Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 126 Be a human being
But if you calculate the time, it has only been two days since Hong Bo and others returned.

This place is more than 300 kilometers away from Hongluo Camp.

Traveling in the dark...even if the previous group of people ran, they shouldn't be that fast.

Those people in the camp were so afraid of death that they had to avoid all kinds of dangers along the way. It is hard to say whether that group of people have returned to Hongluo Camp now.

At this time, another tree appeared in front.

Liu Hen immediately took out the draft of all things and was about to go over to collect them.

But he suddenly had an idea and turned to walk towards the travel village.

After returning to the village, he went straight to Hong Ming who was working and said, "Come out with me."

"Where are we going?" Hong Ming wondered.

"Just come out with me." Liu Hen said.

Hong Ming was suspicious, but he didn't ask any more questions and followed Liu Hen silently.

Soon, the two left the village, walked out of the shelter of the campfire, and came into the darkness raging in the blizzard.

Soon, they arrived near the trees that Liu Hen had seen before.

Liu Hen pointed at the short, twisted tree and said, "Use your ability to cultivate this tree."

"What do you want to do?" Hong Ming asked in confusion.

"Stop talking nonsense, just do what you are told. Why are you asking so many questions?" Liu Hen said calmly.

"..."

Hong Ming was speechless and had to do as Liu Hen said and use his special abilities to cultivate the tree in front of him.

Liu Hen reminded: "The main thing is to increase its vitality and make it stronger. Don't do anything unnecessary."

"So what exactly do you want to do? Give me a general direction so that I can start better." Hong Ming asked.

Liu Hen thought about it and asked a question: "Can your ability make a tree become a spirit?"

He had always suspected that the tree core was likely born from a tree that was about to become a spirit, so he asked this question.

"Making a tree a spirit?"

Hong Ming was stunned: "You don't want me to breed a demon, do you? How is such a thing possible?"

"You really can't do it? Never mind. Just keep trying. Just do as I say and use your ability to cultivate this tree." Liu Hen didn't force the tree to become a spirit.

"To what extent should it be cultivated?" Hong Ming asked hurriedly.

Liu Hen: "Until I am satisfied."

"..."

Hong Ming was speechless. What level would satisfy you?

However, he also knew that there was probably no answer to this question, so he continued to use his abilities silently and worked hard.

If he were honest, Liu Hen was pretty good to him. At least he didn't abuse him. He let him eat his fill and also gave him enough freedom.

So, he still works very hard.

Liu Hen waited patiently and watched Hong Ming work curiously.

But apart from the faint glow of the trees, nothing could be seen.

As time passed, there were only howling winds and flying snowflakes. The Wu brothers and sisters who had followed out from a distance were silently keeping watch nearby.

Little Black Stone also came out again. Seeing that nothing was happening, he played with stones nearby.

With warm clothes, they were not afraid of the cold, but the strong wind was a bit noisy.

Liu Hen was really bored of waiting, so he took out a piece of wood mud meat rice cake and started eating it.

"What are you eating? Can you give me a piece?" Hong Ming asked.

"If you cultivate what I want, I'll give you a piece."

Liu Hen was not stingy, but there were really not many wood-mud meat rice cakes left, so he had to save them.

Hong Ming was cultivating the tree while staring at the wood mud and meat rice cake in Liu Hen's hand.

If others saw him like this, they would never imagine that he was a high-ranking psychic, and a psychic of the fourth level at that.

After all, he himself was born into a barbaric family, and he only feels superior when facing ordinary people.

However, when facing a rule-based superpower like Liu Hen, he actually felt a little inferior.

"Is it tasty?"

Seeing Liu Hen eating with relish, he couldn't help but ask.

"good to eat."

Liu Hen answered seriously.

"..."

Hong Ming didn't quite believe it, because he felt that no matter how delicious the food was, it was just so-so.

But at this moment, Liu Hen, whether out of bad taste or unintentionally, walked to the upper hand and continued eating.

The strong wind brought the smell of wood-mud meat rice cake, which was smelled by Hong Ming.

"..."

Hong Ming subconsciously widened his eyes and turned around involuntarily.

"You don't want to be lazy, do you? If you are lazy, there will be no delicious food." Liu Hen asked.

"...How could that be? I was just stretching."

Hong Ming stretched himself, turned around silently and continued to work.

Then the wind changed direction.

Liu Hen staggered and walked to the upper wind position again.

"..."

Hong Ming really wanted to say, please be a human being.

Even Liu Hen couldn't resist the taste of the wood-mud meat rice cake, let alone him who had never eaten such a delicacy before.

He silently took out a portion of carbohydrate porridge he had bought earlier and ate it to satisfy his craving.

However, the carbohydrate porridge he had bought a long time ago had already gone cold. Although his storage space had a certain preservation effect, the carbohydrate porridge froze the moment it was taken out.

