Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Da Shi Camp: Why were they so sure that the Snow Mane was a lucky find for Da Xia?

The reason was simple: the camps around Redwood Ridge were too weak.

The only one that could reliably hunt and obtain the flesh of Frost Beasts was Rogue Camp, which boasted five Earth-Digging level experts.

As for the other camps, if they wanted Frost Beast meat, they had to either buy it from Rogue Camp with large amounts of wood, crystal fruit, or other scarce resources, or rely on luck.

So-called luck, to put it bluntly, meant finding Frost Beast corpses in the forest.

Frost Beasts prefer to eat live prey. Generally, after defeating other Frost Beasts, they stop eating once the opponent dies, so there's a high probability of finding something if you stumble upon a corpse.

But how often does such an opportunity arise?

Perhaps there are many Frost Beast corpses deep in Redwood Ridge, but the problem is they don't dare to go in. In the outer areas, finding one or two corpses a year is considered extremely lucky.

Moreover, as neighbors for many years, they knew Da Xia, a small camp, very well.

Generally speaking, the limited Frost Beast meat would definitely be prioritized for the lumberjack team members, and only the excess would be given to the younger generation.

Therefore, without a doubt, that Snow Mane must have been a lucky find for Da Xia.

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Xia Hong was unaware of Da Shi Camp's resentment.

Since driving away the other party that night and having Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng each cut down a tree, the camp entered a relatively peaceful period of development.

With the three of them going out every night, the camp's reserves of wood and crystal fruit increased rapidly at a visible rate.

Crystal fruit went from 7,000 jin all the way up to 12,000 jin.

According to the camp's population of 154 people, averaging one jin per person per day, even if they didn't go out, these crystal fruits would be enough to eat for more than two months.

As for wood, it increased from 87 units to 210 units.

Food and heating were both guaranteed.

The camp's vitality naturally recovered slowly.

Although they still had to seal the cave entrance at night, at least they didn't have to go hungry or freeze.

However, while others were happy, Xia Hong was very clear that the camp had only initially recovered to the state it was in before the lumberjack team's accident.

When Xia Ding was still around, the camp never lacked crystal fruit and wood.

For a small camp like Da Xia, the most scarce resource was Frost Beast meat.

Without Frost Beast meat, they couldn't cultivate and become stronger.

Maintaining the status quo would eventually lead to either being discovered by Frost Beasts or being found by Anomalies, and the previous events would happen again.

Moreover, crystal fruit wasn't inexhaustible. The crystal fruit on the three Ice Shuo trees had already been picked, and it was unknown when they would mature again.

If the existing crystal fruit ran out and those three trees hadn't borne fruit yet, they would have to go hungry again, and might even starve to death without the only source of food.

Redwood Ridge certainly had more than just those three Ice Shuo trees.

Xia Hong believed that there were definitely thicker and larger Ice Shuo trees deeper in the dense forest, bearing more fruit, but the problem was that he simply didn't dare to go in.

So the crux of the problem was still Frost Beast meat.

The thirty jin of Frost Beast meat from Yue Feng and the other four had already been used up.

The progress of the five was great, but they were still far from breaking through to the Lumbering Realm.

Xia Hong's own hundred jin of Frost Beast meat was also gone.

Although his strength had improved a lot, he was still far from the Earth-Digging level.

"If I can't continue to become stronger, not to mention the small bonfire can't be upgraded, I won't be able to build any of the other buildings in the system.

I must find a way to hunt, even if it's risky, it's worth it!"

The camp system still only had a small bonfire. Upgrading the small bonfire from level one to level two required 200 wood and 50 iron.

There was no shortage of wood now, of course.

But without strength, even coming into contact with resources like iron was a pipe dream.

"Chuan, Cheng, tonight when we go out, we'll try hunting!"

One evening, as Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng were preparing to go out, they heard Xia Hong's words and their eyes widened with excitement.

In fact, during the previous outings, the two had already seen Frost Beasts.

Of course, they were Frost Beasts sleeping in the trees.

The two had mentioned several times before that they wanted to try hunting Frost Beasts, but Xia Hong had refused because the Frost Beasts were too strong.

Now, Xia Hong actually took the initiative to propose trying to hunt.

"Don't get so excited so early. I've told you before, Frost Beasts are very strong, so this time is just a trial. As before, you must listen to me when we're outside. Da Xia currently only has you two Lumbering Realm combatants. I don't want anything to happen to you two, understand?"

The two could naturally hear the seriousness in Xia Hong's tone and nodded heavily.

After Xia Hong finished instructing the two, he took out two small torches from behind and gave one to each of them.

The two took the torches, and their eyes lit up immediately, vaguely understanding something.

"Leader, do you want to attract Frost Beasts with torches like before, let them kill each other, and we reap the benefits, right?"

Xia Hong had already told the two about the function of the small torches.

It was within Xia Hong's expectations that Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng reacted so quickly.

"Yes, that's why I said it's a trial, it all depends on luck!"

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Xia Hong felt a little helpless. Using small torches to attract Frost Beasts was actually a bit of a waste.

The function of the small torches, like the small bonfire, was to deter and kill Anomalies.

In layman's terms, small torches should be high-level items, as can be seen from the Frost Beasts' obsession with them.

However, the current strength of Da Xia Camp was too weak to come into contact with Anomalies, so they could only be used to attract Frost Beasts.

Moreover, it wasn't enough to attract just one Frost Beast.

They had to attract two, and they had to fight to the death.

The fight had to continue until one was down or seriously injured.

Only then could they possibly harvest their prey.

Such a hunting method was too demanding and destined to be extremely inefficient.

But this was the only method Xia Hong could think of at the moment.

It was a last resort!

As soon as night fell, Xia Hong quickly led the two towards Redwood Ridge.

After all, the area within Da Xia Camp's sphere of influence was only five or six hundred meters.

After so many days, Xia Hong and the others had already figured it out clearly.

Overall, there weren't many Frost Beasts in the outer areas. There were only four that they had identified and witnessed firsthand.

There were two Snow Manes, one Frost Wolf, and one that resembled a goat, which Xia Hong didn't recognize, nor did he remember Xia Ding ever mentioning.

"The strength of that goat is unknown, so we won't touch it for now. According to the previous situation, the Frost Wolf and Snow Mane are of similar strength, so this time, the target is still on these two."

After finding the trees where the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf were each entrenched, Xia Hong found a location between the two and first inserted the torch. Then, 50 meters away from the torch, he had Yuan Cheng and Xia Chuan dig snow pits.

As before, after lighting the torch, the three quickly dispersed, hiding in their respective snow pits, quietly observing the torch.

Xia Hong was still a little nervous, after all, the situation was different.

Last time, the Snow Mane was a juvenile and was also in a blind and severely injured state.

This time was different.

They had previously observed that the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf on these two trees were both adult-sized, and in full strength. He didn't know what would happen when they fought.

In stark contrast to him, Yuan Cheng and Xia Chuan were not only not nervous, but their eyes, exposed on the snow, were full of excitement.

After all, this was the first time the two had seen Frost Beasts.

Although the three had different thoughts, time continued to pass.

The effect of the torch did not disappoint Xia Hong.

It had only been lit for two minutes.

From the west, there came a series of dull, heavy beast hoof sounds.

Bang… Bang… Bang…