#295 - Chapter 295 Mutated Ostrich Mount

"Sir, the rhythm of these beasts' attacks has suddenly changed. Their strength and supply methods have become more aggressive, leading to a significant increase in consumption at the front lines. Many of the lower-level warriors have been forced to retreat, and we've started to experience casualties.

Although this change in rhythm was somewhat sudden, the overall attack trend of these beasts is entirely consistent with your previous predictions.

At this rate, without reinforcements, we can only hold out for a month or two at most. The beasts will reach an insurmountable level. How should we respond next?"

At the northern border, the robed general listened to his subordinate's anxious report, his brows furrowing into a '川' shape as he rapidly pondered the cause and countermeasures for this unusual phenomenon, thinking:

"How could this be? According to my predictions, although the great war might break out earlier, its pattern should be the same as before, requiring at least half a year of preparation. What's causing this?"

Despite his inner doubts, the robed general calmly issued instructions:

"Since they've accelerated the pace, we also need to speed up our previous border defense arrangements.

Announce that we will encourage combat professionals in the Northern District to actively participate in border defense construction, doubling the rewards for meritorious service, and providing material support to the greatest extent possible.

At the same time, specifically inform those family forces of this news, laying the groundwork for future contributions of money and effort."

The robed general issued these instructions one by one, and then took out his Star Origin Card to report the situation to his direct superior, solemnly expressing his concerns.

This time, his attitude was much more resolute than last time, filled with a sense of urgency.

After completing the report, he also learned that other regions had begun to suffer from varying degrees of disaster. In light of this situation, the higher-ups had begun to discuss the matter and would release a plan in the coming days.

The robed general couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief upon hearing this news.

He thought that as long as the higher-ups took it seriously enough, he wouldn't be fighting alone. What he could do now was to build the Northern District's border defense project as quickly as possible, to a level sufficient to cope with the great war.

"Hopefully, this whole foundation will be a 'fruitless effort,' otherwise, I don't know how many more human lives will be sacrificed," the robed general murmured softly, looking at the distant sky with some worry.

Meanwhile, inside the professional space, Shen Xingyan had already unleashed his enhanced talent skill.

Looking at the 22 skeletons with all attributes of 22 that slowly emerged from the ground, the ability to summon such a large number of skeletons at once brought a faint smile to his face.

Although his existing skeleton workforce was already perfectly capable of handling the current crop maintenance work, he wouldn't complain about having too much labor.

Moreover, with his current leveling speed, he believed that he would soon be able to plant spirit-ranked crops, at which point the required workforce would increase several times, so it was indeed necessary for him to reserve skeletons now.

After handing these skeletons over to Wang Cai, who was excitedly waiting nearby, Shen Xingyan directly teleported to the ranch, looking at the 20 calves and 2 ostriches in front of him, he murmured:

"I've failed so many times here at the ranch; I should succeed at least once! Hopefully, this time will have a good result!"

As Shen Xingyan spoke, the Primal Source Scepter appeared in his hand, and then he directly recited the activation of the second professional skill in his mind.

The moment the skill was activated, he sensed 30 points of Primal Energy surging within his body.

Compared to the previous 20 points of Primal Energy, he consumed 10 more points this time, which also let him know that the Primal Energy consumption for ostriches reached 5 points.

But Shen Xingyan didn't care too much about this, after all, what he lacked the least now was Primal Energy.

When the Primal Energy passed through the scepter, he used the skill intensity adjuster to increase the mutation probability of animal husbandry to 22%, and then released it without hesitation.

Looking at the unusual reactions of these livestock after absorbing the Primal Energy, Shen Xingyan, with his rich experience, only glanced at them lightly and then looked at the place where the skill prompt was about to appear.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the Star Origin skill prompt appeared in front of him as expected:

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

The appearance of the successful skill prompt made Shen Xingyan nod lightly, while thinking:

"Finally succeeded once. The failures of the past few days have indeed made me feel a little insecure here at the ranch. This probability issue of the Star Origin World is really elusive.

Now the only way is to pin my hopes on obtaining the luck attribute again in the future. As long as the luck value is high enough, then the ranch will become a major help!"

While Shen Xingyan was sighing in his heart, he also turned his gaze to the two types of livestock in front of him.

He saw that with the appearance of the skill prompt, the calves and ostriches began to undergo obvious changes. Their figures began to expand rapidly and began to develop in a mature direction.

To this, Shen Xingyan was not in a hurry to make a decision, but was quietly observing.

Time passed slowly, and the size of the two types of livestock continued to increase without any restraint. When the calves and ostriches 'expanded' to mature size, they did not stop as before, but continued to grow slowly.

This scene gradually brightened Shen Xingyan's eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth also began to emerge.

After nearly half a minute of mutation effect ended, 22 huge livestock appeared in front of him, and the word 'Mount' appeared in their exposed names without exception.

"Mutated Cow (Mount), Mutated Ostrich (Mount), the two types of livestock I raised were both mutated into mounts by the second professional skill.

Sure enough, after failing so many times before, the Star Origin World really gave me a 'big explosion' this time!

You know, the previous Mutated Cow (Mount) could be sold to the Star Origin Mall for a full 5 gold coins, so that's 100 gold coins, and the value of the ostrich is undoubtedly higher.

Moreover, now that I have a general store, naturally I have to auction such valuable things in the store. If all 22 mounts are sold, the money I get is estimated to be more than the farmland!"

Shen Xingyan exclaimed happily in his heart, and at the same time he also looked at the mutated Ostrich (Mount) and checked its attributes.