Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 203 Xu An, in urgent need, offers treasure
December 29, the first year of Daxia

It was a snowy night at the northern foot of Wuyuan Mountain.

Compared to Redwood Ridge, the trees on the Wuyuan Mountain side are much sparser, but the species are obviously richer than there.

The trees in the Ice Abyss world not only have a layer of ice crystals on their surface, but their branches are also covered with snow all year round, making them appear frosty white in appearance. Therefore, in order to determine the type of tree, it is generally necessary to cut it open beforehand.

But Wuyuan Mountain is different. The trees here are different from those on Hongmu Ridge in terms of their shape and form.

The overall vegetation of Hongmu Ridge is dominated by red frost trees, followed by golden trees, and then there are very few precious species such as ice trees and blue jade trees.

Both the Vermilion Frost and the Gold Rin trees have one characteristic, which is that their trunks are straight and huge in size, and their growth cycles are similar, so they are very suitable for building houses and wood products, and can be considered very useful wood.

The trees on Wuyuan Mountain are not as large as those on Hongmu Ridge.
Secondly, the trunks are rarely straight, and almost all of them are crooked and have different shapes;
Finally, the growing environment is also a mess. Some of the trees grow horizontally from the cracks in the rocks, some are crooked and inserted diagonally into the snow, and there are several trees growing together in clusters. Most of the trees are of different thicknesses and there is no order, giving people a messy feeling.

But it is precisely because of this that people can tell at a glance that their varieties are definitely richer than those in Redwood Ridge.

Next to a crooked tree, after listening to the explanation of team leader Xu An, all the members of the Golden Sword Team showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"I was wondering why so many people from the logging department followed our hunting team to Wuyuan Mountain recently. It turns out they are all looking for more rare tree species."

"It's not surprising. Most of the logging department are in the logging area. They can't go deep into Redwood Ridge. They can only rely on collecting and logging in the periphery. The contribution points they get can only provide animal meat at most. It's better to come to Five Ape Mountain. If they can find some useful rare species, they can make a lot of money."

"Yes, yes, yes. I heard that last month, someone found a whole redwood tree, and the Quarantine Department rewarded him with 200 contribution points."

"Hiss... 200 points? That's enough for us to hunt more than a dozen cold beasts."

"Red wood is the material that Lord Si Cheng uses to make puppets. It's normal that it's a bit expensive."

"Do people from the logging department make money this way?"

"No, no, no, this kind of thing depends on luck. Most people still rely on diligent collection. I can only say that if you are willing to take risks, you will have a chance."

"That's right, it's still not as stable as hunting by us."

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Hearing the discussion of the team members, Xu An shook his head, took out a book from his arms, showed it to everyone, and said: "When you have nothing to do on weekdays, you can read this map of Daxia more often.

This book not only describes the characteristics of the environment in Wuyuan Mountain, Jianzhu Forest, Pingxi Plain, Jinggu, Shuanglong Mountain, and Hongmu Ridge, but also describes the different areas, including the cold beasts and even the types of vegetation. "

"Hey, Captain, we don't have the heart to watch that!"

"That thing gives me a headache just looking at it."

"Hunting every day isn't tiring enough, how can I concentrate on reading?"

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Seeing that no one took it seriously, Xu An's face suddenly darkened and he said, "Don't take it lightly. I am just like you, hunting every day, so I still have to take time out to watch. Have you forgotten what Lord Si Cheng said?

As a member of Daxia, if you don't even know what your own territory is and where it is located, what kind of Daxia person are you?"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions suddenly became serious and they no longer dared to smile playfully.

"You are all members of the hunting team now. Look at the map and understand the distribution of cold beasts, vegetation types, and environmental characteristics in each area. This will not only increase the success rate of hunting, but also prevent unexpected situations. In the future, if there is an emergency, you will not be completely in the dark and either wait for death on the spot or panic and lose your way in the wilderness..."

While lecturing the fourteen team members, Xu An couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"My hunting team started a little too late..."

As one of the earliest lumberjacks in Daxia, Xu An naturally had high demands on himself.

In April of this year, after his brother Xu Ning reached the basic strength standard, he created the Black Arrow Team. Although Xu An joined the team, he always wanted to create a hunting team of his own.

At the beginning of last month, his basic strength finally reached the standard. Taking advantage of the fact that the camp now had an overflow of Digging Realm people, he withdrew from his brother Xu Ning's Black Arrow Team without a second thought and applied to the Hunting Department to establish this Golden Sword Team.

