Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 200: Yun Jiao's promotion, amount of beast blood used
When Xia Chuan brought 19 people and pulled the Lei Kui back to the camp, it did not cause much sensation among ordinary people.

Not to mention the earliest group of people from Da Xia, Xia Hong had brought back three to four intermediate-level cold beasts every night for nearly half a month in order to quickly break through the cold-resistant level. As a result, they now have no reaction when they see intermediate-level cold beasts.

The two groups of people from Jingxian and Wuyuanshan who had recently merged were also surprised at first, but after living in the valley for so long, following the stories told by the people from Daxia and seeing so many intermediate cold beast materials with their own eyes, they were no longer surprised.

Besides, this is not the first time that the Yunjiao team has brought back a mid-level cold beast.

Not only Xia Chuan's Yunjiao team, but also Yuwen Tao's Longwu team had brought back several intermediate-level cold beasts before.

Now, almost everyone in the camp knows that both the Yunjiao and Longwu teams have the ability to hunt intermediate-level cold beasts.

But this is for ordinary people.

For the people in the hunting department, it was completely different.

Ordinary people don’t know how difficult it is to go out and hunt cold beasts, but they do.

Therefore, every time the two teams brought back intermediate prey, the people from the hunting department would quickly come over to watch the fun. While congratulating them, they would also look for members of the two teams to learn hunting techniques and prepare for their future hunts.

Of course, there is the most important point.

Everyone in the Hunting Department knows that these two teams are currently competing for the title of Daxia's first intermediate hunting team.

Some people, seeing that the Yunjiao team brought back a mid-level Lei Kui this time, thought about it in their minds and immediately became excited.

The Yunjiao team has been promoted to an intermediate hunting team!
Those who are foresighted have already realized this;
The others only found out three days later, on May 23, when Luo Yuan, deputy director of the Hunting Department, announced the promotion.

As the news spread, the whole camp was in an uproar, and a large group of people ran to the door of the hunting department on the second floor to watch.

There is a wooden board hanging at the entrance of the hunting department.

The wooden board records the merit rankings of all teams for the month from high to low.

First place, Yunjiao team: 44300 (intermediate)
Second place, Longwu team: 28190
Third place, Shenwu team: 16720
Fourth place, Zhenwu team: 16290
Fifth place, Tiger and Leopard Team: 16180
16020th place, Yingwu team:
Seventh place, Dragon Slayer Team: 15890
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280th place, Xihua team:
"Aren't there only thirty hunting teams in Daxia? How come seventeen more have appeared?"

"Hey, you don't know yet. Five days ago, Lord Si Cheng ordered that the force standard for creating a hunting team be lowered to 15000. Seventeen more teams have emerged in the past few days."

"No wonder. I was wondering why the last dozen or so teams had so few merits."

"Don't underestimate them. They were just created, and the five frosty beasts they tested don't accumulate merit. For example, the Xihua team only has 280 merits. They probably just hunted a low-level snowmane and handed it in. If you count the five tested beasts, think about it again!"

After hearing what that person said, the people around him lowered their heads and thought for a moment. Immediately, their expressions perked up and became slightly solemn.

The assessment task for creating a hunting team is to hunt down five low-level cold beasts of different species. The teams that make it onto the merit list must have completed it.

It has only been five days since Si Cheng gave the order, which means that during these five days, these teams not only completed the assessment, but also started bringing back more prey.

Take the Xihua team, which ranked the lowest, as an example. They hunted at least six cold beasts in the past five days, and they were five different species.

This difficulty is not low.

"Master Si Cheng's Yunjiao team is too strong. Today is only the 23rd, and they have already earned 44,000 merits. If converted into low-level cold beasts, there are almost a hundred of them. Five every night, this is too exaggerated."

"Hehe, all converted to low-level, you really dare to think so. Didn't you notice that the suffix of the Yunjiao team is intermediate? I heard that the Yunjiao team has hunted seven intermediate-level cold beasts this month."

"A mid-level cold beast costs at least 4000 yuan per head, and seven of them would cost nearly yuan. No wonder it's so expensive."

