Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

As night fell, it had been over two hours since they left Rogge Camp.

The Wood Puppet Ghoul still hadn't appeared.

It wasn't just Luo Ming and the others, who were acting as bait, who were frustrated.

Yang Ning and Li Hu, who were hiding in the shadows, felt the same way.

This was their last attempt. If the Wood Puppet Ghoul didn't show up again, Yang Ning was prepared to take Li Hu and leave Redwood Ridge.

Thinking about the many benefits they could get from hunting the Wood Puppet Ghoul, they were growing increasingly anxious, knowing they would have to leave empty-handed if it didn't appear.

Just then, Li Hu heard voices from the front complaining about them, and his already frayed nerves finally snapped.

When Lu He heard the sound of a slap and Li Hu's subsequent angry shouts, he immediately realized there was a problem and rushed to the scene.

He saw Hong Mu, whose mouth was full of blood, having been slapped by Li Hu. He quickly went to his side, helped him up, and apologized to Li Hu.

“Sir, please forgive him. Hong Mu is young and doesn't understand things, that's why he talks nonsense.”

After speaking, he lowered his head and repeatedly signaled to Hong Mu with his eyes, urging him to quickly apologize to Li Hu.

There were a total of fifty-two people who came out this time, divided into seven groups. They only had five camps in total, so the groups weren't organized by camp but were directly mixed.

Hong Mu was the son of Hong Gang, the leader of the Dachuan Camp. He was indeed young, only in his early twenties, and had been assigned to Lu He's group.

Lu He and Hong Gang knew each other and had a good relationship. He treated Hong Mu like a nephew, which was why he was so eager to help.

Although Hong Mu's face stung from Li Hu's slap, the shame he felt in his heart was far more intense than the pain.

Although Li Hu was stronger than him, he was about the same age. Being slapped so hard in front of seven or eight people filled his heart with anger.

The hot-blooded young Hong Mu subconsciously resisted Lu He's persuasion, struggling to stand up and retort to Li Hu.

But before he could get up, Lu He's hand firmly pressed him down.

Seeing Lu He gently shake his head at him, a look of frustration appeared on Hong Mu's face, and the words that had already reached his lips were swallowed back.

As the son of Hong Gang, the leader of the Dachuan Camp, Hong Mu naturally knew more than others. He could understand the meaning of Lu He's摇头.

Putting aside the fact that they could only rely on Yang Ning and Li Hu to deal with the Wood Puppet Ghoul, offending them would only hurt those who lived in Redwood Ridge.

Even if he were truly headstrong and disregarded the Wood Puppet Ghoul, could he win if he clashed with Yang Ning and Li Hu?

Yang Ning and Li Hu were both Earth Burrowing Realm experts, and their strength was even a notch above Luo Ming, the strongest person on the Redwood Ridge side.

Therefore, considering everything, he could only endure, no matter how angry he was!

Even if he felt that what he had just said hadn't actually insulted the two of them, and that this slap was undeserved, there was nothing he could do.

Hong Mu suppressed the frustration on his face, nodded to Lu He, and was about to apologize to Li Hu.

Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Li Hu spoke first.

“Still young? Looking at him, he's at least in his twenties, with only a Wood Chopping Realm cultivation. It's one thing to be useless, but he can't even control his own mouth. If there's a next time, it won't just be a slap!”

Hong Mu's face instantly flushed with blood. The anger he had already suppressed immediately surged up, and he no longer cared about Lu He's obstruction, directly retorting angrily:

“You're so strong, how come the Wood Puppet Ghoul escaped four times? Was I wrong just now? The Wood Puppet Ghoul's strength is already above you two. It's very likely that it was deliberately toying with us the previous four times.”

Hong Mu's retort stunned Li Hu for a moment.

He obviously hadn't expected Hong Mu to dare to shout back at him so loudly.

When he came to his senses, he was immediately furious:

“You little bastard, you dare to bark back!”

As he cursed, he had already rushed forward towards Hong Mu.

“Sir, please have mercy!”

Luo Ming's voice didn't stop Li Hu's actions.

Pa…

This time, his slap was heavier, and the sound it made was louder. Almost everyone who had come over with Luo Ming heard it.

Li Hu slapped Hong Mu in the face, but he wasn't finished.

While he hadn't fallen to the ground, he delivered another heavy kick, sending him flying five or six meters.

“Mu'er!”

