Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 153: Bamboo Fence and Marking Stone, Enclosure and Expansion
The reason for stopping all outdoor activities was not simply because of Gao Yu, the uninvited guest.

After killing He Meng and his group, Xia Hong himself had this plan.

Even though he had demonstrated his strength in front of Yuwen Hu, he was unsure of how the Jingxian Camp would react next.

After all, those were twenty-five lives.

They are not ordinary people. Twenty-three Diggers, and two of them have already begun to reach the limit of the Diggers level by rebuilding their skin membranes. The death of so many people at once would be a huge loss for any camp.

"It's best to be able to endure it, but if you can't help it..."

In the room on the third floor, Xia Hong slowly smeared the animal blood on his body, his eyes slightly raised.

After the fight with Yuwen Hu, and after learning about the cold-resistant level from Gao Yu, his only fear about the Jingxian Camp at this moment might be the other side's huge population base.

Of course, this fear can also be considered a temptation for Xia Hong.

"Daxia's population is still too small!"

As the beast blood took effect, the pain on Xia Hong's face became more and more intense. He could only think about other things to forcibly divert his attention.

The only way to quickly increase the population is to absorb other camps, but the current activity range of the camp is too small. There is no chance to contact other camps, let alone absorption.

Although he was envious of the tens of thousands of people in Jingxian Camp, Xia Hong was not so foolish as to think that he could easily annex a giant camp.

Not to mention Yuwen Hu and He Yuanhun, the two cold-resistant masters, even the hundreds of earth-digging masters below were problems that he could not possibly solve.

As far as the current situation is concerned, being able to keep the territory of Redwood Ridge in front of the Mirror Fairy Camp is already the best outcome.

To annex the other party is just a dream!
"Behind the Arrow Bamboo Forest is the Mirror Fairy Camp. To the north of Redwood Ridge is Pingxi Plain and there is also a Beehive Camp. Both are giant camps. If nothing unexpected happens, even if there are some scattered small camps in the north, they will definitely be taken over by these two camps.

To the west is Redwood Ridge, where there are certainly no human camps;
The same is true in Shuanglong Mountain in the east, which means…”

Xia Hong's veins bulged as he endured the severe pain coming from the nerves beneath the membrane. He slowly raised his head and glanced towards the south of the camp.

Daxia currently wants to expand its population and find other human camps, so it can only go south. According to the map left by Luo Ming, four kilometers south of the valley, there is an ice river. The river should be blocking the south side of Shuanglong Mountain.

"Luo Ming said that there are no signs of cold beasts near the river, so it's very dangerous if nothing unexpected happens. There is also a high probability that there are no human camps nearby.

That means if we want to find other human camps, we can only search along the southern periphery of Shuanglong Mountain, and the search range must be as far away from the river as possible."

While Xia Hong was calculating in his mind, he poured water on his body with the wooden spoon forty-three times. Realizing that the carrying capacity had reached its limit, he stopped immediately.

"Sure enough, the upper limit has increased by another two kilograms!"

The first test showed that the load limit was about 35 kilograms. The second test had a total of 440 kilograms of blood, which he used up in eleven times, with the most he used being 41 kilograms.
This time it was even heavier, at 43 pounds.

The so-called carrying limit means that if you continue to increase the load, the other person will immediately faint from the pain, and the system will pop up a prompt to help him get through it by consuming resources.

Of course, after listening to Gao Yu's statement, Xia Hong already knew that the so-called "fainting from pain" should be a special case that only belonged to him.

If it happened to someone else who didn't have a system, he would probably die instantly.

With this in mind, Xia Hong would not mess around anymore. God knows if the system will malfunction one day, or if he doesn't have enough resources. If he dies suddenly due to a breakthrough, he would probably be the most wronged time traveler.

"There's no rush anyway, so let's be safe. This time, there are more than 580 kilograms of beast blood, so the progress can be accelerated again!"

Looking at the more animal blood in the wooden shed than ever before, Xia Hong couldn't help but get a hint of excitement in his eyes.

The three intermediate-level cold beasts they brought back yesterday produced a total of more than two hundred kilograms of blood. It was mainly the four unfamiliar intermediate-level cold beasts sent by Gao Yu that produced an astonishing amount of blood, with an average of about ninety kilograms per beast. That's why so much blood was produced at once.

