Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 146 Come out and see me
One day later.

Liu Hen has reached the edge of the snow mountain in the frame diagram.

The reason why we can be sure that this is the edge is that the snow here is obviously not that thick, and the set effect of the Earth Suit can take effect again.

Even though you still can't step directly on the ground here and the snow is still more than two meters deep, at least you can draw on the power of the earth.

"Finally, we can speed up."

Liu Hen breathed a sigh of relief, then used the accumulated power of the earth to jump and speed up as much as possible without making too much noise.

He was sweating all the way.

Because along the way they encountered more than a dozen big monsters.

None of those demons are lower than the fourth realm.

As for higher realms, he couldn't sense them and couldn't guarantee that they didn't exist.

Finally, after walking for hundreds of kilometers, the snow became thinner and thinner until it was only knee-deep.

When we got here, we could already see trees with snow on them.

Perhaps it was his occupational disease that caused Liu Hen to slow down subconsciously after seeing the trees, and he took out his pickaxe to collect them.

"My Lord, be careful!" Little Black Stone suddenly exclaimed.

"Whoosh-"

A strong wind blew in his face, and Liu Hen fell back like a conditioned reflex.

"Oh!"

The snow behind exploded, and a wooden spear more than two meters long was deeply inserted into the snow.

Before he could get up, another powerful wooden spear shot towards him.

He quickly dodged.

"Oh!"

The snow exploded, and the wooden spear penetrated deeply into the ground, leaving only about half a meter on the surface.

Liu Hen's eyes turned cold. Although he hadn't seen anyone yet, he took out his assault rifle, aimed at the direction where the wooden spear was coming from, and pulled the trigger.

"Da da da--"

Dense bullets fired into the darkness.

The next moment he vaguely heard a scream, and then the sound quickly faded away.

"..."

Liu Hen stopped because the sound came from more than 800 meters away.

"That arm strength is definitely significant, and the person who threw the spear might not be the same person..."

He felt heavy-hearted, gave up collecting, and changed direction to continue leaving.

At the same time, in the snow more than 800 meters away, several tall humanoid creatures also looked solemn.

"Boss, that guy doesn't look like a snow demon. Snow demons shouldn't have hot weapons." One of them said.

Another person nearby also spoke up: "He looks like a human, but he was able to react and dodge the spears we threw. He must be at least a level three warrior."

"Go back and tell the mountain master first."

The leader among them said in a deep voice: "Someone has escaped from the Snow Demon's territory alive. This matter is of great importance."

"That's right, tell the mountain master first."

Several people quickly got up and left.

……

Liu Hen walked forward for more than ten kilometers before stopping. After asking Xiao Heishi to confirm that there was no remaining demonic aura nearby, he decided to materialize the Travel Village.

The most important thing is that he himself needs to rest. After running around for a whole day and night, and being tense all the time, he is now a little tired.

In order to prevent possible dangers at any time, the fatigue value must not be too high, so as to avoid being unable to react in time when encountering an accident.

"There shouldn't be any time and space fog here, right?"

He waited cautiously for more than ten minutes, and after making sure there were no problems, he chose a relatively spacious and relatively flat location and switched the campfire body in the [True Self Interface] equipment bar to a projection.

The next moment, fog rolled around, buildings emerged, and then the entire travel village appeared.

"Village Chief..."

"It's the village chief who's back!"

“Our prayers really worked!”

Around the bonfire, the villagers who were still kneeling and praying all showed expressions of ecstasy.

For more than a day, they were worried that the safe haven they had finally obtained would be lost, and even more worried that something might happen to the village chief and the leader.

The moment they saw Liu Hen walking out of the campfire, they finally felt relieved.

Zong Ni and Hong Ming were also by the campfire.

Seeing Liu Hen appear, the two of them hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Are you okay? Where's Sister Chang?"

Zong Ni glanced around and didn't see Chang Xin and the others, and she immediately looked worried.

"We were separated. I was transferred to the Boxtu Snow Mountain, and I don't know where the others are."

Liu Hen shook his head: "Now that the combat members are gone, you need to pick some smart villagers to patrol and guard the gate. You also need to re-select the gunners. Each artillery position needs at least two gunners."

"I've already arranged it." Zong Ni replied.

Liu Hen took a look at the roofs of the surrounding buildings where home cannons were installed, and indeed found that there were already people there.

He immediately nodded with satisfaction. Zong Ni was still very reliable.

"You guys are scattered? That's the end of it."

At this time, Hong Ming said, "The night fog world is boundless. Once we are moved away by the fog of time and space, the distance will definitely be very far. It is hard to say whether we can meet again in this life."

"As long as you're still alive, there's always a chance." Liu Hen said expressionlessly, "I'll leave the vigilance to you. I'll take a nap first."

"Don't worry about this, I'll prepare it right away."

Hong Ming immediately walked towards the village entrance.

