Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 39 Black Powder Formula

Wu Yuanming cheered up and a look of joy flashed in his eyes.

"This……"

"Big brother?"

The other three Wu siblings quickly looked at their eldest brother.

The second oldest, Wu Yuanguang, grumbled quietly, "We have to take care of our own food, clothing, housing, and transportation. He barely offers any benefits. So what's the difference between following him and not following him..."

"Shut up!"

Wu Yuanming quickly covered the guy's mouth: "If you can't speak, then don't speak. Besides, who said that the adults didn't give us any benefits?"

"Ah? When was it given to you?"

The second oldest, Wu Yuanguang, the third oldest, Wu Yuanbai, and the fifth oldest, Wu Yuanxia, ​​all looked bewildered.

"My Lord, you didn't take those two bodies away, and you didn't even search them. If this isn't something you deliberately left for us, what is it?"

Wu Yuanming looked at his three men with a look of disappointment: "You don't think that master would make such a small mistake, do you? He's practically planning to give us the swords directly. As for whether the contents of these two corpses are worth four swords, it depends on our luck."

……

"This Wu Yuanming is quite smart. He can convince the others to follow him wholeheartedly. He really has some skills."

Because he was wearing a black iron-level thermal suit, Liu Hen's hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people, and he could clearly hear the conversation between the Wu brothers and sisters outside.

He didn't pay attention to what the four people discussed, because he believed that the four people would definitely choose to follow him.

After returning to the house, he continued to collect small pieces of iron ore and remade four Tang Dynasty horizontal swords.

Liu Hen's decision to accept the Wu brothers and sisters was a well-considered one.

One is that I need someone to help keep watch, otherwise it will be difficult for me to stay in good spirits.

If you are not in a good mental state, you will be slow to react when encountering things, and if you are slow to react, you may lose your life.

Another thing is that he now has the initial idea of ​​creating a power.

If you want to change the world, it is impossible to do it alone, you need someone to help you.

Of course, this is just his initial idea. Whether he will do so in the future depends on how much his golden finger grows.

As expected, more than ten minutes later, the Wu brothers and sisters came to visit in person.

"Sir, I am Wu Yuanming, accompanied by my second brother Wu Yuanguang, my third sister Wu Yuanbai, and my fifth sister Wu Yuanxia. We swear to follow you until death and are willing to obey all your orders."

Wu Yuanming and his three subordinates respectfully performed the subordinate salute in a very formal manner.

Because from this moment on, the relationship between them will no longer be as casual as before.

"Follow till death? Not to that extent."

Liu Hen waved his hand and took out four brand new Tang Dynasty swords: "Payment on one hand, delivery on the other hand, ten magic crystals per sword, no credit."

"Yes, my lord."

Wu Yuanming was already prepared early in the morning. He took out the forty magic crystals and handed them to Liu Hen. Then he took four brand new Tang Dynasty swords and divided them among his three subordinates.

He didn't mention what he got from the two corpses, and Liu Hen didn't ask.

"This... is a good knife!"

Wu Yuanguang waved his Tang Dynasty sword, a look of surprise flashing across his face. "It's very handy, and it looks like it should be very sharp."

"Nonsense, if a knife can cut through my brother, how can it not be sharp?"

The third brother, Wu Yuanbai, was speaking as he looked at the knife in his hand with surprise.

Wu Yuanxia did the same, looking at the new knife in her hand with surprise. It was the first time she had seen this kind of knife.

Both in terms of convenience and sharpness, it was much better than the rusty steel knives they had before.

In fact, this is complete nonsense. Although the material of the Black Iron Tang Horizontal Sword is also made of iron, magic crystals are added during the manufacturing process.

Although there are no special attributes, the addition of magic crystals directly makes this black iron knife extraordinary.

The so-called steel knives they had before were not real steel at all, but were made of iron, but were just called "steel knives".

Especially after so many years of use, it had long since become dull and severely worn. Even with diligent maintenance, it was difficult to prevent the wear and tear. Wu Yuanming carefully put away his unsheathed Tang horizontal sword, then very consciously looked at Liu Hen and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what do we need to do?"

The other three people also hurriedly looked at Liu Hen. This was related to their future destiny and they could not be careless.

"Just don't let anyone disturb me."

Liu Hen said calmly, "You can do your own things on weekdays. Just leave one person to keep watch for me and warn me of any danger."

"This……"

The Wu siblings looked at each other in bewilderment, because this task was too simple, which made them a little worried.

However, the clever Wu Yuanming did not ask any more questions, thinking that the adults had no better arrangements for the time being and there would definitely be other tasks in the future.

So he assured: "Don't worry, sir, no one will come to disturb you."

"Well, you go and do your work."

Liu Hen immediately drove the man away and closed the door again.

At this time, the upgrade of the Creation Workbench was completed again, and a new recipe appeared.

What surprised Liu Hen was that the recipe was actually a bow and arrow.

That's right, the bow and arrow appeared at the same time and belong to a whole, but they can be made separately.

'Others cannot use bows and arrows, but I can, because my eyesight is far superior to that of ordinary people.'

He just made a bow.

The materials for making a bow are ten small pieces of wood and a magic crystal.

Arrows are much easier to make. A small piece of wood can make ten arrows, and no magic crystals are needed.

Soon, the wooden bow was made. Like the Tang horizontal sword, the data can be seen after it is taken out:
[Bow (Rotten Wood): Effective range 10 meters, maximum range 2 meters. Upgrade Materials: Iron Ore, Magic Crystals.]

Liu Hen thought about it and decided to upgrade the bow.

A few minutes later, the wooden bow turned into an iron bow. Of course, this was not an ordinary iron bow, but a special black iron longbow with magic crystals added.

[Bow (Black Iron): Effective range 10 meters, maximum range 5 meters. Upgrade materials: copper ore, magic crystals.]

"With an effective range of 60 meters and a maximum range of 180 meters, it's quite powerful."

Liu Hen tried to pull it and found that he could pull it easily while wearing the black iron-level thermal suit.

"Maybe I can practice archery when I have time, unless better weapons appear later."

Because of the limited space in his backpack, he put the black iron longbow aside and continued to collect small pieces of iron ore to upgrade the workbench.

After the countdown began, he ate some food and continued to sleep to maintain his energy.

Finally, when it was early night outside again, the Creation Workbench reached level nine.

This time, the Creation Workbench gave him a huge surprise, because the new formula was actually black gunpowder.

However, the materials used to make black powder made him shake his head regretfully, because there are only two types of materials, flint and small wood.

He could have as many small pieces of wood as he wanted. Although there were not many trees in the darkness outside, if he collected materials in large quantities, he could collect at least one large piece of wood from each tree, which meant a thousand small pieces of wood.

But flint has not been dug up so far.

"Black powder has appeared. Even if hot weapons don't appear in the next level, after the Creation Workbench reaches bronze level, other hot weapons should appear besides the Home Cannon."

This is the main reason why Liu Hen was surprised.

Because the home cannot be taken away, and the home cannon, as expected, can only be used in the home. Even if it can be carried with you, it is impossible to take it out and use it at any time.

It would be much more convenient if other thermal weapon recipes appeared.

"It would be difficult for me to find flint myself, but if someone could help me..."

Liu Hen's heart moved, he pushed open the door, and was about to call the Wu brothers and sisters over, but he saw Wu Yuanming walking over in a hurry.

"Sir, that group of people said before that they hope to settle down nearby. I didn't dare to act on my own and came to ask for your opinion." Wu Yuanming said respectfully.

　Thanks to Mang Xiao, Dai Dailang, 08a, and book friend 20220614115113000 for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)