Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"If we don't run into them in Redwood Ridge tonight, we'll have to look for them on the north side of the mountain. Chen Ye's camp is hidden too well!"

On the north side of Redwood Ridge, Luo Yuan, entering the sphere of influence of Chen Ye's camp, though his brow was furrowed, couldn't help but sigh at how well Chen Ye's camp had done in terms of concealment.

Half a month ago, Xia Hong asked him to find the camps of Lu Shang and Chen Ye to discuss Daxia taking them in, and Luo Yuan readily agreed.

He thought he would be able to find the whereabouts of the two camps quickly, but who would have thought that after half a month and three trips here, he hadn't even seen Chen Ying.

When small camps choose a base, the most important thing is concealment, because the higher the concealment, the safer it is.

Therefore, when Luo Yuan came for the first time, he didn't think about directly finding the location of Chen Ye's camp, but chose to stay on the periphery of Redwood Ridge to see if he could run into anyone from Chen Ye's camp's logging team.

Small camps do not have hunting capabilities, but wood and crystal fruit are necessities, so they definitely have to come to the periphery of Redwood Ridge.

Logically speaking, there was nothing wrong with his thinking, but whether it was bad luck or some other reason, he had come here three times in a row and hadn't run into Chen Ying or the logging team.

This was a bit strange.

It's no exaggeration to say that with the logging and picking capabilities of a small camp, unless there is an accident, they must go out every night.

Chen Ye's camp is not very strong, even if they are lucky and have a lot of crystal fruit and wood reserves, it shouldn't be that he hasn't run into them once after coming here three times in half a month!

If the previous three times were bad luck, then this fourth time, after searching for two hours and still not seeing a single person, Luo Yuan felt a faint sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

Especially after checking the two Ice Shuo trees he had marked before and finding that the crystal fruits on the trees were exactly the same as when he had last seen them, and had obviously not been picked, Luo Yuan could basically conclude that he was right.

"The logging team hasn't left the camp for more than half a month, which is impossible. Either Chen Ye's camp has moved away completely, or something has happened to their camp. The former is unlikely, so it can basically be determined that something has happened!"

Looking around Redwood Ridge, apart from Daxia, no one else has the ability to lead Chen Ye's camp to migrate, so the possibility of moving away is almost zero.

If something goes wrong with the camp, then there are many possibilities.

The logging team was wiped out; the camp was found by cold beasts and everyone has died; or a new strange monster has appeared, and so on…

Luo Yuan walked to the outer side of Redwood Ridge, staring at the mountain on the east side, many thoughts popped up in his mind, and his expression was a little hesitant.

He didn't know the specific location of Chen Ye's camp, but he could be sure that it was on the north side of Daxia, to be precise, on the slope extending from the high mountain on the north side of Daxia Valley.

The valley that Daxia took over from Rogge was located in the gap between two high mountains. The Tashi Mountain where the Dashi camp was originally located in the south, and the earthen slope where Daxia was located, were both branches extending from the mountain on the south side.

The slope extending from the high mountain on the north side is also several kilometers long. The camps of Chen Ye and Lu Shang are on this slope. The bases of the two families are actually very similar to the earthen slope where Daxia was previously located.

"It's useless to guess here. Let's go over and take a look. If something really goes wrong, help if you can, and if you can't, go back and notify the leader. The camp is so strong now, it shouldn't be a big problem!"

Luo Yuan stood still for a moment, the hesitation on his face gradually dissipated, and he tiptoed towards the mountain wall on the east side.

The worst case scenario is that everyone in Chen Ye's camp has died; the luckier scenario is that only their logging team has a problem and the rest are still there; or they are facing some difficulties and personnel cannot go out…

In any case, he should go and take a look, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the leader when he goes back.

Not knowing the specific situation of Chen Ye's camp, Luo Yuan naturally did not dare to make a big show when approaching. Not only did he tiptoe, but he even stopped after walking a certain distance to make sure it was safe before continuing.

There were still four or five hours before dawn, and there was plenty of time, so he was not in a hurry.

The distance from the outer side of Redwood Ridge to the mountain wall was only seven or eight hundred meters. Luo Yuan was extremely cautious and spent more than half an hour walking the whole way. When he approached the mountain wall, he did not rush to search, but first carefully observed it.

The highest point of the mountain on the north side of Daxia is directly above the valley. The mountain wall slope extending to this side is only a hundred meters high at its highest point.

After looking around at the bottom of the mountain wall and not finding any obvious traces of caves, Luo Yuan carefully climbed up a steep cliff, wanting to see from a high place.

