Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 102 Encountering the Demonic Tide Again
It was early evening and almost no one in the migrating group spoke.

Everyone looked around nervously, afraid that some monster would suddenly rush out from the darkness.

Because there were so many people, more than 400 people were traveling at the same time, no matter how quiet they were, the sound of their footsteps could be heard from far away.

In such circumstances, danger is more likely to occur.

It is early night now. A few people like Liu Hen and Chang Xin can easily see a hundred meters away, but ordinary people in the wilderness can only see within thirty meters.

In particular, they are now leaving the places they are familiar with and heading towards unfamiliar areas.

In this situation, they couldn't help but be nervous.

Fortunately, perhaps the previous battle in Dingding killed all the monsters nearby, and Chang Xin kept sending people out to hunt down the wandering monsters.

Therefore, we walked for more than ten kilometers without encountering any danger.

Everyone then felt a little relieved and no longer so tense.

After walking for a while, Liu Hen suddenly felt that this was a waste of time. Thinking that the creation workbench could be placed anywhere, he asked the elderly and children to squeeze into the other two spider cars, freeing up one spider car to place the workbench.

Sure enough, it can be placed on a spider car, because this placement anchors the car body, and there is no need to worry about it rolling down due to bumps.

"Then continue upgrading. We can't waste time on the journey."

After he consumed six hundred small pieces of copper ores and six hundred magic crystals, the upgrade countdown began again.

This time the upgrade will take fifty hours.

"If everything goes well, I should be able to level up two or three times when I reach the Bronze Dragon Camp."

Liu Hen calculated silently and stayed in the spider car without getting off.

Hong Ming originally wanted to take the car, because he believed that as a person with special abilities, even if he no longer had the power to make decisions, he was still in the authority class.

However, he was eventually blasted down by Liu Hen, who asked him to go to the back to be on guard to prevent any danger from appearing from behind.

With more than four hundred people traveling at the same time and less than a hundred combatants in total, it would never be too careful.

"Whoosh-"

An arrow from the front flew through the air, and a wandering monster was killed directly.

This most common monster does not require Liu Hen and others to take action.

The two-armed monster is very weak. If ordinary people are not afraid of getting hurt, they have a chance of killing it alone, not to mention those cyborgs.

As we continued to move forward, we encountered more and more monsters.

But they were all easily killed by arrows.

Even in the dead of night, the modified humans can see forty or fifty meters away, and in the shallow night, they can even see a hundred meters away. As long as they don't encounter large-scale monsters or even a demon tide, they are more than capable of dealing with it.

Ordinary people like Hu Jinshi took the initiative to help pick up magic crystals and shot arrows, sharing the pressure of the combat members, and all wanted to show their performance.

"This bow is so useful."

"Yeah, it fits my hand really well. It feels like it was made just for me."

"Indeed, I felt it too."

The modified humans around were talking in low voices, and what they said made Liu Hen's heart move slightly.

"Is this the bow's special effect? ​​A special effect that works for everyone?"

Because even he, who had never practiced archery before, had this feeling. The bow made by the Creation Workbench seemed to be tailor-made for him and was very easy to use.

At this time, a tree appeared in his sight. He immediately jumped off the spider car and ran over quickly to collect it.

Although there were a lot of large logs in stock, he would never have too much of these basic supplies.

[Big Wood +1]

Soon, the tree was harvested and a deep pit appeared in its place.

"Still no tree cores. Hopefully, we can get some along the way to arm the others."

Based on previous speculation, Liu Hen felt that the monsters and other monsters in the Hongluo Camp area were most likely cleared out by the big conch, and this place was completely equivalent to his novice village.

Once they leave this area, they will face even more severe tests.

Now, except for Hong Ming, who is also a psychic and whose loyalty remains to be tested, the rest of these people can basically be trusted.

Therefore, he felt that if conditions allowed, some people could be armed to avoid being alone in times of major crisis.

On the way ahead, Liu Hen would collect any trees he encountered, and he would not leave even a small tree behind wherever he passed.

Since even he worked so hard, the others felt embarrassed to be lazy. Hong Ming, who had some complaints at first, fell silent and stayed on guard at the rear.

Hong Ming was indeed a barbarian before he awakened his special powers. It was not that he could not endure hardship, but he was used to being superior and was not used to being ordered around by others.

However, seeing that the people who directed him to work were actually working, he became obedient.

Led by Liu Hen, the entire migration team was harmonious, and even those who wanted to slack off felt embarrassed to do so.

Suddenly, a silver-white light burst out from the front, and it was Chang Xin, the team leader, who took action.

A monster emerged from the darkness and was frozen in place, and the ground in that area turned silver-white.

The twisted monster, which was only half a meter tall but had eight arms, was fixed to the ground as if it had been turned into a statue.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Dense bronze arrows were shot out, and the arrows that hit the monster were bounced away one after another, sparks flying, but they were unable to break through the defense.

