Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 271 Promotion, Beating, Inspection
boom…………

The dying demon sheep was obviously a little hysterical.

It swung its body wildly, throwing away a small number of people who were grabbing its mane; then it lay on its side on the ground, rolling, struggling and crushing on the ground, trying to drive away the rest.

boom!
puff……

The demon sheep is five or six meters long, which is the largest among the low-level cold beasts. When it rolls over, it immediately smashes the people who were holding on to its mane tightly on both sides of its body, causing them to vomit blood.

"Don't let go, hold on!"

"Its strength can't crush us. If you can't bear the pain, take the Blood-blasting Pill."

"Hold on a little longer, just a little longer!"

Seeing that more than half of the people were thrown away by the demon sheep, and there were less than forty people left, Zhao Yuankong roared angrily, swallowed a Blood Burst Pill first, then turned his body over and clamped his legs around the neck of the demon sheep.

"what…………"

Realizing that the power of the demon sheep under him was still weakening, Zhao Yuankong let out a loud roar, freed his right hand for a short time, drew a dagger from his waist again, gritted his teeth, aimed at the demon sheep's left eye, and stabbed it down fiercely.

Pfft…………

Of the dagger that had been inserted into the demon goat's right eye, only the handle was left outside. The blood inside had already drained out, and what was now flowing out was the crushed milky white brain marrow. The pain it was enduring could be imagined.

The left eye was pierced again, exposing the brain. The body of the demon sheep twitched violently, and the struggling movement came to an abrupt stop. The whole body straightened instantly, and like a deflated ball, it collapsed to the ground with a bang.

boom…………

The demon sheep fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the entire square fell silent in an instant.

After more than ten breaths, people began to exclaim in disbelief.

"done!"

“38 groups did it.”

"Zhao Yuankong really killed the demon sheep."

"Someone has advanced!"

…………

"Hahahahahaha..."

Above the city gate, Zhao Hu's hearty laughter instantly reached the ears of everyone in the square. Everyone then really confirmed that Group 38, which Zhao Yuankong was in, had really advanced and passed the level.

Some of the more than 30 groups of people who had just been eliminated still remained in the square. They looked at Zhao Yuankong in the iron cage with envy in their eyes;

The faces of those in the square who had not yet been assessed were filled with shock and trepidation;

As for the older Diggers who were surrounding the iron cage to ensure the safety of the competition, in addition to the relief on their faces, when they turned their heads to look at Zhao Hu, there was also a bit of sourness and envy in their eyes. At the same time, after turning around to find their son in the crowd, there was inevitably a bit more anticipation in their eyes.

"Group 38, all members advance, the assessment continues, the fifth round of drawing lots begins!"

Above the city gate, after Qiu Peng called out 38 for advancement, his tense expression finally relaxed. After signaling the test to continue, he turned around and gave Zhao Hu a thumbs up, praising him: "As expected, a tiger father will have a dog son. Your kid is not a waste, he is a good seedling!"

"Si Zheng, you're too kind, hahahaha..."

Zhao Hu smiled happily. His name just happened to contain the word "tiger". The saying "a tiger father will have a dog son" touched his heart immediately.

"It's a pity that the leader went to Longyou. It would be great if this kid could get some face in front of the leader, hehe..."

Hearing Zhao Hu's little thoughts, everyone chuckled.

Zhao Hu was originally stationed in Hanqiong. Three days ago, Xia Hong went to Longyou and felt that there was no need to keep so many people in Hanqiong, otherwise he would have no chance to come back.

"Just these brats who were scared silly by the cold beasts, it makes me angry. If the leader was here, he would probably turn around and leave before he could finish watching the whole round."

Yuan Cheng's tone was extremely firm. After hearing what he said, the others thought for a moment and nodded in unison.

They had all gone hunting with Xia Hong. Xia Hong was the type of person who would plan everything out before taking action. Even if he could overwhelm them with his own strength during hunting, he would still take them to find the most time-saving and labor-saving method.

Even Zhao Yuankong's performance would probably not be acceptable to Xia Hong, let alone those who were eliminated. He probably wouldn't be able to watch a single round.

"Okay, it's almost time. Yuwen Sizheng will continue to watch over here. Zhao Hu, Luo Yuan, Zhu Yuan, Lin Kai, Lu Yang, the five of you follow me to the inner city and prepare to host the preliminary selection of the Digging Realm group!"

The five people who were named nodded and followed Qiu Peng into the inner city.

After all, the martial arts competition is just a mid-year training test. If you spend too much time on it and it affects the normal hunting life in the camp, it will not be worth it.

