Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 117 Eternal Villagers (over words, please give me a monthly ticket)
"boom!"

A large area of ​​frozen soil collapsed instantly, and the shock wave made everyone subconsciously step back.

"Whose ability is this?!" Chang Xin was shocked.

Chen Ye and others who were unable to join in from the back were also shocked. It was the first time they saw this stone giant.

The enemy this time was too strong, and the contagious aura that could drive people crazy made them dare not even get close.

Even the mutant Zhang Mianmian would be affected by that crazy power.

"Oh my god, Black Stone is that powerful?"

It was also the first time that Liu Hen witnessed the strength of the giant stone guards summoned by Xiao Heishi.

"is her?"

Hong Ming suddenly looked at the small black stone that was motionless not far away.

It happened that Xiao Heishi also looked over, and he was immediately frightened and quickly stepped back, because Liu Hen was not around, and he did not feel safe at all.

But fortunately, Xiao Heishi would not kill people for no reason, and it is even more impossible for him to kill his own family members.

"Damn it, you all deserve to die!!"

The fallen boy Kun roared, and an even crazier aura emanated from him.

However, what greeted him was the violent smash of the small black stone.

"boom--"

The ground collapsed, and Tong Kun, who looked like a dark celestial dragon, broke his bones. Everyone heard the popping sound like frying beans.

This scene is too violent.

Everyone's scalp tingled and they couldn't help but put themselves in the situation. They thought that if they were hit like this, they would probably turn into bloody mud, right?

However, it can also be seen from here how terrifying Tong Kun was after his degeneration. He was not killed even after being hit so hard.

But what is even more terrifying is the female giant, her strength is simply terrifying.

Finally, the fallen Tong Kun stopped moving.

As Tong Kun fell into a near-death state, the crazy aura dissipated a lot.

"Let him live first." Liu Hen suddenly shouted.

"Yes, sir." The little black stone in the distance answered respectfully and quickly controlled the giant stone guard to stop.

Now everyone finally knew who the female giant was capable of.

"It's her, the mysterious person with special abilities who suddenly appeared earlier!"

"She seems to be the person closest to Lord Liu Hen."

"She is actually a person with superpowers? I thought she was just a concubine of Master Liu Hen."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you want to live anymore?"

"Oh my god, if you count them this way, there are four people with special abilities in Journey Village: Lord Liu Hen, the leader, that mysterious little girl, and Lord Hong Ming. Four people with special abilities... This is too scary!"

Everyone was shocked, and at the same time, their desire to truly join this emerging force became stronger.

"She's actually that strong?" Chang Xin was also shocked. This was the first time she saw Xiao Heishi take action.

At this time, Liu Hen suddenly took out the pickaxe and walked towards the deep pit created by the giant stone guard.

Although he felt that the possibility was slim, he still wanted to give it a try and save the people in the camp.

He wanted to see if the All-Keeping Pickaxe could extract the crazy component and restore Tong Kun to normal.

After all, Tong Kun was a cultured person, and it would be a pity for him to die like this.

Soon, Liu Hen arrived at the edge of the deep pit.

There is also that crazy aura here, that aura is like some kind of call, even he is affected a little.

"Why does it feel so similar to the power of Cthulhu in my previous life's novel?"

He frowned secretly, and at the same time he understood why the fallen demon was contagious. This was not a normal demon at all.

In his understanding, demons are just a kind of creatures, but their power is special in nature, so they are classified as an opposing group to humans, which is completely opposite to their evil-repelling characteristics.

However, no matter how opposed they are, they are still considered to be living creatures.

But the fallen demon is different. It is a source of infection, a Cthulhu-like existence.

"Fortunately, I was able to kill him, otherwise it would have been troublesome."

This thought flashed through his mind, and he forced himself to calm down, jumped into the deep pit, came to the side of the Fallen Child Kun, and waved the pickaxe to collect all things.

"when!"

A pickaxe struck, and sparks flew up, but the collection ability was not activated.

'Biofield?'

Liu Hen suddenly realized: "Can't we collect living things directly?"

He tried to swing the Pickaxe of Everything again, with the same result.

He soon understood that when the target was a living thing, the Pickaxe could only produce an attack effect and cause damage, but could not make the collection ability take effect.

"die……"

The dying fallen Tong Kun still made such sounds from his mouth.

"Are you awake now? Can you speak?" Liu Hen asked.

However, to his disappointment, Tong Kun was completely unable to communicate except by saying "death".

This degeneration is irreversible.

"Never mind! Hong Ming is considered a semi-educated person anyway, and Zhang Mianmian can also read. Not all the people in Lulv Village are illiterate."

He sighed, jumped out of the deep pit, and said to the approaching little black stone: "Let him be free."

"Yes."

Little Black Stone immediately controlled the giant stone guard to suppress it with a palm.

"Boom!"

