Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 108 Silver, village construction mode?
"My lord, it's empty down there."

Little Black Stone said, "The copper mine you need is almost exhausted, and only a small amount is left."

"Empty?" Liu Hen's face changed slightly.

"There's a big hole down there."

Perhaps due to the Wish Stone's properties, Little Black Stone was extremely sensitive to the ore. "The copper ore inside... must have been forcibly moved away not long ago. I can sense the lingering aura of a demon."

"Can you sense the demon's aura?"

Hong Ming glanced sideways, a little surprised at the words of this little girl who appeared out of nowhere.

But Xiao Heishi didn't want to pay attention to him. No one could order her around except her own master.

"Transfer?" Liu Hen caught the word.

Little Black Stone tilted his head and thought for a moment, then added, "That copper ore must have been activated by the demon. Just like how I summoned the giant stone guards, it temporarily turned it into something movable and took it away."

Suddenly, Liu Hen's face turned gloomy.

"This bronze dragon..."

Originally, because of the big conch in the Hongluo Camp, he didn't want to bother with the bronze dragon.

Because the conch said that the copper dragon was gone and the copper mine was left to him, the grudges between the two sides were settled, and they would not interfere with each other from then on.

But the copper dragon moved the copper mine away!

"All the copper mines were taken away? Nothing is left?" he asked in a deep voice.

He remembered Tong Kun saying that the copper reserves here were enormous.

"There are still some, but they are all scattered." Little Black Stone replied.

"It's good that they are still there. They are scattered."

Liu Hen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, my collection ability is very strong. As long as the small black stone can sense the specific location, I can collect it quickly.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger towards the bronze dragon, and looked at Chang Xin and the others: "Let's find a place to camp. This place is obviously not suitable for camping. I'm afraid the nearby area will collapse..."

"Rumble..."

Before he could finish his words, perhaps because too many people were approaching here, the ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed.

"Quickly retreat..."

Everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Many people who were about to be forced to hibernate were frightened awake and ran out desperately.

"Hurry and hold them back..."

Liu Hen rushed over and grabbed the two falling people, and brought them up with a double jump.

Upon hearing this, Little Black Stone quickly summoned the giant stone guards.

This time her summoning speed was much faster. A pair of large hands suddenly emerged from the ground and directly grabbed seven or eight people.

The rest of the capable people took action and pulled the falling people.

Chang Xin flew quickly, throwing the falling people out one by one.

Hong Ming improvised a dozen branches to entangle hundreds of people and forcibly dragged them back.

But even so, dozens of people still fell into the deep pit and disappeared in the bottomless darkness below.

Finally, everyone retreated to the edge of the dark deep cave, looking at the bottomless pit with fear on their faces.

"Is this the big hole she mentioned? This hole is too big. It seems to be completely hollowed out."

Hong Ming glanced at Xiao Heishi, then looked at Liu Hen: "I'm afraid those people won't survive."

"Can your branches find those people?" Liu Hen asked with a gloomy face.

"Let me try."

Hong Ming continued to promote the growth of small trees, and then enlarged the trees, manipulating the branches to extend and lengthen, making them extend like long snakes into the dark pit.

"Crash..."

During this process, huge rocks kept falling.

"Everyone step back, everyone stay away." Chang Xin hurriedly asked people to step back.

Everyone was trembling and hurriedly moved away from the edge of the deep pit.

At this time, Hong Ming shook his head speechlessly: "My branches can't reach the bottom. The depth is over one thousand meters."

"..."

Liu Hen took a deep breath, already harboring murderous intent towards the bronze dragon. "Let's get out of here first." He turned and left with a cold expression.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly the ground collapsed again.

Everyone hurriedly accelerated their retreat.

"Rumble--"

The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

Due to the chain reaction caused by the previous collapse, permafrost continued to fall.

"Hurry up, run!" Liu Hen shouted.

Seeing that someone else was about to fall, Chang Xin hurriedly used his ability. A silver-white light spread out, a domain force appeared, and the ground beneath his feet was solidified.

Finally, everyone ran out of the collapse area again.

This time, due to the quick response, there were no casualties.

"Keep running, don't stop. A chain reaction of collapse will occur, and this area may collapse soon." Liu Hen said.

Everyone continued running upon hearing this, and the three people operating the Spider Car almost made it run.

In the crowd, Tong Kun's face turned pale. He had never expected that Lord Tonglong would be so cruel as to dig out all the copper mines and completely hollow out the ground.

Although only dozens of people died this time, and almost all of them were ordinary barbarian people, he had heard that Liu Hen was even willing to kill a person with special abilities for the sake of an ordinary subordinate.

Now that dozens of people have died at once, Liu Hen and Lord Tonglong are probably going to fight to the death.

He was filled with despair and his eyes were dull. He felt that he was doomed and might be implicated.

Finally, after running several thousand meters in one breath, the migrating team stopped.

Liu Hen and other people with good eyesight looked back and saw that a real sinkhole had appeared behind them.

The pit is so deep that you can't see its bottom. Due to the lighting problem, it is impossible to tell how big it is.

"Bronze Dragon..."

Liu Hen's voice was cold. He had been on guard again and again, but he still encountered an unexpected setback.

"Well...what should we do now?" Hong Ming asked.

He already knew that Liu Hen really needed those copper mines, but almost all of them had been moved away by the copper dragon, and even the earth had been dug out.

Without the copper mine, it is unknown whether it will have any impact on Liu Hen's plan.

Liu Hen took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down and not be controlled by his emotions.

After a while, he looked at Hong Ming and asked, "How far is it from here to Luxia City?"

"…How far is it?"

Hearing this, Hong Ming wanted to laugh, but knowing the current situation, he didn't dare to laugh. "The direction we were heading in wasn't the direction of Luxia City. This place is about... a thousand miles away from Luxia City. Of course, the exact distance is hard to say. I only know a rough estimate, maybe a thousand... kilometers. I've been wandering around for the past three years and I'm almost lost. If I look carefully, I can find my way back."

"..."

Liu Hen had the urge to kill this guy, but he also knew that it had nothing to do with him.

Taking a deep breath, he was thinking about what to do next when suddenly he felt a sense of spiritual sublimation.

At this time, his spirit and energy had completely transformed, his soul seemed to have truly sublimated, and the data in his mind became clear again.

When he saw the new data in his mind, he was completely stunned, because the changes in this upgrade were too huge.

Compared with the new features today, the previous functions are like a beggar version.

This time, the function of the Pickaxe of Everything has become a deluxe version:
[Pickaxe of All Things (Silver) Lv.1 (Upgrade Requirements: 2 Silver Ores, 200 Magic Crystals)]

[Magic Crystal: 849713]

[Space Backpack: 100 (maximum capacity of each grid increased to 300 pieces of the same type of material)]

[New fixed recipe: Village Defense Cannon (can only be crafted with cannonballs and a silver-level workbench)]

[New function: Village construction mode (an upgraded version of home construction mode, including home construction mode, and home construction mode can be used separately)]

[Energy Bonfire Upgrade Conditions Open: The Energy Bonfire can be used as energy for all facilities in the village and is the source of the village's existence. Furthermore, the Energy Bonfire is bound to the village. Recycling the Bonfire will also recycle the village. Placing the Bonfire will materialize the original village intact.]

[The village contains farmland tiles: farmland requires a silver-level workbench to make]

[Village Chief: I am the village chief. I have absolute control over the village. The position of village chief cannot be transferred.]
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This book was conceived as a farming story from the beginning, but considering the world setting and the protagonist's difficult initial survival, I've been laying the groundwork until now, finally starting the farming mode. Don't worry about it going astray.

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