Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The cessation of all outdoor activities was not solely due to the uninvited guest, Gao Yu.

Even after displaying his strength before Yuwen Hu, Xia Hong himself had already planned this after killing He Meng's group.

He was uncertain about how the Mirror Immortal Camp would react afterward.

After all, twenty-five lives were at stake.

Moreover, they weren't ordinary people; twenty-three were at the Earth Digging Realm, and two were at the limit of the Earth Digging Realm, beginning to reshape their skin. Such a large loss would be significant for any camp.

"It's best if they can endure it, but if they can't..."

In the third-floor room, Xia Hong, slowly smearing beast blood on his body, slightly raised his eyes.

After his encounter with Yuwen Hu, coupled with what he learned about the Frost Resistance level from Gao Yu, his only fear regarding the Mirror Immortal Camp was their massive population.

Of course, for Xia Hong, this fear could also be considered a temptation.

"The population of Great Xia is still too small!"

As the beast blood took effect, the pain on Xia Hong's face intensified, forcing him to distract himself by thinking about other things.

The only way to quickly increase the population was to absorb other camps, but the current activity range of the camp was too small. There were no opportunities to even contact other camps, making absorption impossible.

Although he coveted the tens of thousands of people in the Mirror Immortal Camp, Xia Hong wasn't foolish enough to think he could easily annex such a giant camp.

Aside from Yuwen Hu and He Yuanhun, two Frost Resistance level experts, the hundreds of Earth Digging Realm cultivators below were a problem he couldn't solve.

In the current situation, the best outcome would be to protect Redwood Ridge's territory in the face of the Mirror Immortal Camp.

Annexing them was a pipe dream!

"Behind the Arrow Bamboo Forest is the Mirror Immortal Camp. North of Redwood Ridge is the Pingxi Plains, and there's also a Beehive Camp. Both are giant camps, so it's likely that any scattered small camps in the north have already been absorbed by them.

The west is Redwood Ridge, which definitely doesn't have any human camps inside.

The same goes for the Twin Dragon Mountains to the east. That means..."

Veins bulging, Xia Hong endured the severe pain from the nerves beneath his skin, slowly raising his head and glancing at the southern direction of the camp.

If Great Xia wants to expand its population and find other human camps, it can only go south. According to the map left by Luo Ming, there's an iced-over river four kilometers south of the valley, which should block the southern side of the Twin Dragon Mountains.

"Luo Ming said there were no traces of Frost Beasts near the river, which likely means it's very dangerous, and there's probably no human camp nearby.

That means, to find other human camps, we can only search along the outer edge of the southern side of the Twin Dragon Mountains, and the search area should be as far away from that river as possible."

As Xia Hong pondered, he poured the wooden spoon over his body forty-three times, stopping immediately when he sensed his carrying capacity had reached its limit.

"As expected, the upper limit of my carrying capacity has increased by another two jin!"

The initial carrying limit he tested was about 35 jin. The second time, he used up a total of 440 jin of beast blood, dividing it into eleven uses, with the most being 41 jin.

This time it was even higher, at 43 jin.

The so-called carrying limit is that if he continues to add more, he will immediately faint from the pain, and the system will pop up a prompt, helping him get through it by consuming resources.

Of course, after hearing Gao Yu's explanation, Xia Hong already knew that the so-called "fainting from pain" should be a unique exception for him.

For others without a system, they would probably die instantly.

Thinking of this, Xia Hong naturally wouldn't mess around anymore. Who knows when the system might go crazy, or if he doesn't have enough resources. If he dies from a breakthrough, he would probably be the most wronged transmigrator.

"Anyway, there's no rush. It's better to be safe. This round, there's a total of more than five hundred and eighty jin of beast blood, so the progress should increase sharply again!"

Looking at the beast blood in the wooden shed, more than ever before, a trace of excitement couldn't help but flash in Xia Hong's eyes.

Yesterday, the three Intermediate Frost Beasts they brought back only yielded more than two hundred jin of beast blood in total. The main reason was the four unfamiliar Intermediate Frost Beasts Gao Yu sent, whose blood volume was surprisingly high, averaging around ninety jin each, which suddenly yielded so much beast blood.

Thinking of this, Xia Hong couldn't help but become interested in the Twin Dragon Mountains above the valley.

"The mountains are too high, but if we can explore a suitable route, once Great Xia's strength increases, the Twin Dragon Mountains should also be a good place for hunting!"

