Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 919: Chapter 346: Formidable Soldiers and Brave Generals, One Against Three, Reason Behind the Beast Tide

The beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest has been going on for so many years. It’s not just Xia Chuan, but anyone who has ever ventured outside of Xia City is pretty familiar with it.

The beast tide comes with the Crystal Fruit’s ripening period, occurring every four months, three times a year. Each time, the tide consists of over ten thousand Cold Beasts, originating from deep within Redwood Ridge. These Cold Beasts emerge from within Redwood Ridge, traversing paths to flood into the Arrow Bamboo Forest, charging eastward into its depths.

Then, when the beast tide ends, one-third of the Cold Beasts gradually return.

The cause of the beast tide is not hard to conjecture. It’s likely that something within the Arrow Bamboo Forest attracts them, and that thing, perhaps akin to vegetation, matures every four months, otherwise, the beast tide wouldn’t be so regular.

Previously, Xia Hong speculated that within the Arrow Bamboo Forest or beyond its eastern side, there must be some vast space. Otherwise, just in the past seven years with twenty-one beast tides, thirteen thousand Cold Beasts have passed through, not to mention before the first year of Great Xia when the beast tide had already begun, making its total number impossible to estimate.

With so many Cold Beasts, it’s improbable they all perished, so definitely some colossal space exists within the Arrow Bamboo Forest or on its eastern outskirts.

Such a treasure that could initiate a massive beast tide, along with a super-large space, doesn’t require the Hunting Department’s orders. For the past five years, any advanced team with some renown has surveyed the Arrow Bamboo Forest.

Even Xia Chuan couldn’t resist giving orders, sending Liu Yuan along with the Cloud Jiao Team, and Yuwen Dao’s Dragon Wu Team, Yuan Cheng’s Dragon Slayer Team, and Luo Yuan’s Tiger Leopard Team have all gone, only to meet the same results as the other teams—returning empty-handed!

If Xia Chuan remembers correctly, by the end of August, the Arrow Bamboo Forest exploration is almost concluding. It’s rumored that only the final few kilometers remain before one can traverse the Arrow Bamboo Forest and reach the easterly outer edge.

"It can be essentially confirmed that there’s no treasure within the Arrow Bamboo Forest, now the only hope lies at the eastern outer edge. The Six Armies have dealt with this round of the beast tide, so in the next four months, the number of Cold Beasts within the Arrow Bamboo Forest will sharply decline. Those last few kilometers could be thoroughly explored, and then the truth will come to light."

Xia Chuan mused for a moment, then addressed Liu Yuan and the others, "Let the few that slip through the net go! Anyway, it’s impossible to kill all the Cold Beasts, so just focus on slaying the formidable ones as best as you can."

Liu Yuan and the others immediately nodded, obeying orders, subsequently leading the Reconnaissance Camp to specifically target injured or those Cold Beasts with considerable hunting value on the battlefield.

No matter how strong the Six Armies are, they can’t possibly kill over ten thousand Cold Beasts. In fact, until now, they have only managed to scatter the beast tide. The number of Cold Beast deaths is at most around thirty percent.

The Elite Scout Camp of the Six Armies rushed in so quickly that it took over ten minutes for soldiers from the other Nine Camps to gradually follow, and their entry signified that the outer beast tide had also been dispersed.

"That’s about it, this round of the beast tide was an initial test. Since the Six Armies can respond perfectly, henceforth the three beast tides every year in the Arrow Bamboo Forest are no longer a concern, and they can even be used as an opportunity to enrich the Great Xia Treasury!"

Xia Chuan surveyed the ground filled with Cold Beast carcasses, revealing a hint of ambition in his eyes.

Beast skins, beast meat, beast bones, and beast blood—are all essential supplies for the camp, and there’s never a camp that has too much, especially Xia City.

In fact, with the increasing population of Great Xia, shortages have already appeared in the inventory of the latter three cultivation resources. Over the past five years, the Camp Supply Department has had to adjust prices almost every year. As of now, the price for beast meat has risen from 1 Contribution Value per 2 pounds to 3 Contribution Values per pound.

For a beast tide as large as that in Arrow Bamboo Forest, as long as it’s within the army’s response range, wouldn’t it just be an excellent time to stock up the Treasury?

Though Xia Chuan was filled with countless thoughts, his actions didn’t slow down. Whether controlling his sword puppet with his left hand or holding the Black Blade with his right, he continually sought out advanced Cold Beasts on the battlefield without pause.

Quickly, within several hundred meters, the Cold Beasts were either dead or fled. It was hard to spot even a few alive ones.

"Head towards the east near the Dragon Martial Army, continue..."

"Minister, Lord, the Lord is to the east!"

Suddenly, a shout came from three to four kilometers away to the east, interrupting Xia Chuan, who was about to issue orders.

He abruptly turned his head to the east and rushed over without hesitation.

"The army will continue advancing eastward, first joining with the Dragon Martial Army, then converging with the other Four Armies, advancing to this eastern side."

"Your subordinates heed the order!"

Liu Yuan and the others also heard that voice, knowing Xia Hong is at the east. Although they wished to go over, they obediently followed Xia Chuan’s instructions, remained in place, and advanced eastward to first join the Dragon Martial Army.

Yuwen Dao had just slain an advanced Demon Sheep, and upon hearing the voice, turned his head to look eastwards, his eyes narrowing as he turned to order the Reconnaissance Camp:

"Hou Quan, you are to temporarily command the army, merge with the other five armies, then move closer to this eastern side."

Originally, the Colonel of the Dragon Martial Army’s Reconnaissance Camp was Zhou Yuan, but last November, with the establishment of the Seventh Army Longyuan Army, Zhou Yuan was promoted to Commander of Longyuan Army, so the Reconnaissance Camp’s Colonel became Hou Quan.

Hou Quan was once captured alive by Xia Hong, harboring grievances for a time, but since three years ago, when Xia Chuan appointed and promoted Hou Jing to the new Director of the Hunting Department, Hou Quan and the other Zhaoyang Hou Family descendants dropped their defenses, becoming completely devoted to Great Xia.

This is the core reason he could be appointed as Colonel of the Dragon Martial Army’s Reconnaissance Camp.