Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 22 Danger from Underground

Chapter 22 Danger from Underground

It was quiet all around, the cold wind was unusually light, and everything was silent.

Seeing that there were no monsters around, Liu Hen threw away the soil in his space backpack, tiptoed to the twisted low trees, and began to collect them while waving his pickaxe.

Bark +3

[Wood +10]

As the Pickaxe of All Things fell, cracks continued to appear on the surface of the low and twisted trees in front of him.

Half a minute later, the whole tree and its roots exploded with a bang, and all the debris fell into the root pit.

Seeing that there were no more trees around and because there was no one on guard, Liu Hen did not go far and went straight back into the cave.

"More than three hundred pieces of wood, enough to last for a while."

After returning to the cave, he first took out the wood, then collected some rubble, and used the free construction function to seal the entrance of the cave.

He didn't stop until he had built a stone wall one meter thick, then he gathered up the wood and quickly returned to the cave shelter along the narrow tunnel.

In the cave shelter, beside the campfire, Xiao Heishi was doing push-ups with sweat all over his forehead, not slacking off at all because of Liu Hen's departure.

Compared to when we first met, she now looks like she has some flesh on her body and is no longer a skeleton.

But after all, it has only been ten days, and it is still a long way from complete recovery.

"Sir..." Xiao Heishi greeted him and continued doing push-ups.

Liu Hen quickly came to the workbench, opened the production interface directly, and chose to make warm boots.

Because there are two crafting slots now, he made two pairs at once, one pair for himself and one pair for Xiao Heishi.

"The amount of iron ore should be sufficient. After making the warm boots, continue to upgrade the workbench."

A minute later, his warm boots were ready.

This warm boot also has sweat-absorbing and heat-insulating functions. The sole should be made of wood, and it will make a slight sound of knocking on wood when knocked.

When he put them on, the warm boots, like his clothes and pants, automatically adapted to the shape of his feet.

A warm feeling arises, as if most of the body temperature is retained.

"Finally, I have shoes to wear."

Liu Hen took a few steps and felt very happy.

But unfortunately, even though I have the shoes, there is no suit effect.

'Am I wrong, or is it because it is still incomplete?'

He couldn't help but look at his hands: "Are there gloves?"

Thinking about how the bark protects the tree, and generally protecting any part of the tree, he suddenly had an idea: "Maybe not only gloves, but also hats, or... head covers?"

It just so happened that Xiao Heishi's warm boots were also made at this time. He immediately received the boots, took them out and threw them to Xiao Heishi: "These are yours, put them on."

Little Black Stone, who was doing push-ups, suddenly lost his strength and fell to the ground. He looked at the boot that fell next to his head and said in surprise, "Thank you, sir!"

Liu Hen put all the remaining wood into the campfire fuel tank, then counted the iron ore collected during this period and found that it was enough for 500 pieces, with dozens more.

So he collected five hundred pieces of iron ore, returned to the workbench, and chose to upgrade.

The countdown began, and as expected, it would take four hours this time.

Because he had expected this, he was not in a hurry and went back to the campfire to cook food.

This time he cooked two servings, one for himself and one for Xiao Heishi.

Of course, Xiao Heishi cannot eat three pounds in one meal now, but she can save it and eat it slowly, because exercise is very physically demanding. She can eat when she is hungry and there is no need to worry about wasting it.

After eating and drinking, Liu Hen lay down beside the campfire and closed his eyes to rest, while he began to calculate the remaining food in his mind.

Because Heishi's appetite increased, he would eat three pounds of this non-nutritious tree cake porridge in one meal.

Two people need a pound of tree cake for one meal.

As a result, the food that was originally enough for more than 40 days would be eaten up in 20 days at most.

Now, nearly ten days have passed, and half of the tree cakes on him are almost used up.

"I don't know if the Wu brothers and sisters encountered the previous demonic tide, and I don't know if they are still alive..."

If the Wu brothers and sisters don't come again, I must prepare for a rainy day.

Because he was worried about being targeted by the people in the camp, Liu Hen didn't want to do business with the people in the camp in person, and could only buy with magic crystals.

In this case, you can only rely on hunting monsters to obtain magic crystals.

Thinking about this, he fell asleep unknowingly.

"Sir... Sir, wake up..."

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly I heard Xiao Heishi’s anxious voice.

Liu Hen opened his eyes, but did not see the little black stone.

"Black Stone?"

He was confused because he clearly heard Xiao Heishi calling him just now.

"Is it in the toilet?"

