Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"Leader, the Cold Resistance level, is it very difficult to break through?"

"Leader, the Cold Resistance level, is it very difficult to break through?"

Xia Chuan asked twice in a row, and Xia Hongcai came back to his senses. Seeing the curious eyes of everyone, he didn't hide anything and directly told them the method of breaking through the Cold Resistance level.

Of course, it was the normal method of breaking through by using a small amount of cold beast blood. He couldn't directly use a hundred catties like him. These people didn't have a system like him.

"Use a small amount, then Leader, you this..."

After listening to Xia Hong's method, Luo Yuan immediately looked confused and pointed to the large wooden barrel in the room.

The others also reacted, their expressions the same as his.

Xia Hong had just said that only a small amount of cold beast blood could be used at a time. Once the amount was too large, the pain would be unbearable for normal people.

Then how could he use hundreds of catties this time?

Xia Hong didn't know how to explain it to everyone. He couldn't directly tell them about the system. After thinking for a moment, he said, "My physique is different from ordinary people. When you reach the 30,000-catties limit and try the cold beast blood, you will know."

Although everyone's eyes were full of incomprehension, seeing that Xia Hong obviously didn't want to say more, they didn't continue to ask.

At this moment, Xia Hong's mind was still full of five thousand catties of beast blood, and the massive resource gap that came with it, but in the end, he could only smile bitterly twice and sighed helplessly.

The blood content in the bodies of other intermediate cold beasts is unknown.

But based on the snow mane hunted last night, a snow mane only produces more than sixty catties of blood. Five thousand catties of beast blood require at least eighty intermediate cold beasts.

More than eighty intermediate cold beasts?

Using hundreds of catties of beast blood at a time requires consuming 100,000 units of wood, more than 5,000 iron, and more than 8,000 coal. After calculating all this, if the resources consumed each time remain the same in the future, it means that he needs to break through to the Cold Resistance level, and such resource consumption will come a total of...

Fifty times?

"I thought that once I started breaking through, I would be more relaxed, but as a result, an even bigger resource gap appeared. This is simply..."

Xia Hong didn't know what to say. Looking at the cold and piercing sunlight outside the window, he couldn't help but shake his head, feeling helpless.

The breakthrough to the Cold Resistance level was much more difficult than he had expected, and the time required was obviously much longer.

However...

Xia Hong clenched his fists tightly, his heart slightly shaken, looking at his fists, a gleam gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Correspondingly, the improvement of basic strength is also very terrifying!"

He turned his head slightly and saw that Xia Chuan and his group had not left at the door, all looking at him curiously. His mind moved slightly, and he walked to the side of the room and gently lifted the double-edged giant axe leaning against the wall with one hand.

It's not a big deal to lift this giant axe with one hand. Xia Chuan and others all have a basic strength of more than ten thousand catties. It's not difficult to lift it with one hand.

But the problem is that the double-edged giant axe, weighing two thousand eight hundred catties, seemed as light as nothing in Xia Hong's hand. Not only did he lift it with one hand, but he even grabbed the axe handle and waved it around in the room.

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...

The whistling sound of the axe blade rubbing against the air instantly filled the entire room. The powerful potential energy caused by the waving of the giant axe caused the wooden floor to shake violently.

Several times, when Xia Hong's axe blade was about to touch the floor, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, fearing that the floor on the third floor would crack directly under this axe.

Even though he was waving the axe with one hand, the powerful potential energy erupted by each chop of Xia Hong was enough to drive the air flow in the entire room to surge wildly.

"Leader's casual axe, I'm afraid I can't catch it..."

Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and everyone else felt the air flow brought by the giant axe hit their cheeks, and the thought couldn't help but pop up in their minds.

After a long time, Xia Hong finally put down the giant axe and stopped.

After putting down the giant axe, he didn't even pant.

"The increase should be two thousand five hundred catties. This is only two percent of the progress. If I complete the entire skin remodeling stage, what level will my basic strength increase to..."

Without the need to measure the force, Xia Hong slightly clenched his fist, and by sensing the changes in his qi muscles, he could accurately know how much his basic strength was.

"Xia Chuan 15,000, Luo Yuan 14,000, Zhao Long 13,000..."

Not only himself, Xia Hong looked back at Xia Chuan and others. After only observing the movement of their qi muscles, he could immediately sense how much their basic strength was.

"After reshaping the skin, the perception ability has also been greatly improved, especially the perception of changes in the qi muscles of creatures."

