Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 11 Business comes to you, conscientious businessman

Chapter 11 Business comes to you, conscientious businessman

"The feeling of having a full stomach... is such a blessing!"

Liu Hen leaned against the wall of the cave beside the campfire, admiring Xiao Heishi's eating habits while touching his bulging belly with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"The original owner almost never ate enough, and I ate so much all at once? Will anything happen?"

In that state just now, I couldn't bear it at all, like a starving ghost reincarnated.

"But the barbarians have strong adaptability, so it shouldn't be a problem."

Liu Hen comforted himself in this way while digesting his food.

He suddenly didn't want to move and wondered if he could do other things tomorrow?

The main reason was that after eating, he felt extremely sleepy and wanted to fall into a deep sleep.

Come to think of it, he hadn't had a rest for the whole day.

I had experienced several battles before, and I kept my spirits tense while rushing through the dark.

Along the way, I was hungry, tired and sleepy, and I managed to get through it entirely by willpower.

Now that he had eaten and drunk his fill, he felt a strong sense of fatigue, and out of habit he wanted to take a break.

Just like in my previous life on Earth, I always feel that it would be okay to be lazy for a night.

However, thinking that this was a world of famine, and there was only more than a hundred minutes of fuel left for the campfire, and the entrance and exit of the cave had not been sealed yet, danger could occur at any time, so he immediately endured it.

"It's far from time to just sit back and give up."

He warned himself secretly.

He doesn't want to continue eating only once every few days.

The feeling of being so hungry that you want to go crazy is really unbearable.

"The fragrance... it's right here... it smells so good..."

"That's fire, oh my god, it's really fire..."

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard outside the cave.

Little Heishi's face changed drastically, and he quickly drank up all the last porridge in the bowl, making the big bowl disappear out of thin air.

"Just stay here and don't wander around."

Liu Hen's face darkened and his sleepiness disappeared instantly. He instructed Xiao Heishi, took out the iron ore with both hands, stood up suddenly, and quickly came to the entrance of the cave.

Then five men and women holding rusty steel knives ran out of the darkness, looking very aggressive.

He quickly waved his hand, took out the workbench and placed it in front of him, ready to use it to stop the other party.

With a "pop", a "metal table" one meter high, two meters long, and covered with gears appeared out of thin air, blocking the entrance to the cave.

This magical scene startled the five people. They stopped subconsciously and looked at Liu Hen in surprise and fear.

Liu Hen looked at the five people with cold eyes, and did not take the initiative to attack, because the opposite side actually had a wooden shield, and his method of throwing iron ore was not enough damage.

Of course, having experience fighting monsters and knowing his own situation, he was not panicking.

After several consecutive upgrades, although his physical fitness did not improve significantly, his nerve reactions improved a lot.

In a close combat situation, he felt that if he used the cave as cover, as long as he was not surrounded and only faced one person at a time, he might have a chance to kill all five of them.

When he was digging the cave before, he deliberately made the inside wider, much wider than the entrance, so that there was a place to hide inside.

As for the other party wanting to block me?

At worst, we can dig other passages. With the magic of the pickaxe, it is not difficult to dig a passage leading to other places.

All sorts of contingency ideas just flashed through my mind——

"You are...Liu Hen?"

Suddenly, the leading man among the five people asked in surprise and doubt.

Hmm? An acquaintance?

Liu Hen quickly searched his mind for the man's appearance and voice, and soon remembered: "Wu Yuanming?"

This person was actually someone the original owner once knew, the leader of a scavenging team. Besides him, there were two men and two women, a team of five.

However, they were only acquaintances. The original owner had once bought a piece of clothing from these five people at a high price, and they had no other relationship with each other.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, even in this world of eternal night.

Just as there are barbarians who are doing poorly, there are naturally some who are doing well.

Unlike the original owner and other low-level wastelanders, these five people mainly rely on hunting monsters. They use magic crystals to purchase various supplies in bulk from the Hongluo Camp, and then go around selling those supplies to other wastelanders at high prices to make a profit from the difference.

These five people could barely be considered traveling merchants in the Night Fog World, but because they were just trying to survive, they were essentially still a scavenger team.

Because they are trustworthy, and the barbarians are often too busy outside to get back in time, and they can help them out of their urgent needs, so the barbarians like them quite a lot.

The only complaint the other wasteland dwellers had against them was that the prices of supplies were too high.

"We are exactly that."

Wu Yuanming asked in surprise and doubt, "Have you... awakened? Was the method you just used the ability of a superpower?"

The four people behind him also looked confused and fearful.

Anyway, the other party had already seen it, so Liu Hen didn't hide it deliberately.

Especially now, he needed to scare the other party, so he nodded lightly, said nothing, and pretended to be cool.

Suddenly, Wu Yuanming and the other four were filled with envy and jealousy.

There's nothing more heartbreaking than someone you know who was once worse off than you suddenly becoming successful. However, these five people had a good attitude and quickly suppressed their jealousy, even the longing glances they cast towards the campfire in the cave.

Wu Yuanming, the leader, quickly clasped his fists and saluted: "The Wu brothers and sisters greet Master Liu Hen."

He changed his tone very naturally and continued, "We have no ill intentions. We just happened to see a fire when we were passing by, so we hurried over to check it out. We hope we didn't disturb you."

