Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 148 Brutal Murder
Redwood Ridge Outskirts

boom…………

A huge tree with a diameter of more than eight meters collapsed with a loud bang.

Xu An rubbed his sore arms, looked at the many fallen trees nearby, put down the saw in his hand, and said with a smile:

"It's the thirteenth tree. That means there are nearly 70,000 kilograms tonight, right?"

"should have!"

Liu Yuan on the opposite side nodded and smiled, but then he thought of something and put away his smile. He said, "Nine Golden Rhinos and four Vermillion Frosts only equal 31 contribution points. We only get 15 points each, which is still too slow."

A 2000-jin Jinlin tree counts as one contribution point, and a 4000-jin Zhushuang tree counts as one contribution point. The nine Jinlin trees just now weighed almost jin, and Zhushuang trees weighed jin. When converted, they are indeed this many contribution points.

"If you can join the hunting team like your brother and go out with the leader to hunt cold beasts, then the contribution points will come quickly."

Hearing Liu Yuan's envy of his brother Xu Ning, Xu An also showed a proud smile on his face, but there was more envy in his pupils.

"You can earn 900 points in one night. As long as you join the hunting team, you can never use up all the contribution points. Look at Luo Yuan and his family. Not only does everyone in their family have clothes to wear, but they also have a lot of iron tools. Yesterday, I saw that even his son Luo An went to the craftsman's workshop to order a set of small clothes. Wow, Luo An, he's not even six years old yet, and he's already wearing clothes!"

Xu An couldn't help but take over the conversation and began to extend the topic, saying enviously:
"I saw it. Zou Yuankai's son Zou Ping also made one. Yue Feng also went to Mu Dong to order a blue velvet blanket yesterday. I heard it was for Yue Yuan."

Yue Yuan is just over a month old!

Liu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then his expression became even more envious.

What he envied, of course, was not the children's clothes, but these things, representing the contribution points of those people in the hunting team, which were so much that they could not be used up.

"Clothes, wooden products, and animal skin products are just small items. Some time ago, the members of the hunting team have already exchanged for the ten-stone iron bow, which is the big item. They can afford 2000 contribution points. I estimate that except for my brother and Lin Kai, the other members of the hunting team have at least three to four thousand contribution points."

Three or four thousand…………

Hearing the number guessed by Xu An and thinking that he had only accumulated more than 300 contribution points so far, Liu Yuan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

"You still have to break through quickly. How much do you weigh now?"

"Eight thousand five, it will probably take some time..."

After Xu An answered, he remembered that Liu Yuan's basic strength had always been a little stronger than his own, and hurriedly asked: "What about you?"

Liu Yuan finally smiled at this time, stretched out his right hand towards Xu An, and hooked his index finger lightly.

"Nine thousand, my goodness, you are almost breaking through!"

Upon learning that Liu Yuan's basic strength had reached nine thousand, Xu An was excited, but also felt a sense of urgency.

He and Liu Yuan are both the oldest members of Da Xia, and are also among the ten people who first broke through to the lumbering realm, except for the leader Xia Hong.

Excluding the leader, the first group to break through on the slope were Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng; the second group was Yue Feng and his five companions; and the third group was him, Liu Yuan, and Li Yuankun.

In the same batch of breakthroughs, I can’t fall too far behind Liu Yuan.

"Li Yuankun has joined the collection team. I don't know how strong he is. I heard that he was assigned to the same team as us, led by Captain Chengfeng. I will definitely ask him next time I see him."

Xu An nodded. He also wanted to know Li Yuankun's progress.

Now, whether it is a gathering team or a logging team, they have to be divided into groups of ten when going out.

The logging level can freely choose to join the gathering team or the logging team. He joined the logging team with Liu Yuan. Because of his good strength, he was assigned to the team led by Captain Bai Dongying.
Li Yuankun went to the collection team, and probably because of his good ability, he was assigned to the team led by team leader Cheng Feng.

"Isn't it possible that I'm the weakest? You two better not pull me too far away!"

"Hahahahaha, probably not."

Seeing Xu An's annoyed look, Liu Yuan couldn't help laughing and made a teasing remark.

