Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 95 The First Hunting Team Members
Xia Chuan's strength is definitely not weak among all the lumberjacks in the camp.

Not only is he not weak, without considering his combat experience, he is even very likely the strongest one.

But even so, in the hands of an adult snow-mane, it could only last for thirty-nine breaths.

Only those at the Digging Realm have the ability to hunt, and this is really not an empty statement.

The impact force and speed generated by Snowmane's full-strength explosion are unmatched by the Lumberjacks, not to mention the long tongue in its mouth, which always makes it impossible to defend against at the critical moment.

In a life-and-death battle, the Lumberjack is no match for Snowmane. Even iron tools cannot make up for the gap.

Although Xia Chuan did not use a broadsword or bow and arrow, the black knife and white string in his hand were much more powerful than iron tools. However, even so, he only lasted for thirty-nine breaths.

Luo Yuan and others who were watching the scene all looked much more solemn after the wooden man announced Xia Chuan's result, and it was obvious that they were very unsure.

"Okay, Xia Chuan will be in charge of the next selection. Just tell me the results when they come out!"

After seeing the result of the thirty-nine breaths, Xia Hong lost interest in watching any further. He asked Xia Chuan to be in charge of the selection, and he carried a sheep-horn chisel and walked alone towards a small cave in the south of the valley.

Next to the entrance of the cave, there is a large patch of strange black plants.

The plant was only the size of a finger and was dark black all over. Although it only had a single rhizome, it had at least twenty or thirty tiny leaves on it. The leaves were feather-shaped and distributed in an even number on both sides.

Pure black plants are rare to begin with, let alone such a large area of ​​them.

"By the way, I wonder if this black thorn can be used as medicine. I'll try to identify it with the medicine decoction pot later."

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, he picked a black thorn, and then walked into the cave.

The cave is not deep, only about five meters, and the corridors are simply supported by rough wood. The color of the inner wall of the deepest part is obviously different from the corridor and the outer periphery. Not only does it have a dark luster, but it also has a bone-chilling texture when touched.

This cave is naturally the unmined iron mine in Rogue Camp.

Xia Hong has been busy with relocation and hunting these days, and there is still a surplus of iron ore, so he has not come to visit. Today he finally has some free time, so of course he wants to come and take a look.

A trap consumes more iron ore than a sword. Even if we don't count the amount needed to upgrade the system buildings, as the number of people in the digging realm in the camp increases in the future, the demand for iron ore just for hunting will surely be extremely terrifying.

Not to mention, there are many other tools and equipment that can be used.

Xia Hong searched around in the cave for a while and found a suitable location for mining. He concentrated his mind and energy, raised the goat horn chisel, and started to dig hard at the rock wall.

clang…………

The goat-horn chisel collided with the rock wall with a loud bang and sparks flew everywhere.

Xia Hong walked forward and looked at a shallow white mark on the rock wall. He was not discouraged. He just took a breath and continued to hammer at the original position.

Clang…clang…clang…clang…

Just like the process of hammering iron, Xia Hong continued to hammer, causing sparks to fly in the cave. The original shallow white mark on the rock continued to deepen and expand, until two hours later, it finally broke completely.

Clang......

As a fist-sized piece of iron ore rolled to the ground with a noise, Xia Hong, who was already soaked all over, could no longer bear the soreness in his arms and suddenly threw away the sheep-horn chisel.

Xia Hong walked forward breathlessly, picked up the iron ore, roughly weighed it, and immediately couldn't stop shaking his head.

"It's over 40 kilograms. The difficulty of mining it is simply nightmare-level!"

Iron ore mining is difficult. Although Xia Hong had been mentally prepared, it was only after he actually experienced it that he realized how difficult it was.

When he made the first strike, he realized that, just like when forging iron tools, unsmelted iron ore also had extremely strong rebound force. Without a basic strength of more than ten thousand pounds, even with a sheep-horn chisel, it would be impossible to strike it.

The second is the growth pattern of iron ore. Just like blackthorn, it is composed of dozens of iron ores of different sizes, growing along a main diameter. The main diameter is also iron ore, but because it is too large, its hardness is far greater than that of the branches.

Therefore, the most labor-saving and time-saving way of mining is to chisel off the iron ores of different sizes one by one along the main path. "Two hours, more than 40 kilograms. With this mining intensity, I can only do it twice a day at most, which means that I can only mine about 100 kilograms of iron ore a day at most!"

