Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 207 Arriving Home, Anxiety, Birds
In the first year of the Great Xia Dynasty, on December 30th, it was just getting dark.

"set off!"

At Xu Ning's command, all the people in Wuyuan Mountain who had been gathering for the night formed a mighty team and set out from Zhongyuan Peak.

Lin Kai's Qing Jiao team led three low-level teams to open the way; then the three low-level teams each escorted a trailer; then came the more than 5,000 people from the four Flying Tiger camps; and finally Lu Yang's Dongyang team led three teams to cover the rear;

Xu Ning led his own Black Arrow Squad, responsible for patrolling and protecting the flanks.

The team must first walk west along the north bank of the Xing River for about 15 kilometers, and when they can see the west side of the Shuanglong Mountain cliff, they can then walk north along the cliff for 13 kilometers to reach the Shuanglong Valley base.

If Xu Ning were traveling alone, it would probably take less than half an hour to travel the 27 kilometers. But with more than 6,000 people, it would be much slower.

"We only walked four kilometers in half an hour. If nothing goes wrong, it will take more than three hours to complete the journey. This speed is too slow. Go and hurry them up!"

Xu Ning walked on the wing, looking at the slow pace of the crowd, frowned slightly, and gave instructions to several team members next to him.

"Yes, my lord!"

More than ten people immediately dispersed quickly to various parts of the team and urged them loudly.

"Hurry up, don't drag your feet, let's go."

"Pick up the younger ones, and speed up your pace. Hurry, hurry, hurry..."

"It's just nightfall, the temperature isn't too low yet, hurry up, speed up."

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Bingyuan is very averse to large-scale movement of people. The migration of five or six thousand people is a moving feast in the eyes of cold beasts and monsters.

We have to walk faster!
Lin Kai in the front row got the news and immediately quickened his pace, causing the team's overall speed to also become much faster.

"Why are you walking so fast? Do you want to freeze us to death?"

"Slow down, my child can't stand it anymore, it's too cold outside."

"Where exactly is Daxia's base? Why haven't we arrived yet after so long?"

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In the middle part, there were four camps including the Flying Tigers, totaling five to six thousand people, including men, women, young and old. A cross was drawn on their foreheads with a coal pencil, which was obviously a mark of their status as prisoners.

This group of people were constantly urged and naturally made a lot of complaints.

But even though they complained, when they saw the Daxia people patrolling around and urging them on, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they could only grumble in low voices, and they still quickened their pace and continued to move forward with the team.

Xiang Liang is also in the middle, but there is no cross on his forehead.

Seeing his father and the others walking silently with their heads down, Xiang Liang thought they were afraid. He spoke softly and comforted them, "Father, don't worry. When we get to Daxia, I will ask the Minister of the Ministry of Justice for mercy. If that doesn't work, I will go find their leader. I don't believe that all the people in Daxia are as unreasonable as Xu Ning."

Xiang Ping looked up at his son, shook his head and smiled, "I'm not afraid, I'm just wondering how good the Daxia garrison will be."

How good will the Daxia base be?
Xiang Liang was startled when he heard this, and looked around at the other people around him. He found that their expressions were similar to his father's. Looking at the three trailers in the front row loaded with supplies, he immediately reacted.

There are so many supplies in just the Wuyuan garrison.

How good must Daxia’s base be?
Even his father, the chief, couldn't imagine it.

Not to mention others.

"You can worry about the others. I, your uncle Dong, He Feng, Liu Qing, even Wang Lie, and all the other Digging Realm people will be fine when we get to Daxia. You can rest assured!"

Xiang Ping showed confidence on his face and said a lot of names, even adding Wang Lie in the end.

"I don't know why Daxia wants us to move there, but judging from last night's situation, they didn't kill us. Daxia is not a murderous camp. They must have some use for us..."

Speaking of this, Ping paused for a moment and continued, "It's nothing more than mining or hunting. They need us to work hard for them. In this case, they will definitely not kill us."

Xiang Liang reacted immediately after hearing this and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Yup!

My father was right. With the strength of people like Xu Ning, it would certainly not be difficult to kill them. Since they are being kept alive, there must be a purpose.

He was not clear about Daxia's prisoner rules, so he did not understand the issue of corvée labor. He was also worried that his father and others would be tried and executed when they returned to Daxia.