There is definitely competition among camp members, but the comparisons are nothing more than three things: strength, collection speed, and contribution points.

The three complement each other, but everyone knows that the most important thing is definitely strength. As long as the strength is strong enough, the collection speed will be improved, and more and more contribution points will be obtained, which will be a natural thing.

"Okay, just cut one more tree and go back, that's enough for tonight!"

Xu An nodded and followed Liu Yuan to look for the next big tree.

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

Suddenly, two rapid bone whistles came from the north!

The two people who were moving between the big trees suddenly had a changed look on their faces.

"Four beeps, a signal for an emergency retreat?"

"Someone is in danger!"

The two men looked at each other, and without any hesitation, they took out the bone whistles hanging around their necks and blew them directly to the south.

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

As the two men blew the bone whistles, they put away their saws and quickly ran to the east side, which was outside Redwood Ridge.

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

…………

As the two men blew the whistles, countless bone whistles quickly rang out from north to south within a radius of 500 meters, signaling others to withdraw quickly.

There are more than 300 people in Daxia's logging area now. For fear of attracting cold beasts, people cannot gather too much when going out. In order to facilitate communication with each other, everyone is equipped with a bone whistle when going out.

One call means you are encountering a cold beast and asking for help; two calls mean you are encountering a strange monster and asking for help; three calls mean you still have enough time and can take supplies and retreat;

The fourth tone means that everyone should retreat immediately and not stay!

"Sisheng, this is the first time, right? Who is it, and what happened?"

"It must be too powerful. Either it is a multi-headed cold beast, and it is a mid-level one; or it is a very powerful monster..."

The two men's expressions changed with shock, and they retreated frantically towards the periphery at great speed, trying to figure out what they had encountered as they walked!
In today's Daxia, even if there are monsters, as long as they are not too strong, normal people will not blow the bone whistle four times. After all, there are fire condensing oil, torches, and so many people.

Not to mention the ordinary weirdness!

As the two retreated, seven people nearby quickly followed.

"Did you all hear that?"

"heard it."

"It came from the north."

"Who was it, and which team encountered it?"

"Where's the captain?"

Xu An looked around at the seven people and found that the captain Bai Dongying was not there, so he immediately asked.

Their group of ten people was led by team leader Bai Dongyu himself.

Bai Dongying couldn't be far away from them. It was impossible for him not to hear such dense bone whistles. Why didn't he retreat?
"He asked us to retreat first, and he went over there to check the situation!"

Lu Sheng spoke with lingering fear, he was with Bai Dongying just now.

"what's up?"

"Liu Yuan, was it you who blew it?"

“We didn’t make that up.”

"Which group?"

"I don't know!"

………………

Gradually, more and more people withdrew from Redwood Ridge. Someone noticed Liu Yuan and others here and immediately came over to ask.

Upon learning that the sound came from the north, everyone looked towards the north with both vigilance and curiosity.

"Don't waste time here, go back and inform the leaders!"

Xu An retracted his solemn expression, spoke up to give a reminder, and ran directly back to the valley base.

Four bone whistles. No matter who blew them, they were definitely in big trouble.

Even if they went over there they couldn't help much, so they could only quickly notify Xia Hong.

"I just don't know if the hunting team has returned. If they haven't returned yet, it will be troublesome!"

………………

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

…………

In the northern part of Hongmu Ridge, a team of seven people were dispersed in groups of two or three and moving through the dense forest. They all had bone whistles in their mouths, blowing them continuously while fleeing frantically towards the south.

Whoosh…whoosh…

There were more than twenty people behind them, constantly approaching them, and as they approached, they did not stop, continuously shooting iron arrows at them.

The iron arrow was extremely fast and powerful, but the key was that the opponent's archery skills were also very strong, and he kept predicting their dodging positions.

boom…………

One of the three people in the left team was accidentally pierced through the chest by an iron arrow and was nailed directly to the tree trunk behind.

"Run, leave me alone!"

The two people next to him turned around subconsciously, and when they heard the man's scream, they gritted their teeth and gave up turning back, continuing to flee south.

"All of you follow He Gang and continue chasing. Don't let any of them go!"

