Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 79: New Beginnings

All they could do was sit in fear, waiting for someone to let them out.

Soon enough, someone came.

But when they heard what that person had to say, the Flamma Squad squad felt as though they had plunged into an icy abyss.

"It has been confirmed that these nine individuals violated the ’No unjustified killing of others except under special circumstances’ principle in the Human Survival Regulations of the Safe Zone. They coveted others’ property, took lives, and committed despicable acts.

The Safe Zone Commander’s decision is to send them to the pioneering squad, where they will never be allowed back into the safe zone. Additionally, they will be made an example of publicly, to warn others," the messenger said to the dark room supervisor.

Without sparing a glance at the desperate screams and pleas for mercy coming from the Flamma Squad members inside, the messenger turned around and left.

The supervisor banged his iron rod twice on the dark room’s door with an annoyed clank. "All of you, shut up! Save your strength. You’ll need it when you get to the pioneering squad." He muttered curses as he left, "If it weren’t for the fact that we’re short on people in times like these, we’d have just killed you scum. Sending you off to the pioneer squad is already a mercy. Bah!"

The dark room fell silent.

The Flamma Squad squad slumped to the floor, defeated.

Before long, the nine of them were fitted with control anklets, created by high-level psychic-type ability users, making any chance of escape impossible.

They were pushed and shoved toward the pioneering squad, where twenty or so others, shackled just like them, awaited.

Word had it that a pioneering squad was soon departing and that these criminals would be escorted along the way to the place where their services were needed for clearing new territory.

Once they arrived at those forsaken, human-less areas—teeming with who knows how many wandering zombies or mutated creatures—their fate would be sealed.

They would spend every day from dawn until dusk risking their lives to build safety lines.

Either they successfully cleared the land and moved on to the next mission of sending themselves to their deaths, or they’d perish under the claws of zombies or mutated beasts.

There was no chance of ever returning.

...

"Mr. Kim, please take a look around the house and see if there’s anything else that needs to be handled. The logistics team is clumsy; if anything is missing, I’ll have them fix it right away." Jang Dojang had been assigned by the Safe Zone Commander of Pyeongseong Safe Zone to accompany Kim Haru, following his every command.

Upon hearing that Kim Haru wanted to inspect the villa, Jang Dojang immediately brought a team over.

Kim Haru didn’t have strong memories of the villa. He only recalled that the original owner had kept a photo album, containing pictures of him and his parents taken at the villa. Most of the memorable moments were captured within those photos.

Kim Haru instructed the logistics team to arrange the villa according to the layout seen in the pictures.

His primary focus was entirely on the new notification from the farming system.

The moment Kim Haru stepped through the entrance of the small villa, the system prompted a new message.

[ You have acquired a new property. Would you like to claim it? ]

After thinking for a moment, Kim Haru chose "Yes."

Instantly, a new line appeared on the system interface displaying "Small Villa." When Kim clicked on it, a virtual model of the villa appeared in front of him, similar to a real estate app, complete with a 360-degree rotation feature.

It also showed the villa’s dimensions and other basic details.

Before Kim could finish exploring the "Small Villa" feature, another system notification popped up.

This second notification is what captured most of Kim Haru’s attention.

[ Congratulations on acquiring a new property! The system has detected high foot traffic in the surrounding area. The ’Merchant’ title has been unlocked. Would you like to bind this building as your first shop?" ]

It seemed he had just unlocked a business-related side quest.

Kim Haru was beginning to feel like his golden fingers were getting a bit overpowered.

He selected "Bind."

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Although the villa originally belonged to the original Kim Haru, and while Kim Haru and that person were technically parallel versions of each other from different worlds, he didn’t intend to simply claim everything left behind.

The villa held traces of the original owner’s life with his family, and it contained old belongings from his childhood. Take the photo album mentioned earlier—no doubt it was one of the original owner’s most cherished possessions.

Kim didn’t plan to touch those things.

From the very beginning, Kim Haru hadn’t intended to move into the villa after reclaiming it, so he instructed the logistics team to restore the villa to match the original owner’s memories. In this way, the original Kim Haru and his memories could still hold onto a corner of this world.

The first floor of the villa, however, was a public area. It had a large living room, a kitchen, a guest bathroom, a storage room, and a modest guest bedroom. Whether this area was restored or not didn’t matter, as the original owner had planned to either rent out or sell the first floor if he couldn’t keep the entire property.

Previously, Kim had thought leaving the first floor vacant seemed wasteful, but hadn’t decided what to do with it. Now, the system had given him the perfect option.

After saying the word "bind," Kim Haru’s system interface was updated with additional information.

Two new titles appeared on the system interface: one was "Farmer," and the other was "Merchant."

Both titles could be clicked for more details.

Inside the Farmer title, the system displayed his current crops: cabbage, potatoes, and soybeans.

It even showed exactly how many plants that had fully matured and how many were still growing, all meticulously detailed.