Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 179 Resistance and Reasons

In the Ice Abyss world, it is undoubted that the weaker the camp, the more the humans hope to be integrated into a stronger camp.

After all, the stronger the camp, the higher the survival rate, the better the environment, and the more abundant supplies. Anyone with a normal brain would understand this.

Of course, it is not ruled out that in a few camps, some senior officials are unwilling to give up their superior status, and will resist and do everything possible to obstruct the merger.

But although Xia Chuan had not known Xiao Kangcheng and Xiao Ning, father and daughter, for a long time, he was basically certain that they were definitely not such people.

If that’s the case, then there must be another reason?

Remembering that he didn't know much about the camps in the Wuyuan Mountain area, Xia Chuan was silent for a moment, then asked, "You all seem to have concerns. Can you tell me the reasons? I am not talented, but I have some say in my own camp. As long as your requests are not excessive, I can agree on behalf of my leader. How do you do that?"

Xia Chuan's question received no response. Instead, after he said these words, Xiao Kangcheng and others became more alert.

The scene was silent for more than ten breaths. Xiao Kangcheng suddenly winked at a member of the hunting team, and that person turned around and left.

Xia Chuan's face darkened slightly, and although there was a hint of caution in his eyes, he was not too worried. He had just rescued Xiao Ning, and Xiao Kangcheng's temperament would not allow him to bring people to attack him.

Sure enough, the person who left came back soon.

But he was carrying a Snowmane and a Frost Wolf on his back. He walked over and placed the two prey directly in front of Xia Chuan.

This is the plan, to see the guests off!
As soon as he saw the two prey, Xia Chuan immediately understood what the other party meant.

"Master Xia Chuan saved my daughter today. I am very grateful. In our Xiaohe camp, besides people, if there is anything that Master likes, I will offer it to him with both hands. Please don't mention anything else."

Xiao Kangcheng's tone suddenly became so stiff that Xia Chuan was caught off guard.

He didn't expect that the other party would not even tell him the reason and directly rejected him. All the excuses he had prepared were useless.

Although he wanted to try again, seeing the obvious resistance and opposition on Xiao Kangcheng's face, Xia Chuan realized that too much is as bad as too little, so he held back.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and smiled:
"Don't worry, Chief Xiao. I saved Miss Xiao today purely by chance. I have no other intentions..."

After saying this, Xia Chuan paused and looked into Xiao Ning's eyes. The sincerity in his eyes made Xiao Ning's stiff expression dodge slightly.

"Since you don't welcome us, Xia Chuan should just leave!"

After saying that, Xia Chuan did not linger any longer. He stood up, bowed to Xiao Kangcheng, and then walked out.

"Sir, these two prey on the ground..."

Xiao Kangcheng reminded him to take the prey away, but Xia Chuan didn't even look back and walked out directly along the way he came in.

When he was about to leave, Xia Chuan suddenly remembered something, paused, took off the iron token from his waist, and threw it towards Xiao Kangcheng.

"There may be many people from Daxia active on the North Bank in the near future. To avoid unnecessary conflicts, I will give this token to Chief Xiao. If you encounter any trouble, you may want to give it a try. It may be useful."

Xiao Kangcheng took the token. Although his expression eased a little, he was still alert. He did not sit back in his chair until he confirmed that Xia Chuan had left the cave. The alertness on his face gradually turned into regret and self-blame.

"If he is a stranger, we can't bring him back to the camp. I was confused. Not only has our location been exposed, but even the strength of the camp has been discovered. If this person has any bad intentions, our situation will be bad..."

Hearing Xiao Kangcheng's words, Xiao Ning's two siblings, as well as the members of the hunting team all looked solemn.

"Captain, we can't blame you. Xia Chuan acted so kind from beginning to end, and his appearance was extremely deceptive. He actually revealed his true intentions only after entering the garrison. We didn't expect it."

"How dare he have any evil intentions? No matter how powerful he is, he is just one person. We didn't attack him today, which is already a break for him."

"He knows our location. What if we go back and inform the people from the Big Summer Camp to come together?"

