Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 142 Resource Gap, Camp Changes [Three-in-One]

"Leader, is it difficult to break through the Cold Resistance level?"

"Leader, is it difficult to break through the Cold Resistance level?"

Xia Chuan asked twice in a row before Xia Hong came back to his senses. Seeing everyone's curious eyes, he did not hide anything and directly told them the method to break through the cold-resistant level.

Of course, it is a normal breakthrough method using a small amount of cold beast blood. It is not possible to directly increase to 100 kilograms like him, and these people do not have a system like him.

"Use in small amounts, then, Chief, you......"

After hearing what Xia Hong said, Luo Yuan immediately looked confused and pointed to the large wooden barrel in the room.

The others also reacted and had the same expression as him.

Xia Hong just said that only a small amount of cold beast blood can be used at a time. If the amount is too large, the pain will be unbearable for a normal person.

So what's the matter with him using hundreds of kilograms this time?

Xia Hong didn't know how to explain it to everyone. He couldn't just tell them about the system. After thinking for a moment, he said, "My physique is different from that of ordinary people. When you reach the limit of 30,000 jin and try the blood of the cold beast, you will know."

Although everyone's eyes were full of confusion, seeing that Xia Hong obviously did not want to say more, they did not continue to ask.

At this moment, Xia Hong's mind was still full of the five thousand kilograms of beast blood and the massive resource gap that resulted from it, but in the end he could only smile bitterly and sigh helplessly.

The blood content in other intermediate-level cold beasts is unclear.

But based on the Snowmane hunted last night, one Snowmane would produce more than 60 kilograms of blood. To produce 5,000 kilograms of beast blood, at least more than 80 intermediate-level cold beasts would be needed.

More than eighty intermediate-level cold beasts?
Using hundreds of kilograms of beast blood at a time would consume 100,000 units of wood, more than 5,000 iron, and more than 8,000 coal. If the resources consumed each time remain unchanged, it means that if he wants to break through to the cold-resistant level, the total consumption of such resources will be...

Fifty times?
"I thought that once we started to make breakthroughs, we would be able to relax a little bit, but in the end, there was an even bigger resource gap. This is simply..."

Xia Hong didn't know what to say. Looking at the freezing sunlight outside the window, he couldn't stop shaking his head, feeling helpless.

The breakthrough to the cold-resistant level was much more difficult than he had expected, and it would obviously take a lot of time.

but…………

Xia Hong clenched his fists tightly, his heart beating slightly. Looking at his fists, a gleam of light gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Correspondingly, the improvement in basic strength is also terrifying!"

He turned his head slightly and saw that Xia Chuan and his group had not left the door yet, and were all looking at him curiously. He was immediately moved and walked to the side of the room. He picked up the double-edged axe leaning against the wall with one hand.

Lifting the giant axe with one hand is not a big deal. Xia Chuan and others have a basic strength of over ten thousand pounds, so it is not difficult to lift it with one hand.

But the problem was that the huge double-edged axe weighing 2,800 kilograms seemed as light as a feather in Xia Hong's hands. Not only did he lift it with one hand, he even grabbed the axe handle and swung it around the room wantonly.

Huh… Huh… Huh… Huh…

The friction between the axe blade and the air created a whistling sound that instantly filled the entire room. The powerful potential energy created by the swing of the giant axe caused the wooden floor to shake violently.

Several times, when Xia Hong's axe blade was about to touch the floor, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, fearing that the floor on the third floor would crack directly if the axe was struck.

Even though he was swinging the axe with one hand, the powerful potential energy unleashed by each swing of Xia Hong was enough to drive the air flow in the entire room to rush wildly.

"The leader throws an axe at me, I'm afraid I can't catch it..."

Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and everyone else had this thought in their minds when the airflow from the giant axe hit their cheeks.

After a long time, Xia Hong finally put down the axe and stopped.

He didn't even take a breath after putting down the giant axe.

"The increase should be 2,500 kilograms, which is only 2% of the progress. If I complete the entire membrane remodeling stage, what level will my basic strength increase to......"

There is no need to measure force. Xia Hong can just clench his fist slightly and sense the changes in his qi and muscles to accurately know how much basic strength he has.

"Xia Chuan 15,000, Luo Yuan 14,000, Zhao Long 13,000..."

