Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 141 The Mist of Time and Space
When one hundred silver ore and one thousand magic crystals are consumed, a countdown appears.

'One hundred hours... a little over four days.'

Liu Hen felt a little impatient: "Upgrading takes longer and longer. I really want to know the magic of the silver workbench right away."

When the Pickaxe of All Things was upgraded from the maximum bronze level to the silver level, he clearly felt a huge improvement, but it did not show in himself.

After discovering the [True Self Interface], he knew that his hunch was correct.

Just by equipping himself with a bonfire, his situation became completely different, as if he had suddenly transformed from a mortal into a god in the eyes of the people.

If I equip myself with a thermal suit and other weapons, I will definitely get a greater improvement.

In addition, this huge improvement should also be reflected on the Creation Workbench.

"I hope nothing happens in the next four days."

Liu Hen called Xiao Heishi out and instructed him, "You should be more careful these days. If any demon approaches, no matter how strong or weak it is, tell me immediately."

"Yes, sir." Xiao Heishi nodded seriously.

"Don't be too nervous. At worst, we can just tactically evacuate the village."

Liu Hen was not that scared, because now he could move the entire village quickly.

If you really encounter an unstoppable enemy, the worst that can happen is to replace the bonfire equipped in the true self interface with the original bonfire at the source of the village.

In this way, let everyone stay inside the village, and then leave quickly by yourself.

With the effect of the Earth Pendant suit, his own movement speed far exceeds the speed of a large group.

Judging from the previous situation, there is a high probability that the fourth-level demon will not be able to catch up with him.

At least the four silver mine demons at the peak of the fourth realm cannot catch up with him. If it is other speed types, it is hard to say.

After confirming that the workbench had begun to upgrade, Liu Hen teleported to the hill outside, walked out of the campfire, and sensed it carefully.

There was nothing unexpected on this hill, so he teleported to another hill and continued sensing.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he was sure that there were no problems in all four directions.

'Will these bonfires... attract the four demons?' He pondered this question.

However, the bonfires in the four directions can serve as a warning and can greatly suppress the power of demons. Once they are recovered and attacked by demons, the degree of danger will inevitably increase greatly.

"Everyone, keep an eye on it. If anything goes wrong, fire warning shots."

Liu Hen looked at the two combatants who were guarding the bonfire and said, "If you have any merit, I, the village chief, will reward you handsomely."

"Yes, sir." The two men were cheered up and answered quickly.

Liu Hen returned to the village again, jumped onto the tops of buildings in nine directions, and checked the nine home cannons.

"village head……"

"Village Chief."

The two gunners here saluted respectfully.

Liu Hen nodded slightly, checked carefully, and made sure that there was no problem with the home. He then jumped onto another building and checked them one by one.

Although a battle may not necessarily happen, we still need to take precautions.

Especially since the firelight at the location of the Travel Village was too conspicuous, there was a high possibility that it would be discovered by the four demons.

Suddenly he saw thirteen spider cars emerging from the darkness, only five of them were filled with copper ore, the other eight were still empty.

Above the spider car were the villagers with panic-stricken faces.

Obviously Chang Xin also realized the danger and asked the mining team to return early.

Liu Hen jumped down from the building and asked Chang Xin, "How many people still haven't obtained village membership?"

“It’s all full today.”

Chang Xin explained, "A group of people previously formed a mining group. They must have experience in this area. Not only were they the first to obtain village membership, they also paid off their wooden bed debt in a short period of time. At my request, they shared that mining group method with others, and now everyone has collected at least 100 kilograms of copper ore."

"That's good."

Liu Hen immediately called Zong Ni and asked her to take all the remaining people to swear to join the Journey Village.

After everyone had taken the oath, he counted the number of people and found that apart from him, the village chief, there were only 148 villagers left.

"what happened?"

His face changed slightly, realizing that something was wrong, and he immediately found Chang Xin: "How many people have you kicked out during this period?"

"Just those four people from the beginning, nothing else."

Chang Xin was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"Only four people? How come so many people are missing?"

Liu Hen immediately explained the situation to Chang Xin: "The number of villagers is wrong, and many are missing."

Chang Xin frowned slightly: "Where is Chen Ye?"

"Sister Chang, I'm here."

Chen Ye hurriedly walked out of the convoy and quickly came forward.

"Let everyone gather and count the number of people." Chang Xin said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Chen Ye hurriedly arranged for everyone to gather and asked everyone to put down what they were doing.

"Except the man who's watching over the bonfire on the hill outside, the gatekeeper, and the gunner, call everyone else over here."

Liu Hen said in a deep voice: "Including children and patrolmen."

"Yes." Chen Ye immediately asked Zong Ni to help call back all the people patrolling inside and outside the village.

At this time, Hong Ming also came back, but he did not enter the village. Instead, he made arrangements outside the village.

