Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 21 Great Harvest

This snow-maned beast is actually extremely cautious.

When dealing with the Frostwolf, it did not use its tongue, even when it was badly wounded.

Obviously, these cold beasts that have lived in the jungle for many years have extremely rich experience in fighting enemies. They know to keep their trump cards and never use them unless it is a life-and-death situation.

It's a pity that Xia Hong was just being unintentional.

Guiding Snowmane towards the big tree is to allow its tongue to penetrate the tree, affect its movements, and then attack its greatest weakness.

That’s right, Xia Hong’s initial target was the tongue.

He witnessed the entire hunting process at Dashi Camp last time.

Even the big knife couldn't break Snowmane's skin, let alone the stone axe in his hand.

The Frostwolf could also use its sharp claws to scratch Snowmane's abdomen and use its teeth to tear open Snowmane's leg muscles. Xia Hong was naturally not naive enough to think that he could do the same.

The tongue is almost the only point that can be injured and fatal.

Including this period of time, his strength also increased to 6,400 kilograms.

So, Xia Hong took a gamble this time.

It turned out that he was right.

Although the cold beast is strong, it is not invincible.

Xia Hong was holding him tightly in front, and Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng were hacking at his injured left hind limb with stone axes from behind. Even though Xue Zong had a strong will to survive, he still fell down in despair in the end.

The huge object weighing over a thousand pounds collapsed with a loud bang, and Xia Hong and the other two were almost exhausted.

But the three of them all showed joy and happiness on their faces.

"This... must weigh more than a thousand pounds, right?"

"At least fourteen thousand, probably more than that."

"The five of Yue Feng should be able to break through."

"Hurry up and carry it on your back, and hurry back to the camp first."

Xia Hong was not yet overwhelmed by joy. He stood up and immediately extinguished the burning torch. He asked the two men to carry Snow Mane's body and took them back to the camp quickly.

Such a large prey, whether it attracted other cold beasts or other humans, would be fatal to the three people who were almost exhausted at the moment.

Fortunately, the three of them finally made it back to the camp after a safe journey.

After receiving the secret code and opening the cave entrance, Xia Hong finally put the snow-maned beast on the ground and looked at the prey in the light of the campfire. Only then did he feel calmer and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

"This... another one hit back."

"Leader, is it so strong?"

"When the leader was here, we had never seen such a big cold beast."

"This must weigh more than a thousand pounds!"

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Be it Yue Feng and his four companions, or the dozen or so people of the same age, or even everyone else in the camp, they had all gathered around Xia Hong and the other two.

Looking at the huge body, sharp fangs and claws of Snowmane on the ground, everyone whispered for a while, and then they all showed admiration and even fanatical eyes to Xia Hong and the other two.

Xia Hong was no stranger to this kind of look. As he brought resources back to the camp again and again, this kind of look became more and more frequent.

Xia Hong didn't care much about admiration and fanaticism. Any creature would develop such emotions when seeing other creatures stronger than itself.

What Xia Hong cares more about is something deeper in everyone's eyes:
hope.

Only when people have hope can they have motivation and courage.

Xia Hong discovered it when he first traveled through time.

People in the camp generally lack hope.

Even when Xia Ding was there, there was plenty of crystal fruit and heating in the camp, but there was not a trace of hope on these people's faces.

In fact, it is very easy to understand. Crystal fruits can fill the stomach and provide warmth to keep people warm. What these two can do is just to maintain life and prevent people from starving to death or freezing to death.

But what makes us human is not just living for the sake of living.

These people have been hiding in the shadows since they were born. The outside world, the cold beasts, the monsters, and even the sunlight are all deadly threats to them.

A sense of security and dignity are what they lack most.

Both of these things require strong support.

The flesh and blood of the cold beasts was their only hope of becoming stronger. When Xia Ding was here, the frequency of obtaining the flesh and blood of the cold beasts in the Great Xia Camp was too low, so there were too few people who could get the flesh and blood of the cold beasts.

And now, Xia Hong had been the leader for just over two months, and he had already brought back two snow-manes, which undoubtedly gave everyone great excitement.

Maybe it's not my turn now, but as the logging team is reorganized, the number of people will increase and more prey will be brought back. Then, one day, it will be my turn.

This is why everyone looked at Xia Hong with admiration and fanaticism in their eyes.

Because Xia Hong gave them the most precious thing, hope.

"After removing the skin and bones, the total weight is 1,270 kilograms."

Everyone's excitement reached a new climax when the weight of the cold beast's flesh and blood was weighed.

Everyone's eyes were on Xia Hong, waiting for his assignment.

The vast majority of people actually know that they will not get any.

But they just wanted to see how Xia Hong would divide it.

Xia Hong had already prepared an idea on how to deal with this snowy mane.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he spoke directly:
“From now on, all the cold beast meat in the camp will be divided into a 3:5:2 ratio.

Those who went out hunting accounted for 30%; the lumberjack reserves, that is, Yue Feng and his four companions accounted for 50%; and the remaining 20%, as long as they were between the ages of fifteen and twenty-two and had a basic strength of more than a thousand kilograms, could get a share.

In addition, regardless of gender, age or status, anyone with a strength of more than 2,000 kilograms can join the logging team reserve.

Also, take out the leftovers from now on. For example, if it's 1,270 kilograms this time, take out 70 kilograms and distribute it to everyone in the camp, so that they can have something to eat."

When they heard the ratio of 352, everyone in the camp was shocked.

Only 30% of them go out hunting?

And when they heard the last sentence, that no matter whether they were men or women, old or young, anyone with a strength of over 2,000 kilograms could join the logging team reserve and get a share of the 50%, they all fell silent.

At the end, he even took out 70 kilograms of leftover food and distributed it to everyone in the camp.

Those who originally thought that they would not get any, all of a sudden raised their heads and stared at Xia Hong.

"Then we can also join the logging team in the future?"

"Women, is that okay?"

"Did I hear correctly?"

"We have a share too?"

Several voices rang out in the crowd. Everyone looked at Xia Hong in disbelief. When they saw him nod, confirming that they had not heard wrongly, smiles appeared on everyone's faces, and some even cried for joy.

"The leader is mighty!"

I don’t know who was the first to shout out these four words.

Then the crowd followed him and burst into warm cheers.

"The leader is mighty... The leader is mighty... The leader is mighty..."

Everyone went crazy, some even knelt down and worshipped Xia Hong.

Xia Hong did not stop those who were cheering or those who were kneeling down to worship him. He understood these people and their behavior.

When Xia Ding was around, only the logging team and their direct descendants could get the cold beast meat in the Great Xia camp, and the rest of the people didn't even have to think about it.

This is not because Xia Ding is short-sighted. He also knows that the more combat power there are in the logging realm, the stronger the camp will be, and so more resources can be obtained. Therefore, only by allowing more people to practice and break through can the benefits be maximized.

Xia Ding also understood this principle, but the problem was that he couldn't do it.

Since they have no hunting ability, the way to obtain cold beast meat is to take a chance if you put it nicely, or to pick it up if you put it bluntly.

In the case of resource shortage, we can only give priority to the logging team.

But things are different now.

Xia Hong's face was full of excitement. The biggest gain of tonight's hunt was not actually this snow mane weighing more than a thousand pounds.

The biggest gain was that he verified that hunting with a small torch was feasible.

Although there is a lot of luck involved, it is indeed possible.

Before he becomes strong enough to face low-level cold beasts, having such a proven successful hunting method is of self-evident importance.

This means that it is not only the Rogue Camp that can be used for hunting around Redwood Ridge.

Daxia, that’s fine too!
(End of this chapter)