Not only himself, Xia Hong looked back at Xia Chuan and others, and after just a quick observation of their qi and muscle movements, he could immediately sense how much basic strength they had.

"After the membrane was remodeled, my perception ability was greatly improved, especially the perception of changes in biological gas muscles."

Xia Hong was overjoyed when he discovered that reshaping the membrane could help in this way.

This is not a useless function. When hunting before, he could only confirm the strength of the prey through fighting. Now he doesn't need to fight at all, he just needs to observe. This not only saves trouble, but also avoids many risks.

Suddenly, thinking of something, Xia Hong turned to look at Xia Chuan and asked:
"Oh, right, that Snowmane's blood..."

As soon as Xia Hong mentioned essence and blood, Xia Chuan knew what he was going to ask, and responded to him immediately before he finished speaking.

"Don't worry, leader. When we processed the prey three days ago, we had already taken its essence and blood and had it recorded by the wooden man. I have already told Tong Xinglong and the other two that you should do the same with any new prey you bring back in the future."

Xia Hong nodded when he heard this, and he immediately felt relieved.

No, it's not just relief.

There was even a hint of excitement in Xia Hong's eyes.

When he brought back the snow-mane three days ago, he was so anxious to try the blood of the cold beast that he forgot about using the wooden man to record the essence and blood. Fortunately, Xia Chuan was now very familiar with the functions of the camp buildings, and these things could be done without his instructions.

The basic strength of an intermediate Snowmane should be around nine to one hundred thousand pounds. Without iron tools, it would be impossible for humans to hunt it with bare hands.

Judging from the progress of his own membrane reconstruction, the basic strength of the Cold Resistance level should be more than 100,000 pounds. If one wants to hunt down a mid-level cold beast single-handedly, it is estimated that only the Cold Resistance level can do it.

This means that the wooden man who can transform into an intermediate-level snow mane can be used as a strong cold-resistant warrior within the radiation range of the iron furnace.

Putting aside my own breakthrough, the biggest gain from this hunt should be the changes in the wooden man.

"Moreover, the wooden man is different from the cold beast. As long as it is provided with enough coal and stone, it will not be exhausted. At the same time, it is a system building, and there is a high probability that it will not be damaged. This also means..."

The Great Summer Camp now has a new intermediate snowmane who is hardworking, tireless, invulnerable to damage from external forces, and whose strength is comparable to that of a cold-resistant warrior!

Xia Hong became more and more excited, and checked the description of the wooden man:
Wooden Dummy (Level 1): A training tool. When activated by adding coal, it can greatly increase the speed of training and increase the understanding of martial arts.

Special function 1: You can record the species of cold beasts through their essence and blood, transform into any cold beast, and exert the strength of an adult cold beast.

Special function 2: Activated within the radiation range of the iron smelting furnace, it can obey instructions and fight autonomously.

Consumption: 5 coals per hour
Upgrade conditions: 3000 wood 6000 iron

When Xia Hong saw the upgrade conditions for the wooden man at the end, he was immediately interested.

3000 pieces of wood are nothing, but 6000 units of iron, when converted into iron ore, is 60000 kilograms. With the current mining speed of the camp, it would only take seven or eight days of full mining to get it done.

"Upgrading the wooden man should bring many surprises!"

Thinking of the huge improvement in the function of the small fire after it was upgraded to an iron-smelting furnace, Xia Hong suddenly became more excited about the upgrade of the wooden man.

In fact, if it weren't for the unexpected breakthrough, Xia Hong was planning to upgrade not only the wooden man, but also the medicine decocting pot, the grinding stone, and the iron smelting furnace.

He also planned to build all three buildings, including the green bamboo fence, marking stone and yellow soil, which can be constructed with only three resources: wood, coal and iron.

"We have to do something about it now. Judging from the functional changes after the small fire is upgraded to the iron smelting furnace, at least the wooden man should be upgraded first!"

What is imminent at the moment is the unpredictable risk brought by the Mirror Fairy Camp.

Although he let Yuwen Tao go, Xia Hong did not relax his guard against the Jingxian Camp at all. Whether Yuwen Tao's words were true or false remains to be discussed. The biggest reason why Xia Hong let him go was that he did not want to have too much conflict with the Jingxian Camp.

