[{"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-108":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},2266534,4425,"Chapter 108: New Residence Breaks Ground, Power Bottleneck [Combined]","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-108",108,"\u003Cp>When the idea for the new house was first proposed, Xiang Mudong identified four major challenges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast quantities of timber, vast quantities of iron, a certain number of iron tools, and the most difficult part—eight hundred meters of foundation piles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timber issue was resolved long ago; with the recent increase in Earth-Digging cultivators to six, iron and iron tools were no longer a problem; the hardest part—the foundation piles—now had only a hundred meters left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four challenges had been overcome; the new residence of Great Xia was officially breaking ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the new residence, Xia Hong had only proposed the concept; the actual construction would certainly be overseen and guided by Xiang Mudong, the professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the iron-smelting furnace, Xiang Mudong laid out a massive wooden board facing everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The board was carved with a three-story wooden house, its roof corners rising to a point, with twelve circular pillars inside, creating an immense interior space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the wooden house was only outlined, revealing few details, a sense of grandeur and majesty still swept over them, causing everyone by the furnace to unconsciously show a hint of longing in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their expressions of longing, Xiang Mudong felt a surge of excitement himself and pointed to the drawing on the board, explaining his vision for the new residence to all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to the leader’s concept, the structure is two hundred meters long on each side and fifteen meters high, with three internal levels; ignoring everything else, simply building such a massive main structure stably is no easy task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So here’s my plan:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire outer walls will be made of single whole logs of Jin Lin wood; due to the foundation pile width, the Jin Lin wood embedded underground can only be three meters thick, but above ground, we can double the wall thickness to six meters;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the joints where the four wooden walls meet, in addition to mortise-and-tenon joints, we’ll reinforce them with iron columns on both the inside and outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the foundation piles, we’ll use the iron chains the leader has forged during this period to link all four wooden walls together and embed them into the ground to ensure stability;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, inside the wooden house, we’ll erect twelve load-bearing pillars, each embedded with an iron pillar of equal length, connected to the roof beams to prevent the ceiling from collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, the interior space…………”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiang Mudong explained each point, the drawing on the board gradually became clearer and more distinct in everyone’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as their understanding of the new wooden house deepened, their faces gradually showed astonishment, and the longing in their eyes grew even stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xia Hong, who had proposed the idea of the new house, couldn’t help but be stunned by Xiang Mudong’s boundless imagination as he listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Xiang Mudong’s plan, the outer walls alone would be six meters thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four walls, each fifteen meters high, totaling eight hundred meters, all made of single logs of Jin Lin wood; even if all were from trees six meters in diameter, they’d need nearly two hundred trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was only for the four main walls; when accounting for the roof, the floor, the three levels, and the partitions, the amount of timber required would be incalculable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that other critical sections would require iron reinforcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if such a massive investment in the new residence were merely to improve living conditions, it would be far too uneconomical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xiang Mudong finished explaining the entire structure of the house, Xia Hong still stared at him, clearly waiting for what came next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Mudong naturally knew what Xia Hong, the one who proposed the new residence, cared about most; he didn’t delay, paused briefly, then spoke immediately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to the design, once built, the new residence will be impregnable to any low-grade cold beast; even a Snowmane, with its extreme impact force, could never break through unless there were an enormous number—say, over a hundred charging simultaneously. So…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So from now on, even during daylight, we won’t fear light exposure—we can light fires openly, with no worry of cold beast attacks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And even if they come, as long as their numbers aren’t excessive, we can use the house’s defenses to hunt them down directly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xiang Mudong finished speaking, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan interrupted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing their words, Xiang Mudong thought for a moment, then nodded and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. Moreover, since all critical connection points of the main structure are reinforced with iron, they’re virtually impossible to destroy; even if other parts are damaged by impact, we can repair them anytime with timber.