Don't Starve, my items can be upgraded

Chapter 15: Miraculous Awakening

“A mountain god monster in its juvenile stage?” Yang Chen was surprised.

Peng Min and Hu Zhou's men also looked shocked and confused.

Especially for Hu Zhou's men, who could make their master so shocked, that thing must be very rare and precious.

Although they didn't know what mountain gods and monsters were, they knew that everything related to "gods" and "monsters" was not an ordinary thing.

Across from him, Hu Zhou took a deep breath, suppressed his shock, and said, "Sprites are creatures unique to mountainous areas. They are hard to come by in the Gobi Desert. They are naturally raised and have a long lifespan."

Yang Chen was able to kill mountain gods and monsters, even if they were only in their infancy, he was still terrified.
Because as far as he knew, the defense of this monster was very strong, even for him, it would be difficult to break through it, let alone kill it.

"Then what?" Yang Chen asked.

"This juvenile mountain spirit must have been born only a few hundred years ago."

Hu Zhou was shocked, but also a little regretful: "I have been to the Huyan clan's safe zone and read a book called "The Story of Monsters" there. I learned that the blood of mountain gods and monsters that are hundreds of years old can make up for congenital deficiencies. The blood of thousand-year-old mountain gods and monsters can even greatly enhance physical fitness and have a very small chance of awakening people."

"As for the ten thousand years..."

He said with a longing look: "It is said that just one bite can definitely allow an ordinary person to awaken special talents and become an Evolver. It can also allow an Evolver who has reached his limit to break through to the Super Evolver level."

Just one bite can allow ordinary people to awaken special talents and become evolvers?
This sentence made Peng Min and all other ordinary people's eyes light up.

But then, they all looked helpless.

Because it's too far away for them.

Not to mention them, even Yang Chen felt that it was too far away.

Not to mention thousands or tens of thousands of years, even a hundred years would require luck to come across.

And most people would just die if they encountered it.

As for those that live for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, if you encounter them, you should probably run as far away as possible to avoid dying a miserable death.

However, Yang Chen could hear that the stone monster he killed was indeed the so-called mountain god.

"Since you know this thing, you should be able to see that our changes are due to it."

Yang Chen said: "Do you want it? I can sell it to you, but you have to give me a satisfactory price."

Of course Hu Zhou wanted it, because among the barbarians, there was no one who was not born with deficiencies.

It is difficult for all the savages to get enough to eat after they are born, and it is normal for them to eat only once every three days.

In this state, various developmental disorders may occur, and in severe cases, there may even be huge sequelae leading to disability.

For example, some savages are born with poor eyesight, or have weak limbs, etc.

So, he said: "I still have forty-three pieces of crystallized bone marrow on me, I'll give them all to you."

"Not enough." Yang Chen shook his head.

Hu Zhou frowned: "Then I just want one bite."

Yang Chen took a look at the amount of golden liquid: "There is just about one mouthful left. Forty-three pieces of crystallized bone marrow are too little. I must add some."

Although he felt that forty-three pieces of crystallized bone marrow were not a small number, he felt in his heart that he should be able to exchange for more.

However, he is in urgent need of more crystallized bone marrow to power the transformation of the nail gun.

So if Hu Zhou could come up with some more, he might also consider selling it.

Because if this golden liquid is used as ordinary energy, it can at most be comparable to four or five pieces of crystallized bone marrow, which is such a waste.

Hu Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I can add half a pound of pure white fine salt. This thing is a rare commodity in the Wandering Gobi Desert and is very expensive in the safe zone. Even when trading with Evolvers, a pound of coarse salt costs ten crystal bone marrows, and the price of fine salt is three times that."

"One pound." Yang Chen said.

"The total weight on me is less than one pound." Hu Zhou frowned.

"How many do you have?" Yang Chen asked.

Hu Zhou did not answer this question. He thought for a moment and said, "Give me the body of the young mountain god, and I can give you a pound of fine salt."

"Are you kidding?" Yang Chen sneered.

"Don't rush to refuse. If it's a thousand-year-old mountain god or monster, the materials on its body are treasures, but a hundred-year-old one is just an ordinary stone."

Hu Zhou said: "What I need is the effect of it being able to hold precious liquid."

Yang Chen shook his head: "This function itself is a treasure."

Hu Zhou frowned and said, "Fifty pieces of crystallized bone marrow, but I only have forty-three pieces on me. I'll give you the remaining seven pieces later, plus a pound of fine salt. This is the highest price I can offer. If you still disagree, please go back. The hundred-year-old mountain god blood is not as indispensable to me as you think."

Because this thing cannot directly improve your strength.

And he didn't feel that he had any defects, he just wanted to be on the safe side.