Only when he heard his father's words did he react.

The mining and hunting abilities of the Digging Realm meant that no matter which camp they were in, they were wealth in themselves, and Daxia would definitely not kill them indiscriminately.

"I have observed in the wooden house during the day. There are a total of more than 800 people from Daxia in Wuyuan. Although more than half of them are in the Digging Realm, there are only more than 400 of them. Based on this, the total number of Digging Realm people stationed in their area should not be too many. Our more than 100 people are not too few for them."

Xiang Liang nodded, his eyes becoming brighter.

A Wuyuan station with more than 400 Digging Realm warriors was actually an exaggeration for Xiang Liang, not to mention the teams led by Xu Ning, Lin Kai and Lu Yang, whose strength was so terrifying.

In his opinion, this must be the vast majority of Daxia's strength.

Even if we make a bolder guess, the force stationed in Wuyuan only accounts for half of Daxia's total strength, which is already very impressive.

At most, there are only a few thousand Earth Digging Realm warriors. My father and Wang Lie and the more than one hundred Earth Digging Realm warriors are also a considerable force for Daxia.

They definitely won't mess around.

"Why did it stop in front?"

Before they knew it, several hours had passed since the father and son had talked. Noticing that the team had stopped, Xiang Ping immediately stretched his neck to look forward.

Unfortunately, they were in the middle area of ​​the team and couldn't see the front clearly.

"I gonna go see."

Anyone with a mark on their head with a coal pencil cannot move freely, but Xiang Liang is not one of them. After he finished speaking, he walked forward.

Xiang Liang walked through the crowd, passed three trailers loaded with supplies, looked up ahead, and his expression suddenly froze.

Leading the entire team was Lin Kai's Qingjiao team and the other three low-level teams. At this moment, all four teams stopped because Lin Kai was talking to a stranger who appeared in front of him.

An ordinary conversation was certainly not enough to shock Xiang Liang.

The key point is that Lin Kai's attitude when talking to that person was extremely humble!

humble?

According to what Xiang Liang saw and heard during his two days in Wuyuan, Lin Kai and Lu Yang should have similar status to that of the garrison commander. In most cases, the three of them talked very naturally, without any obvious superior-subordinate relationship.

Could it be that Lord Si Cheng?
Xiang Liang looked at it carefully for a while and confirmed that he was not mistaken. A guess arose in his mind, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly moved forward.

The two of them didn't intentionally lower their voices when talking, so you can hear them clearly if you get close.

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"More than 5,000 people! Wow! Wu Yuan has done a great job this time!"

"Hahaha, thank you for your words, sir. The garrison commander is in the middle urging the others to hurry up. He won't be able to get here in a while. How about I go and notify him?"

"No, no, the entire camp is brightly lit tonight, and the city gates are wide open, waiting for you Wuyuan people to return. It's still a few hours before midnight, and the city gates will be closed soon to start the New Year's Day ceremony. It's only five kilometers away from the city gates. Hurry and take your people into the city. I'll let the Tiger and Leopard Squad escort you."

"Thank you, Deputy Chief. Brothers, let's continue on our journey!"

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After Lin Kai gave the final order, the team continued to move forward.

Xiang Liang in the crowd was stunned.

Deputy Director?
This person is not actually the Si Cheng.

A secondary one, that is to say, there is also a primary one.

Garrison, deputy chief, chief, chief, chief, leader...

Is this Lin Kai not even considered a high-ranking official in Daxia?
Gulp...

Xiang Liang just swallowed his saliva.

The next second, his pupils dilated instantly.

Not only him, but many people around him also opened their eyes wide and looked ahead, with expressions on their faces as if they had seen a monster.

clang clang clang……

In front of the team, a team of fifty people wearing light golden armor suddenly ran out, quickly split into two groups, went around the left and right sides of the team, and began to escort them forward.

What others feel may just be a visual impact.

But Xiang Liang is different!
The three teams of Black Arrow, Green Dragon and Dongyang also have a configuration of fifty people.

But each team consists of at most a dozen people, all wearing golden armor.

The team in front of him, fifty people, were all wearing golden armor.

"I'll have the Tiger and Leopard Squad escort you..."

Thinking of the last words that man had just said, Xiang Liang's eyes narrowed.

