Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 143 Mining Competition, Hunting Begins [Three-in-one Chapter]

“All members of the camp will not receive any contribution points when they go out from now on.

Members of the logging team must bring back at least 10,000 kilograms every night;

The gathering team must weigh at least 5,000 jin;
As long as the people in the camp and the craftsman's workshop had nothing to do, they all had to go out and cut wood;
Including me, the fifteen members of the hunting team will spend all their time mining except for going out hunting with the leader. Even when eating and sleeping, we have to stay in the mine..."

After leaving Xia Hong's room, Xia Chuan immediately summoned Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, Bai Dongying and all members of the hunting team.

Except for Zou Yuankai who was seriously injured and unable to get up, even Zhu Shun, who had temporary difficulty walking, was present.

When they heard the new rules announced by Xia Chuan, everyone looked confused.

It's not difficult. Although iron tools are not yet popular in Daxia, there is no shortage of felling tools such as saws and axes.

Almost every member of the logging team has one.

Ten thousand kilograms of wood, based on the weight of the smallest tree in Redwood Ridge, is only two trees.

Sawing two trees in one night is not too difficult for a lumberjack.

The problem is that after chopping down the tree, they have to bring it back. For a huge object like a tree, even if two people work together, they can only make two round trips at most in one night. Even if ten thousand jin is not the limit of the lumberjack realm, it is not much different.

"Master Xiachuan, aren't there plenty of timber resources?"

Bai Dongying was the first to ask. He was the captain of the logging team, and the decision announced by Xia Chuan needed to be conveyed by him to all members of the logging team.

Of course he wanted to know the reason behind this sudden change.

As soon as he spoke, the leader of the collection team, Cheng Feng, also spoke:

"Sir, it's okay for the collection team to collect one tree, but according to the current logging efficiency of the camp, with so many people chopping trees like crazy, I'm afraid the valley will be full in a few days. Can we use up all the wood?"

Although the fourteen members of the hunting team did not speak, most of them had confusion in their eyes and obviously did not understand.

There is no shortage of timber in the camp, and there is no need to mine iron ore and coal mines so frantically. The reason for the desperate mining some time ago was because of a swarm of rats.

There's nothing going on recently, so is it necessary to mine so desperately?

No, there are things going on recently.

Leader, aren’t you in the process of breaking through to the cold-resistance level?
When the hunting team members thought of this, they were all stunned for a moment. Some guesses arose in their minds, and they all looked up at Xia Chuan.

"Chuan, are these resources what the leader will need for a breakthrough?"

It wasn't just Luo Yuan. Thinking of Xia Chuan, who was the last one to come down from upstairs, everyone connected these resources with the leader's breakthrough.

Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying were a little puzzled, but when they saw that all the members of the hunting team were serious, they immediately realized that the two might really be connected, and they also turned their attention to Xia Chuan.

"That's right!"

Xia Chuan did not intend to hide it from everyone, so he nodded and continued in a deep voice:
"For the leader to break through to the cold-resistant level, in addition to a large amount of intermediate cold beast blood, he also needs a huge amount of resources, including wood, coal and iron. During this period of time, all other activities in the camp can be suspended, and we can focus on gathering the resources needed for the leader's breakthrough!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuan nodded immediately and said solemnly, "Of course, we have already made enemies with the Jingxian Camp. There are two Cold-Resistant Level Experts stationed there. The sooner the leader becomes a Cold-Resistant Level Expert, the more confident we will be!"

Yuan Cheng also nodded heavily and said in a deep voice: "It is for the leader to break through, so there is no need to say more. We, the hunting team, can only help the leader when he goes out hunting. Mining is also our main task. I have no choice but to share the worries of the leader."

Everyone in the hunting team nodded, with a look of approval on their faces.

It's true that as long as they follow Xia Hong out hunting, they can only play the role of deputy and at most assist. It is Xia Hong who really fights the cold beast head-on and takes the biggest risk.

Even when it came to hunting low-level cold beasts, Xia Hong waited until all of them grew up and was sure there was no problem before letting them do it.

Compared to hunting cold beasts, these people play a greater role in mining. Now that Xia Hong needs resources for his breakthrough, they will of course do their best to supply him. It's just a little tiring, but it can't be easier than Xia Hong fighting desperately with the cold beasts.

