Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 213 Hongyu Beehive Watching Knife
Luo Ming and his companion came down from the tree hole and walked less than a hundred meters towards the location of the whistle, when they saw two black figures beside the big tree.

"Is it Brother Yue Feng?"

"it's me!"

Hearing Yue Feng's familiar voice, Luo Ming immediately walked over quickly with Shang Ping. After getting closer and seeing that it was indeed Yue Feng, he completely let down his guard and a smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Luo, this is the man I told you about before, his name is Hong Yu."

Hearing Yue Feng's address to him, Luo Ming couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Thinking back to the time when Xia Hong and I were brothers at Hongmu Ridge, Yue Feng couldn't even get a word in. But now he's getting worse and worse.

However, he quickly adjusted his mentality and followed Yue Feng's introduction, looking at the man named Hong Yu behind him.

He had an ordinary appearance, looked to be less than 30 years old, with a sallow complexion. He was wearing a black animal skin cloak and had two knives on his body, the long one on his back and the short one hanging around his waist. He also had a large bag on his back, which was bulging and obviously contained a lot of things.

While looking at Hong Yu, he also remembered what Yue Feng said to him during the transaction last night, and a trace of confusion suddenly appeared in his eyes.

According to what Yue Feng said last night, there is a person in Daxia who has contracted a very rare disease. Only the Longshan camp has medicine to cure it. The Daxia camp will certainly not make a big fuss over one person. In order to survive, that person can only choose to go out and fight for his life.

Longshan is located in the central area of ​​Pingxi Plain. Only the people in the Beehive Camp know its exact location. Moreover, Beehive is a must-pass place to go to Longshan. That’s why Yue Feng found Luo Ming, hoping that Luo Ming could take that person and sneak into the Beehive Camp to inquire about the situation. If the specific location can be found out, that person will go out on his own to find Longshan.

Obviously, the unprepossessing Hong Yu in front of him was the patient.

Seeing Hong Yu's sallow face, Luo Ming had no doubt that he was sick. The reason why he was confused was because he was curious about how this unprepossessing Hong Yu had persuaded Yue Feng to come to him for help.

Judging from the movement of his qi and muscles, Hong Yu's basic strength is only more than 20,000 pounds. His status in Daxia is definitely not high. Yue Feng has no reason to help him.

When Luo Ming was wondering, Hong Yu moved.

He walked forward to Luo Ming, bowed slightly, and spoke with gratitude:
"Brother Luo, thank you for your help!"

Luo Ming's thoughts were interrupted, and he immediately waved his hand and said, "It's just a piece of cake. It's not that difficult to take someone to the camp. The key is..."

Having said this, Luo Ming paused for a moment, then continued hesitantly:

"I speak directly, and I hope Brother Hongyu will not mind. Excuse me for being blunt, but the location of Longshan is actually not difficult to find out. In addition to the three people, Chief Chen Yingyuan, Second Chief Wu Tianxing, and Head of the Hunting Group Chen Yingba, the other captains of the Hunting Group should all know it.

The problem is, even if you find out the exact location of Longshan, it is basically impossible to get there by yourself. Your strength..."

"Ahem... Brother Luo, don't worry. Before we came, I told Hong Yu everything he should pay attention to. You just need to take him there, and he can handle the rest."

After hearing Yue Feng's words, Luo Ming didn't know what to say. After all, it was Hong Yu's own choice. It would be bad if he said more.

"Okay, then I'll take Brother Hong Yu back. See you next month, Brother Yue."

"Okay, see you on next month's trading day!"

After Luo Ming finished speaking, he signaled to Yue Feng and headed north with Shang Ping and Hong Yu.

Yue Feng stood there, waiting until he could no longer see the three figures clearly. Then he sighed slightly, muttered something silently, and turned back to Jinggu.

"Boss, have a safe trip!"

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Pingxiyuan, as the name suggests, is mostly plain except for some small earth slopes occasionally. Trees can only be seen every now and then. The density is not as high as that of Hongmu Ridge, and it is even lower than that of the area outside Shuanglong Valley.