"This is the first intermediate team in our camp, and it is led by Lord Si Cheng himself. What do you think?"

"Lord Si Zheng's Longwu Squad is not bad either. It's already 28,000, which is a lot after conversion. But their merit points seem to have remained the same. I remember seeing this a few days ago, and it was also this much."

"I know. Didn't a beast tide break out in the Arrow Bamboo Forest five days ago? I heard that the three teams of Longwu, Xiongwu, and Shanhe were trapped in Jinggu. The leaders also went there. They haven't come back for so many days. Of course, their merits have not changed."

"No wonder. I was wondering why I haven't seen Master Si Zheng for several days."

"The Yunjiao team has 44,000 merit points. If the average is divided among all the members of the team, each person will get 2,200 points. This month is not over yet. In a month, they can earn 3,000 contribution points just from hunting, right?"

"You haven't seen that the members of the Yunjiao team have made a lot of contribution points. Last time I saw one of their ordinary team members, he exchanged two animal bone chairs in the camp supply department at once, 70 points each. It's too extravagant."

"It's the first intermediate team. I heard that the Hunting Department will give a lot of rewards and will also expand the upper limit of the number of team members. They should be recruiting soon."

"Someone told me before that Lord Si Cheng is not as strong as Lord Si Zheng, and that the Longwu Squad must be the first intermediate team in our Da Xia. I almost believed it."

"I heard from those people in Daxia that Lord Si Cheng had killed a monster with his own hands and had inherited a very powerful tradition. How could his strength be inferior to that of Si Zheng? I think some people are just spreading rumors."

"Si Cheng is the leader's younger brother, how could his strength be inferior? Just use your brain to figure it out."

"No, the Yunjiao team will definitely be expanding soon. I am just a little bit away from the Digging Realm. I have to break through quickly and find a way to get in."

"I also need to go……"

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Hong Yu, Meng Ao and Zhu Kang were also in the crowd. When they heard the people around them questioning Yuwen Tao, they immediately looked a little unconvinced.

"Brother Tao is only missing one intermediate-level cold beast. If it weren't for this beast tide, the Longwu team would definitely be promoted first."

"Master Si Cheng is really powerful, but I heard that he only started practicing with beast blood last month. His basic strength must still be far behind Brother Tao's!"

Hearing the rather indignant tone of Hong Yu and Meng Ao, Zhu Kang did not answer immediately. Instead, he thought for a moment and whispered, "There should be a gap in basic strength, but have you ever thought that the standard for measuring strength is not just this one? You have all seen the wooden puppet with knives stuck in it in the craftsman department, right?"

Hong Yu and Meng Ao's expressions froze for a moment, and they immediately fell silent.

Deep down, they certainly tended to believe that Yuwen Tao was stronger.

At the same time, the three of them have always firmly believed that the first team to be promoted to the intermediate level will definitely be Yuwen Tao's Longwu team.

But the reality is right before their eyes, and no matter how angry they are, there is nothing they can do.

"Lord Luo Yuan has come out, look."

When the three heard what the people around them said, they hurriedly looked towards the entrance of the hunting department.

Luo Yuan came out, but he was not the only one who came out, there was also Qiu Peng and eighteen other people.

Today is the day when the Yunjiao team is promoted. The eighteen people who came out are obviously the other members of the Yunjiao team except Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng.

Everyone's eyes were simultaneously directed towards the waists of the eighteen people.

To be precise, it was the shiny new token hanging around their waists.

The tokens of the lower-level teams are all made of pure iron, so they are black;

Although the tokens of the 19 members of the Yunjiao team are also black, they have ten very clear silver lines on the sides, and the two characters "Xia" and "Yunjiao" on them have also turned into a conspicuous red.

"Hiss... This token is made of ten-forged iron!"

"The red font was painted with vermilion powder, right?"

"The token of the intermediate team is really nice."

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The members of the Yunjiao team, hearing the discussions of the people around them and seeing the envious gazes of the crowd, all of them straightened their chests unconsciously, with pride on their faces.