He Meng, who was in the crowd at the back, saw that the man from Daxia was shot but not dead yet. He gave an order to He Gang, then he stopped and walked to the man with a hole in the chest, with a grim smile on his face:
"Tell me, where is the Daxia base?"

The man's chest and lungs were pierced by the iron arrow, and he was already breathing out more than breathing in. When he heard He Meng's question, he raised his head and glanced at him. A desire to survive appeared on his face, and he trembled as he said, "You... come... closer, I..."

A hint of pride appeared in He Meng's eyes. He walked gently to the man and put his ear close to him.

"Our base is just... to the... south of Redwood Ridge..."

Seeing He Meng's ear approaching, the man opened his mouth and spoke slowly, but his voice was too soft, so He Meng had no choice but to move a little closer.

The moment the man's mouth touched He Meng's ear, his pupils suddenly condensed, and he opened his mouth and bit He Meng's ear.

"what…………"

He Meng felt a sharp pain in his ear, and let out a shrill scream, subconsciously trying to distance himself.

But the man held on tightly and refused to let go, even stretching out his hands to grab his clothes. It was obviously a last-ditch effort before death, and the brief burst of strength actually held He Meng back for a moment.

"You're looking for death, you're looking for death, ah ah ah, you're looking for death!"

After recovering from his brief state of panic, He Meng immediately drew out his big knife and stabbed the man wildly.

But the man just held on tightly and refused to let go. He was stabbed dozens of times in a row. The man finally let go after his vitality was almost exhausted.

But at this time, half of He Meng's ear had fallen off.

"hiss…………"

He Meng covered his ears, and when he pulled away, he saw the man holding half of his ear with a smile on his face. He immediately became furious and chopped off his head with a knife.

"I want to see if everyone in the Great Summer Camp is so tough!"

He Meng was so arrogant that he put away his sword and headed south. He soon caught up with He Gang and his group in front of him. "How many did you kill?"

He Gang turned around and saw the wound on He Meng's ear. Seeing his furious expression, he had some guesses in his mind, and the anger on his face became even stronger. He said in a deep voice:
"We killed two of them. There are only four left. They are changing their route to the west. It seems that they have no intention of running back home. Should we just kill them all?"

He Meng looked up and saw four small torches about 20 to 30 meters ahead, which were constantly shifting to the west. His expression immediately froze.

It seems like they have no intention of living anymore and want to lead all of them deep into Redwood Ridge. Thinking of the man just now and looking at the four in front of him, He Meng's chest became even angrier.

These people from Daxia are really fierce.

"Kill them all. No need to leave any alive. The area around Redwood Ridge is so small. If we search a few more times, we will find the Daxia base sooner or later!"

Whoosh…whoosh…whoosh…

As soon as He Meng finished speaking, everyone's archery speed suddenly became faster.

More than twenty Digging Realm warriors, armed with bows, faced ten Logging Realm warriors. If they didn't want to keep some of them alive and get the location of Daxia's base from them, they wouldn't have had to chase them for so long.

Pfft…………

Sure enough, another one of the four people in front was shot.

Since there was no need to leave him alive, the gang no longer held back, and when they saw the man was shot and nailed to the tree, they immediately shot four or five more arrows at him, hitting his vital points.

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

Before he died, the man relied on his willpower to blow the last bone whistle.

Pfft…………

Such a scene naturally made He Meng even more angry. He shot an arrow directly through the man's mouth, and the sound of the bone whistle stopped abruptly.

"It's over, Captain Hong, they're going to kill me!"

"Seven of them have already died. I don't think we can survive..."

The three people who were still running in the front, after confirming that the killing attack had begun from behind, the panic in their eyes disappeared, and they became fierce instead.

Especially Hong Mu in the middle, after dodging an iron arrow behind a big tree, he headed straight into the deeper part of Redwood Ridge on the west side.

"We can't let them off easy even if we die. Give me all the torches and gather them together. We are already within 500 meters. As long as we can attract a few mid-level cold beasts, we won't lose even if we die!"

The people on both sides immediately threw the torches in their hands towards him.

