Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"Lin Wan, Shi Lu, gather all the children in the main hall on the second floor."

"Shi Ping, take some men and get the furnace up to the third floor first. Light a pile of ordinary coal stones for heating. I'll tell you when to extinguish the fire in the furnace, and you need to be ready to put it out at any time."

"The rest of the Earth Digging Realm cultivators, go to the blacksmith's room and take bows and broadswords. Each person take a piece of Condensed Fire Oil, and follow me to the third floor. Also, get ten more people to carry all the iron arrows up to the third floor."

"All Lumbering Realm cultivators in the camp, except for those with special tasks, take a Five-Stone Bow and a piece of Condensed Fire Oil, and all go to the first floor. Mu Dong, you lead them and tell them what to do!"

"What are you still standing there for? The beast tide is here, hurry up!"

Xia Chuan went to the second floor and, without even bothering to explain to everyone, immediately issued four orders. Seeing that everyone was still a little dazed, he shouted loudly.

The beast tide is here!

Thump thump thump…

The ground was still shaking, and everyone instantly woke up. The expressions of those named changed drastically, and they immediately turned around and acted.

"All the children come here to gather. Xiao Lu, help me hold Yue Yun. I'll take the other sisters downstairs to bring the children from the first and third floors over here."

"Okay, Sister Wan."

Lin Wan and Shi Lu were already surrounded by many adult women, most of whom were the families of the hunting team, with a few holding babies in their arms.

Seeing that Lin Wan had even handed over her own child, they followed suit, handing the babies in their arms to the people next to Shi Lu. Then, a small number followed Lin Wan downstairs, while most searched and notified people in the various rooms on the second floor, and a few went up to the third floor.

All three floors of the wooden house had residents, but relatively speaking, the second floor had the most, while the first and third floors had fewer people and very few children, requiring only a small number of people.

On Shi Ping's side, he was already leading people to pull the iron chains in the center, lifting the iron smelting furnace to the third floor;

At the entrance of the camp's supply depot, Tong Xinglong, with Ying Yi, began to distribute weapons and Condensed Fire Oil to everyone. The Earth Digging Realm cultivators received Ten-Stone Bows and broadswords, while the Lumbering Realm cultivators only received a Five-Stone Bow.

Those who received weapons, all the Earth Digging Realm cultivators went up to the third floor, while all the Lumbering Realm cultivators followed Mu Dong down to the first floor;

As for Xia Chuan, who had issued the orders to everyone, he had already led Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, and others who came out of the blacksmith's room, and went up to the third floor together.

The third floor was already empty. After Xia Chuan rushed upstairs, he went straight to the door on the west side of the corridor.

The wooden house had three floors. Only the main door was opened on the first floor; on the second floor, windows that could accommodate two people at the same time were opened every ten meters on all four sides; the highest third floor had a three-meter-wide corridor on all four sides.

Xia Chuan didn't open the door directly, but first took out a pair of animal skin gloves from his arms and put them on. Then, he took out a head covering to completely cover his face, leaving only his eyes exposed, and put on a beast绒 hat to cover his entire head tightly.

Finally, he also took out a piece of white silk fabric and tied it over his eyes.

Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Zhao Long, and the Earth Digging Realm cultivators who subsequently arrived on the third floor, all followed his example, covering their entire bodies tightly.

"It's daylight now. We've already tried it before. This allows us to stay outside briefly for ten minutes. After ten minutes, we must rotate to the side of the furnace to warm up and recover."

"Mu Dong is downstairs. We have a total of sixty-seven Earth Digging Realm cultivators here. We'll divide into two groups. Luo Yuan and I will each lead a group. My group will go out first. Luo Yuan, your group will hide in the shadows indoors and shoot arrows first, then rotate when the time comes."

"Okay, understood!"

Time was limited, Xia Chuan quickly finished speaking, gestured to everyone, took a deep breath, and solemnly slowly opened the wooden door leading to the corridor.

Whoosh…

The biting cold wind howled in from outside the door. Even though everyone had covered their entire bodies tightly, still more than half of them shivered involuntarily.

