Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 106 The Second Digging Realm
Ding…………

In the mine in the valley, a handful of iron ore the size of a palm was chiseled off the rock wall and hit the ground with a crisp sound.

Xia Hong, who was sweating profusely, first put down the sheep-horn chisel in his hand, then picked up the iron ore on the ground, his face full of fatigue.

"Fifty kilograms, five units. The coal is almost used up, and the same goes for the iron. We must stop hunting for a while. We must find time to use it specifically for mining."

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Xia Hong sighed. This month, he had already spent one-third of his time mining coal and iron, but he still couldn't keep up with the rate of consumption.

You know, all the iron and coal in the camp are currently used almost exclusively for preparing materials for the new wooden houses to be built and for making necessary tools.

But even so, it is still completely insufficient.

No, it’s not that there is a shortage of supply. If Luo Ming had not left behind a large amount of coal and iron, the plan to build a new wooden house would not have been possible at all.

According to the concept, although the main body of the newly built wooden house is made of Jinlin wood, in order to ensure stability and to extend its service life as much as possible, a lot of iron materials will still be used in key parts, joints, and internal structures.

In order to accommodate more people, Xia Hong set the specifications of the new wooden house to be extremely large, with a length of two hundred meters, a height of fifteen meters, and three floors. As a result, the construction difficulty and the materials used were naturally astonishingly large.

"It has been four months since we started planning. We have only driven less than 100 meters of the 800-meter-long ground stakes. This is because I have reduced the number of hunts and tried to spare more time for stake driving. The wood is almost ready. According to Mu Dong, the iron material we need can be prepared in just over two months.

In other words, the biggest difficulty is still the ground piles.”

Xia Hong frowned. The iron materials needed for the new wooden house were disposable, and the main body was made of wood, so the demand for iron ore was not great. So he tried his best to find time to mine iron ore. Together with the iron ore that Luo Ming had left behind, he could barely meet the demand.

There is no solution to the problem of ground piles.

He is the only digging expert in the entire camp, and he is the only one who can dig the ground stakes. If other loggers want to dig, they have to use coal stones to soften the ground, which brings up the problem of insufficient coal.

It seems that two months later, even if all the materials are ready, we can only wait until all the ground piles are driven in before we can start construction.

Xia Hong took a deep breath and didn't think about it anymore.

He picked up the sheep-horn chisel beside him and prepared to continue mining iron ore.

But just as he was about to dig, Xia Chuan walked into the mine happily and shouted at him from a distance.

"Brother, someone has made a breakthrough again!"

clang…………

Xia Hong continued to chisel upwards without even turning his head. He just casually asked, "How many are there this time?"

During this period, there were people breaking through to the Lumberjack Realm every night, sometimes even five or six at a time. The total number of Lumberjacks in the camp had exceeded a hundred, so now he was a little numb and not as excited as at the beginning.

"There are seven, and... Luo Yuan."

Seven, including the previous one hundred and three, the total number of loggers in the camp is now one hundred and one.

and many more……

"Luo Yuan also broke through?"

Xia Hong subconsciously calculated the total number of people in the Lumberjack Realm first, and then realized that Xia Chuan said that Luo Yuan had also made a breakthrough. He suddenly threw away the sheep-horn chisel in his hand, then turned to look at Xia Chuan and confirmed it again.

Seeing Xia Chuan nod, Xia Hong immediately showed joy on his face. Without saying a word, he rushed out of the mine, and Xia Chuan hurriedly followed.

Although the iron smelting furnace can heat up an area of ​​100 meters, the range of the fire is still limited. Considering that more and more people are practicing martial arts outside at night, the camp has already overflowed with a lot of wood. In addition, the terrain of the valley is hidden enough, so Xia Hong asked people to light a bonfire outside every night for lighting.

Of course, the bonfire still needs to be extinguished during the day.

When Xia Hong walked out of the mine, he saw everyone gathered around the campfire, so he quickly walked over. "The leader is here, make way!"

