Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"In one month, Xia Chuan's strength increased from less than 7,000 to 8,000 jin, an increase of over 1,000 jin; Luo Yuan's went from just over 8,000 to almost 9,000, an increase of over 800; the Zhao brothers also went from over 7,000 to 8,000, also around 800."

"They eat at most eight jin of Frost Beast meat a day, while I, in this month, have been eating as much as twenty to thirty jin of Frost Beast meat every day, basically the limit. My strength increase should be even higher than theirs!"

Xia Hong had a rough idea of his own strength increase, but to know the exact number, he still needed to test it.

He was aware of the crowd watching him, but he didn't care. He simply busied himself with setting up the strength-testing桩.

He placed a ten-thousand-jin桩 at the bottom, then added five thousand-jin桩s on top. Xia Hong hesitated for a moment, then added another one.

Xia Hong took a deep breath, squatted down, and wrapped his hands around the ten-thousand-jin桩 at the bottom. Then, with a fierce shout, he slowly exerted his strength.

Everyone watching held their breath.

As Xia Hong stood up, the strength-testing桩 slowly rose from the ground.

Ten centimeters… Twenty centimeters… Half a meter… One meter…

Finally, as Xia Hong stood up completely, the strength-testing桩 remained firmly in his arms. A look of respect appeared in everyone's eyes.

Bang…

"Fifteen thousand jin. The limit should be a few hundred more. The increase during this period is not bad!"

Xia Hong slammed the strength-testing桩 directly onto the ground, rubbed his arms, which were almost out of strength, and a hint of joy couldn't help but rise in his eyes.

Previously, when sparring with the wooden桩 in the form of the Snow鬃, his base strength was over thirteen thousand jin. Only a month has passed, and it has increased by nearly two thousand, a significant improvement.

However, judging from the increase, his improvement was obviously not as good as Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and others. He consumed two to three times their resources, but the increase slowed down. This also proves that the improvement of base strength becomes more difficult as it progresses.

Fortunately, the supply of Frost Beast meat is no longer a problem. As long as he steadily improves like this, the thirty-thousand-jin limit will be reached sooner or later.

"Luo Ming once said that the limit of the Earth-Digging Realm is thirty thousand jin, but he doesn't know the subsequent ways to improve strength after reaching the thirty-thousand-jin limit. Yang Ning and Li Hu mentioned the Cold-Resistant Grade, but I have no clue how to break through."

Xia Hong frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.

Judging from the current increase, he is still far from reaching the thirty-thousand-jin limit. Even if he doesn't have a clue about the subsequent cultivation methods, he doesn't need to worry about it for the time being.

Every road leads to Rome. When he reaches the thirty-thousand-jin limit, he can just learn from Luo Ming and venture into the Arrow Bamboo Forest to ask at that giant camp called the Hive.

After testing his strength, Xia Hong turned around and realized that the people who had been watching were almost all staring blankly at the strength-testing桩 on the ground, still standing there and not dispersing.

"What are you staring at? Did you all eat too much Frost Beast meat? If you want to become as strong as me, don't waste time here. Hurry up and cultivate."

Hearing Xia Hong's teasing, everyone burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Chief, we wouldn't dare compare to you. It would be great if we could break through to the Wood-Chopping Realm soon."

"We've been eating too much Frost Beast meat lately. It feels a bit much."

"If you can't eat that much, give me some!"

"Hahahahahaha…"

… … … …

A few of the bolder children continued Xia Hong's words and joked with each other. But after a burst of laughter, everyone quickly dispersed and began their own cultivation.

Looking at the dispersing crowd, Xia Hong's mood also relaxed a lot.

Not to mention comparing it to the time at the 土坡, even compared to a month ago, the spirit of the people in the camp has obviously increased a lot.

Before, not to mention taking the initiative to joke, it was extremely difficult to find a smiling face among these people in the camp.

When survival becomes a problem, safety is not guaranteed, and there is no hope in the heart, people cannot relax.

The continuous distribution of Frost Beast meat can be said to have ignited the flame of hope in everyone's hearts. The current Da Xia, not to mention worry-free survival, safety is not 100% guaranteed.

