Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 130: Breakthrough Ideas for Cold-Resistant Level
Tong Xinglong's explanation is actually a bit redundant.

The moment he saw the bright red bloodstains, Xia Hong understood roughly what was going on.

The blood of cold beasts is dark green, and it is the first time Xia Hong has seen blood as red as that of humans.

"The blood of a medium-level cold beast is red?"

After this guess came to Xia Hong's mind, he stared at the blood on the arrow for a long time, and then he reached out his hand and touched it as if possessed by a ghost.

"Big brother!"

"Chief, be careful."

Brother Tong Xinglong, who had just suffered a loss, immediately spoke out to dissuade them, and so did Xia Chuan.

But Xia Hong just shook his head and did not stop, but touched it.

At least thirty hours had passed since the Rat King was shot last night, and the blood on the arrow was still in a clear liquid state.

laugh…………

A wisp of green smoke rose from the fingertips, and the pain caused by the intense burning sensation rushed straight to his mind, but Xia Hong's hand still did not withdraw. Not only was there no fear on his face, but he showed an extremely excited expression.

"This burning sensation is very similar to the feeling that arises in the body after eating the flesh of a cold beast!"

No, it’s not quite like that. It’s just an enhanced version of eating cold beast meat.

This burning feeling, this burning feeling, and...

After a moment's silence, Xia Hong suddenly looked up and asked the three people in front of him:

"Is it dark now?"

Xia Chuan quickly replied: "It will take a while."

Hearing the answer, Xia Hong said nothing, took the iron arrow in his hand, led the three people out of the room, walked around the hall and came to the door of the corridor.

There are three-meter-wide corridors reserved on all four sides of the third floor. The corridor is separated from the inside by a door. Open the door in front of you and you can reach the corridor.

Xia Hong carefully opened the door, leaving a gap.

call…………

Although there was only a gap as wide as the tip of a finger, the moment the light from outside came in, it brought in a strong breeze, making a whistling sound.

The chill in the sunlight was clearly visible, counteracting the warmth in the cabin. Water stains immediately appeared in places that were illuminated, and the temperature around the three people also dropped significantly.

"This is still within the radiation range of the iron smelting furnace. If it were to hit someone else, an ordinary person wouldn't be able to survive. It would probably take only a few minutes for them to be frozen into an ice sculpture..."

This cold sunlight, although it is not the first time I have seen it.

But Xia Hong still found this scene, which went against common sense, extremely weird.

After calming down a little, Xia Hong stretched out his hand and put his fingers, which had just been burned from touching the iron arrow, under the sunlight.

"This……"

"Is the wound healed?"

“Is this recovery?”

The brothers Xia Chuan and Tong Xinglong had expressions of surprise and astonishment on their faces at this moment.

The wound on Xia Hong's finger slowly healed after being exposed to sunlight.

Not only has it recovered, but the flesh color is even healthier than before!
"hiss…………"

Xia Hong hissed, pulled back his fingers abruptly, and saw that his fingers had recovered and were covered with a thin layer of icicles. He turned around and looked at Xia Chuan, Tong Xinglong and the others, his face instantly filled with smiles.

"By accident, you guys have come up with a breakthrough idea for the Cold-Proof Level!"

The three of them were not stupid. Based on Xia Hong's behavior, they immediately realized it.

"Brother, are you saying that to break through the cold-resistant level, you need the blood of a medium-level cold beast?"

"That's right!"

The burning sensation that Xia Hong felt after touching the blood just now suddenly reminded him of the feeling he had when he came into contact with sunlight on the slope when the golden-eyed demon sheep attacked.

Moreover, this burning sensation is obviously similar to the heat generated in the body after eating the meat of cold beasts, except that the feeling is more intense and on the surface of the body.

"Membrane, if you want to break through the cold-resistant level, you should use the blood of this medium-level cold beast to reshape the membrane. During this whole process, the basic strength should continue to increase, but the most important thing is to help people gain the qualification to move under the sun. I just don't know how much is needed..."

Feeling the slight improvement in his fingers, Xia Hong was already 90% sure in his mind. The only thing he was unsure about was how much blood of a medium-sized cold beast he would need.