Discovering that reshaping the skin also had this help, Xia Hong was immediately overjoyed.

This is not a useless function. Previously, when hunting, he could only confirm the strength of the prey through fighting. Now, he doesn't need to fight at all, just observe. This not only saves trouble but also avoids many risks.

Suddenly, thinking of something, Xia Hong turned to look at Xia Chuan and asked:

"By the way, the essence blood of that snow mane..."

As soon as Xia Hong mentioned the essence blood, Xia Chuan knew what he was going to ask. Before he could finish his words, he immediately responded to him.

"Don't worry, Leader. When processing the prey three days ago, we had already taken the essence blood and had the wooden dummy record it. I had previously instructed Tong Xinglong and the other two that for the prey brought back in the future, all new varieties must be like this."

Xia Hong nodded upon hearing this, and a sigh of relief was immediately released in his heart.

No, it's not just a sigh of relief.

In Xia Hong's eyes, there were even a few traces of excitement.

When he brought back that snow mane three days ago, he was eager to try the cold beast blood and forgot about the wooden dummy recording the essence blood. Fortunately, Xia Chuan is now very familiar with the functions of the camp buildings, and these things can be done without him instructing.

The basic strength of the intermediate snow mane should be around 90,000 to 100,000 catties. Without iron tools, it is impossible for humans to hunt with their bare hands.

Judging from the progress of his skin remodeling, the basic strength of the Cold Resistance level should be above 100,000 catties. It is estimated that only the Cold Resistance level can hunt intermediate cold beasts single-handedly.

This also means that the wooden dummy that can transform into an intermediate snow mane can be used as a Cold Resistance level powerhouse within the radiation range of the iron smelting furnace.

Putting aside his own breakthrough, the biggest gain from this hunting should be the change of the wooden dummy.

"Moreover, the wooden dummy is different from cold beasts. As long as enough coal is provided, it will not be exhausted. At the same time, it is a system building, and it is likely that it will not be damaged. Then this also means..."

The Great Xia Camp has added an intermediate snow mane who is hardworking, tireless, will not be damaged by external forces, and whose strength is comparable to a Cold Resistance level powerhouse!

Xia Hong's expression became more and more excited, and he checked the description of the wooden dummy:

Wooden Dummy (Level 1): A cultivation tool. Activate it by putting in coal to greatly increase the cultivation speed and increase the understanding of martial arts.

Special Function 1: Can record the species of cold beasts through essence blood, transform into any cold beast, and exert the strength of the adult body of that cold beast.

Special Function 2: When activated within the radiation range of the iron smelting furnace, it can follow instructions and fight independently.

Consumption: 5 coal per hour

Upgrade Condition: 3000 Wood 6000 Iron

Seeing the upgrade conditions of the wooden dummy at the very end, Xia Hong was immediately moved.

3000 wood is nothing, 6000 units of iron, converted into iron ore, is 60,000 catties. At the current mining speed of the camp, it will probably only take seven or eight days of full mining to be almost enough.

"Upgrading the wooden dummy should bring a lot of surprises!"

Thinking of the huge improvement in the function after the small bonfire was upgraded to the iron smelting furnace, Xia Hong's heart was also filled with anticipation for the upgrade of the wooden dummy.

In fact, if it weren't for the accident caused by this breakthrough, not only the wooden dummy, but also the decoction pot, the grinding stone, and the iron smelting furnace, Xia Hong planned to upgrade these three buildings.

Including the three buildings that can be created with only wood, coal, and iron resources: the green bamboo fence, the marking stone, and the yellow soil, he also planned to create them all.

"In the current situation, it's impossible not to create them. Judging from the functional changes after upgrading the small bonfire to the iron smelting furnace, at least, the wooden dummy must be upgraded first!"

What is imminent now is the unpredictable risk brought by the Mirror Immortal Camp.

Although Yu Wentao was let go, Xia Hong did not relax his vigilance against this Mirror Immortal Camp at all. Whether Yu Wentao's words were true or false remains to be discussed. The biggest reason Xia Hong let him go was that he didn't want to have too much conflict with the Mirror Immortal Camp.

No matter what, the Mirror Immortal is also a giant camp with Cold Resistance level powerhouses and a population of over ten thousand. Although Xia Hong made harsh remarks to Yu Wentao, he was also clear in his heart that the effect of those words must be minimal.