Chi…

If the Earth Digging Realm cultivators closer to the inner layer were only shivering, then the people outside directly began to tremble, especially Xia Chuan, who was directly facing the daylight, and even a layer of white frost quickly formed on the outer layer of his clothes.

That looked like a phenomenon caused by the alternating cold and heat.

There was a smelting furnace warming up inside the wooden house, but it was different outside.

The cold air outside, coupled with the piercingly cold sunlight, made Xia Chuan unable to help but stand still in place for three or four breaths.

He gritted his teeth, took out the iron-fetal bow from his back, and led everyone onto the corridor, looking through the white silk fabric towards the entrance of the passage on the west side of the valley.

Thump thump thump…

The trembling of the ground became more and more intense. Even though the wooden house was still two or three hundred meters away from the passage entrance, Xia Chuan and the others could still clearly perceive how terrifying the scale of the cold beasts rushing in from outside was.

Bang!

A loud noise exploded from the passage entrance, and a hole with a diameter of three or four meters suddenly appeared. Countless wood chips and stones rushed into the valley from the hole like a tsunami.

"Roar…"

A snow-maned head poked out from behind the hole, its blood-red vertical pupils staring at the wooden house. Then, it raised its head slightly, as if it had seen Xia Chuan and the others on the third floor of the wooden house, and suddenly contracted its pupils. Then came an even more violent roar and howl.

"Roar… Roar… Roar…"

Bang!!!

Again, five or six consecutive huge impacts came from outside the valley entrance. The valley entrance, which they had usually piled up with countless rubble and wood and reinforced countless times, was directly collapsing as if it had been washed away by a flood.

As the impact sounded, rubble and wood chips flew everywhere. The nearly fifty-meter-wide passage entrance was completely shattered, and there was nothing to stop it anymore.

At this time, the scene outside the passage was also completely reflected in the eyes of Xia Chuan and the Earth Digging Realm cultivators on the third floor.

"Gulp! Three hundred, four hundred… How many must there be?"

Yuan Cheng's pupils trembled, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, as if he couldn't even feel the coldness outside. The trembling of his body was directly stopped by the shock.

It wasn't just him. Despair instantly filled the faces of Luo Yuan, the Zhao Long brothers, Yue Feng, Lin Kai, Xu Ning, and the rest of the Earth Digging Realm cultivators on the third floor.

At the valley entrance, countless cold beasts were rushing in like a dark cloud.

The first to rush in were the larger snow manes and demon sheep. The two types of cold beasts, one on the left and one on the right, were between three and five meters long, and there were almost a hundred of each.

No wonder, no wonder so much rubble and wood at the valley entrance couldn't stop them.

Two or three hundred snow manes and demon sheep, even if they were only low-level, the destructive power caused by their simultaneous charge was enough to shake the heavens and the earth.

What was even more deadly was that above these two types of cold beasts, there were continuous frost wolves climbing up the north and south sides of the valley, grabbing the stone walls and rushing towards the wooden house from both sides;

Above the valley, at the intersection of the stone walls on both sides of Shuanglong Mountain, the heads of Teng Serpents poked out, each with blood-red eyes, staring at the wooden house below, and also followed the mountain walls down to the east side of the wooden house, which was the depths of the valley.

"What are you all standing there for? Waiting to die?"

Xia Chuan's roaring voice was also trembling, which showed that the despair in his heart was no less than that of others.

But despair was despair, his action of drawing his bow and nocking an arrow was not slow at all. He quickly shot an iron arrow at a low-level snow mane that had already begun to hit the wooden wall.

"Everyone, don't be dazed! No matter what, we can't stand here and wait for death!"

"That's right, let's fight these beasts! I just broke through to the Earth Digging Realm. I'll drag one down with me no matter what."

"With the wooden wall blocking them, we'll kill one for every one we kill."

…

The others also suddenly woke up at this time, roaring to embolden themselves while quickly stepping forward, drawing their bows and shooting arrows frantically at the outside of the wooden wall.

Swish… Swish… Swish…

Not only the people on the corridor, but also Luo Yuan, with another group of people, in the shadows inside the wooden house, while handing arrows to Xia Chuan's group, were also looking for gaps and shooting arrows at the periphery.

