Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 985: Chapter 359: Four Silver Mines, Army Rotation, Urgent Message from Xu Ning, The Third Seventh-Rank Noble

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Hearing Li Xuanling’s words, Xia Hong’s expression slightly froze.

Indeed!

He was only concerned about convenience for himself, completely forgetting everything else.

”Moreover, those three silver mines can be reserved for training the army. Waiting until I break through to the Xianyang Level to solve it isn’t too late either.”

Xia Hong turned to look at Li Xuanling with a trace of resentment on her face, which immediately brought a smile to his face. He nodded and said, ”Alright, let’s do it your way.”

In the past ten days, he had been entirely focused on dealing with those Beast Kings, neglecting Li Xuanling quite a bit. No wonder she felt resentful.

The four of them soon returned to the Long Mountain outpost.

Compared to five years ago, there wasn’t much change in Long Mountain. After all, there were already tens of thousands of people living there, and the basics in the camp were all in place. The only addition was a main building for the government office next to the original main building, following the regulations of Great Xia.

The original main building has now been converted into the exclusive palace for Xia Hong and Li Xuanling.

Xia Hong had mainly stayed at Long Mountain during this time, living in there. Returning to the camp, he led Li Xuanling through with familiar ease.

Yue Feng still had work to do. After dropping off Xia Hong and Li Xuanling at their residence, he immediately took Li Yuankun to the adjacent main building of the government office.

In the last half hour before dawn, Yuwen Dao returned to the Longshan Camp with the Six Armies, carrying over four thousand Thunder Kui. Their arrival naturally caused a stir among the four new military brigades.

Those selected to join the new army were at least former members of intermediate hunting teams, and many were from advanced hunting teams. But seeing so many prey at once was a first for them.

The crucial point was that among those four thousand Thunder Kui, over seventy percent were intermediates, with more than eighty being advanced Thunder Kui.

This was truly terrifying!

Over eighty advanced Cold Beasts, taken down in one night.

What level of strength is this?

”What’s so special about advanced Thunder Kui? I just saw Lord Military Preparation carrying a Thunder Kui only two meters long into the main building.”

”Two meters long, a Beast King level Thunder Kui?”

In the camp, a soldier was initially stunned upon hearing this from a comrade, then quickly realized, and his face showed deep shock.

Thunder Kui is one of the largest kinds of Cold Beasts—low-level Thunder Kui can reach six or seven meters in length; intermediates around ten meters; advanced in their normal form are over five meters and can extend to over thirty meters in combat form.

A Thunder Kui two meters in length could only be a Beast King level.

Long Mountain’s Military Preparation, Li Yuankun, only had mid-stage Cold Resistance Cultivation, so there was no way he killed the Beast King level Thunder Kui.

”It must have been personally slain by the Lord, and Lord Military Preparation brought it back. No wonder I heard from the people in the outpost when we entered the camp that the storeroom of the Longshan Camp Supply Department is nearly full of Beast Meat, Beast Bone, and Beast Blood. They need to arrange transport to bring everything back to Xia City. In one night, over four thousand Cold Beasts; which outpost could hold that?”

”No wonder people in Xia City say that as long as you join the army, you’ll never lack Contribution Value. The contribution points from this one night are worth two to three months of what we would have earned in a hunting team!”

”More than that, since joining the army, things like Dan Medicine, weapons, War Armor, Beast Blood are allocated monthly, and they even give you Contribution Value. Soldiers in the army only need to hand over half of their prey to the camp, so how could they possibly lack Contribution Value?”

”Recently the Lord has been personally commanding the Six Armies here, so things are naturally different. I’ve always heard that hunting teams love to go out with the Lord. No wonder.”

”I wonder if we’ll get a chance to go out with the Lord.”

”Surely, haven’t you heard the Commander say? Bringing our four armies to Long Mountain is precisely to train the army with the Lord.”

”That’s right, we’ve joined the army now. We’ll take it slow, and as long as we build our combat power, sooner or later, we’ll be like the Six Armies, with military contributions and Contribution Value, wanting for nothing.”

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The new soldiers crave stimulation, and the over four thousand prey brought back before dawn by the Six Armies was undoubtedly the best motivation for them, making them realize the vast benefits of joining the army.

It was an unexpected joy. Although the new army hadn’t yet been deployed in battle, the excitement from the prey showed signs of initially boosting morale.

As daylight grew, the soldiers returned to their quarters to rest, and the previously bustling Longshan Camp quickly became quiet.

Of course, this wasn’t unique to Longshan Camp; the entire outpost was similar.

There were already quite a few with Cold Resistance Level in Long Mountain. Especially now, with all but Longyuan of the Great Xia Ten Armies present, people were abundant during the day.

Yet, due to the Ice Abyss people’s habit over many years, many still maintained their original nocturnal schedule, even after reaching the Cold Resistance Level.

The military followed suit, with strict schedules that soldiers had to adhere to, allowing no violations.

Throughout the camp, aside from occasional patrols by Cold Resistance Level, only the five Cold Resistance Level guards remained at the east gate.

”With the Great Xia Ten Armies all in the Longshan Camp, what’s the point of guarding? Who would have the guts to storm in?”

”Heh, I’d actually love it if some fool tried.”

”Stop chatting nonsense. With the Lord and Lady present, if something goes wrong, we’ll be the ones to lose face in front of the Defender, and it won’t end well for us. Just two more hours, it’ll be over soon.”

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There are over five thousand with Cold Resistance Level in Great Xia now. While that’s a lot, it doesn’t mean they’d be reduced to guarding the gates.