Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 13 Construction Speed
[Creation Workbench Lv. 2: Upgrade requirements (300 iron ore, 3 magic crystals); Upgrading unlocks more recipes]

This data has not changed much.

Liu Hen quickly clicked on the [Production] interface, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Because in addition to the campfire recipe, a new recipe has been added - warm clothes.

[Warm Clothing Recipe: Warm clothing. Size can be selected during crafting. Materials: Three pieces of bark (starting point), one magic crystal.]

"Warm clothes?"

Liu Hen was excited: "The value of this thing in the Eternal Night World is not much lower than food."

He was about to make one to see the effect, but found that there was no magic crystal. He immediately guarded the entrance of the cave, staring outside, trying to see if there were any monsters wandering over.

However, monsters seem to be everywhere when you don't want to encounter them.

I really want to hunt, but I can't wait.

After more than half an hour, Liu Hen, who was uncomfortable with the cold wind, gave up.

"Never mind. It's not cold in the cave anyway. I'll talk about it tomorrow."

He directly recovered the creation workbench, turned back into the cave, and then used the free construction function to seal the cave entrance.

“Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap…”

Pieces of rubble fell one after another, and the stone wall that had been built to form a threshold rose rapidly.

Because there were a lot of stones this time, Liu Hen directly built three layers of stone walls with a total thickness of 30 centimeters to be on the safe side.

In this way, even if a monster really attacks, there is no need to worry in the short term.

Moreover, with the magic of free construction, the monster's destruction speed may not be as fast as its own construction speed.

Beside the campfire, Little Black Stone looked at the stone wall that appeared out of thin air and slowly grew taller, his eyes full of surprise and curiosity, and he was once again amazed at the mystery of his master.

Soon, the stone wall was built, leaving only the uneven gap at the top of the cave for ventilation.

Liu Hen turned around and said to Xiao Heishi, "Go to sleep."

As he said this, he prepared to lie down on the spot.

But at this time, Little Black Stone quickly stood up and walked towards the cave entrance, saying respectfully: "Master, please go inside and rest. Black Stone will keep watch and will wake you up as soon as there is any movement."

Because he had not yet changed his habit of respecting the elderly and loving the young from his previous life, Liu Hen was stunned at first, and then nodded.

He did not try to be stubborn. This world did not value respecting the old and loving the young, and doing so would only scare Little Black Stone.

It is certainly good to have someone to keep watch at night, but he did not force Xiao Heishi to stay awake.

He walked to the end of the cave and lay down in the widened area, two meters away from the campfire. He said to Little Black Stone, "The cave is safe with the stone walls fortifying it. You don't have to fight it. Just sleep when you feel tired and get enough rest. We'll need you on guard tomorrow."

"Yes, thank you for your concern, Heishi will definitely not fall asleep." Heishi was so moved that he nodded repeatedly, obviously misunderstanding Liu Hen's words.

"..."

Forget it. Anyway, this little girl has survived such difficult situations before. It’s not like she will be unable to cope when the conditions get better.

Once he lay down, he could no longer bear it and fell into a deep sleep.

Inside the stone wall.

Heishi squatted on the ground, forcing himself to listen attentively to the movements outside, not daring to relax at all.

Although she was very sleepy, she was already used to persevering.

Before, when she was alone, she almost always slept with one eye open because she was worried about being kidnapped or bullied in her dreams.

Especially since it was extremely warm inside the cave and she had food in her stomach, she didn't feel tired at all.

"I will definitely work hard to show my worth and will not let you down!"

She secretly vowed to behave better because she didn't want to lose everything she had now.

time flies.

Black Stone looked at the bonfire that never emitted any smoke and was always burning. Even though he knew that it was created by the power of his own master, he still felt it was magical.

I don’t know how long it took, but the deep night outside slowly faded and the early night arrived.

Liu Hen shuddered and was awakened by a nightmare. He found that Heishi was still on guard without any sign of dozing off. He was very conscientious and responsible.

"Are you okay, sir?" Heishi asked quickly as he stood up.

"fine."

Liu Hen sat up and rubbed his face hard.

He had previously dreamed that he and Zong Ni were being chased by Zhang Ling's scavenging team. Because they ran too fast and the night was too dark, they couldn't see the road clearly and fell into a pit, which woke them up in fright.

"Zhang Ling..."

Because of the turmoil of the past two days, he almost forgot about the guy who stole his pyrite.

But I can't beat five people together now, so there's no need to rush.

At the same time, he was also a little worried about Zong Ni.

Zong Ni was his first partner after he traveled through time. She also gave him food and was his backup partner.

Unfortunately, in this era of eternal night, if there is no prior agreement, you can only rely on luck to meet each other.

Shaking his head, without thinking any more, he said to Heishi: "You go to sleep, I've had enough sleep."

"Yes, my lord."