Yang Chen felt that this should be Hu Zhou’s bottom line. After a moment’s hesitation, he nodded, “Okay. Next time we meet, give me the seven pieces of crystallized bone marrow.”

"I need to inspect the goods first." Hu Zhou said.

"Of course you can, but I hope you can be more sober and don't do anything stupid." Yang Chen warned.

"Don't worry, I won't offend an evolver with strong attack power just for this little benefit." Hu Zhou nodded.

Yang Chen glanced at Peng Min.

Peng Min immediately walked over carrying the stone beast's corpse.

One of Hu Zhou's men came forward, took the body of the stone monster, and returned it to him.

"What a nice smell!" Everyone around who smelled it couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Hu Zhou frowned slightly because he only smelled a very faint fragrance.

However, according to the book of weird stories he had read, as long as there was a fragrance, it should be useful to him.

So he raised his head and drank all the golden blood in one gulp.

Suddenly, a special energy spread from the abdomen to all parts of the body.

Then, he felt that his energy and spirit seemed to have become stronger, and some old hidden injuries seemed to have been repaired.

But that was all, he didn't feel like he was being completed.

"What a pity. This thing is not as useful to me as I thought. That's right, I have been an evolver for almost ten years, and I have already made up for the malnutrition." He was frowning.

Suddenly one of the men was surprised and said, "Sir, your white hair has turned black."

"Oh? Really?" He was delighted.

"Really." said the subordinate.

The other subordinates also looked quickly, and sure enough, the few white hairs on their master's head had disappeared.

"Did it make me younger? That's right, it seems that some of my hidden injuries have been cured, which can be regarded as a disguised way of extending my lifespan."

Hu Zhou was delighted, thinking that it was not a loss at all.

"Is that all right?"

On the opposite side, Yang Chen asked in a deep voice, if this guy dared to steal his things, then don’t blame him for shooting him.

The power of the current nail gun is probably not something that ordinary evolvers can defend against.

"rest assured."

Hu Zhou put away the body of the stone beast and immediately took out forty-three pieces of crystallized bone marrow. He then took out an unopened jar and asked one of his men to give it to Peng Min: "I bought this fine salt in the Huyan Safety Zone. One jar weighs exactly one kilogram."

Soon, Peng Min came back with the crystallized bone marrow and the salt jar wrapped in animal skin.

These crystallized bone marrows come in all sizes, the largest is no bigger than a fist, but the smallest is larger than a finger.

Yang Chen first sensed all the crystallized bone marrow to make sure that all of it contained the energy he needed.

Then he opened the salt shaker and took a look, and found that it was indeed filled with snow-white fine salt.

But just in case, he still tasted it and found that it was indeed salt. He nodded with satisfaction: "Well, happy cooperation again."

"I'll give you the seven pieces of crystallized bone marrow next time we meet."

Hu Zhou was also satisfied and turned around and left with his men.

This transaction directly drained all his crystallized bone marrow.

However, as a senior evolver, his wealth is naturally not just the crystallized bone marrow. He has just temporarily lost the resources that can enhance his superpowers.

Anyway, he has reached the limit of the second level and is stuck in a bottleneck. He won't be able to break through for the time being, so there is no need to rush.

"Yang Chen, are we going back?" Peng Min asked.

Their previous goal was to follow the migration team to the previous safe zone.

Because even Yang Chen himself didn't know whether the so-called underground shelter really existed.

Only Hu Zhou, for some reason, cared so much about the underground shelter.

"Don't worry, I'll find a place to improve my strength first."

Yang Chen glanced around and discovered that although this was already the foot of the mountain, the trees were almost leafless.

So he simply sat down where he was, quickly absorbing the energy in the crystallized bone marrow and converting it into a gas-derived enhanced nail gun.

After a while, the progress bar of the level 10 nail gun increased by one percentage point.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a mysterious aura emerging from within the nail gun.

The mysterious aura flowed into his body along his arms and was absorbed by his body.

A magical thing happened. His physique and strength, which had remained unchanged since he became an evolver, were actually improving rapidly at this moment.

"This……"

He was surprised, and then he was overjoyed.

"What's wrong?" Peng Min asked hurriedly.

"Good thing."

Yang Chen immediately continued to strengthen the nail gun.

As expected, just like before, every time the progress bar of the tenth-level awakening nail gun increases by one percentage point, a ray of that mysterious aura will be born.

That mysterious aura can directly enhance his physical fitness.

'Awakened items can actually improve my strength! Perhaps this is the real way to improve my abilities!'

He thought happily in his heart that this way, even if the powerful recoil was still there after the nail gun's transformation, it would not be unbearable.

And the most important thing is that as he absorbed more and more of that mysterious aura, he suddenly felt that his supernatural powers might be about to break through.

(End of this chapter)