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Kim Haru gave a hum in acknowledgment and agreed.

Currently, all the farmland in the safe zone was under Kim Haru's name. The labor was paid for by the safe zone, and the harvested crops would be jointly owned by both Kim Haru and the safe zone.

Once winter came, the portion belonging to the safe zone would be distributed on a per-person basis, with each person receiving a set daily share. Kim Haru's portion would be sold through his vegetable shop, and the price wouldn't be too high. As long as they worked hard planting crops to earn points and crystal cores, no one would find it unaffordable.

It was a fair distribution system.

Naturally, the animal research institute would need large quantities of soybean and potato leaves to feed the pigs, and they would have to buy them from Kim Haru.

Since they needed to dig up another pigweed core, their plan to catch the pigs had to be slightly modified.

Do Seungjin surveyed the area and chose a spot perfect for setting up a trap and surrounding the pigs. He placed Kim Haru and the others in position.

"I'll go dig up a core. The pigs will definitely follow me. Once I lead them over, you all should wait for the right moment to ambush them," he said.

The others nodded, finding good hiding spots.

Do Seungjin also had a target. While surveying the environment, he had spotted a nest of small black pigs and noticed two larger black pigs nearby. His goal this time was to eliminate the two large black pigs and capture the smaller ones alive to take back.

The two large black pigs had distinct roles: one stayed behind to guard the young ones, while the other ventured further to look for food and defend against threats.

Do Seungjin waited for the right moment and ambushed the lone black pig, swiftly taking it down.

The pigweed core he wanted was also within the range of the black pigs' territory. Do Seungjin seized the opportunity and extracted it.

Though the pigweed had mutated, it wasn't aggressive, and aside from growing quickly, it didn't pose any threat. However, once Do Seungjin removed the core, the surrounding pigweed withered and turned yellow in that instant. The black pig guarding the piglets finally realized an intruder had entered its territory.

Do Seungjin immediately began leading the pigs into the encirclement, as planned.

The black pig with the size of half a house, stomped on the ground, charging forward with a huge commotion. Behind it, a series of small black pigs, still unsure of what was happening, followed. The sound immediately caused the researchers in the encirclement to hold their breath and stand alert.

"It's here!"

The black pig grew closer, and with Do Seungjin's shout of "Go!", the researchers from the animal research institute acted in perfect unison, rushing forward and using their abilities to strike at the large black pig.

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It didn't take much effort. With a series of shrill screams, the big black pig collapsed to the ground.

"Don't let the little ones escape, catch them alive!" Do Seungjin, unable to rest, quickly commanded the researchers to spring into action.

The researchers, excited, hurried after the smaller black pigs, who had been frightened by the scene.

They shouted as they chased: "Come here, little baby, Uncle has something delicious for you!"

"Be good, little one, I'll take you back to your mommy."

"Come with me, little one, I've missed you so much."

They sounded like kidnappers luring children.

The researchers, unaware of how their actions might be perceived by Kim Haru, didn't take long to catch up with the scattered little black pigs.@@novelbin@@

There were twelve baby black pigs in total, and each researcher had one to catch, with some even managing to carry one under each arm, leaving them overjoyed.

"Mr. Kim, you pick the ones you want. We'll take the rest back to the institute and try to raise them," Do Seungjin called out to Kim Haru.

Kim Haru, not being shy, took a good look at the twelve black pigs and quickly picked out one that was particularly fat.

"One is enough for me. I already have one at home, and the two can keep each other company. I didn't do much in this capture, so the rest are yours."

Seeing that Kim Haru genuinely only wanted one, Do Seungjin didn't insist any further. He allowed the happy researchers to tie up the piglets and place them in the back of a cart. To ensure the piglets wouldn't get hurt during the journey, the researchers even took off a couple of their own shirts to cushion them.

"Hope we can keep them alive this time."

"With Mr. Kim around, not only will we keep them alive, but we might even be able to raise normal meat for food."

"Hahaha, just thinking about that scene gets me all excited."

"I remember before the apocalypse, our family would slaughter a pig to celebrate the New Year. The people who helped would even get a big meal afterward. Do you think we might be able to have a New Year's pig feast next year?"

"Well, pigs grow pretty fast. In a year, they should be big enough to eat."

"I'm so happy—I can't wait for next year's New Year celebration. I love eating pork intestines the most."

Everyone was buzzing with excitement.

Do Seungjin, eyeing the little piglets with ambition, said, "Mr. Kim, do you think this is enough? Maybe I should go catch a few more?"

Do Seungjin was nothing if not ambitious. In his mind, if they were going to raise animals, they might as well have hundreds or thousands of them. Just a dozen or so didn't seem nearly enough.

"Let's split up, then," Kim Haru said, now somewhat familiar with the area. This was the black pigs' territory, and there didn't seem to be any other mutated animals around. Thinking he wouldn't be of much help in catching more pigs, Kim Haru decided to explore the surroundings for anything useful.