Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

With more than two hundred people working together, the ravaged valley was instantly transformed.

The fragmented corpses and limbs were all collected and taken to the depths of the eastern side of the valley, where they were set ablaze with branches and broken wood. Although everyone looked at the pillar of fire with pain on their faces, they had no choice but to deal with it this way to prevent an epidemic.

Although the giant wooden puppet was dead, its body remained. Shang Ping led people to piece together the usable wood, and soon they built a square wooden house more than thirty meters wide.

The stove was quickly set up in the house, and Shang Ping led people to move hundreds of pieces of dark coal from a small cave on the southern side of the valley and throw them into the stove.

As the fire ignited, the wooden house immediately became much warmer.

Xia Hong retracted his gaze from the small cave on the south side, reached out and picked up a fist-sized piece of coal from the ground, weighed it a few times, and a strange look suddenly appeared on his face.

"Coal, so heavy!"

Looking at the coal, which was clearly only the size of a fist, Xia Hong sensed that it weighed about forty pounds.

Thinking of Wang Ming's broadsword, which was only one and a half meters long but weighed a full six hundred pounds, Xia Hong quickly accepted it.

Clearly, the coal and iron in this world could not be viewed with the concepts of his previous life.

"Can be converted into two units of coal resources, one point for every twenty pounds."

Xia Hong quickly understood the conversion ratio of coal resources through the system.

This conversion rule was probably based on the preciousness of the resources.

He had tried wood before, and it took about a thousand pounds to exchange for one point; coal was twenty pounds for one point; iron was ten pounds for one point.

While Xia Hong was thinking, Yuan Cheng next to him suddenly leaned over.

"Chief, the heat generated by burning coal is several times higher than that of wood, and the radiation range is also wider. I just asked the people from Rogge Camp, and they said that the previous five large wooden houses only needed one hundred and fifty pounds of coal, plus some wood, to maintain heating for a day."

Xia Hong nodded. He had also inquired when Shang Ping led people to transport coal from the cave, so he also knew these things.

Yue Feng also leaned over at this time, looking at the coal with excitement in his eyes.

"Not only for heating, but if there is an iron mine, it can also be used for blacksmithing, casting tools, and forging weapons. Moreover, I just heard them say that Li Hu said before that coal can also be used to soften the soil, and after softening, crops can be transplanted."

Xia Hong immediately became interested and turned his head to ask.

"Little brother, I haven't finished speaking just now. According to what Li Hu said, softening the soil requires a lot of coal. When there were five Earth Digging Realm cultivators before, we could only mine a thousand pounds of coal a day. Now that there are only three left, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult."

It turned out that Luo Ming, who had finished his work, had also come over at some point.

Yue Feng and Yuan Cheng scratched their heads. Clearly, the two had just heard the news from Luo Ming and relayed it to Xia Hong, and they were a little embarrassed to be discovered on the spot.

Luo Ming smiled and waved his hand, indicating that it didn't matter, then looked at Xia Hong and said, "Chief Xia, are you worried about not finding coal and iron mines?"

Xia Hong didn't hide it and nodded directly, asking, "After breaking through the Earth Digging Realm, I searched all the soil slopes and even the mountains around Redwood Ridge and my own camp, but I didn't find anything. I hope Chief Luo can give me some advice. I will be grateful!"

After speaking, seeing Luo Ming looking dazed and not speaking for a long time, Xia Hong thought for a while, then stood up and bowed deeply to Luo Ming.

This startled Luo Ming, and he quickly stood up, helped Xia Hong, who hadn't bowed down yet, and said with a wry smile, "Chief Xia, don't misunderstand. Rogge Camp has received such great kindness from you. How could Luo fail to repay it? Besides, it's not a big secret. I just remembered something else and was a little distracted."

After speaking, Luo Ming didn't explain what the other things were, but just signaled Xia Hong and others to sit down, and then turned his head and called all four camp leaders, Hong Gang, Huang Zhao, Chen Ying, and Lu He, over.

