Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 58: The Fire Oil Has Run Out
When the fire-condensing oil is taken out of the iron smelting furnace, each portion is only the size of a fist.

Although it is solid, it can be liquefied with just a little force.

Xia Hong was not sure how many monsters a portion of fire-condensing oil could kill, but he was sure that it would not be enough to try it on all the five or six hundred people in front of him.

While Xia Hong's mind was in a mess, the crowd of people rushing out of the room had already arrived in front of the five of them.

The terrible thing is, some of these people are real, some are fake, and it’s hard to guard against them.

The problem is that those who are real don’t know who is real and who is fake. They just run towards the five people and want to hide behind them.

The situation was critical. Luo Ming no longer cared about the sadness of his eldest son's death. He took Shang Ping and the other two with him, trying to separate the real ones from the fake ones while guarding against sneak attacks.

"Stand back, don't come closer!"

Seeing many people coming towards him, Xia Hong's expression became nervous. He raised his stone axe and ordered those people to retreat. It was not that he had no feelings for the people in Rogue Camp. The key point was that among these people, there were puppets controlled by the wooden puppet ghost. If he was not careful, he might die.

Of course he wouldn't joke about his life.

Real people were naturally frightened by him.

But if it's fake, I can't help it.

call out…………

A strong wind came from the right side of his body. Xia Hong's eyebrows jumped violently. He quickly dodged to the left and drew his axe with his right hand to block the man's weapon horizontally.

clang…………

What was chopped down from the left was an iron dagger, which was obviously an item from the Rogue Camp. The dagger chopped off the stone axe in his hand with almost no suspense, and then stabbed from bottom to top, aiming at his jaw.

"This power, these puppets, are at the Digging Realm!"

The moment Xia Hong caught the stone axe, his expression changed. It was not because of the sharpness of the iron weapon, but because the puppet that attacked him exerted a force that was almost the same as his own.

There was no time for him to be shocked. Xia Hong continued to retreat, avoiding the dagger that was stabbing at his jaw. He jumped back with his legs, kicked the door panel behind him, and rushed over to grab the man who attacked him.

Almost instantly, the fire-condensing oil in his hand took effect.

"what…………"

The one who attacked him was a puppet in the shape of a woman. The flames from the condensed fire oil immediately burned her heart and made her scream wildly. But even so, she continued to swing the dagger in her hand, trying to stab Xia Hong who was holding her.

Xia Hong swayed left and right, pulling the woman against the wooden wall, dodging her dagger while being alert to sneak attacks from others nearby.

The fire-condensing oil was still powerful and burned the woman to ashes in a short while. Once the woman's puppet turned into ashes, the remaining flames would be extinguished immediately even if they burned Xia Hong.

Although the fire-condensing oil will ignite immediately upon contact, it is completely harmless to the human body.

But as he watched the fire oil burn the woman's body, Xia Hong's face not only did not relax, but became even more solemn than before.

Woman?

In the camps around Redwood Ridge, even adult men couldn't get any cold beast meat, let alone women. The women in all the camps were absolutely ordinary people.

But the woman who had just attacked him had the power of the Digging Realm.

what does this mean?
This means that the puppet created by the wooden puppet ghost can already display the strength of the digging realm!
"Captain Xia, we've run out of fire oil. Can you give me some more?"

When Luo Ming's voice came, Xia Hong turned around and his heart suddenly tightened.

Shang Ping and the other two were still trying hard to distinguish the real from the fake. Although each of them had saved more than ten people, there was very little fire-condensing oil left in their hands and weapons, and they all had some injuries on their bodies.

Luo Ming, who asked him for help, was surrounded by people and even stabbed in the waist by a sneak attack. He was bleeding profusely.

It took Luo Ming, Shang Ping and the other two a long time to break through the Digging Realm. Xia Hong had observed before that the basic strength of the four of them was above his own.

Even with his fire-condensing oil, the four of them still became like this. This could only mean that those puppets mixed in with the real people were really at the Digging Realm as he thought.

"Captain Luo, go ahead!"

Seeing that Luo Ming was in a bad situation, Xia Hong threw the remaining fire-condensing oil from coating the weapon directly to him through the air.

Luo Ming took it from a distance, and quickly broke the fire-condensing oil into four pieces, giving one piece to each of Shang Ping and the other two behind him, and then immediately applied it on his hands and weapons. The fire-condensing oil was indeed useful.

