Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World

Chapter 123 Bringing Home the Spoils

And they'd acquired such precious food—just talking about it was worth bragging about for days!

As for the injuries? Oh, just some wounds. As long as nobody lost an arm or a leg, what was the big deal?

Kim Haru was also very satisfied with this trip. In the tech park, he managed to find machinery that appeared to be in good condition. Since time was tight and he couldn't test it on-site, he simply packed it all into boxes and stuffed it into his system backpack, planning to test it later.

However, as the primary decoys, Shin Woncheon and Ra Jinho were heavily injured, which left Kim Haru feeling a bit guilty.

Neither Shin Woncheon nor Ra Jinho expressed any complaints; they even reassured him that it was their duty. Kim Haru made a mental note to send some new food supplies to Delta Squad after the next harvest.

Upon returning to the Safe Zone, the Safe Zone Commander of Pyeongseong Safe Zone had already received word from a messenger and was waiting at the city gate to welcome them. Hearing that the team had returned with a large amount of normal food, the Safe Zone residents who heard the news gathered at the gate, stretching their necks to catch a glimpse.

From afar, Kim Haru felt as if he was witnessing a triumphant army being welcomed back in ancient times.

He quietly shrank back into his seat.

After meeting with the Safe Zone Commander, Kim Haru expressed his desire to return home quickly. The Safe Zone Commander promptly sent Jang Dojang to escort him to the logistics department, where they unloaded the food from his system backpack, calculated the portion that belonged to him, and personally saw Kim Haru off.

Even after giving some seeds to the Safe Zone, Kim Haru's backpack still held a substantial supply. He first went to the vegetable shop in tge Second District to collect the revenue from the past few days of his absence and instructed Hwa Jian to wait until the next restock. Then he took Go Okrim to the population registry to fill out an identity form, finally making it back to the farm by dusk.

With Go Okrim along, Kim Haru could no longer travel alone on his balance scooter. He asked Hwa Jian to keep an eye out for any vehicles for sale and borrowed a high-chassis vehicle from Shin Woncheon, that was suitable for the mountain roads.

Luckily, Go Okrim knew how to drive.

The farm was located roughly on a central platform within the forest, so they could only park the car at the forest's edge. As they walked toward the farm, Kim Haru started planning, "Looks like we'll need to find a way to build a road."

Go Okrim's eyes sparkled. "Me, me, me! Boss, give me this task! I can get the zombies to build the road—they don't get tired from working!"

Kim Haru chuckled at the idea.

That could work; he just wondered if any passersby who saw such a scene would doubt their sanity, maybe even think they were hallucinating.

Just imagining the scene was amusing.

"No rush right now." There was no need to build a road yet since his farm hadn't fully developed, and he didn't need to connect it too much with the outside. Anything he needed could just be stored in his system backpack, and besides, he didn't have road-building materials at the moment.

Kim Haru thought he should go back and jot down some notes about these plans—maybe he could even set a three-year goal or a five-year plan.

"Oh," Go Okrim agreed obediently.

As someone who was socially withdrawn before the apocalypse and had never left Gokmul County afterward, Go Okrim knew as little about the Safe Zones, mutated plants, and Mutated animals as Kim Haru. So now, as they walked through the dense forest of mutated plants, he noticed nothing unusual.

As soon as they stepped into the farm's boundaries, a system dialogue box appeared in front of Kim Haru.

[ An employee has arrived at the farm. Do you wish to build a new employee cabin? ]

There was no need to hesitate—of course, he wanted one!

Without a second thought, Kim Haru clicked to confirm.

He had been wondering where Go Okrim would sleep at night. His own cabin only had one bed—was he supposed to sleep on the couch indefinitely? Kim Haru certainly wasn't comfortable sharing a bed with anyone.

This solved the problem nicely; the system really was considerate.

Kim Haru looked at the virtual cabin in front of him that was visible only to himself and waiting to be placed, he then turned his head to ask Go Okrim, "I'm setting up a cabin for you—where do you want it?"

Go Okrim, though he couldn't see anything himself, was unfazed by this sudden gift of a house and quickly followed Kim Haru's instructions, choosing a corner he liked.

In no time, Go Okrim had chosen his spot.

"I want to live close to you, Boss. Can I have my cabin right next to yours?"

Kim Haru glanced at the size of the employee cabin. There was just enough space beside his own cabin.

In the next instant, Go Okrim watched as a wooden cabin magically appeared beside Kim Haru's, nestled closely together, one large and one small, as if conjured by magic.

Staring at the cabins, Go Okrim murmured, "I don't want to call you Boss anymore."

Kim Haru was taken aback.

What was this about? Was he unhappy because the employee cabin was half the size of his own?

Kim Haru frowned, he about to say that Go Okrim could expand his cabin if he worked hard, but before he could speak, Go Okrim suddenly leaned forward and grabbed his arm, holding it tightly.

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While holding his hand, he said, "I want to call you 'Hyung'! Let me be your little brother, okay, Kim Haru-hyung?"

Seeing the two cabins standing side by side stirred something deep inside Go Okrim. After losing the older brother who used to protect him, here was someone willing to give him a home again.