Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

“From now on, all members of the camp will not receive contribution points for going out.

Lumberjacks must bring back at least ten thousand catties every night;

Gathering team, at least five thousand catties;

People from the camp's supply depot and workshops, as long as they don't have anything on hand, all need to go out logging;

Including me, the fifteen members of the hunting team, from now on, in addition to going out hunting with the leader, all the remaining time will be used for mining. Even during meals and sleep, we must stay in the mine… … … … ”

After leaving Xia Hong's room, Xia Chuan immediately gathered Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, Bai Dongying, and all the members of the hunting team.

Except for Zou Yuankai, who was seriously injured and unable to get up, even Zhu Shun, who had temporary difficulty walking, was present.

Hearing the new rules announced by Xia Chuan, everyone's faces showed some confusion.

It's not that it's difficult. Although ironware is not yet popular in Great Xia, there is no shortage of logging tools such as saws and axes.

The lumberjacks basically have one in hand.

Ten thousand catties of wood, calculated based on the weight of the smallest tree in Hongmu Ridge, is only two trees.

Sawing down two trees in one night is not too difficult for those in the Lumberjack Realm.

The problem is that after cutting down the trees, they have to be brought back. Even with the cooperation of two people, these giant objects can only make two trips at most in one night. Even if ten thousand catties is not the limit of the Lumberjack Realm, it's not far off.

“Lord Xia Chuan, isn’t there no shortage of wood resources?”

Bai Dongying was the first to ask. He is the captain of the lumberjack team, and the decision announced by Xia Chuan needs to be conveyed to all the lumberjack team members by him.

This sudden reform, he naturally had to ask the reason clearly.

As soon as he spoke, Cheng Feng, the captain of the gathering team, also spoke:

“My lord, it's nothing to gather from one tree, but according to the camp's current logging efficiency, I'm afraid the valley will be completely filled in a few days with so many people cutting down trees like crazy. Can we use up so much wood?”

Although the fourteen members of the hunting team did not speak, most of them had confusion in their eyes, and they obviously did not understand.

The camp doesn't lack wood, and the iron and coal mines, according to what was said, don't need such crazy mining. The frantic mining some time ago was because of the rat swarm.

Recently, nothing has happened that requires such crazy mining?

No, something has happened recently.

Isn't the leader currently breaking through to the Cold Resistance level?

When the hunting team members thought of this, they suddenly froze for a moment, and some guesses arose in their hearts. They all looked up at Xia Chuan.

“Chuan, are these resources for the leader's breakthrough?”

Not only Luo Yuan, but everyone thought of Xia Chuan coming down from upstairs last, and they all connected these resources with the leader's breakthrough.

Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying were a little puzzled, but seeing the hunting team members all looking serious, they immediately realized that the two might really be connected, and they also focused their attention on Xia Chuan.

“That’s right!”

Xia Chuan didn't intend to hide it from everyone either, and nodded directly, continuing in a deep voice:

“For the leader to break through to the Cold Resistance level, in addition to a large amount of intermediate-level cold beast blood, a massive amount of resources is also needed. Wood, coal, and iron are all needed. During this period, all other activities in the camp can be suspended, and we can concentrate on gathering the resources needed for the leader's breakthrough!”

Hearing this, Luo Yuan immediately nodded, his face solemn, and said: “That’s for sure. We have already fallen out with the Mirror Immortal Camp, which has two Cold Resistance level experts sitting in it. The sooner the leader becomes a Cold Resistance level expert, the straighter our backs will be!”

Yuan Cheng also nodded heavily and said in a deep voice: “If it’s for the leader’s breakthrough, then there’s no need to say more. When we hunting team members usually go out hunting with the leader, we can only help him as assistants. Mining is our main task. It’s our duty to share the leader’s worries.”

The hunting team members all nodded, with a hint of agreement on their faces.

To be honest, as long as they go out hunting with Xia Hong, these people can only act as assistants. At most, they can only play an assisting role. Xia Hong still takes the risk of fighting cold beasts head-on.

Even the task of hunting low-level cold beasts, Xia Hong waited until all these people had grown up and were sure there were no problems before letting go and handing it over to them.

Compared to hunting cold beasts, they themselves play a greater role in mining. Now that Xia Hong needs resources for his breakthrough, they must of course do their best to supply them. It's nothing more than being a little tired, which is much easier than Xia Hong fighting cold beasts.

“Our lumberjack team has always been useless. Previously, when wood was overflowing, we were worried that we would be useless. It’s not easy to be able to play a role, and it’s still helping the leader break through. Once I notify them, everyone will definitely be very happy. Lord Xia Chuan, don’t worry, the lumberjack team will definitely complete the mission perfectly.”