The ground collapsed four or five meters, and Tong Kun, whose bones were already broken, was directly broken into pieces, and died beyond all possibility of death.

Finally, the crazy aura completely subsided. Apart from the strange power in the corpse itself, there was no need to worry about infection.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Only Liu Hen sighed secretly, thinking that it was such a pity that such a cultured person died like this.

"Heishi, are there any other demonic auras nearby?" He looked at the little Heishi beside him.

Xiao Heishi immediately sensed it carefully, then shook his head and said, "No, the aura before was emitted from this person."

Liu Hen suddenly felt a little regretful. He originally wanted to fish out the bronze dragon, but this accident seemed to be a problem with Tong Kun himself, and seemed to have nothing to do with the bronze dragon demon.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and took out the pickaxe again and walked towards Tong Kun's body.

Everyone looked at it in confusion.

"I couldn't collect it before because of the bio-force field. I think I can collect it now, right?"

Liu Hen thought about this in his mind and jumped into the deep pit again. He came to the body of the fallen Tong Kun and began to collect by waving the pickaxe.

A pickaxe went down——

[Fallen Scale +1]

He raised his eyebrows slightly, then continued to swing the Pickaxe of All Things.

[Fallen Bone +1]

[Fallen Scale +1]

[Fallen Scale +1]

……

All that was collected were these two things, without any flesh or blood.

"Is it because in my mind, Tong Kun is a human being, and in my subconscious, human flesh is inedible, so what I collected can only be materials?"

This thought flashed through Liu Hen’s mind.

Soon, all the materials were collected, and the body of the fallen Tong Kun completely turned into a pool of smelly meat paste, with a hint of madness in it.

"This flesh and blood cannot be thrown here, lest it pollute the environment and cause unnecessary casualties."

Liu Hen waved his hand and put all the meat paste into the space backpack, preparing to deal with it later. At worst, he would let it occupy a space backpack grid.

The space backpack isolates the outside world, and that infectious force is also isolated, making it the best way to store this pool of blood mud. At this time, Chang Xin walked over and asked solemnly, "What happened just now? Why did the people in this camp become like this?"

"He's fallen."

Liu Hen shared the information he heard from Hong Ming with Chang Xin.

"Degeneration?"

Chang Xin was very unfamiliar with this term: "Does it mean that everyone who comes into contact with a demon will become corrupted?"

"Of course not. There is an essential difference between a fallen demon and a demon."

At this time, Hong Ming came over and explained: "Even the demons themselves are afraid of becoming demons, because demons themselves can also be infected."

"Can demons also be infected?" Chang Xin was stunned.

Liu Hen found it easier to understand because in his opinion, demons are also living creatures.

Degeneration, on the other hand, is basically madness and distortion, turning into something like a super weakened version of Cthulhu. The difference is huge.

"This kind of degeneration is probably related to the individual. It may be related to his past experiences, or it may be that his current thinking is problematic, leading to this degeneration."

Hong Ming explained, "To put it bluntly, it's because his mind is twisted. Coupled with years of exposure to demonic auras, his emotions and mental strength have triggered these demonic auras, causing his body to mutate."

After a pause, he continued, "I've done research before. The transmission pathway for degenerate creatures is through emotions. As long as one can calm their minds, they can prevent mutation. However, most people can't do that."

"How do you know so much about fallen creatures?" Chang Xin asked curiously.

Hong Ming smiled proudly: "My Green Cloud City often receives demons."

"Are you still proud?"

Liu Hen glanced at the guy.

But it is true that Hong Ming's rule over Luxia City was extremely violent and bloody.

In such an environment, a large number of people with twisted minds will definitely be born.

Those with twisted minds, influenced by the demonic aura, are more likely to degenerate.

"You continue to take them to mine."

Liu Hen looked at Chang Xin: "By the way, do you know how to find copper mines?"

"I let them find it themselves. I just brought them out and provided them with shelter."

Chang Xin explained: "We can't rely on us for everything. There must be copper mines in this area. If we can't dig them up even after this, then that's their fate."

Liu Hen raised his eyebrows, but did not object.

"Then do as you planned. Be safe. We're going back."

Because he is not sure whether there is a limit on the number of villagers in Lulv Village.

In the future, there will definitely be more barbarians coming here. Chang Xin's method can screen out those who like to cheat and be cunning, which is beneficial to herself.

On the way back, Liu Hen was still sighing. The only intellectual person had died. This was definitely a huge loss for the Lucheng Village.

"What on earth was that guy thinking before? Why did his mind suddenly become twisted? Logically, he should have fallen by the wayside, why did he have to fall at this moment?"

He always felt that something was wrong, so he asked Xiao Heishi again: "Is there really no other demonic aura nearby?"

"No." Xiao Heishi answered very affirmatively.

But even so, Liu Hen still had some doubts.

