Chapter 129: The Great Xia Calendar Officially Begins

The birth of Yue Yuan added quite a bit of icing on the cake to this great victory.

Counting the days, from the disaster at the dirt slope and the migration, to later taking over the valley of the Luo Ge camp, Xia Hong had been in this world for a full year.

In this entire year, Great Xia hadn't had a single newborn.

Xia Hong hadn't put much thought into this before; before the new wooden house was built, Great Xia's living conditions were truly too harsh.

No tiles above to cover the body, no place to stand on the ground.

Under such conditions, he was embarrassed to tell people in the camp to have children.

Before, he hadn't thought about increasing the population by encouraging childbirth.

But the birth of Yue Yuan was likely a sign that the willingness to have children among these people in the camp was rising, and Xia Hong began to attach importance to childbirth.

Asking about the marital status of Lin Kai and the others was, of course, not just gossip.

Xia Hong's deeper goal was to understand the number of people in the camp of childbearing age and see if there were any means to stimulate childbirth.

The Lu Shang camp had already merged into another camp, and there were no other known camps here in Red Wood Ridge. Based on Great Xia's current strength, they probably wouldn't be able to leave the Red Wood Ridge area for a long time, which meant the path of increasing the population by merging other camps was temporarily blocked.

Since that was the case, they could only use the method of stimulating childbirth.

Looking at little Yue Yuan in his arms who hadn't yet opened his eyes, a long-lost softness rose in Xia Hong's eyes, and a deep joy surged in his heart.

Suddenly, a whimsical thought rushed into his mind. Xia Hong turned to look at the crowd and smiled lightly: "From the disaster at the dirt slope until today, how much time has passed? Does anyone remember?"

"Over a year!"

"Should be about a year and four months."

"A year and five months."

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Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others who were among the earliest members of Great Xia spoke up one after another.

Seeing everyone talking over each other, their memory of the passage of time was vague.

Xia Hong shook his head slightly, and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

This is the aftereffect of the collapse of civilization. Everyone has the concept of years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds, but because there are no specialized tools and personnel to record them, everyone relies entirely on memory and impressions for the passage of time.

"If I remember correctly, the crystal fruit has ripened four times. When the fifth crop ripens, we can determine roughly how much time has passed."

As soon as Xia Hong spoke, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all nodded.

That's right, relying on impressions is definitely not as stable as the ripening period of the crystal fruit.

The Ice-Shuo tree bears a crop of fruit every four months; this is a recognized fact. One crop every four months, so four crops would be sixteen months. When the fifth crop ripens, it can basically be confirmed to be about twenty months.

"The crystal fruit, Blue Condensing Grass, Green Saliva fruit, and other vegetation, the picking period after ripening, including the age of newborns in the camp in the future, all require the coordination of years, months, and days. It won't do if the time is vague. Today happens to be a great victory for the camp, and taking advantage of little Yue Yuan's birth, let's just set it down!"

The others below were fine, but the people from the gathering team had their eyes light up immediately upon hearing this, and they nodded in agreement one after another.

"Leader, if I remember correctly, the ripening period of the Ice-Shuo tree is within these few days. Setting the date directly will allow our gathering team and woodcutting team to formulate outing plans according to the days in the future. That will be much more efficient."

Cheng Feng spoke up directly; clearly, his long-term leadership of the gathering team made him the most sensitive to the passage of time, and he also understood just how important Xia Hong's proposal was.

"Since that's the case, from today on, the Great Xia Calendar is officially implemented. Today shall be the first day of the first month of the first year of Great Xia!"

When Xia Hong said this, his tone was a bit excited.

Others didn't understand, but he was a person with the experience of two lifetimes.

He knew very well that a calendar is the beginning of civilization!

With Great Xia's current scale and strength, of course, it had nothing to do with civilization, let alone the grand goal of restoring human civilization.

But at the very least, this was a start.

Not to mention the many practical benefits brought by the calendar and how much help it could be to the camp's development in the future, the significance of this alone was extraordinary.