No matter what, Jingxian is also a huge camp with a population of over ten thousand and strong cold-resistant warriors. Although Xia Hong spoke harshly to Yuwen Tao, he knew in his heart that the effect of those words would definitely be minimal.

In a world like Bingyuan, it is destined that no matter where you are, the principle of respecting the strong will be upheld. This is true between people, and it must be the same between the two camps.

But he had to speak harshly. From the first time they dealt with each other in the bamboo forest, it could be seen from the proactive probing behavior of He Meng and his group, as well as their domineering and overbearing attitude, that if Xia Hong gave in, or showed the slightest cowardice, his final outcome would definitely be miserable.

With the system at his disposal, Xia Hong was destined to never be able to take everyone from Da Xia and merge into other camps.

Thinking about it this way, it would be better to take a tougher stance and confuse the other party first, so as to buy more time. This is why Xia Hong let Yuwen Tao go and asked him to take a message back.

At that time, we fought for time in order to make a breakthrough.

Xia Hong originally thought that as long as he broke through to the cold-resistant level, coupled with the functions of the system building, the threat of the Mirror Fairy Camp would naturally be resolved.

It’s a pity that he didn’t expect that the process of breaking through the cold-resistant level would be so complicated.

Not only is the process cumbersome, but the resources required are also enormous.

It is definitely impossible to achieve a breakthrough in a short period of time.

In this case, we can only place our hope on system architecture.

Previously, there was a serious shortage of resources, and coupled with the pressure of rat swarms, almost all the coal and iron in the camp were spent on that.

But it is different now. Even if Xia Hong is not counted, there are fifteen people at the Digging Realm. If they mine at full capacity, they can produce 12000 coal and 6000 iron a day. As long as they save for a period of time, they can upgrade several buildings.

"First upgrade the wooden man. If that doesn't work, there are still several other buildings. It shouldn't be difficult to deal with the threat posed by the Mirror Fairy Camp. We must continue to mine resources and we can't stop hunting intermediate-level cold beasts!"

In fact, the ability to transform into a mid-level snow-mane wooden dummy is already a disguised solution to the threat posed by the Mirror Fairy Camp.

Just as Yuwen Tao said, there are two cold-resistant masters in Jingxian Camp. Even if they really find the Daxia camp, the wooden man stakes will be enough to give them a hard time, not to mention that there are so many people and so many iron weapons in the camp. "You can't bring everyone in Jingxian Camp through the bamboo forest to Hongmu Ridge to attack the Daxia camp, right?"

Thinking of this, Xia Hong shook his head slightly and immediately ruled out this possibility.

In the Ice Abyss world, it is not a wise move to lead a large-scale expedition, let alone to an unfamiliar area. At least the strength of the Mirror Fairy Camp is not enough for them to do so.

This can be seen from my two experiences of dealing with them.

He Meng's group consisted of fifteen people that time. They were supposed to be active only in the bamboo forest, but were later startled by a swarm of rats and came out.

There were a little more people in Yuwen Tao's time, more than twenty, but the problem was that many of them died in the process of hunting down the demon sheep.

It can be seen from these two times that the Jingxian Camp is very unfamiliar with the situation in Hongmu Ridge, so there are only a few people sent out each time, and they are all elite hunting teams in the Digging Realm.

Moreover, the two families did not have any deep hatred. The incident with the swarm of rats was obviously He Meng's fault. The only dispute at present was the ownership of the land of Lu Shang Camp.

"The best case scenario is that the harsh words I asked Yuwen Tao to bring back have worked, and the other party will behave himself for a while and really not come to Hongmu Ridge, but this possibility..."

Xia Hong shook his head. This possibility was almost non-existent.

“If nothing unexpected happens, the Jingxian Camp will ignore my words, and their people will continue to hunt in Hongmu Ridge. Judging from the character He Meng has shown before, it is very likely that they will continue to cross the border, create conflicts, and gain greater benefits from Daxia.

After all, their strength is there..."

The strong are respected, and this respect does not only refer to status.

Xia Hong frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and quickly made a decision in his heart.

"Avoid them. Don't worry about Lu Shang's territory for now. Focus on mining resources and upgrading buildings. At least we must ensure the safety of the base. Secondly, we must speed up our own breakthrough progress."

Upgrading buildings can at most ensure the safety of the base, but we cannot just hide in the camp and not go out. If we want to completely drive the people from Jingxian Camp out of Redwood Ridge, we still have to use our strength.