In a world like the Ice Abyss, it is destined that no matter where you are, the principle of respecting the strong is definitely followed. This is the case between people, and it must also be the case between the two camps.

But it was impossible not to make harsh remarks. From the first time they dealt with each other in the Arrow Bamboo Forest, He Meng and his group took the initiative to test the waters, and from that strong and domineering posture, it could be seen that if Xia Hong gave in or showed a bit of timidity, the final outcome would definitely be very miserable.

Xia Hong, who has a system, is destined that no matter what, it is impossible for him to lead the people of Great Xia to merge into other camps.

Thinking about it this way, it is better to have a strong attitude and first make the other party confused, so that it is better to buy some time. This is why Xia Hong let Yu Wentao go and let him take the message back.

The purpose of buying time at that time was to break through.

Xia Hong originally expected that as long as he broke through to the Cold Resistance level, coupled with the functions of the system buildings, the threat of the Mirror Immortal Camp would naturally be easily solved.

It's just a pity that he didn't expect that the process of breaking through to the Cold Resistance level would be so cumbersome.

Not only is the process cumbersome, but the resources required are also astronomical.

Breaking through in a short period of time is definitely impossible.

Since this is the case, then we can only pin our hopes on system buildings.

Previously, resources were severely insufficient, and with the pressure from the gnawing rat packs, the camp's coal and iron were almost entirely used on that.

But now it's different. Even without counting Xia Hong, just fifteen Earth Realm cultivators, if they mined with all their strength, could yield 12,000 coal a day and 6,000 iron a day. As long as they saved up for a while, they could upgrade all the buildings.

"Upgrade the wooden training dummies first. If that doesn't work, there are several other buildings. Resolving the threat from the Mirror Immortal Camp should not be difficult. Resource extraction must continue, and hunting intermediate Frost Beasts cannot stop!"

In fact, the wooden training dummies that can transform into intermediate Snow Mane beasts already indirectly solve the threat from the Mirror Immortal Camp.

If, as Yu Wentao said, the Mirror Immortal Camp has two Frost Resistance level experts, even if they really find the Great Xia camp, the wooden training dummies should be enough to give them a hard time, not to mention that the camp has so many people and so many iron weapons.

"They wouldn't bring everyone from the Mirror Immortal Camp, cross the Arrow Bamboo Forest, and come to Redwood Ridge to attack the Great Xia camp, would they?"

Thinking of this, Xia Hong shook his head slightly and immediately ruled out this possibility.

In the Ice Abyss World, mobilizing a large number of people is not a wise move, especially to an unfamiliar area. At least the strength of this Mirror Immortal Camp is not enough for them to do so.

This can be seen from the two times they interacted with us.

He Meng had a total of fifteen people that time. Originally, they should have only been active in the Arrow Bamboo Forest, but they were startled by the gnawing rat packs and came out.

Yu Wentao had a few more people that time, more than twenty, but the problem was that they lost many people in order to hunt that demon sheep.

From these two times, it can be seen that the Mirror Immortal Camp is very unfamiliar with the situation on Redwood Ridge, so they send very few people each time, and they are all elites from the Earth Realm hunting team.

Moreover, the two families themselves don't have any deep-seated hatred. The gnawing rat pack incident was obviously He Meng looking for trouble. The only dispute that currently exists is the issue of the ownership of the land in the Lu Shang camp.

"The best-case scenario is that those harsh words I had Yu Wentao take back had an effect, and the other party can be honest for a while and really not come to Redwood Ridge, but this possibility… … … …"

Xia Hong shook his head. This possibility is almost non-existent.

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"Unsurprisingly, the Mirror Immortal Camp will ignore my words. Their people will continue to hunt in Redwood Ridge, and even judging from He Meng's previous behavior, it is very likely that they will continue to cross the border and create conflicts, seizing greater benefits from Great Xia.

After all, their strength is there… …"

The strong are respected, and this respect refers not only to status.

Xia Hong frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he quickly made a decision in his heart.

"Avoid them. Don't worry about the Lu Shang land for now. Focus on mining resources and upgrading buildings, at least to ensure the safety of the camp. Secondly, the progress of my own breakthrough must also be accelerated."

Building upgrades can at most only ensure the safety of the camp, but we can't just huddle in the camp without going out. If we want to completely drive the people from the Mirror Immortal Camp out of Redwood Ridge, we still have to speak with strength.

