Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The Ice Abyss World is perpetually filled with wind and snow.

This wind and snow, unlike ordinary winter weather, brings endless cold, relentlessly stripping away all vitality from the land.

Looking out from within Redwood Ridge, the entire earth is nothing but accumulated snow.

Only the massive trees covered in white stand motionless, resembling white spires adorned with countless icicles.

Trees are, in fact, a form of life, and the reason why the trees in the Ice Abyss World are so thick can be understood with a little thought.

If their vitality weren't strong, how could they survive in this frigid world?

North of Redwood Ridge, within the original territory of Lu Shang's camp, Xia Hong led fifteen men on a one-kilometer perimeter patrol, feeling slightly relieved.

"Fortunately, we haven't discovered anyone else, nor have we seen any traces of activity; the people from Mirror Immortal Camp shouldn't have crossed the border yet."

The group all nodded, their expressions relaxing considerably.

The primary reason for venturing out tonight, starting with this area, was to see if the people from Mirror Immortal Camp had crossed the border; since there were no discoveries, that's naturally a good thing.

"The distribution of cold beasts within this thousand-meter perimeter of Lu Shang Camp is similar to our side; within five hundred meters, there are several Snow Manes, Frost Wolves, and Golden Rams; beyond five hundred meters, there are only two Teng Serpents, all low-level cold beasts; it seems that to find mid-level cold beasts, we'll have to go deeper."

Xia Chuan summarized the patrol's findings and then suggested continuing deeper.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately turned their gazes to Xia Hong, who was at the front.

"You can hunt the prey on the outer perimeter yourselves when you have time; let's go in!"

Xia Hong didn't waste words; the goal for tonight was clear: mid-level cold beasts; the prey on the outer perimeter wasn't worth his time.

As it was the first time venturing beyond the thousand-meter range, noticing that the environment had begun to change and become unfamiliar, Xia Hong and the group immediately slowed their pace, minimizing their movements and becoming vigilant about their surroundings.

Ordinarily, without any measuring tools, the group could only estimate the distance based on feeling, but in reality, once they truly entered, they realized there was no need to feel; they only needed to use their eyes.

The further into Redwood Ridge one goes, the thicker the trees become, and because these trees are so massive, their roots are also bizarre and varied, some even protruding from the ground, causing the originally flat terrain to become complex.

"The trees on the outer perimeter with diameters of more than ten meters are already considered large, but I didn't expect it to be even more terrifying in here; this tree must have a diameter of almost twenty meters, right?"

Luo Yuan couldn't help but exclaim, causing everyone, including Xia Hong, to turn their heads and look at the tree he was talking about.

Seeing the shape of that tree, everyone couldn't help but click their tongues and shake their heads.

That tree was indeed huge!

A tree with a diameter of twenty meters is hard for a normal person to imagine.

But it's easy to understand if described this way: if the entire middle of that tree were hollowed out, it would directly be a high-rise building, and one that could easily accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people.

Even though they were over a hundred meters away, the sixteen people still seemed extremely small in front of that tree, and fortunately, everyone was a regular visitor to Redwood Ridge, having seen many large trees on the outer perimeter, otherwise, this tree alone could have triggered their megalophobia.

"It's a pity it's just an ordinary Crimson Frost; are we not going deep enough? So far, the trees we've seen are all the same old types; leader, should we go further in?"

Hearing Luo Yuan's suggestion, Xia Hong retracted his gaze, surveyed the surrounding trees, and nodded slightly.

Although their main task was hunting, they would also pay attention to the types of trees along the way, and if they encountered any new species or precious trees, they would directly record them and mark them.

In theory, these tasks were the responsibility of the gathering team, but since they were the first wave to venture in, it was a convenient task to do, making records and markings in advance, so that when the logging team came in later, the task would be much easier to complete.

Xia Hong led the group another hundred meters inward, estimating that they had ventured about 1300 meters, and then immediately stopped the group, proceeding to survey along the north-south directions.

Soon, the group made a new discovery.

"Hiss... ... ... ... What a huge Ice Shuo Tree!"

A hundred meters away to the north, an Ice Shuo Tree, covered with transparent crystal fruits, stood quietly on the earth.

That Ice Shuo Tree was about seventeen or eighteen meters in diameter, and the tree was covered with so many crystal fruits that they couldn't be counted, roughly estimated to be thirty to forty thousand, which translates to ten to twenty thousand pounds.

"Go make a mark; this is the first time I've seen such a large Ice Shuo Tree."

Xia Hong led the group towards the north side, and only after getting closer did they discover that this Ice Shuo Tree was not only large in appearance, but also had fruits that were much larger than other ordinary Ice Shuo Trees.

Moreover, beneath the Ice Shuo Tree, there was a large swamp, about fifty or sixty meters in radius, corresponding to the extent of the tree's canopy, emitting a fermenting odor, indicating that it was formed by the crystal fruits that had fallen from the tree and rotted over the years.

"This doesn't even count as a swamp!"

From a distance, it was easy to identify as a swamp because this area of ground was not covered by accumulated snow, and it appeared as a faint golden fluid.

But when Xia Hong was the first to step on it, he discovered that although the ground was fluid, stepping on it was only slightly softer than normal ground, with a very obvious sense of stepping.

"This is the first time I've stepped on such soft ground; does the substance after the crystal fruits rot have such an obvious penetrating effect on the ground?"

Xia Chuan's casual remark caused everyone to stop in their tracks, their expressions stunned, and Xia Hong even suddenly raised his head, his face full of surprise.

