Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

“The wooden structure has completely collapsed, and many metal components are also completely damaged and useless. It will definitely be impossible to rebuild it in a short period of time. We can only put up a wooden house temporarily and make do for now.”

The massive crowd of people successfully entered the valley before dawn.

Seeing the makeshift wooden house, the people of Mirror Immortal Camp were somewhat disappointed.

Xia Hong didn't mind. After hearing Xia Chuan's explanation, he nodded and led everyone directly into the wooden house.

Great Xia already had more than a thousand people, and with the sudden influx of more than three thousand people, the wooden house immediately became extremely crowded. Fortunately, Luo Yuan, Yuwen Tao, and others helped to clear the way, otherwise many people wouldn't even have a place to sit and would have to stand.

This cold beast tide didn't cause much casualties, but it completely destroyed the wooden house, and the camp also suffered great losses in property.

“I didn’t know that the Mirror Immortal people were going to merge in advance, so this wooden house was only built fifty meters wide. We’ll have to squeeze in for this day. After nightfall, I’ll take people to expand it.”

By the stove, Xia Hong sat on the ground with the others.

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, Xia Hong waved his hand slightly and said, “Don’t rush. The population has suddenly increased several times, and it’s time to properly plan the station. Should we rebuild it according to the previous style, or do we have any new plans? Everyone is here, let’s discuss it…”

【Camp: Great Xia (Level 0)】

【Lord: Xia Hong】

【Cultivation: Cold Resistance Level】

【Territory Population: 4621】

【Resources: Wood 120,000, Coal 145,000, Iron 210,000, Silver 0, Gold 0】

【Activated Buildings 6: Iron Smelting Furnace (Level 2), Martial Arts Field (Level 2), Decoction Pot (Level 1), Sharpening Stone (Level 1), Green Bamboo Fence (Level 1), Marking Stone (Level 1)】

【Unactivated Buildings 3: Loess Land, Small Wooden Table, Coarse Iron Chain】

While everyone was thinking, Xia Hong opened the camp panel. Seeing the resource bar values in the middle, his mood gradually became excited. It was the first time he felt like he was becoming a tycoon.

He had already converted all 2.7 million pounds of coal and 1.9 million pounds of iron.

If he hadn't consumed a lot during his previous seclusion, these values should have been tens of thousands more.

“Wood is easy to obtain, and there’s so much coal and iron that it’s enough for me to upgrade all six existing buildings. This time, I’ve really made a fortune!”

This was just a one-time gain, not counting the two iron mines and one coal mine that Yuwen Tao mentioned. The indirect resources gained were even more countless.

Of course, compared to the resource harvest, the surge in population also surprised Xia Hong.

After Li Yun and Li Ping, two Earth Digging Realm cultivators, died last time, the total population of Great Xia was 1086. The cold beast tide last night killed 9, leaving 1077 people.

This time, the Mirror Immortal Camp merged in with 3544 people.

The total population of Great Xia Camp suddenly soared to 4621 people.

This is only 379 people away from the 5,000-person standard for a giant camp.

With the population suddenly soaring so much, it’s not just the station that needs to be re-planned.

Whether the camp's subordinate organizations need to be added, the specific personnel allocation of each department, including the hunting team, logging team, and collection team in the future, may all have to change.

Everyone obviously had some premonition about the changes that were about to take place in the camp.

Not only the forty-one Earth Digging Realm cultivators brought by Yuwen Tao, but also Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, and all the previous Earth Digging Realm cultivators of Great Xia gathered around the stove.

Of course, things still had to be discussed one by one.

Regarding the first question of whether or not to rebuild the wooden house, everyone discussed it for a while and quickly came to a result.

“Chief, I think the old house should still be rebuilt. The casualties in this cold beast tide were so few, and the old house played a key role. In the future, during similar large-scale invasions, whether it’s cold beasts, strange creatures, or even humans, we really need a place where we can quickly gather everyone and have a certain degree of defense.”

Xia Chuan was the first to speak, and Yuan Cheng and the others nodded in agreement.

Mu Dong in the crowd also said, “During this cold beast impact, I discovered many problems with the previous wooden house. As long as we improve it, the defense capability will be stronger than before.

Moreover, I heard from Lord Xia Chuan that the camp’s iron ore may overflow in the future. If we can provide enough iron materials, then I have the confidence to lead people to build a main house with ten times the defense capability of the previous one.”

Hearing this, Xia Hong's eyes lit up.

The number ten times was obviously derived from Mu Dong's deep consideration. He took out a wooden board, on which he had already outlined a prototype of a giant building with coal stones. Many of the thickened key parts should be made of iron.