Clarifying what he wanted, Xia Hong turned around, only to find that everyone except Xia Chuan had already left.

"Where are the others?"

"They were stimulated by you, big brother. Those who are cultivating are cultivating, and those who are mining are mining. They have all gone to do their own things."

"Hiss… … … …"

Xia Hong smiled and was about to answer when a piercing chill suddenly came from his skin.

Looking down at his skin, which had already begun to turn blue, Xia Hong hurriedly closed the window and then put on his clothes.

Without successfully breaking through to the Frost Resistance level, he naturally couldn't stay in the sun all the time. From the time he opened the window just now until now, it seemed like a long time, but in reality, only five or six minutes had passed.

Two percent progress in reshaping the skin membrane. If he stayed for five or six minutes, according to this calculation, he could stay for the full four hours until dawn when the skin membrane progress was 100% complete.

Xia Hong calculated this result in his heart, glanced at the sky outside through the gap in the window that was not completely closed, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

How could this be so calculated? Is there some connection between the sun and the human body?

With his current strength, it was naturally impossible to figure out such a complicated problem. He stopped thinking about it and instead thought of something and asked Xia Chuan:

"By the way, how are Zou Yuankai and Zhu Shun's injuries?"

Previously, when hunting that intermediate Snow Mane beast, the Snow Mane pretended to be dead at the end and shot out a back full of barbs. In fact, everyone was injured at the time, but Zhu Shun and Zou Yuankai were more unlucky. Each of them had a barb pierce their body and passed out directly.

Now that three days have passed, I don't know how their injuries are.

"Zhu Shun's situation is a little better. He was pierced in the leg by a barb. It is still a little inconvenient for him to walk. It should take another three to five days. Zou Yuankai was pierced in the waist, and the situation is more serious. He is still lying down. Judging from the situation, he won't be able to get up for half a month."

A heavy look appeared on Xia Hong's face. Although the physical fitness of humans in the Ice Abyss World far exceeds that of ordinary people, and after reaching the Lumbering Realm and Earth Realm, the self-healing ability is doubled, the strength of the Frost Beasts is even stronger!

Whenever they go out, they will inevitably come back injured. This is true for the gathering team and the logging team, and the situation of the hunting team is especially serious.

More importantly, the camp currently only has Golden Wound Powder. There are no other means of treatment. No matter how serious the injury is, they can only apply Golden Wound Powder and wait for self-healing.

Even his own scar on his face caused by the gnawing rat's tail has not completely recovered yet, and it is estimated that it will take some time.

"By the way, notify Cheng Feng that the gathering team can enter the area 500 meters behind Redwood Ridge to search for more medicinal materials. In addition, now that there is sufficient coal, all the prey harvested by the camp should be identified in the medicine-frying pot to see if we can synthesize a little more medicine formulas. Relying entirely on self-healing for injuries is not good!"

Xia Chuan nodded, thought of something, and said: "By the way, big brother, I have already started to expand the gathering team and the logging team."

Only then did Xia Hong remember that he had previously ruled that the logging team would only accept 80 people and the gathering team would only accept 40 people. Now there are more and more Lumbering Realm cultivators in the camp, and the craftsman's workshop and the camp's needs office do not need so many people, so it is indeed necessary to expand.

"By the way, how many Lumbering Realm cultivators are there in the camp now?"

Hearing this question, Xia Chuan immediately perked up and replied excitedly:

"312!"

Hearing this question, Xia Hong was also shocked subconsciously.

If he remembered correctly, around the 20th, when he was forging the ten-stone iron fetal bow in the blacksmith's room, he heard that there were 283. Only seven days have passed, and there are 29 more.

"The speed is still increasing. There is no threshold for the Lumbering Realm. The first batch of people who broke through were all around twenty years old, and this batch of people has basically all broken through.

Now the breakthroughs are considered the second batch, mostly between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and over twenty-five. This batch of people has just started, and I estimate that within a month, they should all be able to break through. At that time, the total number of Lumbering Realm cultivators will probably reach more than 500."

Hearing this, a look of excitement appeared on Xia Hong's face.

More than five hundred Lumbering Realm cultivators, if they were placed in the earthen slope cave a year ago, they probably wouldn't even dare to think about it, but now, it is about to become a reality.

Although the Lumbering Realm cannot hunt, gathering and logging are equally important to the camp. In critical moments, the Lumbering Realm can also play a huge role, such as the gnawing rat pack incident last time.

