Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 160: The Disappearing Frost Beast, Breakthrough Tide

Daxia headquarters, second floor of the wooden house.

At the entrance of the camp, dozens of people gathered, looking up at the three wooden boards at the entrance and discussing with interest.

There are three wooden boards with coal stones marking the timber list, coal mine list, and iron ore list at the top, and below them are densely packed names of people and the amount of resources they have each grabbed during this period.

Timber Ranking (1 point is equal to 1000 jin):

First place, Bai Dongying, 724
Second place, Chengfeng, 689
Third place, Liu Yuan, 674
Fourth place, Xu An, 663
Fifth place, Bai Wuting, 647
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Coal Mine Ranking (1 point is 20 jin):

First place, Yuan Cheng, 1520
Second place, Yue Feng, 1480
Third place, Hong Gang, 1470
Fourth place, Ying Xuan, 1380
Fifth place, Qiu Peng, 1370
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Iron Ore Ranking (1 point equals jin):
First place, Luoyuan, 3217
Second place, Xia Chuan, 3195
Third place, Zhao Long, 2995
Fourth place, Zhao Hu, 2871
Fifth place, Huang Yong, 2862
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All those gathered here at the moment are at the lumberjack level. Their focus is naturally on the first list. Everyone who sees their name among the top 30 has a look of surprise on their face.

"Captain is really amazing. It's only been 724 days since the start of the competition. points, which translates to more than trees. On average, we can bring back three trees every night. Hiss..."

After hearing this, everyone thought about it in their hearts and couldn't help but show surprise.

The mining competition started on January 27th, and as of today, it has been a total of forty-eight days. Based on the smaller trees on the periphery, which weigh an average of four to five thousand kilograms, this can be converted into four to five points.

If you do the math, it's true that there must be at least three trees every night.

"Why would we need three trees? In the past ten days or so, haven't you noticed that there are no smaller trees around here? The ones that are left now have a diameter of at least six or seven meters."

"Yes, I saw it. The tree that Captain Bai pushed back with a wheelbarrow last night was more than ten meters in diameter. I estimate it weighed tens of thousands of pounds."

"Tsk tsk, there's no comparison. Look, Lin Wan, who's ranked 542th, has points, and she's a woman. We can't beat her!"

"As I remember, Lin Wan is the wife of Master Yue Feng from the hunting team. His younger brother Lin Kai broke through the Digging Realm not long ago and also joined the hunting team. This whole family is full of ruthless people!"

"Haven't you noticed that the rankings of the Timber List have changed very little in recent days? I guess the final result will be pretty much the same as it is now."

"Nonsense, for the past ten days, no one can leave the valley within one kilometer. The wood outside the middle section of Redwood Ridge has probably been cut down by us. Nine days ago, Hong Mu's team alerted the cold beast when they were cutting trees. If the hunting team hadn't arrived in time, there would have been casualties."

"It's not just that time. In recent days, there are fewer and fewer trees available for felling. We have no choice at all. Many people who find cold beasts will come back to inform the hunting team and kill them first before felling them."

"Fortunately, these are just low-level cold beasts on the periphery. The leaders Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan can clean them up without any intervention."

"I've been exhausted for the past month and a half, and I've only got a little over 500 points. It looks like I'm out of luck in the top ."

"They are all the same. I have observed that everyone's frequency of going out, logging tools, and transportation tools are all exactly the same. The main difference is in logging efficiency. In the final analysis, it is still related to strength."

"Yes, logging and mining are essentially the same thing. The higher the basic strength, the greater the mining volume. This list can actually be regarded as an alternative strength ranking!"

"No wonder, I'm ranked just a little lower than you, and my basic strength is just over 200 pounds less than yours."

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"What are you all doing here? It's already so late. If you want to chat here, why don't you hurry up and practice!"

Xia Chuan hurriedly went up to the second floor with Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng. When he saw the crowd gathered at the entrance of the camp, he immediately started to scold them.

Most of Da Xia's current affairs are handled by Xia Chuan. In addition, since the one-kilometer ban was issued, Xia Hong has become more reclusive. His say in the camp has become stronger and his majesty has become stronger day by day.

When everyone heard the voice, they lowered their heads slightly when they thought of the recent situation of the camp.

"Sir, they all just came back from logging outside and have only been gathered here for a short while. They just looked at the list for a while!"

Shi Ping happened to come down from the third floor at this time. Seeing Xia Chuan's gloomy face, he hurried to help smooth things over, and nodded at everyone as he spoke.

After receiving the signal, everyone immediately dispersed.

Xia Chuan didn't care, he just asked Shi Ping:
"Has the leader returned yet?"

"I just came back. Tonight I brought back two frost wolves and a soaring dragon. I just sent the blood of the beasts up there. I have already started my retreat."

Seeing that Xia Chuan and the other two were anxious, Shi Ping guessed that something was wrong and hurriedly asked again: "Sir, do you want to see the leader for something?"

