Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 192: The Stimulated Xiao Heng's New House Xia Li
The first year of Daxia, the fifth day of the fifth month

"A new record has been set, an eleven-year-old logging expert."

"It's only been a short while. The new record was only set half a month ago, and it's broken again?"

"Eleven years old, one year younger than before. This is too fast."

"Amazing!"

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In the martial arts hall behind the wooden building in the valley, Xiao Heng was practicing boxing to release the energy of the beast meat in his body. Hearing the sudden noise in front of him, he became curious.

"Someone broke through again?"

"who is it?"

"I think his name is Liu Peng. This time he broke the record in the logging realm."

"Master Qiu Peng is here and personally awarded me 500 contribution points!"

"Tsk, 500 points is enough for ten days of training at the martial arts hall."

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After hearing about the 500-point reward, Xiao Heng and Xiao Lin next to him looked at each other, with envy in their eyes.

"500 contribution points. Uncle Cheng and my father only get a little over 500 points for hunting a low-level frigid beast. If people share, that's points per person. contribution points, they may not even be able to earn that much in a month just by hunting."

Xiao Lin's father is Xiao Yuan, so he is very clear about the situation of the hunting team. 500 contribution points is indeed a huge sum for an individual.

"Today is the fifth day, and father and his team have only hunted three cold beasts in total. This is much better than before in Five Ape Mountain, but compared to other teams, it seems a little lacking."

Xiao Lin nodded and said, "I heard yesterday that the five teams, Dragon Slayer, Falcon, Steel Mane, Golden Eagle, and Zhaolong, have already completed their guaranteed quota for this month. How exaggerated!"

When Xiao Heng heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The guaranteed quota is fifteen cold beasts. Xiao Lin heard about it yesterday. Doesn't that mean that these five teams can hunt four cold beasts on average every day?

"It's scary, isn't it? I heard from my father that the captains of these five teams all went hunting with the leader in the early days. They are not only strong, but also know the habits of cold beasts very well and have rich hunting experience. We who came from Five Ape Mountain are no match for them."

"I know that my father has been visiting Yuan Cheng, the captain of the dragon-slaying team, to learn about the habits of various cold beasts and the key points of hunting them."

Xiao Lin loved to join in the fun. Seeing that people in front were gathered together discussing something, he greeted Xiao Heng and went over to listen.

Xiao Heng stayed where he was and continued boxing. Thinking about what happened yesterday when Yuan Cheng came to see his father and the conversation his father had with him after he left, his expression became much heavier.

"Still playing every day? Do you know how old this Yuan Cheng is this year?"

"How big?"

"Eighteen years old! The same age as your future brother-in-law. His basic strength is already 29,000. He will soon be able to use beast blood to break through to the Cold Resistance Level. You are so cheerful every day, thinking that you are amazing just because you broke through the Woodcutting Level. If you don't hurry up and practice, you will not be able to compete with those people of the same age in Daxia. I estimate that even your two sisters will be far behind you."

Father Xiao Kangcheng's words hit Xiao Heng's heart like a heavy hammer.

In Wuyuan Mountain, in Xiaohe Camp, he was a fifteen-year-old logging genius who was highly regarded by everyone in the camp and was doted on by his parents and two sisters.

But when he arrived in Daxia, he realized that he was nothing.

Especially in recent days, his father and Uncle Yuan spent money to let him and Xiao Lin enter the martial arts hall to practice. As he got to know more people and understood more, he became more aware of his own talent, which was not worth mentioning in Daxia.

If he still has a chance to catch up with Yuan Cheng, then his future brother-in-law Xia Chuan and the current Director of the Hunting Department Yuwen Tao are basically out of his reach.

At the age of eighteen, he had reached the limit of the Digging Realm and had already started using beast blood. He was about to break through to the Cold Resistance Level.

Not to mention, at the very top, there is a leader, Xia Hong.

When he learned a few days ago that the leader was only twenty years old, he was stunned.

No wonder my father used Yuan Cheng to motivate himself.

If these three people were used, it would not be an encouragement but a blow.

Xiao Lin also found out the situation by now and came over excitedly.

"Ah Heng, I found out that the brother of Liu Peng who just broke through, Liu Yuan, is a member of the Yunjiao team. I heard that Liu Yuan is very rich and often sends his brother to the martial arts hall to practice. No wonder he broke through so quickly!"

When Xiao Heng heard that Liu Yuan was a member of the Yunjiao team, he was shocked.

"That's not surprising. The members of the Yunjiao team have no shortage of contribution points. I heard from my eldest sister that Lord Si Cheng's team is likely to become the first intermediate hunting team in Daxia. I heard that they have successfully hunted down two intermediate cold beasts."

