Don't Starve, my items can be upgraded

Chapter 2 Hunger (Happy Army Day)

This area should have been a safe zone a long time ago.

But because it had been abandoned for too long, it had long been deserted.

Even the mud-walled houses, most of them collapsed.

Many of the walls that had not collapsed had been dug through by scavengers, and the floors had all been pried away.

Even the ground was filled with holes in the east and pits in the west.

The safe zone, which should have been prosperous, now has no grass at all.

Wherever the scavenging team passes, there is basically no supplies left.

Yang Chen led Peng Min through the ruins cautiously and lightly, preparing to leave the area under the cover of night.

This was to prevent Huang Qing and the other two who had left from joining forces with other scavenging teams to launch a counterattack.

Although those three people have never eaten human flesh since they followed him, what if they want to eat meat?

Because those three people hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

That way, not only could they taste the meat, but they could also solve these two problems.

Peng Min did not ask Yang Chen where he was going, because scavengers have no home.

Wherever you go, wherever there is food, that is home.

The surroundings were quiet, and the abandoned mud-walled houses were like demons hiding in the darkness, ready to swallow up passers-by at any time.

But Yang Chen and Peng Min had long been accustomed to this kind of dark environment, and their expressions did not change at all.

Night is the time when evil spirits and wild beasts appear.

Although in theory, it is much more dangerous to act at this time than during the day, and it is easier to encounter evil spirits and ferocious beasts.

If a small group of ordinary people who pick up scavengers encounter a ferocious beast or an evil spirit, they will be doomed.

But the area is too flat and the visibility is too high during the day, making it an easy target.

Therefore, most scavenging teams consisting of a small number of ordinary people choose to act at night.

After all, due to the harsh environment, the number of wild beasts is very scarce.

As for evil spirits, you will only encounter them if you are extremely unlucky.

So relatively speaking, other scavenging teams are more dangerous.

Even at night, visibility is too low and you might miss the supplies if you pass by them.

This is the experience summed up by countless people in the wasteland through bloody lessons.

After walking only a few hundred meters, Yang Chen felt his vision go dark again.

Due to severe malnutrition and the huge depletion of his energy, he was almost unable to hold on and was in urgent need of food.

"Give me all the grass roots."

Suddenly he looked at Peng Min: "Or...if you also think I'm selfish, you can take this half bag of water and these grass roots and leave. I won't stop you."

"how come?"

Peng Min’s expression changed, and he quickly gave all the grass roots to Yang Chen.

Although she also wanted to eat, she knew better that Yang Chen, a man, needed to maintain his physical strength.

In this wasteland, if she, a girl, were separated from the group, the possibility of her surviving would be almost zero.

Being captured and kept in captivity to give birth to children is the happiest thing. The most terrifying thing is to be directly cooked into food.

Yang Chen took the grass root, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it hard, and then swallowed it with difficulty.

This grass root contains very small amounts of water and sugar, which can satisfy hunger.

Although it tastes terrible and can cause harm if eaten too much, it is the main source of food for most scavenging teams.

This grass root also contains many ingredients with antibacterial and antiviral effects, which can help the body resist bacterial and viral infections and enhance immunity.

Therefore, it is often used as medicine.

This is also the reason why Yang Chen and others did not eat all the grass roots after they found them. They kept some for emergency use.

After swallowing the grass root, as his stomach moved and digested it, Yang Chen finally felt better.

At least the strong feeling of dizziness is gone.

"Let's keep going."

He took out the nail gun from his waist, and while keeping a vigilant eye on his surroundings, he quietly created derivative qi and injected it into it.

The two continued to walk through the ruins, and after about ten minutes, they left the ruins.

Suddenly, the two men stopped, looked alert, and looked at the five black figures in the distance.

That should be an ordinary scavenging team. After seeing them, several people also showed vigilance.

Yang Chen put away the nail gun and held the wooden bow calmly.

However, because there was no visible benefit and both sides did not want to get hurt, after a few seconds, both sides tacitly took a detour and went their separate ways.

Only after they were far away from the five people did Peng Min breathe a sigh of relief and said softly, "Now we are at an absolute disadvantage even when we meet the weakest scavenging team..."

There was confusion and despair in her tone.

As she spoke, she was also looking around, searching for possible thatch.

If you can find thatch exposed on the surface, there will definitely be grass roots.

The moonlight is bright tonight and visibility is not low but not too high either. It is a good day for scavenging.

Yang Chen was also searching, but he took out the nail gun and continued to strengthen it.

Doing this does not affect the search for supplies.

Although his energy was beginning to be overdrawn again, he had no choice but to upgrade the level of the nail gun as soon as possible to avoid encountering a malicious scavenging team.

