Being human is out of the question.

Eggs are randomly collected.

Winning the competition is absolutely necessary.

Amidst a chorus of curses calling him a 'bastard'!

Ultimately, Ayin emerged victorious with 13 colored eggs, overwhelmingly defeating all competitors and rightfully becoming this year's Egg Festival champion in Stardew Valley!

"Holy shit! We're so damn awesome!"

Ayin and his Cousin celebrated their triumph.

However, just as the two were celebrating, they heard a click sound as the door to Ayin's livestream room suddenly opened.

"...Hold on a sec, Cousin,"

"What's up, Nana?"

"You're still not done streaming? It's already half past midnight," Nana's voice came from the room.

"Ah, not done yet, what do you need?"

Ayin nodded and asked.

Nana chuckled lightly: "Nothing much, just came to check on you. The kid and I are going to sleep first then."

"Okay, you go ahead and sleep," Ayin waved his hand: "I'll be done in a little while."

A little while.

As everyone knows, typically the definition of [a little while] is about a few minutes, or the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, or the duration of a meal—in short, not very long.

But!

If this person is playing Stardew Valley and says 'I'll do something in a little while,' then you better pay attention.

Because their "little while" could very well be the equivalent of a "little while" on the wave planet from Interstellar.

Actually, this isn't Ayin's fault.

After all, there are just too many things that need his attention in Stardew Valley.

The strawberries at home were just planted, and each seed costs a hundred bucks—I need to check the returns, right?

The day after tomorrow is Haley's birthday, and she's quite pretty, plus she's the town's rich beauty—I should go pay her a visit, right?

I heard KomiVendi supermarket recently started promoting membership at old man Pierre's grocery store—I need to hurry up and restore the Community Center, right?

Oh right, I also made an appointment with Robin to help build a chicken coop, need to work on it tomorrow, and also go buy some baby chicks.

Also, Cousin mentioned finding small ponds while mining and wants to try fishing there—apparently the aquatic products vary by different water areas.

Plus, this morning I saw the two kids Jas and Vincent near the sewer entrance—they said the sewer key is with Professor Gunther at the museum, which means there are explorable areas in the sewer too—I need to find a way to get in and check it out.

So many things waiting for me to do!

So many places waiting for me to explore!

Not saying we need to explore everything in one night, but at least let's do everything we can!

And so!

Ayin's 'little while' turned into—

"Wait a little while, let me finish watering then we'll get off..."

"Wait a little while until Robin comes then we'll get off..."

"Wait a little while until the seedlings sprout then we'll get off..."

"Wait a little while until I buy the baby chicks then we'll get off..."

"Whoa, there's a merchant cart selling premium goods today, wait a bit let me check it out, then we'll get off after I'm done..."

"Wow, it's raining today, wait a bit until Cousin finishes fishing his stamina away then we'll get off..."

"...Just wait a little longer..."

"Wait a bit..."

Finally!

As Nana pushed open Ayin's door once more, an unbelievable soft scream suddenly erupted in the livestream:

"Bro!!! It's three-thirty!!! What are you doing? Still not off? Didn't you say you'd get off in a little while?!"

"Ah?"

Hearing this, Ayin also jumped:

"What time... holy shit three-thirty?!"

Looking at his wife's stunned and somewhat angry face, then looking at the Stardew Valley calendar on the screen.

After a long, awkward silence, Ayin suddenly opened his mouth and said somewhat sheepishly:

"But... tomorrow is the Flower Dance festival, let me finish this event then I'll get off, how about... just... just wait a little longer?"

"I'll wait for your fucking grandson—!!!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Explosive laughter!

The viewers in the livestream were laughing hysterically:

'Redefining [wait a little while]'

'This wait turned into three whole hours'

'Yin Calendar [one wait] = three hours'

'This game is such a time killer'

'So addictive hahahaha feels like there's always something to do, never enough time to finish everything'

'The Flower Dance is Stardew Valley's specialty, can't miss it'

'Oh no, Old Thief isn't just murdering our wallets now, he's starting to murder our time too'

'Now I know why they didn't make a motion-sensing pod version—probably afraid someone would spend their entire life in the pod...'