"hiss…………"

Xia Hong turned around and saw that Tong Xinglong had also followed his example and put his burned hand under the sun, but he couldn't stand the chill and took it back.

"Don't try it recklessly. You are only at the Woodcutter Realm. You will definitely not be able to withstand this cold light. Apply the Golden Wound Powder to the wound on your hand first and wait for it to heal naturally. You will just have to be more careful when handling prey later, especially medium-sized cold beasts."

"Yes, leader."

Xia Hong didn't say anything else. After helping to clean the bloodstains on the eight iron arrows, he let the three people leave.

Returning to the room, Xia Hong took out his ceremonial sword again.

When the ceremonial knife was drawn out of the sheath, as expected, the green blood of ordinary mice on the blade had almost dried into residue, and a small amount of bright red blood had gathered and flowed to the tip of the knife.

Last night, the first thing that injured the Rat King was his ceremonial sword.

Xia Hong carefully cleaned up all the blood on the ceremonial knife, and finally put the knife away, sat down and continued to practice.

It is definitely not possible to practice by relying on a little bit of blood.

To kill a medium-sized cold beast, judging from the strength of that gnawing mouse, its hunting ability is definitely not up to standard at this stage. Not to mention others, at the very least, I have to increase my basic strength to the maximum of 30,000 pounds before I can consider it.

"In this way, unless my idea of ​​breaking through is wrong, there is no need to break through the Arrow Bamboo Forest. We can wait a while before going to Pingxi Plain." The only motivation for Xia Hong to break through the Arrow Bamboo Forest passage and go to Pingxi Plain was to go to the Beehive Camp to find out ways to break through the cold-resistant level. Now that this problem has been solved, there is no need to go there again.

"Cold-resistant level... Cold-resistant level..."

Xia Hong hummed softly twice, his heart full of desire for the Cold-Resistant Level, and with a determined look in his eyes he once again devoted himself to cultivation.

"With less than 30,000 jin, everything else is just empty talk!"

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Two days later, as soon as the restrictions on Xia Hong's outdoor activities were lifted, the camp immediately became lively.

Not to mention the craftsmen's workshop, the people from the gathering and logging teams, who had been holding back for three days, were finally able to go out, and they immediately swarmed out at night.

Even the hunting team went out under the leadership of Xia Chuan.

The camp's reserves of cold beast meat were already quite sufficient, and with the addition of the eighty-three gnats this time, as well as the Tengjiao that Xia Hong had previously led the team to hunt, the reserves reached an astonishing level.

But hunting is a habit after all, and there is no risk of cold beast meat spoiling. Especially since Xia Hong did not explicitly say to stop hunting, Xia Chuan naturally had to continue.

The seriously injured Luo Yuan woke up the next day, and Xia Hong went to see him.

Luo Yuan blocked the attack from the Rat King for himself, and judging from the situation at the time, he was lucky to have survived. If the red light had gone up a few inches, his head would have been pierced.

Honestly speaking, if Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng or other people from the Great Xia camp had blocked this attack for him, Xia Hong would not have reacted so much.

It happened to be Luo Yuan!
At the beginning, Luo Yuan was a little reluctant to bring his people into Da Xia, and Xia Hong knew this very well. But from this experience, it is obvious that he has completely integrated into Da Xia, and like everyone else, Luo Yuan also has a believer-like fanaticism towards his leader.

Xia Hong would naturally not be stingy with such a loyal and powerful subordinate. In front of everyone, he announced three rewards:

One thousand points of Daxia contribution value, a ten thousand jin iron frame bow, and a thousand jin of iron ore.

When hearing about these three rewards, almost everyone in the camp showed envious looks. Even Luo Yuan himself was a little stunned, obviously not expecting it.

Xia Hong made hundreds of bows and arrows to deal with the swarm of rodents. On the second night after he returned, Xia Chuan collected all of them at the camp supply center.

These iron-frame bows will not be given to them for free.

Even the three swords used by Zhao Long and his two companions were taken back.

"I've explained before that all supplies in the camp must be exchanged for contribution points, and weapons are of course no exception. From now on, only members of the hunting team will be equipped with weapons for free by the camp when they go out at night. If others want weapons, they must go to the camp supply station and rent them with contribution points."