Small camps do not have earth-digging powerhouses, and can only choose to occupy natural caves. It is said that the base cannot be set at a high place, but there are always exceptions, and it cannot be ruled out that natural caves will appear at high places in some mountains, such as Tashi Mountain where the Dashi camp was previously located.

Luo Yuan, who had spent a lot of effort, finally climbed up the slope, gasped slightly, and looked towards the north side of the slope mountain wall.

At this sight, his scalp tingled, and his entire expression instantly froze, completely in a ghostly posture, his expression extremely horrified.

"This…"

What did Luo Yuan see?

On the north slope of the mountain wall, a large group of silver creatures were densely packed, and at a rough glance, there were at least hundreds of them.

Although it was night at the moment, silver was already bright, and with the help of the moonlight, Luo Yuan barely managed to see their appearance.

These silver creatures were all pointed-headed and stout-bodied, about one meter long, with a two- or three-meter-long fleshy tail hanging behind them. The tail had dense barbs, which was extremely frightening.

Two sharp incisors shone with a chilling light under the illumination of the moonlight. Although the four limbs under the abdomen were short, they were thick and powerful, and the ends were covered with sharp claws like steel knives.

At this moment, most of them were sleeping, and a few who were not asleep had two small eyes that shot out red lights, spinning around and occasionally baring their teeth at other members of their kind, showing full ferocity.

Cold beasts, new cold beasts that have never been encountered before.

And there are so many of them, at least three or four hundred.

How could such a large group suddenly appear?

Luo Yuan swallowed, almost trembling as he retracted his head, and then carefully went down the rock wall, running away without looking back.

He was extremely grateful at this moment for his previous caution.

No, he should be grateful to the leader.

If it weren't for Xia Hong's strict requirements for the hunting team, which made them develop the habit of staying vigilant when going out, if he had been a little careless just now and alarmed those things, he would definitely be dead.

No wonder he hadn't run into the Chen Ye camp's logging team in the previous half month. Looking at the way those creatures were entrenched, it was uncertain whether those people in Chen Ye's camp were dead or alive, let alone going out.

He didn't know whether those creatures were entrenched on the mountain wall during the day as they were at night. If they were like this during the day, then the people in Chen Ye's camp wouldn't even dare to light a fire during the day. Even if they didn't starve to death, they would have been frozen to death long ago.

"I have to go back and report to the leader as soon as possible. Chen Ye's camp is only two kilometers away from Daxia. If these things are entrenched here for a long time, it's hard to guarantee that they won't discover the valley one day, and we will also suffer!"

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Luo Yuan's expression became much more solemn, and the speed at which he returned to the valley also unconsciously increased.

…

Inside Redwood Ridge

Next to a blue tree with a diameter of only four or five meters, there were dozens of light blue plants, whose leaves emitted a faint fluorescent light in the dark night, adding a bit of beauty to this quiet and dead snowy forest.

Swish…

Slight footsteps came from the snow, and a burly figure walked to the side of the blue tree, looking at the light blue vegetation all over the ground, his face full of joy.

"This is the second Blue Jade Tree. As expected, the further in you go, the more treasures there are. I've only come in a hundred meters and found two. Wouldn't there be even more further in?"

The burly figure, naturally Xia Hong, who had abandoned the hunting team and ventured deep into Redwood Ridge alone to explore, looked at the Blue Coagulation Grass all over the ground, Xia Hong's expression was joyful, and he immediately squatted down and began to pick it.

After picking it, tying it up with a rope and carrying it on his back, Xia Hong stood up, looking at the blue tree, the joy in his eyes still undiminished.

Golden Sore Powder is now a necessity for the hunting team.

As the main ingredient for refining Golden Sore Powder, the importance of Blue Coagulation Grass is self-evident. From the first time he learned that Blue Coagulation Grass was a companion plant of this blue tree, Xia Hong attached great importance to this tree. Because its trunk is blue and its leaves are as warm as jade, he named it Blue Jade Tree.

Unfortunately, Cheng Feng never found a second Blue Jade Tree within the 500-meter range of the outer perimeter of Redwood Ridge. The Blue Coagulation Grass next to the first Blue Jade Tree had a total of forty-seven plants, all of which had been picked and refined into Golden Sore Powder.

During this period, the people from the gathering team searched the 500-meter range of the outer perimeter again and again, but they still couldn't find a second one. The Blue Coagulation Grass next to the first one hadn't grown out yet. Xia Hong was recently worried that the Golden Sore Powder would run out, but he didn't expect to find two tonight.

"More than a hundred Blue Coagulation Grass, tonight's harvest is enough, and I also saw the Cloud Mist Teng Jiao with my own eyes. In another half a month, I can officially expand the scope of activities and bring them over to hunt new cold beasts!"

