[{"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-30":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},2266456,4425,"Chapter 30: Unexpected Harvest","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>The logging team increased to eight members, and Xia Hong’s mood improved considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, mood was secondary—the main thing was that the danger level had dropped dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early days, when he was alone, that was one thing; even after Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng joined, and even though they knew the cold beasts slept deeply at night, they still moved with extreme caution, avoiding loud noises and cutting trees only at spots far from the cold beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was different—Xia Hong no longer walked hesitantly on the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the cold night, the outer edges of Hongmu Ridge remained largely unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snowflakes continuously drifted down from the sky, and cold winds occasionally swept past their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong led the team to the first Bingshuo tree, saw it still bare, with no fruit formed, and frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over two months already, and still no fruit—looks like the growth cycle of the crystal fruits is much longer than we thought!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan, being more meticulous, immediately climbed the tree, examined it for a long while, then came down and said: “The root stubs left from the previous harvest have just begun sprouting—slightly stronger than what we saw a month ago, similar to the other two trees. If nothing goes wrong, they should bear fruit in another two months.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another two months to fruit—that means three harvests per year, roughly six thousand jin per harvest, eighteen thousand jin per tree, fifty-four thousand jin total for three trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After calculating this number in his mind, Xia Hong’s frown deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, besides hunting, the thing he did most was lead the team in constantly monitoring the growth of the three Bingshuo trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Great Xia camp naturally had no right to use cold beast meat as food; they had to admit that their primary staple still relied on crystal fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had to understand the growth cycle of the crystal fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each crystal fruit weighs about half a jin; an average person needs two per day to maintain basic sustenance. By this calculation, the annual yield of the three Bingshuo trees could barely support about one hundred and fifty people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camp already had one hundred and fifty-four people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant if anything happened to these three trees, the camp would likely face a food shortage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Xia Hong wasn’t the only one who realized the crystal fruit gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a moment, Xia Chuan immediately asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did Father manage to feed over two hundred people back then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had also thought of this—when Xia Ding was alive, the camp’s population had been over two hundred and thirty. Even if the crystal fruit rations back then weren’t as generous as his current rules, three trees could never have fed so many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a while, Xia Hong first turned his gaze toward the depths of Hongmu Ridge, then shook his head and looked toward the western side—the territory of Dashih Camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like not only Dashih Camp has crossed the border—Father did too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This conclusion was easy to reach: with the strength of Xia Ding’s group, they would never have dared to venture deep into the inner side of Hongmu Ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard Dashih Camp has over three hundred people—so their Bingshuo trees must be far more numerous than ours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Xia Chuan said this, Yuan Cheng’s interest immediately sparked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s just go over there and take some. They didn’t hold back when they came to steal our crystal fruits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Feng, Lin Kai, and others nodded—they’d also heard about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong glanced toward the inner side of Hongmu Ridge, thought for a moment, then nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They currently lacked the strength to penetrate deep into Hongmu Ridge, so they could only “borrow” some crystal fruits from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that Xia Ding had managed to feed so many people without sparking major conflict with Dashih Camp, it was clear their crystal fruits must have had surplus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Dashih Camp stole first—so they had no moral burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go see how their Bingshuo trees are doing right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single command from Xia Hong, the seven others followed him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just about checking their Bingshuo trees—Xia Hong also wanted to see if he could encounter anyone from Dashih Camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange as it was, he hadn’t seen a single person from Dashih Camp on Hongmu Ridge for over a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still doubted whether that bluff last time had really scared them off for over a month—anyone who could survive for so long in this environment with three or four hundred people couldn’t be stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong even suspected they might have met with disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Dashih Camp have been found by that strange thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, there’s something on the ground!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Hong was lost in thought, Qiu Peng’s loud shout interrupted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stopped and turned to see him barefoot, clutching his foot, hissing as he sucked in cold air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone quickly gathered around him, asking what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Peng released his hand, and they saw a two-inch-long gash on his sole—deep, judging by the blood flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the wound, everyone froze in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though none of them had proper shoes—only straw sandals—they all had Foundation Establishment cultivation; their bodies were far stronger than ordinary people’s. A wound this deep was unheard of—even a simple skin cut was rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t know what I stepped on—it cut so deep… Si …”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Qiu Peng’s words, Xia Hong immediately bent down and carefully searched the ground near his foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was covered in snow, and it was night—hard to see clearly—but Xia Hong drew his stone axe and scraped the snow aside, soon hitting something hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing away the snow, his expression froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying on the ground was a gleaming great sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade was about a palm’s width, the shaft roughly one and a half meters long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this Wang Ming’s great sword from Dashih Camp?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Cheng exclaimed, recognizing the sword at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan beside him said nothing, but clearly recognized it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xia Hong grasped the sword, a flash of elation crossed his face—but he quickly calmed, looking beneath the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s something underneath.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong first stowed the sword, then brushed away another layer of snow—a corpse suddenly came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Wang Ming—wound on the head, killed by a single punch. Split up and search the surroundings—look for other bodies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong recognized Wang Ming at once, examined his wounds, then his expression darkened as he signaled everyone to search further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone scattered, forming a circle around Xia Hong, searching the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I found one—wound in the center of the forehead, a… red dot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s another one nearby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three more—fatal wounds, all center forehead red dots.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Lin Kai, searching west of Wang Ming’s body, made discoveries—and found three corpses in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong examined all four corpses. Besides Wang Ming, one of the others was someone he’d seen during Wang Ming’s previous crystal fruit theft; the other two, though unfamiliar, were clearly from Dashih Camp by their clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All from Dashih Camp—they really did meet disaster.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d suspected something was wrong, given how long they’d been absent—and now he’d been right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had they met disaster, but it happened right on Great Xia’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did they run into? Killed by someone else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No signs of cold beast attack—definitely killed by people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So does that mean, besides Dashih, other camps have also intruded into our Great Xia territory?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others stared at the corpses, speculating aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong listened to their guesses, glanced at the sword in his hand, then spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who says they were killed by people or cold beasts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his words, everyone’s faces changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not killed by people, not by cold beasts—then only one possibility remained…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s return to camp immediately—no more hunting, no more logging!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Xia Hong turned and led everyone back toward camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet just as they turned to leave—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a hundred meters west of where the corpses had been found, a body suddenly sat up on the snow, slowly turning its head to watch their retreating backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1384,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","97242a3a9683d4b3d8e005b082974ed48b3090ebfd4f14822c8ecc4cfcbbb668","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-31","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-29",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]