“According to my plan, the new wooden house will be the same size as the original, and the internal facilities will remain the same. It will probably require 800,000 pounds of iron ore. If the entire camp cooperates, the construction period… can be controlled within two months.”

Speaking of the last sentence, Mu Dong first glanced at Yuwen Tao and the others.

Hearing that the construction period was within two months, Xia Hong raised his eyebrows and looked around the wooden house, nodding slightly.

The previous wooden house took a total of seven months to build.

The new building design was obviously more complicated than the original, and it used dozens of times more iron materials, but it couldn't stand the fact that there were so many people now!

Mu Dong's last glance was obviously counting on these people, so Yuwen Tao was not stupid and immediately cupped his fists and said to Xia Hong:

“Chief, we have a total of 3544 people here. There are 6 Earth Digging Realm Limit cultivators who have begun to reshape their skin membranes, 36 Earth Digging Realm cultivators, 982 Lumbering Realm cultivators, and among the remaining 2520 people, 1480 are under the age of fifteen.”

Tsk tsk!

As expected of a giant camp, there are indeed many Lumbering Realm cultivators.

Considering the extremely scarce cold beast resources of the Mirror Immortal Camp, the fact that there are so many Lumbering Realm cultivators is enough to prove their strength.

While Xia Chuan and the others were amazed, the expressions on their faces naturally became more excited.

After all, these people reported by Yuwen Tao will become part of Great Xia in the future.

“If there are so many people, then the construction period can be shortened. I estimate that a month and a half will be about enough!”

Mu Dong didn't expect that the Mirror Immortal Camp had so many Lumbering Realm cultivators. After calculating in his mind, he immediately excitedly stated that he could shorten the construction period.

“There’s no need to be so anxious. The camp won’t have any more problems recently, so we can take our time. Let’s settle the matter of rebuilding the wooden house first.”

After finishing the matter of the wooden house, Xia Hong then looked at Yuwen Tao and asked:

“I see that the Mirror Immortal Camp adopts a separate living arrangement. Can you tell me how you build and divide the houses?”

Hearing this, Xia Chuan and the others immediately became interested and looked at Yuwen Tao.

They had all seen the living conditions at the Mirror Immortal station.

Centered on the bamboo building where He Yuanhun lived, there were four rows on the left and right, with five wooden houses in each row, for a total of forty wooden houses.

Those wooden houses all had two floors. Judging from the area, it would be no problem to accommodate five or six hundred people. The more than 12,000 people in the Mirror Immortal Camp should all be living in there.

Whether it was from the perspective of activity space or the supply of coal and iron resources, the living conditions of the Mirror Immortal Camp were definitely better than those of Great Xia.

Xia Hong's intention to inquire was naturally to make advance plans for the camp's future separate living arrangements, to see how others did it.

Yuwen Tao was a smart man and naturally understood Xia Hong's meaning. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said:

“We previously divided the residential areas according to the hunting teams.

The previous camp had three levels of hunting teams: one advanced, three intermediate, and ten low-level. Each hunting team had more than twenty people.

These fourteen hunting teams were considered the core strength of the camp. Based on them, the remaining ten thousand people were divided into fourteen parts, with each part having two wooden houses for free residence. The specific resettlement rights were all determined by the captain of the hunting team.”

Speaking of this, seeing Xia Hong's unfinished expression, Yuwen Tao immediately understood and continued:

“Previously, no matter whether we were collecting, mining, or hunting outside, the first-hand resources we obtained would be handed over to the camp first, and then uniformly distributed downwards.”

The ordinary people were all subcontracted to the fourteen hunting teams, and the people at the top basically didn't have to be responsible for the specific affairs below except for allocating resources.

The most important thing in the entire camp was the fourteen hunting teams, and He Yuanhun and Yuwen Hu, the two at the top, only had to focus on the hunting teams.

This kind of extensive management should also be in line with the actual management situation of most camps in the Ice Abyss World. After all, for most camps, people below the Lumbering Realm are of no use at all.

The situation in the Mirror Immortal Camp was even more special. They were in short supply of cold beast resources.

In this way, ordinary people were not only useless, but would even share the cultivation resources of the Lumbering Realm and Earth Digging Realm cultivators. Adopting this kind of extensive management should also be considered a last resort.

Xia Hong lowered his head and thought for a while, then signaled Xia Chuan with his eyes.

Xia Chuan immediately understood and stepped forward to face Yuwen Tao and the others, slowly saying, “Everyone has just arrived in Great Xia and is not yet clear about the operating mechanism of our Great Xia Camp. I will briefly introduce it to you here. We are all one family from now on, so if you have any opinions, just feel free to raise them…”

Yuwen Tao, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, and the Earth Digging Realm cultivators he brought immediately perked up and listened attentively.