"Our logging team has never been very useful. Previously, when the wood overflowed, we were worried that we would be useless. Now we are finally able to play a role, and we are helping the leader to break through. Once I notify everyone, everyone will be very happy. Lord Xiachuan, rest assured, the logging team will complete the task successfully."

"My collection team is also like this. We have no choice but to help the leader!"

Bai Dongying and Cheng Feng also stood up, their tones quite excited.

Although there are many logging workers in the camp, their status is actually a bit awkward, especially after the wood overflowed and the crystal fruit became useless.

Last time when there was an incident with a swarm of rats, they were still able to play a role with the help of bows and arrows. But after so much time has passed, they couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

But now, Xia Chuan actually said that the wood that was cut on a daily basis could help the leader Xia Hong break through to the cold-resistant level.

Cheng Feng and Bai Dongyu knew without thinking that once this matter was passed on, the members of the collection team and the logging team would definitely be very enthusiastic and would rush to go out to cut wood.

Not to mention two trees a night, even if they were asked to cut down three trees a night.

I guess everyone will try it.

"It takes a thousand days to train soldiers and only a moment to deploy them. The leader has contributed so much to the camp every day, and it is not easy to give him some feedback. We must not let him down.

Besides, the leader broke through to the Cold Resistance Level in order to defend the Mirror Fairy Camp and protect the Redwood Ridge. In the end, we will also benefit from it."

After Xia Chuan said the last sentence, everyone nodded heavily.

Xia Hong is not the only one who regards Hongmu Ridge as the forbidden delicacy of Daxia.

The people in the Daxia camp thought the same.

If Xia Hong wants to keep the territory of Redwood Ridge in front of the Mirror Fairy Camp, which has two powerful Cold-Resistant Level warriors, the only way that can work is for him to quickly break through to the Cold-Resistant Level.

"Alright, go down and start notifying everyone. This new rule will officially come into effect at nightfall.

During this period, everyone in the camp must be active and no one is allowed to be lazy. The leader can breathe a sigh of relief when he makes a breakthrough.

I won't say anything harsh, you guys should each take care of your subordinates. If something goes wrong, even if the leader doesn't pursue it, I will hold you three responsible, do you understand?"

"Yes, my lord!"

Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, and Bai Dongying nodded heavily. Hearing the seriousness in Xia Chuan's tone, they couldn't help but take it more seriously.

Seeing Xia Chuan giving orders directly to Mu Dong and the other two, Luo Yuan's eyes flashed with a strange look.

Logically speaking, Xia Chuan's current position as camp officer puts him on an equal footing with Mu Dong and the other two, but the actual situation is clearly not the case.

Xia Chuan's own strength, coupled with his relationship with the leader Xia Hong, naturally gives him the aura of a superior when facing the rest of the people in the camp.

Especially after Xia Hong assigned more and more things to him, this temperament became more and more obvious, and he had become Xia Hong's spokesperson in the camp.

It's not that I have any objection. Whether in terms of strength or the way he handles things, Xia Chuan deserves the identity of Xia Hong's spokesperson. No one is more suitable than him, and no one is more qualified than him.

The main reason was that Luo Yuan felt a little jealous.

The chief is a man who values ​​ability and efficiency, and he is fair in his work. This can be seen from the public selection of the first batch of members of the hunting team using the wooden man stake method.

More and more things were assigned to Xia Chuan, of course, because Xia Chuan was his younger brother, but more importantly, it was obviously the value and ability that Xia Chuan demonstrated.

Recalling when the camps had just been merged, his basic strength was higher than Xia Chuan's, and Xia Hong gave him a lot of advice. But later, Xia Chuan's basic strength surpassed his, and his strength also began to surpass him, and he even played a greater role in the hunting team than him.

As he was constantly surpassed, his status was gradually being left behind by Xia Chuan both within the hunting team and in the entire camp.

Up to now, Xia Chuan can openly give orders to Mu Dong and the other two, while he is still just an unknown person in the hunting team.

This was somewhat unacceptable to the proud and arrogant Luo Yuan.

"I won't say much to the hunting team. When the leader is going out hunting, I will inform you to get some rest in advance. The rest of the time, stay in the mine with me. Oh, and the leader himself should come too!"

Everyone nodded, and Luo Yuan turned around without saying a word, picked up a chisel from the wall, went downstairs and walked out of the wooden house, obviously planning to go to the mine.