Although the team started with only ten people, under his leadership, they finally successfully passed the assessment task. The Golden Sword Team also successfully became the 83rd hunting team under the Hunting Department.

But after successfully creating it, he realized that this was just the beginning.

Originally he was in the Black Arrow Squad, and when he went out with the team, he only had to hunt cold beasts in the wilderness. After a successful hunt, he just had to wait for the contribution points to be distributed, and he didn't have to worry about anything else.

But now that he is the captain, he realizes that he has so many things to take care of.

Reasonable allocation of contribution points; control of frequency of going out; selection of hunting areas; finding and selecting suitable prey; how to reasonably set traps; how to cooperate with other team members; which essential supplies to exchange at the quartermaster department; what to do when encountering emergencies in the wilderness; control of mining time; how to deal with conflicts between team members...

Whenever it comes to the hunting team, all these aspects are crucial.

The key point is that the team members below will not worry about these things. Only the team leader can do these things.

You can ask other people to help you, but hunting cold beasts is a matter of life and death. It involves your life and property. Who dares not to do it yourself?

He now understood why there were only eighty-three hunting teams in total, even though the number of Digging Realm warriors in Da Xia was nearly over 2000.

It is not easy to deal with all these aspects. Even if many people have the basic strength, they do not have the ability to do so. Even if they have the ability, they may not have the willingness to do so.

It is really too troublesome to take care of these things.

For example, there are not many people in the whole camp who can quietly hold the map of Daxia in his hand and read it. He has persuaded his fourteen team members countless times, but they just don't want to read it and really can't bear to read it.

He had just spent so much time explaining the situation in Five Ape Mountain, but there was really no other way. Since these people didn't want to see it, he could only tell them orally.

It's better to listen a little than to know nothing.

"A low-level hunting team has so many things to deal with. As for the sixteen mid-level hunting teams, most of them have the full quota of fifty members. I guess they have to deal with conflicts among the members every day, which makes them exhausted. When they go out hunting, there are even more things to take care of..."

Xu An shook his head in his heart, all glory really comes at a price. Before he became the captain, he only saw that the tokens of the intermediate hunting team were good-looking, all the members were very powerful, and the intermediate prey they brought back were also eye-catching. Now think about it, it is not easy to achieve this step.

Although he was thinking in his heart, Xu An did not stop preaching. Seeing that only two or three people were listening seriously, and most of the team members had bored expressions on their faces, and obviously could not listen, he could only sigh slightly:
"take it easy……"

It has only been a month since the Golden Sword Team was established, and it is still a long way from being promoted to the intermediate level. There is enough time for them to explore and grow slowly.

"Brother's Black Arrow Squad was not very strong when it first started, but now..."

Thinking of his elder brother Xu Ning, Xu An felt a touch of admiration in his heart. He encouraged himself slightly, turned to look at the team members, and said with a smile:
"Alright, I guess you're all tired of hearing this, so I'll stop talking. Let's look around again. If there's nothing new, we'll go back..."

At this point, Xu An paused, turned around and pointed to the north, saying, "We are almost out of the northern foothills and will soon reach other people's territory."

When everyone heard the voice, they immediately looked towards the north and nodded slightly.

In the past six months, the entire area of ​​Wuyuan Mountain, five kilometers from north to south and fifteen kilometers from east to west, has been explored by the Daxia camp.

Their current location is at the very edge of the northern slope, and they are indeed almost out of the current borders of Daxia.

Several of them suddenly looked moved and spoke.

"Captain, the four medium-sized camps in the north of the mountain have a total population of about 5,000 to 6,000. Why don't we just take them all into our Great Xia?"

"I know about this. It seems that they themselves are unwilling to do so. They refused to send people to visit Daxia. I heard that someone is interfering."

"Master Shi has already secretly spied on those four camps. They are very weak and have a hard time. I don't know what they are thinking."

"I heard from other people at the base that there was a Flying Tiger camp that was very resistant to the merger and tried to persuade the other three, which is why these four camps have not been merged for a long time."

"If you ask me, just lead the troops to fight. Life is already so hard, and you are still clinging to that one acre of land. It would be better to come to our Great Xia to enjoy the good life..."

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"You've only been here for five days, but you know the situation better than I do!"