Hong Gang, who was following behind Luo Ming, rushed forward to help his son up. After checking the injuries on his son's face and body, he looked back at Li Hu, his expression already extremely angry, but he still didn't lose his temper. He just asked in a deep voice:

“Sir, it was just a few words of discussion, was it necessary to strike so hard?”

Hong Gang probably felt that he was being extremely restrained by only asking a question.

But from Li Hu's perspective, this question was clearly a serious provocation.

“You ant-like thing, how dare you question me?”

“Sir, could you please be more mindful of your words? Although we are ants, we are at least risking our lives to cooperate with you two in hunting the ghoul. Why must you humiliate us like this?”

Luo Ming blocked Li Hu, who was about to rush towards Hong Gang, his tone low and his face extremely ugly.

From the moment the other party uttered the word “ant” from his mouth, he knew that this matter would be difficult to simply gloss over.

If it were someone else, he could still have Hong Gang give him face, but not only was Hong Mu beaten, but Li Hu even cursed Hong Gang when he came over. There was no way to resolve this.

The words Hong Mu said didn't just represent his own thoughts. The people in his team were also discussing the same thing.

After the Wood Puppet Ghoul escaped four times, everyone already had some opinions about Yang Ning and Li Hu, including him.

Adding this incident on top of that, if he didn't take a tougher stance, the temporarily united group would immediately fall apart.

He didn't expect Li Hu to understand him, to cooperate with him in putting on a show. Over the past few days, his impression of Li Hu had gotten worse and worse. This person was strong, but his personality was reckless and his temper was violent. He didn't think much about what he did or said.

The facts were just as he had expected. Li Hu didn't understand his meaning at all, and seemed to feel offended by him, his face even angrier.

“Alright, Hu Zi, don't go too far.”

Fortunately, Yang Ning appeared and stopped him.

Seeing Yang Ning approach, Luo Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, both Yang Ning and Li Hu clearly looked down on them. Every time they spoke to these people, they exuded a strong sense of superiority.

But in comparison, Yang Ning was obviously more reserved, and his personality was calmer. He was more mature and stable in his actions than Li Hu.

So, what he said just now was ostensibly to Li Hu, but actually to Yang Ning. He knew that Yang Ning would definitely understand his meaning, cooperate with him in putting on a show, and stabilize Hong Gang and his group.

Unfortunately, Yang Ning did cooperate, but Luo Ming had clearly miscalculated the anger that had been building up in Hong Gang's heart over the past few days.

Looking at the injuries on his son's body, Hong Gang couldn't help but stand up, cupped his fist and bowed to Luo Ming, and said in a deep voice:

“Alright, Leader Luo, I won't say much. Everyone in my Dachuan Camp is trash. Staying here, I'm afraid, will offend the eyes of the two adults. I'll take my leave.”

What was even more fatal was that as soon as Hong Gang spoke,

Huang Yong, Lu He, and Chen Ying also spoke up.

“We feel the same way. We hope Leader Luo will forgive us.”

“The Wood Puppet Ghoul probably won't appear anyway. Since we can't kill it, there's no point in wasting time here. Leader Luo, I'll take my people and leave.”

“I think so too. Leader Luo, the Huangzhao Camp will also take its leave.”

Seeing that the four camps he had managed to win over yesterday were all asking to leave, Luo Ming was immediately overwhelmed. He wanted to say something to keep everyone, but he didn't know what to say. His opinion of Li Hu also grew worse and worse.

“Who's there? Hiding over there, get out!”

While everyone was silent, Yang Ning suddenly turned his head and shouted angrily towards the east.

The others thought that the Wood Puppet Ghoul had appeared, and they all turned their heads to look in the direction he was looking.

Only to realize that it wasn't.

A burly young man quickly jumped down from a tree, walked to a spot more than ten meters away from the crowd, looked around, then bowed his head, cupped his fist, and said in a deep voice with a worried expression:

“I am Xia Hong, the leader of the Daxia Camp. May I ask which one of you is Leader Luo Ming? I have an urgent matter to inform him of.”

The readership has exceeded a thousand, and it is still continuing to rise. Thank you to all the bosses who have been reading during this time. Besides speeding up the word count, I have nothing to repay. The early stages are slow to write and slow to publish. It is normal for everyone to feel uncomfortable reading. It is completely understandable to raise books, but I only ask to come in and click to read every day. Everyone understands that the new book period is not intentionally laying the groundwork. Seeing this, there should be a clue. I am seriously and carefully thinking about writing this world, but the protagonist currently has a very low starting point, and I want to write settings but I am afraid of occupying the plot, so I can only do it slowly. Please understand, thank you!