Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 204 Wuyuan Defense, Cold Marrow Iron
It was the middle of the night, and outside the cabin it was freezing cold with snow and blizzard everywhere.

But inside the wooden house, there was a warm current and it was as bright as day.

On the wooden beams above the wooden house, there is a free-lifting stove hung almost every five meters. The coal inside is burning vigorously, which not only illuminates the entire interior space, but also continuously releases heat to maintain the heating of the entire wooden house.

The wooden house is one hundred meters long and about thirty meters deep. There is a huge square in the middle, and many half-open rooms on the left and right sides are separated by wooden boards.

In the first compartment, a group of shirtless men were working on forging iron. The coal and iron ore on both sides of the compartment door were almost piled up to the roof. The height of this wooden house was at least twenty meters. Xiang Liang only took a quick look and knew that there were at least millions of kilograms of them.

In the second compartment, a group of people holding butcher knives were processing cold beasts, and there were people beside them who were packing the meat. At the door of the compartment, there were more than a dozen cold beasts that had not been processed. There were several types of them, and Xiang Liang couldn't even tell what species they were.
In the third compartment, a group of people holding leather bags were sorting fruits. Most of the fruits and various plants on the ground were things Xiang Liang had never even seen before.

In the center of the square, there are three giant two-wheeled trailers, each ten meters long.

Gulp...

After taking a closer look at the trailer, Xiang Liang immediately swallowed his saliva.

That ten-meter-long trailer was actually made of pure iron!

"Can this trailer, with 500,000 kilograms of iron ore, be made?"

Iron chisels, iron axes, iron hammers, and many other iron tools that Xiang Liang could not recognize and all kinds of iron tools he had never seen before could be seen almost everywhere in this wooden house, not to mention the exquisite wooden products.

Xiang Liang even saw that in the corner of one side of the wooden house, there were a large number of iron axes and saws piled up casually, and they all looked brand new.

If the countless and abundant supplies of all kinds on the ground just left Xiang Liang speechless, then the people in the wooden house were enough to shock his soul and gave him a great visual impact.

As soon as he entered the door, Xiang Liang's eyes were attracted by the dazzling array of supplies on both sides. Now after careful observation, he found that the exquisite clothes worn by the more than 200 people in the wooden house were almost the same as those of Xu An and his group next to him.

"This...this...how is it possible!"

Xu An and his group must be at the Digging Realm.

Judging from their attire and weapons, as well as their nighttime activities on the northern foothills of Wuyuan Mountain, it is not difficult to determine that they must be a hunting team from Daxia.

The hunting team is extremely important to any camp, so the status of the hunting team members must be very high. In this case, it is normal for them to wear better clothes and have better weapons.

But at this moment, everyone in the Daxia camp is like this. What does this mean?
It can't be that the two hundred or so people in front of us are all at the Digging Realm, right?
Gulp...

This thought popped up in Xiang Liang's mind, and he began to open his eyes wide and observe the crowd more carefully.

Soon, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and as he discovered more and more things, the expression on his face became more and more shocked.

He discovered that almost everyone in the wooden house had a weapon hanging around their waist, or on their back, or on the ground nearby, and there was also an iron bow.

Not only that, in the middle of the wooden house, next to the three trailers, there were thirty or forty people practicing martial arts. The noise caused by them waving their weapons was enough to make Xiang Liang sweat profusely.

He felt that each of these thirty or forty people was more powerful than his father, Xiang Ping, the leader of the Hefeng Camp.

How can this be?

"Boy, follow me."

Snapped……

"What are you daydreaming about? The captain is calling you!"

Xiang Liang was patted on the shoulder by Li Hun, and he immediately woke up from his shock. Seeing Xu An calling him not far away, he hurried over.

"Don't you have some extremely urgent information? You also want to offer treasures to our leader. I will take you to see the master now. Tell him what's going on."

When he walked to Xu An and heard his words, Xiang Liang remembered his business. He quickly straightened his expression, nodded, and followed him obediently, walking towards the depths of the north side of the wooden house.

"Anzi is back!"

"I heard that you killed a Frost Electric Ape tonight. Not bad. Your Golden Sword Team has only been here for five days, and you have killed three cold beasts."

"Hey, a strange face, not one of us, who is this?"