Advantages and disadvantages always go hand in hand. With a low vegetation coverage rate, there are naturally fewer cold beasts. Moreover, the plains have a wide field of vision, and the large size of cold beasts can be seen from a long distance, so the safety is much higher than in mountainous areas.

Pingxi Plain at night seemed to be covered with a layer of silver carpet, with high visibility. Luo Ming, the leader, was obviously very familiar with the road conditions. He could find a conspicuous landmark every once in a while, sometimes a big tree, sometimes a huge rock, sometimes a small earth slope...

But after a while, the three of them walked about ten kilometers north.

"Brother Hong Yu should also be a member of the hunting team in Daxia, right?"

After passing a huge rock with a diameter of three meters, Luo Ming led the two to change the route to the west, and suddenly turned to ask Hong Yu who was at the back a question.

It’s hard for Luo Ming to hold it in for so long!
Xia Hong chuckled secretly. Just now, Luo Ming looked back at him many times. It was obvious that he wanted to say something, but he forced himself to hold it back. He thought Luo Ming could hold it back all the way back to the Beehive Camp!

Yue Feng mentioned before that Luo Ming was very curious about Da Xia's current situation. He had been evaded several times when he asked about it. Now that he had finally come across such a good opportunity to find out, he naturally would not let it go.

Xia Hong was also prepared, he looked up and replied with a smile:
"Brother Luo, just call me Hong Yu. I am indeed a member of the hunting team."

This Hong Yu is not as difficult to talk to as he looks.

Hearing Xia Hong's answer, Luo Ming smiled immediately: "Okay, thanks to you, Brother Luo, when we return to the Beehive Camp, Brother Luo will protect you no matter what you say, so don't worry."

After the greetings, Luo Ming became bolder and asked directly, "Hong Yu, you are from Hongmu Ridge, so you should know me, right?"

Xia Hong nodded and said, "I know. Brother Luo was the leader of the Rogue Camp before. After the wooden puppet incident, Brother Luo led his men to leave Hongmu Ridge and gave Shuanglong Valley to our Daxia Camp."

Luo Ming couldn't help but sigh when the old story was brought up again, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and said, "It's been two years since I left Hongmu Ridge. I don't know what the current situation of Daxia Camp is like. In the previous three transactions, I saw that Yue Feng brought so many supplies. Daxia's current strength should be terrifying, right?"

He didn't ask directly, but wanted to induce me to tell him the situation in Daxia.

Seeing Luo Ming's intention, Xia Hong thought for a moment and spoke directly.

"Of course. Our Great Xia now has a population of over 30,000, with nearly 3,000 people in the Digging Realm and even more in the Logging Realm. We have over 80 hunting teams alone, and over 10 teams that can hunt mid-level frigid beasts. Our jurisdiction covers an area of ​​500 to 600 square kilometers. There shouldn't be anyone in the surrounding camps who can be our Great Xia's opponent!"

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As expected, when they heard Xia Hong's words, Luo Ming and Shang Ping's faces froze instantly. They stopped moving forward, turned back abruptly, and looked at him in disbelief.

Digging Realm, nearly three thousand?
There are more than eighty hunting teams, and only more than ten of them can hunt intermediate-level cold beasts?

How can this be!

"What, you don't believe it?"

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly and asked back with a hint of anger on purpose.

Luo Ming didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and Shang Ping was the first to speak: "No, no, no, we are just too shocked. Nearly three thousand digging realms, what is the strength of your leader Xia Hong now?"

"Then I don't know. Even Lord Yue Feng rarely sees the leader, let alone me."

"Okay, let's keep going, we'll be there soon!"

After a long time, Luo Ming spoke.

After saying this, he took the lead and continued walking forward. Shang Ping seemed to have thought of something and followed without saying a word.

This is, don’t believe in yourself!
Hong Yu followed the two of them with a strange look on his face. After thinking for a moment, he roughly guessed what Luo Ming was thinking at the moment.

Luo Ming had asked Yue Feng about the current situation of Da Xia many times before, but was always evaded. He must have thought that what he had just said was instigated by Yue Feng and that he was deliberately talking nonsense.

