Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 212: Dragon Bird Cold Blood, Lost Luo Ming

A thousand meters away on the west side of the valley, a black wall running from north to south was inserted into the eastern outer area of ​​Redwood Ridge.

If someone were to take in the panoramic view from the sky, they would discover that the city wall was not only terrifyingly long, it framed a large circle around the western side of the Daxia Valley and extended more than two kilometers into Hongmu Ridge; it was also ridiculously thick, with one side being five meters thick, so that more than a dozen people standing in a row would not appear crowded at all; and the height was even more astonishing, at fifteen meters, so people standing underneath would appear extremely small.

There is a wide opening on the city wall on the west side. The opening is about eight meters wide and is connected to the top of the city wall. It is obviously reserved for the city gate.

Xia Hong stood on top of the city wall, with Xia Chuan and the six department chiefs behind him.

"Brother, this city wall is amazing. Not only can it be assembled automatically, but it can also be stacked and thickened. Yuwen Tao and I have tried it. Even if a large number of mid-level cold beasts rush over, it can still stop them."

Xia Chuan's eyes were full of energy. While touching the city wall, he spoke to Xia Hong with a beaming expression.

Xia Hong smiled and nodded, looking around the city wall, and said to Zhu Yuan behind him: "Half a month ago, didn't you say that there might not be enough land behind? This large piece of land enclosed by the city wall should be enough, right?"

Zhu Yuan smiled and nodded, "More than enough, I estimate that even if the camp population exceeds 50,000 in the future, it will be more than enough."

Xia Chuan also spoke at this time.

"The north and south walls are three kilometers long each, and the west wall is four kilometers long. The area of ​​15 square kilometers, plus the area in the valley, is enough for 100,000 people, let alone 50,000 people, or even more!"

Xia Hong nodded when he heard it. With an area of ​​15 square kilometers, according to the current ten-by-ten housing plan, even if some space is left for roads and other facilities, it would be enough to build 100,000 houses, one household per house. Not to mention 100,000, even if there were three or four times that many, it would probably be enough.

"The total length of the city wall is ten kilometers, with a five-meter layer. Even if there is a large-scale attack from mid-level frigid beasts, we can still block it. The key is that we have also framed a large circle of Redwood Ridge. Fortunately, there are only mid- and low-level frigid beasts here. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to extend the city wall in!"

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, everyone nodded slightly. In the previous half month, Xia Hong led them out every night to first eliminate all the cold beasts outside Hongmu Ridge, and then successfully built the ten-kilometer city wall.

"Okay, with this city wall, you shouldn't have any safety issues for a long time to come. But you have to pay attention to the Frost Ruins Cauldron. If you attract a strong Frost Beast, you should immediately shut down and hide. Once this city gate is installed, plus the city gate at the entrance of the valley, with two layers of defense and your combined strength, the chances of it being breached shouldn't be too high."

When everyone heard Xia Hong's words, they all nodded slightly.

Xia Chuan obviously realized something and a look of reluctance appeared on his face.

"You've already talked to Luo Ming, right? He's waiting for me in the north of Jinggu?"

Hearing Xia Hong asking, Yue Feng immediately came out and answered, "Yesterday was the first trading day after nightfall. When I went to Jinggu, I had already told him what the leader had told me to do."

Xia Hong smiled and nodded, a smile appearing on his face as he thought about meeting his old friend again.

It was a coincidence. Four months ago, someone from the Beehive Camp broke into Jinggu again. However, unlike last time, this time they came here to trade materials with Daxia.

And among the three people who came, Luo Ming was one of them.

The Beehive Camp obviously knew about Luo Ming's relationship with Redwood Ridge, so they used him to open the way. Coincidentally, Luo Ming also knew Yue Feng, so after Yue Feng reported to the camp and Xia Chuan personally agreed, the material trade between Daxia and the Beehive Camp began naturally.

Xia Hong would naturally not care about these trade matters. Even Xia Chuan would only ask about it but would not handle it personally. The previous three transactions with the Beehive Camp were all handled by Yue Feng, the garrison commander of Jinggu, so so far, he was the only one who had contact with Luo Ming.

Yue Feng thought of something, and said to Xia Hong hesitantly:

"Leader, Luo Ming is very curious about our Daxia. During the previous three transactions, he repeatedly asked about the situation, but I always evaded him. I guess he is not doing well in the Hive. If possible..."

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly. He could of course hear Yue Feng's subtext, which was nothing more than developing Luo Ming into Da Xia's internal response in the Beehive Camp.

"You should discuss these matters with Xia Chuan. I won't ask any more questions. But be careful not to be deceived."

Xia Chuan on the side nodded slightly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Okay, just send it here. You go back and install the city gate first. We will also have people stationed here to guard the city gate. All the trees inside the city wall can be cleared away. Remember to plan the transplanting and living spaces separately. When I come back next time, I can transplant all the vegetation in our area."