Xia Hong finally understood why iron tools had not been popularized in the Rogue Camp after so many years, and even the ten-forged weapons had not been fully popularized.

There were only five people at the Digging Realm before, and it was impossible for them to come to mine every day. Moreover, after digging iron ore, they needed coal stone to smelt it, and coal mining was a horrible physical job.

"I heard before that the Digging Realm could only mine 200 kilograms of coal a day, and I was a little skeptical. Now it seems that mining 200 kilograms of coal a day is not that easy."

call…………

Xia Hong took a deep breath, picked up the iron ore on the ground, and walked directly out of the cave. There were still 420 points of iron resources in the system, which would definitely be enough in a short time, so he was not in a hurry to mine.

In fact, for the current camp, the most cost-effective way to use iron ore is to create ten-forged weapons.

But the problem is that even if Luo Yuan and Xia Chuan, who are at the logger level, are equipped with weapons and their strength has been greatly improved, it is still impossible for them to cooperate in hunting. Just like the attempt at Dashi Camp some time ago, the risk is still very high.

So five broadswords and eleven bows and arrows are definitely enough for now.

As for ordinary people in the camp, they have three iron knives and five hammers, which are enough for them to make some wooden tools, and there is no need to add new ones in the short term.

When he walked out of the cave, the sky was already bright and there was no one outside the wooden house. He did not see the wooden man and knew that the selection was over. Feeling the coldness outside was getting stronger, Xia Hong quickly walked back to the wooden house.

Entering the wooden house, Xia Hong saw fifteen people standing next to the smelting furnace at a glance. As he approached, Xia Chuan also called out the names of the fifteen people one by one.

"Leader, the selection has ended. The fifteen selected are: Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Huang Yong, Zhao Long, Hong Gang, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, Li Yun, Li Pingkai, Ying Xuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, Zou Yuankai, Qiu Peng, and Zhu Shun. The one who lasted the longest was me, at thirty-nine breaths, and the shortest was Zhu Shun, at seventeen breaths."

Following the names Xia Chuan called out, Xia Hong also looked at everyone carefully.

The Rogue Camp had a good foundation, so he was not surprised that Luo Yuan and eight others were selected.

Huang Yong and Hong Gang were the leaders of the two previous camps. They had rich experience in fighting enemies and in the wild, so it was not surprising that they were selected. The guy named Zhu Shun, who was standing next to Huang Yong, should be a lumberjack who joined from Huang Zhao's camp.

On the contrary, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng and Qiu Peng were also selected. Xia Hong was really surprised. The time when these three people broke through the lumbering realm was similar to Xia Chuan's, but they did not have Xia Chuan's luck to obtain the means of the wooden puppet.

The fact that these three were selected for the hunting team shows that they have worked hard on their training during this period.

"Okay, then the fifteen of you will be the first batch of members of Daxia's hunting team. Starting from Xia Chuan, in order of ranking, each of you will choose a weapon, a broadsword or a bow and arrow. It's up to you to choose."

Xia Chuan nodded when he heard this and walked to the side of the big knife.

Everyone's expressions suddenly became a little nervous when they saw this. There were only four swords. According to what Xia Hong said, the first few people would definitely have to choose the swords.

Then the people behind can only choose bows and arrows...

However, to everyone's surprise, Xia Chuan did not choose a sword, but a longbow. He turned to everyone and smiled, "My black sword is much stronger than this sword. I'll leave the sword to you!"

When everyone heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they all showed a hint of shame.

Xia Chuan's black sword is indeed strong, but that is not the reason why he did not choose the sword.

They, the lumberjacks, had no hunting ability, and now they went out just to assist Xia Hong and give him a hand. It was obviously much safer to hold a broadsword than a bow.

Xia Chuan chose a bow instead of a sword, which was obviously a gesture of humility. How could they not know that?

Sure enough, starting from Luo Yuan, everyone stopped focusing on the broadsword and chose weapons that suited them based on their own abilities.

Seeing this scene, Xia Hong nodded slightly, feeling somewhat relieved.

A team that is too selfish is doomed to not last long, especially in such an extremely harsh environment. If everyone only focuses on the little things in front of them, then it is only a matter of time before it falls apart.

For Daxia, which was just formed by the merger of four groups of people, to be able to achieve this step is already a great progress.

(End of this chapter)