Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Xia Hong first focused his gaze on the Blazing Sun Cauldron in the very center of the main hall.

[Blazing Sun Cauldron (Level 3): By burning coal, it can significantly increase the temperature within a kilometer radius, eliminate elementary-level Wraith, deter intermediate-level Wraith, and has a strong attraction to Frost Beasts. It can consume coal resources to smelt ironware.]

[Special Function: For every 50 units of wood resources burned, a small torch can be created, which can injure intermediate-level Wraith, burning for half an hour;

For every 200 units of wood burned, a serving of Congealed Fire Oil can be created. This oil is harmless to humans, but ignites upon contact with Wraith, possessing extremely lethal power against Wraith.]

[Upgrade Requirements: 200,000 Wood 100,000 Coal 500,000 Iron]

Seeing the astonishing amount of resources required for the final upgrade, Xia Hong couldn't help but shake his head in amazement.

The reason he hadn't upgraded the Blazing Sun Cauldron in the past six months was simply because the resources needed were far too many.

The last upgrade was when the Mirror Immortal Camp merged. When Xia Hong saw the upgrade requirements at that time, he almost cursed out loud in frustration.

Upgrading from a Level 2 Iron Smelting Furnace to a Level 3 Blazing Sun Cauldron only required 2,000 wood and 5,000 iron. Not only did the wood and iron resources required to upgrade the Level 3 Blazing Sun Cauldron increase a hundredfold, but it also needed an additional 100,000 coal.

200,000 wood was manageable, but 500,000 iron, according to the system's conversion unit, was 5 million catties of iron ore, and 100,000 coal was 2 million catties of coal.

Fortunately, it was the Great Xia Camp. Even if it were a slightly more normal giant camp, it would be impossible to produce so many resources.

Among the system's nine major buildings, the most useful was undoubtedly the Blazing Sun Cauldron.

This could also be seen from its functions.

In Xia Hong's current understanding, although the number of Wraith was not large, their harm was far greater than that of Frost Beasts, and the current radiation range of the Blazing Sun Cauldron was not large enough to attract too many Frost Beasts from Redwood Ridge.

Of course, in the past six months, situations like the flying beast that had just strayed into the camp had increased compared to before, but with the current strength of the Great Xia Camp, they could basically cope with it easily.

"As long as it's not a super-large scale, ordinary Frost Beast tides are not too troublesome to deal with with Great Xia's current strength. Therefore, the first priority for upgrading must still be the Blazing Sun Cauldron!"

Xia Hong made up his mind and no longer hesitated. With a slight movement of his mind, the system's resource numbers immediately began to decrease.

At the same time, the Blazing Sun Cauldron in the main hall emitted a fierce light.

"Eh?"

"The Blazing Sun Cauldron has changed. The leader did it."

"Definitely, it's happened several times."

"It's going to change. The warming range will definitely increase again."

"Look, the light is gone."

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Most of the people in the main hall noticed the changes in the Blazing Sun Cauldron, and their faces immediately showed surprise. However, after explanations from Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, and others, they learned that it was Xia Hong who had caused the commotion, and their expressions immediately softened, replaced by curiosity and anticipation.

Except for Jing Xian and others, the rest of the people had only joined the Great Xia Camp for half a year and had not personally witnessed Xia Hong upgrading the buildings, but they had already personally experienced the magic of the Blazing Sun Cauldron, Forging Workshop, Alchemy Workshop, Martial Arts Hall, Green Bamboo Fence, and Record Board.

They had heard countless times from the older generation of Great Xia people about the magical methods Xia Hong had used, and now that they could finally see it with their own eyes, they were naturally looking forward to it.

Buzz… … … …

A clear, ethereal sound rang out, and the light emitted from the Blazing Sun Cauldron finally disappeared. In the very center of the main hall, a four-legged square cauldron that was even more majestic, solemn, and imposing than before came into the sight of everyone.

Unlike the previous three-legged round cauldron, this square cauldron was not black, but a faint golden color. The side length had also increased to more than seven meters, almost occupying one-fifth of the space in the main hall.

