Chapter 6

With over a hundred people working together, the cave entrance was soon sealed.

Although there was firelight in the cave, once the entrance was sealed, it was still much darker.

Perhaps it was the sense of security brought by the enclosed space, the pain on the faces of the people in the camp also dissipated a bit.

It's just that their expressions were still wandering, and their faces were full of confusion.

"Brother, what should we do next?"

Xia Chuan's voice immediately focused everyone's attention on Xia Hong.

From the first distinguishing of the truth and falsehood of Xia Ding, to the later leading the fight for survival, and even the life-saving small bonfire at the end.

It can be said that without Xia Hong, almost no one in the camp could have survived.

At this moment, everyone naturally placed their hope on him.

Xia Hong could naturally read the reliance in everyone's eyes, and felt the pressure increase.

In fact, he couldn't not stand up.

Xia Ding and the woodcutting team, a total of 13 people, had been confirmed to have met with misfortune.

The slaughter just now killed another 72 people.

He had just counted, and now there were only 154 people left in the camp.

Among them, there were only 53 adults.

The reason why these older people stayed in the camp and didn't follow Xia Ding out to cut wood and hunt was because their strength was too weak, and their strength was only at the stage of normal people.

And among the remaining 101, those of similar age to him, including himself, were 25, and the rest were all between 3 and 12 years old.

He was already the strongest person in the camp now.

Plus, being the son of the former leader Xia Ding, leading the people in the camp to continue to survive naturally became his responsibility.

Xia Hong put aside his chaotic thoughts, looked around the cave, and soon made the first decision:

"We can't stay here, pack up, we'll move when it gets dark."

The strange monster of Seeing Seeing Hong Mu Ridge already knows the location of the camp and may come back at any time.

Continuing to stay here is definitely a dead end.

"Brother, which cave are we moving to?"

"Go west, to number four."

Humans in this world are almost hiding from birth to death.

Hiding from the day, hiding from the ice tide, hiding from cold beasts, hiding from strange monsters.

Under the state of hiding year after year, humans have long developed the habit of a cunning rabbit having three burrows.

The Does Da Xia camp is no exception.

Having lived in Seeing Seeing Hong Mu Ridge for decades, the Does Da Xia camp had long opened up six hiding places, all of which were caves.

The average distance between the six caves was only five or six hundred meters, all distributed in a ring around this dirt slope on the east side of Seeing Seeing Hong Mu Ridge.

They were currently staying in number one, and number four was the furthest from number one. For the sake of insurance, Xia Hong chose number four.

Everyone naturally had no objections and all turned to leave, packing up their things according to Xia Hong's orders, preparing to move away from here after nightfall.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xia Hong turned his attention to the camp system he hadn't had time to carefully check just now.

【Camp: Does Da Xia (Level 0)】

【Leader: Xia Hong】

【Territory Population: 154】

【Resources: Wood 15 Coal 0 Iron 0 Silver 0 Gold 0】

【Building: Small Bonfire (Level 1) Daily consumption Wood 2 (Placed)】

Small bonfire: Can significantly increase the temperature in a ten-meter radius, has a deterrent and killing function against primary strange monsters, but at the same time has a strong attraction to cold beasts

Special function: Every 10 units of wood resources burned will generate a special small torch, with functions similar to the small bonfire, which can be carried around

Resources required for small bonfire upgrade: Wood 200 Iron 50

Below the already opened interface, there were eight gray and dim options:

Wooden dummy, green bamboo fence, marking stone, medicine decoction pot, yellow land, grinding stone, small wooden table, coarse iron chain.

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, choosing the wooden dummy, and immediately a piece of information appeared:

Wooden dummy (Not built)

Resources required for construction: Wood 100 Iron 20

Sure enough, the other seven buildings all require resources to unlock.

Among them, the resources required for the construction of six buildings are wood, coal, and iron.

The small wooden table requires silver, and the coarse iron chain requires gold.

Witnessing the power of the small bonfire, Xia Hong was naturally jealous of these buildings.

But the reality is that let alone the gold and silver behind, he hadn't even seen coal in the month he came to this world.

Just upgrading the small bonfire to level two requires wood 200 and iron 50.

Xia Hong's mind moved slightly, and he walked to the side of the cave wall.

On the ground lay three big trees about thirty meters long and three meters thick.

Although Xia Hong hadn't gone out to cut wood, he had seen the forest not far away at the cave entrance this month.

The trees in this world grow terrifyingly.

Not only do they grow terrifyingly, but their weight is also exaggerated.

Because the temperature is too low, the outer skin of all trees is covered with a layer of ice crystals, which greatly increases the difficulty of cutting.

Without a basic strength of less than five thousand jin, there is no possibility of cutting.

This is why woodcutting has become a symbol of strength.

Every time Xia Ding went out to cut wood, he basically picked the thinnest ones.

It's not that he didn't want to pick thick ones, but if he picked thick ones, they simply couldn't cut them down.

Even if they were lucky enough to cut them down, they might not be able to carry them back.

Xia Hong looked at the three big trees on the ground, his eyes thoughtful.

"These three trees are probably 15 units of wood, which means that to upgrade the small bonfire to level two, at least twenty such big trees are needed, plus 20 units of iron."

Thinking of this, Xia Hong shook his head and hurriedly stopped his thoughts.

Let alone twenty trees, according to what Xia Ding and the woodcutting team members said earlier, before the strength breaks through five thousand jin, even cutting trees is a problem.

Let alone iron, among all the camps around Seeing Seeing Hong Mu Ridge, I'm afraid only the Luo Ge camp has it.

"Right now, surviving is the top priority. Besides, I must practice harder. I wanted to break through five thousand jin in a month step by step before, but now it must be as fast as possible!"

Xia Hong whispered to himself, his heart full of urgency.

15 units of wood are only enough for the small bonfire for seven and a half days.

It's okay to endure at night, but during the day, if there is no fire for warmth, people in the camp will freeze to death.

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It's not that they haven't experienced the day before, but for the people in the camp, these four hours during the day today were particularly difficult to endure.

On one hand, they had just suffered a disaster and lost many relatives, so their mood was already low.

On the other hand, it was because they knew they were moving at night, and everyone had a sense of wandering about the unknown future.

But no matter what, this day finally passed.

Xia Hong pushed open a slit from the cave entrance and looked out.

It was already night outside, although there was no light, the ice crystals and snowflakes decorated the earth in silver, and the visibility was still okay.

Of course, the most critical thing is that once it's night, the temperature rises.

Xia Hong turned his head and looked at the people in the camp behind him, all carrying luggage.

154 people had already been divided into three groups by him.

The first group of 40 were all adults, both men and women;

The second group consisted of 76 children and 13 adult women;

The third group was him and Xia Chuan, plus another 23 young adults.

"Adults lead the way, divide twelve people to carry those three trees.

All children in the middle, you thirteen women, take good care of them.

Xia Chuan, and you twenty-three, follow me to bring up the rear.

Don't mess up the team, once something happens, blow the bone whistle first, don't shout, so as not to attract trouble, do you understand?"

"Understood!"

Hearing the unanimous answer from the crowd, Xia Hong waved his hand to signal departure.

A group of over a hundred people walked out of the cave entrance one after another.

After the last group had left, Xia Hong turned his head to look at the small bonfire.

As his mind moved slightly, the small bonfire immediately extinguished, and the status at the end of the small bonfire in the camp system also returned to unplaced.

After dealing with the bonfire, Xia Hong immediately trotted to follow the team.

A group of people marched west, their white animal fur coats blending with the color of the snow, as if gradually melting into this cruel and ruthless ice and snow world.

(End of chapter)