"Cough...cough..."

Luo Yuan coughed twice and stood up. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said loudly: "Master Si Zheng is out and can't come back. Today, I will be responsible for the promotion of the Yunjiao team. Now I will announce the reward for the Yunjiao team..."

Having said this, Luo Yuan paused and continued:
"First of all, as the first team to be promoted to the intermediate level, all members of the Yunjiao team can receive an additional reward of 1500 contribution points."

Secondly, the promotion reward is 500 points per person. All teams will receive this reward as long as they are promoted."

One-time 2000 contribution points!
Wow…………

The crowd suddenly became excited, and everyone looked at the members of the Yunjiao team with envy in their eyes.

Not to mention the logging realm and ordinary people, they work so hard for a month and only get a little over 2000 contribution points. Sometimes they are lucky enough to collect special materials, which can only give them or points at most. To them, getting points at one time is a fantasy.
The same goes for members of the hunting department.

It can be seen from the merit list that the strongest Yunjiao team, relying solely on hunting, not to mention mining, only has less than 3000 points in a month; the Longwu team's 1500 points is also good; but the teams behind them don't even have 1000 points.

2000 contribution points, the land at the outermost part of the valley is only this price.

"Also, I want to explain one thing to you all. In the future, the 1400 teams that are promoted to the intermediate level the fastest will receive additional rewards. The contribution points range from 600 to points. Whether you can get this reward is up to you."

After hearing these words, many people below began to become excited.

The next nineteen teams, that is, the first twenty teams promoted to intermediate level, will receive additional rewards.

They don't need to fight for the second place, it will definitely be the Longwu team, and the same goes for the next few places. But after that, they still have a chance.

After everyone quieted down, Luo Yuan continued:
"Of course, after the team is promoted to the intermediate level, the corresponding obligations will naturally increase. The intermediate hunting team must hunt at least ten intermediate-level cold beasts and thirty low-level cold beasts every month. In addition, the individual coal and iron ore submission quotas will also be increased from 5000 and 2500 to 10000 kilograms and 5000 kilograms respectively."

When the hunting index in front rose, no one reacted. But when they heard the mining index was adjusted, everyone frowned.

When you just break through to the Digging Realm, your basic strength is 100 jin. The daily output of iron ore is about 200 jin, and that of coal is 400 jin. Using a toothed chisel can quadruple that to 800 jin and jin respectively. The increase in basic strength will of course also increase the output, but it is basically in units of jin.

Take Xia Chuan for example, his basic strength is more than 1600 kilograms. He can mine 3200 kilograms of iron ore a day, and kilograms of coal.

In other words, even if he wanted to complete this target, it would take him seven days.

There are twenty people in the Yunjiao team, but not everyone is Xia Chuan.

In fact, apart from Xia Chuan, only Qiu Peng had a strength of over 20,000 kilograms, and most of the others were around 15,000 kilograms. According to their mining capabilities, it would take at least 17 or 18 days, or even more, to achieve this target.

This might squeeze their hunting time, right?

This is not just a matter for the Yunjiao team, but for everyone. After all, their strength is not static and they will be promoted sooner or later.

For a moment, everyone looked at Luo Yuan with a hint of confusion, and they obviously had some doubts about the indicator adjustment he proposed.

"You may think this quota is a bit high. Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. The number limit for an intermediate team is fifty."

Fifty people?
Everyone present was stunned when they heard the limit on the number of people.

But then, they immediately reacted and their expressions brightened slightly.

It is taboo to have too many people when hunting, so the members of the hunting department had previously guessed that even if the hunting team was promoted to the intermediate level, the number of people would not exceed thirty at most, so when Luo Yuan said the number fifty, they were stunned.

But in connection with the mining indicators just mentioned, this number makes sense.

"It is definitely unrealistic for fifty people to hunt together, so as long as we allocate some people to mine, then this target will not be difficult to achieve."

