Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 124 The Stone Tribe Arrives in the Mist of Time and Space
People with special abilities are so rare.

As a result, four and a half people with special abilities suddenly appeared here, which made him feel uneasy and he suspected that he had hit a wall.

That half seemed to have failed to awaken, but it didn't look weak either. It must have been integrated with special materials. Its body was deformed by his beating, but it seemed to be fine.

Because the other party's twisted body is recovering quickly.

"He stole the copper mine and injured Zhang Mianmian."

Chang Xin said in a deep voice: "This person's origins are unknown, and he seems to have come here specifically for the copper mine. He might be an accomplice of Tonglong."

"Tonglong's accomplice?" A murderous look flashed in Liu Hen's eyes.

"What bronze dragon? Stop slandering people!"

A hundred meters away, Helian Xiao quickly defended himself, "This chieftain only took a piece of ore, and your companion rushed up and attacked this chieftain without a word. This chieftain was simply forced to fight back."

This chief?
This self-proclaimed title made Liu Hen secretly suspicious.

"Sir, there's something wrong with him!"

Zhang Mianmian, whose body had almost recovered, climbed up and said in a deep voice, "He eats copper ore, so he must be a follower of the copper dragon."

"Eat copper ore?" Liu Hen was stunned.

Helian Xiao had excellent hearing. Even with the howling wind, he could clearly hear Zhang Mianmian's words from a distance of a hundred meters. He quickly explained, "This chief is a person with petrification abilities. What's so strange about eating stones?"

"You're a petrifying ability user?" Hong Ming asked in surprise, "How do you prove it?"

"Sir, he does have the ability to petrify. I can control that ability."

At this time, Xiao Heishi, who was controlling the giant stone guard to approach, said to Liu Hen.

As soon as she finished speaking, she pointed in the air, and the blood-covered man a hundred meters away turned into stone.

"I rely on..."

Helian Xiao was stunned. He quickly used his ability to dissolve the petrification symptoms and stared at the little girl on the shoulder of the giant stone guard in amazement: "You can actually control my ability? How did you do it?"

"The ability to control others?"

Hong Ming was also confused and looked at Xiao Heishi in surprise. It was the first time he heard of such a thing.

Chang Xin and Zhang Mianmian also looked at the small black stone in surprise and doubt.

"I can kill this man." Xiao Heishi said.

Liu Hen's eyes lit up.

"No, this chief will compensate you for your losses..."

Helian Xiao shouted hurriedly: "It's just a piece of ore, this chief will compensate you more!"

"Do you have a silver mine?" Liu Hen asked.

"Uh...no."

Helian Xiao quickly said, "The people of the Stone Tribe are very good at mining. They can help you dig some copper."

Stone Tribe?
"Sir, there are many people with weak petrification power in that direction." Little Black Stone pointed to the darkness on the left.

"There are indeed quite a few people over there."

Chang Xin carefully sensed it and said doubtfully, "Probably over a thousand people."

Hong Ming whispered, "That guy is at the peak of the fourth realm, so he probably won't be that easy to kill."

"I don't feel that strong. His strength is only slightly greater than mine."

Chang Xin said again: "His ability seems to be to petrify himself and others, but his ability cannot petrify me. I restrain it."

"..."

Hong Ming's face was a little stiff, because he felt that anyone here seemed to be stronger than him, well, except for that mutant.

Liu Hen had an idea in his mind. He looked coldly at the blood-soaked man opposite him and said, "It's a pity that we don't need copper mines that much. I only want silver mines."

Upon seeing this, Hong Ming immediately stimulated the growth of saplings, ready to fight at any time.

On the other side, Helian Xiao said helplessly: "This chief has no silver mines. If this chief had them, he would definitely give them to you, but no, there are no silver mines nearby, and this chief can't conjure any."

Liu Hen followed up on the other party's words and said, "This village chief knows where there is a silver mine. You can go and dig, but your people must stay behind as hostages."

"You guys are going too far. This chief only took a piece of copper ore."

Helian Xiao was a little angry: "There are plenty of underground copper mines in this area."

"But have you ever thought that those copper mines were dug out by the villagers of this village at the risk of their lives?"

Liu Hen said coldly: "Either you exchange the silver mine for people, or you die here."

Helian Xiao was also a little angry: "Do you really think that this chief is easy to bully?"

"Get started!" Liu Hen spoke directly.

"This is too much!"

Helian Xiao roared, and his body suddenly expanded rapidly, turning into a stone man more than ten meters tall.

Chang Xin and Hong Ming are about to take action.

As a result, Xiao Heishi pointed in the air, and the mighty tall stone man suddenly became quiet and was frozen.

Then, under the stunned gaze of the two people, the little black stone pressed in the air.

"Kakaka..."

Dense cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the huge stone man, and it was about to split apart.

"Stone...petrification rules?!!"

A strange cry came from the giant stone man: "Stop, this chief admits defeat!"

Although he was very unwilling, he was afraid that he would die here the next moment.

Because his ability was severely restrained, the power in his body was completely uncontrollable in the face of such power. "What?"