The only thing Xia Hong didn't deal with during this major building upgrade was the loess.

The reason is simple: there are not enough resources.

All the resources were used up just to build this 50,000-meter city wall. There was no longer enough resources to exchange for loess on a large scale. So Xia Hong simply didn't go to exchange it and waited to do so the next time he returned to the camp.

"You can also try burning coal stones to soften the soil, and transplant some medicinal plants in to see if there is any problem."

Xia Chuan nodded, thought of something, and signaled to Zheng Mudong, the craftsman in the back.

Mu Dong understood what he meant, took off the two long wooden boxes on his back and placed them in front of Xia Hong.

"What is it, a weapon?"

There were two wooden boxes, one almost two meters long and the other just over one meter long.

Seeing the shape of the wooden box, Xia Hong could basically guess what it was.

Xia Chuan nodded and walked forward to open the wooden box that was almost two meters long.

A narrow long sword with a blade length of 1.5 meters and a width of only two fingers suddenly caught Xia Hong's eyes, causing a look of surprise to appear on his face.

"Yi Dao, this......"

An ordinary ceremonial sword would not cause Xia Hong to be surprised.

The key point is that the blade of this ceremonial sword has thousands of densely packed patterns.

Xia Hong directly took out the ceremonial sword, held it in his hand, and felt the weight of up to 60,000 to 70,000 kilograms. A strange light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"The Thousand Forging Ceremonial Swords, did you forge them during this period of time?"

Xia Chuan smiled and nodded. Mu Dong at the side answered, "The leader is going out, and he can't do without a suitable weapon. More than three months ago, we mobilized some of the Digging Realm to start forging non-stop. It lasted for more than a hundred days and nights, and finally we forged this Thousand Forged Ceremonial Sword."

The classification of weapons into ten forgings, a hundred forgings, a thousand forgings, and even the later ten thousand forgings are actually not that complicated. They are nothing more than forging patterns on the shaped iron ore.

When ordinary iron ore is forged ten times, its weight will not change. But if you want to add more forging patterns, you must add new iron ore and continuously compress the density through hammering.

A normal ten-forged sword weighs about 600 kilograms; a one-hundred-forged sword weighs 6,000 kilograms; and a one-thousand-forged sword weighs more than 60,000 kilograms.

Although the ceremonial sword used by Xia Hong has a narrow blade, its length is much longer than that of an ordinary broadsword, so its weight is not much different from that of an ordinary broadsword.

"Captain, open this box again!"

Mu Dong then took out the second shorter wooden box, placed it in front of Xia Hong, and motioned him to open it with a slightly mysterious expression.

A hint of curiosity also appeared on Xia Hong's face, and his eyes lit up after he opened the box.

In the wooden box, there lay a horizontal sword quietly. The blade was only about 80 centimeters long, and with the handle it was just over one meter long.

Xia Dao has four types: Yi, Heng, Zhan, and Mo. Now all the swords in the camp are customized according to these four types. An ordinary horizontal sword naturally cannot make Xia Hong's eyes so bright. The problem is that the blade of this sword is as red as blood.

No, it’s not ordinary blood color, but a color close to the texture of blood jade, more precious and beautiful, which makes people feel happy at the first sight.

"Half a month ago, Xiang Liang from the Hefeng camp who came from Wuyuan presented five pieces of cold marrow iron to the leader. We took four of them and forged this horizontal sword. Leader, please take a closer look at the forging marks on the blade."

Hearing Mu Dong's words, Xia Hong reached out and took out the sword. After feeling its weight, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes. Then he saw the thousands of densely packed forging patterns on the blade, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"The weight hasn't changed, but there are so many forging patterns. How come?"

Xia Hong had personally examined the five pieces of cold marrow iron. He knew that each piece weighed only about 100 pounds on average. This sword was forged from four pieces, so it could easily weigh more than 400 pounds.

But there are thousands of forging marks, what’s going on?

special material!

Sure enough, as soon as this guess popped up in Xia Hong's mind, it was immediately confirmed by Mu Dong himself.

"This cold marrow iron should be a special material. When we were forging the knife blank, after we had ten forging marks, we tried to continue hammering. Unexpectedly, we could produce new forging marks. So we divided people into groups and forged at the same time. Unexpectedly, we actually produced a thousand forging marks. It was a pleasant surprise."

Looking at the two wooden boxes, each equipped with an inconspicuous wooden scabbard, Xia Hong felt a warm feeling in his heart. He turned to look at Xia Chuan, Mu Dong and others, and said softly, "You are so thoughtful!"

Even though Da Xia now has a large number of Digging Realm masters, to be able to forge two Thousand Forged Weapons in such a short period of time, it goes without saying that the process must not have been easy. Xia Hong was naturally moved.

"Don't say that, Chief. This is all we can do. If we can't even make you a handy weapon after such a long time, then we, the craftsmen, are really good-for-nothings."

