Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 41: Rogue Camp [Please collect and vote]

The Rogue Camp is located in a valley between two high mountains just east of Redwood Ridge.

Both mountains are vertically long, rising two to three thousand meters above the ground. Like the Tashan Mountain where the Dashi Camp is located, after years of freezing by cold air, the rock walls surrounding the two mountains are covered with a layer of black frost crystals.

The mountain is higher than Tashan, so the crystals are naturally thicker than those of Tashan.

But what is strange is that the further down the mountain you go, the thinner the black ice crystals become and the lighter their color becomes, until the very bottom, where the part almost touches the ground, has turned into the color of ordinary stone.

When we got closer, we found that there was an endless layer of white smoke lingering around the edge of the stone wall, and as the white smoke rose, the black crystals continued to melt and turned into water, dripping down from the stone wall.

"The high temperature released by burning coal can even melt these ice crystals that have accumulated over the years. No one should ever freeze to death in the Rogue Camp."

Although he had been staying in the Rogue Camp for the past half month, every time he came back, the outspoken Hong Gang couldn't help but admire it.

The other three leaders, Shi Qing, and the loggers from their respective camps behind them, heard Hong Gang's words and looked at the white smoke on the stone wall with envy on their faces.

"People are freezing to death. Are you kidding? In my Rogue Camp, not only do everyone have an animal skin coat, but we also have coal blocks for heating all year round. No one has frozen to death in the past twenty years."

Luo Ming didn't say anything, but the men behind him couldn't help but speak.

It is not difficult to hear from his rather proud tone that he is very proud to be a member of the Rogue Camp.

When they heard that no one had frozen to death in the past twenty years, the envy on everyone's faces suddenly became more intense.

Especially the leaders of the five small camps, who could most intuitively feel the power of this sentence.

In fact, strictly speaking, compared with cold beasts and monsters, cold is just the simplest of the survival difficulties that humans have to deal with.

But even so, a large number of people die from the cold in each camp every year.

As a small camp, they can only rely on cutting wood for heating. The problem is that cutting wood cannot guarantee a harvest every time. If they are unlucky enough to encounter a cold beast, not only will there be no harvest, but they may even lose their lives.

The key is that Redwood Ridge has been expanding faster and faster in recent years, and the trees are growing more and more fiercely. Sometimes, they can't even find a tree to cut down in one night.

Not only is it difficult to obtain wood, the physical condition of ordinary people in the camp is also a big problem, especially children. When the temperature drops suddenly, they will still freeze to death even if they hide in a cave and have a campfire to keep warm.

Therefore, not freezing to death for twenty years might be common for the Rogue Camp, but for their five small camps, it was a huge luxury.

Some people envy, while others despise.

"You country bumpkins, why are you making such a fuss? It's just a small thing, and you should be proud of it!"

Compared with the envy on the faces of Hong Gang and others, Li Hu's face was full of contempt.

Obviously, what just happened made Li Hu very dissatisfied with everyone, so he directly used the four words "countryside barbarians" to satirize that everyone had not seen the world.

Although Yang Ning didn't say anything, the expression on his face was not much different from his.

"Let's not talk about my Beishuo Town. The slightly stronger medium-sized camps all know how to lay coal stones, soften the ground, and transplant crops. But you only know how to use it to keep warm. You hold the treasure and don't even know how to use it. You are still complacent here. It's so stupid!"

When the others heard this, there was no reaction.

Only Luo Ming was stunned, then he thought of something and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. I just learned today that coal stone has this function."

Li Hu's face froze. His original intention was just to take the opportunity to ridicule the joke. He had no intention of giving any instructions to Luo Ming at all. He didn't expect to end up making things worse.

But he thought of something and quickly made up for it, sneering, "Don't be happy too soon. Those crops require a lot of land. The coal and stone needed to soften the ground is something that you five diggers probably can't mine even if you dig for eight or ten years."

Luo Ming, who was just excited, was instantly poured with a bucket of cold water. Although he didn't say anything, the leaders of the five camps of Hong Gang and Shi Qing looked at Li Hu with obvious anger in their eyes, and they were obviously not used to him playing tricks on Luo Ming.

"Okay, stop talking and go in!"

Yang Ning noticed the anger that the five leaders showed without any concealment, and suddenly looked unhappy, but he didn't say anything. He just glanced at Li Hu and motioned everyone to go in first.

"Everyone, let's go in first!"

Luo Ming didn't know whether he was born with a good temper or he was good at cultivating his qi, but after being teased by Li Hu, he acted as if nothing had happened and invited everyone in.

While everyone was talking, they did not forget to walk, and now they had reached the middle of the valley.

Although it is a medium-sized camp, like the Daxia and Dashi camps, the location of the Rogue camp is also very hidden.

The entrance to the valley was filled with huge rubble and trees. A normal person would never imagine that there was a camp of more than a thousand people hidden behind it.

Luo Ming led everyone around the rubble pile from the left. Several of his men walked in front of him with ease and pulled out a giant log with a diameter of more than five meters and a length of more than fifty meters from a pile of rotten wood.

As the log was pulled out, the rubble and other trees piled on top should have all collapsed, but not only did they not collapse, they didn't even move.

A passage more than 30 meters long appeared out of nowhere among a pile of huge rocks and trees. It was not the first time for everyone to see it. They followed Luo Ming without changing their expressions and walked in together.

After passing through the passage, the entire view of the inside of the valley is revealed.

The depth of the valley is unclear, but the left and right sides alone are about three to four hundred meters. The most amazing thing is that the two high mountains on the top are cross-connected, just blocking the valley tightly and preventing light from shining down.

Of course, this alone is not enough to withstand the severe extreme cold.

Unlike the Daxia and Dashi camps, which rely on bonfires in enclosed spaces for heating, the Rogge camp is located in the valley and has five giant houses built.

It can't be considered a house. It would be more accurate to call it a box built with huge logs.

There are five wooden houses, each of which is square and about 50 meters wide, and it is estimated that it can accommodate several hundred people without any problem.

There were fires in all five houses. White smoke continued to float out from the exhaust holes reserved above, and the sound of people talking could be heard from inside.

The wooden house was illuminated by the fire inside, and it was glowing with a faint golden light. It was obvious at a glance that it was built with the strongest golden tree.

"It gets warmer once we get into the valley, so it's better to burn coal!"

Hong Gang stretched out his hand to sense the temperature in the valley and couldn't help but sigh.

Someone had already come to greet them in the camp. Luo Ming greeted them casually and led everyone towards a wooden house at the innermost part.

When they were about to enter the wooden house, Shi Dong, who had been following Shi Qing, suddenly changed his expression and turned to look to the left side of the wooden house.

"Brother, what is that place?"

Shi Qing followed his gaze and discovered that next to the innermost wooden house, there was another small wooden house less than ten meters wide.

Luo Ming noticed the two men at this time, walked over and explained: "That is my father's residence."

When they heard this, they were both stunned.

Luo Ming's father, the previous leader of the Rogue Camp, Luo Feng?

(End of this chapter)