The four of them originally sat elsewhere with their own people. After walking over, they all greeted Luo Ming first, then gestured to Xia Hong, then looked around and sat opposite Luo Ming and Xia Hong.

The temporary wooden house naturally had no conditions, and everyone was sitting on the ground. Interestingly, when Hong Gang and the four sat on the opposite side, the others all leaned over, so there were only Luo Ming and Xia Hong on their side.

Xia Hong didn't feel anything, and the others couldn't see any expression.

Only Luo Ming, seeing this scene, showed a thoughtful expression.

"Everyone, Chief Xia asked me how to find coal and iron mines. I thought everyone should be curious, so I called you all over, and I'll tell you all at once. Later, when you break through the Earth Digging Realm, you won't be clueless and don't know where to find coal and iron mines."

The reactions of the four leaders, Hong Gang, and some Logging Realm cultivators of similar age to them, after hearing Luo Ming's words, were all to smile and shake their heads, obviously not believing that they had any hope of breaking through the Earth Digging Realm.

But those younger Logging Realm cultivators behind them showed a hint of eagerness on their faces, obviously more confident than their elders.

And the most peculiar were Yue Feng and others behind Xia Hong.

Except for Lin Kai, who was taking care of Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, Qiu Peng, and Lu Yang all looked very excited, and even leaned their bodies forward a little, obviously intending to listen carefully to Luo Ming's next words.

Taking in the reactions of the three groups of people, Luo Ming slowly opened his mouth:

"First, let's talk about coal mines. Golden Frost Trees, you should all know them, right?"

Hearing this, Xia Hong's expression suddenly became strange, and a trace of speculation arose in his heart.

"Generally speaking, where there are Golden Frost Trees, there are coal mines, and the thicker the Golden Frost Tree, the higher the coal content below!"

It really was.

Xia Hong shook his head secretly. He had searched for so long in Redwood Ridge and couldn't find it. He was wondering at the time that in this world, whether animals or plants, they were far stronger and more numerous than in his previous life, so there should be many mineral resources.

It turned out that he had been looking in the wrong place all along, and the coal mines were hidden under the Golden Frost Trees.

"Chief Luo, what about iron mines?"

Xia Hong continued to ask about iron mines.

"Iron mines are also simple. Look for a plant called Black Caltrop. This plant generally grows on the crevices of rock walls and mountains and can be considered a companion plant of iron ore. Finding it is equivalent to finding an iron mine."

Speaking of this, Luo Ming seemed to be afraid that everyone would not understand, so he turned his head and gestured to Shang Ping.

Shang Ping hurried out and brought back a plant after a while.

Luo Ming took the plant and directly showed it to everyone.

It was a strange plant with a dark body. Although there was only a single root stem, there were at least twenty or thirty leaves on it. The leaves were feather-shaped and evenly distributed on both sides.

"To be honest, this Black Caltrop is not easy to find. The iron mine that our Rogge Camp is currently mining has only been passed down from several generations ago, and we haven't found a new iron mine yet..."

Luo Ming paused suddenly, then shook his head and said:

"Of course, there's no need to find a new one. According to the strength of the camps here in Redwood Ridge, basically finding one is enough for several generations to mine."

Hearing this, the others immediately chuckled softly.

That's right, the Rogge Camp's iron mine has been mined for several generations, but ironware has not yet been popularized throughout the camp, which proves that the difficulty of mining iron ore must be frighteningly high.

While the others were chuckling, Xia Hong frowned, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

Finding iron mines is difficult in itself, and listening to Luo Ming's words, even if found, subsequent mining is even more difficult.

This was not a good thing for him, who needed a huge amount of resources.

"Chief, Chuan is awake!"

While thinking, Xia Hong was interrupted by Lin Kai's voice and hurried to get up and go over.

Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and the four also hurriedly followed behind him.