Hearing Mu Dong's words, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.

Mu Dong thought of something and continued, "By the way, Chief, these two swords don't have names yet. Please give them names!"

Xia Hong took out the ceremonial sword, inserted it into the scabbard, and tied it to his back with his backhand. Then he inserted the horizontal sword into the scabbard and hung it around his waist. After thinking for a moment, he spoke directly:
"Dragon Bird, Cold Blood."

Daxia Longque, Daxia Hanxue!

As the name suggests, Hanxue means drinking the blood of the cold beasts in the ice abyss. It not only fits the properties of cold marrow iron, but also gives this sword the destiny of killing cold beasts.

Although the former did not understand the meaning of the two words "dragon and bird", after everyone silently recited them twice, they found that these four words were not only very smooth, but also carried an inexplicable domineering aura.

As for Xia Hong, after taking the two knives, he took out a mask with a vermilion inner layer from his arms. After putting the vermilion side on his face, he immediately turned into an ordinary young man in his thirties. With the black animal skin cloak he wore specially today, he stood in front of Xia Chuan and the others and immediately became inconspicuous.

"Okay, give me the luggage and you guys can send it here. Yue Feng, come with me to Jinggu, and then take me to meet Luo Ming. I'm going out for an undetermined date this time, so remember to keep an eye on the camp. I'll leave my contact information there when I sneak into the Beehive Camp. If there's anything urgent, you can ask Luo Ming to send a message to me."

Xia Chuan took out a large bag from behind him and handed it to Xia Hong.

There were quite a few bottles and jars in the bag, obviously a lot of things had been prepared.

"Alright, let's all go back. Yue Feng, let's go!"

Seeing the reluctance in everyone's eyes, Xia Hong shook his head slightly, called Yue Feng, and jumped directly off the city gate and walked towards the north. Yue Feng hurriedly followed behind him.

………………

Ten miles north of Jinggu is the southeastern part of Pingxiyuan.

There was a faint glow of fire in the middle of a large tree with a diameter of seven or eight meters. When listening carefully, the sound of conversation could be heard from inside.

If someone looks inside from the outside, they will find that the middle part of the tree is completely hollow. There is a tree hole space about three or four meters wide inside, which can accommodate three or five people without any problem.

In the tree hole, two people were sitting opposite each other around a small fire. Judging from the way they twisted their bodies from time to time, it was obvious that they had been sitting there for a long time.

The two people sitting here are none other than others.

It was Luo Ming and Shang Ping who left Hongmuling almost two years ago.

Compared with two years ago, both of them looked much more haggard, with some gray hair on their temples, and it was obvious that they were not living a very happy life.

"Lao Shang, if we propose to go back to Hongmu Ridge, will Chief Xia Hong and the others agree?"

Shang Ping, who was sitting opposite the fire, heard Luo Ming's question and said hesitantly, "Of course I will agree, but after we go back, we might be in an awkward situation. Besides, how will Luo Yuan and the others view us..."

When Luo Ming heard this answer, a bitter look suddenly appeared on his face.

Yes, at that time, he took all the Digging Realm and left all the more than 200 people in the camp to Xia Hong and left Redwood Ridge.

Now I have to go back again. Not to mention how Xia Hong will look at me, even Luo Yuan and his gang will probably feel uncomfortable!

Thinking of the three previous transactions with the Daxia camp, Luo Ming's expression became lost.

Luo Ming was not stupid. Although he had asked Yue Feng three times about Da Xia's current situation, and Yue Feng had evaded the question every time, he could guess from the transaction situation and some of the things he had seen that Da Xia's current strength was no longer what it used to be.

Not to mention the massive amounts of bamboo silk, animal meat, cloth, silk, and high-quality weapons that Da Xia brought out during the three transactions... just looking at Yue Feng's own strength, and the strength of the people he brought with him each time he traded, is enough to give us a glimpse of the whole picture.

"Two years ago, less than two years ago, Yue Feng was only at the level of a woodcutter. Now he is almost as strong as me. The growth of the Great Xia Camp in the past two years is probably far beyond our imagination!"

Hearing Luo Ming's words, Shang Ping shook his head and said, "That's nothing. Every time the leader talks about Xia Hong, his attitude of secrecy makes me more curious. Even the Jingxian Camp has been merged into Daxia. I'm afraid only the first and second leaders, as well as Captain Chen, know exactly how powerful Xia Hong is."

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have taken you away..."

Before he finished speaking, Luo Ming fell silent.

Shang Ping naturally knew what he wanted to say next, but after thinking about it, he ended up saying nothing and remained silent.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Yue Feng finally took the initiative to ask us for help. If we do this well, maybe in the future..."

Beep…beep…beep…beep…

Before Luo Ming finished speaking, three long bone whistles were heard from not far away.

He and Shang Ping stood up immediately upon hearing the voice.

"coming."

"Let's go, go out and pick someone up."

(End of this chapter)