Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 4 Monsters, Continuous Upgrades
"Finally, iron ore has appeared."

Liu Hen was delighted and took out the iron ore to check while keeping a vigilant eye on his surroundings.

This iron ore is the same size as the slag, square in shape, and at first glance looks about the size of a fist.

But in fact, the collected material is a cube with a side length of ten centimeters, and its weight is much greater than ordinary slag.

'It's very hard, nice.'

Liu Hen put away the iron ore, rubbed his frozen hands, and continued collecting.

A pickaxe fell—

【The space backpack is full.】

Because the only grid is occupied by iron ore, slag cannot be collected.

Liu Hen remained indifferent and continued to collect. He only wanted iron ore now.

Iron Ore +1

……

Iron Ore +1

There is quite a lot of iron ore at this location, and there may even be an iron ore vein underneath.

Although because the level of the pickaxe is too low, it takes more than ten swings to collect a piece of iron ore.

But this speed is much faster than digging with a hardwood pickaxe.

In fact, it is much faster than normal digging with an iron pickaxe.

"Crack!"

"Click..."

The sound of stones hitting each other continued.

As the pickaxe continued to fall, the huge rock in front of him continued to fall into pieces.

That was slag. Because the space backpack grid was full, it could not be collected successfully, and it turned into debris and fell off.

In a blink of an eye, he dug out a small cave here.

Time passed, and in just over half an hour, he had collected more than sixty pieces.

Suddenly, a distorted humanoid figure approached quickly.

It was a four-armed humanoid monster with a hideous face and distorted facial features. Just looking at it made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

"A monster? And a four-armed monster?!"

Liu Hen's face changed drastically, because this kind of monster was definitely not something that a single wilderness dweller could deal with.

Seeing the monster rushing towards him quickly, he suddenly took out a piece of iron ore and swung his arm to smash it out.

"boom!"

Perhaps he inherited the muscle memory of the original owner, his throwing skills were almost maxed out, and an iron ore directly hit the four-armed monster that rushed more than ten meters away, causing its head to tilt.

Liu Hen didn't dare to stop at all. He put away the pickaxe, and then used both hands to take out iron ore and smash it wildly.

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang…”

His hands were like machine guns, continuously throwing out iron ore.

The irrational monster didn't know how to dodge, and its head was smashed before it could reach him.

"boom!"

Finally, he threw out another piece of iron ore, and the monster's body was directly shattered.

The next moment, the monster's body suddenly condensed into a ball of light emitting a light blue light, and then suddenly exploded, turning into several crystals emitting a faint blue light and falling to the ground.

"Uh...he's dead already?!"

Liu Hen was stunned: "In my memory, this kind of monster is very terrifying, isn't it? Even if three or five barren people work together, it is difficult to kill it. Why is it so fragile?"

But after a second of hesitation, he realized: "Other people don't have the ability to throw stones without stopping like me. Picking up stones also takes time."

In particular, what he threw was hard and very handy iron ore.

He didn't dare to delay and rushed over to pick up the magic crystal that fell on the ground.

What surprised him was that there were eight magic crystals dropped on the ground.

"Eight times stronger than the two-armed monster?"

He was surprised and delighted.

Eight magic crystals... plus the one on him, a total of nine, enough to upgrade the Pickaxe of All Things several times.

"Then let's upgrade the pickaxe first."

This upgrade of the Pickaxe of All Things requires two pieces of iron ore and two magic crystals, and he has them all.

He did not hesitate, put away the eight magic crystals, and directly chose to upgrade the pickaxe.

The Pickaxe of All Things that was stored in his mind became blurred along with the data. At the same time, two pieces of iron ore were reduced in the only space backpack grid.

Just like the first upgrade -

Liu Hen only felt a faint heat emerging from deep inside his body, dispelling the coldness in his body.

In just five seconds, the upgrade is complete.

He quickly sensed it carefully and found that there was no improvement in his physical condition or strength.

