Don't Starve, my pickaxe can be upgraded

Chapter 6 Drinking Water to Feel Happiness
'good. ’

He was secretly delighted and immediately continued to place the slag and build like laying bricks.

This construction function is amazing——

After being placed successfully, the two stones fit together perfectly, and the connected parts are as strong and stable as if they were glued together by cement.

“Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap…”

As he continued to place them, in just one minute, a ten-centimeter-thick wall appeared, blocking most of the cold wind outside.

Because the cave is very small, it is only one meter wide and only about two meters high.

So when the hundred pieces of slag were used up, half of the cave entrance was blocked.

Liu Hen immediately returned to the end of the cave, collected another hundred pieces of slag, and returned to the entrance to continue building.

Soon, he blocked the entire cave exit, leaving only a gap at the top of the uneven cave ceiling.

This place needs to be well ventilated to avoid lack of oxygen while sleeping.

'It's so thin, it doesn't feel secure enough.'

Just in case, he went back to the end of the cave to dig again.

[Stone+3]

"Sperm Stone?"

Liu Hen paused, took out a piece of fine stone and took a look at it. He found that this kind of stone was heavier than the slag stone, had a better texture, and should be more solid.

And now the end of the cave is almost entirely made of this kind of stone.

"It seems that the collection speed has not decreased. Let's collect this kind of stone."

He immediately swung his pickaxe and continued collecting.

[Stone+3]

[Stone+3]

During this period, there was also a prompt that [Space Backpack is Full]. Apparently, because there were not enough grids in the space backpack, the mixed iron ore and slag could not be collected successfully, and all turned into debris and fell off.

As a result, the amount of fine gravel on the ground continued to increase.

Soon, one hundred pieces of fine stones were collected, and he immediately returned to the entrance of the cave to continue building.

This time he built it completely along the first stone wall, and the fine stones he placed not only merged into the ground, but also merged with the first wall.

“Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap…”

As he continued to place the stones, the wall of fine stone became higher and higher.

When the essence stones were used up, he returned to the end of the cave and continued digging.

In this way, it only took four or five minutes for the stone wall to increase from ten centimeters thick to twenty centimeters.

The two layers of stone walls fit together tightly and are completely bonded together, making them no less solid than ordinary brick and stone walls on Earth in previous lives.

The wind was howling outside, and the temperature had dropped to at least minus 30 degrees Celsius, and it would continue to drop.

But the narrow cave was brightly lit by fire.

The stone wall not only blocks the cold outside, but also blocks the light of the campfire, so there is no need to worry about the fire bringing danger.

At this time, the temperature in the cave has risen to four or five degrees, and is still rising, like a warm pure land in the night fog world.

'This should be safe now.'

Liu Hen breathed a sigh of relief, threw away the remaining essence stones, freed up a space in his backpack, and then returned to sit by the campfire.

As soon as he sat down, he felt his vision getting darker and darker, as if he would faint at any moment.

He had really reached his limit. If he didn't eat something to fill his stomach, he felt he would starve to death.

Not daring to delay, he quickly turned on the campfire's [Cooking] function, and sure enough, he found ice among the culinary ingredients.

But there was only ice.

This cooking function interface has four boxes where you can put four kinds of ingredients in and cook them together. Since there is no food recipe now, what comes out depends entirely on luck.

But you can also cook with just one ingredient.

Because there were only six fist-sized ice cubes in the space backpack, in order to prevent failure, Liu Hen directly chose to cook one ice cube.

It was very fast and was completed in just ten seconds.

And when cooking is completed, a new recipe suddenly appears on the campfire cooking interface - boiling water.

Liu Hen couldn't wait to receive it, and then took out the boiling water.

To his surprise, what he took out was a glass cup, about the same size as a disposable water cup on Earth, filled with steaming hot water.

The boiled water was clear and transparent, and it was constantly steaming, completely different from the turbid boiled water sold at the Hongluo Camp.

That’s right, because there is no fire, it is impossible to make a fire and melt the ice. Most of the people who want to drink water can only go to the Hongluo Camp to buy it.

A cup of hot water with an earthy smell costs one magic crystal, which is more expensive than a tree cake.

A very small number of people, reluctant to part with their magic crystals, would simply chew on the ice, but such people usually died quickly.

Because the condensed solid water is not clean, who knows if it has been stepped on by poisonous insects or even monsters?
Liu Hen couldn't wait to take a sip of hot water.

This hot water has no strange smell, but is very sweet and unexpectedly delicious.

After drinking the steaming hot water, Liu Hen suddenly burst into tears, because he actually felt a sense of happiness when drinking the water.

He had never experienced such hardship in his 32 years of life on Earth, and now even a cup of boiled water made him feel happy.

Sure enough, only when you lose something do you realize how wonderful the seemingly ordinary things you once had were.

"Damn, this life is too hard... From now on, I must enjoy myself to the fullest and store tons of food!!"

With the magic golden finger in hand, he was confident that he could get the food, it just took time.