Xu An first teased everyone, then said seriously: "I have also heard about this. Since the four camps are unwilling to join, we should respect their wishes. We in Daxia will never use force to force other camps to join. It is up to them to come or not."

After hearing the last sentence, everyone's expressions suddenly became solemn.

Daxia will never use force or coercion to force other camps to join it. It is up to them whether to come or not.

These words were said personally by Lord Si Cheng in front of everyone when he presided over a meeting of all members of the Land Development Department a few months ago.

In fact, many people don’t understand this sentence.

In their opinion, life in Daxia is so good. Even if others were forced to come here and have hatred towards Daxia, as long as they live a good life, their hatred will naturally disappear, and they will definitely be grateful to those who threatened them.

But out of respect and conviction for Si Cheng Xia Chuan, they still obeyed his words unconditionally.

Of course, Xu An is not among them.

Xu An's vision is still a little higher than others. He can vaguely understand the deep meaning of Xia Chuan's words. Especially after he created the Golden Sword Team and served as the captain and began to manage the team members, he understood the wisdom contained in this sentence even more.

A hunting team of no more than 20 people is so difficult to manage in all aspects, not to mention the entire Daxia camp.

If we continue to use force or coercion to increase the population indiscriminately, it will not only be of no benefit to the Daxia camp, but will also create various hidden dangers and be detrimental to the development of the camp.

“The camps that refused to join were mostly a small group of people in the upper echelons who were unwilling to give up their supreme status, so they instigated others to resist Daxia, and even worse, stigmatized Daxia.

Even if you force this small group of people to come to Daxia, they must have ulterior motives. It will take a lot of energy to influence and reform this kind of people, and you may not succeed in the end, so the gain will outweigh the loss.

As for those people below, those who are willing to believe them and can be successfully instigated are not smart people; the truly smart people will find a way to come to Daxia to experience it for themselves, and then they will have their own answer whether to leave or stay. "

Hearing Xu An's words, everyone nodded slightly.

One of them thought of something and said with a smile: "Actually, they are not merged, they are all the same. I heard about it when I came here five days ago. Although the four families refused to merge into Daxia, they are still coveting our Daxia's materials, especially animal meat and weapons, tools, clothes, and cloth. I heard that Qiu Sizheng sent a representative from the Quartermaster Department here to trade with them every ten days. With just a little bit of stuff, he can get a lot of iron and coal, as well as other precious materials from them..."

When everyone heard this, smiles suddenly appeared on their faces.

With Daxia's current productivity, it is a pure dimensionality reduction attack on the four camps on the northern foot of Wuyuan Mountain.

Take the simplest ten-forged weapon for example. Although anyone at the Digging Realm can make one, the ones made by Da Xia are completely different from those made by other camps.

Once such a transaction is formed, it will definitely be unequal.

"That's how we should do it. We should ruthlessly seize their resources, such as iron ore, coal, and other rare materials. If we give them to these camps, they won't know how to use them. It would be better if we could just let them flow to Daxia."

Hearing a team member say this, Xu An immediately shook his head and said, "This doesn't count as us grabbing their resources. At most, it can only be regarded as a willing fight and a willing fight. They proposed the deal. With their strength, what they can offer is not very attractive to us. But the supplies we can provide, such as animal meat, tools, better weapons, warmer clothes and various medicines, are very important to them.

So, it’s hard to say who will win and who will lose.”

After hearing this, everyone thought for a moment and nodded.

"Captain, how come you even know this?"

"What's so difficult about this? I told you to read more books, but you didn't listen. If you just read more and think more, you will naturally figure it out."

After Xu An finished answering, he saw that the team members were looking at him with admiration, his old face slightly blushed, and he quickly turned around and looked away. Of course, Xu An didn't understand these things. In fact, he heard them when Qiu Peng was talking to his elder brother Xu Ning last time.

"Ahem, stop talking nonsense, go to the front and take a closer look. If you don't find anything, go back quickly!"

Fearing that the team members would continue to ask questions and that he would be exposed, Xu An changed the subject and led everyone to walk north for more than a hundred meters. After finding nothing, he planned to take everyone back to the Wuyuan Mountain base.

"Alright, let's retreat. Li Hun, take a few people and carry the Frost Lightning Ape over here. The rest of you, wait here with me for a while."

"Yes, Captain."

A young man walked out of the team, took four other people with him, and quickly ran towards the east side.