"I can't let this kid get there first. I have to go too."

"I'm going too, I'm going too, let's go, go, go."

"Don't grab it, I'll go too."

"Everyone, everyone, go quickly."

Seeing that everyone was hurriedly picking up their chisels and heading into the mine, Xia Chuan smiled, picked up a chisel, and followed behind.

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"The leader has reached the cold-resistant level and needs wood?"

"real or fake?"

"It's true. I saw it with my own eyes. When the chief touched the wood, it disappeared. The chief must be able to absorb the wood."

"Not only wood, but also iron ore and coal stone. I have seen them too."

"The captain won't lie to us."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier, Chief? If I had known, I would have cut more. Before, I was too tired to cut down one tree every night."

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After Cheng Feng and others notified them, all the loggers in the entire camp immediately knew that Xia Hong needed a huge amount of resources to break through to the cold-resistant level.

Just as Xia Chuan had expected, as soon as the news spread, all the loggers in the camp were in an uproar.

For a long time, Xia Hong's contributions to the camp have been witnessed by all.

From the entire Daxia camp, from the digging-level members of the hunting team to ordinary children, it can be said that everyone is grateful and full of respect for Xia Hong.

This emotion, after a long period of fermentation, has even gradually evolved into fanaticism.

Knowing that Xia Hong had broken through to the cold-resistant level and could use wood, there was no need for Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying to remind them. The logging and gathering teams all picked up saws without saying a word and went out in batches as soon as night fell.

Even the people from the craftsmen's workshop and the supply center followed them out after finishing their work.

Not to mention the members of the hunting team.

As soon as Xia Chuan finished speaking that day, everyone went to the iron mine cave in the south of the valley.

Thirteen people worked together, and the sound of digging was continuous, almost reaching the outside of the mine.

Zou Yuankai couldn't come for the time being, but Zhu Shun came to the mine with his injured leg. If Xia Chuan and the others hadn't strongly refused and asked him to come back after he recovered, Zhu Shun would probably have come to mine with his injured leg.

In the entire Daxia camp, some were cutting wood, some were mining. From nightfall, everyone burst out with a high enthusiasm for mining.

Xia Chuan seemed to feel that this extraordinary enthusiasm for mining was not enough, so he discussed it with Shi Ping the next day and organized a mining competition.

During the period before Xia Hong broke through to the cold-resistant level, all the materials mined by the loggers and diggers in the entire camp would be recorded and formed into a ranking list.

The ranking list is divided into three categories: wood, coal and iron ore.

The top thirty timbers are selected, and the top five iron ore and coal are selected respectively.

The first place on the timber list can obtain 800 contribution points; the first place on the iron ore and coal list can obtain 2000 points, and the points decrease in descending order.

As long as you enter the list, you will receive high contribution points as rewards, and the higher your ranking, the more contribution points you will get.

As soon as the mining competition was announced and everyone in the camp who was at the logging level and above heard about the high reward for the contribution, they immediately became excited.

Putting aside the importance of Xia Hong's breakthrough, the contribution point reward alone is enough to drive everyone crazy.

Take the hunting team for example. If they go out hunting on their own, they can at best hunt low-level cold beasts, and they need the cooperation of four to five people.

The contribution point value of a low-level cold beast is generally between 200 and 400. If divided among five people, each person gets about 40 points. Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan personally lead the team, and they can only hunt two in one night at most. In other words, at most they can only earn 80 to 120 contribution points in one hunt.

It is impossible for them to go out hunting every day, and hunting itself is very risky. Gold Chuangsan now also needs contribution points to buy. Currently, only the three brothers Luo Yuan and Zhao Long own the Iron-framed Bow, and the rest of the people still have to spend contribution points to rent it. Consumables such as iron arrows also need to spend contribution points to buy.

The hunting team had calculated that, for a whole month, if they went out hunting fifteen times, after deducting the costs of renting bows and arrows and gold powder, they could only earn about 1000 points at most.

In this competition, the first place winner will receive 2000 contribution points, which is almost equal to their two months' income.

This is the case for the people in the hunting team, not to mention the people in the gathering team and logging team, as well as the craftsman workshop and the supply center, who have a greater difficulty in obtaining contribution points. For them, a one-time reward of 800 points is something they can't even find even with a lantern.

There is an extremely high incentive mechanism, and coupled with the fact that it is related to the breakthrough of the leader Xia Hong, these factors combined, everyone's enthusiasm for mining suddenly increased several times.