'HAHAHAHAHA hard to disagree'

'Holy shit, if Nana hadn't announced the time I wouldn't have noticed it was 3:30!'

'Wait? 3:30? If I'm not mistaken... tomorrow is Tuesday, right?'

'Ah?'

'I... shit...'

'Huh? Friends who have work tomorrow, why aren't you laughing anymore? Is it because you don't like to laugh?'

'Fuck! Shit! We have a project meeting tomorrow—!!!'

...

Time-killing demon!

As they say, you don't know until you try, and once you try it's shocking!

Players never expected that Stardew Valley, which most of them hadn't paid much attention to before, could be so incredibly addictive!

Farming, logging, livestock raising, exploration, mining, participating in festivals, pursuing romance...

This is practically a pixel-art style utopia!

From the moment you swing that hoe, countless gameplay possibilities you never even imagined come flooding in, dazzling and amazing!

Yes!

Amazing!

After all, this is a parallel world!

Before Stardew Valley, no one could have imagined making games like this, and no one could have thought a farming-based game could be so fascinating and irresistible!

This is a completely new game genre.

This is an unprecedented new gaming experience.

Apart from calling it 'amazing,' players seem to have no other words to describe it!

Even Simon, the chief review editor of SNG, tweeted the next day—

[...I originally intended to review and score this game because it's utterly captivating! But when I came to my senses, I found I couldn't score it because I have no reference point! This is an entirely new game genre, something even Golden Wind has never released before! This... I can only say one thing—it's so fun it feels almost magical!!!]

"...to the point that I played until 4 am, sorry boss."

That day!

Fang Ge stood somewhat unsteadily in the office, wearing black-framed glasses that made his dark circles appear even darker, looking like he might collapse and fall asleep any second.

"Please sit down first, sit and talk, you're about to fall over..."

The man sitting at the desk appeared to be in his late thirties. As he spoke, he took off his work badge from around his neck and placed it on the desk, sighing helplessly.

The work badge placed on the desk reflected the clear sky outside the window, its orange-red logo an abstract pattern somewhat resembling a sliced mango.

Below, cream-colored text displayed the man's position and name—

[Mango Comprehensive TV Seventh Project Department]

[Department Head]

[Yuan Quan]

Mango Comprehensive TV, established last May, was now a year and a half old.

As a comprehensive video website under Mango TV, Mango Comprehensive TV focused on original variety shows and broadcasting TV dramas, with original variety shows being the platform's top priority.

By the beginning of this year, under the leadership of General Manager Wu Mengxing, Mango Comprehensive TV had established six variety show project teams. Shows like "Please Open Your Fridge," "Wife's Romantic Journey," and "Chinese Restaurant" had all received good responses and were thriving.

Just two months ago, the Seventh Project Department headed by Yuan Quan was also established.

The task General Manager gave Yuan Quan was very simple—

[Create a new type of original variety show to enrich our variety show categories]

The task was simple, yet difficult.

For this, the team had held numerous meetings for discussion, and the department was under considerable pressure.

This morning's project meeting was to report their two recent variety show concepts to General Manager Wu—a talent show variety and a travel talk show.

But!

Absolutely unexpectedly.

This already unimpressive report became even more infuriating when Fang Ge fell asleep in the meeting room.

As the general manager, Wu Mengxing obviously couldn't directly curse out Fang Ge, so Yuan Quan naturally took the heat for this scolding.

Fang Ge also knew his 'sin was grave.'

That's why, as soon as his boss returned looking disheveled from the general manager's office, he came to apologize.

"...I'm really... really sorry, boss... for getting you scolded..."

Fang Ge genuinely felt terrible.

Yuan Quan was about ten years older than him, a low-key and gentle person who took good care of everyone in the team.

Now, because Fang Ge had openly fallen asleep during the project meeting, Yuan Quan had to endure unwarranted harsh criticism.

