[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades":3,"chapter-endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Endless Winter: My Camp Infinitely Upgrades",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2266436,4425,"Chapter 10: Long-Tongue Snowmane","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>At first glance, this Ice-Mass Tree looked no different from the others nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its trunk was covered in snow, its canopy draped in silver, and thousands of ice spikes hung from its branching limbs like curtains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon closer inspection, dozens of ice spikes over a meter long on one thick branch were inverted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong stared intently at that branch and immediately recognized the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those weren’t ice spikes—they were a massive, snow-white creature resting on the trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tongue, five or six meters long, dangled from its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tongue was white, its surface glazed with frost, so unless you looked closely, you’d mistake it for an unusually long ice spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those inverted “ice spikes” were actually the creature’s backward-facing spines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dark, if you didn’t look closely, you’d never see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only because Xia Hong was on his first outing and extra cautious did he spot it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the night sky, its full size was unclear, but with that long tongue and its back of spines, Xia Hong recognized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Long-Tongue Snowmane—only two meters long. Must be a juvenile!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold beasts around the outer edge of Redwood Ridge were few in species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two were most common: Bone-Spike Frost Wolf and Long-Tongue Snowmane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he’d heard from the loggers, Long-Tongue Snowmane was a low-level cold beast resembling a wild boar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long-Tongue Snowmane were enormous—even juveniles weighed three or four hundred jin; adults were almost always over a thousand jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snowmane possessed immense strength, favoring attacks with their spines on the back and forehead, but their true danger lay in their multi-meter-long tongues—long, sharp, and capable of hardening or softening at will, making them impossible to defend against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you encounter a juvenile, and you have strong archers plus a dozen skilled loggers to distract it, you might have a chance to kill it. Otherwise, if you meet one in the wild, just run—no question.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering what he’d heard, Xia Hong took a deep breath and tried to calm himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Snowmane’s meat was tempting, he had to face reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, it was night, and the Snowmane was asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been daytime and he’d encountered one awake, he might not have lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quietly pick some crystal fruits and leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Long-Tongue Snowmane’s greatest trait: at night, it becomes extremely drowsy. As long as you don’t attack, it won’t wake up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the loggers wouldn’t lie to him, Xia Hong wouldn’t risk his life—he picked up a stone from the ground, climbed a tree, and hurled it hard at another tree a hundred meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone struck the tree with a single thud, making no great noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ice spikes on that tree trembled and rained down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of ice hitting the ground was crystal clear in the silent forest. Xia Hong held his breath and watched the Snowmane closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane ignored the noise entirely, still fast asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sight finally put Xia Hong’s mind at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Carefully picking fruit shouldn’t be a problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xia Hong was about to climb down from the tree—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Swoosh…*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp arrow whistled through the air from the opposite side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, Xia Hong couldn’t see the arrow, but from the sound’s direction, he was certain: it came from the Snowmane on the tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar…………”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, as the arrow’s sound faded, a furious roar erupted from the Ice-Mass Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound shook the heavens and earth; the entire tree trembled, ice spikes shattered and rained down, and snow on the ground exploded outward in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xia Hong’s own tree shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are they insane? Is this the Big Stone Camp?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong screamed inwardly, but his body didn’t dare move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around Redwood Ridge, several camps had long ago divided their territories under the leadership of Luo Ge’s camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the west of Great Xia’s territory on Redwood Ridge lay Big Stone Camp’s land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Xia Hong had no interest in whether Big Stone Camp had crossed the border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only wondered: how dare Big Stone Camp attack a Long-Tongue Snowmane?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know Big Stone Camp’s exact strength, but he was certain it was a small camp, no more than a few loggers stronger than Great Xia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could such strength kill a Snowmane?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Xia Hong realized he was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Stone Camp seemed to have something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shi Dong, I hit its left eye—aim with me at its right eye. Everyone else, quickly noose it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the west side of the Ice-Mass Tree came a sharp voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventeen men arrived in its wake, all clad in fur skirts, each wielding stone axes—except the leader, who carried a gleaming greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Iron weapon—must’ve bought it from Luo Ge’s camp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong stared at the greatsword, his eyes filled with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the extreme cold, both stone and iron had changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Xia had once owned one half-iron weapon: Xia Ding’s axe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half” because only the blade was iron; the handle and body were still stone and wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even that half-iron weapon was far sharper than a stone axe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had once personally chopped with a stone axe against that iron axe—the stone axe cracked, while the iron axe remained unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If just the blade being iron made it that strong, what about this gleaming greatsword in their hands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Xia Hong’s envy, the Big Stone Camp men had already engaged the Snowmane below the Ice-Mass Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane’s left eye was indeed pierced; the black arrow still stuck in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably in pain, it came down from the tree—its roar stopped, but its breathing became heavy and labored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its single remaining eye, now blood-red and tiny, glared fixedly at the Big Stone Camp group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It dug its hind legs into the snow, then lunged forward in a sudden charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faster than a released arrow, fiercer than a collapsing mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given its massive body, no one would imagine it could move so fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with its speed, its sheer mass scattered the cold air—its impact force was unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Move aside! Throw the nooses—now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again came that sharp voice. Xia Hong turned his gaze to a tree on the west side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander was likely the archer; another named Shi Dong was also an archer, probably hiding elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man shouted orders while the other archer fired wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of the arrows struck the Snowmane’s vital points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they didn’t hit, they successfully disrupted its forward momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Snowmane was distracted, the fourteen men below scattered, dodging its charge while laying over a dozen nooses on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader with the greatsword, while dodging, flung a noose directly over the Snowmane’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane couldn’t stop its momentum and crashed into the ground covered in nooses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its four limbs and head were all caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pull hard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp command rang out from behind the tree. The fourteen men quickly gathered, split into five groups, and yanked the ropes with all their strength, sprinting in five directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar…………”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane bellowed, but stumbled, flipped over, and slammed onto the ground with a thunderous crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, two arrows shot from behind the trees like falling stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They pierced the Snowmane’s blood-red right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Pthss…*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both arrows hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane let out an even more agonized, furious roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha, Boss is amazing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This beast—let it suffer!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter of Big Stone Camp clashed violently with the Snowmane’s cries of pain and rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though elated, the Big Stone Camp men didn’t approach, as the Snowmane still thrashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two archers far away stayed hidden behind trees, continuously firing arrows to finish it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the Snowmane’s thrashing grew weaker and weaker, until finally it lay still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Big Stone Camp men finally exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader with the sword struck the ground with a stone several times from a distance, confirming the Snowmane was dead, then called out to the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, it’s dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From behind the western tree, two middle-aged men emerged, leading the group toward the Snowmane’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing them begin to harvest the kill, Xia Hong, still hidden in the tree, frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1369,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8ae60d31225ea875f1f0c1344479d801ddeaffcc6cf65c3bc5f29a6591e4ad6e","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-11","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-9",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]