Bang…

The snow mane at the head hit the wooden wall several times in a row, but it couldn't shake it at all.

Not only could it not shake it, but the wooden wall seemed to become even stronger under its impact. The commotion caused by the subsequent impacts became smaller and smaller.

Not only did the commotion become smaller and smaller, but many wounds also appeared on the body parts that the snow mane hit, and dark green blood flowed out from inside.

Seeing this scene, Xia Chuan and the rest of the people suddenly brightened their eyes.

The wooden wall on the west side was already hundreds of meters thick and more than ten meters high, and it was built in a diagonally crisscrossed manner. Moreover, many specially made iron thorns were arranged on it.

Roar…

Pain stimulated the ferocity of the snow mane. After roaring angrily, it not only did not retreat, but instead launched another charge with greater force.

Puchi!

It was just that Xia Chuan and the others upstairs would not give it a second chance.

Dozens of iron arrows pierced through countless gaps in the wooden wall and shot straight into the snow mane's body. It should be known that each of these iron arrows had a terrifying impact force of more than ten thousand pounds.

The pure iron arrow shafts, more than seventy centimeters long, mostly pierced through the snow mane's flesh and completely stuck into its body. A few of them even penetrated the flesh, and the arrowheads were exposed from the other end.

Those few arrows were naturally shot by Xia Chuan, Zhao Long, and a few others.

The snow mane was covered with iron arrows in the blink of an eye. Although its ferocity was even greater, its strength was obviously much weaker than before.

Seeing the snow mane's strength weakened, the light in Xia Chuan's eyes shone even brighter.

"The front row is just some low-level cold beasts. With the wooden wall blocking them and our arrows, we can stop them!"

Xia Chuan and the people of the hunting team were not actually afraid of low-level cold beasts. The daze and despair just now were only because there were too many cold beasts.

This scene had an even greater impact on those who had recently broken through to the Earth Digging Realm.

They had never gone out to hunt cold beasts before. They were not only unfamiliar with cold beasts, but also had a natural fear in their hearts. Now, the iron arrows they shot could not only injure the snow mane, but even had the possibility of killing it. Their confidence immediately increased.

"So much for being impressive! Brothers, this counts as a hunt for us!"

"Hahaha, luckily Lord Xia Chuan arranged the wooden walls in advance."

"More than just the wooden walls, if we hadn't made so many bows and arrows these past two days, we wouldn't be so extravagant now."

… … … …

Shoosh… Shoosh… Shoosh…

The morale-boosting roars of the crowd did little to improve Xia Chuan's expression.

Because from their voices, he could clearly sense despair.

That's normal, because they had only shot down one of them.

Beside and behind that snow mane, there was a continuous stream of snow manes coming to reinforce; and to the right of the snow manes, the even larger golden-eyed magic sheep had also arrived.

The instantaneous burst of impact force from the snow manes and magic sheep was at least ten thousand pounds.

No matter how stable the wooden wall's structure, no matter how many iron thorns were arranged on it, one might be stopped, two wouldn't be a problem, even a dozen or so, perhaps with the help of Xia Chuan and the others shooting arrows, could hold them off for a while.

But at this moment, hundreds of them were charging in from outside the valley.

Bang… … … …

The magic sheep reached the wooden wall, and with a violent impact force, combined with a sudden thrust forward with its six sharp horns, the wooden wall instantly shattered and scattered.

The hundred-meter-thick wooden wall, arranged diagonally, began to collapse in a destructive manner.

Roar… … … …

As the wooden wall began to collapse, the emotions of many cold beasts seemed to surge as well, letting out several angry roars and charging even more violently towards the wooden houses on the eastern side.

"Shoot arrows, shoot faster, don't stop, shoot the magic sheep first, don't let them continue to destroy the wooden wall."

Xia Chuan shifted his target, aiming at several magic sheep in front, and the iron arrows shot through the air. Although they hit the magic sheep, they were almost all on their backs, and a few were even blocked by the sharp horns on their heads.

These cold beasts were not fools.

Except for the first snow mane that was shot down relatively smoothly, the cold beasts that rushed over later all charged forward with their heads lowered, not giving them any chance at all.

