Don't Starve, my items can be upgraded

Chapter 4 Nail Gun Upgrade, Upgrade Again
Behind, the five people did not stop this time and continued to follow.

However, they did not run. They just followed slowly from three or four hundred meters away, preparing to catch two preys.

Anyway, as the attacking party, they know what is going on and will not panic, so they have the upper hand psychologically.

The enemies being chased will consume greater physical energy due to panic and other reasons.

As long as they wait until the prey can no longer walk, they can easily capture it.

This is usually what a scavenger team would do when they are unable to find food and are at their wits' end.

Because no one wants to get hurt and doesn't want to waste more energy fighting, lest they die in the battle, so they have no choice but to use this method.

And once they do that, they are ready to eat people.

Because at this time, the attackers have basically reached the end of their rope and have completely given up their humanity in order to survive.

……

"Don't be nervous, don't let it affect your mentality, and save your energy."

While Yang Chen walked slowly, he reminded Peng Min: "We are not completely powerless to fight back. It is too early to make a conclusion about who is the hunter and who is the prey."

During this process, he continuously converted the energy he had previously absorbed into derivative energy to strengthen the nail gun.

"What you mean is..." Peng Min looked over hurriedly with anticipation in his eyes.

Although it felt unbelievable, she still hoped that Yang Chen would say the sentence she wanted to know most.

"You should have guessed it."

At this time, Yang Chen did not hide it anymore: "I have awakened my superpowers and become an evolver."

Suddenly, Peng Min couldn't help showing a look of ecstasy.

"It's actually... It's actually true..."

Even though she heard Yang Chen say this with her own ears, she still found it hard to believe and wondered if Yang Chen was comforting her.

But she still chose to believe it because it was the only hope to survive.

"Don't get excited, control your emotions, and conserve your energy." Yang Chen reminded.

"Uh-huh."

Peng Min quickly adjusted his mood: "Since you have become an evolver, then why..."

"I need time to prepare." Yang Chen said.

Peng Min was puzzled. Does the evolver's means of attack require time to prepare?

However, all she knew about the Evolvers was what she heard from others and she had never actually seen one.

Therefore, she didn't know whether Yang Chen's behavior was normal, but she didn't ask any more questions.

After a few minutes--

When the energy gained from the wild wolf bones is exhausted, the nail gun reaches level four.

Yang Chen thought excitedly: "Maybe we can specifically look for bones that contain energy. There may not be too few bones of that kind in this wasteland."

At least it shouldn't be less than food.

Because according to the legends of the older generation, a very terrible disaster once occurred in this world, and countless powerful creatures died in a short period of time.

Even if those creatures are dead, there should be some energy-containing things left behind.

For example, the bones before.

As for the food issue...

If you really can't find any, you can strengthen some things that don't directly increase combat effectiveness and trade them with other teams of evolvers.

At that time, as long as the level of your nail gun is upgraded, you won’t have to worry about being robbed by cheaters.

As long as you have energy, you can quickly strengthen items for trading, and then food will be in endless supply.

It is very feasible.

[Guaranteed Nail Gun lv.4: 0% (…effective range 10 meters, maximum range 30 meters; cannot be upgraded)]

"With a range of 30 meters, it's enough to shoot birds."

Although the guaranteed range is only ten meters, birds that eat insects cannot fly high.

Especially birds in the Gobi Desert, they generally don't fly too high.

Although the number of birds is small, they are not absent.

Just like the black sparrow I encountered last night.

But beating people—

not enough.

"With each upgrade, the range will increase by 50%. You need to upgrade at least one more level, and then you can kill the enemy by hitting their vital points."

At the very least, you can still seriously injure the opponent.

For example, shoot the eyes to make the opponent blind, and then move closer to finish off the enemy.

Anyway, the nail gun has an assisted aiming function, so you don’t have to worry about missing the target when dealing with ordinary people with average movement speed.

"But... the other side probably has bows too. The barbarian's bows can usually shoot out 50 to 60 meters. If there is a better bow and the archer is stronger, it can shoot out hundreds of meters. I hope we won't be so unlucky as to encounter a sharpshooter."

"But it's impossible for a sharpshooter to resort to cannibalism."

Because the energy obtained from the wild wolf bones was used up, Yang Chen could only continue to consume his essence, energy and spirit to create derivative energy.

"Yang Chen, they're speeding up." Peng Min suddenly said nervously.

Yang Chen looked back and saw that, as expected, the five people had sped up.

"This is to drive us to speed up and increase our physical exertion."

He sneered, "Stop and shoot an arrow at them."

Now is the stage of a battle of wits and courage, and psychological game to see who is braver.

Peng Min completely obeyed Yang Chen's words. Upon hearing his words, he bent his bow and shot an arrow towards the back.

The sharpened wooden arrow flew more than sixty meters and pierced the ground.

Immediately, the five people on the opposite side slowed down again, because this was a signal that they were ready to die together.

Hundreds of meters away.

A man wearing tattered animal skins frowned and said, "The two men on the opposite side know the hunting routine. What should we do?"