"You're not afraid even if he comes. Do you really believe what he just said? If Da Xia's strength is really as strong as he said, why would they come to recruit people like us? In my opinion, he just made up things just now to deceive us."

"Of course, it's the same as the Three Tigers Camp. They'll use sweet words to trick us into taking the bait, and then when we really get there, except for the Digging Realm, ordinary people and the Woodcutting Realm will either be used as slaves or as bait for the Frost Beasts."

"The Five Ape Mountain has been ruined by those three evil tigers. Now, Da Xia has come again."

"The cold wave is coming again recently. It's going to be a troubled time!"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Recently, tell the people in the camp not to go too far at night, and try to stay nearby when you go out to cut trees. Go down and notify them!"

After the audience talked for a while, Xiao Kangcheng interrupted them directly.

Everyone immediately dispersed to notify, but Xiao Ning was the only one who did not move.

Seeing that his eldest daughter was holding the token that Xia Chuan had just left in her hand with a dazed look on her face, Xiao Kangcheng looked at her and his expression gradually became strange.

"Ning'er, you're not still thinking about..."

Xiao Ning came back to his senses from his trance, and seeing the look in his father's eyes, he immediately stamped his feet and said angrily: "Dad, what are you thinking about!"

After she finished speaking, she paused, raised the token, and said with a gradually heavy expression: "I just think that the workmanship of this token may not be made by the Three Tigers Camp. Even if what Xia Chuan said just now is really bragging, the strength of the Great Xia Camp should not be underestimated, and it may not even be weaker than the Three Tigers Camp."

Xiao Kangcheng took the token and looked at it carefully for a while, his expression became serious.

The token was rectangular and about the size of a fist. In addition to the raised "云炬" on the front, there was also a tiny word "夏" at the top. Except for the font, the rest of the token and the surrounding area were deliberately carved with a layer of cloud patterns, making it more beautiful.

The density of iron in the Bingyuan World is very high. A fist-sized piece weighs forty to fifty kilograms. Xiao Kangcheng weighed this token and knew it weighed more than fifty kilograms.

It’s not that making a token is difficult, but the main thing is that they are willing to use so much iron to make a token, and also spend a lot of effort to make beautiful cloud patterns, which in itself can explain a lot.

"This Daxia camp has no shortage of diggers, iron, coal, and even cold beast meat. These points alone are enough to prove that their strength is not much different from the Three Tigers Camp."

Hearing his daughter's words, Xiao Kangcheng frowned, thinking of the two prey on the ground just now, which Xia Chuan didn't even look at, and the iron scabbard of the thin and long knife hanging on his waist, and nodded slightly.

"But, Dad..."

Xiao Ning hesitated for a moment, two red clouds appeared on his cheeks, he raised his head and continued:
"I feel that Brother Xia Chuan is different from the people in the Sanhu camp."

Finished!

Seeing his daughter's reaction, two words immediately popped up in Xiao Kangcheng's mind.

A hero saves a beauty. Besides, Xia Chuan is handsome and has great abilities at a young age. Coupled with his elegant and extraordinary temperament, it is normal for the daughter to be unable to control her heart and be moved.

Not to mention the Xiaohe camp, even in the Wuyuan Mountain area, no matter how talented the young men were, his daughter Xiao Ning had never taken a liking to them. Seeing that his daughter was already eighteen years old and still not married, Xiao Kangcheng was anxious. Now that a good match had finally appeared, he should be happy.

The problem was, thinking about the fact that he knew nothing about Xia Chuan and that the other party had clearly shown the intention to take over, he felt more worried and hesitant.

The lesson learned from the Sanhu Camp is too profound.

If Da Xia were the same as them, then it would not be a good match, but a huge danger.

"Let's wait and see. According to what Xia Chuan said, there will be a lot of people from the Great Xia Camp coming to the North Shore recently. We will observe them then."

………………Just when Xiao Kangcheng and the others were feeling uneasy, Xia Chuan here just learned from Zhao Hu the reason why they had such a reaction.