Xia Chuan and the others, who were originally standing on the third floor, overlooking the situation, were now thoroughly outsmarted by these cold beasts.

Standing high up does allow you to see far and shoot far.

But it was difficult to hit the vital parts of these cold beasts.

The golden eyes on the back of the magic sheep had to be opened to be considered a fatal spot;

The vital spots of the snow mane were only the eyes and the abdomen.

It was impossible to hit these two locations with arrows shot from above.

The hundred-meter-long wooden wall only held for less than a hundred breaths before collapsing completely. The snow manes and magic sheep in the front row were less than twenty or thirty meters away from the western wall of the wooden house.

"Roar… … … …"

The first snow mane to arrive, whether it was too complacent or signaling to its kind, suddenly roared towards the sky.

Pfft… … … …

The moment it raised its head, two swift iron arrows brought two white streaks, piercing through its eyes from the left and right.

"Screech… … … …"

The snow mane wailed in pain. With its eyes pierced, its ferocity surged even higher. It lowered its head and charged madly towards the wooden house wall.

Unfortunately, it only charged forward two or three meters before suddenly slipping and falling directly to the ground.

"Ooh… Roar… … … …"

The snow mane was already blind, but it seemed to have discovered something unusually terrifying. Its limbs kept flapping and struggling on the ground, trying to stand up, but it couldn't no matter what.

The sudden change in the snow mane instantly stunned everyone.

Having one's eyes shot out was indeed fatal.

But with the snow mane's vitality, even if it really died, it wouldn't be so fast.

Moreover, the snow mane's reaction was obviously not near death, only that its limbs suddenly became weak.

The next scene made everyone even more confused.

The other cold beasts that wanted to charge towards the wooden house wall, whether snow manes or magic sheep, all began to slip when they approached the wooden house wall, and then collapsed weakly to the ground.

In an instant, a dozen cold beasts were floundering at the door of the wooden house. It could be seen that they were all trying their best to stand up, but they couldn't no matter what.

"It's Teng Serpent poison, it's Teng Serpent poison! A layer of intermediate-level Teng Serpent skin was laid on the wooden wall, and they all got it on them when they crashed over just now!"

As soon as Shi Ping spoke, everyone immediately reacted. Several people who participated in laying the Teng Serpent skin also belatedly realized it.

In an instant, everyone looked at Xia Chuan, their eyes filled with admiration.

"Zhao Long!"

Xia Chuan didn't bother to pay attention to the others. Seeing that many cold beasts in front of the wooden house had been poisoned, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, and he immediately turned his head and called out to Zhao Long.

Zhao Long nodded, took out a pure white round bead from his bosom, put the bead on an iron arrow, lit it with fire, and shot it directly towards the pile of cold beasts in the distance from the wooden house.

Chih… … … …

The moment the white bead was lit, it emitted billowing white smoke. As it was carried by the arrow into the pile of cold beasts, it instantly burst open, producing a large amount of white mist, which enveloped the entire valley in less than ten breaths.

Before the white mist dissipated, Xia Chuan had already taken out a detoxification pill from his body and swallowed it. Without him needing to remind them, the others had already swallowed it in advance when they saw the white bead.

"That's right, the low-level Teng Serpent's venom sac should also have a significant impact on these cold beasts. Lord Xia Chuan is really too smart!"

In the crowd, Hong Mu, who was shooting arrows, turned his head and looked at Xia Chuan at the very front, and the reverence in his eyes became a few points more intense.

Speaking of which, he was two years older than Xia Chuan.

Wooden walls, intermediate-level Teng Serpent skin, low-level Teng Serpent venom sacs, including early mining and forging, wooden house reinforcement, and a series of other preparations.

Not to mention that he couldn't do these things, he wouldn't even think of them.

Looking at the overwhelming cold beasts in front of him, who wouldn't despair? But under Xia Chuan's step-by-step management, a glimmer of hope inexplicably ignited in his heart.

Maybe, they could really stop them?

Hong Mu wasn't the only one who thought so, the others were the same.

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Seven or eight minutes had passed since the cold beasts broke through the valley entrance.

