Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 118 New Digging Realm, Improving Mining Efficiency [Three-in-One]

Clang…clang…clang…

On the third day of moving into the new house, in the blacksmith room on the second floor.

Xia Hongjing was shirtless and kept hammering a huge piece of iron in front of him.

Both sides of the giant iron are semi-fan-shaped, with a radius of about 75 centimeters. In the middle is a round piece of iron, which is estimated to be ten centimeters thick. The two sides are beaten very thin, and it can be seen at a glance that it is a blade.

Under the furnace, there is a two-meter-long black iron rod with a groove on the head, which obviously fits the middle part of the huge iron that is being hammered.

Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng hurried over. When they saw the huge piece of iron that had already taken shape on the furnace, a light flashed in their eyes.

Seeing that Xia Hong was still forging, the two did not disturb him and just stood there waiting.

laugh…………

It was not until Xia Hong finished forging and sank the giant iron into the water prepared nearby, with a burst of white smoke coming out, that Xia Chuan walked over and began to speak.

"Brother, everything has been arranged. The total population of the camp is currently 1096. There are 642 adults over the age of fifteen, 322 between the ages of six and fifteen, and 132 under the age of six.

Only 182 households were allocated houses, accounting for 702% of the total population, or about 7 people. Among them, there were 92 households on the third floor, 83 households on the second floor, and households on the first floor.
There are 394 people left, including 293 adults and 101 minors.

For the adults, there were 204 males and 89 females. There were not many people in this logging area, only 16 people, 12 males and 4 females, all of whom were assigned to the ten-person room on the second floor; the others were all assigned to the ten-person room on the first floor;
As for the underage children, as the eldest brother said, the 52 children under the age of six who were unable to take care of themselves were all distributed to the families in the logging area for adoption; the 49 children over the age of six who had a certain degree of self-care ability and were willing to be adopted were arranged for them, and those who were not willing were all assigned to the ten-person room on the first floor to live together.

The overall situation at present is that, in addition to your room, there are a total of 8 rooms on the third floor, including seven single-family rooms and one five-person room, leaving 92 rooms;
The second floor was divided into 95 rooms, including 92 single-family rooms and 3 ten-person rooms, leaving 185 rooms;
There are 111 rooms on the first floor, 83 of which are single-family rooms and 28 are ten-person rooms, leaving 249 rooms.”

Although Xia Hong was concentrating on polishing the huge iron in his hand, he listened to every word Xia Chuan said.

Hearing Xia Chuan reporting the numbers one by one in an orderly manner, Xia Hong couldn't help but show a hint of approval in his eyes.

These numbers are easy to read, but to figure them out, one must have spent a lot of time conducting detailed investigations.

With the system, he always has an idea of ​​the total population of the camp, but the population structure and the number of adults and minors still depend on Xia Chuan and his men to identify and distinguish them.

"How many people do you think this cabin can accommodate at most?"

Xia Hong suddenly asked a question. After hearing the question, Xia Chuan pondered for a moment and immediately gave an answer.

"Only less than one-third of the camp's rooms have been allocated so far. Based on the space currently in use, this cabin can accommodate at least 5,000 people under normal circumstances. If used intensively, it would not be a problem to double the number."

If you spend frugally, let alone 20,000, even 40,000 or 50,000 will not be a problem. You just will live in a very cramped and uncomfortable way.

Before the problem of the rodent swarm is solved, unless something unexpected happens, the population of the Daxia camp will not experience another surge for a long time.

The current wooden house is enough for them to use for a long time.

Although the appearance of the rodents made the new house less significant than previously thought, it was still a project that had been in preparation for half a year. Now that it had finally been successfully completed, Xia Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

If you can't defend against the swarm of rats, you can defend against other cold beasts!
"The new contribution value rules have been officially implemented. All members of the camp who are above the logging level have been registered. The camp supply office has now increased to ten people. There are people responsible for recording everyone's contribution points every day. Starting tonight, those who are above the logging level will have to use contribution points to exchange for cold beast meat and other supplies."

After hearing that the new contribution value rules were officially implemented, Xia Hong smiled and asked, "Have you ever calculated whether the consumption of cold beast meat in the camp has increased or decreased after the new rules were implemented?"

Xia Chuan had obviously thought about this question, and replied with a smile: "According to common sense, it should be more, but judging from the situation in the past two days, it should be less."