“My gathering team is the same. It’s our duty to share the leader’s worries!”

Bai Dongying and Cheng Feng also stood up, their tone quite excited.

Although there are many Lumberjack Realm experts in the camp, their status is actually a bit awkward, especially after the wood overflowed and the crystal fruits became useless.

During the rat swarm incident last time, they were able to use their bows and arrows to play a role. After such a long time, they inevitably felt a little lost again.

But now, Xia Chuan actually said that the wood they usually cut down can help the leader Xia Hong break through to the Cold Resistance level.

Cheng Feng and Bai Dongyu knew without thinking that once they conveyed this matter, the members of the gathering team and the lumberjack team would definitely be enthusiastic and rush to go out logging.

Not to mention two trees a night, even if they were asked to cut three trees a night.

It is estimated that some people would try it.

“We raise soldiers for a thousand days, to use them for a moment. The leader usually contributes so much to the camp. It’s not easy to be able to give back to him. Everyone can’t let the chain drop.

Furthermore, the leader’s breakthrough to the Cold Resistance level is also to resist the Mirror Immortal Camp and protect the territory of Hongmu Ridge. In the end, these people of ours will also benefit.”

After Xia Chuan finished saying this last sentence, everyone nodded heavily.

Hongmu Ridge is not only regarded as Great Xia's private property by Xia Hong alone.

These people in the Great Xia camp also think the same way.

If we want to protect the territory of Hongmu Ridge in front of the Mirror Immortal Camp, which has two Cold Resistance level experts, it seems that the only way that can work right now is for Xia Hong to quickly break through to the Cold Resistance level.

“Alright, go down and start notifying everyone. This new rule will officially begin to be implemented at night.

During this period, everyone in the camp must move, and no one is allowed to be lazy. We can breathe a sigh of relief when the leader breaks through.

I won’t say any more harsh words. You must each manage the people below you well. If there really is a problem, even if the leader doesn’t pursue it, I will question you three, understand?”

“Yes, my lord!”

Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, and Bai Dongying nodded heavily, and their hearts couldn't help but become more serious as they heard the seriousness in Xia Chuan's tone.

Watching Xia Chuan directly issue orders to Mu Dong and the other two, a strange look flashed in Luo Yuan's eyes.

Logically speaking, Xia Chuan's current position as a camp official is equal to that of Mu Dong and the other two in terms of status, but the actual situation is obviously not the case.

Xia Chuan's own strength, coupled with his relationship with the leader Xia Hong, naturally gave him a superior aura when facing the rest of the camp.

Especially after Xia Hong handed over more and more things to him, this aura became more and more obvious, and he had become Xia Hong's spokesperson in the camp.

It's not that he has any opinions. Whether it's from the perspective of strength or the means of handling things, Xia Chuan deserves the identity of Xia Hong's spokesperson. No one is more suitable than him, and no one is more qualified than him.

The main thing is that Luo Yuan's heart is a little jealous.

The leader is a person who values ability and efficiency. He is also fair in doing things. This can be seen from the way he publicly selected the first batch of hunting team members using wooden stakes earlier.

Handing over more and more things to Xia Chuan is certainly due to the fact that Xia Chuan is his own younger brother, but more importantly, it is obviously due to the value and ability that Xia Chuan has shown.

Thinking back to when the camps were first merged, his basic strength was above Xia Chuan's, and Xia Hong gave him a lot of guidance, but later on, as Xia Chuan's basic strength surpassed him, his strength also began to surpass him, and even the role he played in the hunting team began to be greater than his.

Along with this process of being constantly surpassed, whether within the hunting team or in the entire camp, his status is gradually being distanced from Xia Chuan.

Now, Xia Chuan can publicly issue orders to Mu Dong and the other two, while he is still just a small, transparent figure in the hunting team.

This makes the proud Luo Yuan a little unable to accept it.

“I won’t say much to the people in the hunting team. When the leader wants to go out hunting, I will notify you in advance to rest well. The rest of the time, stay with me in the mine. By the way, the leader himself should also come!”

Everyone nodded, while Luo Yuan turned around directly without saying a word, picked up a gnawing chisel from the wall, went downstairs, and walked out of the wooden house, obviously planning to go to the mine.

“We can’t let this kid get ahead. I have to go too.”

“I’ll go too, I’ll go too, let’s go, let’s go.”

“Don’t rush, I’ll go too.”

“Everyone go, everyone go, hurry up and go.”

