Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 108 New House Construction, Power Bottleneck [Two in One]

When the idea of ​​the new house was first proposed, Mu Dong raised four difficulties.

A huge amount of wood, a huge amount of iron, a certain amount of iron tools, and the most difficult 800-meter ground piles.

The wood problem had been solved long ago; with the number of diggers increasing to six during the last period of time, iron materials and iron tools were no longer a problem; the most difficult ground pile section only had the last hundred meters or so left.

All four difficulties have been overcome, and the construction of Daxia’s new residence has officially started.

Regarding the new house, what Xia Hong proposed was just an idea. The specific construction must be guided by Mu Dong, a professional.

Next to the iron smelting furnace, Mu Dong placed a giant wooden board, facing everyone directly.

A three-story wooden house was carved on the wooden board. The four corners of the roof were pointed, and there were twelve columns inside, creating an extremely spacious space.

Although only the outline of the wooden house was depicted and not many details could be seen, a sense of grandeur still came over one, causing everyone by the fire to involuntarily reveal a hint of yearning in their eyes.

Seeing everyone's longing expressions, Mu Dong also felt a little excited. He pointed to the composition on the wooden board and explained his idea of ​​building the new house to everyone.

"According to the leader's idea, the four sides are 200 meters long and 15 meters high, and three layers of space need to be separated inside. Let's not talk about other things for now. It is not easy to build such a large structure firmly.

So, here’s what I’m thinking:

The four sides of the main body are made of whole Jinlin wood. Due to the width of the ground piles, the thickness of the Jinlin wood embedded in the ground can only be three meters, but the walls outside the surface can be doubled to six meters;
In addition to mortise and tenon joints, iron pillars are used to reinforce the joints of the four wooden walls inside and outside.

Under the piles, use the iron chains that the leader has made recently to string all four wooden walls together, and then embed them into the ground to ensure stability;
Finally, twelve load-bearing columns were erected inside the wooden house, with iron columns of the same length embedded inside them and connected to the beams to ensure that the top would not collapse.

In addition, the interior space......"

As Mu Dong explained one by one, the composition on the wooden board gradually became clearer in everyone's eyes.

As they got to know the newly built wooden house better and better, shock gradually appeared on everyone's faces, and the yearning in their eyes became even stronger than before.

Even Xia Hong, who proposed the idea of ​​building a new wooden house, couldn't help but be shocked by Mu Dong's wild imagination while listening to his explanation.

According to Mu Dong, the outer wall of the new house alone is six meters thick.

The four walls are fifteen meters high, totaling eight hundred meters, and all of them are made of single Jinlin trees. Roughly speaking, even if all of them are Jinlin trees with a diameter of six meters, there will be at least nearly two hundred trees.

This is only the part of the four walls of the main body. If you include the top, bottom, three floors, and single-layer partitions, the amount of wood used is countless.

Not to mention, the other key parts need to be reinforced with iron.

Of course, the new house costs so much that it would not be worth it if it was only for the purpose of improving everyone's living conditions.

After Mu Dong finished explaining the entire structure of the wooden house, Xia Hong's eyes were still fixed on him, obviously waiting for his next words.

Mu Dong naturally knew what Xia Hong, who proposed the new house concept, was most concerned about. He did not hesitate, pondered for a moment, and immediately spoke:
"As planned, once the new house is built, it will be so solid that any low-level frigid beast will not be able to break through it. Even a frigid beast with extremely strong impact force like Snowmane cannot break through it unless there are huge numbers, such as hundreds of them ramming at the same time. So..."

"So from now on, even in the daytime, we won't be afraid of light coming through. We can light a fire openly without worrying about the cold beasts attacking us."

"Besides, even if they come, as long as there are not too many of them, we can still use the wooden house's defense to hunt them directly!"

Before Mu Dong could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan.

After hearing what the two said, Mu Dong thought for a moment, nodded and replied:
"That's right. In addition, since the key connecting parts of the main body are reinforced with iron, there is basically no possibility of damage. Even if the other parts are damaged by collision, we can always repair them with wood."

As Mu Dong finished speaking, everyone below showed joy and excitement on their faces, and many people even stood up excitedly.

"What are you waiting for, Chief? Let's start building!"

"That's right. Let alone this wooden house, this new house is better than the five large wooden houses in the original Rogue Camp. Let's start the construction quickly!"

"Boss, let's get started."

"Yes, start the construction as soon as possible. I can't wait any longer."

.........

Xia Hong was not at all surprised by the excited scene at the moment.

Comfort is certainly a common pursuit of mankind, but compared with safety, it is not important at all. The biggest reason why the construction of a new wooden house took half a year to prepare was to take safety needs into consideration.