Xia Hong carried the Blue Coagulation Grass on his back and turned his head to look towards the southwest.

More than a hundred meters away in the southwest, there was an area shrouded in clouds and mist, about fifty or sixty meters wide. The clouds and mist were too thick, causing the trees in that area, no matter how big they were, to only be able to see the outline, and even the moonlight couldn't penetrate it, giving a sense of inexplicable danger.

That is the habitat of a Cloud Mist Teng Jiao.

Xia Hong had just come from there.

The meat of the Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, and Magic Goat, these three kinds of cold beasts, had an increasingly diminished effect on enhancing my strength, possibly because my body had developed antibodies to these three types of cold beast meat.

This idea was previously just Xia Hong's conjecture, but the moment he personally saw the Cloud Mist Tengjiao, Xia Hong immediately realized that his guess was highly likely to be correct.

Because the moment he saw the Cloud Mist Tengjiao, he clearly felt that both his body and his heart had developed an extremely strong desire for the flesh and blood of the Cloud Mist Tengjiao.

Whether it was for personal cultivation needs, or for the richer vegetation and other resources on the inner side, or even to seek greater living space and expand the camp's activity range, it was all necessary.

Xia Hong's current location is about two hundred meters deeper based on the previous five hundred meters.

Within such a small range, he discovered two Blue Jade Trees and a Cloud Mist Tengjiao. If the activity range were restored to the previous thousand meters of the Rogue Camp, there would definitely be more new species and useful things discovered.

"But speaking of which, how big is Redwood Ridge, exactly...?"

This thought popped into Xia Hong's mind, and he couldn't help but take another look towards the deeper part of the western side of Redwood Ridge.

All the camps around Redwood Ridge are only on the eastern side of Redwood Ridge. After merging Chen Ye's and Lu Shang's camps, the outer eastern side of Redwood Ridge, from south to north for nearly ten miles, is basically all under the control of Da Xia.

It is said that this is already a very large area, but just looking at the size of the trees in this world, one knows that this area is definitely just the tip of the iceberg for the entire Redwood Ridge.

Within the outer five hundred meter range, the smallest trees have a diameter of three meters. Xia Hong only went less than two hundred meters deep tonight, and the largest tree he saw had a diameter exceeding twenty meters. What kind of concept is that?

Xia Hong has climbed to the top of large trees countless times, trying to get a glimpse of the full picture of Redwood Ridge.

But every time he climbed to the top and looked west, his view was always blocked by larger and thicker trees. Even some trees, even if they were visually tens or even hundreds of miles away, could still greatly shock Xia Hong, and even make him feel fear.

"I'm afraid that the eastern side we think we are on is just a small part of the eastern side of Redwood Ridge. Not to mention the other end of Redwood Ridge, we don't even know how far the north and south extend."

Thinking of this, looking at the depths of Redwood Ridge to the west, Xia Hong felt a hint of awe in his heart while being curious.

When the question of how big Redwood Ridge is is really clarified one day, Da Xia's strength will probably be not much different from that of Beishuo Town.

After Xia Hong finished sighing, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh at himself for thinking too far.

After marking the location of the second Blue Jade Tree, and then going to the location of the first Blue Jade Tree to collect the portion of Blue Coagulation Grass that had been tied up, Xia Hong quickly rushed back to the valley.

"The wind and rain from all directions can't compare to the rain in our Redwood Ridge."

"Dragon Gate Mountain has rain, Snowfield Tiger goes down the mountain."

In front of the pile of rubble at the entrance of the valley, Xia Hong shouted the password, and there was an immediate response from inside.

Then, from the pile of rubble, a round log slowly retreated, revealing a passage.

Although Da Xia's strength is much stronger than before, under Xia Hong's request, it still maintains a cautious style, and the password convention has always been used.

The description of the iron smelting furnace is very clear, it only has a deterrent and killing effect on elementary strange creatures; and the danger in this world does not only come from strange creatures, who knows whether other humans who have not been contacted are good or bad.

Before there is absolute strength to ensure safety, Xia Hong firmly believes that caution is definitely not wrong. Although the password convention for returning to the camp has not played a role once so far, it does not mean that it is useless.

The seventy-two lives of Da Xia in the early days at the earthen slope; the destruction of the Dachuan camp; the more than a thousand lives of the Rogue Camp, are all bloody lessons. Xia Hong doesn't want the tragedy to repeat itself.

The password convention is not troublesome, it's just a dialogue, but at some critical moments, the role it plays is irreplaceable.