Seeing everyone hurriedly picking up their gnawing chisels and going to the mine, a smile appeared on Xia Chuan's face. He also took a chisel and followed behind.

… … … … … …

“The leader is breaking through to the Cold Resistance level and needs wood?”

“Really?”

“It can’t be fake. I once saw with my own eyes that as soon as the leader touched the wood, the wood disappeared. The leader must be able to absorb wood.”

“Not only wood, but also iron ore and coal. I’ve seen it too.”

“The captain won’t lie to us.”

“Why didn’t the leader say so earlier? If I had known, I would have cut a little more before. Before, I was too lazy, so I only cut one tree back every night.”

… … … …

Upon notification from Cheng Feng and the others, everyone in the logging realm of the entire camp immediately knew that Xia Hong's breakthrough to the Cold Resistance level required a massive amount of resources.

Just as Xia Chuan had predicted, as soon as the news spread, all the logging realm cultivators in the camp were stirred up.

For a long time, Xia Hong's contributions to the camp had been obvious to all.

Throughout the entire Great Xia Camp, from the Earth Piercing realm members of the hunting team to the ordinary children, it could be said that everyone was grateful and respectful to Xia Hong.

This emotion, after a long period of fermentation, had even gradually evolved into fanaticism.

Upon learning that Xia Hong's breakthrough to the Cold Resistance level could utilize wood, without Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying even needing to remind them, the people from the logging team and the gathering team, without saying a word, picked up their saws as soon as night fell and went out in large groups.

Even the people from the Craftsman's Workshop and the Camp Supply Office, after finishing their work, followed along.

The people from the hunting team, needless to say.

The day Xia Chuan finished speaking, everyone went to the iron ore cave on the south side of the valley.

Thirteen people worked together, the sounds of digging and mining echoing continuously, almost reaching outside the mine.

Zou Yuankai couldn't come temporarily, but Zhu Shun even dragged his injured leg to the mine. If Xia Chuan and the others hadn't strongly refused and told him to recover from his injury before coming, Zhu Shun probably would have continued mining even with his injured leg.

The entire Great Xia Camp was either logging or mining.

From the beginning of the night, everyone burst out with extremely high enthusiasm for mining.

Xia Chuan seemed to feel that this already extraordinary enthusiasm for mining was not enough, so the next day he discussed with Shi Ping and created a mining competition.

During the time before Xia Hong's breakthrough to the Cold Resistance level, all the resources mined by the logging realm and Earth Piercing realm cultivators in the entire camp would be recorded to form a ranking list.

The ranking list was divided into three categories: wood, coal, and iron ore.

The top thirty in the wood category would be selected, and the top five in the iron ore and coal categories would be selected respectively.

The first place on the wood list would receive 800 contribution points; the iron ore and coal ranking lists would be 2000 points, decreasing successively.

As long as you entered the list, there would be a high reward of contribution points, and the higher the ranking, the more contribution points you would receive.

As soon as the mining competition was announced, upon hearing the high contribution point rewards, everyone above the logging realm in the camp immediately boiled over.

Aside from the importance attached to Xia Hong's breakthrough, the contribution point rewards alone were enough to drive everyone crazy.

Taking the people from the hunting team as an example, they could only hunt low-level cold beasts by going out hunting on their own, and they still needed four to five people to cooperate.

The contribution point value of low-level cold beasts was generally between 200 and 400. Divided among five people, each person received about 40 points. Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan personally led the team, and at most they could only hunt two or three in one night. That is to say, at most, they could only earn 80 to 120 contribution points per hunt.

They couldn't go out hunting every day, and hunting itself was very risky. Golden Wound Powder now also required contribution points to exchange for, and only Luo Yuan and the Zhao Long brothers owned iron fetal bows, and the rest still had to spend contribution points to rent them. Consumables such as iron arrows also required contribution points to exchange for.

The hunting team had calculated that in a whole month, counting fifteen hunting trips, after deducting the cost of renting bows and arrows and Golden Wound Powder, they could only earn about 1000 points at most.

And this time, the first place could get 2000 contribution points, which was almost equal to their income for two months.

The hunting team was still like this, not to mention the gathering team and the logging team, which had greater difficulty in obtaining contribution points, and even the Craftsman's Workshop and the Camp Supply Office. For these four departments, a one-time reward of 800 points was a good thing they couldn't find even with a lantern.

With a super high incentive mechanism, coupled with the fact that it was related to the leader Xia Hong's breakthrough, these factors stacked together, and everyone's enthusiasm for mining suddenly increased several times over.

The atmosphere of the entire Great Xia Camp immediately changed.