If we only build the big wooden house like the one that Rogue Camp had before, it would probably take half a year, or even half a month, based on the current strength of the camp.

The reason why so much iron is needed is because Xia Hong wants to build a sturdy residence that can withstand the attacks of low-level cold beasts.

The biggest threat around Redwood Ridge is actually the cold beast.

To be precise, it is a low-level cold beast that is constantly expanding outward from Redwood Ridge.

As for monsters, they haven't appeared in the surrounding area for a long time since the death of the wooden puppet; the climate is still as cold as ever, so it's not a problem with the iron smelting furnace; as for the terrain, Xia Hong can control the range of activities of the camp, so as long as they move within this small circle of familiar environment, there will be no problem for the time being; and as for humans, in the currently known environment, there are only the two camps of Lu Shang and Chen Ye, and there is no threat.

Apart from these, the cold beasts are the only and biggest threat at present.

Especially in the past six months, with the continuous improvement of Da Xia's hunting capabilities, Xia Hong discovered through such frequent hunting that there was no obvious sign of a decrease in the number of cold beasts on the periphery, and he became more aware of this.

Although Da Xia's current hunting range is controlled by him and is only 500 meters outside, its north-south length has expanded to five or six kilometers.

Although he didn't count carefully in the past six months, he had at least hunted nearly three hundred low-level cold beasts.

Judging from the size and density of the cold beasts, it is impossible for so many cold beasts to exist in such a small area of ​​500 meters around and five or six kilometers from north to south.

There is only one explanation for this situation: the cold beasts in the inner circle are continuously expanding outward, and the speed of expansion is even faster than the hunting speed of Daxia.

The terrifying expansion speed of the cold beast made Xia Hong feel panicked.

Especially the experience of being attacked by a pack of frost wolves on the night they migrated from the earth slope to the valley some time ago, which often kept him awake all day.

The cold beast is a powerful and cunning creature.

Once they form a group, they can be extremely dangerous.

Although the current Da Xia is much stronger than before, if it encounters the Frost Wolves that night again, the outcome will definitely not be so tragic.

But what if the next pack of Frostwolves we encounter is even larger?
Or maybe it’s not a pack of Frostwolves, but a pack of Snowmanes, or even a stronger pack of Frostbeasts?

Monsters are scary, but they are more of an unknown thing. Fortunately, Xia Hong has a systematic iron smelting furnace, torches, and fire condensing oil, so he finally has something to rely on. But the cold beasts are different. Not only are they not afraid of these items, they even like them very much.

Judging from the extent to which the cold beasts covet the torches, once they discover the iron smelting furnace, the level of madness they will go must be unimaginable.

The worst thing is that the cold beasts are usually active during the day, so if the iron smelting furnace is discovered by the cold beasts, it will most likely be during the day. The cold beasts are stronger during the day, and because the temperature is too low, the camp cannot put out the fire for a long time.

Therefore, if the population of cold beasts that are constantly expanding outward from Hongmu Ridge really discovers the iron smelting furnace in the valley one day.

It would definitely be a huge disaster for the Daxia camp, which had no strong fortifications, and its fate would definitely be more miserable than that of the Rogue camp, which had encountered the wooden puppet before.

This is the reason why Xia Hong did not add any weapons to the camp during the past six months, but instead used almost all of the iron ore and coal, as well as a large amount of wood, to prepare for the construction of new homes.

It is human nature to be prepared for danger in times of peace. Xia Hong is not the only one who pursues a safe and stable environment. Other people in the camp may not see as far as Xia Hong, but they all share the same fear and worry about cold beasts and monsters.

Therefore, when they heard that the new house that was about to be built could withstand the impact of low-level cold beasts, or even large numbers of low-level cold beasts, they were so excited that they could not wait to start construction.

"Okay, we'll start the construction tonight. Except for hunting, all other activities in the camp will be stopped. Everyone, get involved and build the new house as quickly as possible!"

When the camp was bustling with people and the atmosphere was at its peak, Xia Hong gave an order.

All members of the Daxia camp, except Xia Hong and the fifteen people of the hunting team, the other more than 800 people, all devoted themselves to the vigorous project of building new homes.

The construction of a new wooden house is a huge undertaking, and the wood and iron materials from the Ice Abyss world are much heavier than usual. If it were in the previous life, it would have been impossible to complete it without any equipment and relying solely on manpower.

But it's different here.

Under the command of Mu Dong, with the cooperation of 130 lumberjacks, giant golden trees that had been cut long ago rose from the ground and were neatly embedded in the previously driven stakes.

Although the reserve forces who were not far from the logging area were not strong enough, the power they unleashed when they worked together should not be underestimated. They worked together to install and fix some small wooden or iron accessories into the main body of the wooden house according to Mu Dong's design.