He was alert, picked up the pickaxe, stood up and walked towards the dry toilet in the distance. "Sir..."

Xiao Heishi's voice came to my ears again, sometimes far away, sometimes near, and the voice seemed a little anxious.

Liu Hen subconsciously quickened his pace and was about to approach the dry toilet when he suddenly saw a thin corpse lying twisted on the ground. The corpse was still wearing a thermal suit.

The moment he saw the corpse, it suddenly trembled, then crawled up in a very strange posture, and a face exactly like Xiao Heishi appeared in his sight.

A strong feeling of fear filled my heart.

By the campfire, he suddenly opened his eyes with a ferocious look on his face.

"My lord, I'm here."

Little Heishi, who was squatting in a horse stance, hurried over and asked nervously, "Are you okay, sir?"

Liu Hen suddenly sat up, stared at the little black stone carefully, and reached out to touch the little black stone's head. Only after confirming that it was a real person did he breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the fear in his heart did not decrease much. Even now, he still felt scared.

"Sir?" Xiao Heishi looked confused.

"You called me just now? When I was asleep." Liu Hen asked.

"No." Xiao Heishi was puzzled.

Liu Hen frowned slightly, a look of surprise and doubt flashed in his eyes, thinking about the nightmares he always had after traveling through time.

"I always feel that every nightmare I have after traveling through time is very real."

This is very different from having nightmares on Earth.

When you have a nightmare on Earth, the memory of the dream will gradually become blurred after you wake up.

But that's not the case here, especially in the last two days. The fear in the dream persisted after he woke up, and he still feels a little scared.

He couldn't help but think of what the traveling merchant Hong Ming said - the dangers underground are no less than those on the surface, and are even more difficult to guard against.

'Could the nightmare be caused by a danger beneath the earth?'

But the original owner often slept in abandoned mines and had few nightmares.

"Heishi, have you ever had a nightmare?" He looked at the little Heishi in front of him.

Xiao Heishi hesitated slightly, then nodded: "I did it twice before, but not in the past few days."

Before, she had dreams about her parents despising her and thinking she was worthless, and then torturing or abandoning her.

However, I was so tired every day that I was almost unconscious during this period, so I didn’t dream at all.

"Have you ever had a nightmare before?" Liu Hen asked again.

Little Black Stone shook his head. "I used to dream about food and clothes. But... I used to have nightmares occasionally when I slept in the cave, but never outside."

Suddenly, Liu Hen narrowed his eyes slightly.

I have nightmares when I sleep in a cave, but not outside?

"The danger from underground can cause nightmares? Is it really that simple?"

If it was just a nightmare, how could it be considered as dangerous as the surface?

There are endless monsters like demons on the surface, as well as strange things like evil spirits.

"Oh, sir, my father once said that those with weak willpower who sleep in a cave might be haunted by the nightmares slumbering underground, but those who are haunted are usually useless... Oh, I'm sorry, sir..."

Xiao Heishi realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly knelt on the ground, looking at Liu Hen nervously.

She suddenly realized that her master might have been found by the nightmare sleeping underground, otherwise he would not have reacted so strongly.

Liu Hen: “…”

Weak willpower?
Well, compared with the barbarians in this world, I, a pseudo-barbarian, do have weak willpower.

"A nightmare sleeping underground?"

Liu Hen pulled Xiao Heishi up and asked seriously, "Did your father tell me what would happen if Nightmare came to you?"

Xiao Heishi looked at Liu Hen seriously. Seeing that Liu Hen was not angry, he continued, "Because nightmares are not monsters in the dark, but gods that control dreams in legends. They have no real form, so they cannot be killed. They can only be resisted by willpower. If they cannot resist, their bodies will be controlled and transformed into monsters similar to demons."

"..."

It's not a monster in the dark, so the bonfire's evil-repelling properties cannot defend against it?
At this time, Little Black Stone said again: "My father said that as long as I can wake up in time, stop sleeping in the cave, and completely get rid of the fear in my heart, I can get rid of the nightmare."

"Can you get rid of it? That's good."

Liu Hen breathed a sigh of relief, but he also felt a little upset.

It seems that we can no longer stay in this cave shelter.

Because his fear has not diminished at all. If he accidentally falls asleep again, God knows what will happen.

"The Red Snail Camp's base seems to be inside the cave as well. How did those people solve this problem?"

Liu Hen was puzzled.

"At worst, we can just spend a little more time and build a sturdy enough building on the surface with slag!"

He stood up and started packing his things.
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