In fact, the wood mud meat rice cake in Liu Hen's hand had been frozen at this time. The temperature outside was too low, and it was frozen the moment it was taken out.

But it doesn't matter, he eats it as a snack anyway, just like eating rock candy.

The wood-mud meat rice cake is starchy and slightly sweet. It tastes crunchy after being frozen. Fortunately, his body has been strengthened and he can still bite it.

To be honest, although his physical body is still far inferior to Chang Xin and Hong Ming, even without relying on the thermal suit, he has at least 200 kilograms of pure strength.

Such power has surpassed most ordinary people.

Although the upgrade of the Pickaxe of All Things has only a small impact on his physical fitness, the repeated strengthening will accumulate to a considerable extent.

Time continued to pass, and the tree before my eyes grew at a very slow but perceptible pace.

The twisted tree, which was originally only two meters high, grew to a height of nearly five meters throughout the day.

The night is about to end.

"what?"

Suddenly Hong Ming looked at the trees in front of him in surprise.

"It's become a spirit?" Liu Hen cheered up.

"How can it be that easy?"

Hong Ming said, "However, after my cultivation, this tree does have the potential to become a spirit."

He himself seemed surprised: "I can't believe my ability has such potential!"

"You didn't know this before?" Liu Hen wondered.

"I don't look very idle, do I? And I was dealing with that silver mine demon all that time."

Hong Ming explained, "That silver mine demon was suffocating me, and the demon lord that was about to emerge from it was threatening all of humanity. For those decades, I was almost always trying to figure out how to deal with the demon lord's egg."

Even so, Liu Hen didn't quite understand, because in his opinion, since Hong Ming's ability was mainly to cultivate plants, he should have made various attempts.

Anyway, if it were him, he would definitely cultivate a tree for a long time to see what would happen in the end.

"That's all for today's training."

He didn't say much, immediately took out the pickaxe and went over to collect it.

"What about the delicious food?" Hong Ming asked quickly.

"We'll talk about it after the goods are shipped."

Liu Hen didn't stop, wielding the pickaxe to collect the trees in front of him.

"Goods?" Hong Ming was suspicious.

Soon, the tree in front of him exploded, revealing three large pieces of wood and a piece of tree core.

"it is good!"

Liu Hen was overjoyed. In this way, as long as Hong Ming worked hard, he could get a tree core every day.

Now the use of this tree core is no longer just to make warm clothes, but can also be used to fill the landscape trees in the village.

The current village is still too monotonous. If all the scenic trees were planted, it would definitely be many times more beautiful.

"So what exactly do you need? Can you show it to me?"

Hong Ming asked curiously, "I have a deep understanding of plants. If I could see the real thing, maybe I wouldn't even need to cultivate it. I could take you directly to find it."

"Where to find it?"

Liu Hen said: "I have almost harvested all the trees in this area."

"..."

Hong Ming was speechless.

However, Liu Hen still took out the tree core and said, "Can you tell which tree has this kind of thing?"

"Is this... a tree core?"

Hong Ming took the tree core and sensed it: "It's a bit like the life core of a plant-based demon. If I can sense the tree up close, I'll know if there's something like this inside it."

"As much as I want to praise you, I harvested the tree faster than you could sense it."

Liu Hen said, "Let's go. I'll give you a piece of wood mud meat cake when we get back."

Seeing that late night was approaching, he immediately called Xiao Heishi and the Wu brothers and sisters to go back.

"Wait a minute, I'll plant some trees."

Hong Ming quickly scattered the plant seeds, which quickly gave birth to small trees.

He could see that Liu Hen probably had a huge demand for that kind of tree core.

Rather than risking going to faraway places to continue cultivating trees later, it is better to plant some nearby and speed up the cultivation when needed.

"Do you have a lot of plant seeds on you?" Liu Hen asked.

“It’s not all seeds.”

Hong Ming explained: "After I reached the fourth level, I could even bring something as small as a branch to life."

Liu Hen's eyes lit up, and he took out a handful of twigs: "Can this also induce labor?"

These branches were obtained from the very tall winter fruit tree he had collected before, and had been kept in his space backpack gathering dust.

Hong Ming picked up one and carefully sensed it, then exclaimed in surprise, "The vitality is very well preserved, and the branches are very fresh and tender. Have you learned any professional herbal medicine techniques?"

"Just tell me if you can induce labor?" Liu Hen asked instead of answering.

"can."

Hong Ming nodded affirmatively: "This kind of branches are the best seedlings for me. It only takes one day for me to make them grow, but it may take a few more days to produce the core of the tree."

After all, the tree that Liu Hen asked him to cultivate had been growing for many years.

It is impossible to cultivate the tree core all at once by starting from scratch.

Liu Hen's face suddenly lit up with smiles: "Come on, whether this village chief can live a good life depends on you."

Hong Ming: “…”

(End of this chapter)