When the Daxia lumberjacks went out to cut down trees, they were only equipped with a torch and kerosene.

Hong Mu put the three torches together, held them high, and continued to go deeper.

From the first encounter, when the other party shot the first arrow, Hong Mu realized that this group of people were all at the Digging Realm.

His father Hong Gang is in the hunting team and is also at the Digging Realm.

Hong Mu had seen the arrows shot by his father, so he knew very well that the strength of the group of people behind him was most likely stronger than his father's. In addition to the number of people, the strength of this group of people might be stronger than the Daxia hunting team.

Although he didn't see the other party's face clearly, Hong Mu could basically conclude that they must be the people from Jingxian Camp.

A head-on fight would definitely be courting death. Without the leader, no one in the entire camp would be a match for this group of people. So at the beginning, Hong Mu blew four bone whistles to warn everyone who was going out tonight to run away quickly.

"The others should have almost run away. They are doomed. Even if the leader knew about it, it would be too late since they are so far away. The only way to survive is to attract the cold beast!"

Hong Mu was not clear about the specific power of the torch, as he had never used it outside. He only heard from his father Hong Gang that the torch had an extremely terrifying attraction to cold beasts, and that it must not be lit unless necessary.

So at this moment, he actually had no confidence in his heart. In addition, the iron arrows from behind were becoming more and more dense, and there were only two people left dead around him. He did not see the cold beast for a long time, and his face was full of despair.

"Roar…………"

Suddenly, a roar of a cold beast came from the side.

If he went out to cut wood on a normal day, the roar of such a cold beast would be no different from the cry for death, but at this moment, Hong Mu felt like he was hearing the sound of immortals.

Not only did I feel a lot more relaxed, I even smiled.

"This area, this sound, must be a mid-level cold beast. If we hold on for a few more breaths, maybe we can survive!"

It took so long, but since the group of people in the rear decided to kill us, it has only been more than twenty breaths.

As long as this cold beast comes quickly, or another one comes...

Pfft…………

A team member on the left was nailed to the tree by an iron arrow.

A trace of sadness appeared on Hong Mu's face. There were ten people in his group. They usually went out to cut wood together and they had developed a deep relationship.

In just a short while, eight people had died.

He and one other person were left.

"You still want to run? Die!"

There was a sudden gap in the arrows shot from behind, and Hong Mu thought that the dead team members had delayed the time.

It was not until he heard He Meng's angry roar that he realized that the other people in Jingxian Camp did not shoot arrows because He Meng had caught up with him.

Feeling the coldness of a knife attacking from behind, Hong Mu's pupils suddenly shrank, and a sense of casualties rushed into his head.

His plan worked well, and the cold beast was indeed attracted by the torch.

The only thing I didn't expect was that my own strength was too weak!
To be precise, the gap between the logging realm and the digging realm is too big.

The biggest reason why He Meng and others did not kill them earlier was that they were able to escape successfully. From the time the other party decided to kill them until now, they had been able to hide under the tree for more than twenty breaths, which was already their limit.

The cold beast was too far away and no one could save him.

Dead!
clang…………

Just when Hong Muchu closed his eyes and waited for death, an iron arrow suddenly flew from the east and hit He Meng's knife directly.

The sound of metal clashing with stone was heard. Although He Meng's sword deviated a little, it did not affect his ability to continue killing Hong Mu.

Although he realized that there must be people from Da Xia coming from behind, He Meng's eyes were filled with murderous intent and he still slashed towards Hong Mu with determination.

Whoosh…whoosh…whoosh…

After the first arrow was shot away by the knife, more iron arrows flew from behind continuously, and the target was obviously someone else.

"This bunch of bastards!"

He Meng gritted his teeth and yelled angrily, then retracted the knife and dodged.

The first arrow was aimed at the knife, so he could ignore it, but he could not ignore the subsequent arrows shot at him.

Although he had begun to reshape his membrane, he was still a long way from being able to ignore the arrows shot by the Digging Realm, otherwise he would not have had his ear bitten off by that man just now.

swoosh...swish...swish...

"Boss, there are so many people here!"

