Chapter 31

Xia Hong knows how precious ironware is in this world.

Iron ore itself belongs to rare resources. In this world, even the difficulty of cutting trees is shockingly high, let alone iron ore resources that are more advanced than wood.

Why do only medium-sized camps have ironware?

Because without a powerhouse in the Earth-Digging Realm, even if you discover iron ore, you cannot mine it; and coal and iron are inseparable. With only iron and no coal, relying on the heat generated by burning wood, it is fundamentally impossible to smelt ironware.

For these many years in the Does Da Xia camp, there was only one and a half pieces of ironware—Xia Ding's stone axe—and it was lost when Xia Ding was murdered.

And Xia Hong also knows that Xia Ding's axe was exchanged for a lot of wood with an acquaintance from the Luo Ge camp hunting team.

From this, one can see that ironware is not only rare but also strictly controlled by those medium and large camps and is not allowed to flow out.

Xia Hong is not clear about how the broadsword of the Great Stone camp came to be.

But it is certain that this broadsword is absolutely extremely precious to them.

When they first encountered the Great Stone camp hunting snow manes, that person threw the broadsword to the leader before he died; one can also see it from this.

Such a precious thing, and the people of the Great Stone camp actually let it be lost in the snow.

At first, Xia Hong thought that Wang Ming and the four others had privately crossed the boundary to Does Da Xia's territory and then encountered something terrible, and all died.

But he immediately realized it wasn't like that.

If it were really like that, the others from the Great Stone camp would definitely come to look for him.

Even if not for Wang Ming, for the sake of this sword, they would also do so.

But judging from the thickness of the snow covering Wang Ming's corpse just now.

The others from the Great Stone camp clearly had never come to look for them.

In this way, it is highly likely that the entire woodcutting team was there at the time; Wang Ming and the four others might have been killed because they ran slowly, while the others escaped.

And those people were extremely wretched when they escaped, not even caring about their swords.

The woodcutting team of the Great Stone camp had thirteen people, and among them were two archers, plus Wang Ming's broadsword. Even such a configuration was so wretched. Linking this to the strange red dots on the brows of the other three corpses, Xia Hong can almost conclude that they definitely encountered a strange entity.

That group of people who escaped either were eventually killed as well, or they were scared out of their wits by that strange entity and didn't even have the courage to come back and check.

Regardless of which one it is, Xia Hong realized that they cannot continue to linger in the original spot.

And, these four people died on Does Da Xia's territory side.

Does this mean that that strange entity has already entrenched itself here?

This is the reason why Xia Hong not only led the crowd back to the camp but also said that for the next period, they would not cut wood or hunt.

If they run into that strange entity again, not to mention whether they can save their lives, the family fortune that has been painstakingly accumulated during this period will likely be wiped out in minutes.

Returning to the camp so urgently is mostly out of safety considerations.

A small part is also this broadsword that was accidentally picked up.

Xia Hong sat by the camp campfire, holding the broadsword in his hand, his pupils filled with surprise.

【Resources: Wood 670, Coal 0, Iron 60, Silver 0, Gold 0】

Just now, when he was in Red Wood Ridge and came into contact with the broadsword, the reason why a look of surprise appeared on his face was that he discovered that this broadsword, when converted into iron resources in the system, actually reached as high as 60 units.

"I thought wrong; the trees in this world are different, so the iron is naturally even more different. This sword doesn't look big, but it weighs six hundred jin. No wonder it's called the Earth-Digging Realm. Now, even if an iron mine were placed in front of me, with my current strength, I wouldn't be able to shake it in the slightest."

Xia Hong doesn't have much knowledge of metals, but judging from the volume and weight, the iron in this world, just like the trees, has nothing to do with his past life and is completely another kind of substance.

Six hundred jin is sixty units of iron, which means ten jin of iron can be converted into one unit of iron resource in the system.

Obtaining iron resources for the first time in such an accidental and lucky way certainly makes Xia Hong happy, but what makes him even more excited is that he can finally move the buildings in the system.

