Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1126: Chapter 387: The Two Who Refuse to Give Up, the Xiang Family’s Tragedy and Bashang’s Population, Yuan Cheng Keeps Them Guessing (Part 3)

They were living well in Bashang City; how could they possibly be willing to move elsewhere? No matter how Xu Ning and the people from Great Xia described Xia City as wonderful, not a single person agreed.

Dozens of families in the city, together with five hundred Cold Resistance Level individuals as well as all those in the Earth-digging Realm banded together, no matter how Great Xia tried to persuade them, they simply did not want to move. Even when Great Xia had them send representatives to Xia City to visit, although some were successfully relocated, they were mostly people from the village-level camps from before. The vast majority of Bashang’s original inhabitants remained unmoved; now those left in Bashang City are estimated to be slightly over 900,000.

“After dragging on for four months, Great Xia’s patience should have run its course!”

At this moment, this thought emerged in Xiang Tianyang’s heart, and he sighed slightly.

This time he came to Hongmen, invited by Minister Xia Chuan.

Great Xia’s patience was exhausted and was preparing to forcibly compel them to migrate; other than this, he could not think of any other reason for Xia Chuan himself to invite him to Hongmen.

Xiang Tianyang, among the younger generation of the Xiang Family, did not stand out in talent or cultivation. At over sixty years old, he only had a cultivation of twenty-eight strands, which in the past in Bashang City was nothing.

But now, he can represent the entire Xiang Family, and even with two of his brothers, he could represent over a million people in Bashang City in negotiations with Great Xia. In the past, this was an honor he could not dream of achieving.

This kind of honor, if possible, Xiang Tianyang would rather never have it fall upon him in this lifetime.

“Tianqing, an arm can’t wrestle with a thigh. Killing, coercion, threats… Great Xia has countless ways to deal with us, that they haven’t used force up till now is them giving us room to maneuver, but…”

“Brother, I know you speak reasonably, but regardless, I’ve lived in Bashang for decades; every blade of grass, every brick and tile is what my Xiang Family has led the people of Bashang to accumulate, step by step across generations. Great Xia, by what right, with what qualifications, can make us move away?”

Silent till now, Xiang Tianyu finally couldn’t hold back, nodded, and responded in a solemn voice: “The destruction of Bashang is a settled matter. We also acknowledge the reality of becoming a part of Great Xia in the future, but Great Xia shouldn’t be forcing us to leave Bashang. I certainly know Xia City is excellent, from the various cultivation resources taken out by the Bashang Camp Supply Department you can tell, yet even so, in my heart, it does not compare to Bashang…”

Seeing the usually aloof Xiang Tianyu utter such words, Xiang Tianyang shook his head, sighed, and fell into contemplation.

In essence, it’s just four words: hard to part with homeland.

Once a person gets accustomed to an environment, it’s really hard for them to willingly move somewhere else. The hardships and dangers of long-distance migration, adapting to and integrating into a new environment, the change in lifestyle, the feeling of being separated…

Reasons are varied, but overall, the situation is stuck here now.

The last over 900,000 people in Bashang City, no matter what, just refuse to move.

The words of Xiang Tianyu and Xiang Tianqing essentially represent everyone’s attitude, even though Xiang Tianyang knows in his heart that Great Xia is yielding to them, he dares not defy everyone’s will, in any case.

“Well, since both of you have such determination, I won’t say any more. No matter what conditions the Minister proposes later, we won’t agree to migrate – not for ourselves, but for those over 900,000…”

“Are you Tianyang?”

Before Xiang Tianyang could finish speaking, he was interrupted by an elderly, weak-sounding voice. Upon hearing this voice, both he and the other two shuddered instantly, their expressions suddenly becoming agitated.

The three swiftly turned their heads toward the region from which the sound originated, seeing the elderly figure slowly emerge from a small compartment behind the main seat, their bodies began to tremble violently. Without thinking, they rushed over and knelt before that person.

“Uncle, you’re alive!”

“Tianqing pays respect to the Lord.”

“Tianyu pays respect to the Lord, it’s wonderful, the Lord is still alive!”

The one walking out from the compartment was actually Lord of Bashang, Xiang Fuhai.

Although Xiang Fuhai’s face was pale and he appeared clearly weak at this moment, Xiang Tianyang and the others knelt on the ground, still feeling indescribable excitement.

After raising his head, Xiang Tianyang quickly thought of something, immediately burst into tears, crying aloud towards Xiang Fuhai.

“Uncle, they’re dead, all of them are dead. In the Bashang battle, my Xiang Family had over six hundred casualties. The other dozen families were about the same, over eighty percent of Cold Resistance Level individuals were fallen in battle, over seventy thousand Earth-digging Realm died, the treasury was emptied by the Six Towns, and the territory was carved up…”

Originally thought Xiang Fuhai had perished, only his remains couldn’t be found.

Irresistible joy upon unexpectedly finding him alive at this moment, Xiang Tianyang couldn’t help but pour out all the grievances and anguish accumulated in his heart over the past four months.

A sixty-year-old man knelt on the ground, crying and shedding tears without any restraint, constantly recounting to Xiang Fuhai the experiences after Bashang’s downfall, showing none of the calm demeanor of an elder.

Beside him, Xiang Tianqing and Xiang Tianyu were likewise moved by Xiang Tianyang’s words, tears uncontrollably welled in their eyes.

Over 1.5 million people, a third dead. To Moao Eight Towns, including Great Xia, it’s just a simple sentence, but the pain it brought to Bashang people may never be erased in their lifetime.

Because those who died, were all their family members.