Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 948: Chapter 351: Lu Yang’s Plan, Drastic Change in Xia City, Sumeru Nightmare, His Highness’s Golden Words_2

As Xia Hong was about to get up, a thought suddenly crossed his mind. With a slight curiosity on his face, he smiled and asked Lu Yang, “That He Wuyang, he must have some leverage in your hands, right?”

Last night, Xia Hong had witnessed the scene where He Wuyang was angrily rebuked.

He Wuyang’s strength was indeed not as strong as Lu Yang and the others, but he was from the Beishuo Inspection Office. Even if he wasn’t as strong as Lu Yang, he shouldn’t be rebuked to the point where he didn’t dare to speak.

Normally, for Lu Yang to rebuke the Beishuo Inspector like that would be a blatant disrespect, as it harmed the prestige of Beishuo. If He Wuyang reported it to the Inspectorate, Lu Yang, even if he didn’t die, would probably get skinned.

The only explanation was that he had leverage in Lu Yang’s hands.

The fact was just as Xia Hong suspected.

Lu Yang chuckled and said, “That He Wuyang, his courage is too great. Two years ago, he secretly colluded with a giant camp along the North Mountain line to secretly mine the largest Meishan Silver Mine within Jingxi, accumulating a total of 1.47 million pounds. When the secret was exposed later, he even sent people to silence witnesses.

Unfortunately, the people he sent were greedy, and together with Zhao Hu, we acted quickly to rescue the leader and some members of that camp. Now they’re all kept at the East Ridge Base.

The ledgers of He Wuyang’s group secretly mining the silver mine, along with his correspondence with two Meishan Silver Mine managers, are all in my hands. Naturally, he dares not offend me.

In the past two years, Zhu Tong thought I was being ostentatious because I was currying favor with Gu Tianxiong. He never suspected that I had such a significant piece of leverage on He Wuyang, haha.”

As he finished, Lu Yang looked quite pleased with himself, starting to laugh.

“1.47 million pounds, He Wuyang, along with two silver mine managers, wouldn’t have had the nerve to do this, right? There must be others from Beishuo City involved too, right?”

Xia Hong keenly noticed something unusual and asked softly, seeing Lu Yang nod, he knew Lu Yang understood, so he didn’t say more.

“Alright, you all keep busy, I’ll head back to Xia City first!”

Hearing Xia Hong was leaving, Lu Yang quickly stood up, walked to the center of the main hall, and opened the entrance to the passage.

The East Ridge Secret Passage was so important, naturally, he had to place it in the safest location. What place could be safer than this main hall in the entire East Ridge Base?

As Xia Hong looked at the passage entrance, he shook his head: “I won’t take the secret passage. This is right within Beining Mountain’s territory, I’ll head south a bit to see the top of Twin Dragon Valley. Descending from there leads directly to Xia City, much faster.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang remembered that Xia Hong could already fly in the sky, unlike ordinary folk like them, and immediately nodded along with the other six, seeing Xia Hong off.

Xia Hong walked out of the hall, waved his hand indicating no need to see him off, and flew straight into the depths of Beining Mountain towards the south.

The East Ridge is located fifteen kilometers deep on the north side of Beining Mountain, only over twenty kilometers away from the west side of the Double Dragon Mountain Wall. Xia Hong flew south for a while, then changed direction west, all the way to the location of the Double Dragon Mountain Wall.

The Double Dragon Mountain Wall is over two thousand meters high. Normally looking up from below doesn’t seem tall, but looking down from the cliff is a different story.

Cloud layers are the birthplace of snowflakes. Large, thick cloud layers are the best condition for large-scale snowfall, and in an extremely cold, perpetually snowing environment like the Ice Abyss, the cloud layer’s thickness far exceeds ordinary imagination.

At the moment, Xia Hong stood at the edge of the cliff, the clouds beneath his feet, feeling the extremely low temperature within the clouds clearly.

The clouds had thickened to a different kind of gray, resembling the surface in snowfield areas, giving an illusion of being able to step on it.

Xia Hong gazed down at the clouds for a moment, a subtle expression flashing in his eyes.

“The Twin Dragon Valley, where Great Xia is located, should be at the very center of Beining Mountain above the mountain wall, which is nearly the deepest part of Beining Mountain. Just going to take a look shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Xia Hong wanted to check out that area for another reason: in Xia City, they frequently heard loud roars from above the mountain wall, and he wanted to figure out what those roars were.

If it were some powerful Cold Beast, preparations would need to be made in advance. After all, Xia City is just below, and if one day Cold Beasts fell from the cliff, it wouldn’t be good.

Xia Hong did not continue flying in the sky but landed on the ground, sprinting along the western cliff heading south.

There are quite a few avian Cold Beasts on this side of Beining Mountain, including some Beast King Level birds. Flying in the sky could provoke unnecessary trouble, and this place is too deep; who knows if a stronger Cold Beast might emerge.

Beining Mountain extends over a span of over one hundred fifty kilometers south to north. The midpoint is seventy-five kilometers, adding the East Ridge’s fifteen kilometers depth; he went sixty kilometers south to get there.

“The density of advanced Cold Beasts is quite high, and there are some Beast King Levels, but they’re at least five or six kilometers away from the cliff. Even if a battle breaks out, it shouldn’t reach below. Where did Xia City hear the roaring noises from?”

Xia Hong sensed the distribution of Cold Beasts in the cliffside area, pondered briefly, and then turned towards the western mountain wall’s cloud layer.

Could it be the avian Cold Beasts living between the mountain walls?

With a serious expression, he didn’t hesitate and slowly ascended into the air, leaping into the clouds, descending slowly downwards.

Whoosh…..

The moment his body entered the cloud layer, a chill penetrated deep into his bones. Without hesitation, Xia Hong immediately harnessed the power in his bone marrow, raising his body temperature and quickly evaporating the surrounding cloud layer.