Seeing the expressions of the others, Xia Chuan also reacted.

If the crystal fruits had this effect, wouldn't they be able to use this characteristic to soften the ground in the valley and transplant trees?

"Not necessarily, not necessarily, don't be so happy so early; if the crystal fruits had this effect, why haven't the predecessors discovered it for so long? Wait a moment, I'll see what the ground is like!"

Xia Hong quickly calmed down, squatted down, and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground.

Saying grab is not appropriate, it should be dig.

But after digging several times, this soil, which clearly looked fluid and much softer than other ground, couldn't even be dug out a small piece.

Xia Hong frowned tightly, and his heart immediately began to beat.

His basic strength has already reached the limit of 30,000 pounds.

Even ordinary clods of earth, he can dig out.

This seemingly very soft ground, can't even be dug?

Xia Hong shook his head, and this one characteristic alone directly extinguished the thoughts that had just arisen in everyone's minds.

It looks soft, but in reality, it's so hard, what's the point of transplanting.

"Forget it, just mark the location, don't worry about it here, let's continue north!"

With no hope of transplanting, everyone lost interest, and after marking the location, they followed Xia Hong to continue searching north along the 1300-meter boundary.

Later, although they also discovered four cold beasts, three were Teng Serpents, and one was an awakened Blue Moon Sprite, all low-level cold beasts.

Hunting Teng Serpents is more troublesome, so Xia Hong didn't bother to do it; but that awakened Blue Moon Sprite, perhaps because it was extremely hungry, jumped down to attack while the sixteen people were passing under the tree it was entrenched in.

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Having walked for so long without finding even the shadow of a mid-level cold beast, the group was already somewhat frustrated, and a low-level cold beast sending itself to vent their anger naturally wouldn't be given a good face.

The Blue Moon Sprite was not large, only a little over a meter long, with snow-white fur, and its strength was the weakest Xia Hong had ever encountered, even worse than a Gnawing Rat, but its speed was a few points faster than a Gnawing Rat.

Small size, coupled with super-fast speed, and that body of pure white fur that blends with the accumulated snow on the ground, making it difficult to distinguish, if Xia Hong's basic strength hadn't reached the limit of 30,000 pounds before, it's estimated that the sneak attack might have had some effect.

Unfortunately, it encountered the current Xia Hong.

The group was already vigilant in their hearts about searching for mid-level cold beasts tonight.

Its timing for the sneak attack was really too bad.

Without Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and the others needing to take action, Xia Hong drew his knife alone, and in no more than three moves, he had solved the Blue Moon Sprite.

"This Blue Moon Sprite should have innate divine powers like other cold beasts, but unfortunately, it encountered the leader and didn't even have a chance to use them!"

Zhu Shun buried the Blue Moon Sprite in the snow, marked the location, and couldn't help but sigh.

The others nodded upon hearing this, and recalling the clean and neat three cuts just now, they looked at Xia Hong, their faces full of admiration.

Xia Hong, who was thinking with his head down, heard Zhu Shun's words, and remembering that the group was seeing a Blue Moon Sprite for the first time and didn't understand its characteristics, immediately said:

"Legs, the legs of the Blue Moon Sprite can explode with five times its usual strength in a short period of time, this should be its innate divine power, I fought it too fast just now, so you couldn't see it, remember this point in the future!"

Everyone then understood and nodded.

This was also the first time Xia Hong had encountered a Blue Moon Sprite, but he had read the Cold Beast Illustrated Record left by Luo Ming, which contained records of the characteristics of the Blue Moon Sprite, and when he fought it just now, its leg strength did indeed have a moment when even he almost couldn't withstand it.

"After searching all the way here, in addition to the four cold beasts, we also discovered three Ice Shuo Trees, two Blue Jade Trees, and several unknown plants; the harvest tonight is about the same."

Looking back at the more than eighty Blue Coagulation Grasses carried behind Xia Chuan, as well as several other unknown plants, Xia Hong had the idea of returning.

"Leader, let's go a little further in, we'll definitely find it."

"It's only been half a night, and with so many of us, and such thorough preparations, it would be a huge loss to go back with just this Blue Moon Sprite and these dozens of Blue凝Grass plants."

"Right, I also suggest we go a bit further in. No matter what, we should at least see what an intermediate-level Frost Beast looks like, right?"

… … … …

The others clearly saw what he was thinking and started to dissuade him.

"Alright, let's hide what we have on hand first, then go in another two hundred meters and have a look. If we still can't find anything, we'll come back tomorrow night!"

With the crowd so eager, Xia Hong simply nodded in agreement.

Decision: to go in another two hundred meters.

After everyone hid the prey and vegetation like the Blue凝Grass, marking the spot well,

Xia Hong led them directly west, exploring deeper into Redwood Ridge.

The location where the intermediate-level Frost Beast was entrenched was clearly much deeper than everyone had anticipated.

After searching for a full hour, everyone was still empty-handed.

Xia Hong, at the very front, stopped directly, turned his head, and looked at everyone:

"Forget it, let's call it a night. Let's go back and prepare well, then expand the search area tomorrow, searching directly inwards for two kilometers. I don't believe… …"

"Chief, look over there!"

"Chief, look quickly… …"

Before he could finish speaking, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, who were closest to him, seemed to have seen something. They pointed to the west and directly interrupted him.

Xia Hong looked in the direction they were pointing and his expression froze.