vstars Chapter 2 System Activation
Chapter 2 System Activation
The script starts, and the progress bar begins to slowly crawl forward.
Although Lin Shen was half-lying down, his gaze was focused on the screen, leaving Lao Wu with no faults. However, he had already begun testing the system's "effective slacking off" rules in his mind.
He felt that these few words might not be as simple as they seemed.
First round of testing: Just spacing out.
He emptied his mind, staring at the scrolling logs on the screen, thinking of nothing and doing nothing.
Six minutes later, the system gave no further notification.
"Invalid," Lin Shen thought to himself, "It seems that the system requires a certain level of mental activity to judge 'valid slacking off,' it can't be a complete blank stare."
Second round of testing: Think about things unrelated to work.
He started thinking about what to eat tonight, where to go this weekend, and where in Shenzhen the housing prices are cheapest.
This time, six minutes later, a system notification popped up:
[Valid time spent slacking off detected: 0.1 hours]
[Slacking off coins +0.04]
"It worked!" Lin Shen was overjoyed. "So the system recognizes 'divergent thinking' but not 'complete blanking out'."
The third round of testing: Think about things that are related to work but not part of the current task.
He began to recall the architectural design ideas of the WeChat messaging system when he worked at Tencent in his previous life.
Six minutes later, the system notification appeared again:
[Valid time spent slacking off detected: 0.1 hours]
[Slacking off coins +0.04]
"Oh? Even thinking about work-related content counts as slacking off?" Lin Shen raised an eyebrow. "As long as you're not doing the 'assigned task' in front of you, it counts as slacking off."
interesting.
He began to conduct "slacking off experiments" more strategically.
Mode 1: Long-term immersive slacking off.
He remained motionless, his eyes fixed on the screen, but his mind was completely absorbed in the technological trends of 2010-2020—Bitcoin, mobile payments, short videos, new energy vehicles…
[Cumulative "Slacking Off" Coins: 0.32 → 0.72]
The results were remarkable. One hour of continuous "deep slacking off" resulted in a steady increase in slacking-off coins.
Mode 2: Intermittent slacking off.
Every few minutes, he would move the mouse slightly, switch windows, and then continue slacking off—testing whether this "pretending to work" state would affect the system's judgment.
Result: No effect.
As long as his mind is not processing the "currently assigned task", even if his hands are moving the mouse and his eyes are looking at the screen, his "slacking off coins" will still increase.
"So the system monitors the state of mind, not the surface behavior." Lin Shen came to his first important conclusion.
Mode 3: Multi-threaded slacking off.
He tried to recall the technical details while simultaneously planning his personal development—engaging in two different thought processes at the same time.
Result: The system determined it to be effective, but efficiency was not improved.
It seems the system only recognizes "whether someone is slacking off," not "the quality of their slacking off."
Mode 4: Deliberately interrupt the test.
He stopped slacking off and focused on other tasks for a while—helping his colleague next door solve a small problem and writing a few simple code comments.
Ten minutes later, he started slacking off again.
Result: Recalculated, no penalty mechanism.
"I see." Lin Shen leaned back in his chair, a smile playing on his lips.
He seems to have figured out the core logic of this slacking-off system:
1. It seems to be effective only during working hours; the 6 PM closing time needs further verification.
2. A certain degree of mental activity is required; one cannot completely empty their mind.
3. As long as your mind is not processing the "assigned task", it's considered slacking off.
4. There is no penalty mechanism; it can be started/stopped at any time.
"Is the core of NiuMa's cheat software just for doing its own thing?"
Lin Shen was pondering this when Old Wu came over for the third time.
"How's it going? Any leads?"
Lin Shen switched back to "work mode" at the right time—his brows furrowed slightly as he pointed to a line of logs that had just scrolled across the screen: "There is a trace of an abnormal connection being established here, but we need to wait until all the logs are retrieved before we can do correlation analysis to confirm it."
The answer was professional yet vague, and impeccable.
Old Wu seemed to have forgotten their past grievances, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hold on tight!" Then he walked towards the others.
But as he turned around, Lin Shen noticed a hint of suspicion flash in Lao Wu's eyes.
"He's testing me." Lin Shen immediately understood.
Old Wu, a seasoned veteran in the workplace, wouldn't completely trust an intern. The question he just asked was merely a test to see if he was "actually doing the work."
"Then I'll play with you."
Lin Shen began to perform an even more difficult act of slacking off:
Body language: A slightly furrowed brow, occasional tapping on the keyboard. Window switching: Switching to different log files every few minutes. Facial expressions: Sometimes confused, sometimes enlightened, sometimes lost in thought.
To outsiders, Lin Shen appeared completely absorbed in the complex technical investigation.
In fact, his mind was rapidly planning:
"Bitcoin was just born in 2010 and is now almost worthless... but it will start to skyrocket in 2011."
"Shenzhen housing prices... The average price in Nanshan is 15,000 yuan per square meter now, and it will rise to more than 100,000 yuan per square meter in ten years."
"Tencent's stock... is currently around HK$40 per share. If it splits and rises again in ten years, the return will be at least 100 times."
[Cumulative "Slacking Off" Coins: 0.8......0.9......]
At 5:30 PM, the script progress bar reached 90%.
