Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 662: Chapter 276: Integration of Soldiers and Hunters, Military System, and Roll Call Hunt (Part 3)

Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo arrived late, clearly not hopeful, out of the remaining six, Meng Yi and Lu Yang seemed to be confident, likely assured, while the remaining four appeared nervous, clearly still in a competitive state.

Xia Hong’s main concern was to quickly select the three Defense Envoys, as to who would be stationed, he didn’t particularly care. Noticing the downcast expressions of Peng Bo and Chen Yingyuan, he pondered for a moment, then smiled and spoke:

“The Cloud Dragon Army has already emptied the camp’s current Earth-digging Realm Limit, and the corresponding weapons and armor are still undetermined. I anticipate it will be quite a while before we can consider forming a second army, but I can set the qualification criteria for forming an army for you now…”

Naturally, it was impossible for the Great Xia to have only one army to establish a foothold and develop in the Ice Abyss.

The qualification criteria for forming an army means whoever meets the criteria will have the qualification to form a second army!

Upon hearing Xia Hong’s words, everyone’s eyes immediately lit up.

Especially Yuwen Dao, who just lost to Xia Chuan, now clenched his fists looking at Xia Hong, his eyes full of expectation.

“Xia Chuan was right; according to the normal development trajectory, it should wait until you hunting teams have been promoted to Advanced before having the qualification to form an army. Now, the Cloud Jiao just formed the army at the Intermediate level, which is an exception, but this will not happen in the future.

So next, among the hunting teams subordinate to the Hunting Department, whoever first advances to Advanced will be the one to form the second army.”

Advanced Hunting Team!

All the Cold Resistance Level present immediately turned their gaze to Yuwen Dao.

Yuwen Dao knew what the others were thinking, and immediately said: “The assessment method for Intermediate teams to advance to Advanced has long been established by me, as long as you hunt down three different kinds of Advanced Cold Beasts within a single month!”

Upon hearing this requirement, everyone’s expression instantly became nervous.

Only Chen Yingyuan, Peng Bo, and the other four remained calm.

Obviously, these four were confident.

This is no surprise, although there are quite a few at the Cold Resistance Level in Great Xia now, they have not attempted to hunt Advanced Cold Beasts yet, and only Yuwen Dao and Yue Feng have even seen them.

The two of them saw it due to an earlier beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest, an Advanced Snow Mane inadvertently intruded into Mirror Valley, which caused quite a few casualties. If they hadn’t arrived in time to stop it, the casualties would have been greater.

Unlike these Cold Resistance Levels in Great Xia, Peng Bo, Chen Yingyuan, alongside Chen Yingba and Wu Tianxing, have not only seen but likely hunted Advanced Cold Beasts, and it’s only normal for the four of them to be confident.

“Alright, Xia Chuan will stay in Xia City for now, I’ll give you five days to settle all matters related to army formation with Qiu Peng and Mu Dong. Once the structure of the Cloud Jiao Army is complete, set off to replace the garrison at Wushuang, then train troops on one side and garrison at Longyou’s side.”

“Yes, sir!”

After Xia Hong gave his orders, he directly named: “Yuwen Dao, Chen Yingyuan, Chen Yingba, Peng Bo, Wu Tianxing, Luo Yuan, Xu Ning, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, you nine, prepare tonight and enter Redwood Ridge with me for hunting.”

Enter Redwood Ridge for hunting?

Chen Yingyuan and the other four who were called didn’t react much, whereas Yuwen Dao and the other five’s faces froze for a moment before becoming elated after regaining their senses.

Lin Kai, Lu Yang, and the other Cold Resistance Level who were not named showed disappointment on their faces; even Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng were no exception.

The leader is going hunting in the mountains again!

With Xia Hong’s current strength, if he is going hunting, the target is definitely Advanced Cold Beasts. The secondary benefit of accompanying Xia Hong is earning high contribution value, the main benefit is witnessing his actions firsthand and experiencing the leader’s true power, which is something remarkable.

“Among those named, the weakest Yue Feng possesses the Three-Maned Power.”

“With that strength, bringing us along doesn’t add much, that’s why the leader…”

“The strength is still too weak!”

………

Lin Kai, Lu Yang, Zou Yuankai, and the others who have long thought of going hunting with Xia Hong all clenched their fists slightly, their expressions showing disappointment mixed with reluctance.

Everyone’s expressions were seen by Xia Hong, and he naturally understood what was on their minds. Although his heart found it amusing, he still offered words of comfort:

“Alright, keep cultivating, there will be plenty of opportunities to go hunting with me in the future. Tonight, taking the team out is to expand the exploration range of Redwood Ridge, and also to give you a glimpse of the Advanced Cold Beasts, to give you an idea for hunting them in the future, and to minimize casualties.”

After saying that, Xia Hong waved his hand, and everyone bowed before leaving.

The matter of forming the army was, at most, establishing the rules.

To truly have a formal army like Long Mountain and Zhaoyang, cannot be achieved in one go, the most immediate issue at present is equipment.

Just gathering a thousand sets of Hundred Forged Armor and weapons isn’t an easy feat, given Xia Chuan five days, at most, he could only complete the formation of the Cloud Jiao Army, fully forming the army surely isn’t possible.

“Not just the armor and weapons, but also bows, both Longyou Army and Blood Guard Army are equipped with thirty-stone strong bows per person, crafting such high-quality bows in the Artifact Refining Workshop is doable, but making a thousand is no easy matter.”

Xia Hong frowned slightly, these are just the basics; if he remembers correctly, the armor and arrows used by the Blood Guard Army are blood-red in appearance, indicating they’re not made of simple Hundred Forged Iron.

“Li Xuantiang has roughly the strength of Ten-Maned, and those blood-colored arrows were able to threaten him and four other Cold Resistance Level at that time…”

Forming an army is just the first step.

How to enhance the combat capability is also a huge challenge!

Xia Hong turned around and looked at the Map of the Great Xia behind the main seat, letting out a small sigh.