After all, this was related to their own and their relatives' future lives.

The most important thing about Great Xia's operating mechanism is actually three points.

The first point is aimed at members who have not yet broken through to the Lumbering Realm:

Children under the age of six have a quota of five pounds of cold beast meat per month;

Anyone above the age of six who hasn't broken through to the Lumbering Realm is considered a reservist. They are divided into two tiers based on their base strength: those above 1000 jin and those above 3000 jin, receiving a daily allocation of 1 to 2 jin of Frost Beast meat.

It was this first point that stunned Yu Wentao and the others.

They looked up at Xia Chuan, wondering if he had misspoke.

However, upon realizing that Xia Chuan showed no signs of error and that what he said was true, everyone, including Yu Wentao, was visibly shaken.

"As long as we haven't broken through to the Lumbering Realm, we can receive Frost Beast meat for free?"

"Even the children under six, who can't eat Frost Beast meat, get it?"

"Xia Chuan... Sir, is what you're saying true?"

Yu Wentao and the other five, including Hong Guang, reacted this way, let alone the remaining thirty-six Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators from Mirror Immortal Camp.

They couldn't help but directly ask Xia Chuan to verify the truth.

Zhu Ling, standing behind Yu Wentao, also couldn't resist asking. He had already begun reshaping his skin and flesh, surpassing Xia Chuan in strength. The title "Sir" was clearly added after some hesitation.

"Absolutely!"

Xia Chuan replied to the crowd with a smile on his face. He wasn't surprised by Yu Wentao's reaction.

From the moment he learned about the scarcity of Frost Beast meat resources in Mirror Immortal Camp, he had already anticipated this scene.

After finishing the first point, Xia Chuan began to discuss the second.

The second point targeted members above the Lumbering Realm.

In reality, it was the contribution point system that the camp had been implementing for a long time.

After such a long period of operation, the contribution point system had already become deeply ingrained in the Great Xia Dynasty, and everyone was accustomed to it. However, for Yu Wentao and his group, it was an extremely novel concept.

They were no strangers to the idea of submitting all resources acquired outside to the camp. The former Mirror Immortal Camp had also done the same.

The difference was that in the Great Xia Dynasty, they could obtain personal contribution points based on the resources submitted.

These contribution points could be used to buy Frost Beast meat, wooden products, animal hide products, clothing, ironware, weapons, and even to first find the camp's Needs Exchange to exchange for coal, iron ore, or other raw materials, and then go to the Craftsman Workshop to order the materials they wanted.

Upon hearing this, the eyes of everyone in Mirror Immortal Camp lit up.

And when Xia Chuan roughly outlined several ways to earn contribution points and the exchange rate for Frost Beast meat, their breathing became heavy.

Low-level Frost Beasts were worth 200 to 400 contribution points each; mid-level beasts were worth a minimum of 4000 points or more each.

And the price of Frost Beast meat was two jin for one contribution point!

At this moment, the forty-two members of Mirror Immortal Camp gathered here were all in the Earth Burrowing Realm.

They certainly had no problem hunting low-level Frost Beasts.

As for Yu Wentao himself, as long as he had sufficient manpower, hunting mid-level Frost Beasts wasn't too difficult for him.

Hearing this, Yu Wentao even felt it was a bit absurd. He looked at Xia Chuan with wide eyes, finding it unbelievable.

A low-level Frost Beast yielded about a thousand jin of meat or more, giving a maximum of only eight hundred contribution points in exchange. The camp only took one-fifth, leaving four-fifths for the individual. Compared to the few camps he knew, this was already outrageous.

Taking the Snow Mane as an example, a mid-level Frost Beast yielded about four to five thousand jin of meat.

According to the contribution points given by the Great Xia Dynasty, and then converting it to Frost Beast meat, the camp not only didn't take a single jin, but even had to pay out double. What was this supposed to be?

Could the Great Xia Dynasty sustain this in the long run?

However, Xia Chuan's next words quickly cleared his confusion.

"The reason why the price of Frost Beast meat is so low is considered a benefit that the leader and the camp give to everyone. This kind of material that can enhance strength only truly plays its role when it becomes strength in your hands. Otherwise, no matter how much you keep, it's useless."

"Of course, Frost Beast meat is just one item among many. The Needs Exchange has many other things with different prices. You can all come and learn more about them later. I won't introduce them in detail today..."

After saying this, Xia Chuan paused for a moment and continued:

"By the way, I forgot to mention that all the materials you exchange for with contribution points—coal, iron, animal hides, wooden products, special materials, and even finished weapons—once you get them, they are all your personal property and have nothing to do with the camp. You can dispose of them however you want!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the emotions of the Mirror Immortal Camp members immediately soared to a high point. Yu Wentao, Hong Guang, and the others even couldn't help but stand up directly.