Thinking of this, Xia Hong couldn't help but become interested in Shuanglong Mountain above the valley.

"It's just that the mountain is too high. If we can find a suitable route, once Daxia becomes stronger, Shuanglong Mountain should also be a good place for hunting!"

Of course, although he was interested, Xia Hong would not rush up to the altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and he knew nothing about the place.

Even a strong cold-resistant warrior like Gao Yu could suffer such a huge setback on the eastern outskirts. Above the valley, theoretically speaking, is the deepest part of the western side of Shuanglong Mountain. Who knows what is inside?
In the next two days, Xia Hong kept challenging his own limits. He used seven rounds to lift 43 kilograms. Although he did not faint from the pain, he had basically reached his limit.

It was not until the third day, when Xia Chuan came to report that Gao Yu had left, that he was completely relieved.

"Before he left, he wanted to say goodbye to my brother, but I refused."

"Just leave. All outbound activities at the camp will be suspended until I come out of seclusion in three days. The same goes for the hunting team. Just continue mining."

Seeing that there was still more than half of the beast's blood left in the wooden basin, Xia Chuan nodded immediately. Knowing that Xia Hong wanted to continue his retreat, he quickly retreated.

Xia Hong stayed alone in the room, continuing to pour the beast's blood on his body spoonful by spoonful, and the intense pain surged to his head again.

This time, he was much bolder than before.

In the past two days, he used his energy to the limit and did not dare to faint because he was worried about Gao Yu. Now that Gao Yu has left, he can naturally be bolder.

On the third day after Gao Yu left, which was the second day of the third month in the first year of Daxia,
Xia Hong, standing in the wooden basin, opened his eyes again, looked at his increasingly shiny and crystal clear skin, clenched his fists slightly, felt his own strength, and a touch of emotion suddenly flashed in his eyes.

[Camp: Daxia (Level 0)]

[Lord: Xia Hong]

[Cultivation: Digging the Ground Perfected (Membrane Remodeling Progress 56%)]

[Territory population: 1088]

【资源：木54030煤4740铁13210银0金0】

"A total of 25 kilograms, and the progress has increased by points at once, almost a quarter. The effects produced by different cold beast bloods actually vary in level!"

The price increased by a quarter in one go, and so much time was saved. Xia Hong was naturally excited. Thinking that the four cold beasts were sent by Gao Yu, Xia Hong even felt a little grateful to this stranger.

boom…………

Bang!

Xia Hong suddenly punched the area in front of him, and a gust of cold wind suddenly rushed out. The brazier more than ten meters away was blown down by the air flow, and the flame was extinguished directly. Coal and sparks were scattered all over the ground.

"This is the power of one mane!"

One hundred thousand catties!
Looking at the noise caused by his casual punch, Xia Hong instantly thought of the frosty air current brought by Snow Mane's charge, and his expression became even more excited.

"Even if I fight with Xue Zong with my bare hands, I am not afraid at all. More importantly, with the power of Xue Zong, my basic strength is already comparable to that of an ordinary cold-resistant warrior. If Yuwen Hu appears in front of me again..."

Thinking of the confrontation with Yuwen Hu five days ago, a hint of coldness flashed across Xia Hong's eyes.

"We still can't stop going out. I haven't been out for five days, but the price of iron ore has increased a little, while the price of wood and coal has decreased. Now even the blood of the cold beast has been used up..."

Looking at the resources in the system that had hardly moved, Xia Hong's excitement immediately subsided and he shook his head slightly.

If we don't go out to gather and hunt, we will just be living off the land.

Fortunately, there is a ready-made iron mine in the valley, otherwise, the iron resources would not have increased in these five days.

"But before I go out..."

Xia Hong pondered for a moment and turned his attention to the system.

To be precise, it is on the building behind the system.

【已开启建筑4：炼铁炉（2级）木人桩（1级）煎药罐（1级）打磨石（1级）】

[Unopened Building 5: Green Bamboo Fence, Marking Stone, Yellow Soil, Small Wooden Table, Thick Iron Chain]

Marking Stone: Coal 150 Iron 90
Green Bamboo Fence: 20 Iron/5 per meter/wood, can be upgraded after exchanging meters

Yellow soil: per square meter/wood 200 coal 20, can be upgraded after exchanging square meters

Up to now, apart from the long sword in Yang Ning's hand, which was suspected to be made of silver, Xia Hong had no idea what the gold and silver in the Ice Abyss world looked like.