"That is to say, the Three Tigers Camp previously used deception to annex many camps, but the rule of their camp is to concentrate all resources on supplying the top leaders. Except for the families of the Diggers, the Woodcutters and ordinary people are either used as slaves or as bait for the Frost Beasts, and their fates are all miserable?"

Hearing Xia Chuan's question, Zhao Hu, who had been talking for a long time, nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Not only the woodcutters and ordinary people, but even some diggers could not escape. From what I heard, even some diggers had to listen to the three leaders because their families were controlled."

Even the Digging Realm is threatened!

Xia Chuan frowned, but before he could speak, Zhao Hu continued:
"In the beginning, the population of Wuyuan Mountain was about 20,000 to 30,000 people. There were about 30 to 40 camps of all sizes, including more than 10 medium-sized camps and more than 20 small camps. The Sanhu camp was one of the medium-sized camps. They used this method to harm almost 60 to 70 percent of the small camps. They even deceived two medium-sized camps. After they were deceived, someone escaped from the two medium-sized camps and made the matter public. That's why they were not so easily deceived afterwards."

After hearing this, Xia Chuan finally understood why Xiao Kangcheng and others reacted like that.

Maybe Xiaohe Camp had also been deceived, but the scammer just didn't succeed.

"After defrauding so many people, how strong is this Sanhu camp?"

Hearing this question, Zhao Hu frowned slightly and shook his head, saying, "The Xiaohe camp I found has a population of only over 200 people. Not many people know much about it and they are very wary of me. If I hadn't used some tricks, I probably wouldn't have been able to find out about this."

What means were used?
Xia Chuan raised his eyebrows slightly, looked up at Zhao Hu and the nine members of the Steel Mane Squad behind him, and noticed that their expressions were evasive, and he immediately understood.

This is either beating someone or threatening someone.

It's normal to think about it. Ten people at the Digging Realm can almost crush a small camp with a population of only more than 200 people.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Hu would definitely not be as polite as he was to the Xiaohe Camp. After all, the difference in status and strength between the two sides was too great.

"Master Si Cheng, the camp here is too wary of us, and we can't communicate well. It's better to be tough and take them into the camp first. After a long time, they will realize the many benefits of joining Da Xia, and naturally they will no longer have any objections to us."

Thinking of his experience in Xiaohe Camp, Xia Chuan could understand Zhao Hu, but he did not agree directly. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head:

"We can't use this method often. It can only be used in extreme cases when we encounter a small camp with a small population. In most other cases, we still have to use normal persuasion. After all, we are absorbing people into the camp. If people have a negative impression of the camp before they arrive, their integration will be slowed down, and we will be the ones who suffer in the end..."

Having said this, Xia Chuan paused and said solemnly:
"Killing people is absolutely not allowed."

When Zhao Hu heard the last sentence, he immediately waved his hand, shook his head and said with a smile:
"I can't bear to kill someone with 50 contribution points!"

"Hahaha, yes, we won't kill him if he's so valuable."

"We won't do a business that loses money."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The members of the Steel Mane Squad behind him laughed and started to make a noise when they heard this.

Xia Chuan also smiled. Indeed, he would not kill anyone.

There are three main channels for rewarding pioneering contribution points:
One is map expansion, changing a point every ten meters;
The second is to discover camps, ranging from small to giant, ranging from 500 to 1.

The third is to absorb outsiders into the camp, 50 points each, with no upper limit.

The members of the hunting team may only get about 30 contribution points for hunting a low-level cold beast. 50 contribution points can be enough for them to hunt twice. Who would be stupid enough to kill these people?

"Sir, we are back!"

Xia Chuan turned around and found that not far away, Shi Ping and the other eight members of the Yunjiao team were also rushing towards him.

"You look so happy, what's going on? Did you find anything?"

Seeing the excitement on Shi Ping's face, Xia Chuan felt something and asked.

