Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Ding… … … …

In the valley's mine, a palm-sized piece of iron ore was chipped off the rock wall, falling to the ground with a crisp sound.

Summer Red, drenched in sweat, first put down the goat-horn chisel in his hand, then picked up the iron ore on the ground, his face full of fatigue.

"Fifty pounds, five units. The coal is almost used up, and so is the iron. Hunting has to be stopped for a while. I must take the time to mine."

[Resources: Wood 23210 Coal 35 Iron 59 Silver 0 Gold 0]

Xia Hong sighed. In the past month, he had spent a third of his time mining coal and iron, but it still couldn't keep up with the consumption rate.

You know, almost all the iron and coal in the camp are only used for preparing materials for the upcoming new wooden house and building essential tools.

But even so, it's completely insufficient.

No, it's not that it can't be supplied. If Luo Ming hadn't left a large amount of coal and iron, the plan to build a new wooden house would not have been possible at all.

According to the plan, although the main body of the new wooden house is made of Golden Frost Wood, in order to ensure stability and extend the service life as much as possible, key parts, connections, and internal structures still require a lot of iron.

In order to accommodate more people, Xia Hong set the specifications of the new wooden house to be extremely large, two hundred meters long and fifteen meters high, with three floors. As a result, the construction difficulty and the materials used are naturally astonishing.

"It's been four months from planning to now. Less than one hundred meters of the total eight hundred meters of foundation piles have been driven. This is the result of me reducing the number of hunts and trying to spare more time for driving piles; the preparation of wood is almost complete. According to Mu Dong, the iron needed can be prepared in just over two months.

In other words, the biggest difficulty is still the foundation piles."

Xia Hong frowned. The iron materials needed for the new wooden house are one-time use, and the main body is made of wood, so the demand for iron ore is not large. Therefore, he tried his best to spare time to mine iron ore, plus a lot of iron ore left by Luo Ming before, which can barely be considered as supplied.

The problem of foundation piles is unsolvable.

He is the only Earth-Digging Realm cultivator in the entire camp, so the foundation piles can only be dug by him alone. If other Lumbering Realm cultivators want to dig, they must use coal stones to soften the ground, which involves the problem of insufficient coal.

It seems that two months later, even if all the materials are ready, we can only wait until all the foundation piles are completed before we can start construction.

Xia Hong took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.

He picked up the goat-horn chisel beside him, preparing to continue mining iron ore.

But just as he was about to dig down, Xia Chuan walked into the mine excitedly, shouting at him from afar.

"Brother, someone has broken through again!"

Clang… … … …

Xia Hong continued to chisel, without even turning his head, just casually asking, "How many this time?"

During this period, people broke through to the Lumbering Realm every night, sometimes even five or six at a time. The total number of Lumbering Realm cultivators in the camp has exceeded one hundred, so now he is a little numb and not as excited as he was at the beginning.

"There are seven, and… Luo Yuan."

Seven, plus the previous one hundred and three, the total number of Lumbering Realm cultivators in the camp is now one hundred and ten.

Wait… …

"Luo Yuan also broke through?"

Xia Hong subconsciously calculated the total number of Lumbering Realm cultivators first, realized that Xia Chuan said that Luo Yuan had also broken through, suddenly threw away the goat-horn chisel in his hand, then turned to look at Xia Chuan, and confirmed it again.

Seeing Xia Chuan nodding, Xia Hong's face suddenly showed joy. Without saying a word, he rushed out of the mine, and Xia Chuan quickly followed behind.

Although the iron furnace can heat up the area within a hundred meters, the range of firelight is still limited. Considering that more and more people are practicing martial arts outside at night, and the camp has a lot of excess wood, plus the valley terrain is hidden enough, Xia Hong asked people to light a bonfire outside every night for lighting.

Of course, this bonfire still has to be extinguished during the day.

When Xia Hong walked out of the mine, he saw everyone gathered around the bonfire, and quickly walked over.