To insist that the system didn't play a role would be a lie.

After all, just the small torch given by the campfire allowed Xia Hong to have the ability to hunt, which in disguise helped the camp cultivate seven people in the Woodcutting Realm.

But for more than two months, the fact that the system hasn't changed at all is also a fact.

Xia Hong is also distressed, but there is no way; he is not short of wood, and even as there are more and more people in the Woodcutting Realm, the camp has already had a surplus. But for iron, he really doesn't know where to get it.

The Great Stone camp has it, and the Luo Ge camp has even more, but thinking about it, one knows that they wouldn't sell it to him. Even if they did, what could he use to exchange for it?

The most critical problem is that he doesn't even know the location of the Luo Ge camp.

Having a system but no resources, unable to upgrade, and unable to click on new buildings, Xia Hong's head has almost been getting bigger during this period.

If it weren't for seeing the camp steadily improving every day, he might have really thought of ways to take risks to get iron.

Something he had been thinking about and dreaming of, obtained in such a dramatic way, Xia Hong now even has the feeling of dreaming.

However, business is still the priority.

Suppressing his excited heart, he adjusted the system interface:

【Small Campfire (Level 1) Upgrade Conditions: 200 Wood, 50 Iron】

【Wooden Dummy, Construction Conditions: 100 Wood, 20 Iron】

Two choices: click on the new building Wooden Dummy, or upgrade the Small Campfire.

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Wooden Dummy?

Xia Hong's brows locked slightly. He is no stranger to this thing; it is a piece of martial arts training equipment, which means the function of this building is highly likely to be used to assist in martial arts training.

Of course, being a system product, the Wooden Dummy is certainly not as simple as just training equipment, but by analogy with the functions of the Small Campfire, it should be about the same.

Xia Hong shook his head and soon dismissed the idea of building the Wooden Dummy.

The biggest difficulty in the cultivation of the Woodcutting Realm is still cold beast meat; it actually doesn't have much to do with martial arts training. What's more, his own martial arts attainments are not low, and practicing by himself is not a problem at all; guiding others is even more than enough.

The Wooden Dummy can be talked about later.

And the Small Campfire is different. Not to mention keeping warm, judging from its functions, the Small Campfire has a suppressing and lethal effect on strange entities, and currently, what the camp fears most is that strange entity.

The torches produced by the Small Campfire can also help the camp hunt.

More importantly, the campfire needs wood.

And currently, the wood in Xia Hong's hands is in surplus.

Whether from the perspective of function or resources, upgrading the Small Campfire is clearly a wise move.

Having made the decision, Xia Hong no longer hesitated, looked at the campfire in front of him, and chose to upgrade the Small Campfire.

Boom…………

Suddenly, a loud boom.

The campfire in the middle of the cave, as if it had been doused with oil, the original two or three-meter-high flames instantly shot up another meter, and the temperature in the surroundings also rose rapidly at a speed perceptible to the human body.

"We didn't add firewood, how did the fire suddenly get bigger?"

"It seems even warmer."

"Really, it's also much warmer on the outside here."

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Xia Hong didn't pay attention to the exclamations of the people in the camp; he just carefully looked at the attributes after the Small Campfire was upgraded.

Iron Smelting Furnace (Level 2): Can significantly increase the temperature within a hundred-meter radius by burning coal; the deterrent and lethal effect on primary strange entities is significantly increased, but at the same time, it also has a stronger attraction to cold beasts; can consume coal resources to smelt ironware.

Special Function: For every 10 units of wood resources burned, one small torch can be generated, with functions similar to the Small Campfire, which can be carried around;

For every 100 units of wood burned, one portion of Fire-Condensing Oil can be generated. This oil is harmless to humans but ignites upon touching a strange entity and has extremely strong lethal power against strange entities.

Upgrade Conditions: 2000 Wood, 5000 Iron

After reading it, Xia Hong was instantly excited.

(End of chapter)