Those puppets that were originally approaching for a sneak attack would immediately be burned and scream as soon as they were touched. Even if they could display the strength of the Digging Realm, they would not be able to escape harm at the hands of Luo Ming and the other four.

With the reinforcements, Luo Ming and his four companions were like a tiger with wings. In just a short while, they rescued dozens of people again. In just a short while, they had identified nearly a hundred people behind them.

The despair on the faces of the four people, which had always existed since they entered the camp, had only really changed at this moment.

Even though the number of people they saved was less than one-tenth of the total population, at least they managed to save some lives.

However, there are too many people and not enough fire oil!

"Captain Xia, please give us some more fire-condensing oil. We can save more people."

The fire-condensing oil in his hand was almost gone, and Luo Ming looked at Xia Hong with great anticipation, hoping that he could take out another portion of fire-condensing oil.

However, Xia Hong's expression made his expectations disappear instantly.

"Captain Luo, fire condensing oil is not something that can be found everywhere. I only have two pieces on me. I have just used up one piece. I will give you the remaining one. Can we separate all the people behind us? That wooden puppet has not appeared yet!"

Luo Ming looked back at the interior of the wooden house and roughly estimated that there were at least three or four hundred people. His face suddenly turned ugly.

He knew that what Xia Hong said was right. The fire condensing oil could not distinguish so many people. Moreover, the wooden puppet had not appeared yet. The other party might be afraid of the fire condensing oil and that was why it had not shown up.

What if they run out of fire-condensing oil and the wooden puppet reappears in its true form?
"Captain Luo, give up. Use the fire-condensing oil to open the wooden house. The people outside are also in danger. If anything happens to them, the situation will only get worse!"

Luo Ming clenched his fists and looked at the people in the wooden house and the group of people crawling on the ground not far away. Although he struggled in his heart, he made a decision immediately.

"Shang Ping, apply the fire-condensing oil on the weapon, split the wooden house, and let these people escape safely first."

"Yes, leader!"

Xia Hong felt relieved when she saw Luo Ming being so decisive.

He was afraid that the other party would be indecisive and unwilling to give up the people in the cabin.

There are many people in the wooden house, but they certainly cannot all be rescued. Moreover, if they want to continue rescuing them, not only will they waste fire oil, but they will also take risks. After all, they have no idea how many puppets are controlled by the wooden puppet ghost.

And if we continue to stay inside, people outside will be in danger.

All the loggers from Rogge and Daxia, as well as the loggers from the four camps including Huang Zhaohonggang, were all outside. If something happened to these people, then even if they defeated the Wooden Puppet today, it would be meaningless.

The wooden house that trapped them seemed to be only able to trap people and had no other use, but the situation of the other four houses was unclear.

While Xia Hong was thinking, Luo Ming and the other three had already smeared the last bit of fire-condensing oil on their weapons. Then the four of them worked together and used their knives to chop down the wooden wall that had just closed.

Click…………

Just like before, all four men's swords chopped in and did not directly break the wooden door, but the difference from before was that after the blades chopped into the wooden wall, a ball of sparks immediately burst out.

When the sparks encountered the moving wooden walls, they seemed to be extremely excited, instantly expanding the fire and burning a big hole in the wooden wall at an extremely fast speed.

The wooden wall that was originally intended to continue closing was touched by the fire from the condensed fire oil. It suddenly felt like it was facing a powerful enemy and did not dare to continue closing it. Instead, it directly abandoned the burned part.

As a result, a fire hole with a diameter of four or five meters was immediately burned in the wall.

"Everyone run away, quickly!"

At Luo Ming's command, all the rescued people escaped through the fire hole.

Xia Hong did not rush out with those people, but just looked at the situation outside through the fire hole. When he saw the situation, his face suddenly became anxious.

"Captain Luo, hurry out and help!"

Xia Hong didn't care that the people inside had not left yet. He shouted Luo Ming and rushed out first, passing those ordinary people.

Luo Ming gritted his teeth and originally wanted to continue staying in the wooden house to rescue people, but when he turned around and saw the situation outside, his face suddenly tensed. He did not dare to hesitate any longer and immediately rushed out with Shang Ping and the other two.

(End of this chapter)