Xiao Lin nodded immediately and said, "I've also heard from my father that the first intermediate hunting team is either the Yunjiao team or the Longwu team."

As he was talking, Xiao Lin thought of something, and a hint of envy appeared in his eyes. He joked: "Hey, you still call me Si Cheng Sir? You should call me brother-in-law."

Xiao Heng was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything and continued practicing boxing.

Of course, he could see the envy in Xiao Lin's eyes.

He probably knew what the other party was thinking. For those of them who were sprinting to the Digging Realm, what they were most concerned about at the moment was the situation of each hunting team. After all, once they broke through the Digging Realm, they would have to enter the Hunting Department, and then they would have to select a team to enter.

Xiao Lin probably thought that with Xia Chuan as his brother-in-law, he would definitely be able to join the Yunjiao team in the future.

If I say I don't want to go in, that would be a lie.

But Xiao Heng has other plans.

My father Xiao Kangcheng also created a team called Xiaoshan. Originally, they were going to name it Xiaohe, but the hunting department issued a regulation that the name of the original camp was not allowed to be used, so they changed it to Xiaoshan.

The Xiaoshan team was obviously founded by my father in memory of the Xiaohe camp.

Even though they are very weak now and don't rank high among the twenty-three hunting teams, Xiao Heng has seen his father's hard work.

So if nothing unexpected happens, once he breaks through the Digging Realm, he will definitely join the Xiaoshan team to help his father.

Thinking of the breakthrough, Xiao Heng immediately asked: "Ah Lin, what is the current record for breaking through the Digging Realm?"

Xiao Lin loved to ask about these things, so he immediately answered, "Fifteen years and nine months old, named Li Yuanqing."

Fifteen years and nine months.

Hearing this number, Xiao Heng suddenly looked a little frustrated.

He is already fifteen years and seven months old, and his basic strength is 7400 kilograms. According to his current training progress, it is almost impossible for him to break through to the Digging Realm and break this record in the next two months.

"Ah Heng, don't think about it. Our lives were too hard before. Our cultivation talents and physical foundations are no match for those people in Da Xia. For example, Liu Peng, who just broke through the woodcutting realm, do you think he is that powerful? I just went over and heard them discussing that Liu Peng's record will probably be gone in two days."

Xiao Heng was puzzled when he heard this. Breaking through to the woodcutting realm at the age of eleven was already exaggerated enough, but he was gone after two days. What did that mean?
"There are several children in their early teens who are striving to reach the logging realm. One of them, Lu Dong, is already on the verge of a breakthrough and is sure to break the record."

Xiao Heng has become a little numb.

He broke through to the Lumberjack realm at the age of thirteen, which caused a sensation in the camp for several months. His father also said that there was probably no one younger than him who had reached the Lumberjack realm in the Five Ape Mountains.

Just over ten years old, already at the logging stage!

"Ah Lin, we have to practice quickly. Don't waste time. 50 contribution points a day is not cheap. You have to make good use of it. We don't know when we will come in next time."

Xiao Heng felt a strong sense of urgency and immediately started practicing after he finished speaking.

There are only 200 places in the martial arts hall every day. You can't come in to practice just because you have contribution points.

The Supply Department divided the places for the martial arts hall into three parts according to the level of cultivation: the Digging Realm had the most, accounting for 120 places; the Logging Realm had 50 places; and the places below the Logging Realm had 30 places.

On this basis, they have to take turns, which shows how tight the places are.

There are more than 50 loggers in the camp now. With only loggers' places available, it would take Xiao Lin at least three months to come in once.

He himself was in a better situation because he had good qualifications and the quartermaster department would give him special care, but even so, he could only come in once more than a month.

In recent days, he and Xiao Lin were able to come in to practice. Not only were the contribution points provided by their respective fathers, but even the quotas were given by their fathers.

This situation is not an exception in the camp. Many older diggers do the same.

The Supply Department recently issued a clear regulation on this, stating that admission to the martial arts hall can be transferred, but only between blood relatives.

As a result, not only him and Xiao Lin, but also the others who replaced their fathers or relatives and came in to practice, were also very hardworking.

"Time's up, everyone get out!"

Time passed slowly, and as the person in charge of the martial arts hall gave reminders, all the people who had practiced for a day walked out one after another.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Lin were also in the crowd. They felt that their basic strength had improved a lot. While they were excited, they felt a little reluctant.

"It would be nice if I could stay in the martial arts hall and train forever."

"It's unrealistic, and we're not the only ones who want to become stronger..."

Xiao Heng shook his head slightly and pointed in front of the martial arts hall.

Outside the martial arts hall, two hundred people were already prepared, and they immediately moved in after their group walked out.

Xiao Lin shrugged, and followed the crowd towards the wooden building with Xiao Heng.

