Don't Starve, my items can be upgraded

Chapter 16 Breakthrough, Strength Soars

As the crystallized bone marrow was consumed piece by piece, the progress bar of the awakened nail gun was also increasing rapidly.

Three percent... fifty percent... seventy percent...

On the ground, pieces of crystallized bone marrow continued to turn into fragments.

Almost every ten minutes or so, Yang Chen could absorb all the energy inside a piece of crystallized bone marrow.

Smaller crystallized bone marrow absorbs faster.

If Hu Zhou saw this scene, he would definitely be in disbelief.

This is because normal evolvers cannot directly absorb the energy from the crystallized bone marrow. They need to boil it, extract the energy from it, and then drink it.

Moreover, after drinking it, it needs to be absorbed slowly. It is impossible to absorb it directly like Yang Chen did.

Of course, after Yang Chen absorbed the energy, it also took time to transform it into derivative energy.

And because his ability is too special, the energy of crystallized bone marrow does not seem to be able to directly enhance his strength.

Only the mysterious aura born from this kind of [awakening state] item can enhance his strength.

'Although the improvement is not particularly large, it has begun to make me surpass ordinary people.'

Yang Chen was secretly excited.

After today, I will become an evolver with strong survivability and no longer be a fragile ordinary person.

Finally, after more than twenty pieces of crystallized bone marrow of different sizes were used up in one go, the nail gun's transformation was completed.

And at the moment when the nail gun's transformation was completed, Yang Chen felt that his supernatural powers had also broken through.

At this moment, he suddenly had an epiphany: his previous self was just in a state of awakening and was a quasi-evolutionary.

Only when one has thoroughly consolidated one's strength, such as now, and completed the first breakthrough, can one be considered a true evolver.

In other words, a first-order evolver.

'I see. ’

A sudden realization dawned on him.

"My current strength..."

He stood up, found a few stones around and tried, and found that his strength was about two hundred kilograms.

It’s about lifting a 200 kilogram weight above your head, not about explosive power, nor about the strength to lift it with difficulty.

This is very good and definitely beyond ordinary people.

"Wow, Yang Chen, you've become so powerful!"

Peng Min, who was standing next to him, looked at Yang Chen lifting a boulder weighing nearly 200 kilograms above his head, and said with a look of shock and joy.

The stronger Yang Chen is, the better and safer they will live.

Especially when you are about to enter the mountainous area.

"Yeah, I also feel like I've become pretty powerful, at least much more powerful than before."

Yang Chen put the boulder down and said with a smile: “Now I am considered a true first-level evolver. Before, I was still an ordinary person, and was considered a quasi-evolver.”

"I see. No wonder even a wild wolf... ah no."

Peng Min quickly covered her mouth.

Yang Chen smiled slightly, not caring about her slip of the tongue.

In addition to strength, his physical fitness has also obviously improved a lot, but this cannot be detected in detail.

"By the way, the nail gun has also completed its transformation."

He hurriedly looked at the nail gun, wanting to know what it would look like after the transformation was complete.

Did the effect you expected appear?

At this moment, the appearance of the nail gun in his hand became more refined, and some mysterious patterns appeared on the surface.

At first glance, it looks like a work of art, and can almost be judged as two completely different items from the nail launcher that was just made.

[Invisible Nail Gun lv.11: 0% (crosshair; integrated into the arm; no recoil; effective range 200 meters, maximum range 600 meters; cannot be upgraded)]

After the transformation was completed, not only did the range double, but even the name changed.

The original name was [Guaranteed Nail Gun], and now it has become [Invisible Nail Gun].

The previous assisted aiming crosshair attributes are still there, and there are two more special attributes.

'Integrated into the arm? No recoil?'

Yang Chen was surprised and delighted. The attribute that he had been looking forward to the most, which could resolve the recoil, appeared, and it seemed to be better than he had imagined.

"This integration into the arm means..."

His mind moved, and the nail gun in his hand suddenly merged directly into his left arm and completely disappeared from his sight.

At the same time, he suddenly realized that his left arm was an invisible nail gun, and when he clenched his fist, he was ready to fire.

The crosshair in the field of vision is still there and can move with the movement of the fist.

As for launching nails, it is also very simple, just think about it.

Yang Chen immediately moved his fist, aimed at a small tree about 180 meters away, and fired the nail with a thought.

At the moment the nail was fired, he could clearly feel something shooting out.

