Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 83: A wake-up call, integrating Redwood Ridge
The people who came were actually Hong Gang and Huang Yong.

And behind each of them, there were three people.

It turned out that they had been retreating to the north, and before they knew it, they had actually reached the middle of Dachuan and Huang Zhao's camp.

Although he didn't understand how Hong Gang and Huang Yong appeared at the same time, the situation was critical and Xia Hong didn't have time to ask in detail.

"Kill these beasts!"

When the eight people approached, Xia Hong immediately drew out his sword, shouted angrily, and rushed towards the pack of Frost Wolves first.

The others were a little confused, but they quickly followed Xia Hong. Li Baihe and the other four people shot all of their few remaining arrows at the wolves.

Seeing the crowd's powerful momentum, all the Frost Wolves lay on the ground with their teeth bared, their front legs low and their hind legs pushing against the ground, as if they would jump up at any time and pounce on the crowd.

But when the arrow was shot in front of him, Xia Hongli was only two or three meters away.

The group of Frost Wolves all stood up quickly and ran away.

No one knew what the others were thinking. Xia Hong didn't show any expression at all. He just stared fiercely at the backs of the wolves as they went away.

Only after confirming that all the wolves had disappeared did Xia Hong quietly turn around, look at the people around him, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, his expression completely relaxed.

"Phew...that was a close call, that was a close call."

Everyone was already puzzled. Even if Huang Zhao, Hong Gang and eight other people came to help, they were not sure they could deal with this group of Frost Wolves. Why did Xia Hong just take the initiative to rush forward?

Seeing Xia Hong's reaction now, everyone understood that he was just bluffing, but the problem was that he really scared the Frostwolves away...

For a moment, everyone looked at Xia Hong with admiration on their faces.

Li Baihe, in particular, recalled the decisiveness Xia Hong had shown when he first encountered the Frost Wolves, and the alertness he had shown in scaring off the Frost Wolves just now, and a strange look suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Xia Hong naturally had no idea what everyone was thinking. He just lowered his head and glanced at the dozens of corpses on the ground, and his expression suddenly became much heavier.

"It's not advisable to stay here for long. Let's go back first and talk about it later!"

Worried that the Frost Wolves would come back, Xia Hong called Hong Gang, Huang Yong and eight others, and suggested that they go back to the valley together first.

The two of them, who were already full of curiosity, did not refuse and followed the crowd towards the valley.

"Captain Luo, are you planning to take everyone in Daxia into the Rogue Camp?"

As soon as they got on the road, Hong Gang couldn't help but ask.

It was so late, and so many people from the Daxia camp were walking towards the Rogue camp together.

There is only this explanation.

Considering the strength shown by the Great Xia Camp in the previous battle against the Wooden Puppet, it was only natural that the Rogue Camp would consider merging with it. This was what Hong Gang and Huang Yong both thought.

"You two have misunderstood. It is the Rogue Camp that has been merged into Daxia. From now on, there will only be Daxia Camp around Hongmu Ridge, not Rogue Camp."

But when Luo Ming opened his mouth to answer, the two people were stunned when they heard the truth.

Rogge, merge into Daxia?
How can this be?

When Luo Ming told them that he was going to leave Hongmu Ridge, the two finally understood the reason and looked at Xia Hong with some envy.

It's not jealousy, it's envy.

After the last incident with the wooden puppet, Xia Hong's strength was obvious to all in the Redwood Ridge area. Moreover, Hong Gang had received favors from Xia Hong and had a good impression of him.

Knowing that Da Xia would replace the Rogue Camp in the future, the two were slightly moved. Thinking that it would be inappropriate to congratulate them at this time, they both nodded slightly to Xia Hong.

"Captain Xia, I'll have to take care of Huang Zhao's camp from now on."

"Captain Xia saved my son last time, and I, Hong Mu, have no way to repay you. Although I, Dachuan, am weak, from now on, as long as Chief Xia says a word, I, Hong, will do it and go through fire and water without hesitation."

