Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Successive disasters, coupled with the recent encounter with the Frost Wolf pack, deepened Xia Hong's understanding and contemplation of the situation of humans in the Ice Abyss World, as well as the organizational form of camps.

Ghouls, Frost Beasts, extreme weather, and even other human camps, all posed dangers. In this hellish survival environment, sacrifice was destined to be the main theme of all camps.

Even with the system at his side, he was no exception.

Compared to the two types of creatures, Frost Beasts and Ghouls, humans were too weak!

Especially camps like Great Xia, which were at the bottom, were as insignificant as ants.

A low-level Ghoul or a pack of low-level Frost Beasts was a fatal crisis for Great Xia.

Not to mention the Lumbering Realm, even with his current Earth Digging Realm strength, encountering these things would be a near-death experience.

Ordinary people were even worse off; death was their only fate.

Unity was humanity's only way out.

Without a strict top-down management system to unite and凝聚 the hearts of the entire camp, even if they could survive for a short time, they would probably not escape destruction in the end.

Great Xia must have one person in charge, by force.

In other words, Xia Hong had to establish a one-voice system!

Human hearts were treacherous; ten thousand people had ten thousand ideas. Great Xia was already like this, and now that the two camps had merged, the hearts of the people had undoubtedly become more complex.

When they encountered the Frost Wolf pack just now, he told Li Bai and the other five to abandon rescuing the ordinary people, and the five hesitated for more than ten breaths before turning their arrows.

Those ten breaths, this time, may have only resulted in the death of a few more ordinary people, but what about next time?

In some critical moments of life and death, any moment of hesitation could very likely lead to irreversible serious consequences.

Xia Hong was not so confident that his decisions would always be 100% correct, but in certain critical moments, especially when facing desperation, the camp only needed a decision that everyone could believe in and execute.

As for whether this decision was correct or not, it didn't matter at all.

A one-voice system could lead to excessive concentration of individual authority, eventually deifying the individual and creating a god out of thin air, which may not be desirable in a civilized society.

But in an environment like the Ice Abyss, it was definitely the best way to gather people's hearts and unite the collective.

Before, when listening to Shi Qing talk about Yang and Li's near-paranoid fanaticism and respect for their so-called Great Lord Yang Zun, Xia Hong was only curious at the time, but to be honest, he didn't understand.

But now, he could understand.

Perhaps, without this method, that North Shuo Town could not have developed to such a huge scale of hundreds of thousands of people, and may have already been destroyed by various accidents.

In addition to uniting the people, Xia Hong's second purpose in creating a one-voice camp atmosphere was to prepare for future resource collection.

Upgrading the Wooden Dummy to level 2 required 3000 wood and 6000 iron.

Upgrading the Sharpening Stone to level 2 required 5000 coal and 10000 iron.

Upgrading the Medicine Pot to level 2 required 20000 wood, 20000 coal, 10000 iron, and the generation of ten recipe types.

Upgrading the level 2 Iron Smelting Furnace to level 3 required 2000 wood and 5000 iron.

The upgrade resources required for the four camp buildings that had been opened were simply astronomical figures for Xia Hong.

Wood was one point for every thousand pounds; coal was one point for every twenty pounds; iron was one point for every ten pounds. Xia Hong had calculated that even if the nearly five hundred people in the current camp all broke through to the Earth Digging Realm overnight, it would take at least decades to gather the resources to upgrade the four buildings.

No, decades were impossible; they still had to consume.

So, for the sake of resources, Xia Hong needed a large population.

This was also why Xia Hong directly invited the Huang Zhao and Da Chuan camps to join.

Although ordinary people were useless, where would the Earth Digging Realm come from without ordinary people?

For humans in the Ice Abyss World, the meat of Frost Beasts was the only threshold for the Lumbering and Earth Digging Realms.

Xia Hong could already foresee that in the future, for the sake of these resources, the camp would definitely need a group of people who specialized in logging and mining.

But after gaining strength, no one would be willing to do these things all day long.

After all, even in large camps, the Lumbering and Earth Digging Realms were considered high-level personnel in the absolute sense, and were considered the privileged group.

Therefore, having absolute say became extremely important.

Of course, Xia Hong didn't think that he could achieve the effect of a one-voice system with just this one question; this question was just the beginning.

Xia Hong could roughly guess the answers of the crowd.

But he was not in a hurry, just waiting quietly for everyone to speak.

Perhaps sensing the solemnity in Xia Hong's tone, the silence in the wooden house lasted for more than a hundred breaths.

If the four-level meat distribution rule you just mentioned can really be successfully implemented in the camp, then I will give my life to the leader!

Finally, a common youth from the Rogge camp spoke.

I also agree; if I can regularly get a fixed share of Frost Beast meat, I don't mind giving my life to the leader.

I agree; as long as the leader can do it, I am willing to give my life to you.

… … … … …

With the first voice, there was a second, a third… …

No matter whether they were ordinary people or the fifteen who had cultivation, almost all of them spoke as time went on.

Without exception, their attitude was that as long as they could ensure the sufficient distribution of Frost Beast meat, then they would agree to the conditions proposed by Xia Hong.

Xia Hong naturally understood everyone's thoughts, and did not explain anything, just looked at everyone, and said solemnly:

Okay, I will guarantee that I will do it, and you remember what you said today!

Saying more is not as useful as Frost Beast meat in front of you.

Xia Hong understood this principle, so he didn't explain anything more.

Suddenly, Yue Feng trotted over from outside the door and walked to Xia Hong's side.

Leader, Luo Ming is calling you outside; it seems he is going to take people away.

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment, nodded, first instructed Xia Chuan next to him to take the people from the Great Xia camp to settle down in the wooden house, and then walked out of the wooden house alone.

As soon as he walked out of the passage, Xia Hong saw Luo Ming and the other twelve who were already ready to go outside the valley.

Leader Luo, are you leaving so soon?

Xia Hong actually understood Luo Ming. He had already brought the people from Great Xia over. It was inappropriate for Luo Ming to continue staying here, and secondly, he might be afraid of seeing the more than one hundred people in the camp. After all, no matter what, he had abandoned these people; that was a fact.

Luo Ming put his young son in his arms on the ground, walked to Xia Hong, his face full of shame, and bowed to him:

Brother Xia Hong, thank you just now. I, Luo, am really ashamed!

Xia Hong was slightly stunned for a moment before he realized that Luo Ming was talking about what he had just said in front of the people in the Rogge camp to help him.

Leader Luo, where are you going? Can you tell me?

Luo Ming's face suddenly showed a hint of hesitation when he heard this.

Don't worry, Leader Luo, I won't abandon these people and leave Redwood Ridge. I'm just asking in advance. If there is a chance in the future, maybe you and I can meet again.

Seeing that Xia Hong saw through his thoughts at a glance, Luo Ming immediately smiled bitterly.

I, Luo, am a petty person.

Leader Xia, I won't hide it from you anymore. This time, I took away half of the coal and iron stored in the camp. I hope you can understand!

Xia Hong raised his head and glanced at the four bags behind Luo Ming, nodded, and didn't say anything. It was normal to bring some resources with him when joining another camp.

In addition, I left you two things; take a look!

As Luo Ming spoke, he took out two scrolls made of Frost Beast fur from his arms.

Xia Hong took the scrolls, opened the first one, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face when he saw what was inside.