Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 51 Conflict re-emerges [Please read on! ]

Although the camps around Redwood Ridge are all distributed on the east side and are generally connected from north to south, they are not connected to each other.

The people from the two camps, whether intentional or unintentional, almost always met each other in their respective territories, which was within 500 meters outside Redwood Ridge.

The reason is also very simple.

Firstly, the outside area is familiar enough and everyone is relatively safer.

Secondly, it prevents the two camps from spying on each other, after all, people’s hearts are hidden.

Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, when going from one camp to another, everyone basically goes to Redwood Ridge first, and then walks along the eastern edge of the ridge, heading south or north according to their destination.

The location of the Daxia camp is on the southernmost part of the east side. To go to the Rogue camp, you have to pass through the territories of Dashi, Dachuan, and Huang Zhao before entering the territory of the Rogue camp.

It’s less than four kilometers in theory, but it feels different when you walk it.

It was still the same old problem. No matter what we did, we couldn't walk faster at night, and we couldn't make too much noise for fear of disturbing the cold beasts.

Therefore, even though Xia Hong knew that the Rogue Camp might have met with an accident, he was extremely anxious, but there was nothing he could do but to continue on his journey.

The more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. You must calm down.

The wooden puppet was much more cunning than the cold beast. If he was not careful, not only he but everyone in the camp would die.

"Chief, we're here!"

Xia Hong raised his head and looked in the direction of Xia Chuan's finger.

Two high mountains stand majestically on the east side, about two to three thousand meters high. The tops of the two mountains are cross-connected, separating a valley over a hundred meters wide in the middle.

"The valley that Shi Qing mentioned should be there."

"Leader, shall we go straight over there?"

Hearing Yuan Cheng's question, Xia Hongyi was moved, but after thinking for a moment, he shook his head and turned to look inside Redwood Ridge.

"We don't know the situation at the Rogue Camp. If we rush over there, we will suffer. Let's go find Leader Luo Ming first, and Yang Ning and Li Hu that Shi Qing mentioned. It will be safer with them around."

Xia Hong had dealt with the wooden puppet several times, but strictly speaking, he had never faced it directly.

Xia Hong had no idea about the other party's true identity, strength, or other strange abilities.

Although he didn't want to see the Rogue Camp being massacred, Xia Hong was not a pushover. Risking his life to save others without ensuring his own safety was kindness to others, but absolutely stupidity to his own family.

According to Shi Qing, Yang Ning and Li Hu chased away the wooden puppet three times. Although Xia Hong suspected that the wooden puppet did it on purpose after hearing it, it at least showed that the wooden puppet could not do anything to these two people.

It would be safest if we all went together if Luo Ming and others were included.

"The Rogue Camp usually only operates within a thousand-meter radius. The six of you will split into two groups, one to the south and one to the north. I will go to the inner circle on the west side. If we search together, we should be able to find it quickly. Once we find it, use the bone whistle to notify us. Be careful."

"Yes, leader!"

Xia Chuan took Yuan Cheng and Lin Kai to the south, Yue Feng took Lu Yang and Qiu Peng to the north, and Xia Hong went to the inner area of ​​Hongmuling alone. The seven of them started looking for people separately.

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Inner area west of Redwood Ridge

Luo Ming and the others, who knew nothing about what happened at the Dashi camp, now had some impatience on their faces.

"It's been more than two hours. Can you lure it out?"

"He ran away four times. Even if the ghost is stupid, he won't come again, right?"

"Shh... don't talk nonsense, the two adults are right behind us."

"What sir? I admit that they are powerful, but in the final analysis, that wooden puppet is stronger. Do you really think that they were beaten away by the two of them the first four times? I suspect that the wooden puppet did it on purpose." "How could it be intentional? Why?"

"Think about it, the wooden puppet ghost comes out to kill a few people every time, and then gets chased away by those two, so that we can feel hopeful. Then we keep throwing bait, and it will continue to kill people, right?"

"Hiss...what you said seems to make some sense."

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Luo Ming, who was in a group with Hong Gang and Huang Yong, felt a little uneasy when he heard the discussions coming from the people in front of him.

The last time they lured the wooden puppet to appear, according to Yang Ning, except for him and Li Hu, all of them, no matter how many there were, were just prey in the eyes of the wooden puppet, so this time they were divided into groups of seven or eight and scattered around the inner circle to see if they could lure out the wooden puppet.

Luo Ming, who had no idea about the wooden puppet, naturally only followed Yang Ning's orders. This time he brought a total of 28 people, three at the Digging Level and 25 at the Logging Level; the other four camps, including the leaders, had a total of 24 at the Logging Level.

So including him, there were a total of fifty-two people, divided into seven teams. His team had the largest number of people, with nine. Except for him who was at the Digging Realm, the other eight were at the Logging Realm.

The two leaders, Hong Gang and Huang Yong, were also assigned to the same group with him.

As for Yang Ning and Li Hu, they had been hiding in the dark, basically moving around in the center of the seven teams, and would rush over immediately if there was any situation.

"Captain Luo, something is wrong."

Perhaps having heard the discussions of the people in front of him, Huang Yong spoke at this time.

"It's been more than two hours, and the wooden puppet hasn't appeared yet. The previous four times, it appeared in less than half an hour each time. Why is it taking so long this time?"

Luo Ming's face was gloomy. He realized this problem earlier than Huang Yong.

But they themselves are bait, or to put it bluntly, prey.

The wooden puppet is equivalent to a hunter.

When the hunter appears depends of course on himself, not the prey.

So, even if they realize there is a problem, there is nothing they can do.

But there was more that made Luo Ming uneasy.

It did not appear this time, and the problem hidden behind it is very big.

I had heard Yang Ning and Li Hu say before that human life is the most tempting prey for monsters. The previous four times, as long as someone served as bait, the wooden puppet monster would appear, which indeed proved what they said.

But this time, even though they sent out so many people, the wooden puppet did not appear.

Does this mean that the wooden puppet could have not appeared in the previous four times, but it just... appeared on purpose?

If we follow this logic, it will be just as someone said just now, that the wooden puppet did it on purpose from beginning to end.

It deliberately appears and kills only a few people, and then is chased away by Yang and Li, giving them hope and letting them continue to send out people, and then repeats the cycle over and over again, and it can continue to kill people?
But if that's the case, why didn't the wooden puppet come again this time?
He was just overthinking it.

Or does that wooden puppet have something more important to do?

Pah……

Not far away, a crisp slap sound was heard, waking Luo Ming up.

What followed was a domineering and angry curse.

"You useless idiots! I risked my life to help you get rid of the ghost, but you are ungrateful and dare to talk about me behind my back. If you continue to talk nonsense, I will kill you idiots before the wooden puppet ghost comes!"

When Luo Ming heard the voice, his face suddenly darkened.

The same was true for Huang Yong and Hong Gang next to them.

(End of this chapter)