Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1273: Chapter 419: Xiang Liang’s Prospects, Dire Situation at Hongmen, the Decapitator Spirit and a Big Score

Probably thinking that developing in Hongmen is better than Jinshan Town, he rented a shop last October and bought the residence at East District No. 85, bringing his family of 12 to settle in Hongmen at the beginning of the year.

After hearing Zheng Xianglong’s information, Bai Shanning was slightly surprised. There are many people like him who have thrived in Hongmen, but those who can buy residences, rent shops, and bring their families to settle here are very few, probably only around two hundred people in the entire city.

No wonder Xiang Liang said this person is somewhat famous.

That’s not right!

Bai Shanning immediately realized something and asked, “What is this person’s strength?”

“18 Zong…”

Upon hearing this answer, Bai Shanning instantly understood why Xiang Liang recognized the deceased’s identity and showed such a solemn expression earlier.

18 Zong, whose strength is almost on par with mine, no wonder he can earn so much money, renting shops and bringing his family to settle and invest.

Of course, the real issue right now is not that.

“18 Zong’s strength was killed silently, this deceitful monster’s strength is getting stronger and stronger, and now it can be basically confirmed that it specifically targets Cold Resistance Level individuals!”

Upon hearing this, Xiang Liang remembered the 32 homicides previously caused by the deceitful monster, nodded and said solemnly, “The density of small torches in the South City now matches that of the North City, yet the deceitful monster can still continue killing. Either it is completely unafraid of the torches, or its concealment methods are extremely clever. Either way, it’s very difficult to deal with!”

Several months ago, at the first sign of monsters in the city, Guardian Lin Kai had already transferred a large number of small torches and solidified fire oil from Xia City to respond.

These two resources are so precious, of course, they cannot be recklessly used. Solidified fire oil aside, unless it’s for official business, one must personally buy it with Contribution Value; small torches are different. Given Great Xia’s current large stockpile and the responsibility of maintaining city safety belonging to the government office, Lin Kai allocated some to be freely installed in the North City to specifically protect the safety of its residents.

Once the torches were placed, the homicide rate in the North City drastically dropped, indeed preventing the deceitful monster. Seeing this, Lin Kai began placing them in the South City, although the density wasn’t as high as in the North City.

But that was at first. As time slowly passed, whether the monster found a pattern to the small torches or its power increased, or for some other reason, people in the city continued to fall victim.

Lin Kai had no choice but to increase the density of the small torches in the South City.

Now, practically every inhabited area in the city has small torches placed.

Yet despite this, people are still falling victim!

Not to mention, the deceased Zheng Xianglong, whose strength ranks at least in the top 500 in the city of hundreds of thousands, was silently beheaded. What about the others of lesser strength if targeted by the deceitful monster?

Xiang Liang lowered his head, rummaged through Zheng Xianglong’s body for a while, and quickly found a black oily substance. He took it out, his face suddenly sank: “Zheng Xianglong had solidified fire oil, why didn’t he use it?”

The Treasure Tower already sells solidified fire oil, and with Zheng Xianglong’s wealth, it’s not surprising that he could afford it. But why didn’t he use it when facing the deceitful monster?

Bai Shanning breathed slightly through his nose, furrowed his brow and said: “He just finished drinking, looking at his expression before dying, he should have been scared, either he didn’t think of using the solidified fire oil, or that thing was too strange, he knew that even using solidified fire oil would be of no use…”

Xiang Liang shook his head slightly, his expression extremely heavy.

The former is still somewhat manageable, but if it’s the latter, it proves the deceitful monster’s strength and skills far exceed their imagination.

“Information about the monsters is basically uncontainable, people have already started leaving the city gradually. There are confirmed three monsters causing chaos in the city; if they continue killing, a mass exodus will certainly erupt!”

Upon hearing Xiang Liang, Bai Shanning also furrowed his brow tightly and continued, “Relying on ourselves is not enough. Report to Director Yuwen and Lord Lin!”

“Bashang is also unstable. Director Yuwen went there half a month ago, and Lord Lin went to Muyin for business five days ago, returning the day after tomorrow.”

Bai Shanning sighed slightly and said, “Chief of Punishment Zhao has to focus on the North City and can’t step away; we can only find Commander Liu to send more personnel to patrol the South City extensively.”

Upon hearing Bai Shanning’s suggestion, Xiang Liang furrowed his brow. But in the end, he could only nod slightly, saying in a helpless tone, “There’s no choice, it’s the only option.”

The deceitful monster only dares to kill in alleys and shadowy places, and until now, all its crimes have been individual attacks. So dispatching personnel to patrol South City continuously is effective.

The problem is the population in South City is so large. The two-kilometer main street is okay, but the residential areas on the east and west sides have at least twenty thousand people.

It’s impossible to keep an eye on so many people.

The Cloud Dragon Army is stationed in Hongmen; the soldiers patrolling South City every night are dispatched by Liu Yuan. When the monsters first caused chaos, Liu Yuan dispatched one battalion of five squads, totaling 100 personnel; now, that’s increased to five battalions, 500 personnel, almost half of the entire army.

Cloud Dragon Army soldiers are human too; it’s impossible for them to patrol 24 hours a day nonstop. They need to rotate and rest. Patrolling South City daily with 500 personnel rotating is nearly the limit.