Of course, they did not gain nothing tonight. They had hunted a Frost Electric Ape in the first half of the night. As it was too troublesome, they hid in a nearby tree.

The place where the prey was hidden was not far away, and Li Hun and his four men returned quickly.

But it seemed that they brought back more than just the Frost Electric Ape.

"Captain, we found a seriously injured and unconscious person, look..."

When Li Hun approached, everyone discovered that he was carrying someone on his back.

He was a boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a blue animal skin coat, the workmanship of which was obviously much inferior to that of Da Xia. The boy had his eyes closed, a knife wound on his chest, and three iron arrows stuck in his back. It was obvious that he was seriously injured and unconscious.

Xu An stepped forward and looked at the boy's clothes. After observing the three iron arrows for a while, he frowned and asked, "Where did you find it?"

Li Hun quickly replied, "It's right next to the big tree where the Frost Electric Ape is hidden. This guy must have buried himself in the snow before he fainted and forgot to cover up the surrounding traces. I saw him at a glance, and he almost fainted when I dug him out. Captain, look at his hands..."

Upon hearing this, Xu An looked down at the boy's hand and was stunned.

The boy was holding a small dagger in his right hand and tightly grasping a rectangular wooden box in his left hand. It was not known whether he was frozen or something, but the veins and bones were very obvious, and it could be seen that he was holding on very tightly before he fell unconscious.

Xu An reached out his hand, pinched the corner of the wooden box and pulled it gently.

"Ok?"

Seeing that the wooden box didn't move at all, Xu An raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and felt the boy's weak breathing, and a hint of curiosity suddenly rose in his eyes.

"This kid, he's almost dead but he still doesn't forget to hold on to the wooden box?"

"What a precious thing, Captain, take it out and have a look."

Xu An shook his head and loosened his hand. After thinking for a moment, he took out a red pill from his arms and put it directly into the boy's mouth.

"Hot Wind Pill? Captain, this is a good thing. Give it to him?"

The Hot Wind Pill, which can quickly cure typhoid fever, costs 20 contribution points per pill, which is not cheap in Daxia.

"Wake him up first and see what's going on. Hold him down!"

After Xu An finished speaking, Li Hun hurriedly put the boy down. After several people held down his head and limbs respectively, Xu An took out a bottle of Jinchongsan, and then quickly pulled out the three iron arrows from the boy's back.

Puff…Puff…Puff…

The boy immediately twitched in pain, but luckily someone held his body down, so he didn't move much.

The effect of the Heat Wind Pill took effect, and the boy's frozen body quickly began to warm up and recover. As the iron arrow was pulled out, Xu An immediately applied a layer of Golden Wound Powder on the wound.

Soon, a blush appeared on the boy's face and his body was obviously recovering.

"It will probably take a while for him to wake up. Let's carry him back first. He won't be able to survive if the sun rises."

At Xu An's order, Li Hun continued to carry the young man on his back, and a group of fifteen people took the Frost Electric Ape and walked towards the Five Ape Mountain outpost in the south.

It’s just that we’ve only been walking for less than half an hour.

An accident happened.

Li Hun in the team suddenly bounced his body and threw the boy on his back out.

boom…………

"Hey, you little puppy, why don't you know how to appreciate kindness!"

The young man was thrown into the snow and immediately tried to stand up. However, his injuries were too severe and he was obviously a little unsteady. After trying two or three times, he finally managed to stand up.

After he stood up, he first checked the wooden box in his left hand, then he tightly grasped the dagger in his right hand, looked up at the people in front of him, his face full of vigilance and panic.

When Xu An saw that Li Hun's clothes on the right shoulder were torn, he immediately knew what happened. He frowned at the young man and asked, "We saved you, and this is how you treat your savior?"

The young man looked frightened, but when he heard Xu An's words, he obviously realized something. He reached out and touched his back, then looked closely at the attire of the fifteen people in front of him, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, are you from the Great Xia Camp?"

It must be. These fifteen people were wearing exquisite clothes, had weapons on their waists, and each of them had an iron-framed bow. They must be from the Daxia camp.

Without waiting for Xu An to answer, the young man knelt down and said:

"I am Xiang Liang, the son of Xiang Kai, the leader of the Hefeng Camp. I have a treasure to present to the leader of Daxia, and I also have an extremely urgent message to tell him. I hope you can introduce me to him as soon as possible. I will be very grateful!"

Present treasures to the leader?
Is there some extremely urgent news that you need to tell the leader?