"The leader is here, make way!"

Xia Chuan rushed in front of him, shouted a few times, and opened a path.

Xia Hong followed the opened path into the crowd and saw Luo Yuan under the bonfire, vigorously waving the goat-horn chisel in the foundation pile. As he chiseled down, the soil blocks underground were constantly being dug open.

More than a hundred meters of foundation piles for the new wooden house have been driven. The end with the iron furnace burning coal to soften the ground is behind the wooden house; the end that Luo Yuan is digging is not softened by coal stones and originally could only be dug by him alone.

But now, Luo Yuan can also dig, which speaks for itself.

Seeing with his own eyes that Luo Yuan had really broken through to the Earth-Digging Realm, Xia Hong was immediately excited.

"Mu Dong, bring the clothes!"

Xia Hong turned his head with a happy expression and instructed Mu Dong. Seeing that Luo Yuan was still digging soil, he quickly ordered him to stop and then called him up.

"Leader, from today onwards, you don't have to work so hard anymore. I can also dig foundation piles with you, hehe!"

Luo Yuan, who had just broken through, was obviously in a great mood. He came up and wiped a handful of sweat first, waving the chisel in his hand at Xia Hong, his tone full of joy.

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he realized why Luo Yuan was digging here as soon as he broke through;

Looking around, he found that the eyes of the people in the camp were full of respect for him, but more or less, they also carried a trace of guilt.

Xia Hong thought for a moment, understood the reason, and his expression immediately eased, and his heart was filled with comfort.

During this period, he was the one leading the hunting in the camp, he was the one mining coal, he was the one mining, and he was the one digging the foundation piles.

Obviously, his hard work for these people in the camp for so long was not in vain.

"Don't be too happy too early. Breaking through means greater ability. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Now it's just mining and driving foundation piles. When your strength is stronger, maybe even the hunting will be handed over to you."

Luo Yuan nodded heavily, his face full of eagerness to try.

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he turned to look at the others and said with a smile: "Are you all feeling sorry for me? If you feel sorry for me, hurry up and go cultivate. Lumbering Realm, Earth-Digging Realm, every single one of you, break through and come help me, that's called feeling sorry. What's the use of looking at me now, get out, get out!"

"Leader, I'll go cultivate now, don't kick me, don't kick me."

"Hahahahaha… … … …"

Xia Hong scolded with a smile, and kicked Yuan Cheng, who was closest to him. Yuan Cheng grinned and screamed, immediately causing a burst of laughter from everyone.

But laughing aside, everyone quickly dispersed and quickly devoted themselves to intense cultivation, obviously taking Xia Hong's words to heart.

The reaction of the crowd made a few warm colors flash across Xia Hong's face.

When Mu Dong brought the clothes, Xia Hong personally handed them to Luo Yuan, looking at this second Earth-Digging Realm cultivator in the Great Xia Camp after himself, Xia Hong's long-tightened heartstrings finally relaxed a little.

Luo Yuan's breakthrough not only meant that his personal mining pressure was reduced and the speed of pile driving for the camp's new house was greatly improved, but also improved hunting efficiency.

More importantly, the gap between Xia Chuan, Zhao's three brothers, and Luo Yuan is not large. Luo Yuan's breakthrough means that these four are also close.

This means that the number of Earth-Digging Realm cultivators in the Great Xia Camp will soon be on par with the previous Rogge Camp.

If compared to overall strength, the current Great Xia has far surpassed the Rogge Camp at its peak. After all, there are now a full 110 Lumbering Realm cultivators in Great Xia.

"Luo Yuan, from today onwards, when you are not hunting, you will mine with me. When Zhao Long Xia Chuan and the others break through again, the new wooden house should be able to start construction soon!"

"Yes, Leader!"

Probably hearing the excitement in Xia Hong's tone, Luo Yuan nodded heavily, his face also full of excitement and anticipation.