Knowing what he was thinking, Xia Hong turned around, only to find that except for Xia Chuan, everyone else had left.

"What about the rest?"

"I'm inspired by you, big brother. Those who practice cultivation are practicing, those who mine are mining, and everyone is busy with their own things."

"hiss…………"

Xia Hong was about to answer with a smile when he suddenly felt a piercing chill on his skin.

Looking down at his skin which had begun to turn blue, Xia Hong quickly closed the window and put on his clothes.

Since I haven't successfully broken through to the cold-resistant level, I can't stay in the sun all the time. From the time I opened the window to now, it seems like a long time, but in fact, only five or six minutes have passed.

When the membrane is reshaped by 2%, you need to wait for five or six minutes. By this calculation, when the membrane is reshaped by 100%, you can stay there for four hours until dawn.

Xia Hong figured out the result in his mind, and glanced at the sky outside through the gap in the window that was not completely closed, with a strange look on his face.

How does this seem like it was calculated? Is there some connection between the sun and the human body?
With his current strength, it was impossible for him to figure out such a complicated problem. He stopped thinking about it and asked Xia Chuan:

"By the way, how are Zou Yuankai and Zhu Shun's injuries?"

When hunting the intermediate Snowmane before, the Snowmane pretended to be dead and shot out barbs all over its back. In fact, everyone was injured at that time, but Zhu Shun and Zou Yuankai were unlucky. Each of them was pierced through the body by a barb and fainted directly.

Now, three days have passed and we still don't know how serious their injuries are.

"Zhu Shun is in a better condition. He was pierced in the leg by a barb and currently has difficulty walking. He should need another three to five days to recover. Zou Yuankai was pierced in the waist and his condition is more serious. He is still lying down and it seems that he will not be able to get up for half a month."

A heavy look appeared on Xia Hong's face. Although the physical fitness of humans in the Ice Abyss World far exceeded that of ordinary people, and their self-healing abilities doubled after reaching the logging and digging realms, they could not withstand the strength of the cold beasts, which were even stronger!
Whenever they go out, they will inevitably come back with injuries. This is true for gathering teams and logging teams, and the situation for hunting teams is particularly serious.

What's more crucial is that, apart from Jinchuangsan, there is no other means of treatment in the camp right now. No matter how serious the injury is, one can only apply Jinchuangsan and wait for it to heal itself.

Even for himself, the scars on his face caused by the rat's tail have not yet fully recovered, and it will probably take some time.

"By the way, inform Chengfeng that the gathering team can go into the area 500 meters beyond Hongmu Ridge to search for more medicinal materials. In addition, there is enough coal and stone now, so all the prey harvested in the camp should be identified in the decoction pot to see if more medicinal formulas can be synthesized. It is not okay to rely on self-healing after getting injured!"

Xia Chuan nodded, thought of something, and said, "By the way, brother, I have already started expanding the gathering team and the logging team."

Xia Hong then remembered that he had previously ruled that the logging team would only accept 80 people and the gathering team would only accept 40 people. Now there are more and more logging personnel in the camp, and the craftsman workshop and the camp supply center do not need so many people, so there is indeed a need to expand the team.

"By the way, how many people are there in the logging camp now?"

When Xia Chuan heard this question, he immediately perked up and answered excitedly:

"312!"

When Xia Hong heard this question, he was subconsciously surprised.

If I remember correctly, around the 283th, when he was forging a ten-stone iron-framed bow in the blacksmith's room, he heard that the number was 29. Only seven days had passed, and there were more.

"The speed is still increasing. The threshold to the Woodcutting Realm is not high. The first batch of people who broke through were all around 20 years old. This batch of people have basically all broken through as well.

The ones who have broken through now are the second batch, most of them are between 500 and years old, and over . This batch of talents has just started, and I estimate that within a month, all of them should be able to break through, and by then the total number of people in the Woodcutting Realm will probably reach more than . "

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong couldn't help but show excitement on his face.

More than 500 lumberjacks, when they were in the Tupo Cave a year ago, they probably wouldn't even dare to think about it, but now, it is about to become a reality.

Although hunting is not allowed in the logging realm, gathering and logging are equally important to the camp. At critical moments, the logging realm can also play a huge role, such as the last incident with the group of rats.

