Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 65 Life Essence, Same Kind

"Demon's limbs?"

Liu Hen was secretly surprised: "Could it be possible that the demon could still survive after being cut into pieces?"

At this moment, he couldn't help but think that Wu Yuanming and others had also encountered that kind of monster.

Those horse riders had encountered that kind of monster before.

Now they met again.

Xiao Heishi actually said that these monsters had the same aura and were likely the same one, but incomplete.

"Could it be that these tree root demons were originally a whole, but for some unknown reason were cut into pieces and placed in different places?"

If this is true, it can explain why the tree root demon is sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

It is likely that some limbs are more numerous and therefore stronger, while some limbs are few and therefore weaker.

He couldn't help but wonder, if this was true, then how big was that demon, and how strong was its original power?

"Plant-type demons should be somewhat special."

Little Black Stone said, "Just now I tried to communicate with that tree root demon, but it seemed like it had no consciousness at all, only instinct."

The two of them can now communicate with each other through their minds, which is very convenient. They don't need to make any sound. It is secretive and safe.

"Is it still down there?" Liu Hen asked.

"I don't know, but its aura seems to be dissipating." Little Black Stone replied.

After thinking it over again and again, Liu Hen decided to go down and take a look. After all, this place was too close to his camp, and this risk must be eliminated.

Since the other party didn't catch up the first time, then he must have some restrictions.

And he was not completely powerless to fight back. He had just killed a demon not long ago.

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, he returned to the river again and walked into the ice hole he had dug.

'It seems to have disappeared, with some debris on the ground.'

At this time, Little Black Stone said: "Maybe there is only a small piece here, and you have collected it."

"..."

Liu Hen also saw the debris and felt a little surprised. Could demons be collected as if they were trees?
In other words, this demonic limb left here is no longer considered alive?

He leaned over and put the root debris on the ground into his space backpack, then checked the information on the space backpack:

【Debris of the Evergreen Tree】

A very simple yet not simple name, without any extra introduction.

Liu Hen turned to look at the tree core he had collected earlier:
[Tree core: the core of the evergreen tree]

"It seems we can't get any more information, but now we know the name of that demon - the Evergreen Tree."

Judging from the name, that demon is definitely not simple.

Moreover, the other party was suspected to have encountered something terrible and was divided into many parts.

The three kinds of tree root monsters they encountered before and after might just be the roots of the tree, and there should also be other parts such as the trunk.

"Perhaps this tree core could be made into a thermal suit. From the suit's effects, we could infer the demon's specialties."

Thinking this in his mind, he collected some more ice here, then left the river and walked towards a farther place.

This direction is the direction Tong Kun and others are returning. He plans to move forward in this direction for a distance to see if he can find copper mines.

Finally, after traveling over two thousand meters in one breath, Little Black Stone finally sensed the copper ore: "It's right below here, about fifty meters down. The amount is slightly more than what the adults dug up before, but not much."

"Anything copper will do."

Liu Hen was delighted and started digging immediately.

More than fifty meters is enough to make most people feel embarrassed. Even in the technological age of the previous life, it is not something that ordinary people can dig through easily.

But it was no difficulty for him at all.

In just over ten minutes, he reached a depth of more than fifty meters underground and dug up the copper mine that the little black stone had sensed.

The number is not large, only about ten pieces, but it is enough to upgrade the Pickaxe of All Things twice.

'Then upgrade!'

Liu Hen couldn't wait to consume copper ore and magic crystals to upgrade the pickaxe of all things.

From the time he killed the tomb owner until now, he has been enduring the pain and doesn't want to wait even a moment longer.

As the upgrade began, a special warm current surged from deep within his body, nourishing his limbs and internal organs like a hot spring.

Perhaps because he was injured this time, he felt it more clearly than before. The warm current seemed to be real. Wherever it passed, it soothed his pain and repaired his body cells that were almost necrotic from being frozen.

In just ten minutes, his injuries, which would have been considered semi-paralyzed to ordinary people, had almost recovered.

At this time, the All Things Pickaxe had reached Bronze Level 4, and the space backpack grid had increased to forty.

Because his frostbite had not yet fully recovered, he continued to upgrade.

Another ten minutes later, the All Things Pickaxe reached level five, and the space backpack grid increased to fifty.

At this time, the frostbite on his body had completely recovered, and his body had become slightly stronger, but the improvement was still very small.

This upgrade has a very slight direct effect on his physical fitness.

"Finally, I don't have to endure the pain any longer."

Liu Hen breathed a sigh of relief. This way, even if he encountered monsters again, he could explode a few more times.

"Go on, I'm not weak anymore, I can go a little further."