The most discussed thing every day was the amount of mining on that day;

As soon as night fell, everyone went out in batches, and Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying, for safety reasons, to avoid too many people gathering together, even began to plan to split the logging areas to disperse people as much as possible.

In order to improve logging efficiency, many people used their brains, and some new things gradually appeared in the camp.

The earliest to appear was the wheelbarrow.

A very important reason for the low logging efficiency was that the transportation efficiency was too low. Although Redwood Ridge was less than a mile away from the valley, the trees were too big and heavy. Even if several people lifted them together, it would take a lot of time to come back.

After someone raised this question to Mu Dong, the Craftsman's Workshop developed a manual wheelbarrow in less than two days.

Of course, the earliest version was very simple, just a wooden board and a single wheel. Subsequently, with the continuous improvement of the problems raised by everyone, the wheelbarrow became more and more decent.

Then there were two-wheeled carts, and even a few people cooperated to create more wheels and greater load capacity, of course, it also required more manpower to pull the carts.

In order to improve efficiency, everyone not only put their minds on transportation, but also thought of ways to improve logging tools. Soft saws, two-person saws, and three-person saws also emerged.

Seeing that the logging efficiency was getting higher and higher, the people from the hunting team also worked hard to mine, fearing that they would fall behind. Including Xia Chuan himself, everyone stayed in the mine for four or five days in a row, and even the cold beast meat was sent by others.

… … … …

Xia Hong, who had been staying upstairs to cultivate, was naturally unaware of the changes taking place in the camp.

It was not until the first day of February in the Great Xia Yuan year, when Xia Chuan went upstairs to notify him that Zhu Shun's injury had completely healed, that Xia Hong went downstairs and used the system to collect a batch of resources, and then learned about the series of events Xia Chuan had created.

[Resources: Wood 11200 Coal 580 Iron 1220 Silver 0 Gold 0]

The order to convey to Xia Chuan to accelerate the mining of resources for all members of the camp was on January 27th. Only three days had passed, and there were so many more resources.

The progress of coal and iron mining was actually still within Xia Hong's acceptable range.

With the gnawing chisel, a single Earth Piercing realm cultivator, whether it was coal or iron, could mine about 40 units or more per day. Zhu Shun and Zou Yuankai were injured and unable to mine. The remaining thirteen people mined a total of 1800 units of coal and iron in three days, which showed that they were working hard, but it was not too excessive.

The main thing was wood, which was a bit outrageous!

More than three hundred logging realm cultivators, calculated at the limit of two trees per person per night, would be about eight thousand pounds. The system converted one unit for every thousand pounds of wood, so even if it was calculated this way, the camp would acquire at most 2500 wood resources per day.

Calculated for three days, it would be 7500. No matter how hard everyone worked, pulling it up a bit, it would not be more than 10,000, after all, the number of people was there.

11200 units, where did this come from?

Xia Hong's confusion was immediately solved when he was taken to the Craftsman's Workshop by Mu Dong and saw the new iron saws and wooden wheelbarrows of various sizes that were being made.

"During this period, everyone has come up with many strange new ideas to improve logging efficiency, and they have really racked their brains!"

Hearing Mu Dong's words, a bit of interest appeared on Xia Hong's face.

In the end, pressure can only stimulate motivation. In the past, when wood was overflowing, no one could think of these things. Now that there is resource pressure, everyone brainstormed and immediately came up with many new inventions.

Of course, in addition to being interested, Xia Hong couldn't help but feel a little moved.

More than three hundred people above the logging realm in the entire camp were mining resources so tirelessly and unreservedly, and in the final analysis, it was for themselves, so that they could break through to the Cold Resistance level as soon as possible.

"Brother, you can take away resources at will, so can we let those loggers not have to pull the wood back, cut it off and leave it in place, and then you can go to Redwood Ridge to take it away directly, wouldn't that be possible?"

Hearing Xia Chuan's thoughts, Xia Hong's expression was a little strange. If it could be so convenient, there would be no need for Xia Chuan to remind him now, he would have done it long ago.

"I've already tried it before. When I collect resources, I must be within the radiation range of the iron smelting furnace, and other places are not allowed."

"Then move the iron smelting furnace to … … … …"

Xia Chuan subconsciously gave a new plan, but before he finished speaking, he realized that it wouldn't work, and quickly stopped.

Xia Hong shook his head, he had also thought about this plan himself, and the answer was still no.

Judging from the super attraction of torches to cold beasts, once the iron smelting furnace entered Redwood Ridge, it was unknown how much impact it would cause. If it attracted a large number of cold beasts, then the problem would be big.

Furthermore, the most important role of the iron smelting furnace is to defend against strange creatures.

