Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 75 Shock
Clang…clang…clang…clang…clang…

In the quiet cave, the sonorous sound of iron hammering lasted all night long.

No one in the camp showed any impatience. They all stared at Xia Hong, watching him hammering the knife blank, with anticipation on their faces.

It was not until dawn that Xia Chuan came to his senses and hurriedly asked people to seal the cave entrance again.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Xia Hong's beating was also coming to an end.

Clang…clang…clang…

After the last three hammering sounds, Xia Hong let go of the grinding stone in his hand, raised his head and took a deep breath, only to find that his whole body was wet, his arms were swollen, and all the joints in his body were in severe pain.

“Huh… This is several times more tiring than chopping down trees!”

Xia Hong sighed in his heart, rubbed his arms, and used a piece of wood to clamp the already formed blade. Looking at the side of the blade, there were ten delicate silver-white lines. Although his face was full of fatigue, he could not hide the surprise in his eyes.

"According to Luo Ming, although the Ten Forgings is only the most basic weapon, it still requires at least three Digging Realm masters to take turns to pound it continuously for a whole night. But with this grinding stone, I can do it alone!"

Xia Hong's surprise was not without reason. Before he started trying last night, he did not expect to succeed all at once. He just wanted to see how many forging patterns he could produce.

But as the forging lines appeared one after another, he realized that he was far from reaching his limit, so he gritted his teeth and continued to persevere, wanting to see where his limit was.

Unexpectedly, he was able to create a ten-forged weapon in just one go.

Moreover, he relied entirely on himself!

wrong.

Xia Hong turned his head and looked at the grinding stone on the ground, and immediately realized that this stone should be the biggest contributor.

At the Rogue Camp, Luo Ming took Xia Hong to try out the tool they used for blacksmithing, which was an iron hammer weighing more than two thousand pounds. Even for a digger, it was impossible to swing such a heavy object continuously for a whole night.

However, the grinding stone provided by this system has no weight when held in the hand, but when it hits the knife blank, not only does it not deform at all, but judging from the speed at which the knife blank takes shape, its efficiency is much higher than the hammer in Rogue Camp.

"The only flaw is that the iron embryos melted from the iron ore can only be made by reaching the Digging Realm. The Woodcutting Realm simply cannot suppress the rebounding force of the iron embryos. It seems that for the time being, I am the only one who can do the ironmaking work."

Xia Hong shook his head, a look of helplessness on his face.

Luo Ming had said before that only those who had reached the Digging Realm could forge iron. Xia Hong thought that the problem lay with the iron tools. An iron hammer weighing more than 2,000 pounds was difficult for a Digging Realm to swing continuously, let alone a Woodcutting Realm.

But the grinding stone is not very heavy, so wouldn’t it be possible for people like Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng, who are at the logger level, to use it to forge iron?

But when he struck the first blow last night, Xia Hong understood that what Luo Ming meant when he said that one must reach the Digging Realm to forge iron. The problem was not that the iron tools were too heavy, but the iron blank itself.

It should be due to the material reason. Once the iron embryo melted from iron ore is subjected to external force, it will produce extremely strong rebound force. Without a force of more than ten thousand pounds, it is impossible to suppress this rebound force.

Last night Yuan Cheng was eager to come and help, and Xia Hong couldn't resist, so he let him come up and try. However, after the first swing, he was flung away and his shoulder was almost dislocated.

While Xia Hong was thinking, the rest of the people in the camp had already gathered around him, looking at the knife blank in his hand with excited expressions.

"Captain, why is this knife still so dark?"

Hearing Yuan Cheng's confusion, Xia Hong smiled. Just as he was about to speak, Yue Feng and Xia Chuan came over carrying a large wooden barrel full of water.

Xia Hong signaled everyone to step back and threw the black blade directly into the water.

Tsk tsk……

The water in the wooden barrel suddenly boiled violently and thick smoke continued to rise. After more than ten breaths, the sound gradually became smaller and the smoke slowly disappeared.

