Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1542: Chapter 483: Turmoil, Intimidation by Strength and Capitulation

How many Cold Resistance Level individuals are there in Yanling City? Xia Hong wasn’t sure.

This kind of cultivation data involves the secrets of the Feudal Town, usually known only to a very few core high-level members. Regular people can, at best, make some estimates.

Xia Hong had only been in Yanling County for a month, and to prevent identity exposure, he had stayed inside the Jiang Mansion without going out, so naturally, he had no way to make estimates.

Although he couldn’t estimate, Ji Hong, who had stayed for three years, could.

Ji Hong had already told him about the situation in Yanling County.

The total population of Yanling County is over 2.8 million. The county city has 1.8 million people, and the remaining 1 million are scattered throughout the county. When accounting for the troops stationed across all areas including the county city, the number of Cold Resistance Level individuals exceeds 250,000.

Among these more than 250,000 Cold Resistance Levels, three-fifths are permanent residents in the county city, so the Cold Resistance Level population of the county city is roughly over 150,000.

With 1.8 million people living in the county city, 150,000 Cold Resistance Levels account for about one-twelfth of the total population, which is neither too many nor too few.

Once humans break through to the Cold Resistance Level, they can operate under sunlight, no longer needing to hide during the day, and naturally, their routine would change.

Generally speaking, those at the Cold Resistance Level would place their sleep time in the last four hours of the night, awakening around dawn to start their daily activities.

Thinking it through, this routine is actually quite reasonable.

The Ice Abyss has only two daylight hours, but the night lasts a lengthy 10 hours. After nightfall, humans below the Cold Resistance Level start to engage in activities such as hunting, gathering, or working, and as the pillars of their communities, those at the Cold Resistance Level need to accompany or even lead, so they naturally cannot go to sleep.

Moreover, Cold Beasts are inherently fond of the cold. Affected by the cold daylight, the temperature is lower in the first half of the night, causing Cold Beast activity to be more frequent. Hunting at this time yields substantially better results.

The turning point between human behavioral patterns is the Cold Resistance Level.

Humans below Cold Resistance Level—firstly for safer outings, and secondly to avoid the cold daylight—follow the sleep schedule of the Cold Resistance Level, with the only difference being they get two more daylight hours, leading to slightly longer sleep times.

Thus, in the last four hours before dawn, almost everyone is deep in slumber.

And the moment Xia Hong erupted in the Jiang Mansion was less than two hours before dawn, the time when the entire city was sleeping the most soundly.

“I will kill you today, even if Governor Chu came, he wouldn’t be able to protect you!”

Xia Hong’s last sentence was not only arrogant in tone but also deliberately loud, waking numerous residents from various aristocratic mansions situated around Jiang Mansion, positioned at the outskirts of the eastern city.

Boom……

The city had a lot of nighttime fires, and those woken up quickly ordered their servants to light torches, illuminating the entire area around the Jiang Mansion. Over a dozen people swiftly ascended, focusing intently in the direction of Jiang Mansion.

Bang!

“It’s the Jiang Family Master!”

“Assaulting in the city—is he mad?”

“Someone wants to kill him?”

“The Jiang Family Master is a guest at Adviser Chen’s Mansion!”

“No, the Jiang Mansion has many people, look.”

“It’s the First Prince Xuanfeng!”

“The Second Prince Xuanfeng and Third Ren Jie have arrived too.”

“Even Advisers Zhao and Chen are here, along with all the Xianyang Level from the county mansion!”

“Several Six Department Heads have also shown up!”

…

Those Xianyang Level around who were woken saw Jiang Xinfan, suspended in mid-air and coughing up blood, with over fifty Xianyang Levels surrounding him, their faces filled with shock and confusion.

Swoosh……

Just as they were puzzled, a streak of Star River Sword Qi suddenly shot out from within the main building of the Jiang Mansion, ignoring all the Xianyang Levels and heading straight for Jiang Xinfan in the middle.

“You audacious scoundrel, cease at once!”

Upon seeing the Star River Sword Qi, Chu Xuanfeng’s expression tensed, a hint of dread flashing in his pupils. However, he saw Xia Hong’s sword and did not choose to retreat at all, instead, he shouted angrily, drew his sword, and blocked in front of Jiang Xinfan.

Meanwhile, the fifty-plus individuals who came with him tonight swiftly drew their weapons, charging at Xia Hong from both sides.

Not just with weapons—someone’s arms suddenly extended dozens of meters, like ropes aiming to bind Xia Hong; someone threw with empty hands, conjured an invisible spear that suddenly shot at Xia Hong’s brow; another pointed a sword indirectly, releasing a green Sword Qi that instantaneously rushed towards Xia Hong’s face; someone else’s chest puffed up, taking a deep breath before exhaling fiercely at Xia Hong, unleashing a black whirlwind to sweep towards him…

Evidently, these individuals knew Xia Hong’s true power before coming here, so seeing him about to erupt and kill, they immediately displayed their ultimate moves.

“Mere rabble, thinking you can block me!”

Faced with over fifty people, Xia Hong didn’t show a hint of fear; rather, a proud smirk appeared on his face. Ignoring the myriad bizarre techniques of dozens of people, while the Star River Sword Qi roared proudly over a hundred meters, in just a moment, he was already before Chu Xuanfeng.

Swoosh……

The sword edge arrived a step before the person!

The sword edge swept out, all the bone energy within Xia Hong exploded entirely. The previously three to four meters wide sword edge abruptly expanded to over ten meters, and the extraordinary techniques of the dozens of Xianyang Levels in Yanling City were shattered in an instant. The Sword Qi cut through everyone as it spread, staining their faces with crimson, and some of the weaker ones even spewed blood, their pupils filled with fear and terror.