Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

42: Chapter 42 Legendary Figure—Luo Feng 42: Chapter 42 Legendary Figure—Luo Feng Speaking of who is most famous around Redwood Ridge, it’s undoubtedly Luo Feng.

The reason is simple; before him, there wasn’t a single Earth-digging Realm warrior or any medium-sized camp around Redwood Ridge.

In the early days, there were a total of sixteen small camps around Redwood Ridge.

Twenty years ago, Luo Feng broke through to the Earth-digging Realm, becoming the first local warrior qualified for hunting.

He then led Rogel Camp to continuous growth, quickly prompting two struggling camps to voluntarily propose merging.

In normal logic, other camps requesting to merge should be a good thing, as there is strength in numbers, but the actual situation was not so.

In a scenario with abundant resources, everyone knows to expand the population to upgrade the overall strength of the camp, but for the struggling small camps around Redwood Ridge, abundant resources were an unattainable dream.

At that time, Luo Feng had just broken through, and the people of Rogel Camp were waiting eagerly for him to hunt Cold Beasts, hoping more could break through to the Logging Realm.

How could they agree to merge other camps?

Even the smallest camp has at least a hundred or two people, and once merged, that’s three to four hundred extra mouths to feed.

No one believed that Luo Feng would agree to allow those two camps to merge.

Even if he agreed personally, the people in Rogel Camp would not allow it.

But the result was that Luo Feng defied opposition and accepted those two camps.

Those two camps could hardly hold on and only had six Logging Realm combatants combined.

The remaining three hundred people had no cultivation.

Everyone thought Luo Feng had an excess of compassion, disregarding his own camp’s situation.

With a sudden population increase, they believed Rogel Camp couldn’t last long.

But once again, they were wrong.

Rogel Camp not only survived well, but Logging Realm warriors emerged like bamboo shoots after rain, growing from more than ten to thirty in just a few years.

It wasn’t just the strength; coal mining, iron ore extraction, even the day-to-day life in Rogel Camp rapidly distanced itself from other camps around, even producing new Earth-digging Realm warriors.

Seeing Rogel Camp thriving, with living conditions improving, almost all camp leaders proactively proposed merging.

During Luo Feng’s tenure, he accepted a total of five camps, nearly a thousand people, showcasing how fast Rogel Camp’s strength improved under his leadership.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that everyone at the time unanimously believed Luo Feng would integrate all the humans around Redwood Ridge, transforming Rogel Camp into a large or even a giant camp.

The remaining eleven camps were all waiting for Rogel Camp to have surplus resources to merge more people.

Unfortunately, an accident not only ended Luo Feng’s legend but also shattered the hope of unifying the camps around Redwood Ridge.

Fifteen years ago, Luo Feng’s hunting team encountered a Deceitful Monster, with all members killed.

He alone narrowly escaped and, for unknown reasons, killed his youngest son and went insane.

The legendary figure fell, and no one at the time didn’t sigh with regret.

The sighs weren’t just for Luo Feng’s downfall but also because the hope of merging into Rogel Camp disappeared.

It turned out as everyone expected; after Luo Ming succeeded as leader, although his development was commendable, it was far inferior to Luo Feng.

In the last fifteen years, only two camps, barely holding on with just over a hundred people, successfully merged into Rogel Camp.

For other camps wishing to merge, Luo Ming rejected them all.

Not only did he reject them, but a few years ago, he specifically gathered the leaders of eight camps to demarcate territories around Redwood Ridge and instructed camps not to cross boundaries, only search for resources within their territories.

Luo Ming’s measures were partly to give weaker camps a chance at survival and partly to root out the idea of merging into Rogel Camp.

If expanding the camp’s population was possible, no one would be foolish enough to refuse.

Everyone understood that the reason Luo Ming acted was because Rogel Camp’s development speed could no longer support expanding the population.

Whether personally or in action, Luo Ming had an excellent reputation.

As the leader of Rogel Camp, his various measures over the years have been supported by almost all surrounding camps.

But comparison is daunting; with Luo Feng’s brilliance before him, no matter how well Luo Ming performed, people still felt he fell short by a margin.

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In an instant, many thoughts about Luo Feng flashed in Shi Qing’s mind.

No kidding, even now, he regards Luo Feng as an idol.

Early on, he imagined countless times how great it would be to merge into Rogel Camp and fight alongside his idol.

Were it not inappropriate, Shi Qing would love to ask if Luo Feng was truly insane and if he could visit him.

Seeing Luo Ming had led them into the wooden house, Shi Qing refrained from overthinking and hurriedly followed with Shi Dong, stepping inside.

However, before entering the wooden house, his brother Shi Dong slowly turned his head, casting a lingering glance at that small wooden house.

From the outside, it looked like a square wooden box.

The interior of the wooden house was entirely different.

As soon as everyone entered, they were enveloped by warmth, making one feel like it was spring inside, in stark contrast to the freezing cold outside.

In a space about fifty to sixty meters wide, a gigantic stone furnace with a diameter of five or six meters stood in the center, burning coal stones brightly, with a chimney for smoke.

On both sides, wooden partitions separated each room, some inhabited, with the sound of conversation.

Behind the furnace was the main hall, with dozens of wooden chairs covered with beast skins, indicating how Rogel Camp outmatched all the camps around Redwood Ridge.

It’s not that making chairs is difficult, but it signifies Rogel Camp’s abundance of wood and beast skins, unreachable by other camps.

The group wasn’t there for the first time, following Luo Ming to the main hall and finding their seats.

Yang Ning and Li Hu headed straight to the top seats.

Luo Ming, the camp leader, surprisingly sat in the third position.

Yang and Li, being the strongest and leading the fight against the Deceitful Monsters, naturally had their seating arrangement respected for the past half month, without objection.

Seeing everyone seated without opening their mouths, Luo Ming glanced at Yang and Li, standing up first.

“Leader Shi has decided to leave, and right now, Da Shi Camp can’t endure any more trouble.

If those two encounter issues, their few hundred people won’t survive.

I can’t hold them back any longer!”

Listening to these words, Shi Qing expressed his gratitude by clasping his fists.

Luo Ming nodded in acknowledgment and then looked at Hong Gang and the others, continuing, “The four leaders, I won’t persuade you much.

That Wooden Puppet Monster, with just us, can’t be dealt with.

If the two esteemed leaders leave, our camps will all suffer.

Consider your choices clearly, Luo won’t stop you.

But let me be clear on one thing.

If you four also choose to exit, I can only bid farewell to the two esteemed leaders.

Solving that Deceitful Monster alone with Rogel Camp is definitely unrealistic.”

After saying this lengthy piece, Luo Ming paused briefly before continuing:

“If worse comes to worst, I can only take my people and flee to another place to find a new way of living.”

With Luo Ming’s words finished, the expressions of Hong Gang and the other four changed drastically.