But the recoil is almost negligible and will not have any effect on him. The only effect it has is that it allows him to feel that the nail has been successfully shot out.

"Bang!" At the same moment, about 180 meters away, the small tree as thick as an arm was shot through.

Yang Chen was delighted, and hurriedly ran over there: “Bring your things with you, and follow me.”

Soon, he came to the place where the small tree was shot through, and saw a finger-sized hole on the trunk, which was transparent from front to back.

"Hitting the target with every shot from a distance of 180 meters, this ability..."

The most important thing is that the position where he is located will hardly make any sound.

If it is used for assassination, people may die without knowing how they died.

And this is obviously not the limit of the invisible nail gun, it can still be upgraded.

However, the further you go, the more difficult it becomes to upgrade.

The remaining crystallized bone marrow probably won't be enough to upgrade the nail gun to the next level.

'That's enough for now, I need to try other items.'

Yang Chen thought in his heart: "It would be best if I could make a defensive item, so that I can attack and defend at the same time, and I won't be afraid of anyone."

"Yang Chen, you are so amazing now!"

At this time, Peng Min rushed over with things, and saw the small tree that was shot through, with an excited look on his face.

"Yes, we are not afraid of anyone from now on. If the situation like before happens again..."

Yang Chen thought of the young man in the safe zone who had indiscriminately fired with a gun, and his eyes became a little cold.

Now the range of my nail gun may not be worse than that of an assault rifle.

Moreover, his nail gun never misses a target and he doesn't need to waste time aiming. He is better than a sharpshooter.

"Let's go back and take a look. Even though that safe zone is abominable, the people in the safe zone definitely know more than we do. It's safer to follow them."

He immediately took Peng Min back.

"By the way, are you hungry?" He took out a piece of barbecued meat and ate it, then looked at Peng Min.

"I haven't digested the golden liquid I just drank yet, so I'm not hungry." Peng Min shook his head.

"Tell me when you're hungry. We have enough food for three days, and we're sure we can find more food in these three days."

Yang Chen said: "We are now at the edge of the mountainous area, there must be more food than in the Gobi Desert."

"Yeah, I know." Peng Min nodded.

On the way, Yang Chen picked up a few stones and strengthened their properties, wanting to see if he would be lucky enough to get something useful.

Unfortunately, however, the properties of stone at birth are mostly useless properties such as 'reduced presence' and 'blending into the environment'.

Because this attribute cannot be bestowed upon humans.

The most outrageous thing is that one of the stones has the strange property of being able to be photographed.

However, although they all have garbage attributes, because he was afraid of being poor, Yang Chen did not throw these stones away, but collected them all. What if he met someone who needed this special attribute someday?

When it was about to get dark, the two of them caught up with the migrating group in the safe zone again.

"water……"

“There’s water here!”

"Go and bring some back!"

Suddenly, a loud shout of surprise came from the front.

Yang Chen and Peng Min hurriedly sped up.

Sure enough, when they walked forward a few hundred meters, they saw a stream flowing down from Kunwu Mountain, forming ponds of various sizes in the flat areas.

“There’s a stream here?”

Yang Chen was both surprised and happy: "Let's go and wash off the dirt on our bodies. We don't have to live in fear anymore. We need to wash ourselves clean, at least to look like a human being."

"Yeah." Peng Min also nodded happily.

The two soon came to a pond. Peng Min first filled the almost empty water bag with water, and then walked straight in.

Yang Chen made sure that there were no dangerous creatures in the clear water, so he lay down in it and comfortably scrubbed the dirt off his body.

"So sweet, the water here is actually sweet."

Peng Min scooped it up and took a sip, saying in surprise.

"It should be because of the spring water flowing down from the mountain."

Yang Chen also tasted it, and said with a smile: “I heard when I was very young that mountain spring water is sweet, I didn’t expect it to be true.”

While he was scrubbing the dirt off his body, he suddenly saw Hu Zhou and his men coming from another direction.

The two saw each other almost at the same time and were both stunned.

Hu Zhou angrily quickened his pace and walked towards this side, angrily asking: "Are you kidding me?"

"Are you sure you followed the map I gave you?" Yang Chen tilted his arm inconspicuously.

"Nonsense." Hu Zhou said coldly: "I didn't turn the corner."

"Could it be that the people in the safe zone are also targeting that place?" Yang Chen said.

"I hope so!"

Hu Zhou had a cold face, and was about to say something else, when suddenly his expression changed slightly, because he felt that Yang Chen's aura was different.

(End of this chapter)