Taking a step back, even if it is only used to improve the vigilance of everyone in the Da Xia camp, it is good.

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"Greetings, Chief!"

The gatekeepers were two young people from the reserve team. Seeing that it was Xia Hong who opened the door, they immediately bowed respectfully and welcomed him into the valley, then immediately blocked the passage with a round log again.

Then the two stepped forward, took the Blue Coagulation Grass from his back, one of them directly moved it to the south side mine cave warehouse, and the other continued to guard by the cave entrance passage.

From matching the password to entering the valley, watching the two gatekeepers' whole set of skilled actions, Xia Hong nodded slightly, with a satisfied look on his face.

Originally, all the Lumbering Realm in the camp had entered the five departments, all had their main tasks, and Da Xia was not yet extravagant enough to have Lumbering Realm people to guard the gate, so the guarding matter was rotated to the reserve team people.

Since Xia Chuan proposed to include people over thirty years old into the reserve team half a month ago, the number of people in the reserve team has reached nearly four hundred, and it is not a problem to draw two people every day to take turns guarding the gate.

Xia Hong's satisfaction mainly lies in being able to cultivate the reserve team people in advance through this method, so that they can imperceptibly develop the character of being cautious in everything before they go out.

As the teams of the Gathering Team and the Lumbering Team become larger and larger, the number of casualties outside is also repeatedly breaking new highs. As of now, seven people have died and eleven people are missing.

The most critical thing is that after Xia Hong carefully understood, he found that this part of the casualties were all unnecessary.

Not paying attention to exploring the surrounding environment when gathering and lumbering, disturbing cold beasts and being killed;

Panicking and choosing the wrong path when escaping, getting lost in the dense forest;

Also, straying too far from the team, not remembering the way, and finally disappearing;

There were even people who fell from trees and were injured; or accidentally fell into very deep snow pits in the wilderness, and finally either disappeared or spent a lot of manpower and material resources to save them back... ...

In short, the ways of casualties are various and strange.

Although this part of the people is not many, adding up to only eighteen, but after all, they are all Lumbering Realm, and they were raised by himself with cold beast meat that he risked his life to hunt. How could Xia Hong not feel heartache.

Although Lumbering Realm does not have hunting ability, as long as there are enough people, they are familiar enough with the terrain, and they cooperate with each other, it is not too difficult to escape from the hands of low-level cold beasts;

Getting lost and disappearing due to unfamiliarity with the terrain, or falling into deep snow pits, is essentially carelessness and conceit.

Cheng Feng has resigned from the position of captain of the Lumbering Team and went to serve as the captain of the Gathering Team. The current captain of the Lumbering Team is Bai Dongying. Both of these people are from the original Rogue Camp Lumbering Team, and their wilderness experience may be more than Xia Hong's.

Following these two people out, as long as they listen, and their character is more cautious, it is impossible for them to get lost and disappear, or even fall into a snow pit.

Xia Hong concluded that these casualties, in the final analysis, were caused by problems with this part of the newly breakthrough Lumbering Realm people themselves.

While they lacked wilderness experience, their character was not cautious enough;

Relying on their recent breakthrough, they were bold and rash with a bit of strength;

They conceitedly thought that gathering and lumbering were different from hunting and not dangerous;

Even in the middle of this, there should have been situations where they did not listen to the captain's orders.

Five days ago, for this matter, Xia Hong lost his temper, not only punishing several typical members of the Lumbering Team and the Gathering Team, but also severely reprimanding the two captains, Bai Dongying and Cheng Feng, which was considered a heavy rectification of the gradually spreading atmosphere of arrogance in the camp recently.

The Hunting Team is personally managed by him, so there is currently no sign of it. After he lost his temper, Xia Chuan immediately took the lead, taking the two captains, Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying, to formulate several rules, including the matter of guarding the gate, which was also worked out at that time.

In this purgatory of the Ice Abyss, if you want to survive, you must be cautious, especially when you are still very weak.

Xia Hong's prestige and status are enough to make all eight hundred people in the camp unconditionally obey his orders, but it is definitely impossible to make everyone develop a cautious character all at once.

He can only rely on the formulated creeds and rules, coupled with the harsh requirements of Xia Hong, the chief, to imperceptibly influence and even change everyone.

Inside the valley, the construction of the new residence has reached the final stage.

Thick walls are erected high on all sides; the top is completely sealed; on the pointed top of the four corners, there are even people laying tarpaulins made of animal skins.

The gate has not been sealed yet, and people are constantly going in and out. The three-story structure has come out. Through the gate, you can see people going up and down, transporting cut planks and iron materials inside, one trip after another.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Xia Hong did not go forward to disturb them, and walked towards the temporary wooden house in front.