Of course, being interested is one thing, but with an altitude of more than two thousand meters and being completely ignorant of what's up there, Xia Hong naturally wouldn't go up rashly.

Even a Frost Resistance level expert like Gao Yu could stumble so badly on the eastern periphery. The valley above, in theory, is the deepest part of the western side of the Twin Dragon Mountains. Who knows what's inside?

For the next two days, Xia Hong kept challenging his limits. He used forty-three jin a total of seven times. Although he didn't faint in the middle, he was basically at his limit.

It wasn't until the third day, when Xia Chuan came to report that Gao Yu had left, that he was completely relieved.

"Before he left, he wanted to say goodbye to Big Brother, but I refused him."

"It's fine as long as he's gone. The camp's outdoor activities will continue to be suspended. We'll talk about it after I come out of seclusion in three days. The same goes for the hunting team. Just continue mining."

Seeing that there was still a large portion of beast blood left in the wooden basin, Xia Chuan immediately nodded, knowing that Xia Hong was going to continue his seclusion, and hurriedly retreated.

Xia Hong stayed alone in the room, continuing to pour spoonfuls of beast blood over his body, and intense pain surged to his forehead again.

This time, he was much bolder than before.

In the first two days, he used it up to the limit, not daring to faint, because he was worried about Gao Yu. Now that Gao Yu had left, he could naturally be bolder.

The third day after Gao Yu left, which was the beginning of the Great Xia Era, March 2nd.

Standing in the wooden basin, Xia Hong opened his eyes again, looking at his increasingly smooth and crystalline skin, slightly clenched his fists, felt his strength, and a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes.

【Camp: Great Xia (Level 0)】

【Lord: Xia Hong】

【Cultivation: Earth Digging Realm Perfection (Skin Reshaping Progress 56%)】

【Territory Population: 1088】

【Resources: Wood 54030 Coal 4740 Iron 13210 Silver 0 Gold 0】

"A total of five hundred and eighty jin, an increase of 25 points of progress at once, nearly a quarter. The effects produced by different Frost Beast blood are actually different!"

Having increased by a quarter at once, saving so much time, Xia Hong's mood was naturally excited. Thinking that the four Frost Beasts were all sent by Gao Yu, Xia Hong even felt a bit of gratitude towards this stranger.

Boom... ... ... ...

Clang!

Xia Hong suddenly threw a punch towards the front, and a gust of icy wind suddenly rushed out, knocking over the brazier more than ten meters away out of thin air, and the flames were directly extinguished, and coal sparks were scattered all over the ground.

"This is, the strength of a Snow Mane!"

One hundred thousand jin!

Looking at the commotion caused by his casual punch, Xia Hong instantly thought of the frost and cold airflow brought out by the Snow Mane's charge, and his expression became even more excited.

"Even if I fight the Snow Mane with my bare hands, I'm not afraid at all. More importantly, with the strength of a Snow Mane, my basic strength is already comparable to ordinary Frost Resistance level experts. If Yuwen Hu appears in front of me again..."

Thinking of the situation when he fought Yuwen Hu five days ago, a hint of coldness flashed in Xia Hong's eyes.

"Outdoor activities still can't be stopped. It's only been five days since I went out, and the iron ore has only increased a little, while wood and coal have decreased. Now even the Frost Beast blood is used up... ... ... ..."

Looking at the resources in the system that had hardly moved, Xia Hong's excited mood immediately calmed down, and he shook his head slightly.

Without going out to collect and hunt, it's purely sitting idle and consuming resources.

Fortunately, there is a ready-made iron mine in the valley, otherwise, even the iron resources would not have increased in these five days.

"However, before going out..."

Xia Hong pondered for a moment, and focused his attention on the system.

To be precise, it's on the buildings behind the system.

【Opened Buildings 4: Iron Smelting Furnace (Level 2) Wooden Dummy (Level 1) Medicine Brewing Pot (Level 1) Grinding Stone (Level 1)】

【Unopened Buildings 5: Green Bamboo Fence, Marking Stone, Loess Land, Small Wooden Table, Coarse Iron Chain】

Marking Stone: Coal 150 Iron 90

Green Bamboo Fence: Per meter / Wood 20 Iron 5, upgradeable upon exchanging 10,000 meters

Loess Land: Per square meter / Wood 200 Coal 20, upgradeable upon exchanging 10,000 square meters

Until now, besides the long sword in Yang Ning's hand, which is suspected to be made of silver, Xia Hong doesn't even know what gold and silver look like in the Ice Abyss world.

