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Nothing indicated a connection to the delivery of these creatures.

He ruled out the possibility that the farming system was behind it.

Firstly, the system was integrated with him, and both the Cryo Wolf and the Starlight Armored Bugs were beneficial to the farm. There was no reason for the system to be so secretive. Secondly, the issue with the Starlight Armored Bugs was telling.

If the system had sent the Starlight Armored Bugs, it would have prepared suitable housing for them from the start. However, the farm buildings menu had no such options.

Kim Haru was confident the system wouldn't have made such an oversight if it were responsible for this.

"Forget it. If you can't figure it out, don't think about it," the Ginseng Spirit said nonchalantly. "I suspect that whoever is sending you these things must have some purpose. Eventually, they'll slip up and reveal themselves. You can deal with it then."

Kim Haru thought that made sense. He had no better options for now. It was the middle of winter, and there was no way he could follow the trail left by the Cryo Wolf and the Starlight Armored Bugs to investigate further.

"Fine. You can go back to tending your radishes now." Dismissing the Ginseng Spirit after getting what he needed, Kim Haru shooed it back into the ice hut to continue masquerading as a radish.

Based on the time, the others should be returning soon.

Kim Haru was casually playing his handheld console when he heard the cheerful voices of Go Okrim and Ryu Hyunwoo approaching.

From a distance, Go Okrim shouted, "Hyung, Hyung, guess what we found!"

"You found something?"

Kim Haru's interest was piqued.

"In this icy landscape, what could you possibly find?"

"Hahaha! I told you, Kim Haru-hyung wouldn't be able to guess. We dug up bamboo shoots!"

"Bamboo shoots? Really? Where?"

Kim Haru's excitement was evident.

He had searched for bamboo shoots all autumn without finding a single one. How could they suddenly appear in the dead of winter? Could it be a mistake?

Kim Haru had been longing for bamboo shoots for a long time. He had even marked the spring date on the calendar in his living room, reminding himself to search for bamboo shoots then. He thought that if he couldn't find them in autumn, spring would surely be the time.

And now, even before spring arrived, they had bamboo shoots?

Go Okrim grinned as he held up what he and the others had brought. "Look, Hyung! I'm not lying; they're real bamboo shoots!"

Sure enough, they were the bamboo shoots Kim Haru had been dreaming of.

The group hadn't brought any ropes, so they were carrying the bamboo shoots by their pointed tips, each holding three or four.

The shoots weren't the usual white with a hint of greenish-yellow; instead, they were an icy blue color. At a glance, they almost looked like sculptures carved out of ice.

Seeing the unusual color, Kim Haru quickly deduced, "So the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree only grows its shoots in winter. No wonder I couldn't find any in autumn. By then, the shoots had already matured into full-grown bamboo."

However, the color gave him pause. "Are these bamboo shoots even edible?"

Go Okrim reassured him, "Don't worry, Hyung. I already asked the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree themselves. They said it's fine."

A satisfied smile spread across Kim Haru's face. "That's great. Let's clean a few tonight and give them a try."

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Standing nearby, listening to their conversation, were Hwa Jian, Han Gwonhee, the Delta Squad member, and the Pyeongseong Safe Zone Commander. Their expressions were complicated, as if they wanted to say something but held back.

They were still reeling from what they had witnessed earlier that afternoon, which had completely shattered their understanding of the world.

First, there was the nerve-wracking "dodge the leaves" game they played in the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree Grove. Who could have guessed that the "fun place" Go Okrim mentioned was where the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree would shoot leaves at them while they tried to dodge?

The leaves of Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree were as sharp as blades, with a freezing effect to boot. If one were to get hit, it would undoubtedly incapacitate at least half their body.

Thankfully, the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree seemed to understand it was just a game. They significantly slowed down the speed of their leaf attacks and added only a slight chill to them. When the leaves grazed someone, it felt more like a splash of icy water. The cuts they caused were shallow, healing within seconds for anyone with superhuman abilities.

At first, the group found the experience terrifying and intense. But once they got the hang of it, they realized it was an excellent training method.

Go Okrim hadn't lied—this was indeed a "fun" game.

Playing a game with the legendary Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree was already surprising enough, but during the process, Go Okrim discovered bamboo shoots buried under the snow and immediately led everyone to start digging them up.

At that moment, the others finally understood why he insisted they bring along hoes.

Digging up a bamboo shoots right in front of the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree itself? This kind of behavior could only be described with one word: suicidal.

Yet things didn't go as the others feared. They watched in disbelief as Go Okrim brushed the snow off a bamboo shoot and asked the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree, "Kim Haru-hyung's been craving bamboo shoots for a while. Is this one tasty?"

Seriously? Who asks such a thing? Asking if someone's child is tasty right in front of them—is that even human behavior?

Then, to everyone's utter shock, the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree shook its stalk, extended a branch with a bamboo leaf, and brushed away snow from another pile, revealing a larger bamboo shoot. It even nodded.

No one needed a translator to understand what it meant: That one's not great. This one is much better.