"Greetings, Chief!"

"Greetings, Chief!"

......

There were not many people in the temporary wooden house. A small number of young children were playing and making noise. Seeing Xia Hong come in, they also imitated the adults and saluted respectfully.

Xia Hong smiled and rubbed their little heads, letting them play by themselves.

Seeing Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and the Zhao Long three brothers, sitting cross-legged by the iron smelting furnace with solemn faces, Xia Hong immediately realized that something was wrong.

These five people, in the past, after returning from hunting, should have gone to the new wooden house to help with the other people from the Hunting Team.

"Chief!"

Seeing that the five were about to get up, Xia Hong quickly stretched out his hand to signal the five to continue sitting. He then walked to the side of the chair, sat down, and then asked:

"What happened? Was there a problem with the hunting just now?"

Xia Hong thought that there was a problem with the hunting, Luo Yuan immediately shook his head, and with a solemn expression, repeated the things he had just seen and heard.

"I went to Chen Ye's camp again tonight. The previous three times, I didn't run into Chen Ying and the lumberjacks. This time, I went directly to the mountain wall to find their base, and I found it on the north slope of the mountain wall. I saw… … … …"

As Luo Yuan recounted his experience, Xia Hong's expression gradually became solemn. By the end, he couldn't help but stand up from his chair.

Unfamiliar cold beasts, hundreds of them, were on the north slope of the mountain wall…

At this moment, the Chen Ye camp located on the north slope of the mountain wall was completely out of Xia Hong's mind. Only one thought remained.

Hundreds of unfamiliar cold beasts of unknown origin were entrenched on the north side of the mountain wall, less than two kilometers away from the Great Xia camp. If that group of cold beasts moved south along the hillside for a kilometer or two, they could break into the Great Xia camp.

Xia Hong turned to look at Luo Yuan again, asking with an extremely solemn tone:

"How many are there? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

Luo Yuan closed his eyes and recalled for a moment, then nodded heavily and replied, "I don't know if there are any in other places, but in the north slope area alone, there are at least three hundred or more. I can be sure that I definitely didn't see it wrong."

One meter in length, a two-to-three-meter-long tail with barbs, a pointed head and strong body, silver fur, two sharp incisors, short and thick limbs, small red eyes…

Aside from the size, the silver fur and the barbs on the tail instantly made Xia Hong think of the creature "rat." Then, after magnifying the size, he instantly felt his hair stand on end, and the solemnity on his face deepened.

Combining the Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, and Magic Goat cold beasts, it's clear that although the cold beast species in the Ice Abyss World are unique, they can obviously be linked to similar creatures from his previous life, and some habits are also very similar.

By this analogy, the fact that this group of rat-like cold beasts are currently living in groups is consistent. What about the others?

The rat's ability to burrow, its ability to gnaw, its ability to spread disease.

Even… its reproductive ability?

Xia Hong suddenly shuddered and walked straight out of the wooden house.

Seeing this, the five men quickly got up and followed him out.

Walking out of the wooden house, Xia Hong looked up at the high mountains north of the valley. Thinking of the group of cold beasts being less than two kilometers away from the valley, the solemnity on his face instantly rose to the extreme.

"How long is it until dawn?"

The five men also followed Xia Hong out of the wooden house.

Hearing his question, Xia Chuan immediately spoke up to answer.

"There should be more than an hour left."

"Good, there's still time. Luo Yuan, take me over to take a look. Xia Chuan, come with me too. Bring weapons and torches. We'll go quickly and come back quickly!"

"Yes, Chieftain!"

The three men already had their broadswords with them. They returned to the wooden house to each grab a bow and arrow, carried several torches on their backs, and immediately left the camp, heading quickly towards the mountain wall where Chen Ye's camp was located, led by Luo Yuan.

In just over ten minutes, Luo Yuan led the two men to the bottom of the mountain wall.

The three men tiptoed up the mountain wall without making the slightest sound. After reaching the top of the mountain slope, Xia Hong and Xia Chuan slowly poked their heads out and looked towards the north slope.

This look caused the two men to react in exactly the same way as Luo Yuan had just done.

"This, how can there be so many… … … …"

"Shh, be careful, don't make any noise!"

After Xia Hong signaled Xia Chuan to be silent, he retracted his head, his face instantly becoming extremely ugly.

It's only been half a year since we moved to the valley, and we haven't had many peaceful days. The new residence is about to be built, and suddenly such a large group of cold beasts has emerged next to us…

What kind of world is this? It simply doesn't give people a chance to live!