleton, and, without lingering, passed him on to Wangcai as usual for "preliminary training," and then returned to the real world.
While working, he mused about how much trouble he had avoided thanks to Wangcai. Looking at the captain conducting the training, Shen Xingyan felt a great sense of satisfaction—his reliable assistant was truly living up to his title!
By this time, Wangcai had become so adept at training new skeletons that his efficiency far surpassed Shen Xingyan's own.
Soon, the new skeleton officially began working, and the number of laborers on the five mu of land reached a new record—together with Shen Xingyan, there were now fourteen of them. These fourteen workers were evenly distributed across the field, each occupied with their own task, with no signs of chaos. Each laborer performed their duties with a clear division of responsibilities. All this was made possible by Wangcai's ability to perfectly relay Shen Xingyan's instructions. Without him, achieving such harmonious work would have required significant effort from Shen Xingyan.
Shen Xingyan and his team worked at this pace for over an hour, and the frequency of the care notifications began to decrease.
Seeing that the threatening notifications had significantly reduced, Shen Xingyan, after completing his current task, roughly calculated that at this pace, the little skeletons could now handle all the agricultural work on their own, without his participation.
He stopped and, enjoying his free time, handed over all the work to his captain Wangcai, giving him full authority. He then went to his usual spot, got into a comfortable position, set his alarm for 7 o'clock, and closed his eyes to rest in this quiet, peaceful environment by the edge of the field. This amount of time would be enough for him to get sufficient rest and get back to the real world in time to prepare breakfast for his sister and walk her to school.
Shen Xingyan, tired from the real world, soon began to breathe evenly and deeply, having fallen into a deep sleep.
While he rested, the little skeletons saw another care notification and continued to resolutely carry out their owner's orders, not showing the slightest sign of laziness. The skeletons working in the field, Wangcai and the others, didn't understand their owner's "strange" habit of occasionally lying on the ground. After all, the concept of sleep had never existed in their minds—this was a basic characteristic of most low-level undead creatures. However, in between completing their care tasks, they would still gather around Shen Xingyan under Wangcai's leadership, serving as their owner's protectors—this was an instinct embedded in their bones. Under such constant "protection," Shen Xingyan slept very soundly.
Unlike the outside world, where, despite the absence of any major disasters for many years, there was always a sense of anxiety, as if a sword hung over one's head that could fall at any moment, forcing people to remain vigilant even while resting. In this safe environment, only the sound of his alarm woke Shen Xingyan from his sweet sleep.
Waking up rested and cheerful, Shen Xingyan saw the little skeletons surrounding him and smiled with satisfaction. After giving Wangcai and the other skeletons instructions for the upcoming tasks, he left the Star Source world and returned to reality.
He quickly went to the kitchen and began preparing breakfast for himself and his sister. At that moment, the recently awakened Shen Xingying rubbed her eyes, about to get up, and was surprised to find that her body felt unusually well! In her period of active growth, she usually woke up with the feeling that a hungry beast was roaring furiously inside her, demanding to be fed immediately. But this time, she only felt a slight hunger, which caused Shen Xingying's confusion, as she didn't know about the Physique Potion she had taken, but also a sense of joy.
Walking out of her room, she, as expected, saw her brother busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen and felt warmth in her heart, proud of her brother, who always kept his word!
"You're awake? Hurry and wash up, then come eat breakfast," Shen Xingyan said, his face full of tenderness and care, after hearing a noise and seeing his sister.
Shen Xingying nodded obediently and hurried to get ready.
During breakfast, Shen Xingyan asked his sister about the problems she was facing at this stage of her studies. As a top student and almost a graduate, he had every right to give advice on her schoolwork.
The brother and sister finished their breakfast in this "academic" exchange of views.
After Shen Xingyan walked his sister to the school gates as he had promised, he didn't go straight home to continue his training. Instead, he went to the nearest "open market" to look for a place to rent near the school.
Shen Xingyan believed that now that he had some savings, he needed to provide them with a safer environment. Even if the "giant rat" incident hadn't happened, he still planned to move, as their sparsely populated neighborhood was genuinely unsafe. Although now was not the time to show off his financial capabilities, a preliminary study of the situation would help him get an idea of the lay of the land.
Shen Xingyan approached a shop with a "Real Estate" sign and began carefully studying the information about various housing options on the posters at the entrance.