The strength of the Tiger and Leopard Squad is definitely above the three Black Arrow squads.

Gulp...

How many strong men are there in Daxia?
"Hurry up, we'll be there soon, hurry up."

There were several more urgings, and Xiang Liang had no time to think before he was swept by the crowd and quickly headed north.

After more than an hour, the team finally saw the end of the mountain wall.

It cannot be said to be the end, but rather a gap in the mountain wall.

Daxia Valley, finally arrived!
"Got home!"

"Hahaha, we're home."

"finally arrived at home."

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The moment everyone in Daxia saw the valley, they all smiled happily and excitedly, and some even couldn't help but shout loudly. The sound spread from the front row to the back, and everyone heard it.

The five or six thousand people from the Feihu and other four camps did not understand why the people from Daxia were so excited and happy, but when they looked up and saw the valley, they all relaxed.

"Finally I don't have to leave."

"We're here. Is that the mouth of the valley?"

"Not like Taniguchi, who is square."

“Is…is…the city gate?”

"Are you kidding me? Where is there such a big city gate?"

"Really? Look, it's the city gate. It's such a big city gate..."

"hiss………………"

There were voices of doubt from the crowd.

With the widening of vision, you can clearly see the location of the valley entrance.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

At the entrance of Daxia Valley, two giant double-opening iron doors, 27 meters high and 12 meters wide, were wide open facing the crowd.

The door opened outwards, so they could see clearly at a glance.

The thickness of the iron gate itself was more than one meter.

Gulp...

"Is this the door?"

“Is this made of pure iron?”

"How much iron ore is needed to produce this?"

"Millions, no, this must be tens of millions, right?"

"Once this iron door is closed, nothing can get in, right?"

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Thousands of people looked horrified, and Xiang Liang was one of them.

As the son of a chieftain, he knew more about iron ore than anyone else.

A fist-sized piece of iron ore weighs forty to fifty kilograms. The two large iron doors in front of us, not to mention the forging method, the weight of the size alone is definitely more than tens of millions of kilograms.

Tens of millions of kilograms of iron ore, used to build a gate?
How wealthy is Daxia?
"Let's go into the city quickly. Do you still want to be cold outside?"

"Hurry up, I'm freezing and I'm in a hurry to get home, hurry up."

"Hurry up and go."

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After a few urgings, Xiang Liang followed the crowd forward.

When we were one kilometer away from the gate, a warm feeling came over me.

Xiang Liang and everyone else were stunned.

That door is actually spewing hot air out?

No, no, the door was indeed emitting hot air, but not to this extent. How could it become warmer for no apparent reason?

Everyone had curiosity on their faces, but no one could give them an answer, so they could only keep moving forward.

When they reached the iron gate, Xiang Liang and the people in the front row couldn't help but look inside the gate.

At this sight, everyone's faces froze for a moment.

Connected to the big iron gate is a spacious avenue.

On the avenue, people are coming and going, it is very lively.

There are houses lined up on both sides of the avenue. The key point is that there are lights on in every house, and there are fires hanging on both sides of the street. The whole valley is brightly lit and full of grand scenery.

The clothes worn by pedestrians on the avenue are of various colors, such as white, yellow, red, green, black... There are animal skin cloaks, coarse cloth clothes, silk and brocade clothes, light gold armor, pure iron black armor... There are also many styles.

Xiang Liang didn't recognize the fabrics and colors of most of the clothes.

I don't even know him, let alone others.

When Xiang Liang and his companions were looking at the pedestrians on the street, these pedestrians naturally began to look at them as well.

"Are these the people who came back from Wuyuan? Why are there so many unfamiliar faces?"

"I heard that it was the same four camps from before. Didn't Wuyuan send someone back last night to pass on the news? Those four families took the initiative to attack us, but were defeated by Lord Xu's team. They should have brought everyone back now!"

"Four camps, wow, Lord Xu has done something great again!"

"What's the point of making a contribution? I just heard from the Tiger and Leopard Squad that they brought back more than a hundred Digging Realm prisoners. All of them will be counted on the Black Arrow Squad. The people in Xu Ning's team probably won't have to mine for several years."

"With such a profit, I want to set up a branch abroad, too."