Among the remaining more than 500 people, there are more than 100 strong men over 30 years old. Although these people did not get much cold beast meat due to age restrictions, their age means that their basic strength is at least one or two thousand kilograms. Although they cannot serve as the main force in construction, they can still assist from the side.

Even the more than 300 children under the age of thirteen were helping to pass tools, or deliver water and food. Even some of the older ones who had begun to develop strength were helping the strong men.

With such high enthusiasm for construction, no one in the entire camp was lazy, except for those who were unable to work.

Even the members of the hunting team, when they were not out, would be infected by this enthusiasm and couldn't help but go over to help.

Under such circumstances, the progress of building a new house is extremely rapid.

On the first night of Xia Hong's announcement, the wooden wall on the west side was already erected. On the second night, the wooden wall on the south side was also erected. On the third night, the wooden wall on the north side was also erected. On the fourth night...

The valley changes dramatically almost every night.

After all, this was Mu Dong’s first time supervising such a large project. Worried about safety issues due to lack of experience, Xia Hong personally watched over the first three nights.

After discovering that there would be basically no safety issues given the physical fitness of the people in the current camp, he stopped paying attention and instead focused his energy on hunting and mining.

…………

The outer edge of Redwood Ridge, at the 500-meter boundary.

Xia Hong and several others hid in a tree, all staring down.

There were five people under the tree, four of them holding broadswords, one holding a black dagger, and all five of them carrying longbows, surrounding a four-meter-long snow-haired mane. The snow-haired mane had a ferocious face, red pupils, and was breathing heavily.

There was a trap with a diameter of half a meter stuck on his right leg. The bright green blood had already flowed down the trap and all over the ground. It was obvious that the injury was serious.

roar…………

With a roar, Snowmane rushed violently towards the nearest person.

That man was the only one among the five who did not hold a big knife, but only a small black dagger. Obviously, in Xuezong's judgment, this man was the weakest, so he chose him.

However, Snowmane obviously picked the wrong person.

When the man saw Xuezong rushing towards him, he didn't panic at all, and didn't even choose to dodge sideways. He just stood there, raised his dagger and made a blocking gesture.

A dagger, trying to block Snow Mane's attack?

If outsiders saw this, they would probably think this person is crazy.

But the four people led by Luo Yuan who were present, as well as the ten people including Xia Hong on the tree, all just watched without changing their expressions, waiting for Xia Chuan's next move.

Boom…………

When Xuezong rushed to a position more than one meter away from Xiachuan, there was a sudden bang from the position of his head, and he could not move forward any further.

At this critical moment, Xia Chuan's pupils suddenly froze, and he instantly changed his grip on the knife to the backhand, and stabbed towards Xue Zong's pupil.

Pfft…………

Although the dagger was only three inches long, it could pierce the eyeball, which is the most vulnerable part. Under the intense pain, Xue Zong's first reaction was not to scream.

The remaining pupil of the animal became even more ferocious, and it suddenly tilted its head, with two sharp fangs suddenly rushing towards Xia Chuan's head. At the same time, its tongue quickly flew out of its mouth and wrapped around Xia Chuan's neck and limbs with extreme speed.

"careful!"

"Oops, be careful."

"Chuan, get out of the way!"

"Can't get entangled!"

…………

This Snow Mane was able to endure the pain of having his eyeballs pierced and launch such a crazy and desperate counterattack.

For a moment, whether it was the four people of Luo Yuan who were present, or the people on the tree, they all screamed and shouted to warn Xia Chuan.

Only Xia Hong remained silent and continued to watch with a frown.

Luo Yuan and others who were closest to him reacted quickly and gave some hints while pulling up the rope on the ground. The other end of the rope was tied to the trap on Xue Zong's right leg.

The four of them pulled the rope together and instantly pulled Snowmane back, making his attempt to attack Xiachuan with his fangs fail.

However, his long tongue was too close to Xia Chuan, and even though their bodies were pulled apart, his tongue quickly wrapped around it.

When Xue Zong launched a desperate counterattack, Xia Chuan's eyes showed obvious panic. It was obvious that he had not expected it. But after being pulled by Luo Yuan and others, he had time to react, and he quickly raised his knife and retreated to avoid the long tongue.

Unfortunately, although he retreated quickly, he only avoided the neck, and his right leg was surrounded by the long tongue.

When Xue Zong saw this, a fierce light flashed in his red pupils. It was obvious that he wanted to use his strength to harden his long tongue and cut off Xia Chuan's legs.

Xia Chuan flicked his left hand slightly, and several white lines rushed towards the snow-maned long tongue frantically to block it, but the long tongue was already tightly attached to his right leg and could not be blocked at all.