Xia Hong, who was thinking with his head down, nodded when he heard what the two said. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "By the way, how did you two appear at the same time just now?"

When they were in danger just now, they were between Dachuan and Huang Zhao’s camp. Even if they were alarmed, it would not be possible for two of them to arrive at the scene together, let alone bring so many people.

When the two heard Xia Hong's question, their faces stiffened slightly.

After exchanging a glance, Hong Gang saw Huang Yong nod, looked at Xia Hong, and replied with a hint of bitterness: "We will not hide it from Chief Xia. The previous incident with the wooden puppets caused our two camps to lose all their logging territory. Now each camp has only four people, and even going out to pick crystal fruits and cut wood has become a problem.

In desperation, Huang Yong and I discussed merging the logging teams first, and when the time was right, we would merge the two camps into one.

Today happened to be the first time we agreed to go out together to pick crystal fruits, and I didn’t expect to run into you on the way back.”

Hearing Hong Gang's words, Luo Ming showed a trace of guilt on his face. If he had not insisted on cooperating with Yang and Li some time ago, the two camps would not have lost so many people. Now that things have come to this, he must bear some responsibility.

"Captain Luo, there is no need to do this. After all, getting rid of the wooden puppet is beneficial to all of us, so we agreed to it. Living in the Ice Abyss, our future is already uncertain. It's just a matter of dying sooner or later."

Seeing the guilt on Luo Ming's face, Hong Gang was the first to speak to comfort him.

But the last self-deprecating sentence was obviously full of dejection.

They had just suffered a disaster and so many people died. Everyone was in low spirits. After hearing Hong Gang's words, their faces became even darker.

Being born in the icy abyss, one's life is already precarious, it is just a matter of dying sooner or later.

This sentence couldn't be more appropriate when applied to the dozens of people who had just died. When those people came out of the Daxia camp at night, they were probably imagining that they would have a better life in the Rogue camp in the future.

But before they could see the valley of Rogue's camp, they died.

Who could have thought that a group of Frost Wolves would suddenly appear outside Redwood Ridge, with a clear division of labor and a plan for advance and retreat? If it weren't for Xia Hong's bluff at the end, not to mention ordinary people, even those of them in the logger realm might not have survived.

"If you two don't mind, how about you take everyone in your camp and merge directly into our Great Xia and make a living together in Hongmu Ridge in the future?"

Xia Hong, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly asked.

Everyone who was originally walking towards the valley suddenly stopped.

Including Luo Ming, everyone turned around and looked at Xia Hong in shock.

Hong Gang and Huang Yong were stunned at first, thinking that they had misheard or that Xia Hong was joking. When they saw that everyone had stopped, they turned around to look at Xia Hong and found that his expression was serious and he did not seem to be joking. They both froze in place.

"Captain Xia, are you serious?"

Xia Hong didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly at the two of them.

After getting Xia Hong's definite reply, Hong Gang and Huang Yong's faces suddenly showed a hint of ecstasy, and even their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably.

The two stood there, looking very excited, unable to utter a word for a long time.

After more than ten breaths, the two finally calmed down, took a deep breath, and bowed to Xia Hong at the same time:
"Hong thanks the leader for his kindness."

"Huang has more than 200 people in the camp. Thank you, Chief Xia."

Xia Hong hurried forward and helped the two up, without being too surprised.

He had long had the idea of ​​merging all the camps around Redwood Ridge into Daxia, but he was not in such a hurry before.

What happened tonight was a wake-up call for him.

One second he was still gloating about taking over the Rogue Camp, and the next moment a group of Frostwolves arrived. Moreover, his escape tonight was purely a matter of luck and courage, and had nothing to do with strength.

What about next time? If the ones that come are the desperate Snow Manes or other groups of cold beasts, what should we do then?
We must speed up. Both the strength of the camp and our personal strength must be improved as soon as possible.

Otherwise, desperate situations like this will happen again soon.

Xia Hong took a deep breath and didn't say anything more. He just quickened his pace and led everyone quickly towards the Rogue Camp.

(End of this chapter)