Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 52: Conflicts intensify [Thanks! ]

Since nightfall, when we left Rogue Camp, till now.

After more than two hours, the wooden puppet still did not appear.

It wasn't just Luo Ming and the others who were acting as bait who were upset.

The same goes for Yang Ning and Li Hu, who have been hiding in the dark.

This was the last attempt. If the wooden puppet didn't appear again, Yang Ning would take Li Hu away from Redwood Ridge.

Thinking of the many benefits that could be gained from hunting the wooden puppet, if the other party did not show up, the two would have to leave empty-handed, and their mood naturally became more and more anxious.

Just at this moment, Li Hu heard some dissatisfied discussions about the two of them coming from the front. He was already in a bad mood and couldn't help it.

When Lu He heard the slap and Li Hu's subsequent scolding, he immediately realized that something was wrong and ran to the scene.

Seeing Hong Mu being slapped by Li Hu and with blood on his mouth, he quickly walked over to him, helped him up, and apologized to Li Hu.

"Please forgive me, sir. Hong Mu is young and ignorant, so he talked nonsense."

After saying this, he lowered his head and signaled to Hong Mu with his eyes, asking him to apologize to Li Hu quickly.

A total of fifty-two people came out this time, divided into seven groups. They had a total of five camps, so the groups were not divided according to the camps, but were directly shuffled.

Hong Mu is the son of Hong Gang, the leader of the Dachuan camp. He is indeed young, only in his early twenties, and was assigned to the Luhe group.

Lu He and Hong Gang know each other and have a good relationship. Lu He treats Hong Mu as his nephew, so he is so eager to help.

Although Hong Mu felt pain on the face from being slapped by Li Hu, the pain on his face was far less intense than the shame in his heart.

Although Li Hu was stronger than him, he was about the same age as him. In front of seven or eight people, he was slapped so hard by the other party. One can imagine how angry he was.

The young and energetic Hong Mu subconsciously resisted Lu He's persuasion and struggled to stand up and retort to Li Hu.

But before he could stand up, Lu He's hand held him down tightly.

Seeing Lu He shaking his head gently at him, Hong Mu showed a look of aggrievedness on his face, and took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

As the son of Hong Gang, the leader of the Dachuan camp, Hong Mu naturally knew more than others. He could understand what Lu He meant when he shook his head at him.

Not to mention the wooden puppet, which can only be dealt with by Yang Ning and Li Hu. If they offend the opponent to death, the ones who will suffer are those who live in Hongmu Ridge.

Let’s say he is really tough and doesn’t care about the wooden puppet, but will he get anything good if he clashes with Yang and Li?
Yang and Li are both powerful earth-digging masters, and their strength is even stronger than Luo Ming, the strongest in Hongmu Ridge.

So, considering all the factors, no matter how angry he was, he had to endure it!
Even if he felt that what he had just said did not actually insult the two of them, and that the slap was in vain, there was nothing he could do about it.

Hong Mu suppressed the aggrieved look on his face, nodded to Lu He, and was about to apologize to Li Hu.

Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Li Hu spoke first.

"You're still young? Judging from his appearance, he's at least in his twenties, and he's only at the level of a woodcutter. It's fine if he's just a waste, but he can't even control his mouth. If he does it again, I'll give him more than just a slap!"

Hong Mu's face instantly flushed with blood, and the anger that had been suppressed immediately rose up. He no longer cared about Lu He's obstruction and directly responded angrily:
"You are so strong, how come you escaped from the wooden puppet four times? Did I say something wrong? The wooden puppet is stronger than you two. It is very likely that it played tricks on us the first four times."

Hong Mu’s reply made Li Hu stunned for a moment.

He obviously didn't expect that Hong Mu would dare to challenge him so loudly.

When he realized what was happening, he was immediately furious:

"How dare you bark, you bastard!"

While cursing, he had already rushed forward towards Hong Mu.

"Sir, please show mercy!"

Luo Ming's voice did not stop Li Hu's actions.

Pah……

This time, his slap was heavier and the sound was louder. Almost everyone who approached Luo Ming heard it.

