Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 39 Nothing can be done more than three times
Luo Ming, who has been the leader for fifteen years, has been able to maintain the Rogue Camp as a unique one in the vicinity of Redwood Ridge. He is naturally a very shrewd person.

Half a month ago, when Yang and Li asked him and everyone in the other five camps to cooperate and follow their orders, Luo Ming had some guesses in his mind.

Yang and Li described the monster as so terrifying that Luo Ming had no doubts about it. After all, he had seen with his own eyes that the monster really enjoyed killing people, and the more people it killed, the stronger it became.

But to say that the two of them stayed to help them because of their own request, or because they were kind-hearted, and because they were of the same human race, they did so.

Luo Ming absolutely did not believe it.

He is not that naive.

Judging from the many battles they had, it was risky for Yang and Li to fight against the wooden puppet, which made the two of them take the risk to kill the wooden puppet.

After thinking about it, it all comes down to interest.

Luo Ming guessed that there must be some huge benefit in hunting the wooden puppet, otherwise the two of them would not work so hard.

Half a month ago, Luo Ming found the leaders of the four camps. After explaining the pros and cons to them, the four leaders all agreed to cooperate with him.

The four leaders were willing to cooperate, not just because of Luo Ming's face.

The two camps of Shen Ju and Tie Feng, as well as the Da Xia camp that Luo Ming heard about, three of the nine camps around Hongmuling have been harmed by monsters.

Although the various camps do not have much contact with each other under normal circumstances, everyone understands the principle of "the lips and the teeth are interdependent". It would be great if they could kill the monster while Yang and Li are here. After all, they cannot deal with the monster on their own.

Luo Ming had also fought with monsters before. He admitted that he couldn't help much with his own strength. However, Yang and Li asked him to notify people from other camps to come and help. He probably knew what kind of help he could provide.

The wooden puppet enjoyed killing people and improved its strength by killing people, but these people had no strength, so what Yang and Li needed them to do was to act as bait and lure the wooden puppet out.

The truth was just as he thought.

After gathering all the logging-level combat forces from the other five camps to the Rogue Camp, Yang and Li did not hide anything and spoke out directly.

Luo Ming struggled at first, but when he thought of the strength of the monster, he was the first to agree. Probably because he had come into contact with the monster before, Shi Qing was the second to agree.

The other four camps were hesitant, but agreed after being persuaded by the two.

The six camps agreed that each would select three woodcutters to act as bait at Redwood Ridge at night to lure the monster out.

Luo Ming had no doubt about the strength of Yang and Li, otherwise he would not have tried so hard to persuade the other five camps to cooperate.

But the strength of that monster was far beyond Luo Ming's imagination.

In the past ten days, they have successfully lured out the wooden puppet three times.

But it ran away three times.

If it were just that it would be fine, but the problem is that every time, someone who acts as bait is killed.

The wooden puppet was elusive and sometimes killed people for no apparent reason. The most terrifying thing was that after a short while, he could control the corpse of the person he killed, pretending to be a living person, approach you, and then launch a sneak attack. It was impossible to defend against him.

The last expressions on the faces of many of the dead were ones of disbelief.

Seven died the first time, nine the second time, and seven the third time.

This is the fourth time, six people have died, which is still the lowest number of people.

Twenty-nine members of the Lumberjack Realm were basically equivalent to the entire assets of the two small camps.

There are only forty-seven lumberjacks in the Rogue Camp.

Luo Ming counted the 29 dead loggers. His camp had the most, with seven. Huang Zhao's camp had four, Chen Ye's camp had five, Lu Shang's camp had four, and Dachuan's camp had six.

The worst was the Dashi Camp.

That day on Daxia’s territory, there were only five people left dead in the Dashi camp.

These days, three more were brought in as bait.

Currently, only the two brothers Shi Qing and Shi Dong are left in Dashi Camp.

It can be said that even if this wooden puppet was killed, the Dashi Camp would definitely not be able to recover. Even if the Shi Qing brothers relied on them alone, the survival of the entire camp would become a problem.

The most important thing is that so many people died, but the wooden puppet was still not killed.

Not to mention the five leaders, even Luo Ming himself began to doubt the strength of Yang and Li, and began to waver in their method of luring the wooden puppet.

"I know you all have your opinions. Many people died in my Rogue Camp, but please be patient. You have all seen the strength of that monster. Once these two adults leave, none of our camps will survive!"

Luo Ming really had no choice but to choose to comfort everyone in the end.

Shi Qing was about to speak when Hong Gang, the leader of the Dachuan camp, spoke first.

“Captain Luo, let me be frank. I admire the strength of the two adults, but you have seen the reality. The monster is even stronger and cannot be killed three times. In my opinion, it will be the same this time. Instead of sending our brothers to their deaths, we might as well live a peaceful life for a few days. If we continue like this, before the monster is killed, all our people will die first!”

Hong Gang's voice was as rough as his name suggested. At this moment, because six people in his family had died, he spoke his thoughts bluntly with a bit of anger.

"Captain Luo, we are not blaming you or the two adults. We don't dare to do that, but the facts are before us. If this doesn't work, we have to leave. We have been out for half a month, and the food rations left in the camp are almost gone. If we don't go back, I'm afraid the people in the camp will starve."

Huang Yong, the leader of the Huang Zhao camp, also spoke. Although the other two camps did not speak, the expressions on their faces were obviously the same as those of the first two.

Shi Qing also stood up at this time, took a deep breath and said: "Captain Luo, I will not say much. No matter what you say, the capital is still there. My Dashi camp really can't hold on. If one of my two brothers goes in, I'm afraid that more than 300 people in the camp will not survive. Regardless of whether this succeeds or not, I must leave."

Luo Ming was anxious and wanted to continue persuading everyone.

But at this moment, Yang Ning and Li Hu came over.

"I let that evil creature escape again, but I cut off one of its hands this time. I will surely be able to kill it successfully next time."

"Don't be careless. Haven't you noticed? It's getting stronger and stronger!"

After hearing the conversation between the two, the six leaders, including Luo Ming, and everyone else, showed disappointment on their faces again.

Although several brothers died when the strange monster escaped for the first time, everyone was not disappointed as they are now. Instead, they were very excited because of the strange monster's escape, and felt that they were only one step away from killing it.

During the second escape, everyone was a little nervous. After all, more and more people were dying, and those who served as bait were their brothers who depended on each other for life and death. It was impossible not to feel heartbroken.

It wasn't until the third escape that everyone began to really doubt. They suspected that although Yang and Li were very powerful, they were still far from being able to kill the wooden puppet, otherwise they would not have been able to escape three times.

As the saying goes, three times the limit, this is already the fourth time, so everyone no longer hides the disappointment on their faces. However, no matter how disappointed they are, they dare not show disrespect to Yang and Li.

Luo Ming was thinking about how to talk to Yang Ning, hoping that he could give everyone some assurances and calm their emotions.

Shi Qing and the leaders of the other four camps were thinking about how to explain to the two men that they wanted to take their people away.

On the other side, Yang Ning and Li Hu, who had just walked over, also noticed the unusual atmosphere among the crowd. From the disappointment that had not disappeared on their faces, the two immediately understood what they were thinking.

An angry look suddenly appeared on Li Hu's face, and he stood up directly.

(End of this chapter)