After all, the small black stone is not omnipotent. What if the bronze dragon is hiding very deeply?

He thought about it, and suddenly took a detour and headed towards the surrounding hills.

"Where are we going?" Hong Ming asked. He wanted to go back and catch up on his sleep.

"Let's go and make some arrangements on those mountains. Since we're going to settle down here, we can't just sit there and do nothing."

Liu Hen explained, "My bonfires can repel demons. I plan to light some on these mountains. This way, any wandering demons will be wary. Even if a demon invades, these bonfires can help relieve our pressure."

"Will lighting so many bonfires in the dark actually bring more danger?"

Hong Ming was a little worried: "How about we keep a low profile?"

"Anyway, the bonfire in Journey Village cannot be extinguished, and the flames cannot be concealed. In that case, let's be ruthless."

Liu Hen's expression was firm: "Deploying more will more or less have some deterrent effect. If they really want to force their way in, at worst we'll have to fight. We're not without the ability to resist."

Seeing that Liu Hen did not accept his advice, Hong Ming felt helpless and could only follow silently.

Soon, the three of them arrived at one of the hills.

This is the highest hill on this side of the village. Taking Lutu Village as a reference, it is more than 80 meters high.

Liu Hen took out the bonfire, chose to place it, and then lit it directly.

The lit bonfire instantly illuminated the surroundings and also dispelled the cold.

The strong wind mixed with snowflakes had no effect on the bonfire, as if it was not in the same space at all.

'upgrade!'

At the same time, Liu Hen had an idea and consumed ten large pieces of wood and one hundred magic crystals to upgrade the bonfire.

"If we upgrade them all to energy level, we'll be more effective against demons and the travel village will be safer."

The countdown for the upgrade was also one hour. He did not just wait here. He added some fuel to the fuel tank of the bonfire and walked towards another mountain with Xiao Heishi and Hongming.

Soon, he placed a bonfire on the other three mountains, and chose to upgrade them to energy level, and added some fuel to them.

It’s not much. This fuel is only enough for four bonfires to burn for three months. If the bonfires are not destroyed, more fuel can be added.

The four bonfires are located in the four directions of the Journey Village, protecting it.

If someone looked down from the sky at this time, they would find that the area had become much brighter, and the Journey Village was no longer lonely.

After placing the fourth bonfire and consuming materials to upgrade it, Liu Hen walked back with Xiao Heishi and Hong Ming.

"Don't we need to send someone to guard it?" Hong Ming asked doubtfully.

"Chang Xin will arrange it." Liu Hen simply became a hands-off boss.

Returning to the village, he went straight to the bonfire in the center of the village and tried to open the fuel tank of the bonfire.

Sure enough, the only material that can be added to the fuel tank is still wood.

"What should I do with this corrupted flesh and blood? I can't really keep it in the space backpack forever, right?"

Liu Hen's heart moved, and he suddenly took out a little and put it into the campfire in front of him.

With a "whoosh", the bonfire instantly rose to more than three meters high, and at the same time, the fuel consumption rate suddenly increased.

"What are you doing? Huh?" Hong Ming was startled at first, but then he was surprised to find that the fallen flesh and blood was being burned quickly.

Not only was the flesh and blood burned, but the crazy aura was also quickly burned away.

"Your bonfire... is amazing!" he exclaimed.

"As long as it can be handled."

Seeing this result, Liu Hen breathed a sigh of relief, then took out all the remaining fallen flesh and blood and put it into the bonfire bit by bit.

In just over ten minutes, after consuming about a month's worth of fuel, the fallen flesh and blood was completely burned to ashes.

Seeing that the hidden danger had been dealt with, he was about to go back to sleep, but suddenly he saw a shadow slowly rising from the flames, and it was exactly the appearance of Tong Kun.

He was the only one who could see this scene.

The moment he saw the phantom, a new piece of information suddenly appeared in the village register:
[When a contributing soul is discovered, the village chief can add it to the village register and transform it into a permanent villager.]

"A contributing soul? When has this guy ever contributed anything to the Journey Village?"

Also, what does this eternal villager mean?
It seems that it is not the same thing as the Heroic Spirit.

That’s right, Tong Kun was not a villager before, so it was naturally impossible for him to become a heroic spirit.

Liu Hen thought about it and felt that his ability would not deceive himself, so he chose to add it to the village registration.

Perhaps because the phantom has no self-awareness, it can be added successfully without the phantom's consent or oath.

The next moment, a new villager appeared in the village register, and the name that was automatically displayed was [Tong Kun].

Liu Hen clicked on the name.

When he saw the message above, he couldn't help but look surprised.

Tong Kun: Eternal Villager (A special villager who is protected by the Journey Village and permanently bound to it. As long as the Journey Village exists, he will not die.)

【Contribution: Contributed precious materials to the village chief.】
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