Xia Hong only gave three days for the competition between the Digging Realm and the Woodcutting Realm groups, so they had to be carried out simultaneously so that they could be finished as soon as possible.

In the outer city, Yuwen Tao, with the remaining seven cold-resistant level warriors, continued to preside over the preliminaries of the logging level group.

………………

Longyou, Wushuang Jushi Station.

Wu Shuang only divided the team into 32 groups, and did not have as much manpower as Xia Cheng, so they only got two iron cages, and selected two groups at the same time, so the preliminaries could be completed in one night.

Facts have proved that Yuan Cheng’s previous inference was not wrong at all!

In the first round of selection for the logging group, Xia Hong saw the two groups entering the iron cage in chaos, and not even a team leader was selected. He shook his head, turned around and went back to the main building without even looking at it again.

Seeing Xia Hong turn around and leave, Xia Chuan did not look down and followed him back to the main building. Seeing Xia Hong's frown, he thought he was dissatisfied with the performance of those woodcutters, so he immediately said:

"Brother, the conditions in Wushuang are not that good. Our own logging area in Xiacheng should be better!"

Xia Hong sat on the main seat and shook his head, saying, "Wushuang has a population of more than 30,000, which was not much worse than ours before. From the performance of these woodcutters, we can basically infer the situation in Xiacheng. When they saw the living cold beasts, they were all scared silly. It's not a big deal that they don't have any hunting experience. The key is that they don't even know how to use their brains. They have been wasted in the camp..."

At this point he paused and continued: "From this point of view alone, the situation in Xiacheng may not be better than here. Xiacheng plus five bases, judging from the situation of the 32 groups outside just now, I estimate that not even 10 groups can advance." As Xia Hong spoke, his brows furrowed.

100 lumberjacks joined forces to kill a seriously injured low-level cold beast.

To Xia Hong, this was a very simple matter.

When Qiu Peng first proposed this assessment method, Xia Hong thought it was too simple and just used a normal low-level cold beast.

Looking back now, if Qiu Peng had really listened to himself, no group would have advanced in the preliminaries, and the Lumberjack Realm group competition would have been a failure.

"I have never paid attention to the group of lumberjacks in the camp. I only heard you say that the number of people has repeatedly reached new highs, and that people in the martial arts academy have broken the age record every day. I thought these guys were very powerful. It turns out that they are all a bunch of silver-plated spears. If I am not mistaken, the injury rate of the hunting department must have been getting higher and higher in the past few months, right?"

Xia Chuan was slightly startled when he heard this, as if he had thought of something. He first showed a look of sudden enlightenment, then nodded, his face full of guilt:
"After the Cold Yuan Festival this year, the number of newly established hunting teams has increased. For three consecutive months, the casualty rate of the hunting teams has indeed increased. I initially thought that it was because the number of teams had increased and the number of hunters had increased, so it was normal for the casualty rate to increase. Now, looking at the performance of this group of lumberjacks..."

"What is the exact number of casualties?"

Xia Hong interrupted Xia Chuan and asked.

"In January, 79 people died and 290 were injured; in February, 121 people died and 382 were injured; in March, 152 people died and 472 were injured. The number of people in April has not yet been counted, but..."

Xia Chuan had been in the camp for the first three months of the year and was obviously familiar with the data, so he spoke directly about it. Although the data for April had not yet been counted, the trend could tell.

Xia Hong's expression suddenly became serious.

The casualty rate of hunting means that the figures reported by Xia Chuan are all the population of the Digging Realm. In the three months, the number of people who died from hunting was more than 300, and more than 1,000 were injured.

It's worth it!

"There are more than 300 Digging Realm soldiers here. If they don't die, based on the camp's current resource acquisition capabilities, as long as they can grow smoothly, they may become more than 300 Longyou Army or Blood Guard Army in the future. There may even be a number of Cold-Resistant Army soldiers among them. Have you calculated it?
It's such a big deal, but you didn't tell me and didn't take any measures to improve it. You think it's not a big deal, right?"

boom…………

Feeling the anger and criticism in Xia Hong's words for the first time, Xia Chuan knelt down in front of him, his face full of guilt, and said, "Brother, I was wrong. I have always been focusing on their training and neglected to improve their hunting ability. After this martial arts competition, I will definitely find a way to improve and quickly reduce the number of casualties during hunting trips."

