Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

Chapter 50: A hearty meal

It was extremely difficult to travel long distances in this ruined world. It is especially so under the blistering heat of summer. But if it were Rabbit Pwincess and Duck Buttock, I don't think it would be impossible.

In case they really do come here and come to find me... What should I do?

I exited the Auction House and organized my thoughts. It seems that both of them acquired a good unique ability, so their combat power should be higher than mine. Which also means that they should have quite a lot of points. It was proven by the fact that Duck Buttock had spent 45 points just to buy some ice bags, and Rapwi's unique ability which costs points. In this apocalypse, having a high combat power and lots of points was synonymous to being an individual powerhouse.

"Moreover, they have no relation with me whatsoever..." In the game, we had indeed laughed, chatted and played together, but in reality, we don't have any connection with each other. There was one reason why I had to hide my identity from them. Just because those two had played the game together with me for quite a long time, it didn't mean that they wouldn't covet my portal ability. The thought of living in abundance in the midst of this apocalypse would naturally be coveted by many people. Humans are greedy creatures. Once you give them an inch, they'll ask for a mile.

"However, if it's those two, I'm not quite sure..." From the experience I had from hanging out with them for so long, both of them couldn't be said to have the same mindset as normal humans. They were just weird. Their way of thinking is just... I don't know how to say it. If they really come to Busan... I smiled bitterly. I'm sure I would be elated when I heard the news that they had come. After all, we shared the same memories of getting lost in the labyrinth, lighting a bonfire and chatting about all kinds of things. It would be a great blessing to have someone who shared those memories in the apocalypse.

"Though, it's all on the premise that they can come to Busan." I'm not sure about Duck Buttock, but it seemed like Rapwi wouldn't be able to come here on short notice. No matter how hard I imagined, I couldn't picture Rapwi meeting Duck and coming here. So, I won't have to worry about it for a while.

By the way, what was I trying to do before opening the Auction House again?

Looking at the book opened in the cave, it seems like I was trying to make a vegetable garden. In this kind of season—which is winter—it would be hard to dig the ground in order to make a vegetable garden. But since I have a mini fork crane, it shouldn't be a problem.

"First... Let's try farming potatoes." It couldn't be helped. I watched a lot of survival movies, so I had a preconceived notion that potatoes were the best vegetable to be farmed in those movies. And actually, there were a lot of potatoes stockpiled in the cave.

Anyway, this forest was a magical place where solar apple and bull pepper grew very quickly, so the potatoes will grow quickly too, right?

"Once fertilizer is applied and the site is overturned with a forklift..." I had to make some furrows with a pitchfork and shovel, then cover it with plastic... Hmmm. It looks easy watching it in the video, but in reality, it won't be as simple as that, as the ground here was frozen. Though it would be a good way to warm up my body in this kind of freezing weather.

When I was gathering the tool and lining it up on the cave's floor, Dingo, who had been sleeping with its stomach exposed suddenly jolted up and growled.

"What's wrong? Did you sense something out there?" Seconds later, I also heard some noises.

Oink oink!

Huh? Don't tell me, something was caught in the trap?

I quickly grabbed my gear and ran outside.