A man nearby licked his cracked lips, swallowed, and sneered: "So what if we know? They obviously have no food, we just need to hold on." In this situation, they were unwilling to kill them directly, lest the other party fight to the death and take one or two of them away.

Even if we can't take them away, they will most likely be injured, and the loss will outweigh the gain.

This is not the first time they have done this, and they have almost never failed.

Because every time, they will carefully screen their prey and only choose targets that are at their most desperate and have fewer people.

……

As the chase and escape continued, the sky gradually brightened.

"So this is the hunting routine? Yang Chen, how do you know so much?"

Peng Min asked curiously, "This kind of hunting routine is the first time I've heard of it."

Yang Chen had already told her the so-called 'hunting routine', which would facilitate subsequent instructions.

"Because I... have endured others before."

Yang Chen said with some nostalgia: "At that time, I followed a few elders. After reaching the end of our rope, we chose a target. There were seven of us, and the other side had three people."

"Then you..." Peng Min was a little unbelievable.

"I have never eaten human flesh. My elders don't allow me to do so."

As Yang Chen continued to strengthen his nail gun, he said, “At that time, I was only eleven years old, but I remember it vividly.”

Peng Min breathed a sigh of relief, at least he had never eaten human flesh.

"What was the final result?" she asked curiously.

"at last……"

Yang Chen smiled and said, “We kept those three people at bay for two days and two nights, and finally killed them. The elders feasted on the food, and then burst into tears. At that time, I was also so hungry that I was about to lose my mind, and I wanted to eat too, but my dad beat me up, saying something like ‘If I don’t go to hell, who will?’ I felt so ridiculous at the time, and felt that he was so selfish that he didn’t even let me eat meat.”

"at last……"

He added: "After they were full and strong, they took me to continue looking for food. To make up for me, they even hunted a wild wolf so that I could eat meat."

Peng Min said with some envy: "Your father is so good to you. Is he gone now?"

"I killed him with my own hands." Yang Chen said.

"What?" Peng Min was surprised.

"I don't know how he suddenly awakened, but his awakening required a lot of energy. Eventually, due to insufficient energy in his body, he mutated."

Yang Chen said calmly: "At that time, he was still rational. He gave me the only gun in the team, and I shot him in the head. At that time, I was sixteen years old."

"In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. Time flies so fast!" he sighed.

"This……"

Peng Min didn't know what to say.

After a long silence, she continued to ask, "Where are your other elders?"

"My mother died of illness when I was a few years old. As for the other elders..."

Yang Chen paused, and continued: "They had eaten meat before, so they wanted to eat the body of my father who failed to awaken, and then I shot them to death."

"..."

Peng Min was silent again.

"What about you?"

Yang Chen asked: "I've never heard you mention your family."

"I have no family."

Peng Min said calmly, "I heard from the person who raised me that my parents were beaten to death by the person who raised me while he was eating me. But he raised me just to sell me for a good price. Finally, the small safe zone where I was was destroyed by a sandstorm, and I took the opportunity to escape. Not long after, I met you who was alone."

At this point, she suddenly smiled and said, "At that time, I was also just sixteen years old."

That was three years ago.

Yang Chen couldn't help but smile. Before that, he had been wandering alone for a long time because he had a gun in his hand.

It's a pity that the life of the gun has been exhausted and it has not been preserved until now. Otherwise, if the accuracy attribute could be enhanced, it would be a powerful weapon.

Not long after meeting Peng Min, he met Kang Yuanyuan and others.

Because both sides have similar strengths and both have women, they hit it off and formed a team directly.

Their scavenging team existed for three years, and although they were injured many times, no one died. This was because he had been wandering alone for many years and was very experienced.

At this moment, the nail gun was upgraded again:

[Guaranteed Nail Gun lv.5: 0% (…effective range 15 meters, maximum range 45 meters; cannot be upgraded)]

"That's right. Since those five people want to endure it, then I will endure it with you. What I lack most now is time."

Just as this thought flashed through Yang Chen’s mind, he suddenly sensed a weak energy.

He paused and hesitated slightly, because his next action might irritate the five people behind him.

But now that you have encountered it, there is absolutely no reason to reject it. It would be shameful to waste it.

The most important thing is that my energy is starting to be overdrawn again, and it would be best to have energy to replace it.

So after just a second of hesitation, he decided to start digging.

Anyway, nail guns nowadays are almost enough to kill people.

If the fight goes on, he has a good chance of winning since he is sure to hit the target within fifteen meters.

After all, the human body is easier to aim at than a palm-sized black bird, so even if it is more than fifteen meters away, it may not be impossible to hit it.

Thinking of this, he quickened his pace and walked towards that direction, saying, "Dig quickly, there is something underneath. It should be the same energy-containing bone as before. That kind of thing can improve my strength."

Peng Min was delighted and ran over quickly, picked up the wooden spear and started digging.

Hundreds of meters behind, the faces of the five people who saw this scene changed.

"It looks like they found food!"

"Damn it, go over there and stop them!"

The five people had to speed up again.

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