[Cumulative "Slacking Off" Coins: 0.96]
Only 6 minutes short of the effective time for slacking off.
Lin Shen was preparing to complete this final sprint—
"Lin Shen! Quickly help me take a look!" A colleague from the testing team ran over with a long face.
Lin Shen's first reaction was: Why would they look for him?
But he immediately noticed that while Lao Wu was pretending to look at his phone, he was glancing in this direction out of the corner of his eye.
"The probing has escalated," Lin Shen thought to himself.
If he refuses to help now, or shows impatience, Lao Wu has reason to question his "team spirit".
If he spends too much time helping, it will interfere with his own slacking off.
"We need to find a way to satisfy both sides."
Lin Shen stood up, walked to his colleague's workstation, and instead of immediately looking at the code, asked:
How long has this problem been going on?
"Just... just now..."
Was this function working properly before?
"Everything was normal until noon..."
"Did you restart the environment after the server crashed at noon?"
My colleague was taken aback: "It's been restarted, but..."
Did you clear the cache after restarting? Did you restart the local service? Did you check the dependency versions?
A series of technical questions left his colleague bewildered.
Several colleagues from the testing team gathered around.
Lin Shen said calmly, "This kind of sudden problem is most likely an environmental issue. Please check the following steps: 1. Clear the cache, 2. Restart the local service, 3. Check if the dependency versions are consistent."
After saying that, he glanced at the time: "I have an important task at hand right now. If it's not resolved in ten minutes, I'll come back."
He provided a solution, but didn't implement it himself.
It demonstrated "teamwork" without delaying one's own affairs.
More importantly—he can continue to slack off during these ten minutes.
Back in his seat, Lin Shen resumed his slacking off.
[Valid time spent slacking off detected: 0.2 hours]
[Slacking off coins +0.08]
[Cumulative "Slacking Off" Coins: 1.04]
[Conditions met! Basic functional modules are being unlocked...]
[Remaining Moyu Coins: 0.04]
[Unlocked!]
Become!
The previously grayed-out area of the system interface was now lit up. Three simple icons and explanatory text were clearly displayed before him:
【Location Awareness】(Passive Permanent/Consumes 1 Coin/Time): Use Fishing Coins to conduct an in-depth assessment of your current location.
【Quick Archiving - Beginner】(Costs 1 coin/time): Quickly organize and archive fragmented information or inspirations to improve memory retrieval efficiency.
[Bullet Time - Beginner] (Costs 1 coin/use): Lasts 5 minutes after activation. During this time, thinking speed and focus are increased to 150%, suitable for solving single, specific tasks or learning comprehension. Cooldown: 12 hours.
Almost simultaneously, cheers erupted from the next workstation: "It's done! Lin Shen's method really worked!"
Lin Shen turned his head and saw that his colleague from the testing team was looking at him with gratitude.
He nodded and looked back at the screen.
The script progress bar has reached 100%.
Analysis reports are generated automatically.
Lin Shen only glanced at it before finding the problem—db.pool.maxSize=100, missing a zero.
But he didn't make a fuss about it immediately.
He then spent another three minutes carefully checking the rest of the report to confirm that there were no other problems.
In those three minutes, Lao Wu paced around the office five times.
The atmosphere in the office is becoming increasingly oppressive.
"Lin Shen!" Old Wu finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Have you found him yet?!"
Lin Shen then raised his head, looking "tired but determined": "Found it, Manager Wu."
He beckoned Lao Wu over and pointed to the line highlighted in red on the screen: "Connection pool configuration, maxSize is missing a zero."
Old Wu stared at the screen for a few seconds, his expression shifting from anxiety to shock, and then to anger.
"Xiao Li! Take a look at the configuration file!"
Li from the tech team quickly opened the configuration file, and a few seconds later, he exclaimed, "Holy crap! We made a mistake! We wrote 100 instead of 1000!"
The office erupted in chaos.
The following process is straightforward: modify the configuration, restart, and restore the service.
When Lao Wu walked behind Lin Shen again, the way he looked at him was different.
"Xiao Lin," Old Wu patted him on the shoulder, "You did a good job today. Your internship salary will increase by 200 this month, and also..."
He paused, as if weighing something: "There's a new module next week. Can you write a technical solution for it? If it's good, I'll apply for a project bonus for you."
Lin Shen smiled.
There was three parts gratitude, three parts humility, and four parts something that Lao Wu couldn't understand in that smile.
"Thank you, Manager Wu," Lin Shen said, "but those one thousand test cases..."
He deliberately left his sentence unfinished.
Old Wu's expression froze for a moment, then he waved his hand: "Um... let's talk about it tomorrow. You can go home now."
"Thank you, Manager Wu."
Lin Shen turned off his computer, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and walked out of the office amidst everyone's envious gazes.
He was the only person who left work on time today.
Shenzhen is brightly lit at night.
He stood by the roadside, looking in the direction of Shennan Avenue.
The lights in the Tencent building were indeed still on.
Meanwhile, the system interface in the lower right corner of his field of vision was quietly displaying:
[Moyu Coin Balance: 0.04]
[Available features: Location awareness/Quick archiving (basic)/Bullet time (basic)]
"I've roughly figured out the rules for slacking off," Lin Shen said softly. "Next, it's time to test just how powerful these functions really are."