However, as the heat spread throughout his body, his body, which had been nearly stiffened by the cold wind, suddenly felt much more comfortable. In particular, the muscles he had strained while frantically smashing out the iron ore in the face of life-or-death crisis were now pain-free.

Obviously, his injury will be repaired during the upgrade process.

This is great news. From now on, he doesn't have to worry about getting injured. He doesn't have to worry about dying from injuries due to lack of medical treatment like other wastelanders.

[All Things Pickaxe (Black Iron) Lv. 2 (Upgrade Requirements: 3 Iron Ore, 3 Magic Crystals)]

[Magic Crystal: 7]

[Space backpack: 2]

[Recipe: Creation Workbench]

This is the data after the upgrade.

"An extra space slot has been added to the space backpack?"

Liu Hen was delighted to see that there were still seven magic crystals left, so he upgraded again immediately.

Just like before, the data in his mind became blurry, and three pieces of iron ore and three pieces of magic crystal disappeared.

At the same time, a warm current emerged from deep within his body, making him even warmer.

This time it took about ten seconds for the upgrade to complete.

The Pickaxe of All Things has reached level three, but it is still at the Black Iron level.

At this time, the space backpack grid has reached three.

The next upgrade requires four pieces of iron ore and four magic crystals.

"I still have four magic crystals left, which is enough to upgrade one level... but this upgrade doesn't seem to increase my direct combat power. Three slots are enough for now, so I'll save them for the crafting table."

Although only one magic crystal is needed to make a workbench.

But what if after the workbench is built, magic crystals are still needed to make other things?

Thinking of this, Liu Hen resisted the urge to continue upgrading, quickly picked up the iron ore that fell on the ground and put it into his space backpack, then quickly left.

The light emitted by the four-armed monster when it died is likely to attract more monsters or wastelanders.

Just in case, he decided to continue mining in another place.

The stone mountain area was dead silent and pitch black everywhere. The occasional rugged rocks and twisted trees were like demons in the darkness, making people feel heavy in their hearts.

Liu Hen was alert to his surroundings and hurried on his way carefully.

He walked forward three or four hundred meters in one breath before stopping again and continuing to take out the Draft of All Things to collect.

Ice Cube +3

With this pickaxe, he actually dug out three ice cubes.

Liu Hen was slightly surprised, but he didn't throw it away. As long as there was enough space in his backpack, he would keep it.

Ice Cube +3

Three more ice cubes were collected.

[Slag +3]

The third time he swung the pickaxe, he collected slag, and this time, he collected three pieces of slag with one pickaxe.

"It's much faster than before. How fast is the iron ore collection?"

He continued to swing the pickaxe.

Iron Ore +1

Finally, the fourth pickaxe fell and a piece of iron ore was collected.

"It's still one piece. Is it because the iron ore content is too low?"

Liu Hen was not sure either, but it was certain that the collection speed was faster.

The same thing happened next. Originally, it took more than ten swings of the pickaxe to dig up a piece of iron ore, but this time, even if it was certain that it was iron ore, it still took nine swings to collect it.

As he continued to collect, perhaps because his body consumed too much energy, he felt a blackout again.

He was so hungry that his body could not bear it anymore and he felt like he would die at any moment.

'It's almost there, almost there!'

He suppressed the dizziness and continued collecting.

Finally, after nearly half an hour, when he had dug out a small cave at this location, the amount of iron ore reached one hundred pieces.

Without hesitation, he quickly chose to make a workbench in his mind.

When he chose to manufacture, the one hundred pieces of iron ore in the space backpack disappeared out of thin air, and a magic crystal also disappeared at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, a one-minute countdown appeared behind the [Creation Workbench] recipe.

"One minute? That's pretty quick."

Suddenly Liu Hen discovered that the light outside was dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye, visibility was decreasing rapidly, and the wind was getting stronger.

He clearly felt that the temperature was dropping rapidly.

'Is the night over?'

This made him feel a chill in his heart: "I hope the workbench won't let me down!"

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