Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 751: Chapter 305: Twists and Turns—Severed Arms, Heads, and a Forced Retreat

”Why did the underground temperature suddenly rise?”

”It’s coming from the main building, is Great Xia playing tricks?”

”Doesn’t seem like a trick, this warmth actually feels quite comfortable!”

”The dewdrops on me have turned into water drops.”

”My Solidified Fire Oil isn’t even applied completely, and the dewdrops are gone.”

”Look at the corpses, the dewdrops on the surface have turned transparent, there’s no more heating up.”

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The Xia Army will gather the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and so will this side of Long Mountain.

Dewdrops appeared simultaneously on the wounds of surviving soldiers and on the surface of the fallen soldiers’ bodies. They also noticed, and Li Xuanling immediately ordered the soldiers to start applying Solidified Fire Oil.

Long Mountain had bought a significant amount of Solidified Fire Oil from Great Xia some time ago, and they still preserved it. For this expedition, Li Xuanling had specially ordered everyone to bring it.

Position at the rear of the camp, a temporary place for storing the corpses of fallen soldiers.

Li Xuanling and a group of Cold Resistance Level witnessed firsthand the corpses’ surfaces; the dewdrops that had originally turned red and warmed up slowly disappeared and turned into ordinary water drops with the rising temperature, expressions both relaxed yet with a touch of heaviness.

”As expected, Great Xia’s methods for dealing with Deceitful Monsters are much more formidable than ours. The entire underground space’s temperature has risen, the wounds on the soldiers and the dewdrops growing on these corpses’ surface have all vanished.”

”No surprise, bringing out an extraordinary item like Solidified Fire Oil, it’s not unusual for Great Xia to have other more powerful treasures.”

”The heat source is coming from the main building, is that treasure located there?”

”This has helped us resolve the Dewdrop Plague too, likely they can’t control the radiation range of this heat source, or they wouldn’t be this kind-hearted.”

”They lost more people in battle, and the infection from dewdrops spread faster. Without quick resolution, if the dewdrops explode and ignite on the corpses’ surfaces, they’d all perish.”

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”How is Second Brother doing?”

Li Xuanling ignored the discussions among the others and instead inquired softly about Li Xuantiang’s condition.

Shortly after the underground temperature rose, Li Xuantiang suddenly fell into a coma.

”He is still unconscious, hasn’t woken up. During the recent battle, Second Young Master just received a knife wound on his back, and the injury wasn’t too deep. How could he suddenly fall into a coma?”

Meng Ying hurriedly responded, full of confusion.

Not only him, but the others around shared the sentiment, evidently baffled by Li Xuantiang’s sudden coma.

”Post guards. The dewdrop issue is resolved, so that’s good. Have the army take a last break for half an hour, then after the half-hour, begin to attack...”

”Leader Li, Xia Chuan has important matters to discuss, hoping Leader Li would grace us with your presence!”

Li Xuanling’s words were interrupted by a sudden voice from the southern side of the camp, and everyone’s expressions changed, turning southward.

”That Xia dog dares to come over, what audacity!”

”Does he think he’s Xia Hong? Leader, let me go capture him.”

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”No rush, wait!”

Li Xuanling gestured for everyone to stay calm temporarily, standing in place with a mix of emotions on her face for quite a while, eventually beginning to walk outside.

”I’ll go alone, inform the soldiers to be prepared to attack at any time.”

”Yes, Leader!”

After issuing the final command, Li Xuanling quickly walked toward the south side.

Not far outside the northern construction zone of the camp, Li Xuanling walked only a kilometer south and immediately saw Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan standing ahead.

Seeing Xia Chuan clad in black not far away, with normal complexion and breathing showing no signs of injury, Li Xuanling’s face showed a fleeting sense of doubt.

When she noticed Chen Yingyuan in yellow clothes behind Xia Chuan also seemed much the same, Li Xuanling clenched the fist hidden under her sleeve.

”Great Xia’s Healing Pills, truly possess astonishing effects!”

During the previous battle, she fought Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan alone, and was very aware of the extent of the injuries her Longsword inflicted on the two.

Returning from the retreat earlier, she even thought these two were likely incapable of continuing the fight, and if they could, the injuries she caused would substantially reduce their strength; she was confident she could kill them in a direct confrontation.

But now, the two showed no signs of injury at all.

If these two were in this condition, was it possible the other seventeen Cold Resistance Level from Great Xia had pretty much recovered as well?

Li Xuanling felt a sudden unease in her heart, with no attention to the fact that she was still over two hundred meters away from Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan.

”Leader Li, the Dewdrop Plague within your camp has disappeared, hasn’t it?”

Li Xuanling paused her steps, looking up at Xia Chuan with a smile, her expression slightly tense, as if pondering deeply.

”Leader Li, I’ve saved Long Mountain indirectly once now.

Li Xuantiang has problems, which both you and I are aware of. In the recent battle, you’ve likely lost about six hundred, and if we fight again, your casualties will be higher; by then, even without Great Xia’s intervention, Li Xuantiang could spell doom for you;

Moreover, my leader is attacking Long Mountain. Are you sure you still want to waste time here with me? Only five hours until daylight, if you withdraw your army now, go through the tunnel to aid Long Mountain, you can still make it, but when daylight arrives, you’ll have no chances left.

Leader Li, heed my advice, lead the army......”

”Are you afraid?”

Before Xia Chuan could finish his words, Li Xuanling suddenly interrupted.

Observing Xia Chuan’s slightly stiffening expression, Li Xuanling’s eyes grew colder as she spoke, ”We’ve fought this far, do you truly think I’ll retreat?”

”Leader Li, regarding casualties, Long Mountain isn’t comparable to Great Xia. In the recent battle, we lost nearly three thousand men, even three Cold Resistance Level members died; Long Mountain lives are precious, yet we Xia people are not mere grass. Knowing continued fighting will only benefit that White Dew Gu, I wouldn’t have come here as a mediator otherwise!”