Liu Hen once again warned Zong Ni: "Don't leave the village. It's not clear whether the area is safe. If there is any danger, open fire directly."

"Okay." Zong Ni nodded.

Liu Hen glanced at the villagers who were still kneeling on the ground and said, "Let them go back and rest. We will give each of them an extra portion of food today."

"Thank you, Village Chief..."

"Thank you, village chief!"

When the villagers heard this, they immediately showed joy.

"Ok."

Zong Ni suddenly asked, "What should we do with the people from the Stone Tribe?"

The people of the Stone Tribe who live here are a group of old, weak, sick, disabled, pregnant women and children.

Previously, we had a deal with the Stone Chief to allow these people to stay here, but now the deal can no longer be completed and those people from the Stone Tribe are no longer valuable.

Liu Hen glanced at the experience level of the bonfire at the source of the village and said, "Let them all swear to join the Journey Village. Those who agree to join can stay, and those who don't agree to join will be thrown out and left to fend for themselves."

“Give them village membership directly?”

Zong Ni was surprised and said, "If that happens, the other villagers might have objections."

"If you have any objections, keep them to yourself. But after the Stone Tribe members join the Journey Village, let them pray in front of the campfire for a day before setting them free."

Liu Hen said, "Tell them that if they pray in front of the bonfire sincerely enough, they might even be able to meet their chief in the future."

"Okay." Zong Ni answered respectfully. She would do it regardless of whether what Liu Hen said was true or not.

After making sure that nothing was missing, Liu Hen turned and entered the village chief's residence and came to his room.

The fortune workbench in the room was still upgrading. During the time when the "Journey Village" was carried around, the upgrade countdown for the fortune workbench had not been interrupted.

"There are only a little over two days left, it's almost time."

Thinking of this, he immediately lay down on the simple wooden bed.

There was a flash of light, and a small black stone appeared next to it.

"Sleep first."

Liu Hen hugged Xiao Heishi and fell into a deep sleep after closing his eyes, unable to resist the special effect of the simple wooden bed.

He does not have to personally handle the issuance of village membership. As long as he defaults to allowing anyone to join the village, then anyone who sincerely swears to join the Journey Village can directly obtain village membership.

The prerequisite is that you must swear sincerely; being perfunctory will not do.

At the same time, Hong Ming had arrived at the entrance of the village.

Looking at the small trees vaguely visible in the snow outside, surprise flashed in his eyes.

"There seems to be a lot more plants here than in the previous place, although they don't seem to grow much."

He walked out of the village and looked around the small village, his eyes becoming more and more surprised.

"Has this completely changed location? Could it be that this is no longer the Morten Domain? Is the fog of time and space so terrifying?"

In fact, the trees were still short and twisted, and Liu Hen could not see any difference.

But he was different, because his special ability was [Spiritual Plant Husband], and he was very familiar with the characteristics of plants. He could tell at a glance that the plants here were different from all the plants he had seen before.

"But... there are too many sticky trees here, right?"

After walking around, Hong Ming looked at the small trees that were almost completely covered with snow, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

In his perception, those small trees that seemed to be less than one meter tall actually had huge root systems underground.

Those roots meandered and extended in all directions, forming a very large network of sticky wood roots underground.

"Oh my god... these sticky silk trees are almost spirits, right? Isn't there a king tree nearby?"

The more he sensed, the more frightened he became, and he felt that this place was not normal.

"But...all these sticky trees have produced cores. That guy should be ecstatic."

Hong Ming did not dare to waste time and immediately set up arrangements around the village. He asked the Wu brothers and sisters, who were almost his full-time assistants, to clear the snow and then insert branches into the ground.

Then, he used his ability to stimulate the branches to grow into small trees.

The potential of the small trees created in this way will be affected, and it will be difficult for them to produce cores, so they can only be used as a means of attack.

As long as such small trees are planted around the village, even if a demon of the fifth realm comes, he can stop it for a while.

He planted a large number of trees in the former Green Cloud City. After the war broke out, he single-handedly blocked the army of silver mine demon servants and more than a dozen fourth-level demons for more than ten minutes.

Unfortunately, everything was in vain the moment the sixth-level silver mine demon took action.

With a difference of two major realms, all his arrangements became useless.

……

When Liu Hen woke up, it was already late at night outside.

He stretched, got up from bed feeling miraculously refreshed, and came to the creation workbench.

"There's only a little over a day left, it'll be soon."

I slept for a whole day and night, no wonder I felt so energetic.

At this time, Xiao Heishi also woke up.

Liu Hen took out the wood mud meat rice cake and shared it with Xiao Heishi. After filling his stomach, he walked out of the village chief's residence.

Outside, hundreds of Stone Tribe members were kneeling around a campfire, praying quietly. Their prayers were much more normal and ritualistic, and it felt like they had done this often before.

"The divine messenger has arrived. Outsiders, come out and meet him!"

Suddenly a loud shout came from outside the village.

(End of this chapter)