Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Xia Hong knew how precious ironware was in this world.

Iron ore itself was a rare resource. In this world, even cutting down trees was incredibly difficult, let alone iron ore, which was a more advanced resource than wood.

Why did only medium-sized camps have ironware?

Because without a Digging Realm expert, even if you found an iron mine, you couldn't mine it. Moreover, coal and iron were inseparable. Without coal, the heat generated by burning wood was simply not enough to smelt ironware.

Over the years, the Great Xia Camp only had Xia Ding's one and a half iron stone axes, which were lost when Xia Ding was killed.

Moreover, Xia Hong also knew that Xia Ding's axe was exchanged for a favor from a member of the hunting team at Rogue Camp, using a lot of wood.

From this, it could be seen that ironware was not only rare but also strictly controlled by those medium and large camps, and not allowed to flow out.

Xia Hong didn't know how the broadsword of the Great Stone Camp came to be.

But it was certain that this broadsword was extremely precious to them.

The first time he encountered the Great Stone Camp hunting Snow鬃, that person threw the broadsword to the leader before he died, which also showed this.

Such a precious thing, the people of the Great Stone Camp actually allowed it to be lost in the snow.

At first, Xia Hong thought that Wang Ming and the other three had crossed the border into Great Xia's territory privately, and as a result, they encountered something terrible and all died.

But he immediately realized that it wasn't like that.

If that were the case, the others in the Great Stone Camp would definitely come to find him.

Even if not for Wang Ming, they would do so for this broadsword.

But judging from the thickness of the snow covering Wang Ming's body.

The others from the Great Stone Camp had obviously not come to look for them.

In that case, it was very likely that the entire logging team was present at the time. Wang Ming and the four others were probably killed because they were too slow, while the others escaped.

Moreover, those people were extremely embarrassed when they fled, and they couldn't even care about the knife.

The logging team of the Great Stone Camp had thirteen people, and there were two archers among them. In addition, Wang Ming had this broadsword. Even with such a configuration, they were so embarrassed. Considering the strange red dots on the foreheads of the other three corpses, Xia Hong could almost conclude that they must have encountered a monster.

The group that escaped was either killed in the end, or they were so frightened by the monster that they didn't even have the courage to come back and check.

Regardless of which it was, Xia Hong realized that he couldn't continue to stay in place.

Moreover, these four people died on the Great Xia side.

Does it mean that the monster has already entrenched itself here?

This was why Xia Hong not only led everyone back to the camp but also said that for the next period of time, they would not log or hunt.

If they encountered that monster again, let alone whether they could save their lives, the family property that they had accumulated with great difficulty during this period would probably be wiped out in minutes.

Most of the reason for returning to the camp so urgently was due to safety considerations.

A small part was because of this unexpectedly picked up broadsword.

Xia Hong sat by the campfire in the camp, holding the broadsword in his hand, his pupils filled with surprise.

[Resources: Wood 670 Coal 0 Iron 60 Silver 0 Gold 0]

Just now, when he touched the broadsword at Red Wood Ridge, the reason why he showed surprise on his face was because he found that this broadsword, when converted into iron resources in the system, was actually as high as 60 units.

"I was wrong. The trees in this world are different, so the iron is naturally even more different. This knife doesn't look big, but it weighs six hundred pounds. No wonder it's called the Digging Realm. Now, even if an iron mine is placed in front of me, with my current strength, I can't shake it at all."

Xia Hong didn't have much metal knowledge, but judging from the volume and weight, the iron in this world, like trees, had nothing to do with the previous life. It was a completely different substance.

Six hundred pounds is sixty units of iron, which means that ten pounds of iron can be converted into one unit of iron resource in the system.

Xia Hong was certainly happy to obtain iron resources for the first time in such an unexpected and lucky way, but what excited him even more was that he could finally move the buildings in the system.

It would be false to say that the system didn't work.

After all, the small torch given by the campfire alone gave Xia Hong the ability to hunt and indirectly helped the camp cultivate seven Lumbering Realm personnel.

But the fact was that the system hadn't changed at all in more than two months.

Xia Hong was also distressed, but there was nothing he could do.

He didn't lack wood, and even with more and more Lumbering Realm people, the camp was already overflowing, but he really didn't know where to get iron.

The Great Stone Camp had it, and the Rogue Camp had it even more, but thinking about it, he knew that they wouldn't sell it to him. Even if they did, what could he exchange for it?

The most crucial problem was that he didn't even know the location of the Rogue Camp.

Having a system, but no resources, unable to upgrade, and unable to open new buildings, Xia Hong had been having a headache for this period of time.

If it hadn't been for seeing the camp steadily improving every day, he might have really wanted to find a way to risk getting iron.

The thing he had been racking his brains and dreaming of came into his hands in such a dramatic way, Xia Hong felt like he was dreaming now.

However, the main thing was still important.

Suppressing his excited heart, he opened the system interface:

[Small Campfire (Level 1) Upgrade requirements: 200 Wood 50 Iron]

[Wooden Dummy, Construction requirements: 100 Wood 20 Iron]

Two choices, whether to open the new building Wooden Dummy, or upgrade the Small Campfire.

Wooden Dummy?

Xia Hong frowned slightly. He was no stranger to this thing. It was a kind of martial arts equipment, which meant that the function of this building was likely to assist in martial arts training.

Of course, the Wooden Dummy produced by the system was definitely more than just martial arts equipment, but extrapolating from the function of the Small Campfire, it should be close to that.

Xia Hong shook his head and quickly dispelled the idea of building a Wooden Dummy.

The biggest difficulty in Lumbering Realm cultivation was still in the cold beast meat, which had little to do with martial arts training. Moreover, he himself was not low in martial arts, and it was no problem for him to practice a little. He was more than capable of guiding others.

The Wooden Dummy could be discussed later.

The Small Campfire was different. Leaving aside the warmth, from a functional point of view, the Small Campfire had a suppressing and killing effect on monsters, and at the moment, the camp's biggest fear was that monster.

The torches produced by the Small Campfire could also help the camp hunt.

More importantly, the campfire needed wood.

And at present, Xia Hong had an excess of wood in his hands.

Whether from a functional or resource perspective, upgrading the Small Campfire was obviously a wise move.

Having made a decision, Xia Hong no longer hesitated, looked at the campfire in front of him, and chose to upgrade the Small Campfire.

Boom… … … …

Suddenly, there was a loud bang.

The campfire in the middle of the cave seemed to have been poured with oil. The flames, which were originally two or three meters high, instantly窜ed up another meter, and the surrounding temperature also rose rapidly at a speed that the human body could perceive.

"No firewood was added, how did the fire suddenly get bigger?"

"It seems warmer."

"Really, it's much warmer outside here too."

… … … …

Xia Hong ignored the exclamations of the people in the camp and just carefully looked at the attributes of the Small Campfire after the upgrade.

Iron Smelting Furnace (Level 2): Can greatly increase the air temperature within a hundred meters by burning coal, greatly enhance the suppression and killing effect on primary monsters, but also has a stronger attraction to cold beasts, and can consume coal resources to cast ironware.

Special function: Each burning of 10 units of wood resources can generate a small torch, the function is similar to the small campfire, can be carried with you;

Each burning of 100 units of wood can generate a portion of condensed fire oil. This oil is harmless to humans, but it ignites when touched by monsters and has an extremely strong killing power against monsters.

Upgrade requirements: 2000 Wood 5000 Iron

After reading it, Xia Hong was immediately excited.