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiang Mudong finished speaking, everyone below showed joy and excitement, and many stood up in agitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what are we waiting for, Leader? Start building now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly! This new house is better than the five big wooden huts in Luo Ge’s old camp—don’t delay, start construction now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader, start construction immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, break ground now—I can’t wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong was not at all surprised by this surge of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comfort is a universal human pursuit, but compared to safety, it’s insignificant; the reason the new house took half a year to prepare was primarily due to safety concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we’d only built the kind of large wooden huts like Luo Ge’s old camp, we could’ve finished it in half a month, not six months, given the camp’s current strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why use so much iron? Because Xia Hong was building a stronghold capable of withstanding low-grade cold beast impacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest threat around Hongmu Ridge is, in fact, cold beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, the low-grade cold beasts continuously expanding outward from within Hongmu Ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supernatural entities haven't appeared around here for a long time since the Wooden Puppet Ghost died; the climate remains bitterly cold, but the iron-smelting furnace solves that; terrain-wise, Xia Hong controls the camp’s range of movement, so as long as we stay within this familiar small area, there’s no issue; humans? In the known environment, only Lu Shang’s and Chen Ye’s camps exist, posing no threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding these, cold beasts are the only and greatest threat at present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially over the past six months, as Great Xia’s hunting capability has continuously improved, Xia Hong noticed that the number of cold beasts on the periphery showed no clear decline despite frequent hunts—he became even more aware of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Xia’s current hunting range, though limited by him to five hundred meters on the periphery, has expanded north-south to five or six kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these six months, though he never counted precisely, he had killed nearly three hundred low-grade cold beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on cold beast size and density, such a tiny area—five hundred meters on the periphery, five to six kilometers north-south—could not possibly harbor so many cold beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only explanation is: cold beasts from the interior are continuously expanding outward, and their expansion rate is faster than Great Xia’s hunting rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This terrifying expansion speed of cold beasts made Xia Hong anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the night when they moved from the mound to the valley and were attacked by a pack of Frost Wolves—it haunted his sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold beasts are terrifying creatures: powerful and cunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they gather in groups, their danger becomes extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Great Xia’s strength is now vastly improved, if they encountered another Frost Wolf pack like that night, the outcome wouldn’t be nearly as bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if next time the Frost Wolf pack is larger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or what if it’s not Frost Wolves, but a Snowmane pack—or even stronger cold beasts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supernatural entities are terrifying too, but mostly due to the unknown; fortunately, with the system’s iron-smelting furnace, torches, and congealed-fire oil, Xia Hong has some leverage; but cold beasts are different—they’re not afraid of these items, they’re drawn to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from how much cold beasts covet torches, their frenzy upon discovering the iron-smelting furnace would be unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worst part is, cold beasts are active during the day, so if they discover the iron-smelting furnace, it’ll likely be during daylight—when their strength is greater, and the camp can’t afford to extinguish fires for long due to the extreme cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if the expanding cold beast population within Hongmu Ridge ever discovers the furnace in the valley…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Great Xia camp, without fortified defenses, it would be a catastrophic disaster—worse than the fate of Luo Ge’s camp when they encountered the Wooden Puppet Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these six months, Xia Hong held back from crafting any new weapons for the camp, instead channeling nearly all iron ore, coal stone, and vast quantities of timber into preparing the new residence—this was why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s human nature to think of danger while safe; the pursuit of a secure, stable environment isn’t unique to Xia Hong; others in the camp may not see as far ahead, but their fear and concern for cold beasts and supernatural entities are the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why, upon hearing the new residence could withstand low-grade cold beasts—even large groups of them—they became so excited, even impatient to break ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Starting tonight, break ground. Except for hunting, all other camp activities are suspended. Everyone participates—build the new residence as fast as possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the roaring cheers of the camp, Xia Hong gave the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every member of Great Xia camp, except Xia Hong and the fifteen hunters, over eight hundred people, threw themselves into the massive project of building the new residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The construction workload for the new wooden house was immense, and the timber and iron in the Ice Abyss world were far heavier than ordinary; in his past life, without machinery, it would have been impossible to complete by human strength alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, it was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Xiang Mudong’s command, with the coordinated effort of one hundred thirty Wood-Cutting cultivators, massive pre-cut Jin Lin logs rose into place, neatly embedded into the pre-drilled foundation piles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reserve