Upon hearing that Xia Hong had already started his retreat, Xia Chuan and the other two showed hesitation on their faces.

"It shouldn't be a big deal. We don't need to tell the leader, right?"

"Maybe we've been hunting too hard lately, so they were scared away."

"The one kilometer range is about 500 meters outside Hongmu Ridge. Recently, logging and hunting have all been concentrated in that area. In less than half a month, more than 20 low-level cold beasts have been killed. It is normal that there are no more."

"Most of the trees have been cut down. The cold beasts have no suitable places to stay, so they move to other places. It's normal."

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After hearing the conversation between Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng, Shi Ping finally understood.

Within 500 meters of the periphery, all the low-level cold beasts disappeared.

After only a moment's thought, Shi Ping agreed with their opinions.

To put it simply, the one-kilometer ban starts from the Daxia Valley and extends one kilometer to the west, that is, in the direction of Hongmu Ridge. All activities in Daxia in the near future are limited to this one-kilometer fan-shaped range.

It is five hundred meters from the valley to Redwood Ridge, which means that all logging, gathering and hunting activities in the camp in the near future must not exceed a depth of five hundred meters from Redwood Ridge.

If it were the original Daxia, such a large area would naturally be enough.

But the current Daxia is different from before.

There are more than 500 lumberjacks. Even if they take turns to go out, the amount of logging they do every day is astonishingly large; not to mention the low-level cold beasts. Not to mention that Xia Hong doesn't need to take action, there are already several people in the hunting team who can hunt them alone.

In addition, everyone knows that the resources can help Xia Hong break through to the cold-resistant level, and the threat from the Jingxian Camp is imminent. The ban was issued on the third day of March, and there are a total of twelve days to today. During these twelve days, everyone has been working hard to mine.

Therefore, it is understandable that the small area 500 meters outside the middle section has changed due to excessive resource exploitation.

Shi Ping thought so, and Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng also thought so.

Only Xia Chuan did not speak, he just lowered his head in thought.

Apparently, he saw it differently.

"Yuan Cheng, do you remember the time when the demon sheep broke into the camp when we were stationed on the slope?"

Hearing Xia Chuan's question, Yuan Cheng was stunned for a moment, then he thought about it and his expression immediately changed.

"You mean, this time is the same as last time?"

"What do you mean, what are you talking about?"

Luo Yuan didn't understand what the two were talking about, so he asked immediately.

Shi Ping standing by also looked puzzled.

Yuan Cheng quickly repeated it to the two of them.

In the early days when Daxia was stationed in Tupo, the wooden puppet controlled a demon sheep to break into the cave of Daxia's station. Taking advantage of the chaos in the camp, it killed a man named Wang Ping from Daxia, controlled the corpse and sneaked into the cave. At the last moment, it even sneak attacked Xia Hong.

Unfortunately, Xia Hong was prepared in advance and even coated himself with a layer of fire-condensing oil, so the monster failed to succeed. Upon hearing this, Luo Yuan and Shi Ping's faces changed immediately.

The two of them are now people of Da Xia, and are very familiar with the functions and properties of the iron smelting furnace, torches, and fire condensing oil, so they understood it immediately.

The fire in the iron furnace scares monsters, but not cold beasts!

Not only am I not afraid, I also have an obsession that is almost crazy.

They have been using torches to lure the cold beasts for such a long time, but they have become so crazy. What will be the reaction of those cold beasts if they see the iron furnace?
"My Lord, are you saying that the disappearance of the frigid beasts in the periphery did not mean that they disappeared completely, but that they gathered together. It is also very likely that they were gathered together by the strange monster in the Jingxian camp with the purpose of attacking our camp?"

As soon as Shi Ping opened his mouth, Yuan Cheng and Luo Yuan on the other side suddenly frowned, with horror flashing in their pupils.

"Then we must report to the leader immediately!"

As soon as Yuan Cheng opened his mouth, Xia Chuan immediately shook his head.

"This is just my guess. The camp has been plundering the resources in that small area outside recently. It is possible that this is the reason why all the cold beasts disappeared."

Hearing this, the three of them immediately fell into deep thought.

"It's a pity that we can't go out. If we can expand the range and see the distribution of cold beasts in other places, it will be easier to judge!"

Luo Yuan's tone was slightly regretful. The one-kilometer ban was still in place, and they certainly couldn't run around until Xia Hong asked to lift it.

It’s not that they are worried about disobeying Xia Hong’s orders, but the main reason is that the Jingxian Camp might be watching from the side. If it’s just people from the Jingxian Camp, they can still risk going out to take a look, but if they have contact with the monsters, they can’t do anything rash.

"This is a big deal. We should report it to the leader first. We are not strong enough to risk going out. The leader is strong, so maybe he can go and take a look. If he can confirm the situation, we can prepare!"