"Don't think that because there are too many people in the camp, no one is redundant. It doesn't matter if some of them die. The most precious wealth in the camp has never been coal, iron, silver or any other materials, but those living people. I told you this a long time ago. Don't ignore those Digging Realm and Woodcutting Realm people below just because you have a high level of cultivation..."

Xia Hong paused for a moment before continuing:

"You and I have also cultivated step by step from ordinary people to where we are now."

Xia Hong has already discovered that not only Xia Chuan, but also Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, Lin Kai, Lu Yang... including those who had come all the way from Tupo in the early days, their mentality had begun to change as their cultivation level and status became higher and higher.

Not that their loyalty to the camp was in question.

Compared to before, I feel more indifferent to life.

They don't seem to respect life as much as before.

Especially after this round of Longyou War, probably with a lot of blood on their hands, coupled with the rapid expansion of Daxia's population and the rapid improvement of its strength and status, their mentality began to become a little arrogant.

Before starting a business, the most taboo thing is this mentality.

From this selection for the logging camp, it can be seen that Xia Chuan, the chief secretary who is in charge of all the affairs of the camp, has begun to become a little incompetent.

Even though Xia Hong didn't get to know other people like Qiu Peng, Yuwen Tao, Yuan Cheng, etc. in depth, he could roughly guess their mentality.

If we don't strike back now, when we really suffer a great loss, it won't be something that can be solved by the Digging Realm or the Logging Realm.

"After this martial arts competition, I'll give you another month to reduce the casualties of the hunting team to single digits. We won't bring so many people into the camp to feed the cold beasts."

"Yes, brother, I will do it!"

Xia Chuan didn't even dare to raise his head as he was being scolded. When he heard the goal Xia Hong set for him, he responded directly and strongly without saying a word. It was obvious that he had given himself a military order in his heart.

Seeing the guilty look on Xia Chuan's face, and thinking that he was only less than 20 years old and that he had thrown such a big pile of things to him, Xia Hong sighed slightly in his heart. After thinking for a moment, his tone softened:
"The situation in Longyou is unclear. If you want to continue fighting with Longshan and Zhaoyang, you must build an army. After the Yuhan-level martial arts competition is over, whoever comes first between you and Yuwen Tao will be the first to build the army. You should take charge of it!"

Hearing this, Xia Chuan was stunned for a moment, then a look of determination appeared on his face and he nodded heavily.

In the cold-resistant martial arts competition, the first place will definitely be between him and Yuwen Tao. Xia Hong told himself about this in advance, and his thoughts were self-evident.

"Daxia's first army must and can only be created by myself!"

Xia Hong didn't say anything more, just waved his hand and said: "You continue to preside over the martial arts competition of the Digging Realm group. I still have to go to Hanqiong and several other garrisons to inspect, so I won't stay in Wushuang for long."

Xia Chuan nodded and bowed, then left the main building directly.

Xia Hongze sat in the main seat, took out the map of Longyou that Xia Chuan had drawn recently, and examined it carefully.

"This kid didn't waste time. The straight road between Jinggu and Fengchao is almost finished. It will probably be completed in July. According to this map, we will continue to build the Xia Straight Road connecting Hanqiong, Wushuang and Fengchao. By then, the southeastern corner of Longyou will fall under the control of Daxia.

Moreover, as long as they fully understand this map, it will be impossible for Longshan and Zhaoyang to take back these three bases from Daxia!
The key is the importance of Wu Shuang’s station…”

Wu Shuang is located in the center of Longyou. Xia Hong had already seen the importance of this place earlier, so when he learned that Xia Chuan had captured Wu Shuang, he rushed back here as soon as possible and sent people to garrison here.

"In this competition, I think only the Digging Realm group can bring some surprises, and there is basically no need to look at the Woodcutting Realm. At least we have to wait until Xia Chuan makes improvement measures, and then there will be some surprises next year. It depends on how many breakthroughs the Digging Realm group can make after this competition. The most important thing next is to build an army!"

Xia Hong sighed slightly. According to the army building standards of the Longyou Army and the Blood Guard Army, the number of Digging Realm warriors in Daxia who exceeded the limit of 30,000 jin was definitely not enough.

We can only hope that after this martial arts competition, enough people will be able to break through.

"Releasing a large amount of resources is also to speed up their breakthrough. Even if these people in the Woodcutting Realm break through, they probably won't be of much use in the short term. We can only place our hopes on the existing Digging Realm!"

Xia Hong put away the map and stood up.

"Don't bother to look at Hanqiong and Fengchao. Let's go to Wuyuan. I haven't seen Xu Ning for a long time. Shanbei should have expanded into many new areas!"

(End of this chapter)