Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 134: A Growing Influence

Not only did they take its resources, but it also got beaten up.

Little Oakie felt aggrieved.

To keep its treasures or to save its life—that was a serious question.

In the end, it decided on the treasures; after all, if a tree gets cut down, it can always grow new shoots.

Unaware of the complex politics among the mutated plants around the farm, Kim Haru added food and water for Little Snort and did the same for Little Nugget and Sir Peckington. He opened the chicken coop to let them come out and play.

Today, the vegetable field didn’t need watering; the sprinkler he installed yesterday has been worked tirelessly, watering each plot perfectly. Across the pond, the Fire-type zombie-bot was still digging with its hoe, and a patch of the wasteland had already been cleared.

Watching the zombie-bot’s slow but steady digging, Kim Haru finally could confirmed something.

The tools that was awarded by the system only had special powers when he used them. In others’ hands, they were just ordinary tools; they needed him to unleash their magical effects.

Take this hoe, for example. Even though the zombie-bots was using a system-issued hoe, it still had to dig multiple times to clear one spot, and it took even more effort if the ground was hard.

But when Kim Haru tried it himself, he still only needed one strike.

The results of this experiment led Kim Haru to plan on buying at least two hoes, more if possible.

Kim Haru wasn’t about to shoulder all the land-clearing tasks himself just because he could do it in one strike. No matter how easy it was for him, he couldn’t single-handedly handle such a vast stretch of land. And this was far from the final plot size; he needed to expand his planting area continually, both to upgrade the system and to produce more ingredients to sell.

For now, he could manage the small area himself, but did that mean he’d have to handle everything alone in the future?

It’s fine if the zombies work a little bit slower.

Kim Haru planned to leave the farm under Go Okrim’s watch while he made a trip to the safe zone to buy the supplies he needed.

Calling Go Okrim, who was busy adjusting the zombie-bots, over to him, Kim Haru said, "Use the Space-type zombie’s teleportation skill to send me to the safe zone. You stay here and take care of the farm."

Go Okrim happily agreed, "Don’t worry, Kim Haru-hyung, I’ll make sure everything here is managed well!"

Then, Go Okrim called over the Space-type zombie, took out his brother’s crystal core as a medium, and began inputting the teleportation code and spatial coordinates into the Space-type zombie’s body.

"Okay, it’s all set."

As Go Okrim finished speaking, Kim Haru disappeared from the farm and reappeared at the entrance to the safe zone.

Experiencing this swift travel method, Kim Haru grew even more satisfied with taking in Go Okrim on as an employee.

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Kim Haru’s shop had been closed for several days because the goods inside had been sold out, and every day the customers would kept coming and strolling around outside, worried that they’d miss their chance if the shop reopened.

Hwa Jian felt restless and anxious with nothing to do each day, and hearing that his boss had returned, he quickly went out to greet him.

Kim Haru came out of the safe zone’s observation area just in time to see Hwa Jian and Jang Dojang hurrying over.

Regarding Hwa Jian’s unease, Kim Haru didn’t mind. The issue of limited supply stemmed from the farm, not from anyone else. For now, the only solution was to gradually expand the scale of planting.

Hwa Jian could rest; there was no need for him to stay at the shop. He could go home to take care of his family or spend time training his abilities.

Noticing Hwa Jian was still uneasy about receiving such good treatment, Kim Haru thought it over and assigned him the task of buying supplies.

"I need hoes and tiles, in unlimited quantities."

Receiving a task immediately put Hwa Jian at ease. "Don’t worry, I’ll find you the best one."

After Hwa Jian left, Kim Haru looked at Jang Dojang. "Is something the matter?"

Jang Dojang’s face was filled with delight. "It’s not a big issue, but since you guided it all, I thought I’d report it to you."

"The first round of cabbages, potatoes, and soybeans in the research facility has matured. We tested them, and the quality is excellent. The soilless cultivation cabbages grown with rainwater have a mutagenic virus content as low as 0.8%, and the soybeans have fully reached Class SS. Only the potatoes have a slightly higher mutation level, but they’re still at the forefront of Class S."

Talking about this, Jang Dojang couldn’t contain his excitement. The more plants with low mutagenic virus content there are, the more lives there are that can survive in this apocalyptic world.

And it was all thanks to the man standing in front of him.

Jang Dojang’s gaze toward Kim Haru was filled with gratitude.

Hearing this news, Kim Haru was also quite pleased. Considering that the research institute had been cultivating these plants for less than half a month, under normal conditions, the growth period for these plants should have been longer. It seemed that plants produced by the system were indeed different. Experience new tales on novelbuddy

Jang Dojang then asked, "Mr. Kim, would you like to visit the research facility? Researcher Lee and the others have been eagerly waiting for you to come by."

Kim Haru thought it over. He’d already assigned the task of purchasing supplies to Hwa Jian, and it would take a while for him to bring everything back to him. Since there wasn’t much else to do, he figured he might as well check it out.

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"Let’s go."

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The Pyeongseong Safe Zone Plant Research Institute had been making quite a splash recently.