Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 5 Magical Bonfire, Free Construction

He crouched in the cave to avoid the increasingly cold wind and waited patiently.

The wind outside the cave was getting stronger and stronger, and the temperature was getting lower and lower.

The howling cold wind gradually made a sound like the crying of ghosts, which made people's scalps numb.

He was afraid of the dark in his previous life, but he was transported directly to a world of eternal night. It's unbelievable.

It was okay before when I had Zong Ni to keep me company, but now I’m alone, feeling lonely and scared.

"If you have the chance, you must find a trustworthy partner. It's too scary to be alone in the dark."

In particular, noise will be made during collection, so it will be much safer if there is someone on guard.

While waiting, his heart was trembling. He was not just scaring himself, there were really monsters in this world.

Finally, after a minute, the workbench was created and appeared directly in the empty space backpack grid.

'How do I use it?'

Liu Hen tried to choose with his mind, and suddenly a huge shadow of a workbench appeared in his field of vision, but perhaps because the space was too small to place it, the shadow was red.

"Why does it feel a bit like a survival building game?"

This thought flashed through his mind, and then he walked out of the cave, looking for a place outside to place the workbench.

Soon, he found a flat area near the small cave, and the red shadow immediately turned green, which meant it could be placed.

When he chooses to place—

With a "pop", a machine tool-like object appeared, two meters long, one meter wide and high, with many gears on the table.

At the same time, a data appeared above this huge machine tool:
[Creation Workbench Lv. 1: Upgrade requirements (200 iron ore, 2 magic crystals); Upgrading unlocks more recipes]

Below this data, there are two options, namely [Recycle] and [Production].

[Recycle] should mean putting it back into the space backpack.

And the production——

Liu Hen directly selected this option.

Suddenly, an interface popped up with only one recipe in it, which was [Campfire].

'bonfire?'

He thought: "Could it be the campfire in the game? The kind that can cook things?"

Although I don’t have any food, I have ice. Can this kind of bonfire cook the ice into hot water?
At this moment, even a cup of hot water means a lot to him and can increase his survival time.

Thinking of this, he quickly clicked on the bonfire recipe, but saw that making a bonfire required one hundred pieces of wood and a magic crystal.

"As expected, you need magic crystals. Luckily, I have some left over."

But...wood?
Liu Hen quickly looked around and saw a short and twisted tree a few meters away.

He quickly took out his axe and walked over, using the end of the axe blade to swing at the tree trunk.

"boom!"

With one blow of the pickaxe, fine cracks immediately appeared on the surface of the tree trunk, and at the same time—

[Wood +3]

"It's about the same speed as collecting stone, so it should be done quickly."

He swung the Pickaxe quickly, alert to the increasingly dimming light around him.

[Wood +3]

【Space backpack is full】

[Wood +3]

……

Liu Hen had an idea and suddenly threw away all the slag he had collected before, freeing up space in his backpack grid, and then continued collecting.

Anyway, things that are thrown away can be picked up again at any time and will not disappear.

Bark +3

'Bark?'

He took it out and found that it was hard tree bark, which was completely inedible and could not be digested by the people of the wilderness.

Helpless, he could only continue collecting.

Finally, more than half a minute later, when dense cracks appeared on the surface of the short and twisted tree, there were enough wood to make one hundred.

He immediately returned to the workbench, opened the workbench's data interface, and directly chose to make a bonfire.

One hundred pieces of wood and one magic crystal were consumed, leaving only two magic crystals.

As the production began, all the gears on the workbench began to rotate slowly.

The countdown is still one minute.

Perhaps because everything has been digitized, the bonfire being made cannot be seen and the image is hidden.

This time Liu Hen did not just wait, but went back to the low and twisted tree again, took out the pickaxe and continued collecting.

[Wood +3]

……

Another half minute passed, and when the number of logs increased by another hundred, the low and twisted trees in front of him suddenly exploded with a "bang", turning into powder and falling to the ground, and a big pit appeared directly in front of him.

The entire tree was harvested cleanly, not even the roots were left.

However, with so much powder dropped, there should be a lot of materials that have not been collected. It is obvious that the level of the pickaxe is too low.

Liu Hen looked around and saw that there were no more trees nearby, so he went back to the workbench and waited.

"Woooooooo..."

The sound of the wind grew louder, like the cry of a ghost, making one's scalp tingle.

Moreover, the light was completely dimmed, with visibility only about ten meters, which is the normal visibility during the night.

Finally, the bonfire was completed and the gears on the workbench table stopped turning.

He hurriedly clicked to receive it.

【Space backpack is full】

This information flashed through my mind.

He frowned slightly, then took out the bark and threw it away. After freeing up a space, he chose to collect it again.

Finally, the bonfire appeared in the space backpack.

Before he could take a closer look, a chilling feeling suddenly appeared, causing the visibility, which was only about ten meters, to drop rapidly, until it became pitch dark.

'what's the situation? ’

Liu Hen's heart trembled, and he hurriedly followed the route he remembered and moved towards the cave in the dark.

Fortunately, he had not walked far before and soon returned to the cave which was only about two meters deep.

With a thought, he took out the bonfire, and suddenly a green bonfire phantom that could be placed appeared in his field of vision.