The hundreds of cold beasts on all sides of the wooden house still hadn't been able to rush to the edge of the wooden house.

Maybe, they could really stop them!

The ideal was very full, but reality was often very打击人 (打击人 means 'disappointing' or 'crushing').

The hope that had just risen in everyone's hearts was immediately extinguished by the violent shaking coming from under their feet.

Bang… … … …

"The Teng Serpents behind are here!"

Sensing that the vibration was coming from the east side of the wooden house, Xia Chuan immediately reacted. The Teng Serpents that had just come down from the intersection above the valley had begun to hit the wooden house from behind.

"Where are Luo Yuan's people?"

Xia Chuan turned his head and found that only five or six people were left in the shadows inside the wooden house, and immediately asked.

"Lord, he has already taken people to the eastern corridor. Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao have also taken a few people to the southern and northern corridors respectively."

No wonder the frost wolves on the north and south sides haven't charged up for so long.

After Xia Chuan reacted, his expression became even more unsightly.

Of course, it wasn't to blame Luo Yuan. He called Luo Yuan to have him guard the group of Teng Serpents on the east side. Zhao Hu and Zhao Bao took people to guard the frost wolves on the north and south sides in advance, which was exactly what he wanted.

The problem was that their Earth Realm cultivators had all been dispatched, and in order to take care of the four directions, they were almost all using them sparingly.

The original plan was to divide them into two groups, his group of thirty-four people and Luo Yuan's group of thirty-three people, only guarding the west side, taking turns to go to the corridor.

But there were really too many cold beasts.

Not only were there many, but these four races seemed to be coordinating and cooperating.

The snow manes and magic sheep charged at the front of the west side; the frost wolves were divided into two groups, detouring around the mountain walls to charge at the north and south sides; the Teng Serpents fell directly from the sky above the valley to the east side, attacking the rear of the wooden house.

With cooperation from all sides, they simply didn't have enough manpower.

Luo Yuan, Zhao Hu, and Zhao Bao knew that the pressure on the west side was great, so they should have only taken away eight or nine people each.

He had the most people here, a total of forty.

But even with forty people, they couldn't defend against the two or three hundred cold beasts in front of them.

They were still like this on this side, and with only ten people in the other three directions, the result could be imagined.

What was even more deadly was that Xia Chuan felt that his two eyes, covered by white gauze, had begun to sting, and his body temperature was also dropping rapidly. He estimated that he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

"The limit is ten minutes. Nine minutes have already passed. At most, I can hold on for another minute before I can't take it anymore. If I stay outside, I won't be killed by the cold beasts, but I will be frozen to death!"

Xia Chuan was anxious, turned his head and glanced at Yuan Cheng and the others, and found that they had all begun to ice over, their archery postures were becoming more and more deformed, and their accuracy had long been greatly reduced.

After all, they hadn't reached the Cold Resistance level, and ten minutes was already the limit.

If it weren't for the white silk woven cloth, they probably wouldn't be able to hold on for ten minutes.

"Chuan, should we notify the leader? We can't hold on!"

Yuan Cheng's voice was already a little trembling. He was the seventh person in Great Xia to break through to the Earth Realm, and he was still like this, so the others could be imagined.

Although the others didn't stop shooting arrows, their eyes turned to Xia Chuan, obviously agreeing with Yuan Cheng's proposal.

Xia Chuan turned his head back. Directly opposite the corridor was Xia Hong's room. He only glanced at it before immediately turning his head to look at the outside of the wooden house, gritting his teeth and saying:

"Big brother is still breaking through. We can't disturb him. Let's do it ourselves!"

The Teng Serpent poison mist dissipated, although it had a certain impact on the cold beasts, it wasn't fatal, and most of it was only on the front row.

As the cold beasts behind continued to fill in, the effect of the poisonous fog visibly weakened, and eventually, it had almost no effect on the cold beasts.

Bang… Bang… Bang…

Finally, the first Snow Mane crashed into the front gate, followed by the second, third, fourth…

The sound of the cold beasts' frantic impact echoed repeatedly.