Having made up his mind, he drank the cup of hot water in one gulp.

When the water was finished, the glass suddenly disappeared, as if it was just a virtual object materialized by the cheat code to hold the water. Liu Hen was not surprised, because he did not use any utensils when cooking. He could only say that his cheat code was too magical.

A cup of hot water made his stomach feel much better, but it was far from enough.

He then continued to boil water and continued to drink it.

After drinking four cups of boiled water in one breath, he stopped. There were still two cups left, which he wanted to save for tomorrow morning, so he left them in the space backpack.

If nothing goes wrong, this space backpack should be able to keep things warm and fresh.

Because everything collected seems to be digitized, only one item can be seen on the surface, and the quantity can only be seen through the number in the upper left corner.

In this state, the contents inside should not change.

As I drank the steaming hot water, the previous feeling of blackness in front of my eyes disappeared.

Because there is something in his stomach, and the boiled water also contains nutrients, especially calories, which can help him live longer.

At this time, a strong sense of sleepiness came over me.

"I have two magic crystals left. I'm going to the Hongluo camp tomorrow to exchange them for food!"

Before falling asleep, Liu Hen suddenly had an idea: "Can I make a living by selling boiled water?"

The thing that the night fog world has the most is frozen ice, and boiling water by oneself is also very fast.

But who to sell it to is also a big problem. Selling it to the people in the camp is basically impossible because their base camp seems to be underground and they have no shortage of water.

But if you sell it to the barbarians, they may not dare to drink it.

The barbarians are a very contradictory group. They are greedy yet cautious, fragile yet tenacious, and all of them are cunning and insidious.

If you want to earn magic crystals from this group, you must take risks.

If other wastelanders saw how much money I made from magic crystals, they would definitely be jealous.

My current combat capability has hardly improved, and I have no deterrent power, so I must be careful.

As for the magical bonfire, he didn't dare to sell it, for fear of being guilty of possessing a treasure. Besides, it was likely that others would not be able to use the function of the bonfire and could only use it as an ordinary bonfire for warming themselves.

Because all functions need to be controlled after connecting with the data in your mind.

Since I just arrived, I am destined not to sleep well this night.

Half asleep and half awake, Liu Hen seemed to hear something hitting the wall outside.

He opened his eyes slightly, saw that the stone wall was intact, and continued to sleep soundly.

“Delicious… Mmm… Delicious…”

In a daze, Liu Hen subconsciously grabbed something and ate it with big mouthfuls. The delicious meat kept being eaten into his stomach.

He kept eating pieces of meat.

But I don’t know why, I can never feel full.

And these foods are very strange, including fingers and thighs.

Until he had eaten all the relatively 'normal' meat and was holding a head to gnaw on it, he suddenly saw a pair of resentful and hateful eyes on Huang Hu's pale face staring at him.

"Grass!!"

Liu Hen was awakened and opened his eyes suddenly.

The cave was pitch black and the campfire had gone out.

Only a faint light shone through the cracks at the top of the stone wall.

"..."

Looking at the faint light coming in from the top of the stone wall, Liu Hen was silent. He was a little frightened by the scene in his dream and was still in fear.

After a long time, he came back to his senses, feeling his stomach burning like fire again, his eyes determined.

"I will never eat humans. I have a golden finger, and I will have endless food in the future!"

As long as I can get through the initial stage, I will never go hungry again!
Suppressing the fear in his heart, he slowly sat up, put all the remaining wood into the fuel bin of the campfire, then put away the campfire, took out the pickaxe to dig the wall, and prepared to set off.

After the wall is built, it will either be forcibly destroyed or re-collected.

He couldn't destroy this solid wall yet, so he could only use the method of gathering to "open the door".

Judging from the temperature inside the cave, he guessed that the campfire must have gone out not long ago.

And based on the remaining burning time of the bonfire before going to bed last night, I slept for at least thirteen hours.

But perhaps because of his empty stomach, fear and nightmares, he was now in a state of low spirits.

Soon, a passage large enough for people to pass was dug out in the stone wall.

After the inside and outside were connected, the temperature inside the cave quickly dissipated.

The cold wind blew in his face, and Liu Hen couldn't help but shiver.

But he walked out with a determined look in his eyes, because he wanted to survive and go to the Hongluo Camp to exchange for food.

It was indeed early night outside, and visibility increased to twenty or thirty meters.

He first relieved himself at the entrance of the cave, then looked around vigilantly to make sure there was nothing unusual before walking towards the workbench more than ten meters away.

The workbench was intact, undamaged by the thing in the dark.

Before coming to the workbench, he took out two cups of still steaming hot water and drank them.

After drinking the steaming hot water, he felt much better.

After making room, he put away the workbench with a thought.

"With two cups of hot water, I should be able to make it to Hongluo Camp. I hope we can arrive before nightfall."

He figured out the direction, then, while keeping a vigilant eye on his surroundings, he strode towards the Hongluo camp.

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