forces, those close to Wood-Cutting level, though lacking strength, combined their efforts and generated considerable power, assembling and fixing smaller wooden or iron components according to Xiang Mudong’s design into the main structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the remaining five hundred, over a hundred were adults over thirty; though their age limited their share of cold beast meat, their base strength was at least two thousand catties, enough to assist in construction, even if not as primary laborers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the three hundred children under thirteen helped by passing tools, delivering water and food; some older ones, whose strength had begun to develop, helped the adults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such high construction enthusiasm, everyone in the camp capable of labor worked without slacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the hunters, when not on patrol, were infected by this energy and involuntarily went to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these conditions, the progress of the new residence’s construction was astonishingly rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first night after Xia Hong’s announcement, the western wooden wall was erected; the second night, the southern wall rose; the third night, the northern wall; the fourth night…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the valley, the landscape changed dramatically almost every night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Mudong, overseeing such a massive project for the first time, feared safety issues due to inexperience, so Xia Hong personally monitored the first three nights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he confirmed the camp members’ physical condition posed no safety risks, he stopped watching and redirected his focus to hunting and mining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the periphery of Hongmu Ridge, at the five-hundred-meter boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong and several others hid in a tree, all watching below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, five men stood: four wielding great swords, one holding a black dagger; all carried longbows, surrounding a Snowmane over four meters long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane’s face was grotesque, its pupils blood-red, panting heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its right leg was caught in a half-meter-diameter beast trap; dark green blood had pooled beneath it, clearly a severe wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a furious roar, the Snowmane charged the nearest man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the only one among the five not wielding a great sword, only holding a small black dagger—clearly, the Snowmane judged him the weakest and targeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Snowmane had clearly chosen wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Snowmane charge him, the man remained calm, didn’t even dodge sideways—he simply stood his ground, raised his dagger in a horizontal guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dagger to block a Snowmane’s charge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To an outsider, this man would seem insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Luo Yuan and the other four, along with Xia Hong and the ten others in the tree, watched without expression, waiting for Xia Chuan’s next move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Snowmane was still over a meter away from Xia Chuan, its head suddenly emitted a sharp crack and stopped dead, unable to advance an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this critical moment, Xia Chuan’s pupils contracted sharply—he instantly switched his grip to reverse, and thrust his blade straight into the Snowmane’s pupil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dagger was only three inches long, but it had pierced the most vulnerable part—the eyeball—and under the searing pain, the Snowmane’s first reaction was not to scream or roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its remaining pupil blazed with fury; it whipped its head sideways, its twin sharp fangs lunging straight for Xia Chuan’s skull, while its tongue shot out of its mouth with terrifying speed, wrapping tightly around Xia Chuan’s neck and limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, be careful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chuan, get out of the way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t let it wrap you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Snowmane had endured the agony of a pierced eyeball and launched such a desperate, reckless counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Luo Yuan and the other three, along with those on the trees, all screamed in alarm, shouting warnings to Xia Chuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Xia Hong remained silent, his brow tightly furrowed as he continued watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yuan and the others, closest to the scene, snapped to action—shouting warnings while yanking the rope on the ground, the other end of which was tied to the Snowmane’s leg, caught in the trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four pulled in unison, yanking the Snowmane backward in an instant, foiling its fang strike against Xia Chuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its tongue was already too close; even as its body was dragged back, the tongue still lashed forward and coiled around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment the Snowmane launched its desperate counterattack, Xia Chuan’s eyes flickered with panic—he hadn’t expected this. But with the pull from Luo Yuan and the others giving him time to react, he swiftly raised his blade and retreated, dodging the tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, though his retreat was fast, he only avoided his neck—his right leg was already wrapped in the tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the Snowmane’s crimson pupils flared with malice; it clearly intended to harden its tongue and slice off Xia Chuan’s two legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan flicked his left hand, sending several white threads racing toward the Snowmane’s tongue—but the tongue was already pressed tightly against his leg, impossible to block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, true tension finally surfaced in Xia Chuan’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the last possible instant, a broad figure leapt down