When the smoke completely dissipated, the blade in the barrel had completely changed its appearance.

The originally black blade has now turned into silver-white.

Even in the water, everyone seemed to feel the cold light emanating from the blade. The ten silver forging lines on the side were clearly visible, adding a bit of mystery.

Xia Hong was also a little excited. He took the knife out of the wooden barrel, then took the leather handed to him by Xia Chuan, carefully wiped the water stains on it, and finally assembled it with the handle that had been prepared long ago.

Finally, a complete sword, which was only missing the last link, appeared in Xia Hong's hands and in front of everyone in the Daxia camp.

"The blade is 620 meters long, meters including the handle, the thickest part of the blade is about centimeters, and the net weight is kilograms."

After hearing the various values ​​reported by Xia Hong after a careful examination, everyone looked at the sword with fiery eyes and excitement. "Don't worry, there is only one last step!"

Xia Hong naturally noticed the looks of the crowd, signaled them not to be anxious, and slowly took the grinding stone next to him.

The last step is to sharpen the blade.

This step is much easier, and Xia Hong doesn't have to do it himself.

Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng and others who had been watching from the side and were itching to try came over without him calling them. They asked Xia Hong to rest first, and Xia Chuan led the other nine people to take turns sharpening their knives, and they were very busy.

Probably because this long sword was the first weapon of Da Xia, Xia Chuan and his companions sharpened it very carefully, and they changed the water in the wooden barrel over and over again.

Xia Hong came to check several times and felt that it was almost done. However, a few people insisted that it was not enough and needed to be polished for a while longer. Xia Hong had no choice but to let them do as they pleased.

Just like when Xia Hong was forging iron last night, the sharpening sounds of several people sharpening their knives lasted for more than four hours, and only stopped when it got dark.

"Captain, it's ready, come and try it!"

As soon as night fell, the entrance of the cave was opened. Xia Hong was practicing boxing outside the cave. When he heard the shouting from inside, he hurried back.

Xia Chuan and his ten companions sharpened their knives for four hours and their bodies were almost soaked, but their faces were still excited and there was no sign of fatigue at all.

Xia Hong took the long knife, looked at the blade that had been sharpened to an extremely sharp edge, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, and walked to the place where the wood was stacked.

Everyone knew that this was a test of the swords, so they followed behind with great interest.

Xia Hong chose a red frost tree that was more than three meters thick, raised his long knife, and chopped it down fiercely using only about half of his strength.

Click…………

The sharp blade cut straight through the wood, cutting into it more than half a meter deep.

Moreover, when the blade was pulled out, there was no damage or curling on the blade.

Xia Hong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to look at everyone, raised his long sword, and his face was full of smiles.

"Daxia's first iron weapon is ready!"

Hearing Xia Hong's words, everyone in the camp cheered immediately.

"Hahahaha, it really worked. From now on, we can fight with weapons."

"As long as there are coal mines, we will have weapons in the future."

"From now on, not only the Rogue Camp but also Daxia will be able to produce weapons here in Hongmu Ridge."

"With weapons, we won't be afraid of those cold beasts anymore, hahaha!"

"The leader is mighty!"

………………

"Captain, this is the first weapon made by our camp. Please give it a name!"

The cheers of the crowd were interrupted by Xia Chuan's suggestion.

Everyone looked up at Xia Hong, waiting for him to name the knife.

Upon hearing this proposal, Xia Hong was stunned at first.

According to Luo Ming, any ten-forged weapon can be forged by anyone at the Digging Realm. To put it simply, this knife is just a basic iron tool. As long as there is a camp at the Digging Realm, it can basically be forged. Therefore, the value of this knife is definitely not precious.

But as Xia Chuan said, this is the first weapon made by the Daxia camp itself. It has extraordinary significance to Daxia. Even if it is used for commemoration in the future, it should have a name.

Xia Hong lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and lightly slashed with the knife, reflecting a cold light that shot straight in the direction of Redwood Ridge outside the cave.

"Jinghan!"

(End of this chapter)