Kim Haru toured the duck coop and the pigpen.
Whether it was the ducks or the black pigs, most of them had already recovered.
Even the ones that had been severely affected by swine fever were now starting to eat, and the milder cases had fully recovered, looking no different from healthy pigs.
The ducks, after the addition of Fire-type ability users, were gradually becoming more energetic as well.
"Aren't they doing fine?" Kim Haru asked, puzzled as he looked at Do Seungjin. "What's the problem?"
Do Seungjin gave a bitter smile. "On the surface, they seem fine, but take a look at this data, Mr. Kim."
As he spoke, Do Seungjin handed Kim Haru a set of statistical data.
Even though Kim Haru didn't fully understand the various test values, he could tell that something was off with the numbers for the ducks and black pigs.
"Unstable mutagenic virus levels?" Kim Haru found it incredibly strange.
The data showed that the mutagenic virus level in the ducks and black pigs fluctuated wildly—sometimes high, sometimes low.
It wasn't like emotions that could change on a whim.
Why would this happen?
Do Seungjin had no idea about the cause either. So, Kim Haru went to each duck and black pig, observing them using the farm system.
What he discovered shocked him even more.
Both the black pigs and ducks shared the same health status: Confused.
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And the solution?
Let the confused ducks and black pigs spend some time with the non-confused ones from the small farm?
Kim Haru felt his farm was getting stranger by the day.
Since when did "confusion" become a health status?
And why weren't the ducks and black pigs from his small farm "confused"?
Regardless, Kim Haru had no other choice but to follow the system's suggestion.
"I'll send Little Snort over to see how it goes," Kim Haru decided.
After carefully reviewing the system's recommendation, he concluded that since the black pigs formed a group, sending just one pig from his farm would be sufficient.
Compared to Big Snort, Little Snort, who had spent more time on the small farm, had a gentler temperament and would likely adapt without issue.
Indeed, there were no problems.
When Kim Haru visited the animal research institute the day after delivering Little Snort, he found that the adaptation issues he had anticipated hadn't occurred at all.
In fact, far from struggling to adjust, Little Snort had, in just one night, become the leader of the entire group of black pigs.
Kim Haru looked at Little Snort standing in front of him and somehow saw a smug look in its eyes.
Ah, that's right.
Going from a reserve food supply to the leader of the pigs—maybe it does deserve to feel a little proud.
Yeah, right.
What exactly are you so proud of?
You've merely gone from being a single reserve food item to the head of the reserve food supply.
Aren't you still reserve food at the end of the day?
That said, Kim Haru had already decided not to include Little Snort and the others in the reserve food category anymore.
Given the current situation, it seemed likely that any livestock group outside of his small farm might experience the "confused" health status at some point.
When that happened, his small farm animals would be needed to "calm" them down.
If the breeding operations here in the safety zone thrived, there would be no shortage of meat to eat anyway.
As for the reserve food on his small farm, they could reluctantly be promoted to "field employees."
"Little Snort, do your best." Kim Haru poked Little Snort on the forehead. "If you perform well, I'll upgrade your pigpen when you return."
"Snort~"
Little Snort let out a high-pitched grunt.
Then, with its head held high, it led a string of pig followers on a lap around the pigpen, exuding an air of authority.
Kim Haru had already learned from Do Seungjin that the black pigs' test data had stabilized significantly today.
With Little Snort now acting as the "field employee," the black pigs should grow up healthy and strong in the future.
Feeling relieved, Kim Haru said, "The ducks on my farm are still too young to be sent out. Once they grow up a bit, I'll bring them over."
If the safe zone's ducks couldn't hold out until then, Kim Haru wouldn't mind sending Little Nugget and Sir Peckington over to try first.
After all, the ducks on his small farm had been led by Little Nugget and Sir Peckington from the start.
Maybe it would work too.
On the day the strange big fish produced its offspring, Do Seungjin notified Kim Haru.
When Kim Haru arrived at the animal research institute, the tiny fish larvae had already been born.
Despite the large size of the parent fish, the baby fish were each less than a centimeter long.
At that moment, a large group of them swam back and forth in an area about the size of a soccer ball beneath the belly of the fish, looking just like any normal fish.
"How many fish larvae would you like, Mr. Kim?" Do Seungjin had already prepared to distribute the fish larvae.
"If the animal research institute doesn't need so many, give me half," Kim Haru replied.
In truth, Kim Haru wasn't sure if he could keep so many fish alive, but with the farming system, he felt it was worth a try.
Do Seungjin nodded, using his Water-type abilities to separate the area holding the fish larvae from the rest of the ice with a large block of ice.
He then carefully controlled the movement of one portion of the fish larvae, gradually shifting them outside the ice until they were completely free and safely transferred into the container in his hands.
After handing the fish larvae to Kim Haru, Do Seungjin said, "If you make any new progress, could you kindly inform us?"
Kim Haru nodded in agreement.