Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

27: Chapter 27: Rapid Progress【Seeking Follow-up Reading!】 27: Chapter 27: Rapid Progress【Seeking Follow-up Reading!】 Ice Abyss, Ancient Abyss Era, Prehistoric Civilization, Moao Mountain Range, Nine Human Towns, Five Types of Deceitful Monsters, Cold Resistance Level Warriors…

Due to limited strength, Luo Ming, Shi Qing, and others have lived in Redwood Ridge for decades, never venturing out, nor having any opportunity to communicate with the outside world.

Yang Ning’s words undoubtedly opened their eyes wide.

But at the same time, it also evoked greater worries.

All five types of deceitful monsters inherently evolve through killing.

Even the intermediate-level Crafty Deceit can be unstoppable, even by Cold Resistance Level warriors.

If that Wooden Puppet Monster truly evolves to the intermediate level, there will be no human life path around Redwood Ridge, and they, too, would all be doomed.

Luo Ming’s expression was uncertain, and he stood in place for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and kneeling directly in front of Yang Ning and the other person, pleading:

“Sirs, relying solely on these camps around Redwood Ridge, it’s absolutely impossible to deal with that monster.

I hope the two of you, for the sake of being fellow humans, will have mercy and help us.

As long as you can kill that monster, whatever you want, as long as we can provide it, it’s negotiable!”

Seeing this, Shi Qing realized Luo Ming was seeking a way out for all the camps around Redwood Ridge and immediately led the four people behind him to kneel down as well.

Hearing everyone’s plea, Yang Li and the other person exchanged a glance, and both smiled.

But soon, they put away their smiles.

Then Yang Ning stepped forward and helped Luo Ming up:

“To be honest with Leader Luo, Li Hu and I are scouts from the Imperial Army of Beishuo Town, and we came here by chance while mapping the surroundings of Beishuo.

As fellow humans, meeting is destiny, and we won’t stand by and do nothing.

But as you just saw, this Wooden Puppet Monster is not only powerful but also extremely cunning.

If we don’t come up with a foolproof plan, eliminating it is nearly impossible.

So, if you want our help, you must first agree to one condition of mine!”

“Any condition, as long as we can remove that monster, I agree.”

“Good, Leader Luo is straightforward, so I’ll be direct.

During this period, your Rogel Camp and all surrounding camps must act under our command.

How about that?”

Luo Ming’s heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged, quickly responding:

“I can guarantee Rogel Camp, but the other camps…”

At this point, he turned to look at Shi Qing.

Hearing Yang Ning’s request, Shi Qing had already weighed the pros and cons.

Seeing Luo Ming looking at him, he promptly nodded and said, “Da Shi Camp also has no issue, if that monster isn’t destroyed, everyone’s finished.”

Luo Ming gave Shi Qing a grateful look, then turned back to Yang Ning and continued, “Besides our two, there are still five camps.

I will persuade them one by one, and I believe after explaining the stakes, they won’t refuse either.”

“Leader Luo, it should be four!”

Shi Qing’s words left Luo Ming stunned.

Originally, there were nine camps around Redwood Ridge, but not long ago, two—Iron Peak and Shenju’s—were destroyed by that Wooden Puppet Monster, leaving seven.

Excluding their two camps means there should be five remaining.

Shi Qing pointed to the corpses not far away.

Seeing those bodies on the ground, Luo Ming immediately understood.

“It’s four.

Great Xia must have also fallen victim to that monster!”

All members of the logging team from Daxia Camp were made into puppets, and even Xia Ding couldn’t escape, so it’s almost certain it was obliterated.

Seeing their goal achieved, Yang Li nodded and said, “Since that’s the case, there’s no time to waste.

Leader Luo, notify the other four camps in the next few days to come to Rogel Camp to follow orders, organize all Loggers into patrol teams, and in ten days, begin searching for that monster in the forest.”

Luo Ming nodded and agreed to the orders, inviting Yang Li to Rogel Camp for rest first.

Shi Qing, on the other hand, needed to return to his own camp to arrange matters, confirming with Rogel Camp that they would meet at Redwood Ridge in three days, and then left.

…

Luo Ming and Shi Qing’s judgment that Daxia Camp was destroyed wasn’t without reason.

Small camps lack hunting abilities; to survive, they must have two things: Crystal Fruit and wood, both indispensable.

To be precise, wood is actually more important than Crystal Fruit.

Without Crystal Fruit, you could endure several days with an empty stomach.

But without wood, not to mention getting through the day, you wouldn’t even make it through the night.

So, the importance of logging teams goes without saying: with Xia Ding and all his logging team members dead, it’s almost certain that even if Daxia Camp wasn’t killed by the deceitful monsters, they’d have frozen to death by now.

Of course, what they hadn’t accounted for was the variable that was Xia Hong.

Not only was Daxia Camp not destroyed, but it was actually thriving more than ever.

Using the term rapidly advancing to describe it wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

“Leader, I broke through too!”

On a night returning empty-handed, Xia Hong was not in a good mood.

But upon stepping back into the cave, he heard good news.

Xu Ning also broke through.

Among the five who first received Cold Beast Meat, aside from him, Xia Chuan, and Yuan Cheng, Xu Ning was the last to break through.

Seeing Xu Ning’s excited expression, Xia Hong patted his shoulder and smiled, saying, “At least you won’t have a bitter face any longer.

From tomorrow, you can go out with me!”

Yue Feng, Lin Kai, and others behind Xia Hong burst into laughter.

Xu Ning, embarrassed by their laughter, blushed.

Among the five of them, Yue Feng was the first to break through, followed by Lin Kai, Qiu Peng, and Lu Yang.

Seeing his peers already heading out with Xia Hong, bringing back a tree every night and occasionally some game, he was inevitably anxious, resulting in days spent with a bitter face, focusing solely on training.

“Leader, I’m embarrassed, eating the Cold Beast Meat you risk your lives for every day, unable to help out, and unable to break through the Logging Realm, wasn’t I just a freeloading burden?

Luckily, I broke through now and can finally be of help.”

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong furrowed his brow slightly.

“Are you saying, apart from us eight in the logging team, everyone else in the camp who hasn’t broken through to the Logging Realm is a freeloading burden?”

This question left Xu Ning dumbstruck.

Xia Hong didn’t wait for his answer, instead turning to Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and the others behind him, asking, “Do you all think this way?”

Everyone could sense Xia Hong’s displeasure, so they exchanged glances but remained silent, only using silence to answer the question.

It wasn’t just them thinking this way.

Everyone in the camp thought this way.

Ordinary people unable to break through to the Logging Realm, unable to go out, unable to acquire the slightest resource for the camp, yet constantly consuming the Crystal Fruit and wood they brought back, if not a burden, what are they?

Even now, the Cold Beast Meat they brought back was being distributed.

Since Xia Hong’s successful Small Torch hunts, where he repeated the tactic four times—catching three Snow Manes and one Frost Wolf—totaling nearly five thousand pounds of Cold Beast Blood and flesh.

Yet, Xia Hong still hasn’t changed the camp’s meat distribution rules, keeping it at the usual three-five-two ratio, which had already sparked complaints among them.

Their silent discontent was deafening.

Xia Hong understood their thoughts.

He had planned to solve the issue soon, and now was the perfect opportunity, one he wasn’t willing to miss.

“Chuan, a few days ago you mentioned to me that it was time to change the meat distribution rules.

Now, tell us, how do you propose we distribute?”

Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others, upon hearing this, realized Xia Hong might change the meat distribution rules, and their eyes lit up with anticipation.