#28 - Chapter 28 Conjecture

The moment this idea appeared, it quickly took root in Shen Xingyan's heart, growing uncontrollably and causing a strange light to emanate from his expectant eyes.

If it were a normal profession skill that increased growth speed, using it at this time would definitely be a waste, but his profession skill increased growth progress, which was different from the time-related effect of growth speed.

It's not entirely accurate to say that it accelerates time; it's simply an effect specifically targeting crops, with limited connection to time itself.

If successfully executed, wouldn't he be able to obtain wheat far exceeding normal yields?

If that's the case, wouldn't breaking the Star Origin World's record be a piece of cake?

Shen Xingyan repeatedly pondered in his heart: if his profession skill only increased growth speed, there would indeed be a chance of failure.

After all, once crops reach maturity, they automatically enter a state of growth cessation. Increasing growth speed then becomes equivalent to multiplying any number by zero, often resulting in zero.

However, his increase in growth progress is similar to addition; adding anything to it will result in a percentage increase.

After figuring this out, Shen Xingyan felt his confidence greatly increase, and this idea spread wildly in his heart.

Looking at the wheat field that was about to mature, he hesitated for a moment, but immediately made up his mind to give it a try.

After all, even if he failed in the end, at most he would lose a day's opportunity to use his profession skill.

But if he succeeded, the benefits would be considerable. Just thinking about the rewards the Star Origin World gave him after his last record-breaking performance, he felt this attempt was worthwhile.

Having made up his mind, Shen Xingyan no longer hesitated. He suddenly stood up, replaced the sickle in his hand with a novice staff, and selected the four acres of wheat field directly in front of him as his target, silently chanting the activation of his profession skill.

At this moment, Star Origin seemed to know Shen Xingyan's intentions, and a warning suddenly sounded in Shen Xingyan's ear:

"Ding~ Detected that you are using a profession skill on crops that are about to mature. The use of this skill may result in failure. Do you want to continue?"

With the appearance of Star Origin's prompt, Shen Xingyan's spellcasting action paused for a moment.

"The arrow is on the string; I have no choice but to fire! Continue!" Star Origin's prompt made Shen Xingyan suddenly feel a little uncertain. It seemed that some predecessors must have made similar moves before, but he didn't know if their profession skills were the same as his.

But now he couldn't care so much. He directly responded to Star Origin's prompt and clicked Confirm!

With Shen Xingyan's confirmation, his paused spellcasting action continued, and the original energy throughout his body began to pour out frantically through the novice staff.

As the skill was released, the wheat field, which had been quietly waiting to mature, seemed to be affected by the profession skill, and the entire field began to rustle.

Shen Xingyan saw the reaction of the wheat field and thought silently in his heart: It's done!

"Congratulations, you have successfully used your profession skill, Farmer profession experience +1."

At this time, Star Origin's prompt also sounded, and the shaking of the wheat field became more intense in this prompt.

The wheat, which had already stopped growing, began to expand rapidly in the ear, causing Shen Xingyan's heart to beat wildly as he watched.

As he had expected, the shape of the wheat ears now clearly showed that this wheat yield was already enough to surpass his previous record. This phenomenon made him clenched his fist excitedly to express his joy.

However, Shen Xingyan hadn't been happy for long when the wheat ears, which had expanded by more than a circle, shrank back in the blink of an eye, and the entire wheat field returned to its initial state of calm from the shaking state just now.

This change stunned Shen Xingyan, who had just been celebrating. This really caught him off guard!

"What's going on? Could it be that my idea doesn't work? But Star Origin's success prompt has already appeared, so what's going on?" Shen Xingyan, unable to stop asking questions in his heart, looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, his mind filled with thoughts.

At this time, a harvest prompt appeared in the sky above the wheat field, indicating that the wheat was completely mature and ready to be harvested.

The time when this prompt appeared was not much different from the time Shen Xingyan estimated for the harvest!

Shen Xingyan, who was still in a daze, sighed softly when he saw this prompt, accepting this result helplessly: I didn't expect to fail in the end!

He admitted that there was an element of gambling in this action, but he didn't expect that he could lose even in something with such a high probability of success. It seems that you really can't easily believe in luck! Shen Xingyan couldn't help but warn himself in his heart!

However, he also understood why gamblers become addicted. The ups and downs of his heart just now really made him feel a little excited!

Although the experiment failed, Shen Xingyan quickly adjusted himself. After all, the final loss was only one day of skill use, which he could still bear!

"It's time to harvest. Take your sickles, everyone, let's get to work!" Shen Xingyan said loudly to Wang Cai and the others.

Then, he handed over the subsequent division of labor and the teaching of other skeletons' work methods to Wang Cai, while he directly entered the wheat field and began to harvest frantically, as if to vent all the depression he had just felt in this harvesting movement!

Wang Cai, according to his master's instructions, directed all the little skeletons to harvest with sickles and then concentrate them in one place as before, waiting for the master to collect them.

Eleven laborers were harvesting wheat in the field. Although their efficiency was not as fast as the first harvest, the land was larger, and it took longer. Shen Xingyan naturally didn't mind this situation.

In the future, as more and more little skeletons appeared, shortening the time was only a matter of time, and if he could continue to harvest like this, he would be more than happy!

While harvesting, Shen Xingyan weighed the weight of the wheat ears, nodding silently in his heart. Although his experiment failed, the growth of the wheat did not reach his ideal state.

However, the weight of this wheat harvest was even greater than the last time. This time, he might really break the record of the Star Origin World; you never know!