[{"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-46":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},2266472,4425,"Chapter 46: No, Something","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>Hearing Shi Qing request to leave, his words still so courteous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong raised an eyebrow, his curiosity deepening instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were currently harvesting crystal fruits on the Great Stone Camp’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intruding into another camp’s domain was no minor matter in Redwood Ridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Dong had at least pointed out their trespass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shi Qing, from start to finish, said not a word about their trespass to harvest crystal fruits on Great Stone’s land—as if he saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong’s heart stirred slightly; he did not immediately agree to let Shi Qing leave, but instead turned his gaze to the bulging sack on Shi Dong’s back—clearly filled with crystal fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shi Head, why are only the two of you out tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Qing’s face stiffened slightly, but he quickly regained composure. “Just gathering a few crystal fruits—no need for many people. What, Head Xia, do you know someone from our logging team?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Hong spoke, he never took his eyes off Shi Qing; though the man concealed it well, that fleeting moment of facial tension had not escaped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Hong said nothing, only nodded with a faint, knowing smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, Shi Head, go ahead and return. We’ll meet another day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very well. Shi will take his leave first. Head Xia, until next time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear Shi Qing was in a hurry; as soon as Xia Hong released them, he turned and fled without looking back, nearly dragging Shi Dong along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong watched their retreating backs, his expression thoughtful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Head, are we just letting them go without teaching them a lesson?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Cheng had long held resentment toward the Great Stone Camp. He’d thought Xia Hong had intercepted them to punish them tonight, only to watch them walk away unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong shook his head. “No need. Lately, we’ve harvested so many crystal fruits from Great Stone’s side—it’s already repaid their earlier offenses. Besides, the Great Stone Camp… something’s wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Cheng froze, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Yue Feng stepped forward and nodded. “Definitely something wrong. Great Stone has over ten Logging Realm fighters. Why would their Head personally come out just to gather crystal fruits? And we’ve cleared nearly all the crystal fruits here lately—those bags on their backs couldn’t have been gathered from their own territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong smiled approvingly at Yue Feng. Among the camp’s Logging Realm fighters, Yue Feng was the oldest, and his observations and reasoning were clearly more meticulous than the others’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Qing was definitely lying, but Xia Hong couldn’t yet determine exactly what had happened to the Great Stone Camp. He’d almost asked—words nearly on his tongue—but held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between camps, probing into each other’s affairs was strictly taboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like after Xia Ding and the entire logging team were wiped out, Xia Hong had feared encountering other camps. When he later met Wang Ming’s group, he’d still had to bluff, pretending Xia Ding and the others were still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d bluntly asked, Shi Qing wouldn’t have answered—he’d only become more wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Forget them. Tonight’s harvest is enough. Let’s return. Xu An, Liu Yuan, Li Yuankun—you three each cut one tree. Everyone else must cut two.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided not to dwell on it further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong turned to the group and smiled as he issued the remaining tasks for the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they’d acquired that Golden-Eyed Demon Sheep, plus subsequent hunting gains, the camp’s supply of cold-beast meat had suddenly become abundant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the terrifying incident where a mysterious creature attacked Xia Hong, the young members’ enthusiasm for cultivation surged. With ample cold-beast meat, three new young Logging Realm fighters had emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, these three, like the previous eight, were still offspring of former logging team members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Notably, Xu An was Xu Ning’s younger brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Golden-Eyed Demon Sheep incident, Xu Ning lost his right eye. Though his cultivation wasn’t affected and his wound had nearly healed, Xia Hong still minimized his outings for safety’s sake, keeping him stationed at camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps spurred by his brother’s blindness, Xu An trained with extraordinary diligence afterward—and became the first among the three to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just one month, gaining three new Logging Realm fighters was a tremendous morale boost for a camp that had just suffered heavy losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ning often joked that if he’d known losing one eye could bring about three Logging Realm fighters, he might as well have given the cold beast his left eye too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a joke, but the truth remained: what was lost on the east, gained on the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camp now had ten Logging Realm fighters. Add Xia Hong, the Excavation Realm leader, and the Great Xia Camp’s strength far surpassed what it had been under Xia Ding’s leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smelting furnace kept the supernatural entities at bay, the small torches combined with the group’s growing strength, and the congealed fire oil gave them real fighting power against the supernatural entities even while hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, the Great Xia Camp had improved in every aspect by more than one level—and all of this stemmed from just the first building the system provided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong was desperately eager for the remaining eight buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the lowest-tier remaining buildings required iron resources to unlock, let alone those needing gold or silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So lately, Xia Hong had delegated all normal logging and fruit-gathering duties to others. Himself, besides leading hunts, spent every spare moment searching the Redwood Ridge and the camp’s surroundings, hoping to find coal and iron mines soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, after more than half a month of searching alone, he found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d wanted to send Xia Chuan and others to help, but none of them had reached Excavation Realm—they couldn’t even break through the soil, let alone rock or mountain stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So not only did finding mines depend on him, but even after locating a mine, if no one else broke through to Excavation Realm, mining would still fall solely to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wood and crystal fruits aren’t lacking. Cold-beast meat is the only shortage. Coal and iron can’t be found yet, but no need to rush. Once more people break through to Excavation Realm, we can expand our search range—we’ll find them eventually.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong thought to himself. Seeing the others had nearly finished packing, he hurried to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he neared the group, Xia Hong noticed Xia Chuan seemed lost in thought, his expression distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Yuan Cheng, Xia Chuan had also experienced Great Stone Camp’s trespass. He’d remained silent when Shi Qing and Shi Dong were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had assumed he was brooding over letting them go, so he stepped forward and patted his shoulder. “Are you upset I let Shi Qing and Shi Dong go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Chuan shook his head, then hesitated before speaking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was wondering how Shi Dong recognized you so instantly. We’d only ever met Wang Ming’s group before. Even if someone described you, how could he recognize you on first sight? And there were ten of us—he singled you out immediately. Something’s off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xia Hong froze. A string in his mind seemed to snap taut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time he’d broken through to Logging Realm and gone out, he’d hidden in the shadows—he’d recognized Shi Qing and Shi Dong. The second time, when he’d taken Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng out, they’d only encountered Wang Ming’s group stealing crystal fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Shi Qing nor Shi Dong had ever seen him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, fragments flooded Xia Hong’s mind…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses of Wang Ming’s group he’d seen on Great Xia’s territory;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knife Shi Qing hadn’t had time to retrieve;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that neither had been seen on Great Stone’s territory since;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystal fruits Shi Qing and Shi Dong carried back from the north—no other Great Stone Logging Realm fighters visible;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Shi Qing’s shifting expressions just now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Synthesizing all these clues, Xia Hong suddenly looked up, his face pale:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something’s wrong—follow them quickly! Shi Dong is suspicious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second round of recommendations just arrived—the reading momentum is strong. Thank you all! The earlier chapters may have felt tedious, but they were necessary groundwork for the protagonist’s camp development. I can’t help it—it’s a new book. Please bear with me. Still asking for continued reading—no need to wait; even if you’re saving it, just come daily to check the latest. Second round push continues. Humble author bows deeply—thank you, great patrons! orz\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1422,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","17948398bd22750fe801cd83bb551fc5f7d4bb9b2c71fa70bf4be40c24cf1a59","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-47","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-45",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]