A continuous rain of arrows came rushing from behind. Not only He Meng, but all the other people in Jingxian Camp turned their heads to look behind them, and their scalps suddenly felt numb.

There were at least a hundred people standing on the big tree behind them, shooting arrows madly at the twenty or so people.

"Retreat first!"

He Meng failed to kill Hong Mu. Although he was angry, he became rational when he saw the hundreds of archers from Da Xia and the cold beasts approaching quickly from the inside.

Upon hearing the order, everyone in Jingxian Camp immediately dispersed and fled to the north.

"Hong Mu, throw away the torch and come over here, quickly!"

Xia Chuan's voice sounded from a distance. Hong Mu immediately dropped the torch in his hand and ran quickly eastward with the man beside him.

Boom... boom... boom...

In the distance, a huge monster was running towards them quickly, and the ground was shaking continuously.

"Mu'er, are you okay?"

Hong Gang grabbed his son from the front of the crowd. Looking at Hong Mu's miserable appearance and the multiple arrow wounds on his body, his face was full of anger.

"Father, I'm fine."

Hong Mu first reassured An Honggang, then with a trace of grief on his face, he turned to look at Xia Chuan and said, "Sir, the people from Jingxian Camp came directly here. At first, they wanted to find out the location of the camp, so they didn't kill us. Later, when they saw that we didn't cooperate, they started killing us directly. There were ten people in my group, and eight were killed!"

"He directly crossed the border to the south to kill people. How could He Meng be so arrogant!"

"These bastards, kill people!"

"When the leader took us to the north for an inspection, he didn't kill them. They dared to kill people directly."

"Didn't you hear me? You're still trying to find out the location of our base. Are you planning to fight us to the death?"

………………

The others might not know, but the people in the hunting team certainly understood why He Meng and his gang came here.

Three preys were intercepted by them, so He Meng and others were definitely angry.

But they never expected such a reaction.

Not only kill people directly, but also find out the location of Daxia’s base!
It is obvious that they do not take Da Xia seriously and think that Da Xia is not equal to Jingxian Camp, so they come to ask for an explanation!

The seventeen members of the hunting team, including Xia Chuan, were all furious.

"Too many people have come out. The rest of you should all go back first. The people in the hunting team should follow me to the north to see if there are any alive. As for other matters, we can wait until the leader wakes up before we discuss them!"

Xia Chuan looked towards the north with his hands clenched tightly. Although there was murderous intent in his eyes, he still suppressed his anger and turned back to signal everyone to go back quickly.

Although he had a very bad impression of the Jingxian Camp, Xia Chuan had to admit that the other party was still stronger than Da Xia.

This is especially true when Xia Hong is not around!

All the lumberjacks returned to the camp, while Xia Chuan led a hunting team of 16 people and searched northward along the traces that Hong Mu had just escaped.

As one horrific body after another was discovered, the expressions on Xia Chuan and the others' faces became increasingly angry.

"He was stabbed more than a dozen times in the chest."

"His head was chopped off, and an ear was bitten in his mouth. He must have been tortured by He Meng."

"He was nailed to a tree with arrows before he was tortured. He was hit hard on the head and body."

"This is Bai Wuting's younger brother, Bai Wufan, who just achieved a breakthrough last month!"

"He Meng, you beasts!"

…………

Until the headless corpse was discovered, the anger in everyone's hearts instantly reached its peak.

Everyone looked at the headless corpse on the ground, his chest heaving, his hands clenched tightly, his eyes full of coldness.

"Take all the bodies back and wait for the leader to come out!"

Xia Chuan was also furious at this moment. After he finished speaking, he picked up the corpse on the ground and rushed back to the base.

"It's the first time that Da Xia has lost eight lumberjacks at once. When Big Brother wakes up, he will probably be very angry!"

Xia Chuan led everyone back to the base, and the anger on his face did not disappear for a long time.

I guess Xia Hong never expected that He Meng would be so angry.

As soon as the three prey were intercepted, they immediately crossed the border to the south to kill people.

Not only does he want to kill people, he also wants to find out the location of Daxia's base directly!
If he had known this earlier, he would definitely not have used animal blood to meditate.

(End of this chapter)