At this moment, a hint of nervousness appeared in Xia Chuan's eyes.

boom!
Click…………

At the critical moment, a broad figure suddenly jumped down from the tree, hit Snow Mane's neck, and crushed his head into the snow.

Along with the figure, there fell a swift and violent knife light.

The big knife was like entering into nothingness, making only a slight clicking sound, and cut off several barbs on Snow Mane's back, and cut into his back vertically.

This blow almost cut Snowmane's body in half vertically.

You have to know that this was cut into the hardest part of the back of Snow Mane.

The fierce light in Xuezong's pupils faded, and the long tongue that was originally trying to harden suddenly lost its strength and fell to the ground, unable to even retract.

boom……

Xue Zong fell to the ground with a bang. Everyone in the audience couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they looked at the huge wound on his back. When they looked up at Xia Hong again, their eyes were full of respect and admiration.

Xia Hong simply pulled out the long sword from Xue Zong with an expressionless face, then turned around and reached out, slapping Xia Chuan directly in the face.

Snapped……

The crisp sound of the slap made Luo Yuan and the other three look nervous.

Xia Chuan, who was beaten, simply lowered his head with a look of shame on his face.

"Do you know why I hit you?"

Xia Chuan looked up, without any dissatisfaction on his face, and replied in a deep voice: "I shouldn't have been careless. Even if Xue Zong was fatally injured, he would not surrender. Instead, he would be more ferocious and his explosive strength would be stronger. The battle was not over yet, but I was careless and negligent. The leader beat me so that I would remember it better in the future."

Xia Hong nodded, then looked at Luo Yuan and the other three and rebuked them harshly:

"And the four of you, Xue Zong hasn't died yet, but you're already in a daze, thinking that Xia Chuan is strong and can stop him, so it doesn't matter. I've told you countless times that when hunting, any carelessness may kill yourself or others. Don't you remember, or don't you believe it?"

Luo Yuan and the other three immediately lowered their heads, their faces filled with shame.

clap clap clap...

After more than ten breaths, Luo Yuan raised his head first, stretched out his hand and slapped himself hard on the face three times.

"Captain, I was wrong. I will remember this in the future!"

"Leader, we were wrong too. We will remember this in the future!"

The same was true for the three Zhao Long brothers, all of whom had guilty looks on their faces.

Seeing the solemnity on the faces of the five people, Xia Hong let out a long breath, turned his head and glanced at the inside of Hongmu Ridge, suppressed the irritability in his heart, and said in a deep voice:

"With the current strength of the five of you, combined with the traps, it should be more than enough to hunt low-level cold beasts. But now it seems that you have learned nothing when you followed me hunting for the past six months.

Even hunting an adult Snowmane costs a leg. If I really hand over the hunting team to you now, I am afraid that in a few days, I will be the only Digger with four intact limbs left in the entire camp!"

When Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan and others heard what Xia Hong said, their faces suddenly turned red.

They had proactively proposed today's hunt to Xia Hong, with the original intention of letting Xia Hong see the hunting abilities of the five of them so that he could rest assured in handing over the hunting team to the five of them.

Now it has become like this and Xia Hong is still mocking him.

One can imagine the shame in the hearts of the five people.

"Extend it for another month. If you are still like this after one month, then I will extend it again. I want to see how long it will take for you giant babies to no longer need me and go out hunting on your own."

Even a clay man has some temper, let alone the five best people in the Great Xia Camp. Xia Hong's continuous ridicule made Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan and the other five people breathe faster.

Seeing the five people's reactions after being stimulated, Xia Hong's face remained expressionless, but he was still quite satisfied in his heart.

The strength of the five people is no longer a problem.

The only problem is the mentality.

Perhaps it was because when I hunted with him before, I didn't have to use my brain and wasn't that nervous, so I was often careless and sloppy. It is precisely this mentality that is the most dangerous when facing the cunning cold beasts.

Xiachuan Luoyuan and others wanted to take the initiative to take over the hunting task, in fact, it was out of kindness, so that the leader would not have to work so hard;

Of course, Xia Hong was eager to leave the hunting to them.

Firstly, he really didn't want to work so hard;

Secondly, he needed more time to study his own cultivation.

His basic strength has increased to 20,000 kilograms.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but in recent days, Xia Hong feels that the increase in strength from eating cold beast meat does not seem to be as great as before.

"Go back and try first. Could it be that we have encountered a bottleneck?"

Asking everyone to pack up the prey, Xia Hong's eyes flashed with contemplation.

The limit of the Digging Realm is clearly 30,000 jin.

What's the matter with this 20,000-jin bottleneck?

Could it be that the meat of cold beasts is no longer useful?
(End of this chapter)