Fang Ge naturally felt extremely guilty.

"Ah—forget it, let's move on, just don't let it happen again,"

Yuan Quan looked at Fang Ge's nervous appearance, sighed lightly, then waved his hand to indicate it was fine:

"After all, our top priority right now isn't discussing whether one should sleep during meetings,"

"But rather to come up with a new variety show for leadership,"

"If we can deliver, never mind sleeping during meetings—you could go sleep directly in Manager Wu's office and not get scolded,"

"If we can't deliver, even if you don't sleep, we'll still get scolded, just for different reasons."

Yuan Quan spoke slowly and methodically, but every word hit the mark, getting straight to the point.

Market economy, after all.

Whoever can come up with new ideas, create new innovations, and secure more advertising revenue becomes the big shot in the company, someone even the general manager has to treat with respect.

Otherwise.

You're nothing, just waiting to get scolded.

"What about our two variety show concepts...?"

Fang Ge rubbed his eyes and asked weakly.

Yuan Quan shook his head, straightforward:

"Not acceptable. Talent shows are too old, and the travel talk show conflicts with 'Wife's Romantic Journey.' Manager Wu rejected both."

"Ah..."

Hearing this, Fang Ge sighed, clicking his tongue somewhat helplessly.

As a member of the Seventh Project Department, Fang Ge usually worked in the planning team.

Those two proposals were ones he and team members had drafted together for submission.

He was one of the team's pioneer members, a shock troop, and one of the program proposal drafters.

Now that the project had been rejected and needed reworking, this task was most directly related to him.

For a moment.

Fang Ge fell into deep thought.

However.

Just as both men lowered their heads in silence.

Ding dong.

Suddenly, a phone notification sound rang out.

Fang Ge took out his phone and looked down at it.

On the screen was a special follow notification—

[Golden Wind V: Let us introduce a new friend—@Stardew Valley Resort! Yes! Our first peripheral real estate project is launching next week! Want to experience Stardew Valley's life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset? Want to leave the city's noise behind and enjoy moments of peace? Start here! (Attached: Booking experience link)]

Huh???

Fang Ge froze, making the sound of a Golden Wind player.

What in the world?

Stardew Valley... resort?!

Holy shit!!!

To make sure he wasn't seeing things, Fang Ge looked at it three more times, even clicking open the comments below to carefully examine—

'Damn! Little Yellow is amazing! Made a real-life Stardew Valley?'

'Wait? A resort? Huh? You built a resort?'

'Who said there wasn't a motion-sensing pod version? Who said that? Now you understand why! They fucking made a real one!'

'Holy fuck! Just clicked the link and looked—all I can say is... it's so fucking accurate!!!'

'HAHAHAHA shit! You actually have to start by cleaning the house! Absolutely brilliant!'

'Wait... I... forgive my bluntness but I kinda want to go...'

'No! It's not the kind of pure labor you imagine! You can exchange work for ingredients or meals!'

'Then isn't that paying money + work without including food and accommodation???'

'HAHAHAHA shit seems that way...'

'No... I... sorry everyone, my Stardew Valley addiction is acting up, I really want to go...'

'To be fair, it's only 500 bucks, three rooms that can accommodate 5-8 people, working out to less than 100 per person, plus each lodging experience comes with a Golden Wind game 50% off digital coupon. I feel... it's pretty worth it, right??'

'Holy shit 50% off! Bro, does this even need calculation? Resident Evil 7 is sixty dollars, with the coupon you save thirty dollars which is over two hundred RMB! This is basically free, right?'

"Hisss—seems that way—I was thinking Stardew Valley isn't that expensive anyway, 50% off seems pretty cheap—"

'I'm in Binjiang, brothers I'm going for it first...'

'I want it too...'

'Really could give it a try...'

Looking at all these comments, Fang Ge felt a sudden flash of inspiration in his mind!

Wait a second?

"Boss..."

Fang Ge slowly looked up at Yuan Quan, a thoughtful expression on his face:

"I think I might have an idea for our new variety show..."

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com