After collecting all the bows and arrows, Xia Chuan immediately gathered everyone together and announced the price for renting weapons. Currently, only bows and arrows were included, and the price was 10 contribution points per month.

"Of course, if you have enough contribution points, you can exchange them directly. The current price of the bow is 800 contribution points. More weapons will be launched in the future. In a word, if you want it, make more contributions!"

This is why the camp has been so lively recently.

All of the ninety people who went out that night had used a bow and arrow once, and they all knew how helpful it was to have a bow and arrow with them when they went out.

As soon as Xia Chuan made this announcement, the entire camp was immediately swept up in a frenzy of accumulating contribution points. After all, who wouldn't want to own a weapon that could be passed down to future generations?

Therefore, when they heard that Luo Yuan was directly rewarded with one thousand contribution points, everyone was so envious; and when they heard that Luo Yuan also got a ten thousand jin iron frame bow that they had used before, the three Zhao Long brothers were even more anxious.

After the three of them had used the ten thousand jin iron frame bow, they had completely lost interest in the five thousand jin one and spent the whole day thinking about how to replace the other two.

There is no way, Xia Chuan’s pricing is a bit harsh, a 2000-jin iron-framed bow costs points.

Interestingly, the contribution of the battle on the north slope of the mountain wall that night had already been counted after joint discussion between Xia Chuan and everyone else.

Xia Hong said before he went out that night that a rat was worth 200 contribution points.

Based on the eighty-three heads, the total contribution obtained that night was 16600.

There were so many rodents, and it was night time, and they were using arrows. The worst thing was that because the iron arrows were made in a hurry and had no markings, it was impossible to tell whose they belonged.

In the end, Xia Chuan had no choice but to ask everyone to testify for each other, that is, to find someone to prove how many they shot, or for several people to work together to prove the number of kills they had.

There will definitely be mistakes and omissions, but this is the only way.

Fortunately, there are basically no cheating people in Da Xia. Everyone is very well-behaved. Most of those who calculate based on the number of arrows they shoot can find someone to prove their scores.

But when the results came out, they were still shocking.

The final result is:
The three Zhaolong brothers killed the most, 8, 6, and 6 respectively;
Luo Yuan, Xia Chuan, and Yuan Cheng were slightly behind, with 6, 6, and 4 respectively;
As for the remaining ninety-six lumberjacks, the number confirmed to have cooperated in the hunt was only 13 in total, and they were the ones with the best archery skills.

In fact, considering everyone's strength, this result is quite reasonable.

The reason why this result is so shocking is that with hundreds of people and hundreds of bows combined, the number of hunts they killed was only 51.

As for the remaining 32 heads, there was no need to think or ask, everyone knew that they must have been killed by the leader Xia Hong alone.

Xia Hong alone is almost as good as all of them.

Everyone then understood why Xia Hong was no longer applicable to the new contribution rules.

If what he did was also measured by contribution, then I guess everyone in the camp combined might not be as good as him.

The fewer the number of kills, the less contribution points you will get.

The six Digging Realm were the ones who actually received a lot of contribution points this time, with almost a thousand people. The rest of the Logging Realm had fewer people, and the most were the dozen or so people who participated in the joint hunting, who basically received two to three hundred, and the highest one received 320.

Zhao Long hunted eight rats this time, the most besides Xia Hong, and obtained 1600 contribution points. Even if he included some of his previous savings, it was still not enough for 2000 points to exchange for the ten-thousand-jin iron bow.

If he is like this, Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao are even worse.

The three brothers are now working hard, waiting to save up 2000 points so that they can quickly exchange for the remaining two ten-thousand-jin bows, for fear that they will be a step slow and be overtaken by the other two.

Xia Hong, who had been living in seclusion and recuperating on the third floor, originally didn't know about these things. But with Xia Chuan reporting upstairs every day, he couldn't help laughing after hearing about them, and found them interesting.

"It just so happens that I won't fight with the Ten Thousand Jin Iron Rib Bow for the time being. Let the three of them fight for it first, so that they can do more!"

Xia Hong continued to stay on the third floor. Half a month passed like this. On January 16th of the first year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Luo Yuan, who was more seriously injured than him, had recovered and was able to walk out of the wooden house, but he still did not come down.

(End of this chapter)