"By the way, are there any new Digging Realms appearing?"

Of course, compared to the logging realm, Xia Hong was more concerned about whether anyone had broken through to the digging realm, but it was obvious that his expectations were a bit beyond the scope.

Xia Chuan shook his head slightly and replied, "Not yet, but I have observed that Cheng Feng, Bai Dongying, Bai Wuting, Lin Kai, Lu Sheng, Xu Ning, and Lu Yang all have a basic strength of over 9,000 jin, which makes them the first echelon. If nothing unexpected happens, these seven people should be the first to break through.

The second echelon below them is not as strong, with the highest being only over 7,000 pounds. It will probably take about two months for them to break through."

When Xia Hong heard the names of the seven people in the first echelon, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The first four were all at the Lumberjack level from the Xianrog Camp. They already had a foundation, so it was not surprising that they broke through quickly. However, the three people, Xu Ning, Lu Yang and Lin Kai, who came behind him, surprised him a little.

The three of them were among the earliest group of lumberjacks in Daxia. It was not a big deal that their strength improved quickly, but it was quite unusual for them to be in the same team as the four in front of them.

Xia Chuan obviously read the surprise on Xia Hong's face, and said with a smile: "It's not just Lin Kai and the other three. Brother, do you know how many of the more than 300 logging areas there are now from the earliest batch of Da Xia people?"

Xia Hong shook his head, a hint of confusion on his face.

"72!"

This number made Xia Hong slightly stunned, and then he showed an expression of disbelief, and said: "You mean, except for the young ones, all of them have broken through to the logging realm?"

Xia Hong has not forgotten that after the disaster, there were only 154 people left in Da Xia. Excluding 76 people who were too young, there were 78 left. Excluding him and the five people from the hunting team, there were exactly 72 left.

Xia Chuan chuckled and nodded.

"With you leading the way, they dare not slack off at all. I have seen these people, their enthusiasm for cultivation is much crazier than others. Thanks to this group of people taking the lead, the others also followed suit, so there are so many people who have broken through to the Woodcutter Realm during this period."

…………

Unexpectedly, it was himself who played the role. Xia Hong was speechless for a while and shook his head, but he immediately understood in his heart.

As the earliest group of people in Da Xia, with Xia Hong as their leader, they all have a certain sense of superiority. After all, the sense of superiority still depends on strength. Naturally, these people are more enthusiastic about practicing than others.

"That's good too. It can motivate others to practice, which is not bad either!"

Xia Hong pondered for a moment. His Digging Realm would not improve in the short term, so he could only wait step by step. This kind of thing could not be rushed.

If you can't wait, then prepare for other things first.

"You are responsible for the expansion of the collection team and the logging team. I will not ask any more questions. Inform Bai Dongying that from now on, unless there are special circumstances, all members of the logging team must go out every night and do their best to increase the logging speed."

"Brother, do you need a lot of wood resources?"

Xia Chuan immediately heard the hidden meaning. It was not uncommon for Xia Hong to need resources in the camp. Buildings appeared out of thin air, and whenever they touched wood, iron ore and coal, those supplies would disappear. All the signs could be seen.

"Yes, not only wood, but also iron and coal. I need a lot of them. This is related to how fast I can break through the cold-resistant level..."

Having said this, Xia Hong paused for a moment and continued:

"The logging team's tasks will be doubled, and the members of the gathering team will also go logging together unless there are special circumstances.

In addition, starting from today, the hunting team will stop hunting low-level cold beasts. I will lead the team personally once every three days to hunt mid-level cold beasts. The rest of the time will be used to mine coal and iron ores.

Just keep doing this until I break through the cold-resistant level!"

When Xia Chuan heard that resources were related to how quickly Xia Hong could break through the Cold Resistance Level, his expression became solemn. He began to think about how to improve the efficiency of everyone in grabbing resources. Until Xia Hong finished the last sentence, he nodded with a look of approval on his face.

The threat from Jingxian Camp is right in front of us. Xia Hong’s breakthrough to the cold-resistant level is the most important thing for Daxia at the moment. I believe that both he and other people in the camp can realize this.

"Okay, you go ahead and notify them, starting now. Notify me when Zhu Shun and Zou Yuankai recover from their injuries."

"yes, Sir!"

(End of this chapter)