The small wooden table and coarse iron chain will definitely not come out for the time being.

The only buildings that can be created right now are these three.

The biggest reason why these three buildings haven't been created all along is, of course, the lack of resources. New house construction, Gnawing Rat Swarm, Mirror Immortal Camp, breaking through the Frost Resistance level, resource gaps appeared one after another, and Xia Hong just didn't have the opportunity to unlock these buildings.

In fact, even now, if the situation wasn't pressing, he probably still wouldn't have the mind to unlock these three buildings.

First of all, the Loess Land. Judging from the vegetation scale of this world, even the slender Ice Shuo Tree, even if it has a radius of three or four meters, would require at least thirty square meters to transplant one.

Thirty square meters is 6000 wood and 600 coal.

Xia Hong certainly won't transplant the Ice Shuo Tree now, after all, the crystal fruit is not an unimportant resource for Great Xia now.

“If we're going to transplant, we should choose a Blue Jade Tree, but the smallest of the Blue Jade Trees discovered so far has a radius of over six meters. It would require at least 120 square meters of Yellow Soil, which translates to needing resources…”

Forget it, I can't afford Yellow Soil!

Once a Blue Jade Tree is successfully transplanted, we can stably obtain Blue Coagulation Grass, which means we can basically have a stable output of Golden Wound Powder.

Despite knowing that this would greatly benefit the camp, Xia Hong immediately dismissed the idea of exchanging for Yellow Soil.

There's no way around it, it requires too many resources!

One hundred and twenty square meters of Yellow Soil would require 20,000 units of wood alone, which is manageable. But it also needs 2,400 units of coal stone, which is 2,400 units! Converted to actual weight, that's 48,000 pounds.

Even if all seventeen Earth-Digging Realm cultivators were equipped with Gnawing Chisels, they could still mine a minimum of 13,600 pounds of coal stone per day, which would only take four or five days.

But Xia Hong still felt it wasn't worth it.

Actually, it's not that it's not worth it; the bottom line is that there aren't enough resources.

“I should prioritize exchanging for the Azure Bamboo Fence!”

Azure Bamboo Fence: 20 Wood / Meter, 5 Iron

Azure Bamboo Fence, as the name suggests, should be a defensive resource for the base. Judging from the exchange rules, it's probably a one-time consumable.

He didn't exchange for it before because the camp hadn't encountered any external enemy invasions. The Iron Refining Furnace provided protection against the strange creatures, so the demand for the Azure Bamboo Fence wasn't as high.

But things are different now!

The Mirror Immortal Camp can be considered a mortal enemy.

Although there are five Wooden Dummy Posts left behind to guard the base, coupled with his current strength comparable to the Cold Resistance level, Xia Hong isn't too worried about Yuwen Hu and He Yuanhun.

What he's really worried about is that the other side has too many people.

If the Mirror Immortal Camp really mobilized its hundreds of Earth-Digging Realm cultivators, it's hard to say whether Great Xia could defend against them with its current strength.

At this time, defensive resources are very important!

Xia Hong's mind stirred slightly, and 20 points of Wood and 5 points of Iron were deducted from the system.

At the same time, a piece of emerald green bamboo fence, one meter wide and over five meters high, appeared in his hand.

The bamboo fence was diagonally crossed and integrated, with no traces of splicing in the middle. It was glossy and had a sharp, spear-like top, and the surface was covered with a layer of spikes over twenty centimeters long, exuding a chilling light.

Azure Bamboo Fence (Level 1): Defensive resource for the base, a one-time consumable.

Special Function 1: If an outsider touches it, it will immediately alert the host.

Special Function 2: The bamboo fence's barbs can be activated and fired by the host. After firing, the bamboo fence will be ineffective and cannot be regenerated; it needs to be exchanged again.

Upgrade Prerequisites: Exchange for a full 10,000 meters

Xia Hong placed the bamboo fence ten meters away, walked to the front of it, and his mind stirred.

Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…

Although the bamboo fence was only one meter wide, it was five meters high, and the spikes distributed on it numbered at least one or two hundred.

The spikes instantly rushed towards Xia Hong, causing the air in the room to surge and the brazier to roar.

Xia Hong only glanced at the speed of the spikes and chose to close his eyes and stand still, allowing the spikes to shoot at his body.