The small wooden table and the thick iron chain will definitely not be able to come out for the time being.

These are the only three types of buildings that can be built at the moment.

The biggest reason why these three buildings have not been built is, of course, insufficient resources. The construction of new houses, the construction of the rat colony, the Mirror Fairy camp, and the breakthrough of the cold-resistant level have caused resource gaps one after another. Even if Xia Hong wanted to build the buildings, he had no chance.

In fact, even now, if the situation was not pressing, he probably wouldn't have the energy to click on these three buildings.

First of all, the loess land. According to the scale of vegetation in this world, even if it is the slenderest ice tree, even if its radius is three or four meters, at least more than 30 square meters must be exchanged to transplant one.

More than 6000 square meters, that means 600 pieces of wood and pieces of coal.

Xia Hong will definitely not transplant the Bingshuo tree now. After all, crystal fruit is not an unimportant resource for Daxia now.

"To transplant, we need to choose blue jade trees again. However, among the several blue jade trees that have been discovered so far, the thinnest one has a radius of more than six meters, and at least 120 square meters of yellow land are needed. After conversion, the resources required..."

Forget it, I can’t afford to exchange the yellow earth!

Once the blue jade tree is successfully transplanted, blue condensing grass can be obtained stably in the future. In this way, Jinchuangsan can be produced basically stably.

Although he knew that this would be of great benefit to the camp, Xia Hong immediately gave up the idea of ​​exchanging the yellow soil.

There is no way, there are too many resources required!

For one hundred and twenty square meters of loess, the timber alone would cost twenty thousand, which is not a bad thing. The coal stone would cost 2400, which is 2400 units. Converted into actual weight, that would be 48000 kilograms.

Seventeen diggers, all equipped with toothed chisels, can mine at least 13600 kilograms of coal a day, which actually only takes four or five days.

But Xia Hong still felt that it was not worth it.

In fact, it is not uneconomical. After all, it is because there are not enough resources.

"It's better to replace the green bamboo fence first!"

Green bamboo fence: 20 iron per meter/wood 5
Green Bamboo Fence, as the name suggests, should be the protective supplies for the garrison. Judging from the exchange rules, it may still be a disposable consumable item.

The reason why it was not changed before was because the camp had not encountered any foreign invasion, and the monsters had their own iron smelting furnace for protection, so the demand for green bamboo fences was naturally not that high.

But it’s different now!

The Jingxian Camp was seriously offended by me.

Even though there were five wooden dummies left at the base, and with his own strength now comparable to the Cold-Resistant Level, Xia Hong was not too worried about Yuwen Hu and He Yuanhun.

What he was really worried about was that the other side had too many people.

If the hundreds of Digging Realm masters of Jingxian really come in full force to attack us, it is hard to say whether Daxia can defend itself with its current strength.

At this time, protective materials are very important!
Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and the wood and iron in the system decreased by 20 points and 5 points respectively. At the same time, a emerald green bamboo fence with a width of one meter and a height of more than five meters appeared in his hand.

The bamboo fence was crisscrossed at an angle, blending together as one, with no signs of splicing in the middle. It was bright in color, and the top was sharp like a spear. There was a layer of more than 20 centimeters of spikes attached to the surface, emitting a creepy cold light.

Green Bamboo Fence (Level 1): Station protection supplies, one-time consumables
Special function 1: If someone touches it, it will immediately warn the host.

Special function 2: The bamboo fence thorns can be activated and fired by the host. After firing, the bamboo fence becomes invalid and cannot be regenerated, and needs to be redeemed again.

Upgrade prerequisite: redeem 10,000 meters
Xia Hong placed the bamboo fence ten meters away, walked to the opposite side, and his mind moved.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Although the bamboo fence was only one meter wide, it was five meters high, and there were at least one or two hundred sharp spikes on it.

The spikes rushed towards Xia Hong in an instant, causing the air in the room to surge and making the brazier whistle.

Xia Hong only took a look at the speed at which the spikes were flying, and chose to close his eyes and stand still, allowing the spikes to shoot towards his body.

