Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 410: Chapter 197: Cloud Jiao Advances, Beast Blood Consumption (Part 2)

“I heard from the people of Great Xia that the Minister personally killed a monster back in the day, and also acquired a powerful inheritance. How could his strength be inferior to the Director? I think some people are just spreading rumors.”

“The Minister is the leader’s own younger brother, how could his strength be lacking? Just think about it.”

“No way, the Cloud Jiao Team is definitely expanding soon. I’m just a step away from reaching the Earth-digging Realm, I need to quickly break through and find a way in.”

“I’m going too…”

…

Among the crowd, Hong Yu, Meng Ao, and Zhu Kang were also present. Upon hearing others question Yuwen Dao’s capabilities, their expressions immediately turned defiant.

“Dao is only short of one Intermediate Cold Beast. If it weren’t for this Beast Tide, the Dragon Wu Team would definitely have been promoted first.”

“The Minister is powerful, but I’ve heard he only started using Beast Blood for cultivation last month. His Basic Strength compared to Dao surely still has a gap!”

Hearing Hong Yu and Meng Ao’s indignant tone, Zhu Kang didn’t respond immediately, but after pondering for a moment, he softly said, “There should be a gap in Basic Strength, but have you considered that strength isn’t measured by just that criterion? You’ve all seen that wooden puppet filled with knives in the Craftsmen Department, right?”

Hong Yu and Meng Ao’s expressions faltered slightly, and they fell into silence.

In their hearts, they were inclined to believe that Yuwen Dao was stronger.

All three always believed that the first team to be promoted to Intermediate would undoubtedly be Yuwen Dao’s Dragon Wu Team.

But with reality before them, there was nothing they could do with their dissatisfaction.

“Lord Luo Yuan is coming out, look!”

Hearing the words around, the three quickly looked towards the entrance of the Hunting Department.

Luo Yuan emerged, not alone, but with Qiu Peng and eighteen others.

Today is the day for the Cloud Jiao Team’s promotion, and these eighteen people were evidently the other members of the Cloud Jiao Team, aside from Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng.

All eyes, almost uniformly, focused on the eighteen’s waists.

To be precise, on their waists hung brand new, shiny tokens.

Low-level team tokens are made of pure iron, thus they’re black;

The tokens of Cloud Jiao Team’s nineteen members were also black, but the edges bore ten very clear silver stripes, and the text “Xia” and “Cloud Jiao” had conspicuous red colors.

“Sss… This token is made of Ten-forged Iron!”

“The red text is painted with vermillion powder, right?”

“The tokens of Intermediate teams are really appealing.”

…

Members of the Cloud Jiao Team, hearing the discussions around them and seeing the envious eyes of the crowd, involuntarily puffed out their chests, faces showing pride.

“Cough… cough…”

Luo Yuan slightly coughed twice, then stepped forward, raising his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, and spoke loudly, “The Director is away and can’t return, so today’s promotion of the Cloud Jiao Team will be overseen by me. Now, I’ll announce the rewards for the Cloud Jiao Team…”

Luo Yuan paused before continuing:

“Firstly, as the first team to be promoted to Intermediate, every member of the Cloud Jiao Team will receive an additional reward of 1500 contribution points.”

Secondly, the promotion reward is 500 points per person, and this reward will be available to all teams as long as they are promoted in the future.

A one-time 2000 contribution points!

Wow…

The crowd erupted instantly, eyes filled with envy as they looked towards the members of the Cloud Jiao Team.

The Logging Realm members and ordinary people are not even mentioned; they work hard for one hundred contribution points a month, and sometimes, if they’re lucky to gather special resources, the most they get is two or three hundred. To receive 2000 points at once is fantastical for them;

Members of the Hunting Department are the same.

From the merit list, it’s evident; the strongest Cloud Jiao Team, without considering mining but just hunting alone, accumulates less than 3000 points a month; the Dragon Wu Team’s 1500 points are also decent; further down teams don’t even reach 1000 points.

2000 contribution points, even the outermost land in the valley is priced at this.

“Additionally, let me inform you all that the first nineteen teams to be promoted to Intermediate will receive extra rewards, contribution points ranging from 1400 to 600, whether you can win this reward or not depends on yourselves.”

Upon hearing this, a lot of people below began to show excitement.

The following nineteen, that is the top twenty teams promoted to Intermediate, will receive extra rewards.

They do not need to compete for second place since it’s surely the Dragon Wu Team, and even the next few ranks; however, further down, they still have a chance.

Once the crowd calmed down, Luo Yuan continued:

“Of course, after teams are promoted to Intermediate, they naturally bear more responsibilities. An Intermediate Hunting Team is required to hunt at least ten Intermediate Cold Beasts and thirty Low-level Cold Beasts a month, and besides that, each person’s coal stone and iron ore submission quotas will be adjusted from 2500 and 5000, respectively, to 5000 pounds and 10000 pounds.”

Initial reactions to the increased hunting quotas were minimal, but upon hearing the adjustment to mining quotas, everyone immediately frowned.

Just breaking through to the Earth-digging Realm Basic Strength is ten thousand pounds, iron mining per day is around 100 pounds, coal mining 200 pounds, using Chewing Teeth Chisel can double these, totaling 400 pounds and 800 pounds respectively.

With an increase in Basic Strength, mining output naturally rises too, but it’s generally increased by units of ten thousand pounds.

Take Xia Chuan, for instance, his Basic Strength is over forty thousand pounds, and he can mine 1600 pounds of iron ore per day, if it’s coal, then 3200 pounds.