Clang… Clang… Clang… … …

The newest novels are first published at Six/9/Book/Bar!

When the more than one hundred spikes hit Xia Hong's body, they seemed to have hit a copper wall and iron wall. After making clanging sounds, they all fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

Xia Hong opened his eyes, looked at the white spots on his arms and chest, and his eyes immediately showed joy.

“This power…”

Opening the window, Xia Hong scanned the environment of the base, which was backed by mountains on three sides, and a smile appeared on his face.

“The price is a bit expensive, but I won't need that much!”

Xia Hong then turned his attention to the next building: the Marking Stone.

He could probably guess that the function of this building should be to define the scope of the territory. Great Xia hadn't encountered any disputes with other camps before, so naturally it didn't need this thing.

Now is the time to get it out!

150 Coal, 90 Iron, the resources consumed are not much.

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and after the resources were deducted, he also had a rhombus-shaped jade stone with a side length of half a meter in his hand.

Marking Stone (Level 1): Mother Stone, territory building, the farthest radiation distance is one thousand meters.

Special Function 1: Four sub-stones can be exchanged separately. After establishing a connection with the mother stone, they form a base area. Sub-stone exchange price: 100 Coal, 60 Iron.

Special Function 2: Within the base area, the activity trajectory of any foreign life form will be detected and fed back to the mother stone.

Upgrade Conditions: 8000 Coal, 6000 Iron

Xia Hong stood up directly with a whoosh, and his expression was immediately excited.

Whether to demarcate the land is another matter, the help that this marking stone provides to the safety of the camp is simply too great.

Detect the activity trajectory of all foreign life forms in the area.

It will also be fed back to the mother stone!

In other words, even if he is not in the camp, the people left behind can use the mother stone to confirm the safety of the camp.

That's right, that strange creature… is it considered a life form?

This question suddenly popped into Xia Hong's mind, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He really didn't know the answer to this question.

“Never mind, even if strange creatures don't belong to life forms, there is still the Iron Refining Furnace to support them. In short, in the future, whether it is people or strange creatures near the camp, it will be basically impossible to approach without anyone noticing!”

With this guarantee, Xia Hong's mood improved instantly. For a moment, he didn't even seem to worry about the Mirror Immortal Camp in the north.

“Someone, go and notify everyone in the hunting team, as well as Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, and Bai Dongying, to come here.”

“Yes, Chief!”

During Xia Hong's retreat, people sent by Xia Chuan were specially guarding outside the door.

The person outside the door heard Xia Hong's voice, obviously with some surprise, answered and quickly trotted downstairs.

The entire camp has been locked down for these five days. The people from the hunting team have been mining in the mine, and the others have not gone out.

Knowing that Xia Hong had left seclusion, everyone quickly came over excitedly.

“Sit down first!”

Seventeen from the hunting team, plus Mu Dong and the other three, made a total of twenty people.

Xia Hong first signaled everyone to sit down, and then asked with a teasing tone.

“You've all been stifled by not going out for five days, right?”

Yuan Cheng was the first to answer: “Being stifled is okay, the main thing is that there hasn't been much income of resources recently. We're worried about affecting your breakthrough, Chief!”

Luo Yuan also followed up and said: “That's right, your breakthrough, Chief, is the biggest thing right now. We're only worried about this; everything else is fine.”

Xia Chuan and the others nodded when they heard this, obviously thinking about the same thing as the two of them.

Seeing that everyone was concerned about his breakthrough progress, Xia Hong felt a little warm in his heart.

However, knowing everyone's concerns, he still waved his hand and showed a confident look, saying: “Don't worry, even if I don't break through, the Mirror Immortal Camp won't dare to do anything. If Yuwen Hu comes again…”

Although Xia Hong didn't finish his words, everyone immediately understood what he meant when they saw the coldness on his face.

A trace of excitement appeared on everyone's faces.

That's right, last time the chief almost killed Yuwen Hu.

In these five days, the chief has used nearly 600 pounds of beast blood, and his strength must have become stronger. Killing Yuwen Hu is probably not a difficult task.

The only problem they are worried about now is that the Mirror Immortal Camp will rely on its large numbers and mobilize its entire force.

That He Yuanhun, who has never shown his face, plus a Yuwen Hu, and hundreds of Earth-Digging Realm cultivators, if they really all come out, even with Xia Hong, Great Xia is probably not a match.

“Do you think the Great Xia base is difficult to find?”