"I see. Mining is much safer than hunting. If we can stay in the camp and mine, and get a share of the hunting contribution points, everyone will definitely be willing to mine."

"More than 20 people hunting together is basically the limit. If there are more people, it will be inconvenient to hide and difficult to command. It is just right to leave half of them to mine."

"So that's how it is. That's easy to explain."

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"Master Si Cheng has thought of this very carefully. This way, we can not only increase the upper limit of the team's number of people by a large amount, but also take into account the problem of too many people during hunting, and also greatly increase the coal and iron mining volume of the camp. It can be said that we kill three birds with one stone."

Hearing Luo Yuan's sigh, Qiu Peng smiled and said, "Indeed, there are more and more people in the Digging Realm now, and most of them have just broken through. It would be too risky to let them go out hunting immediately. It would be better to let them dig for a while. Mining can also help them practice. After their basic strength is improved, they can go hunting. It will not only be more efficient, but also safer."

Luo Yuan nodded, looking at the Yunjiao team token in Qiu Peng's hand, a hint of envy appeared in his eyes.

"My basic strength is not much different from Lord Si Cheng. The configuration of the Tiger and Leopard Squad is supposed to be a little stronger than that of the Cloud Dragon Squad, but the intermediate-level cold beasts we hunt are only the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf. It will probably take another month or two to be promoted to an intermediate team."

Qiu Peng smiled when he heard that, he also knew the situation of the Tiger and Leopard Squad, including Zou Yuankai, Ying Xuan, and Luo Yuan, the captain whose basic strength was similar to Xia Chuan. Judging from the personnel configuration alone, the Yunjiao Squad was indeed inferior to them.

"Is Lord Si Cheng's sword puppet really that powerful?"

Of course Luo Yuan knew where the problem lay. He had also seen the sword puppet in the craftsman department. Although its size was intimidating, he had never seen with his own eyes what it looked like when the sword puppet attacked, so he was naturally curious.

Qiu Peng nodded heavily and whispered, "It's terrifying. The explosive power of that knife puppet when it attacked, let alone Yuwen Tao, I doubt even his father Yuwen Hu would be able to take it head-on."

Luo Yuan's expression brightened immediately. He certainly did not doubt Qiu Peng's words. When Yuwen Hu fought with the leader, they, the first batch of hunting team members, had witnessed it with their own eyes.

"Don't be impatient. You still have to take your time to advance to the intermediate level. If you plan to lead a team to hunt new species, remember to come to me. I have hunted five species with Lord Si Cheng, so I have some experience."

Qiu Peng also knew that Luo Yuan was anxious to be promoted, and was worried that he was rushing into things and that something might go wrong, so he quickly gave him some advice.

Luo Yuan nodded, indicating that he understood. Thinking that Xia Chuan had not shown up all day, he hurriedly asked, "Where did you go, sir?"

"I just exchanged ten kilograms of beast blood and am practicing at home!"

Hearing Qiu Peng's answer, Luo Yuan's expression suddenly froze, and he asked in surprise, "Ten kilograms? Sir, can you use ten kilograms of beast blood at a time now?"

Beast blood is currently the most important training material in the camp. One kilogram of it requires 50 contribution points, so generally you can only exchange as much as you use.

He also started using animal blood, but only six pounds at a time.

The piercing pain made Luo Yuan terrified whenever he thought about it. If it wasn't for the sake of cultivation, no one would want to go through this pain.

Six kilograms at a time was enough to traumatize him, so he was so shocked when he heard that Xia Chuan had changed ten kilograms at a time.

Qiu Peng nodded. Although he had not started using beast blood yet, he had seen Xia Chuan's practice, so he knew very well why Luo Yuan was so shocked.

But thinking of something, Qiu Peng asked, "At the beginning of the month, the leader summoned a group of people at the Digging Realm to teach them how to break through the Cold Resistance Realm. I remember you went there, too. Isn't it said that the more beast blood you use at one time, the higher the potential will be? Haven't you increased the amount you use during this period?"

