Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 156 Iron Stake (asking for monthly ticket)
He did not stop there and continued to wield the pickaxe to collect everything.

【Ominous Hair +4】

【Ominous Hair +7】

……

【Ominous Skull +1】

【Unknown Teeth +1】

【Unknown Teeth +1】

Just like when they collected the body of the fallen Tong Kun before, no blood or flesh was collected, only materials were collected.

However, the bones and other materials collected from the bodies of these mutants were classified in great detail.

Like the skull, hand bones and even teeth, they are all separated.

The more Liu Hen collected information, the more suspicious he became.

"Why is it ominous? Isn't it contaminated by the demonic aura that caused this mutation?"

At first, he thought that what Kuiba Mo said was right. He thought that the longevity stone was made from the blood or flesh of the super monster in Longshan. Therefore, people who ate the longevity pill made from the longevity stone would grow long hair. After growing long hair, they would desperately believe in the master of Longshan.

But now, he is not sure.

Not only is it uncertain whether the longevity stone is the flesh and blood of that super demon, it is not even certain whether that demon is still alive.

He secretly asked Xiao Heishi and communicated with Xiao Heishi secretly with the power of the contract. He did not dare to tell this matter out loud for fear of being sensed by the unknown existence.

Unfortunately, Little Black Stone had not yet sensed the state of the super demon.

"It hasn't appeared in thousands of years. The locals like Kuiba Mo's knowledge of that great demon must have been passed down from generation to generation."

The more Liu Hen thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He had made such a big noise before, but the big demon didn't react at all and didn't chase them.

Now that I think about it carefully, the method used to collapse the ground outside the village should be the work of the mutants in the Dragon Temple.

After all, if that big demon really took action, there would definitely not be just that little noise.

From the four tentacles falling from the sky that he saw when he was teleported back, he knew that the great demon of the seventh realm was absolutely terrifying.

"No matter what, I can't go back. I'm not strong enough right now. All of this is just my own speculation. The truth is still unknown."

Liu Hen suppressed these thoughts and continued to collect corpses.

[Unknown Hand Bone +1]

【Ominous Eyeball +1】

【Unknown Rib +1】

The materials collected from the corpses of these mutants are very complete.

If they are pieced together, a complete skeleton can definitely be formed.

Soon, the body was collected, leaving only a pile of smelly blood and mud.

Liu Hen collected the blood mud, then came to the campfire, took out the blood mud and put it into the campfire.

"Huhuhu..."

Inside the bonfire, the flames were boiling, fighting against an invisible force.

Liu Hen clearly felt that the fuel in the bonfire was being consumed at an accelerated rate.

'really……'

He felt a chill in his heart because Xiao Heishi did not sense any demonic aura from those mutants.

The power that is now fighting against the bonfire should be the so-called "ominous".

"This ominous... huh? Wait, not ominous, but ominous?"

Liu Hen took a closer look at the identification information of the materials collected previously in the space backpack and found that he seemed to have made a mistake.

"Is this [unknown]? What does it mean? '

He was stunned for a moment, then said to himself, "I thought it was the kind of bad omen that comes with old age."

"Is it because the space backpack can't be identified?"

A thought flashed through Liu Hen's mind: "The space backpack is a derivative of my supernatural power. To some extent, it should be my subconscious power. The space backpack's identification of items should all be based on my cognition. The reason why the space backpack can identify some things I don't know is perhaps because the supernatural power itself can 'query the rule database'?"

And now, even the space backpack cannot identify the power of this existence——

Then can we draw on the experience of the novels we read in our previous lives and assume that this unknown existence is not a creature of this world?

"Well, this kind of thing is even further away from my current situation, so I'd better not waste my energy on it."

Shaking his head, he looked at the bonfire in front of him again.

When the invisible power within the blood mud was burned out, the fuel for the bonfire began to increase rapidly again.

This back and forth increased the continuous burning time by about three hours.

But that's all.

Because there are no eternal villagers.