"rule?!"

Chang Xin and Hong Ming suddenly looked at the little black stone, both a little confused.

This little girl is actually also a rule-based mutant?
On the contrary, Liu Hen was not surprised by this, because the Stone of Wishes itself was a rule-based treasure, and the Stone of Wishes was most likely the Yin Stone mentioned by Hong Ming and others.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the small black stone that has been integrated with the wish stone is a rule-based existence.

He didn't let Xiao Heishi really kill the foreign mutant, and his purpose of using force first and then diplomacy had been achieved.

Seeing that the situation was under control, he spoke again: "This village chief does not need you to provide silver mines for free. I can trade the silver mines you dig with food, but your people must stay as hostages. As long as you return within the deadline, this village chief will never harm them."

A hundred meters away, Helian Xiao, who remained huge and unable to move, was very unwilling but helpless.

"Where is the silver mine?" he asked in a deep voice.

"It's about eight hundred miles from here."

Liu Hen said, "As a petrification-type psychic, you should be very sensitive to ores. This village chief will have someone point you in the general direction. Within half a month, you must bring back at least 10,000 kilograms of silver ore."

The reason why he wanted so much was because he took into account the impurities contained in natural ores.

After he collected the natural ore, the actual amount of pure silver ore he obtained was very small, so he gave a quantity of 10,000 kilograms.

Although ten thousand pounds is not a small amount, he feels that as a fourth-level psychic, the other party should also have storage space.

"Half a month?"

Helian Xiao hesitated.

"That's plenty of time. Psychics travel very quickly. Even if you were slower, you'd definitely be able to cover this distance within three days. Even if there are delays, five days is definitely more than enough."

Liu Hen said, "I'll give you ten days to go back and forth. With your ability, digging ten thousand kilograms of silver ore in the remaining five days shouldn't be a difficult task, right?"

"That's easy to say, but finding a mineral vein in the Night Mist World is not that easy."

However, Helian Xiao also knew that he had no choice. After knowing that the other party had a rule-based ability user, he completely gave up resisting.

In front of rule-based psychics, other psychics are no different from paper.

Especially when the little girl's rules seemed to belong to the stone system, his abilities were completely restrained.

"But how can you guarantee that my men will not be harmed?" he asked in a deep voice.

"This village chief cannot guarantee this."

Liu Hen spread his hands and said, "The only thing I can guarantee is that my people will not harm them. At the same time, if they encounter other powerful enemies, we will protect them to the best of our ability."

Helian Xiao thought about it and agreed: "Let this chief go first."

Liu Hen nodded to Xiao Heishi.

The next moment, the giant stone man a hundred meters away quickly shrank and returned to his flesh and blood, but there was more blood on his body, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured.

"Take us to see your Stone Tribe people." Liu Hen said.

Helian Xiao turned around and walked away, heading straight towards the direction where Xiao Heishi and Chang Xin sensed the people.

"Zhang Mianmian stays, and the rest of you follow me."

Liu Hen immediately followed with Xiao Heishi, Chang Xin and Hong Ming.

"What is the name of the chief of the Stone Tribe?" he asked.

The two sides were still a hundred meters apart and did not get too close.

Although the wind was howling and strong, neither side was weak and was not greatly affected.

"I'm Chief Helian Xiao, you can also just call me Chief Shi." Helian Xiao answered expressionlessly.

"Where does Chief Shi come from?" Hong Ming asked.

Helian Xiao, who was standing in front, was silent for a moment before answering, "The Stone Tribe was originally in the Fire Ring Region, but they were transported here by chance when they encountered the Spacetime Mist not long ago."

Having said this, he turned around and asked curiously, "What area is this?"

"Hongluo Domain." Liu Hen picked a name casually.

"Hongluo Territory?" Helian Xiao was puzzled. He had never heard of this place.

Chang Xin and Hong Ming couldn't help but glance at Liu Hen.

Hong Ming whispered, "The domain is very large. As far as I know, this area should be called the Moteng Domain."

"But that's the name we locals call it. This place also has another name, Morten Domain."

Liu Hen said another sentence without changing his expression.

"Moteng Territory? It's so far away..."

Helian Xiao in front looked unhappy, and was obviously teleported to a very far place by the fog of time and space.

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the Stone Tribe's base.

However, the population of the Stone Tribe was larger than they had previously estimated, with more than 3,000 people.

The people of the Stone Tribe looked very strange, with dark skin, but most of them were tall and their appearance was hard to describe.

The women in this tribe have nice figures, but their looks... don't really fit Liu Hen's aesthetic taste.

Helian Xiao, who was standing in front, explained, "They are all the chief's followers. They've been transformed with the ability to petrify, allowing them to adapt to extremely low temperatures. Their lifespan is three times that of an ordinary person. Unfortunately, this transformation has greatly reduced their reproductive capacity. Otherwise, the Stone Tribe wouldn't have such a small population."

All transformed?

Liu Hen was secretly surprised. Does every psychic have the ability to transform others?
"Family?"

Hong Ming questioned: "This title cannot be used casually."

(End of this chapter)