Luo Yuan's face showed a bitter look when he heard this, and he said, "Of course I have mentioned it, but now I can only use six kilograms at most at a time. The gap with adults has not only not narrowed, but has widened."

Qiu Peng fell silent upon hearing that. He remembered very clearly that at the beginning, Luo Yuan's basic strength was higher than Xia Chuan's. But now, not only was Xia Chuan surpassed in basic strength, but even his consumption of beast blood was inferior to Xia Chuan.

According to the leader, when they break through to the cold-resistant level in the future, the gap in strength between Luo Yuan and Xia Chuan will become even greater.

From Qiu Peng's perspective, this matter is actually normal.

After all, Xia Chuan is the leader's younger brother.

His talent would naturally be ridiculously high.

Of course, Qiu Peng would not say this to provoke Luo Yuan.

"I haven't thought about surpassing Si Cheng, but the gap is getting bigger and bigger, and I still feel a little unwilling in my heart!"

Hearing Luo Yuan's words, Qiu Peng didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only smile and say, "Master Si Cheng's talent is actually not bad. We can at least see a little possibility of catching up. Think about the leader, that's really despairing..."

After saying this, Qiu Peng just left.

Luo Yuan, who was alone, had a look on his face that changed from weird to relieved. Finally, he could only clench his fists, walk towards home, and seize the time to practice.

Right!

Although Lord Si Cheng is very powerful, it is at least within the scope of understanding.

When Xia Hong broke through to the cold-resistant level, he used hundreds of kilograms or even more at a time. They all witnessed it with their own eyes.

Thinking about him, Luo Yuan didn't feel so bad anymore.

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The appearance of Daxia Valley is completely different from that at the beginning of the month.

Previously, in the entire valley, apart from the largest wooden building in the middle, there were three buildings at the back: the martial arts hall, the forging workshop, and the alchemy workshop;

It is different now. Fifty or sixty buildings have been sparsely built on the east and west sides of the four buildings and along the edges of the three main roads.

Xiachuan's home is the closest to the wooden building.

The land allocated at the beginning was ten meters by ten meters, so the houses built by the craftsmen were all three-story buildings. They were not spacious but very comfortable to live in.

In a quiet room on the second floor of the small building, sisters Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu were standing at the door, staring intently into the room, their faces full of worry and concern.

“Huh…huh…”

In the quiet room, Xia Chuan's suppressed roars of pain continued to be heard.

"Is it so painful to break through the cold-resistant level? Can't you use less beast blood at a time? Applying all ten kilograms at once, won't it cause any trouble?"

Hearing what Xiao Yu said, Xiao Ning shook his head slightly and said, "Big brother said that the more beast blood you use, the stronger you will be when you break through the cold-resistant level, and the greater your potential will be in the future. My husband probably doesn't want to disappoint my brother, so he's working so hard. Didn't my husband just say that Yuwen Tao can use twelve kilograms of beast blood at a time now, and he can't lose."

Xiao Yu's face froze when he heard this. Although he understood it in his heart, he still felt a little distressed when he heard Xia Chuan's continuous screams of pain.

"It's so painful to use only ten kilograms. My husband said that his elder brother used more than a hundred kilograms at a time before, or even more. What kind of willpower does that take!"

This thought popped up in Xiao Yu's mind. While she felt sorry for her husband, she couldn't help but sincerely admire her elder brother's willpower.

"You guys go out first, I have something to do with Xia Chuan."

Just as I was worried, a gentle voice suddenly came from the side.

Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu were shocked at once. They turned around and found that there was a man in black standing behind them without them noticing.

"Meet the leader!"

The person who came was Xia Hong, dressed in black.

Hearing the two addressing him, Xia Hong smiled and joked, "We are all family, there is no need to be so polite in private."

The two girls blushed slightly and spoke again, "Greetings, big brother."

"Okay, all of you go and do your own things. Xia Chuan is fine."

Xiao Ning nodded, turned around and left with Xiao Yu.

Xia Hong turned his head and looked at Xia Chuan in the quiet room. He observed his skin for a while, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, and then he walked in.

(End of this chapter)