All the materials exchanged with contribution points belonged to the individual.

Once obtained, they had nothing to do with the camp.

They could dispose of them however they wanted.

These three sentences constantly echoed in their minds, their pupils filled with shock.

Xia Hong, sitting above, took in all the changes in the expressions of Yu Wentao and the others, and had some guesses in his mind.

Compared to the people of the Great Xia Dynasty, Yu Wentao and his group had some contact with the camps in Pingxi Plain. In other words, they knew more about the outside world than the people of the Great Xia Dynasty.

If nothing unexpected happened, private ownership should be a very rare thing in the camps around Pingxi Plain.

Otherwise, Yu Wentao and the others wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

Thinking carefully, it wasn't surprising.

Private ownership can only arise when resources are overflowing.

Weak camps are not qualified to implement private ownership. After all, resources are limited, and everything must prioritize the collective interest, otherwise, it is impossible to guarantee the overall survival of the camp.

The main reason why the Great Xia Dynasty could introduce private ownership in advance was that the population size was small, and secondly, due to Xia Hong's existence, the camp obtained many resources that were not commensurate with its current scale.

On the west side of Double Dragon Mountain, the strength of the camps should be generally weak.

The so-called Longyou Alliance had a total of twelve camps.

The Hive Camp, which was comparable in strength to Mirror Immortal, could enter, which proved that the strength of the other eleven camps was not much stronger.

This private ownership, it seems that there is still a lot to do.

Maybe in the future, it will be a powerful tool to recruit personnel from other camps!

Xia Hong pondered silently for a moment, while Xia Chuan on the other side continued.

The third point he wanted to say was the management structure currently operating in the camp.

"Currently, the camp has six departments. Everyone who breaks through to the Lumbering Realm must enter these six departments, without exception."

"These six departments are the Hunting Team, the Logging Team, the Gathering Team, the Craftsman Workshop, the Needs Exchange, and the newly established Reclamation Department."

"There is only one Hunting Team, currently with fifteen people. To enter, you need the leader's personal appointment; the Craftsman Workshop also requires Mu Dong to recognize you as having craftsman skills; the Needs Exchange doesn't need so many people on a daily basis."

"So, generally speaking, the three departments you can freely choose from are the Logging Team, the Gathering Team, and the Reclamation Department."

The names of the six departments were concise and clear. Yu Wentao and the others didn't even need to ask. Just by listening, they knew what these departments did.

At this moment, Yu Wentao's face already showed admiration.

He first looked at Xia Chuan, then shifted his gaze to Xia Hong.

It wasn't to say that these six departments were so advanced.

This was called a small sparrow, but it had all the vital organs.

The Great Xia Dynasty, with a population of just over a thousand, had these six departments that almost covered all aspects of camp management needs.

With the contribution point system in place, even if the population expands in the future, it only needs to be continuously improved based on these six departments.

"Alright, the most important of the current operating mechanisms of the Great Xia Dynasty are these three. You should all have heard them clearly. Do you have anything to ask?"

After Xia Hong motioned for Xia Chuan to sit down, he directly asked Yu Wentao and the others.

Everyone looked at each other for a while. Finally, Yu Wentao stood up and shook his head, replying, "Leader, you are too considerate. We are originally homeless people. Being able to join the Great Xia Dynasty is already a blessing. We never dreamed that we would have such good treatment. Besides thanking the leader, we have nothing else to say."

After speaking, he directly lowered his head and bowed respectfully to Xia Hong.

Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Meng Yi, Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuan, five Earth Burrowing Realm limits, and the other thirty-six Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators, also stood up and bowed to Xia Hong in unison.

A look of satisfaction appeared in Xia Hong's eyes. He raised his hand and pressed down, signaling Yu Wentao and the others to sit down. Then, he turned and glanced around at everyone, slowly opening his mouth:

"The six institutions of the camp will now be uniformly called departments, namely the Needs Department, the Hunting Department, the Logging Department, the Gathering Department, the Craftsman Department, and the Reclamation Department. Each department will have a Chief Officer responsible for overall management, reporting directly to me..."

As Xia Hong's voice fell, everyone around the stove fell silent.

Especially Cheng Feng, Bai Dongying, and Mu Dong, the heads of these three departments, their expressions immediately became tense.

Xia Chuan also clearly noticed something, and his expression slightly changed.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly and continued:

"The population has quadrupled all of a sudden. The six departments of the camp should also have some changes. The first change will start from the Hunting Team..."

As soon as he said this, in addition to Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and the other sixteen members of the Hunting Team also became tense.