Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 210: Grain Silos and the Little Hamster

Sure enough, as soon as Kim Haru finished speaking, the shrubs in front of him began to sway excitedly.

One shrub even tried to present its tiny red berries to him. Kim Haru chuckled and declined politely.

"Thank you, but I don’t need them. Could you do me a favor?"

The shrubs nodded vigorously.

Haru pointed to the swamp. "I need some of the mud from in there. Could you help me get it out?"

Kim Haru figured that since the shrub-like plants were able to thrive right next to the swamp, they likely wouldn’t be harmed by pulling mud from it.

As expected, the shrubs didn’t see it as a challenge at all. Their branches grew wildly, interweaving into a dense mass that shaped itself into a large scoop. Without hesitation, the scoop dove into the swamp and started hauling mud.

The shrub’s branch-formed scoop easily pulled out a massive load of mud, even shaking off the excess water before dropping the mud in front of Kim Haru. The result was even better than he had hoped.

"Thank you," Kim Haru said with satisfaction. "When I get back, I’ll bring you some fertilizer as a reward."

Hearing this, the shrubs grew visibly more excited, increasing the frequency of their scooping efforts.

Before long, a massive pile of sticky mud had accumulated in front of Kim Haru.

Stepping back, Kim Haru opened the system’s construction interface and selected the grain silo. As the mud pile gradually disappeared into the system, a translucent silo materialized before him.

Kim Haru immediately added this silo to his system backpack. Then, waiting for the shrubs to pile up the mud again, he constructed another silo.

"That’s enough, thank you," Kim Haru finally said, stopping the shrubs from extracting any more mud. He even had them return the excess mud on the shore back to the swamp.

While it was unlikely anyone would come across this spot, Kim Haru didn’t want to risk someone accidentally stumbling upon this eerie mud and causing unnecessary trouble.

Keeping his promise, Kim Haru later brought a batch of fertilizer from the farm and applied it to the shrubs before heading back to his farm to select suitable locations for the two new silos.

The system-produced silos were exceptionally efficient, offering a substantial storage capacity. What pleased Kim Haru most was that each silo wasn’t limited to storing a single type of crop. Like his system backpack, the silos were divided into ten compartments, each capable of holding a different type of crop. Items stored in the silo would remain exactly as they were when placed inside, essentially functioning like a fixed extension of his system backpack.

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Even better, the silos could connect to Kim Haru’s system backpack. As long as an item existed in the silo, any matching item Kim Haru added to his system backpack, no matter where he was, would automatically transfer to the silo and merge with the existing stock. For example, if Kim Haru stored wheat in the silo, any wheat he added to his system backpack—even from thousands of miles away—would bypass his backpack’s storage limits and appear directly in the silo, seamlessly combining with the previous stock.

This feature made things significantly more convenient for Kim Haru.

If Kim Haru wanted to retrieve items, he could only take out as much as he originally stored. He couldn’t remotely access other crops or items that had already been stored in the grain silos.

Each of the two silos had ten compartments, and even after Kim Haru stored all his current crops, there was still plenty of space left. Besides the crops he had grown, Kim Haru also used one compartment to store the straw he had gathered from the ducks.

Straw was bound to be useful later. Once livestock farming developed, the demand for it would skyrocket.

Kim Haru also stored the oranges he had collected from the orchard in one of the silo compartments. Since he didn’t have many crops at the moment, he planned to dedicate a silo to fruits once his harvests increased. When that happened, he would place the fruit silo directly in the orchard, which would make collecting and organizing much more convenient.

Speaking of the orchard, Kim Haru couldn’t help but marvel at how wise it had been to bring the apple tree and the little hamster along.

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The apple tree was incredibly timid, especially in this area filled with mutated plants. It remained invisible most of the time, making it difficult to spot. The little hamster, on the other hand, was a stark contrast—it was bold and brash, completely at odds with what one would expect from a creature of its kind.

Ever since it arrived, the little hamster had become well-acquainted with every tree in the orchard, scurrying up and down to help pick fruit. Whenever Kim Haru visited, it would always pick the freshest and sweetest fruit for him.

The orange trees in the orchard didn’t seem to mind the little hamster climbing all over them. Besides the apple tree, the little hamster’s favorite was the chestnut tree. Although the chestnuts were spiky and tricky to harvest, the tree’s height gave the little hamster a great vantage point to look out over the area.

The one tree the little hamster didn’t like was the lemon tree. Its surroundings carried a strong sour scent, which irritated the little hamster’s nose whenever it got too close.

Luckily, the lemon tree wasn’t very tall, so Kim Haru didn’t need the little hamster’s help to harvest the lemons. He didn’t mind its reluctance to approach the tree.

Kim Haru eventually gave the little hamster the official title of "Orchard Manager." Equipped with spatial abilities, the little creature became incredibly useful, even though its storage capacity wasn’t infinite like the grain silos.

This convenience made Kim Haru think of the little hamster when he heard Jang Dojang report occasional difficulties with building grain silos in the safe zone.

Kim Haru didn’t want to separate the little hamster from the apple tree and send it to the safe zone. Instead, he asked the little hamster, "Do you have any other companions? Like members of your clan? Preferably those with spatial abilities who might be interested in working here. We can negotiate the benefits."