Liu Hen didn't know whether it was because the mutant didn't contribute materials to him or for other reasons.

This made him a little disappointed, as he had originally wanted to create more eternal villagers.

"But no matter what, it's good to have gained something."

He continued to collect, not missing a single corpse.

【Ominous Hair +1】

[Unknown finger bone +1]

【Unknown Teeth +1】

Cracks continued to appear on the surface of the corpse before him, until it completely collapsed and turned into a pool of smelly blood mud.

Some villagers who saw this scene were a little surprised at first, but after seeing it many times, they no longer reacted and just thought that this was the special ability of their village chief.

It took Liu Hen more than ten minutes to collect all the corpses, and then he put all the blood and mud into the bonfire and burned them.

Although for his ability, it seems that anything can be used as material.

Especially after the emergence of the creation synthesis function, it seems that anything can be used for synthesis.

But forget about this residual blood mud. He even felt uncomfortable putting it in the space backpack because it would pollute the space backpack.

Anyway, he had already collected the truly valuable materials, and all that was burned were the dross.

"Huhuhu..."

The flames in the bonfire before him raged, burning away that ominous power. The remaining flesh and blood was used as fuel. It turned out that not only the villagers could add fuel to the bonfire, but he, the village chief, could also add fuel without using the fuel tank.

This "special fuel" cannot be put directly into the fuel tank through the space backpack, but must be put in from within the flame.

Obviously, this is because these things are not originally fuel and require a conversion process.

It took more than ten minutes before all the blood mud was burned away, which added a total of forty to fifty hours of continuous burning time.

'It's not a loss at all.' This thought flashed through Liu Hen's mind.

At this time, Hong Ming had planted a circle of small trees outside the village. He came to the campfire and said to Liu Hen, "I've arranged everything. What are your plans next?"

Previously, he had only been targeted by demons of the sixth realm in Green Cloud City, but this time he encountered a demon of the seventh realm.

The seventh realm!
Faced with that transcendent existence, he had no intention of resisting at all and just wanted to run as far away as possible.

He had been planning for more than twenty years to deal with the sixth-level demon.

He doubted that even if he planned for 200 years, it would be useless to deal with this demon in the seventh realm because the gap in realm was too huge.

Moreover, he didn't know what the fatal weakness of the big demon in Qiulong Mountain was, so he couldn't make a targeted plan.

"We are too unfamiliar with this area to continue moving forward. Let's stay here for a while and wait for the locals to catch up."

Liu Hen said: "Those locals should know the situation in this area. They know better where is safe."

"Village chief, there's a mutant coming over there." Zong Ni suddenly came up quickly and said nervously.

"You caught up so quickly?"

Liu Hen frowned slightly, quickly jumped onto the top of the building, came to the location where the village defense cannon was installed, and turned the muzzle directly to aim in the direction Zong Ni said.

However, when he saw the so-called mutants over there, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.

I saw a mutant covered with white hair walking towards this side with a group of savage people.

The group of people were cautious, with nervous expressions on their faces.

Not only the ordinary savages were like this, but also the mutant with white hair all over his body was like this.

Hong Ming also came to the top of the building. After seeing the mutant, a look of doubt flashed across his face: "That mutant doesn't look like someone from the Dragon Seeking Temple."

"It certainly doesn't look like it."

Liu Hen nodded: "Maybe it's a local mutant, or a newly mutated one."

"Should we just kill him?"

Hong Ming asked, "Didn't Kuiba Mo say that? This mutant will believe in the Lord of Qiulong Mountain regardless of everything. Even if he hasn't joined the Qiulong Temple yet, he will probably join in the future. Since he is destined to be an enemy, we should kill him directly to prevent future troubles."

"Let's go and ask about the situation first. Before he becomes a threat, let's find out what's going on here."

Liu Hen thought for a moment and said, "He is a local after all."

As he said that, he waved his hand and asked Zong Ni to go and find out what was going on.

A hundred meters away, the mutant covered with white hair was walking towards this side with seven or eight other people.