from the tree, crashing onto the Snowmane’s neck and crushing its skull into the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that figure came a swift, violent slash of blade-light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great blade cut through as if meeting no resistance, emitting only a faint crack as it severed several of the Snowmane’s rear spines, driving vertically into its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This single strike nearly split the Snowmane’s body in half from top to bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, this was a cut driven through the Snowmane’s hardest part—its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane’s pupils dimmed, its once-hardening tongue instantly went limp, collapsing to the ground, unable to even retract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snowmane crashed to the ground. Everyone present stared at the massive gash across its back, involuntarily swallowing hard; when they looked up at Xia Hong, their eyes brimmed with reverence and admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Hong merely expressionlessly pulled the long blade from the Snowmane’s body, then turned and slapped Xia Chuan across the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp crack of the slap made Luo Yuan and the other three tense up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan, struck, immediately lowered his head, his face filled with shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know why I hit you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan looked up, showing no resentment, and answered solemnly: “I was careless. Even mortally wounded, the Snowmane wouldn’t surrender—it would grow fiercer and unleash greater power. The fight wasn’t over, yet I grew lax. You hit me to make me remember this lesson.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong nodded, then turned to Luo Yuan and the other three, barking sharply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you four—while the Snowmane was still alive, you stood there frozen, thinking Xia Chuan was strong enough to handle it, so it didn’t matter. I’ve told you countless times: during a hunt, even the tiniest slip can kill you or someone else. Have you forgotten? Or don’t you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yuan and the other three immediately lowered their heads, their faces flushed with shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap! Slap! Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than ten breaths, Luo Yuan was the first to lift his head, then slapped his own face three times hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Head, I’m wrong. I’ll remember this from now on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Head, we’re wrong. We’ll remember this from now on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Long and his two brothers did the same, their faces also heavy with shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the solemn expressions on all five faces, Xia Hong exhaled heavily, glanced toward the inner side of Redwood Ridge, suppressed his irritation, and said firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With your current strength and the trap, hunting low-grade cold beasts should be more than enough. But now I see—in the past six months, while hunting with me, you’ve learned nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill a single adult Snowmane, you nearly lost a leg. If I handed the hunting team over to you now, within days, I’d be the only one left in camp with all four limbs intact!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xia Hong’s words, Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and the others turned beet red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This hunt had been their own idea—they wanted Xia Hong to see their hunting skills so he’d feel confident entrusting the team to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it had turned into this, and they’d been mocked like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their shame was unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One more month. If you’re still like this after a month, we extend it again. I want to see how long these babies of yours will take before you can hunt on your own without me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even clay figures have a bit of temper—especially these five, the best in the Great Xia camp. Xia Hong’s repeated mockery made Xia Chuan and the others breathe faster, their chests heaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their reaction, Xia Hong’s face remained unreadable, but inside, he was quite satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their strength was no longer the issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only problem was their mindset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably because hunting with me before required no thought and little tension, they grew careless and sloppy—and that mindset is the most dangerous when facing cunning cold beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and the others wanted to take over the hunting duties out of good intentions—they wanted to spare their head from the burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong, of course, was more than happy to hand it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he truly didn’t want to work so hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, he needed more time to study his own cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His base strength had already reached twenty thousand jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, over the past few days, Xia Hong felt that eating cold beast meat no longer boosted his strength as much as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Better test it first—could I be hitting a bottleneck?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he called for everyone to gather the kill, a flicker of thought passed through Xia Hong’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The limit of Foundation Establishment was thirty thousand jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what was this bottleneck at twenty thousand jin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had cold beast meat lost its effect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3279,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","06a23dad89ec112e339a0cb885f76bf00869ed7a09e1b701ffd0d66587d3d8c0","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-109","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-107",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]