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A burly man abruptly set down the rabbit meat in his hands and charged straight toward Kim Haru.

People around them, both openly and discreetly, turned their attention to the scene.

Shin Woncheon's group immediately tensed up, their bodies on high alert.

"What do you think you're doing—"

Before he could finish speaking, the burly man suddenly bent over in a flash!

"Please sell me a scoop too! Even half a scoop will do!"

Shin Woncheon's team: "..."

Everyone else: "..."

Kim Haru: "..."

Uh, your behavior doesn't match your size or your actions at all.

As he thought this, the ability users glanced at each other, then back at the small portions of food in front of Kim Haru.

In the blink of an eye, a large crowd had gathered around Kim Haru! Their bright, eager eyes all fixed on him.

If you asked who the most popular person in the search team was right now, without exception, everyone would say, "Mr. Kim!"

And his food.

Once someone made the first move, no one could hold back anymore, afraid that all of Kim Haru's food would be gone before they could get a taste. One by one, they squeezed forward toward Kim Hary, only to be loudly scolded back to their places by the various team captains. Even then, they couldn't help but keep casting longing glances his way. Explore stories on My Virtual Library Empire

This was truly the nightmare of someone with social anxiety.

In the end, Kim Haru set aside some food for Shin Woncheon to distribute to the others and took his own meal back to his room to eat in peace.

Once Kim Haru left, the four members of the Delta Squad weren't nearly as easygoing.

Shin Woncheon was still smiling, but he let out his energy, the pressure of a Level 2 ability user radiating out without hesitation to quell any further impulses. "If you want some, get in line. There's not much left—one scoop per team. You can divide it however you want once you take it back."

"Twenty crystals."

Though Shin Woncheon and the others felt that the price was too cheap, this was the price Kim Hary had set, and they wouldn't alter his decision on their own. Their job was to ensure that all of Mr. Kim's plans were carried out smoothly.

...

Meanwhile, having escaped to his room, Kim Haru finally began to enjoy his meal. He was particularly interested in the two-headed rabbit meat provided by the logistics team. According to Shin Woncheon, these two-headed rabbit were enormous, each as thick around as a grown man's waist, yet they weren't hard to kill, aside from their large size and strong defense.

These creatures loved to nest together, and except for their two heads, most of their meat was remarkably low in mutagenic virus content, making them a rare and valuable source of clean food. People often hunted two-headed rabbit as a food source since one could last for a long time.

Other ability users might have grown tired of eating this, but to Kim Haru, it was a novel experience.

The mutated two-headed rabbit meat, aside from having larger bones, looked very similar to ordinary rabbit meat. Its texture was also chewy like regular rabbit meat, but there was a faint, unpleasant odor, perhaps due to the mutagenic virus content or the rabbit itself. The smell wasn't overpowering—if Kim Haru hadn't been so used to normal food, he might not have even noticed it.

However, it was said that ability users had heightened senses, so maybe the smell was much more obvious to them.

No wonder his dishes were so popular. Besides the lower virus content, the taste was likely another key reason.

Kim Haru became even more determined to expand his planting scale and fully develop a variety of normal ingredients.

He didn't want to be stuck cooking everything himself if he wanted to eat something tasty in the future. There were so many recipes and skilled chefs out there—he couldn't possibly make it all on his own, nor would his cooking be as delicious as theirs.

His real goal was to live in a world where takeout was available again.

Kim Haru's inner thoughts soon received an answer. The next day, as the group cautiously made their way to the granary, they didn't encounter any significant danger. By the time they reached the entrance, aside from a few zombies drawn by the scent of humans, everything had been strangely peaceful.

Standing outside the granary, the squad captains were perplexed. "Do we go in now?"

Everyone knew this calm was far too abnormal. There could be significant danger waiting for them inside. No one could make a decision easily.

The team leader closed his eyes briefly, then made up his mind. "Go in."

They had come to find the granary. No matter what danger lay ahead, they had to proceed.

"Everyone, stay on high alert. Keep an eye on any unusual movements. And make sure that Mr. Kim stays in the middle of the group—ensure his safety."

"Yes, sir."

Soon, under the hands of the metal-type ability user, the iron lock on the granary door melted and deformed, and the door was opened.

Just like outside, everything inside seemed peaceful.

But even at the sight of this calm, no one relaxed their guard.

Kim Haru was carefully shielded by Shin Woncheon and his squad members in the middle of the group as they walked in. The moment he stepped through the granary doors, the farming system in his mind suddenly lit up.

[ Ding! More than ten types of seeds available for collection nearby. The map function will be activated ]

A map? Was it what he thought it was?

Kim Haru looked at the newly added icon in the system interface and clicked to open it.

A two-dimensional flat map appeared on the virtual screen.

Only three places were lit up on the map, with the locations marked, while everything else was shrouded in darkness.

One was the Pyeongseong Safe Zone, another was Kim Haru's small farm, and the third was Gokmul County, where he was currently standing. The roads between these three places were also visible.