That’s right. Given the harshness and cruelty of the Ice Abyss world, it is hard to believe that Daxia has developed into what it is today in just two years. No one would believe it if they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes.

This means that Luo Ming’s impression of himself should be very bad now.

A strange look appeared on Xia Hong's face, and then he shook his head.

It's bad, so what can I do? I'm telling the truth, but he just refuses to believe me. What can I do?
Luo Ming's curiosity about Daxia's current situation is more out of a desire to spy on and reminisce about old people and places; in comparison, Xia Hong's curiosity about the Beehive Camp is genuine and without any other factors.

Judging from the map that Luo Ming took out when he left two years ago, the Beehive Camp has existed since Luo Ming's father, Luo Feng, was young. This means that this camp has been established for at least several decades.

A camp that has existed and developed continuously for so many years must have accumulated a lot of valuable experience in surviving in the ice abyss world, and also has its own unique features.

More importantly, Xia Hong was also very curious about the overall strength of the Hive Camp.

Although Xia Hong had met the three cold-resistant levels of the Hive and taught two of them a lesson, he had no idea how many people there were in the camp, how many Digging Realm masters there were, what methods were hidden in the camp, what the material situation was, and how productive it was. If he had the chance, he would clarify all these issues and make plans for the future.

"Daxia's current activity area is still too small. This time, in addition to understanding the cultivation system of the Ice Abyss World, I also want to see more of the things and styles of different regions and camps, learn from others' strengths, and make up for my weaknesses, so that I can become a medium for Daxia's external exchanges."

Communication is the best way to grow and develop. The most fundamental reason why the small and medium-sized camps in Bingyuan develop slowly is that the harsh environment restricts the flow of people, resulting in too little communication between different camps.

Now that Xia Hong has the strength, he naturally starts to solve this problem.

Beehive Camp being the first stop, Xia Hong naturally had high expectations.

Xia Hong just told Luo Ming about Da Xia's situation directly because he was actually afraid that Luo Ming would keep asking him about it later. Unexpectedly, Luo Ming didn't believe it and accidentally made him have a bad impression of himself.

However, once this impression was bad, Luo Ming didn't ask any more questions.

It's a disguised way of achieving the goal!

The three of them didn't talk along the way, so they naturally moved a lot faster. They soon walked another seven or eight kilometers to the west.

When another huge rock appeared in front of the three people, Luo Ming spoke.

"arrive!"

Looking along the oval boulder with a diameter of more than five meters, Xia Hong, who saw nothing, suddenly showed a hint of curiosity on his face.

But then, Luo Ming's next action made his expression change.

Luo Ming walked to the bottom of the boulder, knocked on one place three times in a row, and then said something.

"Zifeng is back home."

"coming!"

A human voice responded from under the boulder.

Boom...

Then, someone opened the door underneath the huge rock from underground.

Then a passage sloping downward appeared.

A human face looked up at the three of them. The man was standing on the ground holding a torch and said to Luo Ming with a smile, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come in!"

The one who appeared from underground was none other than Li Baihe, one of the three Digging Realm masters who had left Hongmu Ridge with Luo Ming before.

Because they had fought side by side when they encountered a pack of frost wolves during the migration, Xia Hong had a deep impression of the three Digging Realm who left with Luo Ming. They were Shang Ping, Li Baihe in front of him, and another named Xu Kang.

While he was distracted, Xia Hong did not forget to follow Luo Ming and the others, walked into the passage under the boulder, and went down along the slanted stone stairs.

Below the stone stairs is a long and narrow passage. There is a coal stove lit every ten meters or so on both sides of the passage, so it is not only bright, but also hotter than outside.

"I still have to guard this entrance. You guys go back first. This must be the brother from Daxia. My name is Li Baihe. What's your name, brother?"

"My name is Hong Yu."

Compared to Luo Ming and Shang Ping, Li Baihe was much more enthusiastic when he saw Xia Hong's reaction. He had a smile on his face. When he heard the name Xia Hong called out, he immediately nodded and urged: "Brother Hong Yu, hurry up and follow them. There are many passages in the camp. If you don't follow them, it's easy to get lost."

