Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 18 The Monster Exploded
"Sir..." Heishi said nervously.

"rest assured!"

Although Liu Hen was a little nervous because he already knew the characteristics of the campfire, he was not that scared.

Sure enough, the monsters attracted by the light all stopped five meters away and did not get closer.

Perhaps it was the demonic tide that descended, or perhaps it was all the monsters within a thousand meters that were attracted by the flames.

These monsters continued to gather in this direction, and their numbers increased.

Finally, when the number of monsters exceeded one hundred, the growth rate slowed down.

Inside, Liu Hen saw seven or eight four-armed monsters.

All these monsters stopped five meters away, staring at the two people beside the campfire with resentful and crazy eyes.

That look... was as if it held a deep hatred for all living things, as if it wanted to rush over and tear the two of them to pieces without hesitation.

"As expected... starting a fire in the dark is very risky!"

Liu Hen frowned secretly, how should he go back now?

You can't just dig a tunnel back, right?
This place is more than 180 meters away from the cave shelter.

At such a long distance, although the digging speed of the Black Iron Level 10 Pickaxe is not slow, the space backpack is not big enough and needs to be moved back and forth.

In this case, it would be impossible to dig such a long tunnel without ten hours.

In this kind of rocky mountain area, there may be iron ore and other difficult-to-collect materials underground, so the actual implementation will only take longer.

"Should we build a new workbench here, then use it to create new bonfires, and then build them one by one?"

But isn’t this a waste?
The most important thing is that there is no iron ore in the space backpack, so a workbench cannot be made.

In other words, this approach doesn't work either.

'If only it were a bomb!'

Liu Hen looked at the monsters that surrounded them five meters away and felt very excited.

If you throw a high-powered bomb over there, magic crystals will fall down one after another.

Magic crystals are essential for upgrading the gold finger and various items, and are even necessary for making various items on the workbench. He will never have too much.

"Sir, what should we do?" Heishi asked worriedly.

"Stand here and watch me."

Liu Hen suddenly took out a piece of wood and weighed it.

This kind of collected wood is very regular, as thick as an arm and one meter long, like a rolling pin, and is very useful as a short stick for attacking.

After confirming that even ordinary wood was strong, he was eager to try and slowly moved away from the campfire and approached the monster in that direction.

Suddenly, all the monsters in this direction shouted excitedly, their voices like the crying of children, and they reached out to Liu Hen frantically.

Xiao Heishi at the back looked nervous.

But it was okay, because even though Liu Hen was so provocative, those monsters didn't dare to move forward even a step, and even their outstretched hands didn't dare to get within five meters.

Seeing this, Liu Hen immediately had an idea in his mind.

He sneered and hit an arm with sharp claws with a stick.

With a "snap", the sharp claw was broken and fell to the ground.

The monster screamed and subconsciously withdrew its hand.

However, what made Liu Hen frown was that the claw that fell to the ground did not bleed, but instead quickly turned into light and returned to the monster's body.

Immediately afterwards, the monster's claws grew out again.

"Unkillable? Or...must be killed all at once, otherwise it will keep regenerating?"

Indeed, these fragments are in the original owner's memory.

This immediately made Liu Hen a little troubled, because the total length of the wood was so long that it was impossible to attack vital parts such as the head, making it difficult to kill in one go.

"Do you really want to kill them all at once?"

Liu Hen was a little skeptical: "There should be some consumption, right?"

He swung the wooden stick again and smashed the claws that were stretched out, making the monsters scream in anger.

Some monsters were filled with rage and reached out to the damn creature, but no matter how angry they were, they dared not enter the five-meter range of the campfire.

Liu Hen had a better idea in mind, so he aimed at a monster's claw and smashed it wildly, intending to use this method of consumption to see if he could wear the monster out to death.

After he got tired of fighting, he retreated, and while resting, he made provocative gestures towards these monsters to vent the depression in his heart.

After resting enough, continue smashing.

So these monsters kept screaming in anger.