Xia Chuan rushed in front of him, shouted a few times, and cleared a path.

Xia Hong followed the path into the crowd and saw Luo Yuan, under the bonfire, vigorously swinging a goat-horn chisel in the ground. With each blow, the soil under the ground was continuously dug up.

The piles for the new wooden house had been driven out for more than a hundred meters. The end where the iron smelting furnace burned coal to soften the ground was behind the wooden house. The end that Luo Yuan was digging at had not been softened by the coal stone, and originally only he could dig it.

And now, Luo Yuan was also able to dig. What this meant was self-evident.

After seeing with his own eyes that Luo Yuan had really broken through to the Digging Realm, Xia Hong was suddenly very excited.

"Mu Dong, bring the clothes!"

Xia Hong turned around with a happy look on his face and gave an order to Mu Dong. Seeing that Luo Yuan was still digging, he quickly asked him to stop and called people up.

"Chief, from today on, you don't have to work so hard anymore, and I can dig piles with you, hehe!"

Luo Yuan, who had just made a breakthrough, was obviously in a very good mood. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and waved the chisel in his hand at Xia Hong, his tone full of joy.

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he realized why Luo Yuan started digging the ground after his breakthrough;

Looking around again, he found that although the eyes of everyone in the camp were full of admiration, there was also a hint of guilt in them to a greater or lesser extent.

Xia Hong thought for a moment and understood the reason. His expression immediately lightened up and he felt much more relieved.

During this period, he was the one who led the hunting team in the camp, and he was the one who mined coal, mined minerals, and dug stakes.

Obviously, his hard work in taking on multiple roles for such a long time and running around for the people in the camp was not in vain.

"Don't be happy too soon. Breakthrough means greater ability. With greater ability comes greater responsibility. Now I'm just mining and driving piles. When you become stronger, maybe I'll even let you do hunting."

Luo Yuan nodded heavily upon hearing this, his face full of eagerness to try.

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he turned to look at the others and said with a smile, "You all feel sorry for me, right? If you feel sorry for me, then go and practice. If you can break through to the Woodcutting Realm or the Digging Realm and come to help me, that's what it means to feel sorry for me. It's useless to look at me now. Get lost!"

"Leader, I'm going to practice now, don't kick me, don't kick me."

"Ha ha ha ha…………"

Xia Hong cursed and laughed, and kicked Yuan Cheng who was closest to him. Yuan Cheng bared his teeth and screamed strangely, which immediately caused everyone to laugh.
But despite their laughter, everyone quickly dispersed and quickly immersed themselves in intensive training. It was obvious that they had taken Xia Hong's words to heart.

The reactions of the crowd brought some warmth to Xia Hong's face.

After Mu Dong brought the clothes, Xia Hong handed them to Luo Yuan personally. Looking at this second Digging Realm master in the Great Xia camp after himself, Xia Hong's long-tensioned heart finally relaxed a little.

Luo Yuan's breakthrough not only meant that the pressure on his personal mining was reduced and the speed of piling for the new house in the camp was greatly increased, but it also improved the efficiency of hunting.

What’s more crucial is that the gap between Xia Chuan, the three Zhao brothers and four others and Luo Yuan is not that big. If Luo Yuan breaks through, it means that these four will soon too.

This means that the number of Digging Realm warriors in the Daxia camp will soon be on par with that in the previous Rogue camp.

If we compare the overall strength, the current Daxia is far superior to the Rogue Camp in its heyday. After all, there are as many as 110 people in the lumbering realm in Daxia now.

"Luo Yuan, from today on, when you are not hunting, you will join me in mining. When Zhao Long and Xia Chuan make another breakthrough, we should be able to start construction on the new wooden house soon!"

"Yes, leader!"

Perhaps hearing the excitement in Xia Hong's tone, Luo Yuan nodded heavily, his face full of excitement and anticipation.

(End of this chapter)