The previous quota for logging was five kilograms per day. According to the new rules, as long as you don't slack off, it is very easy to get three contribution points a day, which should be six kilograms a day. The cold beast meat is open for them to exchange. According to the normal calculation, the overall consumption of the camp is definitely more than before.

But Xia Hong immediately understood what Xia Chuan meant.

"These past two days, many people have been asking Mu Dong about the prices of various wooden and iron products and custom-made clothes in the craftsman's workshop. From my observation, most of them are married and have great demands for all kinds of items. I heard that Luo Yuan's wife is forcing him to buy a piece of ready-made clothing. We couldn't help laughing when we heard that."

"Hahahahaha..."

Hearing Luo Yuan's embarrassing story, Xia Hong burst into laughter.

Women are naturally unable to resist clothes.

It’s not that they are vain, but mainly because the camp now has the conditions and the new contribution rules, which are designed to give them a normal way to enjoy these supplies by contributing to the camp.

Since contributions vary in size, the emergence of classes and comparisons is inevitable. The original intention of this system is to stimulate these people to make greater contributions to the camp in this way.

"However, we still need to make them understand that strength is the foundation. Without sufficient strength, no matter how well they dress, eat, or use, it is nothing but a mirage.

Hearing Xia Hong's slightly serious tone, Xia Chuan said in full agreement:
"Of course. In my opinion, the new rules have just been implemented and many people are just trying to get started. In a few days, they should come to understand the truth."

Xia Hong nodded. He was not the only one who understood the cruelty of the Ice Abyss world. His advice was actually a bit redundant. The importance of strength was known to Luo Yuan, and even the children under the age of six in the camp knew it.

As Xia Chuan said, the current craze is just a novelty period.

When this period is over, they will naturally understand what is most important.

"Captain, is this giant axe your new weapon?"

While Xia Hong was talking just now, his hands were never idle.

Seeing him embedding the polished fan-shaped iron into the two-meter-long black iron rod next to it, Yuan Cheng, who had been staring at him for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask a question.

In Xia Hong's hand, a two-meter-long double-edged axe suddenly appeared. Ten silver forging lines were clearly visible on the axe. The axe blades on both sides faintly shone with a silver cold light, and they were already sharpened.

call…………

Xia Hong raised the giant axe and waved it casually in front of him. Suddenly, a strong wind blew and even others were blown away a few steps, which showed the weight of the giant axe.

Seeing Yuan Cheng looking at the giant axe with undisguised fondness in his eyes, Xia Hong chuckled twice and asked, "Why, you like it?"

Yuan Cheng subconsciously wanted to nod. He did prefer heavy weapons, but when he thought about the huge size of the axe, which must have consumed a lot of iron ore, and that it was made by Xia Hong himself, it must be of great use, so he shook his head.

Xia Hong could see what he was thinking, so he laughed and said, "I like it, but I can't give it to you now. I have a great use for it. Besides, even if I give it to you now, you can't wield it with your strength."

Xia Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and a strange look appeared on his face.

Yuan Cheng also showed a strange expression, and said with a chuckle: "Chief, don't underestimate me, how about letting me try?"

Still have a temper?
Xia Hong couldn't help but want to tease Yuan Cheng, so he nodded and handed the giant axe to him with a smile.

Yuan Cheng stretched out his hand to catch the handle of the giant axe. The moment Xia Hong let go, he suddenly fell forward, staggered forward a meter or two, and finally stabilized himself. After raising his head, his red face was full of horror.

"Captain, this giant axe is too heavy, isn't it?"

"Hahaha, 2,800 kilograms, how about that? Can you swing it?"

Hearing Xia Hong's teasing, Yuan Cheng showed an unconvinced look, then calmed down, raised the giant axe, and actually gritted his teeth and swung it a dozen times.

boom…………

By the time Yuan Cheng's hands lost strength and he put the giant axe on the ground, Xia Hong was completely stunned.

When Yuan Cheng received the axe just now, he staggered. Of course it was not because he could not lift it, but he was just careless and did not expect the axe to be so heavy.

Xia Hong was also aware of this. The basic strength of a lumberjack was 5,000 kilograms. It would definitely not be a problem for him to lift this giant axe weighing 2,800 kilograms.

But lifting it up and waving it are two completely different things.

The weight of a weapon has a lot to do with the basic strength of the user.