He asked the Wu brothers and sisters to help clear the thick snow, and then inserted branches into the frozen soil to encourage them to grow into small trees, obviously in preparation for war.

It seemed that he also sensed the crisis and was on guard against the four silver mine monsters.

The travel village was not big, and in just a few minutes, everyone except for a few essential positions had arrived.

Chen Ye, Zong Ni and those pardoned generals who knew how to count took a round of inventory respectively, and then added themselves and all the people in several positions. The final total population was the same as Liu Hen's, only 148 people.

Liu Hen also counted them carefully himself, and there were still 148 people.

Now not only him, but also Chang Xin and others had their expressions changed.

"How could this be?"

"Dozens of people disappeared out of thin air. Where did they go?"

"Hasn't anyone noticed before?"

Everyone was confused, nervous and uneasy at the same time. They were worried about being blamed by their superiors, and also worried that this inexplicable disappearance would happen to them.

"Haven't you counted the number of people before?" Liu Hen looked at Chang Xin.

Chang Xin blamed herself a little: "I counted them a few days ago, but no one disappeared then. They must have disappeared in the past two days, or even today."

"I'll go take a look inside the mine, you keep an eye on the village."

Liu Hen teleported away immediately.

He took a step out of the bonfire closest to the mine, and without paying attention to the salutes of the two combatants guarding the bonfire, he quickly rushed towards the location of the mine.

He was very fast and soon arrived at the entrance of the mine.

A huge entrance has been dug here, and outside the entrance is piled with a large amount of soil and rocks, which are all waste rocks.

'No?'

Through the sensing of the power of the earth, Liu Hen did not sense anyone inside the mine.

Not giving up, he entered the mine and took a look. He walked forward for more than a hundred meters and soon reached the end, but still found nothing.

Not to mention living people, there are not even any corpses.

"It's impossible for a person to disappear out of thin air. Perhaps he was attacked by something."

But if it was an attack by a demon, why didn’t anyone else feel anything?

Liu Hen had a bad feeling in his heart, so he quickly left the mine and headed straight for where the Stone Tribe was stationed.

Before getting close to the Stone Tribe, a loud noise came into my ears.

Panic voices were also heard from within the Stone Tribe.

This made his bad premonition even stronger.

Chief Stone Chief Helian Xiao sensed his approach and, regardless of his own injuries, hurried out to greet him: "Respected Village Chief Liu Hen, you've come here, obviously you've encountered the same situation."

He subconsciously used the honorific, not only because Liu Hen was a rule-based superpower, but also because Liu Hen had saved him.

"Someone disappeared here too?"

Liu Hen frowned and asked, "Do you know the reason?"

"Village Chief Liu, do you know how we got here?" Helian Xiao asked back.

Liu Hen's expression changed slightly: "Mist of time and space?"

"Yes."

Helian Xiao nodded solemnly, "Although the Spacetime Mist is invisible and intangible, and impossible to avoid, it can silently shift everything on Earth. Since we were able to be transported from the Ring of Fire to this location in the distant Morten Territory, this location must have also been affected by the Spacetime Mist."

Liu Hen's face turned grim. "The fog of time and space is invisible and intangible? Is there no way to avoid it? Can migration avoid it?"

"Perhaps, but we can't see through the fog of time and space. If we move around aimlessly, we might just bump into it."

Helian Xiao said, looking at Liu Hen with a hint of hope: "However, this chief has heard that the rule domain of rule-type superpowers seems to be able to resist the fog of time and space. Can you let the people of the Stone Tribe enter your domain?"

"Can the rule field resist the fog of time and space?"

Liu Hen was surprised, then shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to help you, but my village is very small and can't accommodate so many people."

Helian Xiao was a little disappointed.

"But part of it is possible." Liu Hen said.

Helian Xiao's face lit up with joy. Even a part of it was good. It was better than being completely destroyed by the fog of time and space again.

Last time they were lucky and were not transferred to a dangerous place, but the transfer of the fog of time and space depends entirely on luck.

There are too many dangerous areas in the Night Fog World, and one could end up being destroyed if one is not careful.

But then Liu Hen said, "But this village chief can't generate electricity for love. What can you give this village chief?"

Although Helian Xiao didn't know what "generating electricity for love" meant, he roughly understood what Liu Hen meant.

He thought for a moment and said awkwardly, "I don't have much on me. How about waiting until the crisis is over and letting the Stone Tribe members who have sought refuge in your territory help you mine? The Stone Tribe members are natural miners, and their mining skills will definitely not disappoint you."

Mining?

This is a good idea. Relying only on the villagers, the mining speed is too slow, especially since we will need to mine silver mines soon.

Liu Hen then pondered for a moment and said, "Choose a hundred people to go. This village chief can only accept so many people."

(End of this chapter)