Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 31 Upgrading the Fire
Xia Hong knew how precious ironware was in this world.

Iron ore itself is a rare resource. In this world, even cutting down trees is incredibly difficult, let alone iron ore resources which are more advanced than wood.

Why are there only iron tools in medium-sized camps?
Without a strong person in the digging realm, even if you find iron ore, you cannot mine it; and coal and iron are inseparable. If you only have iron but no coal, you cannot smelt ironware by relying on the heat generated by burning wood.

During all these years in the Great Xia camp, only Xia Ding had a semi-iron stone axe, which was lost when Xia Ding was killed.

Moreover, Xia Hong also knew that Xia Ding's axe was obtained by exchanging a lot of wood for an acquaintance in the hunting team of Rogue Camp.

From this we can see that ironware is not only rare, but also strictly controlled by medium and large camps and is not allowed to flow out.

Xia Hong had no idea where the big swords in Dashi Camp came from.

But one thing is certain, this sword is extremely precious to them.

This can also be seen from the first time when they encountered Snowmane in the Dashi Camp and hunted him. The man threw his sword to the leader before he died.

The people in Dashi Camp actually let such a precious thing be lost in the snow.

At first, Xia Hong thought that Wang Ming and his four companions had secretly crossed the border into Da Xia's territory, and as a result, they encountered something terrible and all died.

But he immediately realized that this was not the case.

If that were true, the other people in Dashi Camp would definitely come looking for him.

Even if not for Wang Ming, they would do it for the knife.

But judging from the thickness of the snow that just covered Wang Ming's body.

It was obvious that the other people from the Dashi camp had never come to look for them.

In this case, it is very likely that the entire logging team was there at the time, and Wang Ming and four others were killed because they ran slowly, while the others escaped.

Moreover, those people were in such a mess when they fled that they didn't even care about their knives.

The logging team of Dashi Camp has thirteen people, and there are two archers among them. With Wang Ming's big knife, even with such a configuration, they are still in such a mess. Considering the strange red dots on the eyebrows of the other three corpses, Xia Hong can almost conclude that they must have encountered a monster.

Those who escaped were either killed in the end or were so frightened by the monster that they didn't even have the courage to come back to check.

No matter which one it was, Xia Hong realized that he could not stay where he was any longer.

Moreover, these four people died in the territory of Daxia.

Does it mean that the monster has already settled here?

This is why Xia Hong not only led everyone back to the camp, but also said that there would be no logging or hunting for the next period of time.

If I run into that monster again, not to mention whether I can save my life, the wealth I have accumulated with great difficulty during this period of time will probably be gone in a minute.

The reason for returning to the camp in such a hurry was mostly due to safety considerations.

A small part of it is this big knife that was picked up accidentally.

Xia Hong sat beside the campfire in the camp, holding a big knife in his hand, his pupils full of surprise.

【资源：木670煤0铁60银0金0】

Just now at Redwood Ridge, when he touched the broadsword, the reason why a look of surprise appeared on his face was because he discovered that this broadsword, converted into iron resources in the system, was as high as 60 units.

"I was thinking wrongly. The trees in this world are different, and iron is naturally different. This knife may not look big, but it weighs 600 kilograms. No wonder it is called the Digging Realm. Even if an iron ore is placed in front of me, with my current strength, I can't move it at all."

Xia Hong didn't have much knowledge about metals, but judging from the volume and weight, the iron in this world, like trees, had nothing to do with the iron in his previous life and was a completely different substance.

Six hundred kilograms is sixty units of iron, which means that ten kilograms of iron can be converted into one unit of iron resources in the system.

Xia Hong was certainly happy to obtain iron resources for the first time in such an unexpected and lucky way, but what made him even more excited was that he could finally move the buildings in the system.

It would be a lie to say that the system is not working.

After all, the small torch provided by the campfire alone enabled Xia Hong to hunt, and in disguise helped the camp train seven lumberjacks.

But it is also a fact that the system has not changed at all in more than two months.

Xia Hong was also distressed, but there was nothing he could do. He had no shortage of wood. In fact, as more and more people came to log, the camp was already overflowing. But he really didn't know where to get iron.

There are some in Dashi Camp and even more in Rogue Camp, but just think about it and you will know that they will not sell them to him. Even if they do, what can he use in exchange?

The most critical problem is that he doesn't even know the location of Rogue Camp.

There is a system but no resources, no way to upgrade it, and no way to open new buildings. Xia Hong has been having a headache for a while.

If he hadn't seen the camp improving steadily every day, he might have really thought of a way and taken the risk of getting the iron.

After thinking so hard and dreaming about something, Xia Hong finally got it in such a dramatic way. He now felt like he was dreaming.

Still, business matters.

After suppressing his excitement, he opened the system interface:
[Small Fire (Level 1) Upgrade Conditions: 200 Wood 50 Iron]

[Wooden Man, Construction Conditions: 100 Wood 20 Iron]

There are two choices, either to open the new building wooden man or to upgrade the small fire.

Wooden dummy?
Xia Hong frowned slightly. He was not unfamiliar with this thing. It was a kind of equipment for practicing martial arts. In other words, the function of this building was most likely to assist in martial arts practice.

Of course, as a product of the system, the wooden man is definitely more than just a weapon training material, but if we can infer the function of the small fire, it should be pretty close.

Xia Hong shook his head and quickly gave up the idea of ​​building a wooden man.

The biggest difficulty in cultivating to the Lumberjack Realm is the cold beast meat, which is not actually related to martial arts practice. Moreover, his own martial arts attainments are not low. He has no problem practicing by himself, and is more than capable of guiding others.

The wooden man can be discussed later.

But the small fire is different. Not to mention heating, from a functional point of view, the small fire has a suppressive and killing effect on monsters. At the moment, the camp is most afraid of that monster.

The torches produced by the small campfire can also help with hunting in the camp.

More importantly, the fire needs wood.

At present, Xia Hong has an overflow of wood in his hands.

Whether from a functional or resource perspective, upgrading the small fire is obviously a wise move.

Having made the decision, Xia Hong no longer hesitated. He looked at the campfire in front of him and chose to upgrade the small fire.

boom…………

Suddenly there was a loud bang.

The fire in the middle of the cave seemed to be poured with oil. The flames, which were originally two or three meters high, instantly jumped up another meter. The temperature around it also rose rapidly at a speed that the human body could perceive.

"Why did the fire suddenly get bigger without adding more wood?"

"It seems warmer."

"Really, it's a lot warmer out here."

…………

Xia Hong ignored the exclamations of the people in the camp and just looked carefully at the properties of the small fire after it was upgraded.

Ironmaking Furnace (Level 2): ​​By burning coal, the temperature within a radius of meters can be greatly increased, which greatly increases the deterrent and killing effect on primary monsters, but at the same time it also has a stronger attraction to cold beasts. Coal resources can be consumed for smelting ironware.

Special function: Every time 10 units of wood resources are burned, a small torch can be generated, which has a similar function to a small fire and can be carried with you;

For every 100 units of wood burned, one portion of fire oil will be generated. This oil is harmless to humans, but will ignite upon contact with monsters and is extremely lethal to them.

Upgrade conditions: 2000 wood 5000 iron

After reading it, Xia Hong was suddenly very excited.

(End of this chapter)