After hearing Yuan Cheng's words, Xia Chuan thought for a moment and nodded.

However, Shi Ping showed a hint of embarrassment at this moment.

He looked at Xia Chuan with a hint of hesitation and said:

"Sir, today the leader asked me to deliver all the animal blood I collected some time ago, totaling 1850 kilograms. It seems that he is going to retreat and officially strive for the cold-resistant level. When I first delivered it to him, he specifically told me not to disturb him unless it was something particularly important."

Shi Ping's words made Xia Chuan and the other two look stunned.

Since the ban was issued, Xia Hong has not been in seclusion for a long time.

He asked Shi Ping to deliver all 1850 kilograms of beast blood at once, and also gave him these instructions. It was obvious that Shi Ping's guess was most likely correct.

Xia Hong is really in seclusion, officially striving to reach the cold-resistant level!

This matter could be a big deal or a small one. If it was really as Xia Chuan expected, and it was done by the weird creature behind the Jingxian Camp, then there was nothing wrong with notifying Xia Hong.

But if it was a false alarm, not only would the notification be in vain, but it would also affect Xia Hong's retreat and cultivation.

Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng and Shi Ping all looked troubled and didn't dare to make a decision. They all turned their eyes to Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan hesitated for a long time, then spoke decisively:

"We can't inform the leader about such ambiguous matters. If he has to make the final decision on everything, what are we doing then?"

After setting the tone, he paused for a moment and continued:
"Whether it's true or not, we must be prepared first..."

“Hahahaha, I made a breakthrough, I made a breakthrough!”

Before Xia Chuan could finish his words, an excited voice suddenly came from the third floor.

Xia Chuan, who was interrupted, actually smiled.

"Is this the voice of Hong Gang's son, Hong Mu?"

"Even he has made a breakthrough!"

"This is the sixth one today."

"Six today?"

When they heard Shi Ping say that Hong Mu was the sixth person to make a breakthrough today, Xia Chuan and the other three showed even more joy on their faces.

"It's a pity that my elder brother has been practicing all this time. If he knew, he would definitely be happier!"

Xia Chuan looked up at Xia Hong's room on the third floor and was very excited.

On the third day of March, the one-kilometer ban was officially implemented, and the activity area of ​​the camp was reduced. Accordingly, there was no need for so many people to cut down trees.

The extra people cannot be idle.

Especially now, facing the threat from the Mirror Fairy Camp, it is urgent to enhance the overall strength of the camp.

Under Xia Hong's instruction, anyone in the camp with a basic strength close to 10,000 jin can be given priority to enter the martial arts training ground for training.

The martial arts training ground officially started operating on the 20th of last month. Initially, considering fairness and resource consumption, a queuing system was adopted. As long as you can afford contribution points a day, you can go up when it is your turn.

Special circumstances naturally require special treatment.

It is urgent to improve the strength of the camp now. Once Xia Hong gave the order, naturally no one objected.

So it almost started from the next day, which was the fourth day of March.

The camp welcomed a wave of breakthroughs in the Digging Realm.

Bai Dongying, Bai Wuting, Lu Sheng, and Lu Yang all made breakthroughs on the first day.

Tong Xinglong, Ying Yi, and Li Longkai, the next day.

After that, almost every day, two or three people made breakthroughs.

Today, there are six at once!
"Most people in the camp don't know that those who have broken through the Digging Realm have set aside time every day to cut trees in order to keep their ranking on the Timber List. If they weren't worried about surpassing others by too much, given their efficiency in cutting trees, those people in the Logging Realm would probably not be able to beat them even if they worked themselves to death."

Shi Ping looked at the timber ranking list behind him with a slightly strange expression.

Xia Chuan also looked in the direction he was looking, and saw that almost all of the top 20 people on the timber list had broken through to the digging realm. He thought for a moment, and suddenly frowned.

"You mean, those who have broken through to the Digging Stage still spend part of their time cutting trees every day, instead of focusing on mining?"

Seeing Xia Chuan's dark face when asking, Shi Ping's neck suddenly shrank, and he nodded with a hint of restraint on his face.

He himself is one of them, ranking seventh on the timber list.

"Shi Ping, go and inform all those who have broken through to the Digging Realm to go to the south mine to mine iron ore. Yuan Cheng, go and inform the hunting team to come to the iron forge. I will be waiting for them there."

Shi Ping heard the coldness in Xia Chuan's tone and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He turned around and went to inform others.

Yuan Cheng nodded and turned to leave.

Luo Yuan stood there with a puzzled look on his face, and said, "We have collected enough iron ore recently, and sent it all to the leader. Why do you want them to mine iron with all their strength?"

“Get ready!”

Xia Chuan only answered with three words. Luo Yuan lowered his head and thought for a moment. Immediately, his eyes lit up and he understood what he meant.

(End of this chapter)