Chapter 29

Xia Hong had never been a person who compromised easily.

Just like in his past life, during the late stages of his ALS, when he sensed he was about to lose all ability to act and would completely become a useless person, he chose to end his own life directly.

If one lives without any dignity, it would be better to die a heroic death.

It is just that in this crisis-ridden Frigid World, achieving this goal is extremely difficult.

Hunger, cold, daylight, cold beasts, strange entities...

Any one of these could take away the lives of countless people.

Relying on himself alone is impossible.

Only by uniting and gathering the strength of more people can this goal be achieved in the fastest and best way; this is the most profound realization Xia Hong has reached since he transmigrated.

Xia Hong believes that, born as humans, everyone ultimately yearns for a decent and dignified life; this is the most simple and essential need in the human heart, without exception.

He is like this, and so are Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Watching Yue Feng, and the others.

The others in the Does Da Xia camp are the same.

And cold beast meat is the ticket to this decent life.

Before when they couldn't get cold beast meat, every time Xia Hong returned, the camp was always lifeless. Except for those few who had cold beast meat to cultivate, the rest basically all lay listlessly by the fire.

But ever since Xia Hong brought out cold beast meat to distribute, they changed.

Almost everyone, after eating their fill, would find opportunities to train, wanting to improve their strength, enter the Woodcutting reserve team, and get a bit of cold beast meat.

The vitality suddenly radiating from these people made Xia Hong realize that the hearts of everyone in the camp were craving change; as long as they were given a chance, anyone could burst forth with enormous energy.

When countless individuals bursting with enormous energy form a group and then advance toward the same goal, no matter what difficulties there are, they cannot be stopped.

There is strength in numbers is by no means just an empty phrase.

The size of a camp, distinguished by the number of its population, is proof of this.

All camps know that increasing the population is the only way to become stronger.

But limited by resources and strength, they cannot do it.

But now, the Does Da Xia camp, relying on the small torch, is taking an unconventional path and can do it.

Naturally, it is impossible for Xia Hong to still stubbornly stick to the old rules.

Letting go of personal gains and losses, distributing a portion of cold beast meat, allowing the camp's vital strength to grow more and more, absorbing more people, expanding the scale of the camp, and then repeating the cycle—this is the best route for developing the camp.

Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others are actually not stupid, but limited by their past knowledge and experiences, their vision is inevitably short-sighted.

Furthermore, since ancient times, interests have moved people's hearts.

Letting go of personal gains and losses has never been a simple matter.

Fortunately, with Xia Hong in the lead, he set an example for them.

When Xia Ding and the woodcutting team first met with disaster, the cold beast meat Xia Hong brought back was distributed to them.

So now, Xia Hong has the confidence to let them do the same.

In fact, Xia Hong could have completely ruled by decree; he believes that under his strong orders, whether it was Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, or Watching Yue Feng and the others, or even everyone else in the camp, none would contradict him.

With his current prestige, he could completely achieve this.

But he didn't; instead, he chose to present facts and reason with Xia Chuan and the others.

Abolishing an old system and establishing a new one is very simple.

But making everyone understand the reasoning behind it, making the system truly play its role, and even making everyone become people who jointly maintain the system, is not that easy.

The purpose of any system is to regulate and develop an organization.

If, because of the implementation of the new system, Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others developed opinions about the rest of the camp, or even triggered conflicts, then that would run counter to this purpose.

It was mainly that some time ago, Xia Hong had clearly sensed that Xia Chuan's group, who were the first to break through to the Woodcutting Realm, really did have opinions about the rest of the camp, and it was indeed developing in the direction of conflict.

That is why Xia Hong explained so patiently to them why he wanted to do this.

What benefits doing this would have for them and for the camp.

After Xia Hong had clarified all the pros and cons, seeing that Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others had all fallen into deep thought, he did not disturb them, but just remained silent, waiting for everyone to think through his words.

After a long while, Yuan Cheng was the first to lift his head:

"Leader, I understand. Only when everyone becomes strong can we truly not be afraid of those cold beasts, and the previous tragedies will not happen again. I am willing to listen to you; let's stick to the three-five-two ratio for distributing meat."

"No matter how strong an individual is, it cannot change the overall environment of our camp. The leader is right; only when everyone plays their part can we live better and longer. I also agree; the meat distribution rules remain unchanged."

"That's right, we now have the ability to hunt, and there is more cold beast meat than before, enough to cultivate more Woodcutting Realm combat power. If we still stubbornly stick to the old rules, Does Da Xia will at most just recover to the previous situation. I also agree with the leader's opinion; the meat distribution rules remain unchanged."

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Watching Yue Feng, Lin Kai, and the other five also spoke up one after another to agree. Clearly, they not only listened to Xia Hong's words but also truly understood them.

"Currently, prioritizing the cultivation of more Woodcutting Realm combat power is indeed more important!"

Unexpectedly, the last one to understand was his younger brother, Xia Chuan.

Seeing the sincerity on everyone's faces and knowing that they accepted it from the bottom of their hearts, Xia Hong felt relieved, and a smile appeared on his face.

This matter, while not huge, definitely could not be considered a small matter either.

The distribution of interests has always been an eternal problem.

Whether one should prioritize the individual or the collective has never had a definitive conclusion.

But it is certain that the current Does Da Xia absolutely should prioritize the collective.

A group of people without strength, who cannot even go out at night, not only provides no help to the camp but also drags down those of them in the Woodcutting Realm.

Even picking crystal fruit carries certain risks.

Abandoning them is naturally impossible, but just picking crystal fruit endlessly to support them is even less advisable.

As the old saying goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Xia Hong deeply agrees with this.

Helping them become stronger and improving their survival ability is the right path.

And as the strength of everyone in the camp grows, the speed of resource accumulation will also become faster and faster. Once there are more resources, more people can be supported. Repeating this cycle, the prospects of the Does Da Xia camp will be limitless.

Of course, more importantly, the resources for the camp system upgrade also have a source.

Although currently, the system building has only opened a small campfire, judging from its upgrade conditions and the conditions for opening other buildings, the resources Xia Hong will need in the future will definitely be a massive number.

Without the support of a stable and large camp population, Xia Hong himself would certainly not be able to get so many resources, so he must rely on more people.

The establishment of the new rules can be considered a challenge by Xia Hong to the inherent concepts of this world, and it is also his first practice of his own development philosophy for the Does Da Xia camp.

Fortunately, by leveraging the prestige accumulated in the early stages and through some not-so-easy persuasive efforts, everyone listened to him.

"After all, it's just a makeshift team of a hundred or so people. Take it slow; once there is a first time, there will be a second. The day to get on the right track is not far off!"

With the new rules established and the knots in everyone's hearts untied, Xia Hong stopped thinking about it.

"It's about to get dark; get ready to go out."

The others nodded upon hearing this and turned to pick up their own weapons.

Only Xu Ning, who had just broken through and knew that he was about to go out for the first time, touched the stone axe already hanging at his waist, his expression the most excited.

(End of chapter)