Liu Hen, who had just returned from collecting materials, saw this scene and immediately stomped his foot. A shock wave swept out, sending the monster flying two or three meters high and breaking its lower body.

Seizing this opportunity, Chen Ye and Zong Ni attacked from two directions. With flashes of blade, they split its head open, killing the unknown monster. "Sister Chang, this monster looks like a human," Chen Ye said in surprise.

Indeed, although the monster was only half a human's height and had eight arms, it had a head and facial features that were no different from those of a human.

"Don't destroy the body yet."

Liu Hen walked up, waved his hand, put the corpse into the space backpack, and checked the identification information of the entity on the space backpack.

"This is a mutant."

Hong Ming walked over from behind and explained with a familiar expression, "As the desert dwellers adapt to the environment, some of them branch out. Some have completely abandoned rationality and focus on survival. You could say they're also human."

"Mutant?"

Chang Xin and others were surprised when they heard this.

At this time, Liu Hen also saw the identification of the corpse by the space backpack:
[Corpse of the Eight-Armed Dwarf: A branch of humanity, these dwarfs gave up their intelligence for survival. While they are theoretically human, having voluntarily given up their intelligence, they are no longer human in essence.]

This introduction surprised Liu Hen secretly.

He looked at Hong Ming and asked, "Are there many eight-armed dwarfs?"

"Wait, an eight-armed dwarf?"

After hearing this, Hong Ming's expression changed. "I only know that this is a mutant, but I don't know its specific name. Are you sure it's an eight-armed dwarf?"

"Is there a problem?" Liu Hen asked in confusion.

"It's a big problem."

Hong Ming said solemnly, "When I was the Lord of Green Cloud City, I once eliminated a small force. From the records of that small force, I learned that the eight-armed dwarfs belong to a very powerful branch of mutants. Some individuals are so powerful that they are comparable to those with superpowers."

"Since you take it so seriously, there must be other information, right?" Liu Hen asked.

"Of course, these eight-armed dwarfs usually move in groups."

Hong Ming said with an ugly expression: "We shouldn't have killed it before, because if we kill one, we will offend a whole group of people."

"It attacked us proactively before. Should we not kill it and let it attack us?" Chang Xin said expressionlessly.

"Well, now we can only speed up and leave this place. I suspect there may be a tribe of eight-armed dwarfs nearby." Hong Ming said.

"Then speed up and hurry on before they react."

Although Liu Hen felt that no matter how strong the eight-armed dwarf who had given up his wisdom was, he would not be that strong, he did not dare to take the risk and hurriedly urged the team to speed up.

Chang Xin also realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly led the team to continue on their journey. Everyone subconsciously quickened their pace.

But perhaps the previous eight-armed dwarf was out looking for food alone. They walked four or five kilometers without encountering a second eight-armed dwarf.

This made everyone secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Something is approaching!"

Suddenly Chang Xin, who had the widest perception range, said.

Wearing a bronze-level suit, she has a perception range of over one thousand meters and is the first to detect danger.

Liu Hen was about to ask when Chang Xin's expression suddenly changed: "There are a lot of them, they are humanoid..."

"Could it be the eight-armed dwarf? This is terrible! I told you not to kill that eight-armed dwarf!"

Hong Ming, who was at the back, had a grim expression on his face. He quickly waved his hand and scattered a handful of plant seeds, then began to prepare for battle.

"Not an eight-armed dwarf."

However, Chang Xin shook her head: "It's the demonic tide."

"What……"

"Demon Tide?!"

At this moment, everyone's expression changed drastically.

"This... might as well be an eight-armed dwarf!"

Hong Ming's expression turned even uglier. "The demonic monsters that make up the demonic tide number at least 10,000, and there can be millions. This is trouble!"

However, Liu Hen, who was originally a little nervous, relaxed after hearing that the enemy was the demon tide.

Because of the bonfire's repelling properties, the thing he fears least is the demon tide.

With a wave of his hand, he immediately took out the bonfire and lit it.

With a "boom", the flames shot up more than one meter high, dispelling the darkness and bringing warmth.

An invisible force protected everyone, and visibility within a radius of 100 meters, even in places not directly illuminated by the fire, was greatly increased.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?!" Hong Ming's face changed drastically when he saw this scene. He didn't think that the evil-repelling power of the campfire area could stop something as terrifying as the magic tide.

Liu Hen didn't bother to pay attention to him and directly started the home construction mode. After placing a foundation, he suddenly took out a home cannon and quickly installed it.

It just so happened that he didn't have enough magic crystals, and the magic tide was a huge piece of cake for him.

The moment the home cannon was installed, he also sensed the demonic tide.

Even Hong Ming and others gradually discovered the demonic tide.

A few hundred meters away, a large black tide was approaching silently and rapidly.

That black tide was so strange. It was clearly composed of countless monsters, and it was moving very fast, but it didn't make any sound at all.

Seeing the endless monsters sweeping in like a tide, a feeling of despair arose in the hearts of everyone except Liu Hen.
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