Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The Rogue Camp's base was situated in a valley nestled between two tall mountains directly east of Redwood Ridge.

Both mountains were vertically elongated, rising two to three thousand meters from the ground, similar to Mount Tower where the Great Stone Camp was located.

Due to the perennial freezing from the cold air, the rock faces around both mountains were covered with a layer of dark, black frost crystals.

The mountains were taller than Mount Tower, so naturally, the crystals were thicker.

However, strangely, the lower down the mountain, the thinner and lighter in color the black ice crystals became, until at the very bottom, near the ground, they had turned into the color of ordinary stone.

Getting closer, they noticed a wisp of white smoke coiling around the edge of the stone wall, and as the white smoke rose, the black crystals constantly melted, turning into water that dripped down the stone wall.

“The high temperature released from burning coal can even melt these perennial ice crystals; the Rogue Camp should never have anyone freezing to death.”

Even though he had been in the Rogue Camp for half a month, Hong Gang, always straightforward, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration every time he returned.

The other three leaders, along with Shi Qing, and the Lumbering Realm members from their respective camps behind them, all showed envious expressions on their faces as they listened to Hong Gang's words and looked at the white smoke on the stone wall.

“Freeze to death? What are you talking about? In my Rogue Camp, not to mention that everyone has a beast skin coat, with these coal blocks providing year-round heating, no one has frozen to death in nearly twenty years.”

Luo Ming didn't speak, but the subordinate behind him couldn't help but speak up.

From his rather proud tone, it was easy to tell that as a member of the Rogue Camp, he felt very proud.

And upon hearing that no one had frozen to death in twenty years, the envious expressions on everyone's faces immediately intensified.

Especially the leaders of the five small camps, who could most directly feel the power of these words.

In fact, strictly speaking, compared to Frost Beasts and Anomalies, cold was the simplest of the survival difficulties that humans had to face.

But even so, each camp lost a considerable number of people to the cold every year.

As leaders of small camps, they could only rely on logging for warmth, but the problem was that logging couldn't guarantee a harvest every time.

If they were unlucky enough to encounter a Frost Beast, they would not only have no harvest but might even lose their lives.

The key was that Redwood Ridge had been expanding faster and faster in recent years, and the trees were growing more and more vigorously.

Sometimes, they couldn't even find a tree to cut down in an entire night.

Not only was it difficult to obtain wood, but the physical condition of the ordinary people in the camps was also a major problem, especially for children.

When the temperature suddenly dropped, even if they hid in caves with bonfires for warmth, they would still freeze to death.

So, twenty years without freezing anyone to death might be commonplace for the Rogue Camp, but for their five small camps, it was a great luxury.

Where there is envy, there is naturally contempt.

“Hicks from the countryside, making a fuss over nothing! Such a small thing, is it worth being proud of!”

Compared to the envious expressions on Hong Gang and the others' faces, Li Hu's face was full of disdain.

Obviously, what had just happened had left Li Hu with a deep resentment towards everyone, so he directly used the words “hicks from the countryside” to mock them for never having seen the world.

Although Yang Ning didn't speak, the expression on his face was not much different from his.

“Not to mention my North Shuo Town, even slightly stronger medium-sized camps know to lay coal stones, soften the ground, and transplant crops.

But you only know how to use it for heating, holding a treasure without knowing how to use it, and still complacent, simply foolish!”

The others didn't react much to these words.

Only Luo Ming was stunned for a moment, and then, thinking of something, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.

“Thank you for your guidance, sir. Only today did Luo learn that coal stones have such uses.”

Li Hu's face stiffened; his intention was only to take the opportunity to ridicule and make fun of them, not to guide Luo Ming at all.

He didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot.

But he thought of something and quickly recovered, sneering, “Don't be happy too soon; those crops require a lot of land, and the coal stones needed to soften the ground, with just you five Earth-Digging Realm cultivators, it's estimated that you won't be able to mine enough even in ten or eight years.”

Luo Ming, who had just been excited, was instantly doused with cold water.

Although he didn't say anything, the gazes of Hong Gang and Shi Qing, the leaders of the five camps, already carried obvious anger, obviously finding it hard to tolerate Li Hu's teasing of Luo Ming.

“Alright, stop the nagging and hurry inside!”

Yang Ning noticed the undisguised anger of the five leaders and immediately looked displeased, but he didn't say anything, just glanced at Li Hu, signaling everyone to go in first.

“Everyone, let's go inside first!”

Luo Ming didn't know if he was born without a temper or if he was good at cultivating his composure.

After being teased by Li Hu, he acted as if nothing had happened and invited everyone in.

While everyone was talking, they hadn't forgotten to walk, and at this moment, they had already reached the middle of the valley.

Although it was a medium-sized camp, like the Great Xia and Great Stone camps, the location where the Rogue Camp was stationed was also very hidden.

The entrance of the valley was piled with huge rubble and trees.

Normal people would definitely not think that there was a camp with more than a thousand people hidden behind it.

Luo Ming led everyone around the pile of rubble from the left side, and several subordinates skillfully walked in front of him.

From a pile of rotten wood, they pulled out a giant round log more than five meters in diameter and more than fifty meters long.

When that round log was pulled out, the rubble and other trees piled on it should have all collapsed, but not only did they not collapse, they didn't even move.

A passage more than thirty meters long appeared out of thin air in the middle of a pile of boulders and trees.

Everyone had seen it more than once, so they followed Luo Ming without changing their expressions and walked in together.

Passing through the passage, the full view of the inner side of the valley was completely revealed.

The depth of the valley was unclear, but the left and right sides alone were about three or four hundred meters.

The most amazing thing was that the two tall mountains at the top intersected and connected, just blocking the valley tightly, preventing light from shining down.

Of course, this alone was not enough to resist the severe extreme cold.

Unlike the Great Xia and Great Stone camps, which relied on lighting bonfires in enclosed spaces to raise the temperature, the Rogue Camp had built five giant houses in the valley.

They couldn't really be called houses; it would be more accurate to say they were boxes built of giant trees.

The five wooden houses were all square, about fifty meters wide, and could probably accommodate several hundred people without any problem.

Fires were burning in all five houses, and white smoke constantly drifted out from the reserved exhaust vents above.

The voices of many people talking could also be heard from inside.

The wooden houses were illuminated by the firelight inside, all glowing with a faint golden light, and it was clear at a glance that they were built from the sturdiest Gold Frost Trees.

“It's getting warmer as soon as you enter the valley; burning coal is really good!”

Hong Gang stretched out his hand to sense the temperature inside the valley and couldn't help but sigh.

Someone from the camp had already come to greet them.

Luo Ming casually greeted them a few times and led everyone towards the innermost wooden house.

Just as they were about to walk into the wooden house, Shi Dong, who had been following Shi Qing, suddenly twitched and turned to look at the left side of the wooden house.

“Big brother, what is that place?”

Shi Qing followed his gaze and realized that there was a small wooden house less than ten meters wide next to the innermost wooden house.

Luo Ming noticed the two at this time, walked over, and explained, “That is my father's residence.”

The two were immediately stunned upon hearing this.

Luo Ming's father, the previous leader of the Rogue Camp, Luo Feng?