Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 44 'Treasure Map'

Chang Xin retreated more than ten meters away, her eyes fixed on the black metal lump in Liu Hen's hand.

She actually felt a huge danger on that metal lump.

If she doesn't take it seriously, even she will be injured or even in danger of her life.

Obviously, it was not a decoration, but the real thing.

Of course, Liu Hen had no intention of using this only fragmentation grenade right now; he just wanted to scare the other party.

Now he only has this one fragmentation grenade on him, which is very precious.

He retreated to the door of his home building and sneered, "I'm not only a walking granary, I'm also a walking arsenal. You can try it."

"..."

Chang Xin was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "We can be equals."

"If we want to cooperate, we must naturally put me first, because I don't need your so-called protection at all."

Liu Hen said coldly: "But I don't trust you, so let's forget about this cooperation."

Chang Xin: "..."

Liu Hen looked at Zong Ni: "Do you want to follow me? I'm going to leave here. Follow me and I can guarantee you will have food to eat every day."

"It's inappropriate to steal my girlfriend in front of me, right?" Chang Xin was speechless.

"You are a person with superpowers, but you are doing so badly. I am embarrassed to say anything to you." Liu Hen said lightly.

Chang Xin: "You already said it."

Liu Hen was stunned: "...You are quite humorous."

Chen Ye couldn't help but explain, "Sister Chang has just awakened, so of course she can't compare to someone like you who has been awakened for a long time."

"Liu Hen should have just awakened."

Zong Ni looked at Chen Ye and Chang Xin and explained, "When we separated last time, Liu Hen should have been an ordinary person. It was only half a month ago."

Chen Ye raised his eyebrows and said nothing more.

If compared in this way, Chang Xin loses.

Because Chang Xin has been awakened for almost a month.

It’s just that the environment outside is so bad that there is no food to be found, so he is in such a miserable state, almost the same as before he awakened.

Chang Xin also looked at Liu Hen with some surprise.

"How about it? Do you want to work under me?" Liu Hen asked.

Chang Xin: "..."

"I know your choice."

Liu Hen said calmly, "Wu Yuanming, show the guest away."

"Are you really not going to think about it?"

Chang Xin frowned and said seriously, "If we join forces, setting up a camp will be no problem."

"But the question now is, are you willing to be my thug?"

Liu Hen said calmly, "There's no room for two tigers in one mountain. Without any mutual trust, two people with special abilities will only fight among themselves. Anyway, I can't possibly submit to you now, and will you submit to me?"

Chang Xin was silent for a few seconds before nodding: "Indeed, I hope we won't become enemies. Let's go."

She turned and left immediately.

"Zong Ni, wait a moment." Liu Hen said.

"If you want to follow him, I won't blame you." Chang Xin said without changing her expression, and left with Chen Ye at the same speed.

Zong Ni turned and looked at Liu Hen: "A few days ago, I was almost put into a pot, and it was Sister Chang who saved me."

Liu Hen understood and didn't try to persuade them to stay. He just drew a simple map on the ground and said, "There are good things in this place. You can go and get them. It might be a bit difficult because you have to dig up the iron ore. Also, there may be dangers down there. Remember to warn Chang Xin."

He didn't want to take any risks, but he also didn't want to throw away the horse meat completely, so he just did it as a favor.

As for whether Zong Ni and the other two can get it, that is their business.

"Thank you." Although Zong Ni didn't know what the good thing Liu Hen was talking about, she still carefully wrote down the map.

After Zong Ni left, Liu Hen looked at Wu Yuanming and said, "You two take turns to rest. We will set off and leave here at dusk."

"Yes, sir." Wu Yuanming replied respectfully.

Liu Hen returned to the house, thought about it, and decided to make four more sets of thermal suits, four black iron longbows, and one hundred iron arrows.

Iron Arrows are not upgraded, but must be crafted using a workbench.

The production materials are wooden arrows and iron ore, which is equivalent to an upgrade.

During the production process, a ball of light suddenly appeared on Liu Hen's arm.

Then, as he watched in surprise, a little man the size of a palm appeared and hugged his arm tightly, as if afraid of falling.

"Black Stone?"