Ding…ding…ding…ding…

When more than a hundred sharp spikes shot into Xia Hong's body, it was like hitting a solid wall. After making a tinkling sound, they all fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

Xia Hong opened his eyes and looked at the white spots on his arms and chest, his eyes suddenly filled with joy.

“This power…”

Pushing open the window, Xia Hong glanced at the environment of the base which was backed by mountains on three sides, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"It's a bit expensive, but I don't need that much!"

Xia Hong then turned his attention to the next building: the marker stone.

He could probably guess that the function of this building should be to define the scope of the territory. Da Xia had never encountered any disputes with other camps before, so there was no need for this thing.

Now is the time to get it out!
150 coal, 90 iron, the resources consumed are not much.

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly. After the resources were deducted, he had a piece of prismatic jade with a side length of half a meter in his hand.

Marker Stone (Level 1): Mother stone, enclosure building, with a maximum radiation distance of one thousand meters.

Special function 1: You can exchange four more sub-stones, which will form a settlement area after establishing a connection with the mother stone. The exchange price of sub-stones is: 100 coal and 60 iron.

Special function 2: All activities of any alien life forms in the stationed area will be detected and fed back to the mother stone.

Upgrade conditions: 8000 coal 6000 iron

Xia Hong stood up with a bang, his expression suddenly excited.

Whether it is used to enclose the land or not is another matter. The marker stone is of great help to the safety of the camp.

Detect the activity tracks of all foreign life forms in the area.

It will also be fed back to the mother stone!
In other words, even if he is not in the camp, the people who stay behind can confirm the safety of the camp through the mother stone.

By the way, that monster...is it considered a living being?
This question suddenly popped up in Xia Hong's mind, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He really doesn't know the answer to this question.

"No matter what, even if the monster is not a living being, there is still the iron furnace. Anyway, from now on, no matter whether it is a human or a monster, it will be basically impossible to get close to the camp without being noticed!"

With this guarantee, Xia Hong's mood instantly improved. For a moment, he didn't even seem to be worried about the Jingxian camp in the north.

"Someone, go and notify everyone in the hunting team, as well as Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, and Bai Dongying, to come over."

"Yes, leader!"

During Xia Hong's retreat, there were people from the Xiachuan faction guarding outside the door.

The man outside the door was obviously surprised when he heard Xia Hong's voice. After answering, he quickly trotted downstairs.

The entire camp was in a state of blockade during these five days. The members of the hunting team were all mining in the mines, and the rest of the people did not go out either.

Upon learning that Xia Hong had been released from confinement, everyone came over excitedly.

"Sit first!"

There are seventeen people in the hunting team, plus Mu Dong and three others, a total of twenty people.

Xia Hong first motioned for everyone to sit down, and then asked in a joking tone.

"You haven't gone out for five days. You must be feeling suffocated, right?"

Yuan Cheng was the first to answer: "It's okay that you're holding it in, the main reason is that we haven't had any resources recently, and we're worried that it will affect your breakthrough, leader!"

Luo Yuan also said: "Yes, Chief, your breakthrough is the biggest thing at the moment. We are only worried about this, everything else is fine."

Xia Chuan and the others nodded when they heard this, and it was obvious that they were thinking the same thing as the other two.

Seeing that everyone was concerned about his breakthrough progress, Xia Hong felt a little warmed in the heart.

However, knowing everyone's concerns, he waved his hand and said with confidence: "Don't worry, even if I don't break through, Jingxian Camp won't dare to do anything. If Yuwen Hu comes again..."

Although Xia Hong did not finish his words, everyone saw the coldness on his face and immediately understood what he meant.

There was a hint of excitement on everyone's face.

That’s right, the last time he went back, he almost killed Yuwen Hu.

In these five days, the leader has used nearly 600 kilograms of beast blood, and his strength must have become stronger. Killing Yuwen Hu should not be a difficult task.

The only problem they are worried about now is that the Jingxian camp will rely on its large numbers to move in full force.

That He Yuanhun who has never appeared, plus Yuwen Hu and hundreds of Digging Realm masters, if they were to mobilize all of them, the current Great Xia, even with Xia Hong, would probably still not be their match.

"Do you think it's hard to find Daxia's base?"

Xia Hong knew exactly what everyone was worried about. He didn't say much, but just asked a question.