The sound of "pa pa pa" continued to ring out, and the claws of this monster, which was being taken care of, were interrupted again and again.

Even though its claws grew back quickly, they were interrupted again the next moment.

This goes on and on, again and again.

"Wow wow wow..." Suddenly, the two-armed monster that was always attacked couldn't bear it anymore and exploded.

With a "bang", Liu Hen was blown back.

Although he was only blown away by the gust of wind and was not really injured, he was still frightened.

"Can monsters self-destruct?"

He was confused because there was no such situation in the original owner's memory.

Could it be that he was so angry at himself?

Can a monster that only attacks living things crazily get angry?
In fact, Xiao Heishi was also a little confused. How could the monster self-destruct?
She had never heard of such a thing before.

"Are you okay, sir?" Xiao Heishi hurried over and helped Liu Hen up.

"fine."

Liu Hen quickly stood up and looked towards the location of the explosion. He saw that not only he was blown away, but many monsters at that location were also blown away.

As for the monster that self-destructed, it seemed to be reduced to ashes, and not even the magic crystal was left.

At this time, the monsters that were blown away had returned to their original places and continued to look at them madly and resentfully.

Perhaps because they couldn't come over, these monsters were more agitated than before, as if they would die together with this arrogant creature at any time.

Liu Hen subconsciously picked up the fallen wood, but his action directly stimulated the emotional monsters -

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang…”

Four or five monsters exploded in succession, and the astonishing air waves blew away all the nearby monsters.

"???"

Liu Hen quickly knocked Xiao Heishi down, and because the distance was a little farther this time, they were safe and sound.

But this time, he was a little afraid to provoke these dark creatures, and his heart felt a little cold.

Just like before, the monsters that self-destructed left nothing behind and were reduced to ashes.

"You'd rather self-destruct than leave the magic crystal to me?"

In this way, relying on the bonfire's driving effect to kill these monsters one by one will not work.

Liu Hen felt helpless and pulled Xiao Heishi back to the campfire.

"This place is five meters away from the monster..."

He wanted to continue provoking those monsters here, even if he couldn't get the magic crystal, as long as he could escape.

However, when he saw the seven or eight four-armed monsters, he held back.

Just the self-detonation of the two-armed monster was enough to blow him away—

What would happen if the four-armed monster also exploded?

Five meters away... If there is only one four-armed monster, it's okay, you can take a gamble.

But there are eight four-armed monsters here. If these eight four-armed monsters are angry at the same time, it would be terrible.

Especially, there are hundreds of two-armed monsters. It would be troublesome if all these emotionally unstable guys wanted to die with him.

Although there is another way, that is to continue to upgrade the bonfire, expand the range of driving away monsters, and then continue to provoke.

But the wood he had was only enough to upgrade the bonfire to the next level, and the expulsion radius at that time was only six meters, which was not safe.

"Sir, how about... how about I... I provoke them?" Little Black Stone asked in a low voice.

When she said this, her lips trembled slightly, as if she was making some decision.

She had already seen that these monsters could really explode in anger. If she stood in front of them, her master might have a chance to survive.

The adults were so good to her, and she really didn't want to see them die with her.

"No need, you look too weak and not arrogant enough." Liu Hen shook his head.

Little Black Stone: “???”

Liu Hen felt that the reason why he was able to make those monsters so angry that they exploded was because he was too arrogant before.

If it were someone else, I guess they wouldn’t be able to do it.

He continued: "This is just the simplest way to get out of this predicament, but now it seems that this method is not feasible."

As he said this, he put away the wood, flipped his hand, and took out the pickaxe again: "You wait here, don't provoke these monsters, I will dig a tunnel."

Originally he didn't want to use this method because it was a waste of time.

But now it seems that we should try to be as stable as possible. Anyway, we have enough food now and we won’t starve to death.

"By the way, hold this for me."

He took out the tree core and gave it to Little Black Stone to make room in his backpack.

As soon as he finished speaking, he squatted down, wielded the pickaxe, and began to dig a tunnel.

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