It was the last moment before dawn. As they walked, they found that a small part of the crowd went around the wooden building and went to the side.

"What are they going to do?"

Xiao Lin's curious nature was immediately exposed. He quickly moved to the front row and followed, not forgetting to pull Xiao Heng along.

The two followed the crowd around the wooden building and arrived in front of it, which was the west side. As several wooden houses came into view, the discussions of the crowd in front also came into their ears.

"Is the completed house the house of Lord Si Cheng?" "Of course. The house next to it that is under construction is the home of Lord Yuan Cheng, the captain of the Dragon Slayer Team."

"In addition to these two buildings, there are eight more currently under construction. So many?"

"The names of the owners are written on the roof of the house. You can see for yourself."

“3号罗源、4号赵龙、5号赵虎、6号赵豹、7号黄勇、8号洪刚、9号应轩、10号岳锋，这八人，身上贡献值怎么会这么多？我记得11号地皮就得5000点了，3到10号地皮，离木楼更近，不得更贵么？”

"Nonsense, Lord Luo Yuan is the captain of the Tiger and Leopard Squad; Lords Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, and Zhao Bao are also the captains of the Falcon, Steel Mane, and Golden Eagle Squads respectively; Lord Huang Yong is the captain of the Zhaolong Squad. You must know about these five hunting teams, right?"

"So it was them, no wonder."

"That's not right. Lord Si Cheng, Lord Yuan, and these five captains, their hunting team is strong, so it's understandable that they have a lot of contribution points, but what about the other three?"

"I remember that Lord Yue Feng's Shanhe Squad was only established last month, so its strength should not be very strong. Hong Gang and Ying Xuan are not captains of hunting teams, so how come they have so many contribution points?"

"You don't understand this, right? Yue Feng, Hong Gang, and Ying Xuan were all members of Da Xia's first hunting team. I heard that in the early days, they followed the leader out hunting and earned a lot of contribution points, but they were useless, so they only have so many."

"I see. I was wondering if the Longwu team was very strong. Why didn't I see Yuwen Sizheng buying land to build a house? He just joined the Daxia camp last month, so his contribution should not be enough."

"Hey, look at the sign in front of lot 11."

Hearing what that person said, Xiao Heng and Xiao Lin quickly turned around to look.

There is a sign right in front of Plot No. 11 with the three characters "Yuwen Tao" written on it, which obviously means it has an owner.

"Master Si Zheng is really awesome. I heard that he just came to the Great Xia Camp on March 5000th. It has only been a month and a half since he founded the Longwu Squadron. He has come up with contribution points. How many cold beasts did he have to hunt?"

"After all, they are the only two hunting teams that can hunt intermediate-level cold beasts. I heard that if the Longwu team had not been transferred to Mirror Valley for garrison recently, they might have been promoted to the intermediate level faster than the Yunjiao team."

"The Cloud Dragon Squad hasn't reached the intermediate level yet, right?"

"Not yet, but it will be soon. They have already hunted a mid-level snow mane and a mid-level demon sheep. They are still short of three mid-level cold beasts."

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Xiao Heng and Xiao Lin looked at the two completed houses not far away and the other eight under construction, their eyes full of envy.

Neither of them was interested in listening to the discussions around them, their hearts were filled with longing.

"Ah Lin, tell me, when can we move out and build a house of our own?"

Xiao Lin thought for a moment and replied, "5000 contribution points. My father said that it would take at least four months to save them."

Iron ore is still under control in the camp, and only wood is allowed to be used to build houses. Wood can be cut from outside by oneself, so the highest cost is still the land. Other than that, it is nothing more than paying a little labor fee to the craftsmen. Someone has already calculated that it is less than 300 points, which is almost negligible compared to the land price.

This answer obviously did not satisfy Xiao Heng.

He shook his head and said, "I'm talking about a house that belongs entirely to us. It wasn't built for you by your father."

When Xiao Lin heard this, he just stood there in a daze.

Just next to the wooden building, the sound of a group of children playing and fighting could be heard.

"Luo An, when will your house be ready?"

"My dad said it will be fine the day after tomorrow. Then my mom and I can move in. We won't have to squeeze in here anymore, haha."

"Wow, that's great. I want to move out too."

"Zou Ping, let your father go out and do it too."

"My dad said the contribution value is still a little short, it will probably take a few days."

"That will be soon, Zhao Quan. Your house will be finished soon too, right?"

"My father said that he will be fine in three days. He lives next door to your house."

"Hahaha, then we can practice and play together."

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Hearing the voices of a group of six or seven-year-old children, Xiao Lin's face suddenly turned red.

"Did you hear that, A-Lin? Only these kids rely on their father for everything. We are not young anymore. I heard from my father that two years ago, the leader was eighteen and the secretary was sixteen. At that time, there were only more than a hundred people in the Great Xia camp, and there was only one logging team. They all died at the hands of the monster.