We were just lucky just now. I guess the scavenger team didn't have much confidence, and they didn't want to get hurt, so they didn't take action.

With their current numbers and strength, if they encounter a team of five people with malicious intentions - even if it is just a team composed of ordinary people, they will definitely die.

Therefore, he must improve his strength as soon as possible. By then, the nail gun will be his confidence.

As long as we can get through this period, everything will be fine.

This area is a Gobi desert with flat terrain, but the environment is extremely harsh. In addition to extremely sparse vegetation, sandstorms occasionally occur.

But it's not bad tonight and there is no tendency for wind to blow.

Because the nail gun level was still very low, the progress bar was full after more than ten minutes.

The price was that Yang Chen felt his vision begin to darken again.

Without hesitation, he chose to upgrade.

After about three seconds, the upgrade is successful and new data appears:

[Guaranteed Hit Nail Gun lv.2: 0% (a nail launcher with a built-in crosshair, which will hit the target when the crosshair is red; effective range 4.5 meters, maximum range 13.5 meters; cannot be upgraded)]

'A 50 percent increase in range?'

Yang Chen was delighted: "But it's not enough, far from enough!"

With such a short range, it might not even be able to penetrate an ordinary person's clothes, let alone kill someone.

"There is a team of evolvers ahead." Peng Min suddenly pointed forward.

I saw the light of a campfire about a thousand meters away.

In such an area with a wide field of vision, the only ones who dare to make a fire at night are the Evolver team.

"Are we going there?"

Peng Min swallowed and whispered, "The metal in your body... should be able to be exchanged for some food."

She was so hungry that if she didn't replenish her food, she might not have the last bit of strength left.

She believed that Yang Chen felt the same way, otherwise he would not have eaten the grass roots that were stored as medicine.

The reason for this suggestion is that it is easier for the Evolver Team to obtain food, such as hunting ferocious beasts and birds.

What that kind of scavenging team really lacks is metal and other supplies.

Therefore, if you encounter a less ferocious team of evolvers, you can consider bartering for food and other urgently needed supplies.

As for the price, it depends on the mood and conscience of the stronger party.

This was how Yang Chen obtained his metal before.

In order to obtain resources from more ordinary scavenger teams, scavenger teams with evolvers will generally not attack ordinary scavenger teams without reason.

Otherwise, once their reputation for brutality spreads, no one will dare to trade with them.

But this is not absolute. There are also a few scavenger teams composed entirely of evolvers who are unscrupulous and do whatever they want.

This kind of scavenging team does not regard ordinary people as human beings at all. They will even actively hunt down ordinary scavenging teams.

Therefore, Yang Chen was a little hesitant, because this approach also carried great risks.

Just then, something the size of a fist flew over my head.

He thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly chased after him: "Follow me."

"You don't want to hunt the black sparrow, do you?"

Peng Min didn’t know what was wrong with Yang Chen. The black sparrow was so fast and so small that it was impossible for their bows and arrows to hit it.

Because the environment is harsh and animals are scarce, the scavengers' main skill is not archery, but sharp eyes, which allow them to find food in the barren Gobi Desert.

The black sparrow is said to be a mutation of the sparrow and prefers to be active at night.

These creatures will actively attack humans when they act in groups, but when they are alone, they will stay away from humans.

Although she didn’t know where Yang Chen got the confidence to hunt the black sparrow, Peng Min still followed him. She had no choice.

Yang Chen didn't say anything. As he ran, he took out the [Strange Fragrance Nail Launcher] and shot a nail directly in the direction where the black bird disappeared.

Although he was not sure whether Blackbird would be attracted by the strange fragrance, he still decided to take a chance.

The nail shot out and disappeared directly into the darkness.

But then, a strange fragrance came out, which made Yang Chen and Peng Min perk up.

Because of this fragrance, it is difficult to describe what it is, but it is really very fragrant and smells very comfortable.

Peng Min was about to ask when suddenly the black bird that had flown away came back.

Just as she showed a look of astonishment, she saw Yang Chen raise his hand.

With a "puff", it seemed as if something hit the black bird.

"twitter……"

The black bird screamed and turned around and flew away.

However, although it was not injured, the pain from the nails hitting its body caused it to become slow in movement.

Yang Chen took the opportunity to aim again.

Just as the crosshairs in his field of vision overlapped with the black bird and turned red, he quickly pressed the fire button.

"puff!"

Another nail shot out.

This time he was very lucky and hit the base of the black bird's wings directly. The severe pain made it lose balance and fall directly from the air.

“Quickly catch it!” Yang Chen shouted.

Peng Min was still in shock, but when she heard the order, her body reacted faster than her brain. She pounced over almost like a conditioned reflex and grabbed the black bird that fell from the sky.

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