"It's from Shanbei. He said he has something to report to the adults. I'll take him there first and tell you later."

"If you want to see the adults, then go quickly."

"Your brother seems to be in a bad mood today."

…………

When passing by the square in the middle of the wooden house, several people who were practicing martial arts greeted Xu An with a smile.

Hearing how they addressed Xu An and the way Xu An responded, Xiang Liang's heart was shaking violently.

it is true.

He felt right.

The strength of these people is definitely on the same level as Xu An.

In other words, they are very likely stronger than their father.

The strength of this Daxia camp is so terrifying!
They are saved, Father and the others are saved.

While Xiang Liang was excited, he followed Xu An to the deepest cave on the north side of the wooden house and saw a huge double iron door.

The iron gate was wide open at this moment. It was more than five meters high and should be more than half a meter thick. Although Xiang Liang had been mentally prepared by the things before, he was still dazed when he saw this giant iron gate.

After entering the iron gate, there is a passage in the middle. On the left and right sides of the cave, there are many houses built of wood. People are coming in and out of them. It is obviously the living area.

At this point, Xiang Liang had a general idea of ​​the overall structure of the Daxia garrison.

The large wooden house outside, which is more than a hundred meters long, should be half-built on the stone wall on the south side of Zhongyuan Peak, and it also covers the entrance to the cave. It is considered to be Daxia's working area. Prey, iron ore, coal, vegetation, fruits and other supplies are all stored in the wooden house.

Inside the cave is their living area. The giant iron door at the entrance is obviously used to deal with accidents. If there is any danger, they can abandon the wooden house, and everyone can enter the cave and close the iron door.

"It seems a bit unreasonable. Important materials such as iron, coal, animal meat, tools, and weapons should all be stored in the cave."

"Also, their population doesn't seem to be large. There are only about 200 people outside, and judging from the living quarters and buildings inside, there are at most a thousand people."

"With so few people, we don't need much space. We don't need the wooden house outside. It's fine for everyone to fit into the cave."

"The wooden house outside is lit by coal stones, and so is the cave. I'm afraid that Daxia consumes more than a thousand kilograms of coal stones every day. Isn't this too extravagant?"

…………

After all, Xiang Liang was the son of the leader of a medium-sized camp. He was no ignorant man. He noticed many unreasonable things and became confused.

The most important thing was that he suddenly realized that he had not seen even a child or an old man since he came in.

No, there are very few women.

This Daxia doesn't look like a normal camp no matter how you look at it!

Full of confusion, Xiang Liang quickly followed Xu An through the entire passage and came to the largest wooden house deep inside.

Because all the wooden houses in the cave have no roofs, you can hear the conversations inside as soon as you get close.

"It's been a few days, and those people still haven't called. Are you sure your last idea will work?"

"It will definitely work. On the last trading day, I knew they would follow us, so I deliberately piled a large amount of weapons and animal meat in front of the door of the wooden house. Judging from the previous transactions, they definitely can't resist this temptation."

"In all the previous transactions, I didn't bring many people with me, and some of them were from the Collection Department. They didn't understand our strength, and they didn't want to join us for so long. They must have had some bad intentions in mind."

"But it's been nine days since the last transaction, and they haven't called me yet. I can't wait any longer."

"The four camps are so weak, with only about five to six thousand people in total. It's only a matter of time before they join Daxia. Why are the garrisons so anxious?"

"The first year of the Great Xia Dynasty is about to pass. When I went back to the camp last time, I heard that on New Year's Eve..."

After hearing the conversation between the people in the wooden house, Xiang Liang's face was shocked and a huge wave of fear surged in his heart.

He didn't even notice that the conversation in the cabin had stopped.

What do these people mean?
"Xu An from the Golden Sword Squad, I want to see the garrison commander!"

As soon as the conversation in the wooden house stopped, Xu An immediately knocked on the door and asked for a meeting.

"come in!"

Xiang Liang's dazed expression had not yet recovered, he just followed Xu An numbly and walked into the wooden house.

Inside the wooden house is a hall that is more than ten meters wide.

In the middle of the hall stood a three-legged round tripod with a blazing fire in it. On the wall of the tripod were four large characters, "Daxia Wuyuan", clearly visible.