When Xia Chuan and others heard this, they were stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment, and immediately understood what Xia Hong meant, with a hint of joy in their eyes.

The Daxia base is actually not difficult to find, especially for humans.

To the east of Hongmuling is Shuanglong Mountain. The mountain wall area is only about ten kilometers from south to north, and the Daxia base is the only valley in it.

Not to mention looking for it on purpose, considering the traces left by Da Xia's activities outside, if you just look around, you can probably find this place.

"Lu Shang Camp has been merged into Jingxian. If Lu He is smart, he must know that Daxia has inherited the territory of Rogge Camp. If nothing unexpected happens, Jingxian Camp would have known the location of our base long ago."

Xia Chuan's words seemed to give everyone a reassurance.

Everyone's expressions immediately relaxed a lot, and their joy became even stronger.

the reason is simple.

I know the location of the Daxia camp, but I haven't been able to find it in the past five days.

This proves that Jingxian Camp most likely tolerated what happened five days ago.

"Maybe Yuwen Hu is scared. After all, he was almost killed by the leader. If he comes to cause trouble again, isn't he afraid of death?"

"We in Daxia did nothing wrong in this matter. They were the ones who crossed the line first. It is only natural that He Meng should pay for his life. What reason do they have to cause trouble?"

"Perhaps, after Yuwen Hu took the leader's words back, He Yuanhun would immediately become scared and not dare to cause trouble again?"

"Hahahaha!"

………………

Xia Hong naturally didn't take people's teasing to heart.

But he was really surprised that the Mirror Fairy Camp did not come to cause trouble.

Although he couldn't figure out the specific reason, it was definitely not what Xia Chuan and others had guessed. Judging from the fearless style of He Meng and his gang, He Yuanhun was definitely not a good person. How could he be afraid!
But even though he couldn't figure it out, Xia Hong wouldn't waste time on it.

When enemies come, we will fight them; when water comes, we will block it with earth. Before, he was just a little worried at most, and now he has two more buildings in his hands. Even if the Mirror Fairy Camp really comes to his door, he is not afraid at all.

"You'll find out tomorrow night when I take you to the north. I won't talk about the Mirror Fairy Camp for now. I want to tell you something else..."

Xia Hong paused for a moment, then took out an animal skin map from the table and gave it to Xia Chuan on the left first, asking him to read it and then pass it on to the next person in turn.

As everyone was looking at the map, Xia Hong's voice was heard.

"The population of the camp is still too small. We must find a way to expand the range of activities of the camp personnel and search more unfamiliar areas to see if we can find other camps and increase the population as quickly as possible..."

Seeing the area marked in the south on the map, everyone immediately understood what Xia Hong meant and nodded.

"Of course, exploring unfamiliar areas is not an easy task, so the rewards will also be adjusted accordingly. You will be responsible for determining how much contribution points you can get for exploring new areas, discovering new camps, or even directly adding people to the camps. Xia Chuan will be responsible for formulating the details."

"yes, Sir!"

Xia Hong would definitely not actually do these things now. After explaining them to Xia Chuan and others, he took out a green bamboo fence and five mother-and-child marking stones from behind him.

"Also, these two things..."

As Xia Hong described the functions of the green bamboo fence and the marking stone, everyone's expressions became more and more excited, and some even couldn't help but stand up.

Green bamboo fences are placed at the western entrance of the valley.

The news that Xia Hong announced the camp's expansion and exploration to the south spread throughout the camp in an instant.

Of course, the most important thing is the contribution point reward that Xia Chuan announced later.

When exploring unfamiliar areas and drawing a map that is confirmed to be correct, you can earn 1 contribution point for every meters you travel.
When you discover a new camp, come back and report to the leader. After confirmation, a small camp can be exchanged for 500 contribution points; a medium-sized camp can be exchanged for 2000 points; a large camp can be exchanged for 5000 points directly; and a giant camp can be exchanged for 10000 points.

To absorb outsiders for Daxia, no matter their cultivation level, each person will get 50 points, there is no upper limit. As long as you have the ability, all the contribution points will be yours.

As soon as the news of the expansion of the enclosure and the associated contribution value reward mechanism were released, everyone in the Daxia camp was immediately caught up in heated discussions.

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(End of this chapter)