The shadow was like a holographic projection, but it did not illuminate the surroundings. This showed that the shadow was not a light source and should only be visible to him.

Without hesitation, he set up the bonfire.

"Snapped!"

Placement successful.

The next moment, the scene before his eyes became dark again and he could no longer see the campfire, because even outside the cave he could not see his hand in front of him.

But it didn't matter, because he could see the data above the campfire.

Bonfire Level 1: A bonfire with cooking, lighting, heating, and warding off evil spirits. The bonfire itself does not consume fuel, but requires fuel to maintain combustion. The bonfire's light can repel monsters from the dark. Upgrade requirements (200 pieces of wood, 2 magic crystals). The higher the level, the larger the range of monster repelling, currently a radius of one meter.

Below this data, there are four options: [Ignite], [Recycle], [Cooking], and [Fuel Tank].

Liu Hen immediately chose to light it, but found no response.

He quickly opened the fuel tank and found that there was no fuel inside.

On the left side of the fuel tank interface, there is something that can be put in as fuel - wood.

Without hesitation, he put a piece of wood in and immediately found that the burning time became ten minutes.

'A log of wood will burn for ten minutes?'

He had an idea and put another eighty pieces of wood into it, increasing the sustainable burning time to eight hundred minutes.

Suddenly, something in the darkness touched his calf, like a very small hand.

Suddenly he felt horrified, and almost as a conditioned reflex, he suddenly closed the fuel tank interface and directly selected [Ignite].

With a "bang", flames ignited out of thin air and shot up more than one meter high, directly dispelling the pitch-black darkness and illuminating the entire cave.

"what!!"

Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard.

Immediately afterwards, a monster that looked like a twisted baby flashed by the campfire and instantly disappeared into the darkness outside the cave.

"Idiot!!"

Liu Hen jumped up in fright, and took out a pickaxe with one hand. With his other hand, he took out a round, arm-thick, one-meter-long piece of wood, and stared at the exit of the cave.

"What was that just now?"

He was trembling in his heart, and was actually touched by this monster at his heels.

The darkness was truly terrifying.

How long has it been since I came here?

They have already encountered several life-and-death crises. How did the other wastelanders survive?

But... if you think about it carefully, the original owner usually finds a closed place like an abandoned mine or cave to sleep before the end of the early night, and never goes out during the late night.

That is why we can avoid danger time and time again.

Because I was anxious to upgrade my golden finger and find a way to get food, I ignored this point.

Seeing that there was no movement outside the cave, Liu Hen breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the data above the blazing campfire.

"It wards off evil spirits and repels monsters from the dark... Is this the function that's working?"

He secretly felt fortunate that if he had not quickly lit the bonfire, he might have been caught.

As the bonfire lit, the chill in the cave was quickly dispelled, replaced by a warm feeling.

Even beside the campfire, Liu Hen felt warm in his heart.

This should be related to the bonfire's [evil-repelling] property.

This bonfire is very magical. The fuel seems to burn perfectly without emitting any smoke. It is not clear whether it needs oxygen to support combustion.

Anyway, even though he was so close, he didn't smell any smoke or other odors from burning wood, which was very strange.

But the flame was real, there was no doubt about that.

'What's next? Am I going to stay here tonight?'

The cave is now very small and shallow, and cannot block the cold wind at all. However, we can continue digging inwards. With the characteristics of the pickaxe, it is easy to dig deeper.

But it was too dangerous to leave the exit open like this.

The bonfire can drive away monsters in the dark, but it cannot drive away normal creatures, such as savages or other wild beasts, even madmen, who should be able to get close to the bonfire.

"It would be great if we could move the workbench over to block the hole."

Liu Hen thought so.

but--

He glanced out into the darkness.

I don't know whether the monster has left or not.

It’s better to be more stable.

'By the way, don't I have a free build function? Then I can build a wall to block the wind and provide defense!'

Liu Hen suddenly thought of the free construction function that was enabled when the All Things Pickaxe was upgraded to the Black Iron level. He immediately had an idea and prepared to enable this function.

[There are currently no usable construction materials, so this function cannot be enabled.]

This prompt appears.

"Building materials? Is slag okay?"

He hurried to the end of the cave and wielded his pickaxe to collect stones.

[Slag +3]

……

Pieces of slag were collected one by one, and debris kept falling from the cave wall in front of us, which was quickly deepened.

In less than a minute, the number of slag stones reached one hundred.

This is the current maximum capacity of a single grid in the space backpack.

Not daring to waste time, Liu Hen hurried to the exit of the cave and turned on the free construction function again.

This time he finally succeeded in turning on this function.

Then a buildable white light area appeared in the field of vision.

When he chose slag, a square shadow of slag immediately appeared in the white light area. This shadow could be moved at will, and it was red when suspended in the air, which meant it could not be placed.

As long as it is not suspended in the air and touches the ground, it will turn green.

This is free construction, really very free, as long as it is near you.

With a "pop", just like the workbench and campfire were placed before, the slag was placed directly on the ground, completely blending with the surrounding ground, as if it belonged here.

Liu Hen tried to pry it apart with his hands, but found that he couldn't move it at all. Apparently, the bottom part was completely integrated into the ground.

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