[{"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-31":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},2266457,4425,"Chapter 31: Upgrade the Firepit","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>Xia Hong knew how precious iron tools were in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron ore itself was a rare resource; in this world, even cutting down trees was astonishingly difficult, let alone extracting iron ore, which was even more advanced than wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did only medium-sized camps have iron tools?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because without a Digging Realm expert, you couldn’t mine even if you found an iron deposit; moreover, coal and iron were inseparable—without coal, merely burning wood couldn’t generate enough heat to smelt iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, the Great Xia Camp had only ever possessed half an iron axe, owned by Xia Ding, which was lost after his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong also knew that Xia Ding’s axe had been traded for with a great deal of wood, through an acquaintance in Luo Ge Camp’s hunting team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This alone showed that iron tools were not only rare but strictly controlled by medium and large camps, forbidden from leaving their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong didn’t know how the Great Stone Camp obtained their greatswords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was certain that this greatsword was utterly precious to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they first encountered the Great Stone Camp’s hunting party during the Snowmane hunt, that man had thrown the greatsword to his leader even as he died—this alone proved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a precious item, and the people of the Great Stone Camp had simply left it abandoned in the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Xia Hong thought Wang Ming and the other three had illegally crossed into Great Xia’s territory and encountered something horrific, all dying as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he immediately realized it wasn’t like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were, the others from the Great Stone Camp would have come searching for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if not for Wang Ming, they would have come for the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet judging from the thickness of snow covering Wang Ming’s corpse just now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others from the Great Stone Camp had clearly never come to look for them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant it was highly likely that the entire logging team had been present then; Wang Ming and the other three had been slower and killed, while the rest had fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those who fled had been in such desperate disarray that they hadn’t even bothered to retrieve their sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Stone Camp’s logging team had thirteen men, including two archers and Wang Ming’s greatsword—yet even with this strength, they had fled in sheer terror. Coupled with the strange red dots on the foreheads of the other three corpses, Xia Hong could almost certainly conclude they had encountered a supernatural entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who escaped either ended up killed later, or were so terrified by the supernatural entity that they lacked the courage to return and investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way, Xia Hong realized he could not remain in place any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, these four had died on Great Xia’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that mean the supernatural entity had already taken root here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely why Xia Hong had led everyone back to camp and declared that for the coming period, they would neither log nor hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they encountered that supernatural entity again, let alone whether they could survive, all the hard-won resources they’d painstakingly gathered would vanish in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The urgency to return to camp was mostly for safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smaller part was due to this unexpectedly found greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong sat beside the campfire, gripping the greatsword in his hand, his pupils filled with delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Resources: Wood 670 Coal 0 Iron 60 Silver 0 Gold 0】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, when he touched the greatsword at Redwood Ridge, the reason he’d shown surprise was because he discovered that this sword, when converted into system iron resources, amounted to a staggering sixty units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was mistaken—the trees in this world are different, so the iron must be different too. This sword looks small, yet weighs six hundred jin. No wonder it’s called the Digging Realm—right now, even if I stood before a full iron deposit, my current strength couldn’t budge it an inch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had little knowledge of metals, but from its volume and weight, the iron in this world, like the trees, bore no resemblance whatsoever to that of his past life—it was an entirely different substance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six hundred jin equaled sixty units of iron, meaning ten jin of iron equaled one unit of system iron resource.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaining iron resources so unexpectedly and fortuitously delighted Xia Hong, but what thrilled him even more was that he could finally activate a building in the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To say the system had done nothing was false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the small torch granted by the firepit alone had given Xia Hong the ability to hunt, indirectly training seven Logging Realm members for the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fact remained that for over two months, the system had shown no change at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had been troubled, but there was nothing he could do—he had no shortage of wood, and with more Logging Realm members, the camp was already overflowing; yet iron—he truly had no idea where to obtain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Stone Camp had it, and Luo Ge Camp had even more—but it was obvious they wouldn’t sell it to him, and even if they did, what could he offer in exchange?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most critical issue was that he didn’t even know where Luo Ge Camp was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the system useless without resources, unable to upgrade or unlock new buildings, Xia Hong’s head had nearly split open over the past weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the camp’s steady daily improvements, he might have already risked everything to acquire iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing he had longed for, dreamed of, had arrived in such a dramatic fashion—he now felt as if he were dreaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But matters of urgency came first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his excitement, he opened the system interface:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Small Firepit (Level 1) Upgrade Condition: 200 Wood, 50 Iron】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Wooden Training Post, Construction Condition: 100 Wood, 20 Iron】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two choices: unlock the new building, the Wooden Training Post, or upgrade the Small Firepit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+ Shu _ Ba\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooden Training Post?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong frowned slightly—he wasn’t unfamiliar with it; it was a martial training apparatus, meaning the building’s function was likely to assist martial practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, being a system product, the Wooden Training Post was surely more than just a training tool, but by analogy with the Small Firepit’s function, it was probably close enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong shook his head and quickly abandoned the idea of constructing the Wooden Training Post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest challenge for Logging Realm cultivation was still cold beast meat—it had little to do with martial training. Moreover, his own martial skill was already high; he could train himself without issue and guide others with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wooden Training Post could wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Small Firepit was different: aside from providing warmth, its function included suppressing and damaging supernatural entities, and right now, the camp’s greatest fear was precisely that supernatural entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torches produced by the firepit could also aid the camp’s hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More crucially, the firepit required wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And right now, Xia Hong had an excess of wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From both functional and resource perspectives, upgrading the Small Firepit was clearly the wise choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having decided, Xia Hong no longer hesitated—he looked at the campfire before him and selected “Upgrade Small Firepit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a thunderous roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firepit at the center of the cave, as if doused in oil, surged upward from its original two or three meters to another meter higher, and the surrounding temperature rose rapidly, perceptible to human skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We didn’t add fuel—why did the fire suddenly grow?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It feels warmer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? Even outside, it’s much warmer now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong ignored the camp’s exclamations, carefully examining the upgraded Small Firepit’s attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Smelter (Level 2): Can significantly raise temperature within a hundred-meter radius by burning coal; greatly enhances suppression and damage against Chujiguiguai , but also attracts cold beasts more strongly; can consume coal resources to smelt iron tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Special Function: Every 10 units of wood burned generates one Small Torch, functionally similar to the Small Firepit, portable;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every 100 units of wood burned generates one unit of Solidified Fire Oil—harmless to humans, but ignites upon contact with supernatural entities, possessing extreme lethality against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upgrade Condition: 2000 Wood, 5000 Iron\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading it, Xia Hong was instantly thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1387,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","af8bdd81ffc410442c658b3f810f09356123d1bb34c1b4ed338fad42dfe09abf","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-32","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-30",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]