Xia Hong turned around and found that Luo Ming and Shang Ping had already walked forward. He nodded to Li Baihe and immediately followed them.

The beehive’s location is actually underground!
Although Luo Ming and Shang Ping did not speak, Xia Hong observed the wind direction in the passage and some intersections, and soon discovered that this underground passage was interconnected and there should be many of them.

Moreover, there were strong flames at the end of some passages, which meant there must be human activity there.

The entrance of each passage is marked, and the marking symbols are arranged from small to large, so they are not difficult to understand. After going down the passage, Luo Ming started from No. 27, walked along the smaller passages, and soon reached the passage marked No. 1.

Channel 1 is the longest and narrowest, and it slopes downward.

After walking about a hundred meters along Channel 1, I finally saw a three-meter-high iron gate.

The iron gate was open, and the fire inside was clearly visible. Following Luo Mingshangping as he walked through the iron gate, Xia Hong finally saw the core area of ​​the hive's base.

Unlike the previous passages, after stepping through the iron gate, there was a huge open underground space.

The entire space is more than three kilometers in radius horizontally, twenty to thirty meters in length at the highest point, and more than ten meters in length at the lowest point. Judging from the few stalactites hanging from the stone walls above and the traces of some excavation, this underground space is obviously a combination of natural and artificial elements.

Within an area of ​​three kilometers, there are hundreds of buildings of all sizes distributed in a circular shape. The most central one should be the giant iron house in the middle, which is more than 20 meters high and connected to the stone wall above.

In the middle of the wooden house of the circular branch, there are three rings of roads from the inside to the outside, and there is also a main road that runs from the entrance to the north and south. It is obviously used for traffic within the base. At this moment, there are still many people coming and going.

"This place is about a hundred meters underground. The hive is in such a safe place. As long as it is not discovered by the monsters, almost no cold beasts will take the initiative to come here. It is too safe!"

Combining his experience of walking through the passage just now, Xia Hong roughly estimated the underground depth of this space and couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

No wonder the Beehive Camp has existed for so many years. Who would have thought that there would be such a large underground space beneath the vast Pingxi Plain!

Apart from the long-tailed rats that Daxia had encountered before, according to the information Xia Hong currently has, there should be very few species of cold beasts underground.

From this point of view alone, the security of the Hive is definitely higher than that of Daxia.

"Hey, stranger, Luo Ming, who is this?"

The entrance to the passage was guarded by someone.

The five people guarding the area were wearing ready-made clothes made of cloth and animal skins, which were obviously higher quality than the animal skin clothes worn by Luo Ming. If nothing unexpected happened, their status should be higher than Luo Ming's.

Sure enough, when he saw the man asking, Luo Ming immediately bowed.

"Greetings, Master Cheng Ping. This man is called Hong Yu. We brought him here from a small camp in the east. He has the cultivation level of Digging Earth Realm. He heard that our Beehive Camp is very powerful, so he asked to join. I saw that he was quite capable, so I brought him here."

Upon hearing the voice, Cheng Ping immediately raised his eyebrows, looked Hong Yu up and down, and immediately showed a hint of contempt on his face, and then nodded.

"Since he's a newcomer, take him to report to Captain Chen!"

Luo Ming had an almost awkward smile on his face. He nodded respectfully immediately after hearing the voice and almost pulled Xia Hong to run inside.

Xia Hong looked a little strange, not understanding why Luo Ming was so anxious.

But soon, he knew.

"Wait, let me see those two knives on this kid's back!"

………………

When Xia Hong turned around and saw the greed in Cheng Ping's eyes, he immediately understood why Luo Ming had just pulled him away.

It turns out that this gatekeeper Cheng Ping is a greedy person...

Look at your own knife!

Xia Hong looked normal, but his heart sank a little.

The two knives on his back looked normal when they were in the scabbards, but once they were unsheathed, everything would be different.

And I just happened to meet such a greedy person, so I can't let him see it.

"It's not like we can't hide right after we get here. Let's see how Luo Ming handles it first!"

Xia Hong turned his head calmly and gave Luo Ming a pleading look.

(End of this chapter)