After obtaining a wooden cabin from the system, Kim Haru's sleep gradually freed itself from the influence of the apocalypse, and he began waking up later each day.

At this rate, it wouldn't take long before he returned to his pre-apocalyptic lifestyle of sleeping straight until noon.

Stepping out of the bedroom, he indeed saw that Shin Woncheon and the others were already awake, squatting by the patch of land and staring intently.

Kim Haru couldn't understand how they could keep staring at the same few vegetable seedlings over and over again without getting bored!

Hearing his footsteps, Shin Woncheon and the other three quickly stepped aside.

Yes, after a day of deep rest, Ra Jinho was already able to stand and walk today. Looking at him now, you'd never guess he had been seriously injured just the day before.

Kim Haru couldn't help but marvel at the physical resilience of people in the apocalypse—it was almost too good to be true.

The vegetable seedlings that had been tiny just yesterday had undergone a dramatic transformation today! The cabbages had grown to about half the height of a person's arm, with layers upon layers of green, leafy wraps. The row of soybeans had also developed full pods. The potato row, however, only showed lush leaves, and there was no telling what was going on beneath the soil.

They were growing way too fast!

Kim Haru wasn't sure when exactly these vegetables would be ready to harvest, but luckily, when he walked closer and tried to pinch one of the soybean pods to see if it was ripe, the farming system issued a notification.

[ Not yet mature, cannot be harvested.]

Even if they couldn't be harvested yet, from the looks of it, they'd definitely be ready by tomorrow. Kim Haru did the math—he'd planted them the day before yesterday, so yesterday, today, and tomorrow would make three days.

Could it be that all the crops that were generated by the system would be mature in just three days?

[ Beginner-specific seeds can be harvested in three days. Other seeds have varying harvest times. ]

Perhaps his curiosity triggered something, and the system popped up with an explanation.

Kim Haru nodded, feeling no disappointment whatsoever.

That made sense. Even in farming games, it couldn't be that easy. Different seeds would surely have different difficulty levels, with varying maturity times.

Kim Haru withdrew his hand from the soybean pod.

Shin Woncheon and the others let out a collective sigh of relief.

Kim Haru: "..."

Was that really necessary?! All he'd done yesterday was get curious about whether the other plants would change if he pinched one of the identical-looking sprouts, so he had tested it by pinching a single leaf.

Hadn't that leaf grown back in no time anyway?

If Shin Woncheon and the others knew what Kim Haru was thinking, who knows how they would ignore his intimidating presence just to nag at him.

A single leaf? That was a leaf from a normal, non-mutated plant! It was the kind of precious treasure that countless people dreamed of having! What if it hadn't grown back? What if it grew back and became mutated?

Such a mischievous boss, sigh.