There were more than 20 chairs on each side, and in front of each chair, there was a small table, and at this moment, 10 people were sitting on each chair.
There is a main seat right above the hall, with a larger table in front of it and a person sitting behind the table.

Xiang Liang's attention was immediately attracted by the man at the top.

There was no other reason, because he had never seen the clothes the man was wearing before.

The man's clothes were actually made up of light golden armor plates, which sparkled brightly under the light of the fire. Not only were they dazzling, but they also gave people an inexplicable sense of oppression.

There was a round helmet on the table in front of him, which was about the same color as the armor on his body and was obviously worn on the head; on the side of the table, there was a giant long-handled double-edged sword that was more than three meters long and had a unique shape.

No, he's not the only one.

The first person on the left below is also wearing this kind of golden armor.

"Greetings, Lord Garrison!"

While Xu An bowed, he did not forget to bump into Xiang Liang beside him.

Is "garrison" the name given to the leader in the Daxia camp?
Although he was curious, Xiang Liang still bowed his head and saluted.

"Greetings, Lord Garrison!"

"Get up, who is this person?"

"This man is called Xiang Liang. I just rescued him at the northern foot of Wuyuan Mountain. He said he had something urgent to tell us. Since he didn't seem to be lying, I brought him here."

As the man at the top started asking questions, Xiang Liang also raised his head and saw his face clearly, but when he saw it, he was stunned.

The leader of Daxia was actually blind in his right eye.

"Greetings, sir. I am Xiang Liang, the son of Xiang Ping, the leader of the Hefeng Camp. I have come here to inform you that Wang Lie of the Feihu Camp has learned the location of Daxia's base. He has colluded with Yang Ping and Yue Ming to attack Daxia. I hope you will be informed of this. I also hope that Daxia can..."

goodong...

In the end, Xiang Liang did not say the words "be prepared early".

Because while he was speaking, he was always paying attention to the reactions of the Daxia leader at the top and the ten people around him.

Sure enough, the one-eyed Daxia leader and the ten people on his left and right sides showed joy on their faces after hearing what he said.

Xiang Liang was mentally prepared when he heard those words outside the house just now. Combined with the reactions of the nine people in front of him, he realized that the reason why the Flying Tiger Camp was able to discover the location of Daxia's base was clearly because of these people in front of him, who did it on purpose.

The purpose, as we just heard outside the wooden house, is to deliberately seduce the people in the Flying Tiger camp to be greedy and lure them into attacking Daxia.

In this way, the Flying Tiger Camp can be annexed legitimately...

"Hahahaha, this Flying Tiger camp is really brave. I originally thought it was just his family, but I didn't expect him to bring in the other two families. This really saves us a lot of trouble. Hahahahaha..."

Lin Kai, who was sitting at the upper left, suddenly stood up from his chair and laughed non-stop. Upon hearing what he said, the other seven people also smiled.

Xu Ning, who was sitting at the top of the table, couldn't help but smile at this moment.

He looked down at Xiang Liang below, glanced at the wooden box in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he said thoughtfully: "Since Wang Lie knew to involve the other two families, he must have gone to the Hefeng camp. Your father didn't want to, so he sent you to inform us?"

Xiang Liang didn't care about the shock in his heart at this moment, and nodded quickly, saying, "Your Excellency is so foresighted, I admire you. Wang Lie saw that my father didn't agree, so he brought the other two families to attack our Hefeng camp last night. If nothing unexpected happens, my father and the rest of our camp should have been controlled by Wang Lie and his three families. I was lucky enough to escape during the chaos, and later I was lucky to be rescued by Lord Xu An, so I was able to survive."

After listening to this, Xu Ning thought for a moment and then looked at his younger brother Xu An.

Xu An nodded and said, "I didn't lie. When I rescued him, he had been hit by three arrows in the back. He almost died. I got a Refeng Pill and applied Jinchuang Powder, and he survived."

Xu Ning then smiled and nodded, looking at Xiang Liang and said, "I know your father Xiang Ping, he's a good guy, so I believe what you say!"

When Xiang Liang heard Xu Ning's last two words, his expression suddenly became excited.

At this point, he no longer worried about Daxia being attacked.

