Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 151 White Hair Sequelae

"He must have just awakened not long ago." Hong Ming replied.

"How long is soon? Can you sense it?"

Liu Hen asked curiously as he walked out.

"He is only at the first level. Unless he is a rule-based superpower user, he must have awakened within three years." Hong Ming explained.

"Within three years..."

Liu Hen was powerless to complain about this "soon".

He also awakened within three years, but to be specific, it was less than half a year.

If Hong Ming were to say so, he would also be an ant.

But he is special, and his upgrade speed far exceeds that of other psychics.

Anyway, Hong Ming has been awakened for more than 40 years, and is only at the fourth level.

At this moment, he thought of something: his thermal suit could be upgraded again.

So he looked at his space backpack and saw that there were just over 1000 silver ores that had been collected into small portions of material.

"Then upgrade. Nothing else matters more than your own strength."

Liu Hen had an idea and immediately consumed these materials to upgrade the suit he was wearing.

The next moment, only a few small pieces of silver ore were left in the space backpack, and 10,000 magic crystals in the Wanwu Pickaxe account were directly consumed.

"There are still more than a dozen large pieces of silver ore. We will manufacture the village defense cannons later."

This thought flashed through his mind, and then he looked at the upgrade countdown.

Fortunately, it only takes three hours to upgrade the bronze suit to silver level.

'Yes, in three hours, I have the silver suit.'

At that time, as long as you equip this silver suit to the equipment column of the [True Self Interface], your strength will increase dramatically.

As for upgrading the Pickaxe of All Things, there is no need to rush.

Because the space backpack is still useful now, it will not be usable during the upgrade of the Pickaxe of All Things, so you have to wait until you are free.

Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the village.

A man with a dozen men was already waiting at the entrance of the village.

Seeing the two approaching, the man immediately saluted: "I am the leader of the Kuiba Camp, Kuiba Mo, and I am honored to meet you two friends."

He kept a low profile, obviously aware of the situation.

After all, he was not stupid. This place was originally the territory of their Kuiba camp. He was very familiar with it and knew that there was no such force here.

He had never heard of such a sudden building and such a magical method that could lock the temperature and even calm the strong wind, and he knew he couldn't afford to offend.

"Kuiba Camp?"

Liu Hen nodded: "I am Liu Hen, the village chief of Lutu Village. The one next to me is Hong Ming, a fourth-level supernatural being."

"The fourth realm..."

Kuiba Mo's expression changed slightly, and he immediately lowered his posture: "Kuiba Camp is only three kilometers away. We just want to survive. If Village Chief Liu doesn't think it's appropriate, we can relocate."

"leader……"

Everyone in the rear was shocked and looked at their leader in disbelief.

However, Kuiba Mo pretended not to hear and did not dare to respond to his men.

Originally, his main purpose for coming here was to hope that this foreign force would move farther away, because being too close could easily lead to war.

Because resources are limited, war is inevitable once a fight for resources occurs.

However, after hearing that the other party actually had a fourth-level psychic, he changed his plan without hesitation.

There is no way, the opponent is too strong.

As far as he knew, the strongest beings in this forest were only at the fourth level, including demons.

Now there is a fourth realm, and the situation in this forest is likely to change.

But he couldn't see through the man in front of him who claimed to be the village chief of Lulv Village.

The other party did not give off any breath of life, like a piece of stone, which made him even more wary.

In particular, judging from the fact that Hong Ming, the fourth-level psychic, is also one step behind, the village chief Liu Hen should be the leader of this group of outsiders who suddenly appeared.

"Three kilometers away? That's pretty close."

Liu Hen asked curiously, "How many people are there in your camp?"

"Three hundred people." Kuiba Mo replied.

At this time, Hong Ming asked, "Are there many people with special abilities here?"

"Um... not many. Besides the two of you, including me, there are a total of three people with special abilities here."

Kuiba Mo answered truthfully: "In addition to our Kuiba Camp, there are also the Iron Tree Camp and the Falling Rock Camp. The psychics in the Iron Tree Camp are at the second level, and those in the Falling Rock Camp are at the third level."

"Only the third level?"

Hong Ming smiled, thinking that even if Liu Hen did not take action, he could conquer this place by himself.

"Is there a place name here?" Liu Hen asked.

"some."

Kuiba Mo replied, "This forest is called the Iron Tree Forest, named after the characteristics of some iron trees that have become spirits."

After a pause, he added, "There is a spirited iron tree in the Iron Tree Camp."

"Iron tree?"

Liu Hen was quite curious about this kind of tree, and he didn't know what the characteristics of the collected tree core were.
But of course he wouldn't ask such a question. Instead, he pointed in the direction they came from and asked, "What's the name of the place over there?"

"Over there..." Kuiba Mo's face changed slightly, and he replied: "Over there, they beg Longshan, begging him. It is said that the mountain is alive."

"living?"

Liu Hen and Hong Ming looked at each other.

"Yes, it is said that the mountain itself is home to a huge demon, but that demon hasn't appeared in a thousand years."