Xia Hong naturally knew what everyone was worried about. He didn't say much, but just asked a question.

When Xia Chuan and the others heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then after thinking for a while, they immediately understood what Xia Hong meant, and a hint of joy rose in their eyes.

The Great Xia base is actually not difficult to find, especially for humans.

The east side of Redwood Ridge is Shuanglong Mountain, and the mountain wall area is only a dozen kilometers from south to north, and the Great Xia base is the only valley in it.

Not to mention deliberately looking for it, considering the traces left by Great Xia's activities outside, as long as you look for it casually, you can probably find it here.

“The Lu Shang Camp has already merged into the Mirror Immortal Camp. As long as Lu He is a bit smart, he must know that our Great Xia has inherited the territory of the Rogge Camp. If there are no accidents, the Mirror Immortal Camp already knows the location of our base.”

Xia Chuan's words were like a reassurance to everyone.

Everyone's expressions immediately relaxed a lot, and the joy became even stronger.

The reason is very simple.

They knew the location of the Great Xia Camp, but they haven't come to cause trouble in these five days.

That proves that the Mirror Immortal Camp probably endured what happened five days ago.

“Maybe that Yuwen Hu is scared. After all, he was almost killed by the chief. If he comes to make trouble again, isn't he afraid of death!”

“Great Xia was right in this matter. They crossed the border first. He Meng paid for his life. It's justified. What reason do they have to make trouble?”

“Maybe after Yuwen Hu brought the chief's words back, that He Yuanhun was immediately scared and didn't dare to come and make trouble?”

“Hahahaha!”

… … … … … …

Xia Hong naturally wouldn't take everyone's teasing to heart.

But it was indeed beyond his expectations that the Mirror Immortal Camp didn't come to cause trouble.

Although he couldn't figure out the specific reason, it was definitely not what Xia Chuan and others guessed. Judging from the fearless style of He Meng and his group, that He Yuanhun was definitely not a kind person. How could he be afraid!

But even though he couldn't figure it out, Xia Hong wouldn't waste time on it.

When soldiers come, generals will resist; when water comes, earth will dam. Before, he was at most a little worried. Besides, now he has two more buildings in his hand. Even if the Mirror Immortal Camp really comes to his door, he is not afraid at all.

“I’ll take you to the north to have a look tomorrow night, then you’ll know. Let's put the Mirror Immortal Camp aside for now. I have something else to tell you…”

Xia Hong paused, then took out a piece of animal skin map from the table and gave it to Xia Chuan on the left first, letting him pass it down after he finished reading it.

While everyone was looking at the map, Xia Hong's voice also sounded.

“The camp's population is still too small. We must find a way to expand the range of activities of the camp's personnel, search for more unfamiliar areas, and see if we can find other camps to increase the population as quickly as possible…”

Seeing the area already marked in the south on the map, everyone immediately understood what Xia Hong meant and nodded.

“Of course, exploring unfamiliar areas is not a simple matter, so the rewards will also keep up. Exploring new areas, discovering new camps, and even directly adding population to the camp, will each receive a certain amount of contribution points. Xia Chuan, you will be responsible for formulating the specifics.”

“Yes, Big Brother!”

Xia Hong certainly wouldn't actually operate these things now. After explaining it to Xia Chuan and the others, he took out a piece of green bamboo fence and five mother-child marking stones from behind him.

“Also, these two things…”

As Xia Hong described the functions of the green bamboo fence and the marking stones, everyone's expressions became more and more excited, and some even couldn't help but stand up directly.

Along with pieces of green bamboo fence being placed at the western entrance of the valley.

Xia Hong's announcement of the camp's expansion to the south also spread throughout the camp in an instant.

Of course, the most important thing was the contribution point rewards that Xia Chuan announced afterwards.

Exploring unfamiliar areas and drawing maps, after confirmation, can be exchanged for 1 contribution point for every ten meters;

Discovering a new camp and reporting it to the leader, after confirmation, a small camp can be exchanged for 500 contribution points; a medium camp for 2000 points; a large camp directly for 5000 points; a giant camp for 10000 points.

Absorbing outsiders into Da Xia, regardless of their cultivation level, is 50 points per person, with no upper limit. As long as you have the ability, all the contribution points are yours.

The land enclosure expansion and the associated contribution point reward mechanism, as soon as these two news were released, everyone in the entire Da Xia camp was immediately in heated discussion.

Seeking votes! Seeking votes! Seeking votes!!!