Shi Ping nodded heavily and said, "I found a logging team with more than 20 people. The leader is Shen Dong. Their camp is called Muchuan. There are more than 400 people in total. I have talked to Shen Dong. They are very wary of outsiders and did not agree directly. They only said that if we sincerely invite him, we can wait for him at the old place next time. He will send someone to our Daxia to take a look. If the situation is true, they will bring the whole camp and merge into Daxia."

Sure enough, not only the Xiaohe Camp, but all the camps in the Wuyuan Mountain area were messed up by the Sanhu Camp and were very wary of outsiders.

Xia Chuan looked at Shi Ping, made some rough guesses, and finally shook his head.

They ran into a logging team, which means that Shi Ping didn't know the exact location of the Muchuan camp, and he probably met Shen Dong and his group in the dense forest.

Shen Dong must have seen that Shi Ping and the other nine were too powerful, so he didn't dare to refuse them in person. He was also unsure whether Shi Ping would use force, so he deliberately said that he would send someone to Da Xia first before they met next time to ensure his own safety.

There is a high probability that the other party will not come to the old place next time.

Xia Chuan looked around and saw that his teammates and Zhao Hu's teammates were all there. He didn't say much. He just thought for a moment and then led everyone back.

Shi Ping was not stupid. Seeing that Xia Chuan was not interested in hearing his discovery, he started chatting with Zhao Hu on the way back. When he learned about the Three Tigers Camp in Wuyuan Mountain and the surrounding camps, his face immediately turned ugly.

He also realized that he had probably been fooled by Shen Dong.

Next time he goes to the old place and the person doesn’t come, where can he find him?

"Don't worry, we are lucky. At least we have made a discovery. The Xuanwu team has been here recently but didn't find anything. The Longwu and Shenwu teams have come to help him. There are still more than 20 days left. We should spend more time on this. We hope to be bigger than them!"

After hearing Xia Chuan's words, Shi Ping's expression improved a lot.

Right now the camp is competing for the position of the director of the pioneer department. Looking at the recent movements of the Xuanwu team, it is obvious that Hong Guang is determined to get this position. The captains of the Longwu and Shenwu teams are Yuwen Tao and Hong Tian respectively, and it is obvious that these two people also want to help him.

"My Lord has high hopes for me, I must not let him down. The Yunjiao team has completed the hunting target for this month. I will come here every night and must attract enough people to take the position of Chief Officer!"

Thinking of how Xia Chuan brought all the members of the Yunjiao team and also brought in Zhao Hu's Golden Eagle team just to fight for the position of Si Zheng for him, Shi Ping secretly made up his mind that he must not lose.

The leader, Xia Chuan, combined the information brought back by Zhao Hu and Shi Ping in his mind, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"It seems that the problem lies with this Sanhu camp. If we want to bring all the camps here into Daxia, we must first solve this Sanhu camp. Small camps definitely don't know much, so the breakthrough point is still in Xiaohe camp!"

This is different from the past. Although Dachuan, Dashi, Huang Zhao... these families are not familiar with Daxia, they all make a living in Hongmuling. Even if they don’t know each other well, at least they have a certain basic relationship, so it is not so troublesome to merge.

Wuyuan Mountain is different. It is geographically far away from Daxia, and the situations on both sides are different. People there will not come to Daxia blindly just because you say a few words.

In the world of Bingyuan, trust is a very precious thing.

This is especially true for the weak humans in the camp.

"Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Zhao Long, Zhao Bao, Huang Yong and other five teams should have completed their targets for this month. Starting from tomorrow night, have them all come here and find out the situation of the camp in Five Ape Mountain. It would be best if they could find the location of the Three Tigers camp. I want to see how scary those three evil tigers are!"

When Zhao Bao heard Xia Chuan's words, a hint of excitement suddenly appeared on his face.

"Hehe, with so many people coming, it will be a lively scene. It doesn't matter if the target is not completed. Although there are not many cold beasts on the north bank, you can find them if you look carefully. Hunting a few of them is like a piece of cake."

Shi Ping was different. He realized that Xia Chuan wanted the other five people from the hunting team to come and help him, and he suddenly felt more pressured.

(End of this chapter)