Upon hearing this, Heishi leaned against the wall of the cave and fell asleep in an instant.

Liu Hen glanced at Heishi who fell asleep instantly, then looked at the campfire and touched his stomach.

"I'm actually hungry... That's right, tree cake porridge doesn't have much nutrition at all. Although I ate too much last night, it was just because my stomach couldn't hold more, not because my body needed it."

However, he did not eat immediately because he just felt hungry and did not particularly want to eat.

"Let's save some money and dig some more iron ore now." He took out his pickaxe and began digging again, expanding the cave while collecting iron ore for future use.

Whether it is upgrading the pickaxe or upgrading the workbench, iron ore is required.

First, store up the iron ore, and when you have magic crystals, you can upgrade directly.

As the knocking sound rang out, Heishi, who was sleeping lightly, was immediately awakened.

"You continue to sleep, I will expand the cave. There is no need to keep watch now." Liu Hen said.

"Yes, sir." Heishi closed his eyes again.

[Slag +6]

[Slag +6]

Iron Ore +1

……

As the pickaxes continued to fall and the slag and mixed iron ore were collected, the cave in front of us slowly extended inward.

When the space backpack was full, he took out all the supplies except for ice cubes and workbenches that were inconvenient to take out, freeing up space to continue collecting.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour later, the cave had extended more than three meters inward, but the inside of the cave was also filled with rubble, making it difficult to walk in.

Liu Hen thought about it, and suddenly took out all the iron ore and collected the slag on the ground.

When the space backpack was full, he walked to the entrance of the cave and wielded the pickaxe to dig open the defensive stone wall.

The cold wind blew in, and Heishi was awakened again and quickly got up.

"Since you're awake again, keep watch for me."

Liu Hen dug a gap in the stone wall that was only wide enough for one person to pass through, and then walked out.

Heishi followed out quickly.

It was already early night, and visibility outside had increased to about thirty meters.

"I'm going to build a defensive stone wall. You stay here and keep an eye on it for me. Call me immediately if anything happens."

Liu Hen walked out five meters, then turned on the free construction function and began to place slag on the ground.

"Clap clap clap..."

Pieces of rubble continued to appear and merge into the ground.

From Heishi's perspective, he saw a 20-centimeter-thick stone wall extending at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a "匚" shape and enclosing the cave.

When the slag in the space backpack was used up, Liu Hen used the slag piled outside last night to continue building.

When the slag outside was used up, he went into the cave and took out the slag inside to continue building.

When the slag in the cave was used up, he continued to deepen the cave.

As he continued to collect, the cave continued to extend inward, becoming deeper and deeper.

More than two hours later, when the number of iron ores increased to three hundred pieces, the total depth of the cave had reached ten meters.

At this time, the outer wall had reached three meters high.

Liu Hen did not stop there. He continued to deepen the cave and extend it horizontally, preparing to dig an escape passage.

He piled the excavated iron ore directly into the cave, and used the slag to build the outer wall.

Although the barbarians look skinny, these desperate criminals who have been living on the brink of life and death for years are very skilled.

The current three-meter-high wall is not very effective.

Anyway, the slag materials need to be processed, so they can be used to build up defenses.

In the process, he also paved the ground, from the cave entrance to the wall, and even the entire inside of the wall was covered with a thick layer of stones.

These stones are the 'floor' built using the free construction mode, making it very flat.

Because the ground outside the cave was not flat, after the inside of the wall was paved, the wall in front of the cave was only two meters high.

Of course, the two-meter height is seen from the inside, and the outside is still three meters.

In order to prevent the outside world from being invisible from the inside, Liu Hen also specially left several ten-centimeter lookout holes on the three walls to facilitate observation of the situation outside.

In addition, there is a half-meter-long window on the stone wall in front, one meter above the ground, which is convenient for trading materials.

The reason why it is only one meter high is because Heishi is only about 1.2 meters tall now, which is too high for her to reach.

From the outside, the window is 1.5 meters high, which is more than enough.

Blackstone, who had already arrived at the trading window to keep watch, looked in amazement at the three rising walls and the flat ground inside.

Although she had little knowledge, she could still estimate—

For such a project, even if five people work together, including carrying materials and other tasks, it will take at least several days to build defense measures of this scale.

But my own adult completed it easily, in just over two hours.

She watched with her own eyes as three stone walls and the flat ground appeared in a short period of time. Even after a whole night of recovery, she was still surprised.

Suddenly, she looked down from above and saw five figures appear in the darkness. She quickly raised the alarm: "Sir, someone is coming."

Liu Hen, who had just walked out of the cave, immediately came to the trading window.

When he saw five figures holding wooden shields, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"The magic crystals needed to make thermal clothing have been found."

Although he couldn't see the faces of the five people clearly due to the distance and dim light, he had already guessed their identities.

　Thanks to 08a for the tip.

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