Hearing the boy's words, Xu An and the other fourteen people were stunned, and then showed extremely strange expressions, looking at the boy as if he were a fool.

Xiang Liang saw that the fifteen people were obviously unconvinced, and a look of anxiety suddenly appeared on his face. He hurriedly continued: "Please believe me, gentlemen. The Flying Tiger Camp has already known the specific location of your Daxia base. They have gathered several camps and are plotting to jointly attack your Daxia. I must meet your leader to tell you the specific situation..."

The Flying Tiger Camp learned the exact location of Daxia’s base.

Have they also gathered together several other camps to attack Daxia together?
Xu An was stunned after hearing this, and then his expression became even weirder.

Including the other team members, there was an indescribable weird expression on their faces.

"My Lords, please believe me. I will tell you everything if you let me see your leader."

Seeing the expressions of Xu An and others, Xiang Liang thought that they didn't believe it. There was a hint of crying in his voice, and it was obvious that he was really anxious.

"Don't worry, come back to the base with me first!"

Seeing that Xiang Liang's expression did not seem fake, Xu An thought for a moment and finally spoke.

"Li Hun, he is injured, go carry him!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Hope immediately showed on Xiang Liang's face and he hurried to thank him.

However, when Li Hun wanted to come over to help him, he immediately resisted, hid the wooden box behind him, and said cautiously: "You are too polite, sir. I will just follow behind you. No need to help."

Li Hun was already very angry because his clothes on the right shoulder were torn. Seeing that Xiang Liang was still so ignorant, he slapped him on the head.

Pah……

"You little brat, you're so cautious. Who wants your broken wooden box? Just lie on my back obediently. If you dare to touch your broken knife again, I will take your wooden box away."

Xiang Liang was only at the level of a woodcutter, so he immediately became obedient after being slapped in the face. However, he still held the wooden box tightly, not giving anyone else the chance to touch it.

The group continued their journey back to their base.

Xu An looked at the wooden box countless times along the way. Seeing that Xiang Liang's expression became nervous every time he looked at it, he couldn't help laughing in his heart.

After a long time, Xu An finally couldn't help it and asked with a smile:
"Boy, you said you want to present a treasure to our leader, so you have to tell me what that treasure is, right? We can't just bring someone to the leader and say he wants to present a treasure to the leader, right?"

When Xiang Liang heard this, his expression changed repeatedly. No one knew what he was thinking. In the end, he simply chose to remain silent, as if he didn't hear Xu An's question.

"Hey, this kid won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit!"

"It seems that this wooden box is really a good thing. Why don't we grab it and take a look."

"Hunzi, please don't scare me."

"Ha ha ha ha…………"

Although everyone's tone was obviously teasing, Xiang Liang's face was nervous. He turned to look at Xu An from time to time, and he was still quite frightened.

"Okay, stop scaring people and go back first."

Xu An in front smiled and shook his head, not caring.

Everyone quickened their pace and soon crossed the mountain and arrived at the southern foot of Zhongyuan Peak, which was Daxia’s base on the Wuyuan Mountain side.

Daxia’s base at Zhongyuan Peak is actually the original site of the Sanhu Camp.

Previously, the three evil tigers were only thinking about how to exploit other humans, so they would not build their own habitat properly.

The original base was actually a cave under a rock wall. Apart from a few simple wooden houses built inside, there was basically nothing else.

But since June this year, Xia Chuan ordered to set up a base here. With the frequent visits of people from Daxia, this place has naturally changed a lot.

Xiang Liang, who was following Xu An and his group, saw a huge wooden house appearing against the mountain wall.

The wooden house was over a hundred meters long and covered on the top, like a square box with its back against the mountain wall. Xu An led a group of people to approach the wooden wall, searched for a while, knocked on it, and then spoke softly:
“The wind and rain from all directions are no match for the rain in our Redwood Ridge.”

Soon, a voice came from the inside of the wooden wall.

"When it rains at Longmen Mountain, the snow tigers come down from the mountain."

As the sound rang out, the wooden wall that was originally tightly closed was suddenly opened from the inside, revealing a secret door two meters wide and three meters high.

"Captain Xu is back!"

"Hey, I got something new tonight, let's go in first."

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A warm feeling came over him as Xiang Liang followed Xu An into the wooden door. When he saw everything in front of him clearly, his expression froze instantly.

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(End of this chapter)