Upon closer inspection, the patterns engraved on the four sides of the square cauldron were actually patterns of more than twenty kinds of Frost Beasts that Great Xia had hunted so far.

Just as everyone was carefully examining it, a sudden change occurred.

Boom… … … …

A fierce flame suddenly burst out from the square cauldron.

The front end of the flame was angular, as if it had transformed into a Frost Beast creature that no one in the hall had ever seen before, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it pounced towards Xia Hong on the high platform in the hall.

"Big brother, be careful!"

"Leader!"

"Leader… …"

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Seeing this sudden change, more than a hundred people in the main hall thought Xia Hong was in danger and stood up instantly. Xia Chuan, in his anxiety, even drew his saber and rushed onto the high platform.

"Don't panic, I'm fine, sit down!"

The Frost Beast transformed by the flame had horns like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a mirage, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, palms like a tiger, and ears like an ox. Others didn't recognize it, but how could Xia Hong not know?

That was clearly a five-clawed divine dragon from myths and legends in his previous life.

The five-clawed divine dragon transformed by the flame rushed to Xia Hong's face, suddenly shrank into a wisp, and directly poured into his brow.

Chi… … … …

The flame burned through the skin and flesh, making a slight sizzling sound. Xia Hong frowned slightly, but soon, a rich smile appeared on his face.

The panicked expressions on everyone's faces in the hall had not yet disappeared, but when the flame completely disappeared, and they looked at Xia Hong again, their faces showed a hint of surprise and emotion.

Three vertical blood-red cloud patterns had appeared in the center of Xia Hong's brow.

The cloud patterns were blood-red like fire, carrying a strange mystery and divinity, causing everyone in the hall to look at Xia Hong with a sense of inexplicable reverence and fanaticism.

It wasn't over yet.

Hiss… … … …

Suddenly, Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao, who were in front of everyone, seemed to be suffering some kind of pain, both covering their brows and sucking in a breath of cold air.

Everyone quickly turned their heads to look, only to find that cloud patterns identical to Xia Hong's had also appeared on their brows.

No, the color of these two people's cloud patterns was obviously much lighter.

What was going on?

Everyone's eyes were filled with surprise, and they turned their heads to look curiously at Xia Hong above.

At this moment, Xia Hong was staring at the upgraded Blazing Sun Cauldron, his heart filled with excitement.

[Frost Ruin Cauldron (Level 4): By burning coal, it can significantly increase the temperature within a five-kilometer radius, eliminate elementary-level Wraith, deter intermediate and advanced Wraith, and has a strong attraction to Frost Beasts. It can consume coal resources to smelt ironware.]

[Special Function: For every 100 units of wood resources burned, a small torch can be created, which can injure advanced-level Wraith, burning for one hour;

For every 400 units of wood burned, a serving of Congealed Fire Oil can be created. This oil is harmless to humans, but ignites upon contact with Wraith, possessing extremely lethal power against Wraith;

All personnel within the camp can be transformed by the Frost Ruin Cauldron to obtain hidden Great Xia Holy Mark bloodline, with the host as the bloodline progenitor.

[Upgrade Requirements: 10,000,000 Coal 50,000,000 Iron 10,000 Silver]

Xia Hong directly ignored the harsh upgrade requirements at the end, reached out and touched the vertical cloud patterns on his brow, his eyes filled with curiosity and anticipation.

Great Xia Holy Mark?

Bloodline?

The system did not describe this bloodline. With his current strength, he could not directly perceive the specific effects of this Holy Mark.

He turned his head to look at Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao in the hall and saw that they were also in a daze. He immediately dispelled the idea of asking.

Even he didn't know, so these two people definitely wouldn't know either.

Since it was a bloodline, it must be useful.

The key was that this bloodline could cover the entire camp, which meant that in the future, as long as the people of Great Xia lived within the radiation range of the Frost Ruin Cauldron for a long time, they could automatically obtain this bloodline.

This was too terrifying!

200,000 wood, 100,000 coal, and 500,000 iron. This resource was definitely not spent in vain.