If the weapon is too light, it will lack kinetic energy when used, not only will its lethality be greatly reduced, but the user will also use too much force, making it easy to break; if the weapon is too heavy, it will increase the burden on the user, greatly affecting speed and flexibility, and in severe cases it may even lead to exhaustion, making the battle very dangerous.

Xia Hong had tested it before and found that if one wanted to use a weapon normally, the weight should be controlled at one tenth of one's basic strength.

The giant axe he swung was basically at the limit of the Digging Realm's strength. It was very strenuous for him to use it. If he wanted to swing it more than ten times in a row, it would be absolutely impossible without a strength of more than ten thousand pounds.

This thought popped up in Xia Hong's mind, and when he saw the smile on Xia Chuan's face next to him, he immediately realized it and turned around to look at Yuan Cheng.

"Good boy, you made a breakthrough?"

"Chief, I was planning to tell you when I came in, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance."

"Hahahahahaha, well, you gave me a big surprise!"

Xia Hong was in high spirits. Thinking of Yuan Cheng's eager look when he looked at the giant axe just now, he suddenly felt heroic and said loudly:

"When your strength exceeds 25,000 kilograms, this giant axe will be given to you."

Hearing Xia Hong's words, Yuan Cheng's pupils burst into joy, his expression suddenly became excited, and he bowed to Xia Hong.

"Thank you, Chief. Yuan Cheng will practice hard in the future!"

The seventh person to reach the Digging Realm would actually be Yuan Cheng.

This was indeed far beyond Xia Hong's expectations.

When the hunting team was first formed, it must be said that the eight people in the first Rogge camp were clearly stronger than the others. This was also confirmed by the fact that Luo Yuan and the three Zhao brothers were the first to break through the Digging Realm.

Xia Chuan was able to emerge as a rising star and break through earlier than Luo Yuan because he inherited the Wooden Puppet Ghost's legacy, but Yuan Cheng did not.

Xia Hong originally expected that the next people to break through would be the people from the Xianrog camp, but unexpectedly, Yuan Cheng got ahead of them.

"Brother, this giant axe is used to hunt Teng Jiao, right?"

Seeing that Xia Chuan guessed the purpose of the giant axe at once, Xia Hong did not hide it and nodded slightly.

The Teng Jiao that I saw last time was more than 30 meters long, with a waist of 60 to 70 centimeters thick. It was several inches larger than the largest golden-eyed demon sheep I had encountered before.

Moreover, because its body is too long and the trees in Redwood Ridge are large enough, Teng Jiao can also walk on the trees. Although it has such a large body, it is extremely flexible.

What is more crucial is the poisonous fog.

Due to the existence of poisonous fog, the time for hunting Teng Jiao is only half an hour at most. If you cannot kill it within half an hour, you must retreat. If you take into account the situation where you fail to hunt it and are chased instead, the time will be even less.

The bigger the body, the stronger the vitality; the more flexible it is, the harder it is to chase; the hunting time must be very short.

Combining these three characteristics, if you want to successfully hunt down Teng Jiao, you cannot delay and must cause maximum damage to it within a short period of time.

The swords and bows and arrows currently used in the camp are obviously a bit inappropriate.

"Even the broadsword is too light and too small, let alone the bow and arrow. Even if I use pure iron arrows, it's probably only enough to scratch Teng Jiao's itch. It depends on whether this giant axe can play its role."

As Xia Hong spoke, he picked up the big knife next to the stove. It was the Jinghan Knife that he had made himself. The Jinghan Knife was 1.5 meters long with the blade and handle. The back of the knife alone was 12 centimeters thick and weighed 620 kilograms.

If someone who didn't know the truth heard Xia Hong say "too light and too small", they would probably think he was crazy.

But the actual situation is indeed so.

Too light and too small, depends on who you compare it with.

Compared with the Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, and Demon Sheep, the broadsword is certainly not small or light, but in front of Teng Jiao, these four words are absolutely fair.

When he saw the Jinghan Knife, Yuan Cheng's eyes lit up.

During this period of time, Xia Hong has not developed any new weapons.

Currently, there are only five big swords in the camp.

Jinghan was naturally in Xia Hong's hands, and the other four were initially in the hands of him, Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, and Hong Gang.

But as Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao broke through to the Digging Realm, the two big swords in his and Hong Gang's hands naturally belonged to those two men.

If it wasn't there at the beginning, Yuan Cheng wouldn't be so eager for it. The key is that he had it and then lost it, which made him very uncomfortable.

