Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 27: Rapid Progress [Please read on! ]

Ice Abyss, Ancient Abyss, Prehistoric Civilization, Moao Mountains, Nine Human Towns, Five Kinds of Monsters, Cold-Resistant Masters...

Due to their limited strength, Luo Ming, Shi Qing and others have lived in Hongmuling for decades, never going out and having no chance to communicate with the outside world.

Yang Ning's words undoubtedly opened their eyes.

But at the same time, it also raises greater concerns.

The five kinds of monsters will instinctively evolve themselves by killing people.

A mid-level craftsman ghost, even a strong man of the cold-resistance level can't stop it.

If the escaped wooden puppet were really allowed to evolve to the intermediate level, there would be no way for humans to survive in the vicinity of Redwood Ridge, and all of them would surely die.

Luo Ming's expression was uncertain. He stood there for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth, knelt down in front of Yang Ning and the others, and pleaded:
"My lords, it is impossible to deal with the monster with only the camps around Hongmu Ridge. I hope that you, as human beings, will show mercy and help us. As long as we can kill the monster, no matter what you want, as long as we can give it to you, it will be fine!"

Seeing this, Shi Qing, who was standing by, realized that Luo Ming was trying to find a way out for all the camps around Redwood Ridge, and immediately knelt down with the four people behind him.

Hearing everyone's request, Yang and Li looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

But soon, the two put away their smiles.

Then Yang Ning walked forward and helped Luo Ming up:

"To be honest with you, Chief Luo, Li Hu and I are both scouts of the Beishuo Town Imperial Army. We were ordered to draw a map of the surrounding areas of Beishuo, and it was by chance that we came to Hongmuling.

We are all human beings, and it is fate that we meet each other. We will not sit idly by.

But this wooden puppet, as you have just seen, is not only powerful, but also extremely cunning. If we don't come up with a foolproof plan, it is almost impossible to destroy it. So if you want us to help, you can, but you have to agree to one condition first!"

"As long as I can kill that ghost, I will agree to any conditions."

"Okay, Chief Luo is a man of few words. I will say it straight out. During this period of time, your Rogue Camp and all the surrounding camps must follow our orders. How do you think?"

Luo Ming's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged as he quickly replied:
"I can guarantee the Rogue Camp, but the other camps..."

Having said that, he turned and looked at Shi Qing.

Shi Qing, who was standing by, had just heard Yang Ning's request and had already weighed the pros and cons. Seeing Luo Ming looking at him, he quickly nodded and said, "The Dashi camp is no problem. If we don't kill the ghost, no one will survive."

Luo Ming gave Shi Qing a thankful look, then turned to Yang Ning and continued: "In addition to our two families, there are five more camps. I will go to each of them. I believe that after Chen Ming has explained the benefits, they will not refuse."

"Captain Luo, there should be four!"

Luo Ming was stunned when he heard Shi Qing's words.

There were originally nine camps around Hongmuling. Not long ago, Tiefeng and Shenju's families were destroyed by the wooden puppet. There are seven left. Excluding these two, there should be five camps left.

Shi Qing stretched out his hand and pointed at the corpses on the ground not far away.

When Luo Ming saw the corpses on the ground, he immediately understood.

"It's four families. Daxia should have also fallen victim to that evil creature!"

All the logging team members in the Daxia camp were turned into puppets, and even Xia Ding could not escape their clutches. It can be concluded that they have been destroyed.

Seeing that they had achieved their goal, Yang and Li nodded and said, "In that case, let's do it without delay. Leader Luo will notify the other four camps in the next few days and ask them to come to the Luoge camp to receive orders. We will organize all the people in the logging area into patrol teams. After ten days, we will start searching for the whereabouts of the ghost in the forest."

Luo Ming nodded and obeyed the order, inviting Yang Li and the others to return to the Rogue camp to rest first.

Shi Qing had to go back to his own camp to arrange things first. He confirmed with Rogge that they would meet at Redwood Ridge in three days, and then he took his people back.

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Luo Ming and Shi Qing's judgment that the Daxia camp had been destroyed was not without basis.

The small camp has no ability to hunt, so if you want to survive you must have two things: crystal fruit and wood, neither of which can be missing.

To be precise, wood is more important than crystal fruit. If you lose the crystal fruit, you can still survive for a few days with an empty stomach.

But if you don’t have wood, you won’t be able to survive, not to mention the day, but even the night.

Therefore, the importance of the logging team is self-evident. Xia Ding and all the members of his logging team are dead. Even if the people in the Daxia camp did not die at the hands of the monsters, they would have frozen to death long ago.

Of course, the only thing the two of them overlooked was the variable Xia Hong.

The Daxia camp not only did not collapse, but it was thriving.

In fact, compared with before, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a leap forward.

"Boss, I've made a breakthrough too!"

Xia Hong was in a bad mood at first because he returned empty-handed that night.

But as soon as I returned to the cave, I heard good news.

Xu Ning also made a breakthrough.

Among the first five people who were given the cold beast meat, except for him, Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng, Xu Ning was the last one to break through.

Seeing Xu Ning's excited expression, Xia Hong patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Finally, I don't have to see you with such a bitter face anymore. Okay, starting tomorrow, you can also go out with me!"

Yue Feng, Lin Kai and others who were standing behind Xia Hong burst into laughter when they heard this.

Xu Ning felt a little embarrassed by being laughed at and his face turned red immediately.

There was no way. Among the five of them, Yue Feng broke through first, followed by Lin Kai, Qiu Peng and Lu Yang.

Seeing that the same group of people had followed Xia Hong out, cutting down a tree every night and bringing back a prey from time to time, he was naturally anxious because he could not make a breakthrough. So for several days in a row, he had a bitter face and only focused on practicing.

"Chief, I am sorry that I have to eat the meat of the cold beasts that you risked your lives to bring back every day. It's fine if I can't help you, but you can't even break through to the logging realm. Aren't you just a burden who eats for free?

Fortunately, I have made a breakthrough now and can finally help. "

Hearing this, Xia Hong frowned slightly.

"You mean, apart from the eight of us in the logging team, the rest of the people in the camp who haven't broken through to the logging realm are just freeloaders and burdens?"

When Xu Ning heard this question, he was stunned.

Xia Hong did not wait for his answer, but turned to look at Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng and others behind him, and continued to ask: "Do you think so too?"

Everyone could hear the unhappiness in Xia Hong's tone, so they looked at each other for a few seconds, and no one spoke, just answering the question with silence.

They are not the only ones who think so.

Rather, everyone in the camp thought so.

Ordinary people who cannot break through to the logging realm, cannot go out, and cannot obtain any resources for the camp. Moreover, they continue to consume the crystal fruits and wood they bring back. If this is not a burden, then what is it?
Even now, some of the cold beast meat they brought back was divided up.

Since the last time Xia Hong successfully hunted with a small torch, he repeated the same trick four times later, catching three snowmanes and one frost wolf, totaling nearly five thousand kilograms of cold beast flesh and blood.

But Xia Hong still did not change the rules for distributing meat in the camp, and still divided it according to the previous ratio of 3:5:2, which made them feel a little dissatisfied.

The silence from the crowd was deafening.

Xia Hong understood what they were thinking.

He had originally planned to solve the problem in the next two days. Now was a good opportunity, so he naturally didn't want to miss it.

"Chuan, you told me a few days ago that it's time to change the rules for dividing the meat. Now tell me, how do you want to divide it?"

When Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and a few others heard this, they realized that Xia Hong might want to change the rules for dividing the meat, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

(End of this chapter)