Xia Hong turned his head, looked at the surprised faces of the crowd below, pointed to the Holy Mark on his brow, and explained with a smile, "Don't worry, this Holy Mark will grow on all people of my Great Xia Camp in the future. As for what its effects are, you have to wait for you to explore it slowly with me!"

All people of Great Xia will grow it?

The crowd in the hall was stunned for a moment, looked at each other for a while, and looked at Xia Hong, Xia Chuan, and Yuwen Tao. Although their expressions were a little suspicious, they also had some expectations in their hearts.

The upgrade of the Frost Ruin Cauldron was completed, and the next step was… … … …

Martial Arts Hall (Level 3)

Upgrade Requirements: 500,000 Wood, 400,000 Coal, 600,000 Iron, 2,000 Silver

Forging Workshop (Level 2)

Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 Wood, 200,000 Coal, 600,000 Iron

Alchemy Workshop (Level 2)

Upgrade Requirements: 200,000 Wood, 200,000 Coal, 400,000 Iron, 20 kinds of Synthetic Recipes

Record Board (Level 2)

Upgrade Requirements: 80,000 Coal, 60,000 Iron

Green Bamboo Fence (Level 1)

Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 Coal, 100,000 Iron (Need to exchange again after upgrade)

Great Xia had not yet come into contact with silver ore resources, so there was definitely no need to think about the Martial Arts Hall. The upgrade resources for the Alchemy Workshop were sufficient, but there were only 18 kinds of synthetic recipes at the moment, so there was no hope either.

In other words, the buildings that could be upgraded at present were the Forging Workshop, Record Board, and Green Bamboo Fence. The upgrade resources for these three buildings added up to 100,000 wood, 380,000 coal, and 760,000 iron.

[Resources: Wood 2,100,000 Coal 3,140,000 Iron 1,960,000 Silver 0 Gold 0]

The system resources were more than enough, and Xia Hong no longer hesitated and directly upgraded.

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Weapon Forging Workshop (Level 3): A place for forging equipment, Ten-Tempered to Ten Thousand-Tempered weapons and Ten-Tempered silver weapons can be forged. After upgrading, fifty furnaces can be refined simultaneously.

Special Function: The probability of forging Beast-Suppressing attribute weapons is one percent; Can identify and distinguish various schematic refining materials; And there is a probability of synthesizing new materials.

Upgrade Requirements: 2,000,000 Coal 3,000,000 Iron 5,000 Silver

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Heroic Spirit Stele (Level 3): Mother stele, enclosure building, the farthest radiation distance is ten kilometers.

Special Function 1: Can be exchanged for four additional sub-monuments. After establishing a connection with the mother monument, they form a garrison area. Sub-monument exchange price: 60,000 coal, 45,000 iron.

Special Function 2: Within the garrison area, all activity traces of any foreign life forms will be detected and reported to the mother monument.

Special Function 3: The heroic spirits of those who die in battle at the camp will be entrusted to this monument. After forming a certain scale, it can protect the living in the camp.

Upgrade Requirements: 800,000 coal, 600,000 iron, 3,000 silver

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Black Soil Wall (Level 2): Garrison defense material

Special Function 1: Extremely strong toughness, can withstand the impact of intermediate Frost Beasts at its highest.

Special Function 2: Can slowly regenerate by consuming wood and iron resources.

Upgrade Prerequisite: Exchange for a full 50,000 meters

Exchange Cost: 100 wood, 20 iron per meter

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Looking at the three upgraded buildings, Xia Hong's face was filled with both surprise and worry.

The surprise was because, like the Frost Ruins Cauldron, the upgraded buildings had functions that were more powerful than the last, which could be described as adding wings to a tiger for the current Great Xia.

Earlier, when he chose the Grinding Hammer, the building description stated that it could forge weapons with beast-suppressing attributes. Whether it was Xia Hong's bad luck or Great Xia's poor fortune, not a single one had been forged so far after upgrading to the Forging Workshop.

Now that it has been upgraded to the Refining Workshop, it directly provides a 1% probability. In the future, for every 100 weapons forged, there will definitely be one with beast-suppressing attributes.