During this short period of time, I tried my best to break through to the Digging Realm, partly because I wanted to regain the right to use the broadsword.

He originally wanted to get back the big knife, but when he saw Jinghan in Xia Hong's hand, Yuan Cheng immediately changed his target.

This knife was made by Xia Hong himself and he had used it for a while. Not to mention it was the first weapon of the Great Xia Camp. It was of great significance and much more precious than the original one.

If I could use it myself, it would be so......

Xia Hong, who had already noticed the eager look on Yuan Cheng's face, deliberately swung his sword a few times to tease him. Seeing that Yuan Cheng's eyes were following the movement of the sword, he laughed a few times and threw the Jinghan Sword directly to him.

"Alright, alright. I know you want it. I'll give you this big knife first. I'll use this giant axe for the time being."

Yuan Cheng took Jinghan's knife, and although he was filled with joy, he thought for a moment, then quickly raised his head, and with a hint of hesitation, he handed the knife back.

"Captain, this giant axe was just made. You don't know how to use it yet, right? How about Jinghan, you use it first. After you are familiar with the giant axe, I will use this big knife."

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, shook his head, and did not take the knife.

"Don't worry about me, just follow me to the mine first!"

After saying that, Xia Hong pulled out a long sheep-horn chisel from behind the stove, led the two of them downstairs, and then walked towards the mine in the south.

All the supplies in the mine have been moved to the warehouse on the second floor of the wooden house, which is now much more spacious.

Clang…clang…clang…

The three of them had walked less than five or six meters inside when they heard the rhythmic sound of chiseling, accompanied by the voices of Luo Yuan and the other three chatting.
"Luo Yuan, how much does your piece weigh?"

"It should be more than 60 kilograms."

"That's a lot. The piece I just had weighed only over 40 kilograms."

"One piece is 60 kilograms. I made a profit. Six contribution points can be exchanged for 12 kilograms of cold beast meat. If I get another piece today, I can exchange it for more than 20 kilograms of cold beast meat."

"How can I exchange all of it for cold beast meat? I don't have any furniture in my house right now, and my husband and I are having a quarrel. The wooden bed, wooden barrel, chairs and other things, the whole set, will cost 75 contribution points. I need to save up some first, and then I can exchange them all out after a while."

"Oh, right, my husband is the same. He took the kids to the craftsman's workshop to look at wooden beds, and when he came back he immediately asked me for one. He wanted 25 contribution points, and I had to dig for two or three days to get one."

"It's expensive, but it's comfortable. The wooden bed is equipped with an animal skin mat. It's soft and much more comfortable than sleeping on the floor. Not to mention women and children, after I tried it, I also wanted it."

"The logging team, gathering team, craftsman workshop and camp supply station all have their own channels for obtaining contribution points. The only one missing is our hunting team. The leader doesn't know when to announce it. The logging team gets one point each time they go out, so we should get at least two points each time, right?"

"It's definitely higher than theirs, but I don't know exactly how it will be divided. The leader should allocate it according to the role each plays. We will know when the time comes."

"I'm just waiting for the leader to announce that I'll go out hunting and earn contribution points. Every day when I get home, my wife and children tell me that they need this and that. It's annoying!"

"There's no other way. The cold beast meat must not be cut off. If I want to exchange it for those things, I can only earn more contribution points."

"Hahahaha, there are indeed a lot of things in the craftsman's workshop. I don't know how Mu Dong figured them out. Women and children can't walk after seeing them. They just come back to torture us."

…………

Hearing the conversation between the four people, Xia Hong couldn't help but chuckle a few times.

Interestingly, among the seven Digging Realm masters in the camp, only he, Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng have not yet started a family, while Luo Yuan and the three Zhao brothers already have wives and children.

In addition to Luo Yuan, who had only one son, Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao each had two sons. The oldest, Zhao Long, was even more exaggerated. His wife gave birth to four children, three boys and one girl.

At the same time as the new contribution value regulations were introduced, the camp began to formally divide itself into households. Along with the various wooden products, leather products and tool customization launched by the artisan workshops, as well as the exchange of supplies at the camp supply center, these families have a huge demand for contribution values.

Currently, due to the shortage of materials and craftsmen, the prices of various items are still set very high. Even Luo Yuan, Zhao Long and the other three find it a bit difficult to exchange them, let alone other families in the logging area.

