Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

79: Chapter 79: Luo Ming’s Mouth Shines Brightly 79: Chapter 79: Luo Ming’s Mouth Shines Brightly The distance between Great Xia and Rogel Camp is actually just four kilometers.

Although he’d taken the logging team through it once before, this time it was different.

Instead of just leading Xia Chuan and six others, he was leading all three hundred forty-one people from the camp, which required consideration of many more aspects and was significantly more challenging.

Luckily, Luo Ming seemed genuinely eager to leave, and just after nightfall on the second day, he hurried over from the direction of Redwood Ridge, accompanied by Li Baihe, Xu Kang, Shang Ping, and others.

The Great Xia people, who had prepared for a night in advance, were more than ready.

In fact, apart from people, there was not much to carry at all.

Clothing, for instance; of more than three hundred people in Great Xia, fewer than a hundred had a beast skin skirt to wear, with more than half coming from those who merged into the camp from Da Shi.

The remaining two hundred plus wore dry leaf clothes, and typically they just slept on a layer of dry grass.

These materials could be gathered locally at any time and so did not need to be carried.

As for food, there were only the crystal fruits currently in storage, totaling over twenty-four thousand pounds, which could be divided up among the young adults to carry.

Additionally, there was only one freshly hunted Snow Mane for Cold Beast meat, which simplified matters further.

Regarding the wood accumulated during this time, Xia Hong had converted it all into fixed resources and stored it in the system along with the Iron Refining Furnace and other buildings, eliminating the need for physical transportation and making it even more convenient.

It is worth mentioning that once physical items are converted into resources, they can only be used for system construction.

Xia Hong had previously left out some without conversion to allow people to use wood to make tools.

With so few items to pack and a day of prior preparation, Xia Hong quickly completed the itinerary deployment.

As always, one hundred thirty-seven young adults at the forefront, with Shang Ping clearing the path at the very front;

One hundred forty-nine children under the age of thirteen in the middle, led and protected by Xu Kang, Li Baihe, and seven from the Logging Realm;

Forty-four older individuals in the third echelon;

Xia Hong and Luo Ming, along with Xia Chuan and ten from the Logging Realm, were responsible for the rear.

“Move out!”

After Xia Hong finished the deployment, he gave the command.

The entire Great Xia team began their grand northern migration.

This was different from last time when they moved from No.1 Cave to No.4 Cave; back then, the faces of the ordinary camp people were filled with confusion and uncertainty.

This time, everyone in the camp appeared excited and thrilled once they stepped out of the cave and onto the road.

Even the children, grimacing from the cold, had their eyes shining with spirit and longing.

It actually seemed normal.

For everyone around Redwood Ridge, the strength of Rogel Camp was ingrained in their minds; even the children knew that life in Rogel Camp was much better than their own.

The thoughts of ordinary people are naturally naive.

They didn’t understand the difficulties of merging camps, nor did they know how the camp would struggle after Luo Ming left with three from the Earth-digging Realm.

They simply naively believed they were going to Rogel Camp and would obtain everything Rogel Camp had, which naturally made them excited beyond measure.

Xia Hong certainly wouldn’t quash their aspirations; having a goal was better than having none.

Moreover, he was confident that once they reached the other side of the valley, Great Xia’s development and expansion would undoubtedly accelerate, achieving even better living conditions than those previously enjoyed by Rogel Camp was entirely possible.

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With over three hundred people, it was naturally impossible to go through Redwood Ridge and then head north as before.

So this time, the chosen migration route was to head north directly from the cave’s earthen slope, passing by Tower Mountain and the camps of Da Chuan and Huang Zhao, finally reaching the valley.

For safety, Xia Hong shortened the length of the team as much as possible, but due to the large number of people, the line extended a full fifty or sixty meters.

With already poor visibility in the snowy night, Xia Hong, lagging at the end of the long line, soon lost sight of what was happening at the front.

He then moved to the side of the line with Luo Ming to a position that allowed better observation before rejoining the procession.

“Brother Xia Hong, there’s no need to be too tense.

Cold Beasts rarely move at night, nor are we in Redwood Ridge.

We just passed Tower Mountain; another two kilometers, and we’ll almost be there.”

Recalling that all the Cold Beasts he’d seen at night in Redwood Ridge were indeed asleep, Xia Hong nodded, relaxing a bit.

However, as if the heavens weren’t pleased with Luo Ming’s remarks and deliberately wanted to refute him, just as Xia Hong started to relax, a long wolf howl echoed from the western Redwood Ridge.

“Awooooooo……”

The sound of Frost Wolves.

Xia Hong was slightly alarmed, but recognizing it was just a single Bone Spur Frost Wolf, he quickly felt it was not a significant issue and relaxed again.

But then,

Awooo… Awooo… Awooo…

A series of a dozen or so haunting Frost Wolf howls caused Xia Hong’s expression to change dramatically.

His hairs stood on end as he suddenly looked up and shouted to the front:

“Everyone speed up, move, move, move!”

Luo Ming, not wasting time questioning if his words had jinxed them, reacted similarly to Xia Hong and shouted to the front, “Shang Ping, pick up the pace, Li Baihe, Xu Kang, bring more help over here.”

The wolf howls caused a stir among the crowd, but Xia Hong and Luo Ming’s loud reminders calmed them significantly.

Shang Ping at the front increased the path-clearing speed, and those at the rear endeavored to suppress their panic, continuing onward with the team.

Instead of causing chaos, their movements quickened by several notches.

Meanwhile, Li Baihe and Xu Kang, along with the seven from the Logging Realm, broke away from the group and moved to the western side.

The ten people, including Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng, stood up at the very rear of the team.

Everyone guarded the west side of the team, vigilantly watching Redwood Ridge, precisely where the wolf howls had originated.

But they watched for over a hundred breaths, and after the wolf howls completely subsided,

No one ever saw a shadow of a Frost Wolf.

Hiss…

Suddenly, the snow on the ground shifted incessantly.

A hundred-plus meters away, a dozen streaks of snow waves emerged out of thin air, rapidly approaching from afar toward the team.

“What are those?

Weren’t they Frost Wolves?”

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the snowflakes swirling high in the air, filled with confusion— the howls were undoubtedly those of Frost Wolves.

But what was happening with these snowflakes?

A sudden insight flashed through Xia Hong’s mind, and his face changed dramatically.

As he brandished the Shock Frost Saber and moved away from the snow, he shouted out to everyone in a startled voice:

“Below, below, they’re all in the snow!”

Everyone immediately reacted, hurriedly drawing their weapons and swiftly retreating from the snowy area.

“Xu Ning, Qiu Peng, you two climb the trees, the rest come block with me.”

As soon as Xia Hong finished speaking, Luo Ming also realized what was happening.

He quickly turned to the rear, “Bai He, Wang Dong, Wang Yu, the three of you climb the trees, hurry.”

Everyone’s reaction was already very swift.

But the Frost Wolves were faster.

Just as Luo Ming spoke, three mighty Frost Wolves suddenly burst from the snow before them, targeting Luo Ming, Xia Hong, and Xu Kang.

Following closely were a dozen or so smaller Frost Wolves.

Seven or eight charged at Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and others from the Logging Realm, while another four or five bypassed the crowd, sprinting towards the ordinary camp members fleeing northward.

“This is bad!”

As Xia Hong raised his saber to fend off the one charging at him, he turned and saw the four or five Frost Wolves galloping towards the camp members, and his heart sank.