Not to mention the Heroic Spirit Monument, where the souls of those who died in battle are entrusted. When it reaches a certain scale, it can protect the living in the camp. Just thinking about this function is very powerful!

As for the final Black Soil Wall, although it lost the active attack function of the Green Bamboo Fence, the fact that it can withstand the impact of intermediate Frost Beasts is enough to instantly kill the previous Green Bamboo Fence.

The worry is even simpler!

The resources required for the next upgrade of these buildings are not only ridiculously large, but also require silver ore.

The problem is that Great Xia still doesn't know what silver ore looks like!

Xia Hong shook his head slightly and turned his attention to the final Black Soil Wall.

100 wood and 20 iron can be exchanged for one meter.

Exchanging all 50,000 meters would require 5 million wood and 1 million iron.

[Resources: Wood 2 million, Coal 2.76 million, Iron 1.2 million, Silver 0, Gold 0]

It can't even be fully exchanged right away.

Looking at the remaining resources in the system, Xia Hong shook his head slightly.

The Black Soil Wall has powerful defensive capabilities. Xia Hong will definitely exchange it before leaving the camp. The advantage is that it only lacks wood, so the problem shouldn't be too big.

The resources in the system can be extracted and materialized at will. There should still be a lot of excess wood in the valley that can be extracted. With Great Xia's current ability to obtain wood resources, 3 million isn't too difficult.

“The valley's terrain is uniquely advantageous. For defense purposes alone, 50,000 meters shouldn't be needed. A portion can be diverted to exchange for the Yellow Soil Land and start trying to transplant those useful plants. This will also save the people from the Logging Department from having to go all the way to Redwood Ridge and Wuyuan to collect fruits. In addition, the arrow bamboo forest's bamboo silk can also be transplanted in front of the valley, making it easier to collect bamboo silk…”

With the building upgrades completed, Xia Hong also began toasting and exchanging pleasantries with the people in the main hall. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to utilize the remaining batch of resources.

Whether it was for his subsequent cultivation or to inquire about news of gold and silver mines, this trip was definitely imperative.

Therefore, the preparations before departure naturally had to be thorough.

Although the Frost Origin Festival lasted for fifteen days, a grand banquet was not sustainable.

This grand banquet consumed so many resources that Qiu Peng, the Director of the Camp Logistics Department, ran to Xia Chuan every two or three days to complain. If two more banquets were held, he would probably start cursing.

However, although the grand banquet was over, the festive atmosphere in Great Xia Valley lasted for several days.

After the entire camp celebrated, it was time for small gatherings in each household.

After the establishment of the Wuyuan and Jinggu garrisons, many hunting teams and logging department members went to the two garrisons and only returned once every few months. Catching up with this good festival, they naturally wanted to have a good reunion.

This festive atmosphere lasted until the tenth day of the first month.

On the tenth day of the first month, after nightfall, the people of Great Xia discovered that the iron gate of the valley, which was originally scheduled to be sealed until the fifteenth day of the first month, had actually been opened early.

From this night onwards, for the next three days, every night, Xia Hong would lead more than 2,000 people from the Hunting and Craftsman Departments out of the valley's iron gate, not knowing what they were busy with.

It wasn't until five days later, which was the first day after the Frost Origin Festival, the sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of Great Xia, that the people who walked out of the valley's iron gate after half a month were surprised to find that a giant black soil wall stood on the west side of the camp.

“Is this what the leader has been busy with these past few days?”

“Hiss… This city wall must be ten meters high, right?”

“It's built along the mountain wall and is almost to Redwood Ridge.”

“What do you mean almost? The front section has already extended into Redwood Ridge.”

“It's true, it's in Redwood Ridge. I heard that once the land inside the valley is sold out, if you want to build a house in the future, you'll have to come outside the valley.”

“This city wall is so thick, come and see.”

“Everyone, come with me, the city gate is on the west side, come on.”

“Let's go to the west side, the city wall is over there.”

“It seems like the leader is also there today.”

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