Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 394: Chapter 192: Beehive Predicament, Surge in Earth-digging Realm

Three days ago, on the fifth day of May in the First Year of the Great Xia

Ten miles outside the northern side of Jing Valley, three somewhat hurried figures finally stopped in the snow.

Puff...

Chen Yingyuan, having held on for a long time, as soon as he relaxed, the blood he’d been repressing in his throat burst out immediately. His body wobbled, and if it weren’t for Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing’s timely support, he might have fallen straight to the ground.

”Elder brother, are you okay?”

”Chief, are you alright?”

Chen Yingyuan waved slightly, indicating he was fine, then turned his head to look south, still with a trace of horror in his eyes.

”Originally, I thought that since He Yuanhun got into trouble, we could take advantage and extend our reach to Arrow Bamboo Forest, but Xia Hong’s power is so terrifying. I estimate that even if the three of us join forces, we might not be able to take him down!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yingba lowered his head, with both hatred and self-blame in his eyes.

Wu Tianxing, standing aside, also showed a serious expression on his face and said, ”That Xia Hong probably saw through us hiding in the back from the start. Judging by his final reaction, I suspect he had thoughts about leaving us behind but wasn’t completely sure, so he didn’t make a move...”

Saying this, he paused slightly and continued while looking at Chen Yingyuan: ”I think this person is not stupid. The chief’s plans should be clear to him. This person seems even harder to deal with than He Yuanhun. We’ve already fallen out with him. From now on, we should be more cautious.”

Hearing these words, a trace of regret appeared on Chen Yingyuan’s face.

Wu Tianxing’s meaning was clear. The guy isn’t stupid—the fact that he brought two Cold Resistance Levels over and made the first move to test things was obvious to Xia Hong.

From the moment he chose to probe, the conflict between the two camps was already set and could not be altered.

If only he had directly apologized earlier, rather than being so greedy.

”Finally got rid of one tough guy, just thought things could be more comfortable, and out comes an even tougher one. I was confused. How can Xia Hong be this powerful, and additionally...”

Chen Yingyuan muttered to himself for a while, then suddenly thought of something, turned to Chen Yingba, and asked sternly: ”That Great Xia Camp, what’s the story? Didn’t you say that a year and a half ago, they were just a mid-sized camp, and the leader must have come across some opportunity to become this strong, and that they barely had any in the Earth-digging Realm? Is that the case?”

Not many in the Earth-digging Realm?

Just now in those six wooden houses in Jing Valley, Chen Yingyuan sensed at least a hundred presences in the Earth-digging Realm, some even six or seven, had started reshaping their skin.

And this was just Jing Valley, not even their main camp.

The intelligence Chen Yingba provided earlier didn’t match any of that.

How could Chen Yingyuan not feel angry?

At this moment, Chen Yingba also had an angry expression on his face and said in a deep voice: ”Brother, I’m not lying to you. This information was told to me by a team leader named Luo Ming in the Hunting Team.”

”That Luo Ming joined the camp last year. He claimed to have come from a camp east of Redwood Ridge and had a decent relationship with the leader of the Great Xia Camp.”

”At that time, when I heard him say that Great Xia was so weak, I thought there must have been some accident at Mirror Immortal Camp, and this Great Xia just took advantage of it, so I came on my own.”

There was no need for Chen Yingba to continue explaining the subsequent situation.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yingyuan did not speak, but lowered his head and pondered.

He naturally trusted his blood brother Chen Yingba.

The coincidence was that he vaguely remembered this Luo Ming.

”Was it that Luo Ming who joined the camp last year with three Earth-digging Realm individuals, totaling twelve people? If I remember correctly, he said back then that their Rogel Camp was wiped out by a deceitful monster, and they barely escaped, right?”

Chen Yingba nodded and said, ”That’s right, brother, it’s him.”

Wu Tianxing added at this time, ”I know him too. This Luo Ming has quite some skill and seems to lead a Hunting Team. Among the eleven who came with him last year, eight are already in the Earth-digging Realm, all in his team.”

Chen Yingyuan’s brows furrowed even tighter.

No matter how good Luo Ming’s skills were, he was just a team leader under the Hive Hunting Team, likely not even reaching the limits of the Earth-digging Realm.

How could someone like that be on good terms with Xia Hong, who almost killed him earlier? How is this possible?

Either this Luo Ming lied;

Or, this Xia Hong truly encountered some incredible opportunity, transforming from an Earth-digging Realm individual to such power in just a year and a half?

Considering this possibility, a strong sense of greed rose within Chen Yingyuan, but it only lasted three or four breaths before the recent perilous encounter with Xia Hong flashed in his mind, and he quickly suppressed it.

He had just barely survived; he couldn’t indulge in fantasy any further.

”No matter what, this Great Xia must not be provoked at any cost—we need to be even more cautious than with the Mirror Immortal Camp. He Yuanhun was personally intimidated by someone from Long Mountain in the past; Xia Hong was not, who knows if he might suddenly turn on us at this critical juncture...”

Seeing his brother not finishing the sentence, Chen Yingba was somewhat puzzled.

However, Wu Tianxing, evidently knowing something, asked in a low voice, ”Chief, is the situation over at Long Mountain not good?”

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yingyuan nodded and said, ”Last month’s Longshan Alliance had only ten camps participating. This time, Zhaoyang Camp was even more excessive than last year; they didn’t send a single person, blatantly disregarding Long Mountain.”