Once it moves, it means that everyone in the entire camp must move with it.

Even when there are no strange creatures, Xia Hong does not dare to move the furnace at will, let alone at this moment, the Great Xia Camp has already been targeted by strange creatures.

Thinking of Wang He, who mysteriously disappeared on the seventeenth of last month and was burned to death by condensed fire oil, Xia Hong's heart moved slightly, and he quickly asked:

"There are so many people going out these three days, have you encountered anything?"

Xia Chuan immediately shook his head and replied: "No, although they are now divided into batches when going out, they still maintain a group of at least ten people, and everyone must apply condensed fire oil before going out. Each group will be equipped with three torches, which are not allowed to be lit under normal circumstances, and can only be used when encountering strange creatures. No situation has occurred in the past three days, and everyone who has returned is normal."

More than three hundred logging realm cultivators, almost all of them are moving, but the strange creature has not made a move once, which is a bit strange … … … …

Xia Hong's eyebrows drooped, his expression a little puzzled.

It is of course a good thing that no one has any problems.

But judging from the perverted homicidal nature of the strange creature, this kind of situation where no movement is made is even more terrifying.

This proves that the strange creature most likely knows about the congealing oil, and it is even more cautious than the previous wooden puppet monster.

This kind of thing, hiding in the dark and extremely cautious, is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with.

"Since it's not making a move, then let's just pretend it doesn't exist. With the iron smelting furnace here, it shouldn't dare to barge into the camp. Just have everyone be careful when they go out. If a problem really arises, then we'll talk!"

This is also a helpless move. Without knowing anything, even if he wanted to deal with that strange creature, Xia Hong couldn't think of any way.

Not going out to mine resources is definitely impossible.

With the furnace here, the camp is definitely safe.

After applying the congealing oil, the other party doesn't dare to attack.

Being able to confirm these two points is already enough.

"For now, let's do this. Notify Zhu Shun, and everyone in the hunting team, that they don't need to mine during the day today. Get some rest, and come with me after nightfall!"

"Yes, Boss!"

More than three hundred people are all putting in their best effort to mine resources, all for the sake of breaking through to the Cold Resistance level. With everyone working so hard, Xia Hong naturally started to feel pressure as well.

Zou Yuankai's injury will probably take some time to heal. Losing one person shouldn't make much of a difference. Having had the experience of hunting a mid-level Snow Mane once, as long as they don't encounter other unfamiliar mid-level cold beasts, Xia Hong is still very confident.

"The shortage of four thousand nine hundred pounds of cold beast blood... I need to improve hunting efficiency as much as possible. Traps, weapons, hunting tools, all need to be improved..."

Thinking of the massive amount of cold beast blood he needed to break through, Xia Hong frowned slightly. After a long while, he finally let out a heavy breath.

Meanwhile, on the other side, all the members of the hunting team who were mining in the mine, upon hearing from Xia Chuan that Xia Hong would be leading the team out to hunt mid-level cold beasts after nightfall, were immediately excited.

Although mining can also earn a lot of contribution points, it's far less than going out hunting, especially when going out with Xia Hong.

Last time, when they hunted that mid-level Snow Mane, Xia Hong set the price at 10,000 contribution points. He didn't take any for himself, so each of the fifteen hunting team members received more than 600 points.

Being able to get more than 600 contribution points in one go... You have to know that this mining competition will last for an unknown amount of time, and the first place only gets a reward of 2000 contribution points.

The lure of going out hunting with Xia Hong is self-evident.

"Last time, that was the first mid-level cold beast, so the boss deliberately set the price very high. This time, it shouldn't be 10,000 points, but it won't be very low either, maybe 8,000?"

"I don't think so, it should be 6,000!"

"You're thinking too much. The highest a low-level cold beast is currently worth is Teng Jiao at 380 points. I estimate that the normal price will be 5,000 at most."

"5,000 is not bad either. There are fourteen of us this time, and each of us can get more than three hundred points, hehe!"

… … … …

After the hunting team discussed it for a few sentences, they all put down their gnawing chisels and returned to their respective rooms to rest and prepare.

After nightfall, without Xia Hong's notification, the fourteen members of the hunting team were already fully armed, waiting at the entrance of the camp supply depot.

"Is everyone ready?"

"Ready, Boss!"

"Let's go!"

Xia Hong didn't waste any words. With a command, he led the fourteen people directly out of the camp and plunged into Redwood Ridge.

It can be foreseen that, in the coming period, the frequency of hunting will definitely become higher and higher. I just don't know how long the excitement of these hunting team members can last… … … …