However, as materials become more abundant and there are more craftsmen, the prices of these materials will surely decrease gradually. At that time, their popularity will naturally increase, and the era when everyone can use them will come sooner or later.

"Chief, you are here!"

"Meet the leader."

Seeing Xia Hong coming in, Luo Yuan and the other three immediately stopped talking, put down their sheep-horn chisels, and bowed to him.

Xia Hong nodded slightly, took out the sheep horn chisel in his hand, walked to the rock wall, found a place that had not been mined, and started digging.

Ding………

As soon as the first chisel was made, Luo Yuan and his four companions who heard the sound, as well as Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng who followed Xia Hong in, were immediately stunned. Then, all six of them focused their eyes on the sheep-horn chisel in Xia Hong's hand.

"Why is the sound of this chisel so clear when digging?"

"That chisel, isn't it made of iron?"

"No, it's white, that's not..."

"It's a rat's tooth!"

The sharp-eyed Xia Chuan was the first to notice it.

The other five people reacted immediately.

The sheep-horn chisel in Xia Hong's hand was made of iron.

But the head was made of rat teeth that were brought back earlier.

Ding…Ding…Ding…Ding…

The six people did not disturb Xia Hong, but continued to watch. They noticed that after Xia Hong had only struck more than a hundred times, the iron ore on the rock wall began to shake. Suddenly, expressions of deep joy broke out on the faces of the six people.

Clang......

Half an hour later, as the piece of iron ore fell to the ground, Xia Hong breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the goat horn chisel in his hand.

"Captain, can this rodent be used for mining?"

"Using an ordinary pickaxe, it would take us at least two hours to dig a piece. Using these iron teeth, the efficiency has quadrupled?"

After Xia Hong paused for a while, he picked up the iron ore on the ground, his face full of joy.

When fighting with rats before, he noticed that the hardness of their teeth was harder than iron. He had already thought that he could use it for mining, but he never thought that the effect would be so good.

It actually doubled.

A single digging realm can mine up to 400 kilograms of iron ore a day, and up to 800 kilograms of coal!

"Captain, can this rodent tooth be used as a weapon?"

"It's too light to be used as a weapon. Moreover, the bones of the cold beast are brittle and cannot be shaped. Once the tip is worn out, it will be permanent. At most, it can be used as a disposable bone tool. The only way to get the most benefit is to use it for mining!"

Without waiting for Xia Hong to speak, Xia Chuan immediately answered Luo Yuan's question.

Xia Hong also nodded. The few kinds of cold beast bones he had come into contact with so far could only be used as disposable bone tools, or ground into bone powder for medicinal purposes. He had never come across one that could be melted like iron.

"A rat has two teeth, and four teeth are needed to make a chisel. We killed four rats before, and we can make another one. From now on, the camp will use this kind of rat-tooth chisel for mining coal and iron."

When Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan and the other six people heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Using a sheep-horn chisel, you can dig at most one hundred pounds of iron ore a day, which is equivalent to ten contribution points; if you use this kind of toothed chisel, it can be forty contribution points a day.

"There are only two of them now. You can take turns using them. Once you kill a few more long-tailed rats, you can get a few more!"

Xia Hong naturally understood what they were thinking.

After finishing speaking, Xia Hong looked at the iron ore in his hand and sighed slightly again.

"It's a pity that people at the logging level still can't participate in mining!"

Although the toothed chisel can improve the efficiency of mining, it still cannot reduce the rebound force of the ore. In other words, without a basic strength of more than 10,000 pounds, it is still impossible to withstand the rebound force when the chisel is hit, and naturally it is impossible to mine.

Xia Hong shook his head slightly. He had been trying to find a way to get the lumberjacks involved in mining.

"Is it the material rule? No wonder it's called the Digging Realm. Unless you reach this level of cultivation, you can't mine underground resources."

At this moment, this thought in my mind was completely extinguished.

"It's just right. The six of you are all here. Get ready and follow me to the inner area of ​​Redwood Ridge to hunt dragons after nightfall tomorrow night!"

When the six people heard this, their expressions suddenly brightened.

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan had both seen Teng Jiao. Although Teng Jiao looked intimidating, they both had a certain understanding of his strength. So instead of showing any fear on their faces, they were eager to try.

The three Zhao Long brothers and Yuan Cheng were ignorant and fearless, and were purely curious. They were not only curious about the new species of Tengjiao, but also about the inner area 500 meters after Hongmu Ridge that they had never set foot in.

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