The Great Xia wooden house was two hundred meters long, and the foundation piles were more than two meters deep, with many iron materials mixed in for reinforcement.

The original design was indeed intended to prevent large numbers of cold beasts from charging in.

But who could have imagined that so many would come at once?

Crack…

The sound of impact grew louder and louder, and the shaking of the wooden house became more and more violent.

Finally, after dozens of impacts, a cracking sound was heard.

"Everyone, get inside! Go to the second floor, quickly!"

Xia Chuan felt the coldness in his body reaching its peak. Staying outside any longer would cause people to pass out. He shouted loudly to the crowd.

Everyone put away their bows and arrows and quickly retreated from the corridor into the inner room.

"Zhao Long, take some people to notify Luo Yuan, Zhao Hu, and Zhao Bao. Everyone come to the second floor. Continuing to stay outside will kill us even faster."

"Okay!"

Zhao Long led a few people to the corridors in the other three directions, while Xia Chuan led the remaining people directly down to the second floor.

"Help…"

"Cold beasts have broken in here too! Someone, come quick!"

"Cold beasts are charging in from behind!"

"Everyone, stay in the main hall and don't run around. I'll go notify people."

Before even reaching the second floor, panicked cries of fear entered his ears. Xia Chuan didn't hesitate and rushed down immediately.

Seeing the scene downstairs, his pupils suddenly constricted.

At the end of the four corridors on the second floor, east, south, west, and north, there were large holes three to four meters wide. In the corridors on the south and north sides, three or four Frost Wolves were already charging towards the main hall.

On the west side, the head of a Snow Mane had just poked in from the hole. Its scarlet, ferocious eyes were staring intently at the iron smelting furnace, filled with excitement and madness.

On the east side, half of a Teng Jiao's body was already inside, its vertical pupils also staring intently at the iron smelting furnace, filled with desire.

Xia Chuan had seen this kind of gaze from the cold beasts countless times when using small torches as bait, so how could he not understand it now?

No, compared to the small torches, their gazes towards the iron smelting furnace were even more frantic.

"Luo Yuan, take people to kill the Teng Jiao; Zhao Long, the three of you, take people to the south and kill those two Frost Wolves; Huang Yong and Hong Gang, take people to drive that Snow Mane out; Yuan Cheng, come with me to the north and kill the Frost Wolf. Be quick, and immediately block the holes in the corridor after killing them."

Although Xia Chuan's arrangements were well-organized, the despair in his eyes was several times stronger than before.

A few low-level cold beasts were not a problem. With so many Earth Digging Realm cultivators, killing them wouldn't be difficult.

The key was that these cold beasts could break through more than just the walls of the corridor.

The Great Xia wooden house, except for the iron materials used at the four joints, was mostly made of wood.

With the sharp teeth and claws of these cold beasts, breaking through wood was simply easy.

Crack…

As if to confirm Xia Chuan's guess, he rushed into the corridor and hadn't even approached the Frost Wolf when several sounds of wood being broken from the outside came from the compartments on the left and right sides near the outer wall.

Bang…

Immediately following were the clear sounds of limbs landing and stepping.

Cold beasts had broken through the outer wall and reached the second floor!

"Damn it!"

There were more than two hundred compartments on the second floor. Given the size of the cold beasts, it would take some time to break through them one by one and reach the central hall.

"Never mind that for now, kill the ones in the corridor first!"

Xia Chuan led a few people to rush over quickly and began to surround and kill the two Frost Wolves that had charged in first.

If the situation on the third and second floors for the group of Earth Digging Realm cultivators was already considered desperate, then the five hundred plus people led by Mu Dong on the first floor were truly at the extreme of despair at this moment.

At the main gate, hundreds of people worked together to hold onto an iron chain, almost everyone clenching their teeth until they bled.

The iron chain was hooked upwards on the outside of the gate. The harder they pulled back, the tighter the gate would close.

Bang…

The gate only had a crack open. The moment the cold air rushed in, everyone saw the bloody mouths of the cold beasts outside. Despite the fear in their hearts, they still clenched their teeth and held onto the rope tightly.

