Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 118: Go Okrim’s Plea and Kim Haru’s Decision

However, it didn’t end well for Go Okrim’s brother either—his own crystal core was ripped out by the other zombie in the final moment of the battle. Even though they managed to reinsert it immediately after the fight, it was already too late.

Go Okrim’s zombie brother took his own crystal core out and placed it in Go Okrim’s body.

In the final moments of his life, he was still thinking about Go Okrim, afraid that without his suppression, the other zombies would pose a threat to his human brother.

"With my brother’s crystal core inside me, I can control some zombies as well, but I can’t suppress the whole county’s zombies like my brother could." Go Okrim looked at Kim Haru. "Turn me into a zombie. Once I become a zombie, I’ll be able to absorb my brother’s crystal core, and I’ll be able to control more zombies. I’ll follow you, do whatever you ask me to."

Kim Haru chuckled. "If that’s the case, why shouldn’t I just absorb the core myself?"

Go Okrim shook his head. "Because the crystal core only works through a combination of my brother’s powers and mine. Only I can absorb it—anyone else won’t be able to use it."

Alright, since things were now clear, Kim Haru directly stated, "I’m not really a zombie. If you don’t believe me, feel for yourself."

Kim Haru had also doubted whether he had turned into a zombie. But he had passed the basic safety tests at the entrance to the safe zone—his body felt warm to the touch, his heart was still beating, and he breathed when he spoke.

Yet no one could definitively say he wasn’t human.

Go Okrim reached out and touched him.

Then he collapsed to the ground in despair.

"How is this possible? Why is it like this? You should be a zombie! The zombies ignored you—I’ve only ever seen them act that way towards one of their own."

Kim Haru said nothing.

He certainly wasn’t going to tell Go Okrim that he wasn’t the original owner in this body.

Seeing Go Okrim sinking into his disappointment, Kim Haru seized the opportunity. With a few swift swings of his pickaxe—thud, thud, thud—he took care of the zombies in the room and extracted their crystal cores.

Then he raised his weapon and aimed it at Go Okrim.

"I don’t want to die," Go Okrim cried helplessly. "I don’t want to die. I still want to live with my brother’s crystal core for a long, long time. My brother told me to survive."

"I don’t want to die..."

Kim Haru hesitated, unable to swing his pickaxe.

After all, this person had captured him, but aside from scaring him, hadn’t actually done anything harmful. In fact, Go Okrim even wanted to be his subordinate, though he had mistakenly thought Kim Haru was a zombie.

And besides, Go Okrim was still human.

Kim Haru had only ever killed zombies, never a human being.

Nor did he want to stain his hands with human blood.

But letting him go like this didn’t seem like a good idea either.

Kim Haru could see that Go Okrim’s mentality had become distorted after spending so much time with zombies. To him, living as a zombie was now his normal things. If Kim Haru let him go, it wouldn’t lead to a good outcome.

Whether Go Okrim eventually turned into a zombie, absorbed his brother’s crystal core, and became a Zombie King, or remained human while controlling zombies to attack humans, neither scenario was good.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Kim Haru’s mind—something he’d overlooked before.

Code, programming, computers, machines.

Wasn’t this exactly the automated robot system he’d always wanted?

"System, I need your help with something," Kim Haru called out in his mind. "It’s about whether or not our farm can grow and thrive. Get back to me quickly."

Whether it was because he mentioned the farm’s future or not, the system appeared almost immediately.

[ Ding! Please input your question. ]

"Is there anything that can control someone’s loyalty? This person must be kept completely under our control." Kim Haru didn’t care about morality or human rights. Those were something for others to worry about. If this person was as useful as he imagined, then he’d do whatever measures were necessary.

Kim Haru wasn’t about to end up in some miserable situation where he got betrayed.

Soon enough, the system responded.

A "Recruit Farm Staff" button appeared in front of Kim Haru. The button was still greyed out, and unlocking it required either reaching the "Small Farm Owner" level, which was above the beginner level, or spending 10,000 gold coins.

If this had been before, Kim Haru might have hesitated to spend 10,000 gold coins. But now that his shop was doing well, and the tofu made from his soybean harvests was selling like hotcakes, the amount wasn’t a big deal anymore.

Soon, after deducting 10,000 gold coins, a new interface appeared on the system screen.

—[ Staff Management ].

The Staff Management screen provided some explanations. At first, Kim Haru could hire five employees. Later, he could unlock more staff positions by spending gold coins or as his level increased.

Anyone bound by the system as a farm employee would be unable to act against the farm’s interests, unless Kim Haru himself terminated their employment. They would also be forbidden from breaking any of the rules explicitly set by Kim Haru, the farm owner. If they violated any of these, regardless of how they tried to do it, the system would detect it.

Depending on the severity of the violation, the farm system would impose different punishments.

The lightest punishment could be electric shocks or severe illness. The heaviest punishment could lead to death—complete obliteration.

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Kim Haru was very satisfied.

He looked at Go Okrim, who was kneeling before him, and asked, "Do you want to become my employee?"

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