The atmosphere in the entire Daxia camp changed immediately.

The thing everyone talks about most every day is the amount of mining that day;

At night, everyone went out in groups. For safety reasons, Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying wanted to avoid too many people gathering together, and even began to plan to split the logging area to disperse people as much as possible.

In order to improve logging efficiency, many people started to think about it, and some new things gradually appeared in the camp.

The first to appear was the wheelbarrow.

One of the important reasons for the low efficiency of logging is the low efficiency of transportation. Although Redwood Ridge is less than a mile away from the valley, the trees are too big and too heavy. Even if several people carry them together, it will take a lot of time to carry them back.

After someone raised this question to Mu Dong, the workshop developed the human-powered unicycle within two days.

Of course, the earliest version was very simple, just a wooden board and a unicycle. Later, as people raised questions, the unicycle was constantly improved and became more and more presentable.

Next came the two-wheeled carts, and even a few people worked together to make a trailer with more wheels and a greater load capacity, which of course also required more manpower.

In order to improve efficiency, people not only spent time thinking about transportation, but also thought about the logging tools. Soft saws, two-person saws, and three-person saws came into being.

Seeing that the logging efficiency was getting higher and higher, the members of the hunting team also worked hard to mine, for fear of falling behind. Including Xia Chuan himself, no one left the mine for four or five days in a row, and even the cold beast meat was delivered by others.

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Xia Hong, who had been practicing upstairs, naturally had no idea about the changes that had taken place in the camp.

It was not until the first day of February in the first year of the Great Xia Dynasty that Xia Chuan came upstairs to inform that Zhu Shun's injury had completely healed. After going downstairs and collecting a batch of resources using the system, Xia Hong learned about the series of events Xia Chuan had caused.

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It was on January 27th that the order was given to Xia Chuan to speed up resource extraction for all members of the camp. Only three days had passed, and there were so many more resources.

The progress of coal and iron mining is actually still within Xia Hong's acceptable range.

With the toothed chisel, a single excavator could mine more than 40 units of coal or iron in a day. Zhu Shun and Zou Yuankai were injured and could not mine, so the remaining thirteen people mined a total of 1800 units of coal and iron in three days. It can be seen that they worked very hard, but not too hard.

It's mostly wood, which is a bit outrageous!

There are more than 2500 lumberjacks. If each person can log two trees a night, that's about kilograms. The system converts kilograms of wood into one unit. That's how it is calculated. The camp gets kilograms of wood at most every day.

In total, there are only 7500 people in three days. No matter how hard everyone works, even if they increase the number a little, it will not exceed . After all, the number of people is there.

11200 units, where did this come from?

Xia Hong's confusion was immediately resolved when he was taken to the craftsman's workshop by Mu Dong and saw the new iron saws and wooden wheelbarrows of various sizes being made.

"During this period, everyone has come up with a lot of weird new ideas to improve logging efficiency. They have racked their brains!"

Hearing Mu Dong's words, Xia Hong showed some excitement on his face.

After all, it is pressure that creates motivation. When the wood was overflowing before, no one could have thought of these things. Now that there is resource pressure, everyone brainstormed and came up with a lot of new inventions.

Of course, besides being moved, Xia Hong couldn't help feeling a little touched.

There are more than 300 people in the camp who are above the logging level. They work day and night and spare no effort to mine resources. After all, it is all for themselves, so that they can break through to the cold-resistant level as soon as possible.

"Brother, since you can take away resources at will, can we ask those loggers not to pull the wood back, but to cut it and leave it where it is, and then you can go to Redwood Ridge and take it away directly, right?"

Hearing Xia Chuan's idea, Xia Hong looked a little strange. If it was so convenient, there would be no need for Xia Chuan to remind him now, he would have done it long ago.

"I have tried this before. When I collect resources, I must be within the radiation range of the iron smelting furnace. No other place will work."

"Then carry the iron furnace to ..."

Xia Chuan subconsciously gave a new plan, but before he finished speaking, he realized that it was not working and stopped immediately.

Xia Hong shook his head. He had thought about this plan himself, but the answer was still no.

Judging from the strong attraction of torches to cold beasts, it is hard to say how much impact the iron smelting furnace will have once it enters Redwood Ridge. If it attracts a large number of cold beasts, it will be a big problem.