What he had just seen and heard, as well as the conversation and reactions of the nine people in the hall at this moment, were enough to prove that Wang Lie's gathering of three families to attack the Daxia headquarters was a complete joke.

The only thing he is worried about now is the settlement of accounts after the summer and autumn.

If Xu Ning believed in himself, then there would be no Hefeng Camp.

No wonder, no wonder my father insisted on not agreeing to Wang Lie’s proposal. He must have some understanding of the strength of the Daxia Camp.

By the way, didn’t the leader of Daxia just say that he knew my father?
Have they met before?

Xu Ning's doubts were soon resolved by the words of someone in the hall.

"Xiang Ping is indeed a good man. He has done several transactions with the four camps in Shanbei, and he was the only one who proposed to send people to Daxia to take a look. Unfortunately, Wang Lie stopped him on the spot..."

Hearing Lu Yang's words, Xu Ning nodded.

The transactions with the four camps in the north of the mountain have always been handled by Lu Yang's Dongyang team, and he is the only one who has had contact with the leaders of the four camps.

Xu Ning said that he knew Xiang Ping and learned about it from Lu Yang.

Pah……

Lin Kai, wearing golden armor, stood up from his chair, turned around and looked at Xu Ning and said, "In that case, let's not wait any longer. I will lead the team over now and clean up these three camps at once. What do you think, Xuzi?"

Xu Ning thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll go with you. We're going back to the base tomorrow night to celebrate the New Year. These 5,000 people will be our Wuyuan side's gift to the leader for coming out of seclusion!"

Xiang Liang was shocked to hear that the two men had decided to take action to clean up the Flying Tiger camp without any hesitation. But before he could calm down, he noticed the last sentence Xu Ning said, and his expression froze for a moment.

Return to base?
Isn’t this the base of Daxia?

No, this one-eyed man is not even the leader of the Daxia camp?

this…………

While Xiang Liang's heart was filled with huge waves of fear, his mind was also working rapidly.

He soon realized that this was a great opportunity, and he immediately spoke loudly to Xu Ning at the top:

"I have a treasure to present to the leader of Daxia, and I hope you can introduce me to him!"

As soon as Xiang Liang finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.

Xu Ning at the top and everyone below, including Lin Kai, who had already put on a helmet and left his seat, ready to gather people to set off, all looked at Xiang Liang on the ground with strange expressions on their faces.

"You want to see our leader?"

After a long time, Lin Kai finally couldn't help but speak, and then he walked slowly towards Xiang Liang.

Lin Kai is over 1.9 meters tall. He wears a light golden armor and a helmet that covers half of his face, which makes his sturdy figure look even more majestic.

Coupled with the fact that he deliberately increased the weight of his steps, he seemed even more oppressive.

Xiang Liang knelt on the ground and felt as if a mountain was walking towards him. His back was suddenly wet and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"The treasure you present is this thing in your hand. Let me see it."

Although his body was shaking, Xiang Liang gritted his teeth when he heard Lin Kai's words, and insisted: "Please forgive me, sir, this treasure is of great importance, I must see the leader in person."

Lin Kai raised his eyebrows and immediately turned around to look at Xu Ning. Seeing Xu Ning nod, he smiled and turned around.

Snapped……

Without seeing him make any movement, Xiang Liang stood up with a bang. Seeing that the wooden box in his hand had been taken by Lin Kai, he immediately showed anxiety.

"Sir, no..."

"Shut up and let me see what it is first. If it's really a good treasure, I will take you back."

Seeing Xiang Liang's intense reaction, Lin Kai immediately stopped him with obvious disdain in his words.

In his eyes, the four camps in the north of the mountain were no different from chickens and dogs. What kind of treasures could be produced from such a place? Yet they still wanted to meet the leader.

Even he himself hadn't seen the leader for several months.

Lin Kai shook his head and opened the wooden box in his hand.

The box contained five crystal clear deep green stones.

The stones are only the size of a fist, with an irregular and bumpy surface, but the color is very bright and extremely beautiful.

Lin Kai frowned, a familiar feeling came to his heart, and he immediately picked up one of the pieces.

As soon as he took it, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"This must weigh over a hundred kilograms, it's so heavy!"