Although they had concealed the uneasy expressions on their faces, it could be seen from the way they walked that they were not so calm in their hearts.

Liu Hen did not go out, but guarded the village defense artillery on the roof. At the same time, he asked Hong Ming to be ready to support Zong Ni at any time to prevent the mutant from suddenly attacking.

But fortunately, everything went well.

The mutant did not attack Zong Ni, but instead kept a low profile.

A few minutes later, Zong Ni returned and said respectfully at the bottom of the building, "Sir, the mutant said they are local mutants and have not joined the Dragon Seeking Temple."

"Not joining means..." Liu Hen asked with a raised eyebrow.

"That mutant said that although all mutants will involuntarily and recklessly believe in the Lord of the Dragon-Seeking Mountain, not all of them will join the Dragon-Seeking Temple."

Zong Ni replied, "They said that for mutants like them, the Dragon Seeking Temple and the Dragon Seeking Mountain Lord are separate. The Dragon Seeking Mountain Lord won't ask them to do anything. The other mutants joined the Dragon Seeking Temple simply to live longer. Oh, and he also said that if you don't join the Dragon Seeking Temple, there are no restrictions except that you can't live past 150 years old."

Liu Hen and Hong Ming looked at each other, both showing a look of realization.

"So, joining the Dragon Seeking Temple only allows you to live longer, it's not mandatory?" Hong Ming asked.

Zong Ni nodded and replied, "That's exactly what the mutant said. He said that many mutants don't want to join the Dragon Seeking Temple because they're worried that the Dragon Seeking Temple might no longer be run by the Dragon Seeking Mountain Master, and they might be controlled if they join. He also said that all the mutants who join the Dragon Seeking Temple eventually experience some personality changes."

"Based on your experience, do you think it is credible?" Liu Hen looked at Hong Ming.

Hong Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Although it is somewhat credible, if you listen to me, I suggest you kill all those mutants. This will prevent any future troubles."

"But there's also the possibility of being completely hated by the locals."

Liu Hen glanced at Hong Ming and said, "You have to know that those mutants were originally local barren people. After becoming mutants, they didn't seem to become different people."

Hong Ming spread his hands and explained, "This is the best way. With our strength, we can definitely kill everyone here. Only by killing them will they no longer pose a threat."

"You are so murderous..."

Liu Hen ignored Hong Ming and asked Zong Ni, "They came here on their own initiative. Do they have any requests?"

“They want to get food from us.”

Zong Ni replied, "But I asked them, and they didn't have anything to trade."

"You're trying to pull off a dark horse out of nothing." Hong Ming sneered.

Liu Hen immediately jumped down from the roof and walked towards the village entrance.

Twenty meters away from the village entrance, the mutant covered in white hair and the seven or eight barbarians behind him looked nervous, but they tried hard to remain calm.

Liu Hen came to the village entrance, looked at the mutant, and asked curiously: "Aren't you a mutant? Why do you look so scared of me?"

"My lord is joking."

The mutant immediately smiled apologetically: "Although I am a mutant, I am also a native of the wilderness. How can a native of the wilderness not be afraid of people with special abilities?"

This behavior is completely different from those mutants in the Dragon Seeking Temple, and they don't even feel like the same species.

However, judging from what he said, the local psychics didn't seem to like these mutants very much.

"What's your name?" Liu Hen asked.

"Sir, this is just an iron stake." The mutant on the opposite side replied.

"Ironwood stake?"

Liu Hen was stunned for a moment, and looked the mutant up and down. "Your name suits your temperament very well. So, Iron Stake, right? You want food, so what do you want to exchange? This village chief has a lot of food here, but I won't give it to anyone for free."

He could actually let these barbarians kneel down and offer sacrifices to the bonfire, and then give them a free meal.

But if there is a better option, of course I would choose the better one, and then find a way to trick these locals into joining the travel village.

Iron Stake quickly replied, "We can do things for you, sir."
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