Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 913: Chapter 345: Luo Ming, Mirror Valley Defense Commander, Beast Tide, Great Xia’s 6 Armies

Great Xia, Year Seven, September Ninth, the latter half of the night

The disturbances caused by Xia Hong’s breakthrough within the Inner City in the first half of the night are not the focus now. For those stationed outside the city and within the Great Xia Territory, early September marks an extraordinary period.

Though Crystal Fruits, which can merely stave off hunger without offering cultivation benefits, are not considered precious resources in Great Xia today, they are still classified as key stockpile materials by the Harvesting Department.

The reason is simple: first, when mashed and mixed with water, and supplemented with Beast Meat powder, they can be made into a nutritious rice pudding for children, significantly enhancing a child’s physique; second, Crystal Fruits can serve as a staple and, when ground into powder, are an aromatic spice that significantly enhances the taste of food.

Since Crystal Fruits are vital reserve materials, the Ice Trees that bear them naturally become focal interest for the Harvesting Department.

The most frequently transplanted tree species along the main roads of the Outer City of Great Xia is indeed the Ice Tree. Some curious individuals have counted a total of 582 Ice Trees in the Outer City, and as the Hunting Department makes continual progress in exploring the three critical resource areas, the number is rapidly increasing.

Compared to the early days of Great Xia, when searching for even a few Ice Trees posed life-threatening risks, the sheer number of 582 trees within Xia City today is astounding. Many believe Great Xia has transplanted every Ice Tree from the resource areas of Redwood Ridge, Arrow Bamboo Forest, and Long Mountain into Xia City.

“They must have transplanted them all back; in the early days at Rogel Camp, we only found 21 Ice Trees around the outskirts of Redwood Ridge. Even counting other camps, there were likely no more than 50. 582 trees is certainly a lot.”

“How could they have transplanted every single tree back to Xia City? All the outposts need resources too. Leaving not a single Ice Tree, you can’t rely on Beast Meat as a staple. After all, Beast Meat is a cultivation resource that Xia City, with over 800,000 residents, is still lacking!”

At the south entrance of the Mirror Valley post, approximately twenty individuals gathered.

Li Baihe heard Xu Kang’s words behind him, immediately refuted him, then smiled and said, “Back in the day, Rogel Camp’s activity range was limited, just a kilometer outside the eastern side of Redwood Ridge. It’s not unusual to have found only 21 Ice Trees then. Now, let’s not even talk about that one kilometer; an area of several kilometers outside the eastern side of Redwood Ridge is already part of Xia City. The activity range is much larger, so naturally, the total count of Ice Trees is far beyond what we could have imagined.”

After saying this, he paused and continued, “The total of 582 Ice Trees transplanted to Xia City doesn’t mean the Hunting Team only found that many. Xia City hasn’t just transplanted this kind of trees. Chen Xiang, Green Water, Blue Jade, Green Saliva, Xianghan, Bai Zhi, Jade Bone, Cold Tong…there are dozens of precious tree species needing space for transplantation. The Ice Tree takes advantage of its role as a staple, otherwise, the city wouldn’t allocate so much space for it.”

Xu Kang then realized, lightly nodding.

“Alright, I brought you here tonight specifically to observe the military strength; why are you discussing Ice Trees instead?”

At the head of the group, Luo Ming, the Mirror Valley Defense Commander, turned back and interrupted the two who wanted to continue the conversation.

Though Luo Ming held the title of Mirror Valley Defense Commander, Li Baihe and Xu Kang, being comrades through life-and-death situations, were not intimidated by him.

Li Baihe nodded with a smile, “We were just using Ice Trees to talk about matters inside the post, big brother. Since you took up the defense post last July, Mirror Valley’s monthly profits have ranged between 300,000 to 350,000, consistently ranking in the top five. Last year wasn’t a full year, so it’s hard to say, but this year is different. In the first eight months, six months have impressive figures. If it weren’t for the Beast Tide in January and May affecting us, how could Mirror Valley’s cumulative profit be just in eighth place?

Now the army finally arrived. If they can solve this every-four-month Beast Tide, we don’t even need to talk about this year. Next year, Mirror Valley’s rise to the top three is assured!”

Upon hearing Li Baihe’s words, Luo Ming, along with Xu Kang, Shang Ping, and more than twenty members of the Luoyang Team all showed expressions of approval.

Particularly Luo Ming, upon hearing Li Baihe’s last statement, was reassured, nodding heavily with a determined face.

Returning to Great Xia was already the fifth year. Luo Ming, together with Li Baihe and other former Rogel members, had long managed to free themselves from the unbalanced, resentful state that came from the disparity in status.

The imbalance arose from the vast difference in status. Nowadays, they clearly understood that the core reason for their status disparity was never identity nor their past actions but simply strength.

Once understanding this clear realization, Luo Ming completely set aside his former identity as the leader of Rogel Camp, fully considering himself an ordinary member of Great Xia.

With this insight, his growth speed became astonishingly fast.

Five years ago, upon returning to Xia City, Luo Ming immediately gathered Li Baihe and his old comrades to form the Luoyang Team. As Luo Ming had already reached the limit of thirty thousand jin in cultivation at the Beehive, and Li Baihe and others were not far behind, the team’s strength wasn’t weak at its inception. They quickly became promoted to an Intermediate Hunting Team the following year.

In the fifth year of Great Xia, which is two Novembers ago, Luo Ming smoothly broke through to become the team’s first Cold Resistance Level expert. In the first half of last year, Li Baihe, Xu Kang, and Shang Ping also made consecutive breakthroughs, leading the Luoyang Team, with its four Cold Resistance Level members, naturally towards advancing into an Advanced Team.