Furthermore, the most important function of the iron smelting furnace is to prevent monsters.

Once it moves, it means that everyone in the camp has to move with it.

Even when there were no monsters, Xia Hong didn't dare to move the stove at will. What's more, at this moment, the Daxia camp had been targeted by the monsters.

Thinking of the incident on the 17th of last month when Wang He, who had disappeared inexplicably, came back and was burned to death by condensed fire oil, Xia Hong's mind was slightly moved, and he quickly asked:
"With so many people going out these three days, what happened?"

Xia Chuan immediately shook his head and replied, "No, although we are divided into groups when we go out, we keep at least ten people in a group, and everyone must apply fire oil before going out. Each group will be equipped with three torches, which are not on time in normal times and can only be used when encountering monsters. Nothing has happened in the past three days, and everyone who came back is also normal."

More than 300 woodcutters were almost all mobilized, but the strange monster didn't attack once. This was a bit strange...

Xia Hong lowered his brows, looking a little puzzled.

It’s certainly a good thing that no one has any problems.

But considering the monster's perverted and bloodthirsty character, this kind of thing that doesn't make any noise is even more terrifying.

This proves that the monster is very likely to know about the fire-condensing oil, and its character is even more cautious than the original wooden puppet monster.

This kind of person who hides in the dark and is extremely cautious is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with.

"Since you won't take action, then just continue to pretend it doesn't exist. With the iron smelting furnace, it won't break into the camp. Just tell everyone to be careful when going out. We'll talk about it later if something goes wrong!"

This was a helpless move. Knowing nothing about it, Xia Hong couldn't think of any way to deal with the monster.

It would certainly be impossible without going out to mine resources.

With the stove there, the camp must be safe;
After applying the fire-condensing oil, the opponent dared not attack;
It is enough to confirm these two points.

"That's it for now. Inform Zhu Shun and everyone in the hunting team that they don't have to mine during the day. Have a good rest and follow me out after nightfall!"

"yes, Sir!"

More than three hundred people were working hard to mine resources in order to break through to the cold-resistant level. Everyone was working so hard that Xia Hong naturally began to feel pressured.

Zou Yuankai's injury will probably take some time to heal, so one less person shouldn't be a big deal. Xia Hong has the experience of hunting a mid-level Snowmane once, so he is confident as long as he doesn't encounter other unfamiliar mid-level cold beasts.

"There is a gap of 4,900 kilograms of cold beast blood. We need to improve the hunting efficiency as much as possible. We need to find ways to improve the traps, weapons, and hunting tools..."

Thinking of the huge amount of cold beast blood he would need to break through, Xia Hong frowned slightly, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh.

On the other side, all the members of the hunting team who were mining in the mine learned from Xia Chuan that Xia Hong would lead the team out to hunt intermediate-level cold beasts after nightfall, and they were immediately excited.

Although mining can also obtain considerable contribution points, it is too little compared to going out hunting, especially when going out with Xia Hong.

The last time they hunted the intermediate Snowmane, Xia Hong set the contribution value at 600 points, and he didn't share any of it himself, so each of the fifteen hunting team members got more than points.

You can get more than 600 contribution points at a time. You should know that the duration of this mining competition is still unknown, and the first place will only be rewarded with 2000 contribution points.

One can imagine how tempting it was for them to follow Xia Hong out hunting.

"Last time, it was the first intermediate cold beast. The leader deliberately set a high score. This time, it should not be 8000 points, but it won't be very low either. ?"

"I don't think so. It should be 6000!"

"You're overthinking it. The highest level of low-level cold beasts is currently only 380 points for Teng Jiao. I estimate that the highest level they can normally be ranked is 5000."

"5000 isn't bad. There are fourteen of us this time, so each of us can get more than three hundred points, hehe!"

…………

After a few heated discussions, the hunting team put down their chisels and returned to their respective rooms to rest and prepare.

After nightfall, without Xia Hong's notification, the fourteen members of the hunting team were already waiting at the entrance of the camp fully armed.

"Are you all ready?"

"Ready, Chief!"

"set off!"

Xia Hong didn't waste any time. He gave an order and led fourteen people out of the camp and headed straight for Redwood Ridge.

It can be predicted that the frequency of hunting will definitely increase in the future, but I don’t know how long the excitement of these hunting team members can last...

(End of this chapter)