He returned to the surface and continued along the route that Tong Kun and others had taken, traveling alone in the darkness.

Of course, if he encounters trees, he will continue to collect them and will not miss any usable resources.

Perhaps his luck had run out, but this time, he walked seven or eight kilometers without finding any more copper. 'It's almost night, I can't go any further.'

Although he was somewhat unwilling, Liu Hen still stopped and started to return.

However, on the way back, he did not take the original route, but took detours repeatedly, allowing the little black stone to continue sensing the copper mine.

Because the sensing range of the small black stone is only one hundred meters, in order to prevent missing anything, he keeps expanding the search range.

Finally, when late night fell and they were only more than 2,000 meters away from the camp, Little Black Stone sensed the copper mine again, and this time the amount was much more than before.

'here……'

Seeing this location, Liu Hen was speechless, because this place was just more than 200 meters away from where he had dug the copper mine before, and he just missed it.

"So, the copper mines also grow side by side?"

However, this time the copper mine is located deeper, more than 80 meters underground.

【Big Mud +1】

He wielded the Pickaxe and continued digging downwards. He was too lazy to dig stairs because he could use Free Build to fill the soil back when he came up.

They had only dug about thirty meters underground when Little Black Stone suddenly said again, "Sir, there are copper mines even deeper."

"Oh?" Liu Hen was delighted and dug even faster.

【Big Mud +1】

……

The soil under his feet was constantly being dug away, and he descended at a speed of almost one meter every two seconds.

About two minutes later, he arrived at the location of the first copper mine sensed by Little Black Stone.

Copper Ore +5

Copper Ore +3

……

The copper ore hidden deep in the earth was collected by him into small pieces.

Because there are now twenty more grids in his space backpack, he didn't throw away even small pieces of soil, thinking that what if they could be used in the future?

When all the copper mines at this location were mined out, he actually dug up more than 30 small pieces of copper ore in one go.

"Not bad, not bad. There's more down there. After we dig it all up, if we use it all to upgrade the All-Knowing Pickaxe, it will probably reach the maximum Bronze level."

Liu Hen was excited and continued digging down according to the location indicated by the small black stone.

However, this time, because the copper mine was not located directly below, he dug at an angle.

As the Pickaxe of All Things was swung, one meter high step after another appeared under his feet, leading to deeper depths.

Finally, after another five minutes, he arrived at a location more than 130 meters underground.

"Sir, this is it."

The small black stone turned into a palm-sized man, holding Liu Hen's arm and pointing to the left.

Because the air underground is not smooth and it is already very deep here, in order to prevent any accidents and to avoid worrying Zong Ni and others, Liu Hen did not collect small pieces of materials this time, but directly collected large pieces of materials, intending to go back and collect them in small pieces.

Soon, the location of the copper mine was dug out by him.

As a result, just as the location of the copper mine was dug out, a glowing stone suddenly fell out.

Both of them were stunned for a moment.

Little Black Stone hesitated slightly and whispered, "Sir, this thing doesn't seem to be a stone."

"It's not stone? Then what is it?" Liu Hen was puzzled. Is there something else deep in the earth?

"I don't know, but it's not a stone. I can feel it." Little Black Stone replied.

Liu Hen simply put it into his space backpack and checked the identification information of the space backpack:
【The life essence of the evergreen tree】

"The life essence of the evergreen tree? That demon?"

Liu Hen was shocked.

Although Xiao Heishi didn't sense anything, the life essence of the demon actually appeared here. In order to prevent any accidents, he hurried up.

Even if there might be copper mines further down, he didn't dare to continue digging.

Not only was he worried about accidentally digging up a terrifying monster, but he also felt inexplicably panicked underground, as if he was once again being targeted by the nightmare deep in the earth.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth, perhaps because the nightmare could not interfere with him when he was awake.

After walking up the big staircase, Liu Hen immediately used free construction, continuously placing large pieces of soil under his feet and moving upwards.

In this way, it took another four or five minutes for him to return to the surface.

Without delaying here any longer, he went straight back.

'grown ups……'

The little black stone returned to the Death Mark again, and a voice of doubt and uncertainty sounded in Liu Hen's mind: "I seemed to see a monster just now. It was in a very deep place, looking at us."

"What kind of monster?" Liu Hen's face changed slightly, and the first thing he thought of was nightmare.

'I can't see it clearly, it's blurry.'

Little Black Stone replied: "It's... very strange."

"Why is it so strange?" Liu Hen wondered, and at the same time, his pace increased.

Little Black Stone considered his words carefully, then said, "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel like it's... the earth, and it seems to be the same as me."

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