Ordinary iron ore in the Ice Abyss world is also the size of a fist, and normally weighs only about 40 to 50 kilograms per piece. However, this deep green stone is twice as heavy as that.

After Lin Kai weighed the other four pieces for a while, he squeezed them hard, and then a hint of curiosity rose on his face. He looked at Xiang Liang and asked:

"what is this?"

Xiang Liang was also determined at this moment. He knew that he couldn't hand this thing over to the leader of Daxia himself, so he simply stopped insisting and said, "Sir, can you go get some cold beast blood?"

Lin Kai nodded and said to Xu An, "Anzi, go and notify the members of the Qingjiao and Black Arrow teams to get ready and gather. We'll be there soon."

Xu An nodded, turned around and ran out immediately.

At this time, Lin Kai also handed the wooden box in his hand to Xu Ning.

Xu Ning looked at it carefully for a while, but couldn't figure out what it was. The other seven people also came over to look at it for a while, and finally returned the thing to Xiang Liang.

Soon, Xu An brought a basin of deep green animal blood.

"Sir, the members of the Black Arrow and Green Dragon teams have been notified."

Lin Kai nodded and gestured to Xiang Liang.

Xiang Liang walked to the basin, took out a stone from the wooden box and threw it directly into the basin.

laugh…………

Hearing a burst of exciting sounds coming from the wooden basin, Xu Ning, Lin Kai and nine other people all came over. When they saw the scene in the wooden basin clearly, they were stunned.

The green stone was actually absorbing the animal blood in the basin very quickly.

And as the blood in the basin became less and less, the color of the stone became brighter and brighter, and there was even a slight tendency for it to grow in size.

"My Lords, this is not a stone. It is called cold marrow iron. My father dug it out from an iron mine. It is extremely bloodthirsty and only feeds on the blood of beasts. I'm sure you have noticed that it can grow by absorbing the blood of beasts.

Every time our camp forges weapons, we will mix in the powder ground from it, so that the weapons forged will be more lethal to cold beasts."

Everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

Lu Yang, who was standing by, picked up the cold marrow iron and looked at it for a long time before turning to Xu Ning and Lin Kai and saying:

"What this kid said should be true. Among the four families in Shanbei, only the Hefeng and Feihu camps have iron mines, but the forging technology is not good enough..."

Thinking of something, Lu Yang patted his head and suddenly realized, "I was talking about Xiang Ping. He asked me to exchange the embryo for him a few times before. I thought he wanted to steal my smelting technology. It turns out that he wanted to exchange the embryo and mix it with cold marrow iron powder to forge it himself."

Lu Yang smiled, put the cold marrow iron back into the wooden box, and said, "This treasure is really good. Take it back and give it to Si Cheng. I don't think there will be any problem!"

Xu Ning and Lin Kai also nodded and smiled. Just for the fact that it could absorb the blood of cold beasts to grow itself, this cold marrow iron must be a good treasure.

"Okay, then you stay here first, and come back to the base with us tomorrow night. Then you can hand the things over to Lord Si Cheng."

"Thank you, sir."

The wooden box returned to his hand and Xiang Liang immediately nodded in response.

At the same time, he became more and more curious about the Daxia camp.

He had witnessed with his own eyes the vast amount of animal meat, iron ore, coal, and all kinds of supplies in the wooden house just now. Not to mention the Hefeng camp, even the four camps in the north of the mountain combined did not have so many reserve supplies.

And this place is not their base?

What does the real base of Daxia look like?

Not only the headquarters of Daxia, but also the Lord Sicheng mentioned by Xu Ning, whose status is obviously higher than anyone here.

Then, would he be the leader of Daxia?
Just now everyone called Xu Ning "Lord Garrison", and Xiang Liang thought that this was a special title for the leader of Daxia. Now he knows it was a misunderstanding, and naturally he is not sure about the title of Sicheng.

"Okay, Xu An, you arrange a place for him to stay first. Lin Kai, let's get ready to leave."

"Yes, my lord."

Xu Ning gave Xu An an order and quickly took Lin Kai out.

"I have to lead a team there too. There are several coal mines and iron mines there."

Lu Yang remembered something, called out, and followed him out.

Xu An on this side, took Xiang Liang and finally walked out of the hall.

(End of this chapter)