Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Just as Xia Hong had said before, the Rogge Camp's territory only extended a thousand meters beyond the outer layer of Redwood Ridge. Finding a team of fifty or sixty people within this range wasn't difficult.

Xia Hong discovered the group just as he was about to cross the thousand-meter boundary.

However, when he found them, Xia Hong clearly sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off, which was why he didn't come down immediately. Since someone had already called him out, he simply went along with it and showed himself.

After quickly glancing at everyone, Xia Hong immediately deduced that the person who had called him out, as well as the one standing next to him, must be Yang Ning and Li Hu.

There was no other reason; their attire was simply too eye-catching.

They wore brown velvet beast-hide coats, with soft white fur neck guards around their necks, obviously made from the tails of cold-resistant beasts. On their feet were pairs of shiny black beast-hide boots.

Compared to them, everyone else, including Xia Hong himself, looked like beggars. Even though Xia Hong had seen many magnificent and luxurious clothes in his memories, he couldn't help but feel a tinge of envy when he saw their complete outfits.

Heaven knows how strong his desire for a complete set of clothing was at this moment, after wearing a beast-hide skirt for four months.

While Xia Hong was observing the group, Luo Ming stepped forward, looked at Xia Hong, and after a moment of thought, asked with a speculative expression:

"Xia Hong? Are you Old Ding's son?"

Seeing Xia Hong nod, Luo Ming's face immediately lit up with a smile. He had previously thought that Da Xia Camp had already fallen victim to the Wood Puppet Fiend, but he didn't expect it to still be around.

Remembering what Xia Hong had just said, he quickly added, "I am Luo Ming. What urgent matter do you need to inform me about?"

Although he sensed that the atmosphere was strange, Xia Hong didn't overthink it due to the urgency. He directly said, "Leader Luo, during this trip, has the Wood Puppet Fiend not shown itself from beginning to end? That Wood Puppet Fiend has most likely infiltrated your Rogge Camp."

Xia Hong didn't want to explain the whole story, but the situation was critical, and he didn't want to waste words. He just wanted to quickly bring these people back to Rogge Camp, because returning even a moment sooner might save a few more people.

Therefore, he chose to keep it brief.

But clearly, no one immediately believed him. Even Luo Ming, upon hearing that the Wood Puppet Fiend might have entered Rogge Camp, was initially alarmed, but then frowned and looked at Xia Hong with a suspicious expression.

Bip… … … …

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Xia Hong knew they didn't believe him. He first blew the bone whistle to summon Xia Chuan and the others, and then quickly gave a brief explanation, telling them about Shi Qing and Shi Dong, as well as the destruction of Da Shi Camp.

By the time Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the other six had arrived, Xia Hong had basically finished speaking. Finally, looking at Luo Ming's extremely unpleasant expression, he said urgently, "If nothing else, the Wood Puppet Fiend was deliberately misleading you the previous four times. It controlled Shi Dong to infiltrate Rogge Camp and most likely left behind a contingency plan before following Shi Qing to Da Shi Camp.

It killed over a hundred people in Da Shi Camp, greatly increasing its strength. Rogge Camp has even more ordinary people. If you let it kill again, I'm afraid no one will be able to deal with it.

Leader Luo, quickly take people back to the camp to check. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Xia Hong was only focused on persuading Luo Ming to return to the camp and didn't notice that when he said the Wood Puppet Fiend had been deliberately toying with them the previous four times, Li Hu's already bad complexion became even worse.

He had been angry earlier because Hong Mu had commented that they were inferior to the Wood Puppet Fiend and had been tricked all four times. Now, Xia Hong had come out and repeated this matter, and the anger he hadn't finished venting immediately rose from his heart.

"We've only been out of Rogge Camp for two hours. If the Wood Puppet Fiend had infiltrated, how could we not have noticed? Also, since you say that Shi Dong is a fake, why didn't he stay in Rogge Camp, but instead followed Shi Qing away? Full of loopholes, just another babbling fool!"

Xia Hong's expression immediately froze after being inexplicably scolded.

But he didn't immediately lash out. Instead, he looked at Li Hu with a somber expression, wondering why this person was hostile towards him.

He could endure it, but Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others who had just come over couldn't.

It could be said that in the hearts of everyone in Da Xia Camp, Xia Hong was the absolute pillar of support. Those who had been going out with Xia Hong for a long time revered him as a god and couldn't tolerate an outsider insulting Xia Hong in front of them.

"Where did you come from, you fool, daring to shout at our leader?"

"It's so clearly explained, yet you still say it's full of loopholes. If you don't have problems with your ears, then you have problems with your brain."

"Dressed like a human, but I didn't expect you to be full of nonsense."

… … … …

"Shut up!"

Seeing that Xia Chuan and the others were becoming increasingly excessive, and Li Hu's face was turning red at a visible rate, Xia Hong quickly stopped them.

Of course, Xia Hong didn't think they were wrong. He just didn't want to start a conflict with the other party here.

Li Hu's chest was rising and falling, clearly intending to lash out.

Xia Hong was worried that if he lashed out, it would delay things further, so he quickly said to Luo Ming with a serious expression, "Leader Luo, we are all trying to survive around Redwood Ridge. I don't want to see too many people die in Rogge Camp, so I risked coming over to inform you and am even willing to help you.

Even if you don't believe me, you should at least prioritize the lives of over a thousand people in the camp and quickly go back to check. If nothing has happened, then everyone will be happy, and I, Xia, will apologize to you. How about that?"

These words finally seemed to awaken Luo Ming.

He suddenly looked up, realizing the key issue.

Whether Xia Hong was lying or not was not important to him at all.

The most important thing was the lives of over a thousand people in the camp.

"Everyone, come back with me to check first. If it's really like that… …"

The more Luo Ming thought about it, the more panicked he became. He didn't finish his sentence, but gave everyone in his camp a look and took the lead in sprinting towards the camp.

Xia Hong naturally wouldn't say anything. He was ninety percent sure that the Wood Puppet Fiend was in Rogge Camp, so he took Xia Chuan, Yuan Chuan, and the other six and immediately followed behind Luo Ming.

Hong Gang, Huang Yong, Lu He, and Chen Ying had originally planned to leave, but after Xia Hong's intervention, the four looked at each other a few times, and in the end, they also followed behind Luo Ming, heading towards Rogge Camp together.

They had opinions about Yang and Li, but they respected Luo Ming from the bottom of their hearts.

If something really happened to Rogge Camp, they wouldn't sit idly by. Whether they could help or not was another matter, but they at least had to go and see.

The field quickly became empty, leaving only Yang Ning and Li Hu.

"Brother, those little bastards were rude to me. Why did you hold me back? Those ignorant country bumpkins should be killed to teach them a lesson."

Li Hu's tone was unkind. He hadn't restrained himself; Yang Ning had held him back, which was why he hadn't moved.

Yang Ning lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then looked up at Li Hu, saying:

"Don't underestimate that Xia Hong. His strength is not much lower than yours."

Hearing this, Li Hu immediately revealed a disdainful expression, "Brother is saying that he was hiding on the side, and I didn't notice, right?

He just has some skills in hiding his tracks. When he came down from the tree, I observed the changes in his qi and muscles. His strength is at most a little over ten thousand catties. If he wants to compare with me, he's far from it!"

Yang Ning nodded, not refuting.

"Follow them and see. If it's true, that Wood Puppet Fiend might be in Rogge Camp. If it's not, then forget it. We should go back."

"Okay, but before going back, I must teach those little bastards a lesson!"