It might not be visible in the early stages, but when the Great Xia Calendar is combined with the growth cycles of all vegetation outside, the activity cycles of cold beasts, and even climate changes, etc., that is when it truly possesses value.

"Yue Feng, Yue Yuan is your son. The matter of the Great Xia Calendar is entrusted to you. In addition to perfecting the calendar content based on the information brought back by those who go out, any major decisions and changes that have occurred in the camp before, and any that occur in the future, must all be recorded well."

"When a wild goose passes, it leaves a cry; when a person passes, they leave a name. Since we have lived in the Frozen Abyss World, the Great Xia camp must leave its own mark here. So that one day, if Great Xia really has bad luck and is destroyed, we can still leave a few words in this world, not only for the convenience of future generations but also so that we people haven't come here in vain!"

These words of Xia Hong seemed to open a door for everyone.

Whether they were Earth-Digging Realm experts like Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng, or other Woodcutting Realm experts, or even many ordinary people, a look of contemplation appeared on their faces.

Before, their world was very simple: foraging, improving, surviving.

But now, hearing these words from Xia Hong.

New thoughts faintly emerged in their hearts.

"When a wild goose passes, it leaves a cry; when a person passes, they leave a name!"

"Leave our own mark in the Frozen Abyss World."

"Leave a mark together with the Great Xia camp?"

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Xia Hong didn't spend much effort explaining it to everyone.

How to live is a grand proposition.

If he really talked about it, he couldn't explain it clearly either.

But at the very least, the current Great Xia camp could provide these people with more choices, allowing their lives to have broader possibilities.

To truly understand this question, one still has to practice it personally.

He himself is the same!

"Alright, everyone go busy yourselves!"

Eighty-three pieces of prey needed to be processed, so many iron arrows needed to be polished again, and many injured people also needed treatment and recovery, which is why Xia Hong suspended all outdoor activities in the camp for three days. Of course, the most important reason was to avoid anyone from the abruptly appearing Mirror Immortal camp coming to the door.

Descending into the Frozen Abyss World and being able to be reborn in this Red Wood Ridge area.

Xia Hong asked himself, his luck was not bad.

Not to mention the Great Xia camp, although weak, it had basic conscience and ethics, and it was very united. This was also the biggest reason why he could always stay with everyone after Xia Ding's disaster.

The camps he encountered later—Great Stone, Huang Zhao, Great River, and even the recently merged Chen Ye—regardless of the leaders or the people below, regardless of their strength, their characters were all considered pure and kind.

Not to mention, there was also a Luo Ming who was willing to hand over the treasure land of the valley.

Although Luo Ming's starting point was to protect his son, before leaving, he could think of ways to properly settle the remaining people in the camp, which was the duty of a good leader.

From the dirt slope all the way here, the camps and people Xia Hong encountered were all very good.

He felt his luck was not bad, and the most important point was here.

In fact, according to the cruelty of the Frozen Abyss World, Xia Hong had always felt that people like Yang Ning and Li Hu, who could treat human life as nothing and righteously use people as bait to attract strange monsters, such a style should be the mainstream.

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The harsher the environment, the greater the good and evil that humans can erupt with.

In fact, the previous statement of the two, Yang and Li, also confirmed his thoughts. In some large, giant, and even larger camps, using human life as bait should be the norm.

Since human life is ignored, then more cruel things are not surprising.

Therefore, the smaller the camp, the more it needs to hide its tracks.

This is not just to prevent cold beasts and strange monsters; humans also need to be prevented.

"Any camp with strength above Great Xia, before knowing its attitude toward people and its style of conduct, must not be contacted casually. Otherwise, one moment of carelessness will be a devastating disaster!"

Xia Hong returned to his room on the third floor. After sitting on the chair, looking at the big hole in the sole of his foot, he shook his head slightly.

No matter how magical the Golden Sore Powder is, such an injury cannot be healed in a short while.