With each impact on the gate, these hundreds of people would be pulled forward a few steps by the iron chain, but they relied on their willpower to hold on and close the cast iron gate again.

Not only at the main gate, but in the main hall on the first floor, four thick iron chains extended from the corridors. More than four hundred people were also divided into four groups, working together to hold onto one iron chain each.

Those iron chains extended from the corridors to various key positions on the first floor, with a layer of iron clumps hooked on them. With the combined pull of the more than four hundred people in the main hall, the iron clumps acted upon each other, and the cold beasts outside were temporarily unable to completely smash open the walls.

"Don't lose heart! As long as we hold onto this set of iron clumps, these low-level cold beasts can only break through the wood. As long as we keep the house from collapsing and prevent sunlight from shining in, everyone will be fine."

"Lord Xia Chuan and the others are defending against the enemy on the third floor. As long as we hold on and prevent the wooden house from collapsing, we all have hope!"

In the center, Mu Dong held the end of an iron chain, blood already seeping from his mouth. Taking the opportunity to speak, he directly tied the iron chain around his waist.

As the impacts from outside became more frequent, the force transmitted by the iron chain became stronger with each impact. Although Mu Dong's face was already flushed red, he still gritted his teeth and held on, refusing to let go even for a moment.

Even he, an Earth Digging Realm cultivator, was like this. The situation of the five hundred plus Lumbering Realm cultivators on the first floor at this moment could be imagined.

Everyone's hands were already worn through, and blood seeped from their mouths, nostrils, and even eyes, but not a single person let go of the iron chain.

There were even a few people who, feeling that they were reaching their limit, followed Mu Dong's example and tied the iron chain directly to their bodies, but their fate was not as good as Mu Dong's.

Low-level cold beasts had an impact force of tens of thousands on their own. The iron chain could transfer the force that the wooden house could withstand, and the wooden house was currently withstanding the force of hundreds of cold beasts impacting it together.

Those who tied the iron chain to their bodies were strangled directly in a few seconds.

But even so, the others were still imitating them.

"My wife and children are upstairs. If I can't protect them, what's the point of me living? I won't let go, not even if I die!"

"I've eaten so much cold beast meat from the camp, and it's finally starting to work. Even if I die today, I won't let these cold beasts in."

"The hunting team and the others are all upstairs killing cold beasts. We just need to put in a little effort. If we can't even hold on to this, are we even human!"

"Brothers, we can't let go. If the wooden house collapses, not only will we not survive, but our wives and children won't survive either. We can't let the cold beasts in."

"Ah!!! Brothers, put in more effort and hold on."

"Hold on, just hold on a little longer. Lord Xia Chuan and the others will be down to help soon."

"When the leader comes out of seclusion, when the leader comes out of seclusion, we can all survive!"

Roars of anger rose and fell.

Although they were hoarse, whether it was the hundred plus people pulling the iron chain at the main gate or the four hundred plus people pulling the four iron chains in the main hall, not a single person let go of the iron chain.

Even if they died, they would first tie the iron chain to their bodies, either on their legs, waist, or hands, or even their necks…

The five or six hundred people had a surprisingly consistent attitude. As long as they could hold onto the iron chain and keep the wooden house from collapsing, they would give up their lives without hesitation.

"If the wooden wall can't hold on, we'll build a wall with flesh and blood!"

Mu Dong, at the end of the iron chain, had blood drawn from his waist, but at this moment he was also infected by the emotions of the crowd. He raised his head and roared, the veins on his hands bulging, and he held the iron chain tightly, retreating backwards.

But he only retreated less than an inch. As the wooden house trembled violently again, he was pulled back again.

"Leader, hasn't the leader come out of seclusion yet!"

Mu Dong's eyes were a little dark, and a sense of despair slowly grew in his heart.

He had also seen the cold beasts outside just now.

He knew in his heart that with this number of cold beast tides, Xia Chuan and the others would definitely not be able to stop them.

Right now, there was only Xia Hong.

Not only Mu Dong, but the names of Xia Hong appeared in everyone else's hearts.

Only that leader Xia Hong, who could lead them to constantly create miracles, was the only hope.

"Leader, hasn't he succeeded in breaking through yet!"