Li Hu slapped Hong Mu in the face, but he wasn’t done yet.

Before he fell to the ground, he kicked him hard again, sending him flying five or six meters away.

Hong Gang, who was following behind Luo Ming, rushed forward to help his son up. After checking the injuries on his son's face and body, he turned back to look at Li Hu. His expression was extremely angry, but he still did not get angry. He just asked in a deep voice:

"Sir, it's just a few comments, is it necessary to be so harsh?"

Hong Gang might have felt that he was being extremely restrained by merely asking a question.

But from Li Hu's perspective, this question was obviously a serious provocation.

"How dare you, an ant-like thing like you, question me?"

"Sir, can you please be kind? Although we are ants, we are at least risking our lives to help you two hunt monsters. Why do you have to humiliate us like this?"

Luo Ming blocked Li Hu who was about to rush towards Hong Gang. His voice was low and his face was extremely ugly.

When the other party uttered the word "ant" just now, he knew that this matter would not be easy to get away with.

If it were someone else, he could have asked Hong Gang to give him face. But not only was it Hong Mu who was beaten, but even Hong Gang came over and Li Hu started to scold him. There was nothing that could be done.

What Hong Mu said did not only represent his own thoughts. The people in his team also said the same thing.

After being tricked by the wooden puppet to escape four times, everyone already had some dissatisfaction with Yang and Li, including him.

In addition to what happened before his eyes, if he didn't act tougher, this temporarily united group would immediately fall apart.

He did not expect Li Hu to understand him and cooperate with him in acting. Over the past few days, his impression of Li Hu became worse and worse. Although this man was strong, he was reckless and had a bad temper. He did not think before he acted or spoke.

The fact was just as he expected. Li Hu didn't understand what he meant at all. He seemed to be offended by him and his face became even angrier.

"Okay, Huzi, don't go too far."

Fortunately, Yang Ning appeared and stopped him.

Seeing Yang Ning approaching, Luo Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Yang and Li obviously looked down on them in their hearts. Every time they spoke to them, they exuded a strong sense of superiority.

But in comparison, Yang Ning is obviously still hiding something, has a calmer personality, and is much more mature and steady in doing things than Li Hu.

So what he just said was ostensibly to Li Hu, but actually to Yang Ning. He knew that Yang Ning would definitely understand what he meant and would cooperate with him in acting to calm down Hong Gang and his group.

It's a pity that although Yang Ning cooperated, Luo Ming obviously underestimated the anger that Hong Gang had been accumulating in his heart for the past few days.

Looking at the injuries on his son's body, Hong Gang couldn't help but stand up, clasped his fists and bowed to Luo Ming, and said in a deep voice:
"Alright, Chief Luo, let's not talk too much. The people in my Dachuan camp are all useless. If I stay here, I'm afraid it will offend the two adults. So I'll take my leave now."

What’s even more terrible is that Hong Gang just opened his mouth.

Huang Yong, Lu He, and Chen Ying also spoke up.

"We are the same, and we hope that Chief Luo will forgive us."

"That wooden puppet shouldn't appear anymore. We can't kill it anyway, so there's no point wasting time here. Chief Luo, I'm leaving with my men."

"I thought so too, Chief Luo, I'm leaving Huang Zhao Camp as well."

Seeing that the four camps that he had finally won over yesterday all resigned, Luo Ming was suddenly overwhelmed. He wanted to ask to keep them, but he didn't know what to say. He became more and more dissatisfied with Li Hu.

"Who are you hiding over there? Get out!"

While everyone was silent, Yang Ning suddenly turned around and shouted angrily towards the east.

The others thought it was a wooden puppet that had appeared, and immediately turned to look in the direction of his gaze.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that it wasn't.

A burly young man quickly jumped down from the tree and walked more than ten meters away from the crowd. After looking around, he bowed and clasped his fists, looking anxious, and said in a deep voice:

"Xia Hong, the leader of the Great Xia Camp, may I ask who is the leader Luo Ming? I have something urgent to inform him."

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