"According to this recovery speed, it will take at least half a month."

Xia Hong turned his head to look at the cutting board beside the chair, on which were placed five pieces of cold beast meat.

His cultivation expenses do not need to be exchanged with contribution points like others.

Xia Chuan sends someone to put fifty catties of cold beast meat in his room every day.

"Eighty-three gnawing rats, the meat output is estimated to be twenty thousand catties. Coupled with the few soaring dragons hunted some time ago, the cultivation expenses are at least no problem. Being injured is also fine. In this half month, I will focus on cultivation and try to improve my strength as much as possible to see if I can reach the limit of thirty thousand catties!"

Although not tested, Xia Hong estimated that his basic strength was already about twenty-four thousand. According to the previous improvement range, it was still a bit difficult to increase by six thousand catties in half a month.

Moreover, the soles of his feet are injured now and he cannot punch normally. The efficiency of absorbing the essence of cold beast meat will definitely decrease.

"Improve as much as I can. That Mirror Immortal camp definitely has a Frost-Resisting Realm expert. I still have to break through as soon as possible. Even if I haven't reached the limit, I should find a way to cross the arrow bamboo forest and go to the West Plain to see!"

Until now, Xia Hong still didn't know how to break through to the Frost-Resisting Realm.

Looking at the words and deeds of He Meng and the others, the style of this abruptly appearing Mirror Immortal camp is not difficult to guess. The other party has already occupied the arrow bamboo forest, and He Meng is almost about to cross the arrow bamboo forest to Red Wood Ridge.

It is estimated that it won't be long before the activity range of this Mirror Immortal camp expands to the north of Red Wood Ridge.

By then, Great Xia will inevitably clash with them.

Breaking through to the Frost-Resisting Realm is the most important thing right now!

Putting the cold beast meat into his mouth and chewing, Xia Hong also clarified the main goal of the next stage.

One leg is injured and cannot move, so use the other leg. If it really doesn't work, use his fists. Anyway, it is to volatilize strength, and there is always a way.

However, Xia Hong's high-intensity cultivation hadn't lasted for a day.

The next day, before it was dark, Xia Chuan brought people up and interrupted him.

"Leader, there is an urgent matter to find you!"

Xia Hong frowned slightly. After stopping cultivation, he sat back on the chair.

"Come in."

Xia Chuan came in first, holding a bundle of iron arrows in his hand, followed by two people, the Tong Xinglong and Tong Xingsheng brothers who were responsible for processing prey in the Camp Supply Office.

The two were covering their palms, sweating profusely, and seemed to be in great pain.

"What's the situation?"

Seeing the painful appearance of the two, Xia Hong hurriedly got up and walked over.

"Big Brother, the blood of that Rat King has a problem!"

Xia Chuan walked up and showed the bundle of iron arrows in his hand to Xia Hong.

"Big Brother, didn't you lead the Rat King to the tree earlier and then use a blade to injure it? Then Zhao Long and the others shot a total of twelve arrows. We collected all the iron arrows when we came back last night, and the twelve on the tree were also collected."

"Continue."

Xia Hong had already taken the eight iron arrows from Xia Chuan's hand. Seeing the bright red blood stains on the arrowheads, he was stunned for a moment, then urged Xia Chuan to continue, and cast his gaze toward the Tong Xinglong brothers.

"Last night, we collected all ninety-six five-thousand-catty iron-fetal bows, the three ten-thousand-catty iron-fetal bows of Zhao Long, and all the iron arrows, and had the three Tong brothers responsible for cleaning and polishing them again."

The Tong Xinglong brothers showed their palms to Xia Hong at this time.

There were small areas of burns on both of their palms, the wounds had already turned black, and wisps of light smoke were rising.

"These eight iron arrows should have hit the Rat King's body. The blood stains on the arrowheads are also its. The two of us were just about to clean these eight iron arrows, but as soon as we touched the blood stains, our hands were immediately burned."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 130 =====