But at least, these people have hope and a goal in their hearts.

Walking back to the wooden house, the position of the original iron-smelting furnace had been moved more than ten meters to the left. Along the route of the iron-smelting furnace's movement, a two-meter-deep trench had appeared on the ground.

Luo Yuan, Xia Chuan, Zhao Long, and Yuan Cheng, each with a goat-horn chisel in hand, were constantly digging in the trench.

This trench was prepared for driving piles for the newly built wooden house.

"One month, fifteen meters. If we continue at this rate, it will take four or five years to dig an eight-hundred-meter-long trench for piling…"

Xia Hong's eyes darkened when he thought about the total length of the trench being eight hundred meters.

The ground softened by burning coal stone with the iron-smelting furnace can indeed be dug by those in the Wood-Chopping Realm, but the problem is that coal stone is limited, and the camp cannot burn coal for heating every day; secondly, there are only thirty-six people in the Wood-Chopping Realm, and they also have to chop wood and hunt. It's impossible for them to dig trenches here every day.

Therefore, in the past month, Xia Hong could only take advantage of the coal stone burning to have some of the people in the Wood-Chopping Realm take turns digging.

During this period, he himself had also dug. He could dig the ground that was not softened by coal stone, but it was useless no matter how well he could dig alone.

There are two ways to increase the speed of piling:

Either burn more coal stone to increase the speed of softening the ground, allowing more people in the Wood-Chopping Realm to participate in the digging together. The difficulty lies in the coal stone, which requires mining enough coal stone, which requires a large number of Earth-Digging Realm cultivators.

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Or directly let the people in the Earth-Digging Realm dig, without softening the ground with coal stone, which also requires more people in the Earth-Digging Realm.

Therefore, in the final analysis, there are not enough people in the Earth-Digging Realm!

This is an unsolvable problem.

Xia Hong jumped into the trench, snatched the tool from Luo Yuan's hand, and said:

"You go cultivate, I'll dig for a while!"

"Chief, I'm not tired, I can dig for a while longer, it's okay."

Luo Yuan, not knowing why, thought that Xia Hong was concerned about him and wanted to take back the tool, but when he met Xia Hong's rejecting gaze, he could only give up.

Luo Yuan climbed out of the trench, turned around and saw that Xia Hong had replaced him in digging. A trace of emotion rose in his heart, and he quickly seized the time to cultivate.

"I really can't hold on alone! You kid, if you don't break through soon, the coal and iron won't last long!"

[Resources: Wood 6835 Coal 160 Iron 270 Silver 0 Gold 0]

Looking at the coal and iron resources in the system decreasing day by day, Xia Hong's eagerness for Luo Yuan to break through to the Earth-Digging Realm was probably even more urgent than his own.

The timber has been rising wildly this month, but coal and iron are already in a state of deficit. If this continues, they will probably run out in a few months.

The construction of the new wooden house is underway, and many iron materials have already begun to be prepared. Mu Dong almost asks him to make things every day, plus he made a batch of woodworking tools for Mu Dong some time ago. The coal and iron used during this period are not few.

His main task is to lead the team to hunt. He can only take time to mine. The time he can spare is quite limited. The coal stone and iron ore he harvests are naturally minimal and cannot supply the camp's consumption at all.

If Luo Yuan doesn't break through before the coal and iron are used up, he will only be able to reduce the number of hunting trips and spare more time to mine coal and iron ore.

Xia Hong sighed secretly, stopped thinking about it, and focused on digging the trench.

However, after digging for a while, a prompt came from his mind again:

[The medicine-frying pot has automatically generated the Golden Sore Powder formula based on the recorded items]

Hearing the prompt, a look of joy appeared on Xia Hong's face. He quickly put down the goat-horn chisel in his hand, walked out of the trench, and walked towards the medicine-frying pot.

Walking to the medicine-frying pot, he saw Cheng Feng taking out a light blue plant from inside. Smelling the faint fragrance from the plant, Xia Hong's eyes lit up.

"Chief, why are you here?"

Seeing Xia Hong coming, Cheng Feng's expression froze. Noticing his gaze, he quickly handed the plant in his hand to him.