"Then you have to work harder. Many teams are watching you now, just waiting for the opportunity to gain new territory."

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After entering the valley, Xiang Liang looked around at the wooden houses and listened to the discussions of passers-by on the street. Although he didn't understand much what he saw and heard, he could infer some information from it.

"I previously speculated that the group of people stationed in Wuyuan could account for half of Daxia's strength. Now it seems that I was wrong. I feel that anyone I pick on this street is stronger than me, and there are many who are stronger than my father and his men."

"Xu Ning's status in Daxia is indeed not very high. Many people can call him by his first name. There are probably many who are stronger than him."

"Iron, coal, animal meat, animal bones, fruits, clothes...the supplies from Wuyuan are nothing compared to the Daxia garrison."

"Black Arrow, Green Dragon, and Dongyang, these three intermediate teams are very strong in our eyes, but they are just the tip of the iceberg of Daxia. For example, the Tiger and Leopard team just now is probably stronger than these three teams. There are probably many."

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As Xiang Liang deduced more and more information in his mind, his expression became more and more horrified, and his mood became more and more uneasy.

Shocked by the strength of Da Xia.

The reason for his anxiety was that Da Xia was so powerful that the significance of his father and Wang Lie's more than one hundred earth-digging masters was not that great.

"The Digging Realm captives these people are talking about should be my father and his group. Are they going to be sent to mine? Will they have to mine all the time, or will it be enough for them to mine for a period of time..."

Xiang Liang walked with the crowd for a long time, feeling nervous.

In front of the avenue, a huge wooden building comes into view.

Xiang Liang was stunned for a moment.

Not only him, but also the people around him, or the five or six thousand people like him who came to Daxia for the first time, all had dazed expressions when they looked at the wooden building.

The wooden building had three floors, was about fifteen meters high and two hundred meters long, like a giant beast from the abyss lying in the valley.

From the outside, we can see that most of the wooden building is built with wood, with only some key parts mixed with iron. The overall color is a mixture of light gold and black, giving people an inexplicable sense of solemnity.

On the top of the wooden building, a flag was fluttering in the cold wind. The flag was golden yellow, with a big black word "Xia" in the middle.

There are forty or fifty coal stoves hanging under the eaves of each floor of the wooden building. The patterns of dragons and phoenixes carved on the eaves are brought to life by the fire.

All three floors of the wooden building were brightly lit, and on the first floor one could see quite a few people walking around; on the porch on the second floor, quite a few people were lying on their stomachs, looking down, and it was quite lively; only the third floor was too high to see anything, but the brightness was the highest.

“Heh…ha…”

In front of the wooden building, there was a group of teenagers, about a thousand of them, who were boxing with their upper bodies bare. They shouted loudly every time they threw a punch. Although the power of their fists showed that their strength was not very strong, their momentum was extremely majestic, especially when combined with the wooden building behind them that looked like a giant beast, the momentum was even more magnificent.

"This should be the main building of Daxia. The leader is here..."

Xiang Liang raised his head and looked at the third floor, especially the brightest spot in the middle. There was awe and deep curiosity in his eyes.

"Xu Ning, Lin Kai, Lu Yang, come up!"

A clear voice came from the third floor of the wooden building. Everyone below, including Xiang Liang, was instantly shocked and looked up.

Unfortunately, they couldn't see anything.

"Could this voice be that of the leader?"

Xiang Liang turned around and watched Xu Ning and the other two walking towards the wooden building with excitement. He became even more curious about the voice.

"唳…………"

Unfortunately, an accident happened before the three of them rushed into the wooden building.

A high-pitched, sharp, terrifying scream suddenly came from the sky.

This sound seemed to carry a force that struck directly into the soul, causing Xiang Liang and the others below to reveal inexplicable fear on their faces.

Everyone looked up at the sky, their faces filled with horror and fear.

A stunning black shadow about four or five meters long suddenly swooped down from the night sky towards the top of the wooden building.

"There are such cold beasts flying in the sky?"

"So fast, what does it want to do, what is there in the wooden building?"

"Run quickly, or you'll die!"

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Seeing the cold beast flying in the sky for the first time, not only Xiang Liang and the other five or six thousand men, but also many people in Daxia, were suddenly panicked.

Many people even started running towards the periphery.

(End of this chapter)