Liu Hen was stunned: "How did you become so small?" What surprised him most was that Xiao Heishi was still wearing the thermal suit, and the thermal suit had actually shrunk along with Xiao Heishi's body.

"I'm practicing the art of transformation."

Little Black Stone clung to Liu Hen's arm tightly, like a koala clinging to a tree trunk, and answered earnestly, "Master is leaving soon, and I hope I can continue to keep watch for you."

The appearance of the Wu brothers and sisters made her feel a strong sense of crisis. She worked hard every moment and did not dare to relax at all.

As she spoke, she suddenly landed on the ground and her body quickly grew larger, becoming more than two meters tall in the blink of an eye, but shrank back the next moment.

This time it was smaller, the size of a thumb.

Liu Hen looked at Thumbelina on the ground, resisted the urge to pick her up, and asked: "...What is your ability?"

"This is a spirit's magic of transformation. I can only change my size and turn back into stone, but I can't transform into anyone else."

Little Black Stone was practicing very seriously: "But the fusion is not complete yet, and I am a little unable to control this ability."

"Then you practice slowly." Liu Hen said with a smile.

……

Hundreds of meters away.

Chang Xin, along with Chen Ye and Zong Ni, hurried on their way and asked, "Zong Ni, what is your impression of Liu Hen?"

"impression?"

Zong Ni thought for a moment and said, "We worked together a long time ago, but as for my specific impression... it's hard to sum it up. But personally, I think he's trustworthy. At least he's never taken all the benefits he gained from teaming up."

Chen Ye, who was standing by, heard this and said, "Even after he became a superpower, he still remembered Zong Ni's kindness in giving him a meal. His character should be fine, which is very rare. It's a pity that he doesn't want to cooperate with us."

"Indeed, what a pity."

Chang Xin looked regretful, then asked, "What is it that he asked us to find?"

"He didn't say." Zong Ni shook her head.

Chen Ye reminded: "Sister Chang, we think we should be more careful. If it is a trap, it will be troublesome."

"I will be careful."

Chang Xin casually dealt with a wandering monster, picked up the magic crystal on the ground, and was about to continue talking when she suddenly frowned.

"Squat down." She quickly squatted down behind a huge rock.

Zong Ni and Chen Ye also squatted down quickly.

Half a minute later, the sound of dense horse hooves appeared, getting closer and closer.

Although Zong Ni and Chen Ye couldn't see, they could feel that many people on horseback were passing by nearby.

In Chang Xin's field of vision, a group of at least thirty people riding tall horses were galloping in the night fog, passing by them more than fifty meters away.

Only after the group of people had gone far away did she stand up with a serious expression: "There are more and more outsiders. I'm afraid this place is no longer safe."

Zong Ni thought of what Liu Hen had said before: "Liu Hen probably wants to leave because of this. Should we leave?"

"Let's go and see what he left for us first."

Chang Xin quickened her pace.

Time passed and late night soon arrived.

Although they were very familiar with the area, the map Liu Hen gave them was too simple, so the three of them searched for several hours before finally finding the exact location.

"right here?"

Chen Ye looked at the 'tower' built entirely of huge square stones with a look of astonishment.

After Chang Xin saw the 'tower', a look of doubt flashed across her face. "Seal it? He must be showing me his strength. He definitely didn't use all his methods before."

"What kind of ability is this?" Chen Ye was shocked and curious.

"do not know."

Chang Xin shook her head: "If a superpower doesn't reveal their abilities themselves, even if you see them from the outside, it's hard to guess what they are."

"Then down here..."

Zong Ni said, "Liu Hen said there might be danger down there."

"There's a half-dead cyborg."

Chang Xin said solemnly, "Then what Liu Hen wants to give us should be this cyborg. Every part of this cyborg is very expensive."

"What does he mean?" Chen Ye was confused.

"He can even give away such a precious thing so casually. I'm afraid his methods are far more than what we have seen."

Chang Xin thought she had guessed Liu Hen's plan and said seriously, "He might think that I am not worthy of cooperating with him now, so he gave me these things to let me develop first."

As she spoke, a silver light shone from her body, and a silver-white full-body armor emerged. "Stand back a little, I will remove this seal."

After Zong Ni and Chen Ye were far away, she took action and demolished the iron ore hill with her bare hands.

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