Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"Leader, the numbers have been tallied. A total of 39 people died, including two Lumbering Realm cultivators from the Rogue Camp. The final number arriving at the valley is 304."

Inside the valley, the people who had arrived gathered in the wooden house.

Hearing Xia Chuan's report on the casualties, Xia Hong felt a little heavy-hearted, but he quickly adjusted his emotions and turned to look at the right side of the wooden house.

This wooden house was the one rebuilt after the disaster at the Rogue Camp. It was only thirty meters wide, and it was packed with four or five hundred people.

On the left were the three hundred-plus people from the Great Xia Camp, and on the right were the hundred-plus survivors from the Rogue Camp's previous disaster.

At the front of the hundred-plus people from the Rogue Camp stood fifteen people, who should be the seventeen Lumbering Realm cultivators Luo Ming had mentioned earlier. Two had died in the Frost Wolf pack attack, leaving only fifteen.

Xia Hong noticed that whether it was these fifteen Lumbering Realm cultivators or the hundred-plus people from the Rogue Camp, they didn't show much resistance when looking at him. However, when they looked at the three hundred-plus people from the Great Xia Camp across the way, the look of resistance on their faces was obvious.

Of course, Xia Hong understood the reason behind this.

Strictly speaking, the survival of these hundred-plus people last time was inseparable from him, so these people were grateful to him and already had a good impression.

As for their resistance to the others in the Great Xia Camp, it was even simpler: they were just worried that after the two groups merged, he, as the leader, would treat them differently.

Perhaps not wanting the people from the Rogue Camp to see, Luo Ming had taken Li Baihe, Xu Kang, and others to hide elsewhere after arriving at the valley. They didn't even enter the wooden house, so these hundred-plus people on the right were all going to stay here.

"Everyone!"

The people of Great Xia were still immersed in the recent disaster and hadn't recovered, and the hundred-plus people from the Rogue Camp were in a state of confusion because their future was uncertain, so the wooden house was very quiet.

As soon as Xia Hong spoke, everyone immediately raised their heads.

"Although I don't know why Leader Luo Ming insisted on leaving, we should respect and understand his decision. Moreover, not only I, but you should all believe in Leader Luo's character. If he could have safely taken all of you away, he would definitely not have abandoned you, right?"

Hearing these words, the faces of the hundred-plus people from the Rogue Camp suddenly darkened a lot. The pain brought by the Wood Puppet Ghoul had not yet subsided, and Luo Ming's departure was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

These two days, their despair had come wave after wave.

In the beginning, did they have the thought of blaming Luo Ming? Of course, they did.

But as the weak, they knew they had no right and no qualification to blame him.

Luo Ming had been the leader for more than ten years, and what he had done for the Rogue Camp was more than all of them combined. Not to mention, Luo Ming hadn't just left directly but had sought a way out for them.

Therefore, even knowing that Luo Ming's departure was a foregone conclusion, these people were still grateful to Luo Ming, the former leader, in their hearts.

Xia Hong's words not only served to explain Luo Ming's actions to everyone but also completely dispelled the last bit of doubt in their hearts.

That's right, with the leader's character, if he could have safely taken all of us away, he would not have left on his own. In the end, it's still because we are useless.

"I know what you are all worried about. Since Leader Luo has entrusted the Rogue Camp and all of you to me, then from now on, you are all people of Great Xia. I won't say any more nonsense."

Xia Hong didn't say much. After saying these two sentences, he gave Xia Chuan, who had been instructed in advance, a look.

Although Xia Chuan was a little hesitant in his heart, Xia Hong had already given the order, so he could only step forward and repeat the rules of dividing the cold beast meat into four grades, which had been discussed earlier, to the hundred-plus people from the Rogue Camp.

"Everyone can get cold beast meat?"

"Those between the ages of thirteen and thirty can get half a kilogram every day?"

"Not only that, if your strength reaches 3,000 kilograms, you can get one kilogram every day."

"This… how is it possible? Can you hunt so much cold beast meat?"

"Lumbering Realm cultivators get 2.5 kilograms every day, I didn't hear it wrong, right?"

"Special contributions can also earn cold beast meat rewards."

"Those under the age of thirteen can also get 250 grams every month."

"This is impossible, right? Can the leader hunt so many cold beasts?"

… … … …

The hundred-plus people from the Rogue Camp, whether it was the fifteen Lumbering Realm cultivators in the front or the ordinary people in the back, or even the children under ten years old, were all agitated at this moment.

Not to mention them, even Huang Yong and Hong Gang, the eight Lumbering Realm cultivators who had just agreed to merge into Great Xia, were now looking up at Xia Hong, their eyes full of shock.

The ordinary people of Great Xia were fine, after all, they already knew about it.

But the Lumbering Realm cultivators like Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng had some worry on their faces at this moment.

Especially Xia Chuan, who had just told everyone the four-grade meat distribution rules, looked at Xia Hong several times, wanting to say something but stopping.

When there were only three hundred-plus people in Great Xia, these four-grade meat distribution rules were generally fine. As Xia Hong said, six cold beasts per month were not too difficult for the current Great Xia.

But with the addition of these one hundred and seventy-one people from the Rogue Camp, and the two families, Da Chuan and Huang Zhao, who were about to merge in, there would be at least four or five hundred people, and the problem would be big.

With so many people, and dividing the meat according to the four grades, the monthly consumption of cold beast meat would have to be at least three or four times higher, and the amount of hunting work would also be so many times higher.

Was this too radical for the current Great Xia?

Xia Chuan still wanted to persuade him, but when he met Xia Hong's resolute eyes and saw the look of doubt on the faces of the Rogue Camp and others, he realized that it was not appropriate to persuade him now, so he closed his mouth.

"Leader Xia, are you sure you can do it? When our leader was here before, the camp had five Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators, and they could only hunt five cold beasts at most each month. Your strength is indeed very strong, but it's not enough to hunt more than five, right?

With our current number of people, according to your rules, we would probably have to hunt at least ten or more each month. Although I admire you very much, I have to say that this is impossible for the current camp!"

A Lumbering Realm cultivator from the Rogue Camp stood up and directly questioned him.

What he didn't know was that Hong Gang and Huang Yong, who were standing in the back, immediately shook their heads when they heard him say ten per month.

Not ten, counting their two families' four hundred-plus people, at least fifteen, and they must be adult cold beasts, weighing more than five hundred kilograms.

The two came to this conclusion in their minds, looked at each other, and immediately shook their heads gently, feeling that it was impossible no matter what.

Although they felt it was impossible, a strange expectation arose deep in their hearts, causing them to breathe faster, and they looked up at Xia Hong, watching what he was going to say.

"Whether I can do it or not is a matter for me and the hunting team. I only ask you, do you agree to this rule!"

Xia Hong didn't explain anything to everyone, just asked this sentence again.

"Agree, everyone can get cold beast meat, why wouldn't we agree!"

The wooden house suddenly fell silent, until after a long time, a weak voice sounded.

"Agree, of course, we agree."

"I also agree."

"Agree!"

… … … …

The voices changed from sparse at the beginning to one after another in the back, and the voices of everyone's answers became louder and louder.

"Okay, since you agree, then I'll say the ugly things first. I'll take people out to hunt, and I won't risk my life for you for nothing. Before you break through to the Lumbering Realm, you can only stay in the camp and do what you can. No one will blame you.

But once you break through to the Lumbering Realm and have the ability to go out, everyone in the camp must go out, whether it's picking crystal fruits, logging, mining… From now on, everything about you will be allocated by me, including your lives!

Can you agree to this?"

As Xia Hong's voice fell, the entire place was silent.