"By the way, have any new Earth Realm cultivators appeared?"

Of course, compared to the Lumbering Realm, Xia Hong was more concerned about whether anyone had broken through to the Earth Realm, but obviously, his expectations were a bit beyond the mark.

Xia Chuan shook his head slightly and replied: "Not yet, but I have already observed that Cheng Feng, Bai Dongying, Bai Wuting, Lin Kai, Lu Sheng, Xu Ning, and Lu Yang all have a basic strength of over 9,000 catties, which is considered the first echelon. Unexpectedly, these seven should be the first to break through.

The second echelon below them is not strong enough, with a maximum of more than 7,000 catties. It will probably take about two months to break through."

Hearing the names of the seven people in the first echelon, a look of surprise appeared on Xia Hong's face.

The first four were all Lumbering Realm cultivators from the former Rogge camp. They already had a foundation, so it was not surprising that they broke through quickly, but the latter three, Xu Ning, Lu Yang, and Lin Kai, surprised him a little.

The three of them were among the earliest Lumbering Realm cultivators in Great Xia. It is not surprising that their strength increased quickly, but it is a little unusual to be able to squeeze into the same echelon as the first four.

Xia Chuan obviously read the surprise on Xia Hong's face and said with a smile: "Not just Lin Kai and the other three, big brother, do you know how many of the existing three hundred Lumbering Realm cultivators are from the earliest batch of Great Xia people?"

Xia Hong shook his head, with a trace of confusion on his face.

"72!"

This number made Xia Hong stunned slightly, and then showed some unbelievable expressions, and said: "Are you saying that except for those who are young, they have all broken through the Lumbering Realm?"

Xia Hong hadn't forgotten that after the disaster, Great Xia only had 154 people left. Excluding the 76 who were too young, there were still 78 left. Excluding him and subtracting the five from the hunting team, there were exactly 72 left.

Xia Chuan smiled and nodded.

"With you leading the way, big brother, they don't dare to slack off at all. I have seen these people. The enthusiasm for cultivation is much crazier than others. It is also thanks to these people taking the lead that the others have followed suit, so there have been so many Lumbering Realm breakthroughs during this period."

… … … …

Unexpectedly, it was himself who played a role. Xia Hong was speechless for a while, shook his head, but immediately understood in his heart.

As the earliest members of Great Xia, with Xia Hong as their leader, these individuals possessed a certain sense of superiority. Ultimately, this superiority stemmed from their strength. Consequently, their dedication to cultivation was naturally more fervent than that of others.

"This is also good. It can motivate others to cultivate, which is not bad!"

Xia Hong pondered for a moment. Progress in the Earth Digging Realm wouldn't increase in the short term, so he could only wait patiently. There was no rushing this kind of thing.

Since he couldn't rush it, he would prepare other matters first.

"You'll be responsible for expanding the gathering and logging teams. I won't interfere anymore. Notify Bai Dongying that, barring special circumstances, the entire logging team must go out every night to maximize their felling speed."

"Big Brother, do you need a large amount of wood resources?"

Xia Chuan immediately understood the hidden meaning. Xia Hong needing resources wasn't unusual in the camp. Buildings appeared out of nowhere, and wood, iron ore, and coal disappeared whenever they were touched. All the signs pointed to it.

"Yes, not just wood, but also iron and coal. I need a lot, a lot. This affects how quickly I can break through to the Cold Resistance Realm..."

Saying this, Xia Hong paused, then continued:

"Double the logging team's task directly. If the gatherers don't have special circumstances, they should all go logging together.

Also, starting today, the hunting team will suspend hunting low-level Cold Beasts. They will go out once every three days, led by me personally, to hunt intermediate Cold Beasts. The rest of the time will be spent mining coal and iron ore.

We'll do this until I break through to the Cold Resistance Realm!"

Hearing that resources affected Xia Hong's breakthrough speed, Xia Chuan's expression became solemn. He began contemplating how to improve everyone's efficiency in acquiring resources. By the time Xia Hong finished speaking, he nodded, a look of agreement on his face.

The threat to Mirror Immortal Camp was imminent. Xia Hong's breakthrough to the Cold Resistance Realm was the most important thing for Great Xia right now, and he believed that he, as well as everyone else in the camp, would realize this.

"Alright, you go and notify them. Start now. Let me know when Zhu Shun and Zou Yuankai have recovered."

"Yes, Big Brother!"