Kuiba Mo explained, "The people occupying Qiulong Mountain are a group of mutants. They are very united and have formed a force called the [Qiulong Temple]. They are very difficult to deal with."

"The Dragon Temple, a force composed of mutants..."

Liu Hen understood that the group of hairy monsters were actually mutants.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was a local here, he continued to ask, "What about the other side of Qiulong Mountain?"

"Well, we've never been there before. We only learned some information from the people in the Dragon Seeking Temple."

Kuiba Mo replied, "According to the people from the Dragon Seeking Temple, that's the Frame Snow Mountain. The Frame Snow Mountain is forbidden to humans and is the territory of the Snow Demon."

The distortion of this information is very serious.

Liu Hen didn't ask any more questions and was about to talk about other things when he suddenly saw Hu Jinshi running in from outside with an excited look on his face.

He didn't think much about it at first, but behind the other party were the two scavenger teams that wanted to eat their children before. The two scavenger teams were holding some silver-white stones in their hands.

"Village Chief, we discovered a silver mine!"

Before entering the village, Hu Jinshi shouted, "There are many silver mines over there. I went there myself to confirm that you can find silver mines wherever you dig."

When Kuiba Mo saw the stones that Hu Jinshi and others were holding, his expression changed.

"Impossible, I didn't sense it."

Little Black Stone came over and said, "I can sense all the stones within a hundred kilometers. I can't sense any silver mines."

"Forehead……"

Hu Jinshi, who had just entered the village, was puzzled.

Liu Hen looked at the silver-white stone in Hu Jinshi's hand and said, "Let me see it."

"Yes, Village Chief." Hu Jinshi quickly handed the stone in his hand respectfully to Liu Hen.

Liu Hen took the stone and put it into his space backpack to check the identification information.

[Longevity Stone: A stone that can extend the lifespan of living things. It is not food itself and cannot relieve hunger, but it can extend lifespan after consumption. If consumed in excess and not excreted, it may also cause kidney stones.]

"..."

Liu Hen took out the longevity stone again and looked at Kuiba Mo: "What kind of stone is this?"

"...This is a longevity stone, a material for alchemy."

Kuiba Mo said with a stiff upper lip, "Mix some spiritual objects to make a pill that can prolong life. It's a specialty of the Iron Tree Forest."

“It’s really not a silver mine?”

Hu Jinshi looked dejected, his happiness was in vain.

"It's indeed not a silver mine, but it's also a good thing." Liu Hen said with a smile.

"Let me see."

Hong Ming took it and sensed it. He was initially confused and uncertain, but soon he was certain: "I might know why those glutinous trees grow so big... This stone is simply a natural fertilizer for the glutinous trees."

"fertilizer?"

Kuiba Mo and the others were stunned.

"fertilizer?"

Liu Hen: "It only works on sticky wood?"

"It seems to only work on sticky silkwood."

Hong Ming carefully sensed it and nodded affirmatively: "It should be the same as ordinary stone for other trees, with no effect at all."

Liu Hen felt a little regretful, then looked at Hu Jinshi: "I, the village chief, want these longevity stones. What do you want?"

Although it is not a silver mine, he has now activated the synthesis function, so this special material may be useful.

"Well, I just hope to plant the Paradise Flower soon. These longevity stones are my tribute to the village chief."

Hu Jinshi answered, and then asked the two scavenger teams behind him to put down all the longevity stones and present them to the village chief.

Anyway, there are a lot of longevity stones nearby, and he can get them easily if he wants.

"almost."

Liu Hen put away all the longevity stones and then looked at Kuiba Mo again: "Can you make pills?"

"I don't have any eating skills. I'm sorry to have embarrassed Village Chief Liu." Kuiba Mo answered with a stiff face.

"Tell me about that kind of elixir. If it is useful, this village chief can trade it with you for food." Liu Hen said.

Kuiba Mo's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "It's hard to determine the exact duration of life extension of the longevity pill, but if taken long-term, theoretically, every deserter can live to 150 years old, as long as they don't die accidentally."

"One hundred and fifty?"

Hong Ming was surprised: "The average life expectancy of the desert dwellers is only in their fifties, close to sixty. This is equivalent to adding more than a hundred years to their lifespan out of thin air. Are you sure?"

"I am very sure." Kuiba Mo said affirmatively.

The knowledgeable Hong Ming sneered: "This kind of thing should have some sequelae, right? And the sequelae are probably not small."

His understanding of the human body far exceeds that of anyone present. Even though he is not a doctor himself, he is actually no different from one.

Liu Hen glanced at Hong Ming without saying anything. He also felt that there would be sequelae, but he didn't know whether those sequelae would be stomach stones or kidney stones?

"This friend is right. Long-term use of longevity pills has side effects, but many people actually hope to achieve these side effects."

Kuiba Mo had no choice but to answer, "If you take the longevity elixir for a long time and live to be over a hundred years old, you will grow white hair and become extremely strong. However, from the time the white hair grows, you will theoretically only have fifty years left to live. As far as I know, no one has ever lived beyond fifty years after growing white hair."

(End of this chapter)