This scene surprised Liu Hen secretly. The deterrent power of the psychic seemed to be stronger than he had imagined.

Compared to the original owner of this body, these five people are definitely more knowledgeable, but they are all like this.

So he continued to act cool and said calmly: "If you have nothing to do, please leave."

Wu Yuanming quickly and respectfully asked, "Master Liu Hen, may I ask what the food that smelled so good was? Do you still have that kind of food? We hope to buy it from you."

Although they were considered a well-off scavenging team, their situation was not much better. Although they could buy better food, it was almost all cold food.

The food that emitted a fragrant aroma just now must be cooked food, and it must be hot food. After all, it is difficult for cold food to emit an odor.

Because the fire-making tools at Hongluo Camp, such as lighters and other items, are super expensive luxury goods, they simply can't afford to buy them.

The hot water sold at the Hongluo Camp quickly gets cold in the extremely cold environment, even in the early night, and cannot be used to make hot food.

So, even they have forgotten how long it has been since they had hot food.

That's why I was so eager after smelling that fragrance before.

'Is this business coming to you?'

Liu Hen had an idea. He still had half a pound of tree cake residue on him, which was just enough to make a bowl of tree cake paste.

But after using it up, I have to go to Hongluo Camp again.

That journey is not safe. Although I haven't encountered any robbers before, I can't always be lucky.

So he said calmly, "I'm out of materials, but if you provide them and give me some labor costs, I can make one for you. But first, my labor costs are not cheap, because it's food made using my abilities, so it takes some effort on me."

Wu Yuanming quickly asked, "How much is the labor fee? What type of materials are needed? What's the quantity? How much food can be made?"

As expected of someone who has done business, he is very smart.

Liu Hen said expressionlessly, "Ten magic crystals are for the labor cost, and five kilograms of tree cakes are for the materials. The amount of food made is probably enough to feed three people, and five people should be able to eat half full."

He doesn't want much, just thirty times the profit will be enough.

"Five people can eat half full?!"

The five people opposite were stunned. They were originally prepared to be ripped off, after all, it was hot food.

Liu Hen immediately realized that his price seemed too low, and immediately added: "This is the price for the materials you provide yourself. If you only give the magic crystals, it will cost thirty magic crystals per set."

Seeing the five people's puzzled expressions, he explained calmly, "Because it's quite a distance from here to the Hongluo Camp, I'm too lazy to run back and forth. Plus, you guys are also businessmen, so five pounds of tree cakes can be counted as twenty magic crystals."

The price that the Wu brothers and sisters sold the tree cakes to the outside world was exactly four magic crystals per pound, which just covered up his lie.

If these five people insisted on using magic crystals to buy it, he could only make sixty times the profit with tears in his eyes.

But even if it's only thirty times, he won't lose anything.

"I see. Lord Liu Hen is truly a conscientious businessman."

Wu Yuanming suddenly realized what was going on and immediately looked at the woman behind him: "Yuanxia."

Wu Yuanxia, ​​who was in charge of carrying the supplies, quickly took out ten magic crystals and five pounds of tree cakes, walked forward, placed them on the workbench, and then retreated five meters away again.

They don't seem to be afraid of being cheated, or perhaps it's because they can afford to lose such a small amount of money.

The most important thing was that they felt that if they stayed outside the cave, Liu Hen would have no chance to escape quietly.

"Excuse me, Master Liu Hen."

Wu Yuanming asked respectfully, "How long will it take?"

"Half an hour will be enough. During this time, I don't want anything to happen that could lead to misunderstandings."

Liu Hen waved his hand and put away the magic crystal and tree cake.

Seeing the magic crystal and tree cake disappear out of thin air, the eyes of the Wu brothers and sisters flashed with deep envy.

If they had this means, they would definitely be able to carry more goods, and it would be very convenient.

"Don't worry, we will never disturb you."

Wu Yuanming immediately led his four men to retreat twenty meters away. Because of the fire, they could also see that location from here.

However, because of the obstruction of the workbench, Liu Hen could not see the situation inside the cave from that position, which was very beneficial to him.

Liu Hen returned to the cave with satisfaction, turned on the cooking function of the campfire directly, and started cooking tree cake paste.

During the one-minute wait, he consumed six more pieces of iron ore and six magic crystals to upgrade the Pickaxe of All Things.

Next to the campfire, Xiao Heishi, who had heard the previous conversation with his own ears, widened his eyes, which were sunken due to severe malnutrition.

Because she saw with her own eyes the process of Liu Hen buying the tree cakes and the process of making the tree cake paste.

Although I was unable to see the specific production process of the tree cake paste, based on the quantity of tree cakes Liu Hen purchased, I can roughly guess that the ingredients required to make such a large bowl of tree cake paste should only require a pound of tree cakes at most.

As a result, Liu Hen actually asked for thirty magic crystals. This price increase had a huge impact on her little heart.

Of course, she didn't think Liu Hen was hateful. On the contrary, she just thought that her master was super powerful and very good at doing business.

At the same time, she kept in mind what to say and what not to say, so she didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Liu Hen was very satisfied with Xiao Heishi's performance. This was the kind of partner he wanted.

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