Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

With more than a hundred people working together, the cave entrance was quickly sealed.

Although there was firelight in the cave, sealing the entrance made it much darker.

Perhaps it was the sense of security brought by the enclosed space, but the look of suffering on the faces of the people in the camp diminished somewhat.

However, their expressions remained bewildered, and their faces were full of confusion.

“Brother, what do we do next?”

Xia Chuan's voice immediately caused everyone to focus their attention on Xia Hong.

From the initial identification of Xia Ding's authenticity to the subsequent desperate struggle for survival, and finally the life-saving small fire, it could be said that without Xia Hong, almost no one in the camp would have survived.

At this moment, everyone naturally placed their hopes on him.

Xia Hong could naturally read the reliance in everyone's eyes, and he felt the pressure increase greatly.

In fact, he had no choice but to step forward.

Xia Ding and the logging team had a total of 13 people, and their deaths had been confirmed.

The slaughter just now had killed another 72 people.

He had just counted, and now there were only 154 people left in the camp.

Among them, only 53 were adults.

The reason why these older people stayed in the camp instead of going out with Xia Ding to log and hunt was because they were too weak, and their strength was only at the level of normal people.

Of the remaining 101 people, 25 were close to his age, including himself, and the rest were all between 3 and 12 years old.

He was already the strongest person in the camp.

In addition, he was the son of the former leader, Xia Ding, so it naturally became his responsibility to lead the people of the camp to continue to survive.

Xia Hong put aside his chaotic thoughts, looked around the cave, and quickly made his first decision:

“We can't stay here. Pack up your things, and we'll move out when it gets dark.”

The monster at Redwood Ridge already knew the location of the camp and could come back at any time.

Continuing to stay here would definitely lead to death.

“Brother, which cave are we moving to?”

“West, to Cave Four.”

Humans in this world spend almost their entire lives, from birth to death, evading.

Evading the daylight, evading the ice tides, evading the cold beasts, evading the monsters.

Under constant evasion, humans have long developed the habit of having multiple hiding places.

The Great Xia Camp was no exception.

Having lived in Redwood Ridge for decades, the Great Xia Camp had already opened up six hiding places, all of which were caves.

The six caves were only five or six hundred meters apart on average, all distributed in a ring around the eastern slope of Redwood Ridge.

They were currently in Cave One, and Cave Four was the farthest from Cave One. To be safe, Xia Hong chose Cave Four.

The others naturally had no objections and all turned to leave, packing up their things according to Xia Hong's orders, preparing to move away after nightfall.

During this interval, Xia Hong focused his attention on the camp system, which he hadn't had time to examine carefully.

【Camp: Great Xia (Level 0)】

【Lord: Xia Hong】

【Territory Population: 154】

【Resources: Wood 15, Coal 0, Iron 0, Silver 0, Gold 0】

【Building: Small Fire Pit (Level 1) Daily Consumption Wood 2 (Placed)】

Small Fire Pit: Can greatly increase the temperature in a ten-meter radius, and has a deterrent and killing effect on low-level monsters, but also has a strong attraction to cold beasts.

Special Function: Every 10 units of wood resources burned will generate a special small torch, with similar functions to the small fire pit, which can be carried around.

Resources required to upgrade the small fire pit: Wood 200, Iron 50

Below the already opened interface, there were also eight gray and dim options:

Wooden Dummy, Bamboo Fence, Marker Stone, Medicine Pot, Loess Soil, Grinding Stone, Small Wooden Table, Coarse Iron Chain.

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and he chose the Wooden Dummy, and immediately a message appeared:

Wooden Dummy (Unbuilt)

Resources required for construction: Wood 100, Iron 20

Sure enough, the other seven buildings all required resources to unlock.

The construction of six of the buildings required wood, coal, and iron.

The small wooden table required silver, and the last coarse iron chain required gold.

Having witnessed the power of the small fire pit, Xia Hong naturally coveted these buildings.

But the reality was that, not to mention the gold and silver later on, he hadn't even seen coal in the month he had been in this world.

Just upgrading the small fire pit to level two required 200 wood and 50 iron.

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and he walked to the side of the cave wall.

On the ground were three large trees, each about thirty meters long and more than three meters thick.

Although Xia Hong had not gone out to log wood, he had seen the nearby forest at the entrance of the cave this month.

The trees in this world grew terrifyingly.

Not only did they grow terrifyingly, but their weight was also exaggerated.

Due to the low temperature, the outer bark of all the trees was covered with a layer of ice crystals, greatly increasing the difficulty of felling.

Without a basic strength of five thousand pounds, there was no possibility of felling them at all.

This was also why logging had become a symbol of strength.

Every time Xia Ding went out to log, he basically chose the thinnest ones.

It wasn't that he didn't want to choose thicker ones, but they simply couldn't cut them down.

Even if they were lucky enough to cut them down, they were very likely unable to carry them back.

Xia Hong looked at the three large trees on the ground, his eyes thoughtful.

“These three are probably 15 units of wood, which means that if I want to upgrade the small fire pit to level two, I need at least twenty trees like this, plus 20 units of iron.”

Thinking of this, Xia Hong shook his head and quickly stopped his thoughts.

Not to mention twenty trees, according to what Xia Ding and the members of the logging team had said before, even cutting down trees was a problem before their strength broke five thousand pounds.

Not to mention iron, probably only the Rogue Camp had it around the entire Redwood Ridge.

“Right now, survival is the top priority. In addition, I need to step up my cultivation. I was thinking of following the routine and breaking through five thousand pounds in a month, but now it has to be as fast as possible!”

Xia Hong muttered to himself, feeling a strong sense of urgency.

15 units of wood were only enough for the small fire pit to last for seven and a half days.

They could endure it at night, but during the day, if there was no fire to keep warm, people in the camp would freeze to death.

… … … …

It wasn't that they hadn't experienced daylight before, but for the people in the camp, these four hours of daylight today were particularly difficult to endure.

On the one hand, they had just suffered a disaster and lost many relatives, and their mood was already low.

On the other hand, they knew that they would be migrating at night, and they all had a sense of uncertainty about the future.

But no matter what, this day was finally over.

Xia Hong pried open a crack in the cave entrance and looked outside.

It was already night outside, and although there was no bright light, the ice crystals and snowflakes decorated the earth with silver, and the visibility was still acceptable.

Of course, the most important thing was that the temperature rose as soon as it was night.

Xia Hong turned his head and looked at all the camp members behind him carrying luggage.

He had already divided the 154 people into three groups.

The first group of 40 were all adults, both men and women;

The second group consisted of 76 children and 13 adult women;

The third group was him and Xia Chuan, plus another 23 young adults.

“The adults lead the way, divide out twelve people to carry the three trees.

All the children are in the middle, and you thirteen women take good care of them.

Xia Chuan, and you twenty-three, stay behind with me.

Don't mess up the formation. If anything happens, blow the bone whistle first. Don't shout, lest you attract trouble. Do you understand?”

“Understood!”

Hearing the unanimous reply from the crowd, Xia Hong waved his hand to signal them to set off.

A group of more than a hundred people walked out of the cave one after another.

After the last group of people had left, Xia Hong turned back to look at the small fire pit.

As his mind moved slightly, the small fire pit suddenly went out, and the status at the end of the small fire pit in the camp system also changed back to unplaced.

After dealing with the fire pit, Xia Hong immediately trotted to follow behind the team.

The group set off westward, their white fur animal skin coats blending in with the color of the snow, as if gradually melting into this cruel and merciless ice and snow world.