The chief and Si Cheng brothers were given the task in a time of crisis. In just two years, they not only became so strong, killed the strange monster, avenged their father, but also developed the Great Xia camp to be so powerful now. If the two of us were to encounter such a situation, do you think we could do it?"

Not to mention that it is impossible to do it, in such a predicament, it is hard to say whether you can survive.

Xiao Lin simply shook his head. He had never seen a monster before. He only heard about it from his father. It was an extremely terrifying creature. If you encounter it, you will surely die.

"So, we have to work hard. Da Xia has such good conditions. If we continue to be like before, we will definitely be left far behind by others. We don't ask to compare with the geniuses like the leader and Si Cheng and Si Zheng, but at the very least, we can't be left too far behind by our peers."

"I understand, Ah Heng!"

Hearing the seriousness in Xiao Heng's tone, Xiao Lin nodded heavily and felt more determined.

To be honest, his qualifications are not as good as Xiao Heng's. Even Xiao Heng felt so pressured when he came to Da Xia. If he doesn't work hard, he can still live a good life now relying on his father, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future.

Everything in Daxia is based on strength. If you want something, you have to exchange it with contribution points, and contribution points are actually a quantitative indicator of strength.

"Xiao Heng, why are you standing outside? Come back with me."

A soft voice suddenly sounded behind Xiao Heng. He quickly turned around and saw his elder sister Xiao Ning standing behind him. He immediately smiled.

"Sister, you are back!"

"I just came back from hunting. My father and his men went to the camp supply department to hand in the game, so they asked me to come back first. I just happened to run into you."

Upon hearing that his father and everyone had returned, Xiao Heng smiled and pulled Xiao Lin beside him back to the wooden building.

The Xiaoshan team also goes out hunting every night. It is almost dawn now, and it is indeed time for them to return to the camp.

Xiao Ning followed behind and looked at Xiao Heng with a hint of relief in his eyes.

Based on Xiao Heng's personality during the time in Five Ape Mountain, it was impossible for him to say those words just now.

It has only been more than half a month since I came to the Daxia camp, but my brother has changed so much.

"If my father knew, he would definitely be very happy."

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Xiao Kangcheng, his wife and three children make up a total of five people in his family.

Although he also led a hunting team and had a special relationship with Si Cheng Xia Chuan, his status in the camp was not low, but he did not enjoy any special treatment.

When the housing was distributed on the 21st of last month, their family was also assigned to a room with eight other households according to Xiachuan's household registration system.

However, they were assigned to the third floor of the wooden building.

The rooms on the first and second floors of the wooden building have a side length of 10 meters, which is 100 square meters. Since there are only 100 rooms on the third floor, the side length of each floor is 20 meters, which is 400 square meters.

This can be considered a special treatment, but it is not aimed at Xiao Kangcheng's family, but at all the Digging Realm people in the camp.

It is impossible for nine households to live together.

Because there was enough space, and since they were all in the Digging Realm and had enough money, they simply got some wooden boards and left two one-meter-wide aisles horizontally and vertically, dividing the large room into nine independent small rooms.

Xiao Kangcheng and his family lived in the west room of No. 96 on the third floor.

Xiao Ning took Xiao Heng and Xiao Lin to the third floor. Before they reached home, they saw a large group of people gathered at their door.

"Congratulations, Captain Xiao."

"Where are your eldest and second daughters? Si Cheng has been here for so long, why haven't the two daughters arrived yet?"

"I guess they are too shy to see anyone, hahaha!"

"Master Si Cheng, what is this step called? Proposal, right?"

"It's about proposing marriage. Didn't you hear what Lord Si Cheng just said? Proposing marriage first, and then after the bride agrees, we'll set a date to welcome the bride, and finally the marriage will take place."

"This whole process is called Xia Li?"

"No, no, this is just a part of the wedding in Xia Li's etiquette. Didn't Lord Si Cheng say that he was just making a template today? Whether we should follow it in the future is entirely up to us."

"Then I have to take a good look at what the difference is between having a wedding and not having a wedding, hahahaha."

"Today is the day, many girls came to see it, I heard it's very interesting."

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As soon as he got closer and heard the discussions of the crowd, Xiao Ning vaguely realized something. His face suddenly turned red and he didn't dare to approach the house for a while.

"Silly girl, what are you doing standing there? Come here quickly."

Lin Lan, who had sharp eyes, spotted the eldest daughter at the back of the crowd at a glance, and immediately came over with a smile and pulled Xiao Ning back home from the crowd.

"The big girl is back, the big girl is back."

"Master Si Cheng, the person you are going to marry has arrived."

"Hahaha, here it comes."

(End of this chapter)