[{"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-63":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},2266489,4425,"Chapter 63: Soul-Collecting, Spirit-Assembling: Ascension to Mid-Level","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-63",63,"\u003Cp>At this moment, the valley floor was littered with hundreds of corpses, fragmented and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countless white threads bursting from the wooden puppet demon’s body were all precisely connected to these remains, not a single one missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, when they had just returned, the valley floor had been strewn with severed limbs and torsos; everyone had assumed the wooden puppet demon had slaughtered everyone in the camp, forcing them to flee in all directions, creating the horrifying scene of corpses everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was clear—the wooden puppet demon had done this deliberately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t stand there frozen—cut these white threads!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning shouted from behind the group, swiftly slashing the nearest white thread with his sword, then turning with a grim expression to roar at the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others snapped to attention and hurriedly followed him, chopping at the white threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Yang Ning’s silver longsword could slice through the threads, sending sparks flying and causing them to snap cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their own greatswords could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your weapons are useless—distract it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning realized their weapons were ineffective and quickly added another warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hu and Yang Ning had the most seamless coordination; even before Yang Ning finished speaking, Li Hu had already charged toward the wooden puppet demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides him, Xia Hong had also quickly realized that their greatswords couldn’t cut the threads and had already moved toward the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming and the other three only rushed forward after hearing Yang Ning’s shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning’s speed was already unimaginably fast—he had severed hundreds, even thousands of threads—but compared to the countless white threads exploding from the puppet demon’s body, it was like trying to drain the ocean with a cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the six of them reached the wooden puppet demon’s side; even Li Baihe, who had been using a bow, now switched to a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All six slashed at once, sending six powerful gusts of wind that targeted nearly every vital part of the demon’s body—from neck to waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were still too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before their blades could strike, the wooden puppet demon suddenly lifted its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its crimson pupils shrank into pinpricks; a sinister smile spread across its face as it slowly opened its mouth and emitted a strange, piercing laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gle gle gle gle gle…………”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six warriors’ forward momentum froze instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did their blades stop—their faces turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t because of the demon’s laugh, but because all six simultaneously sensed a deadly threat behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hu Zi, get out of the way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning, the farthest away, shouted loudly; Li Hu reacted on instinct, abandoning the demon, retracting his blade, and diving sideways in a clumsy roll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning had only shouted Li Hu’s name, but the other five clearly heard him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, all five abandoned their strikes and fled rapidly away from the demon, their panicked retreat no less clumsy than Li Hu’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh… swoosh… swoosh…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the six could raise their heads, a whistling wind rushed past their ears—clearly, many objects were flying at incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they looked up, their faces turned utterly horrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the thousands of white threads bursting from its body, the wooden puppet demon was rapidly pulling every fragment of corpse and limb from the valley floor back into itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of corpses—what an enormous quantity—each fragment surged into the wound beneath its right armpit, causing the demon’s body to swell and expand at terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two meters… three meters… five meters… ten meters…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—it wasn’t just size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chief, why didn’t you save me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father, you shouldn’t have killed me, you shouldn’t have killed me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did only I die, wu wu wu wu, you’ll all die…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I died so horribly—my head is gone, my legs are gone too…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My intestines—give me back my intestines…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the wooden puppet demon, countless eerie, mournful voices suddenly erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These voices—male, female, old, young—all different, yet all brimming with hatred and malice, and all directed squarely at the seven of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My head hurts so much…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh………… so painful, my head hurts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plosch…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these voices echoed through the valley, the one or two hundred people rescued from the wooden huts began staggering and collapsing, their heads splitting with pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some, severely affected, spat blood and collapsed to the ground, writhing in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Huang Zhao, Hong Gang, and all others from the major camps who had reached the Woodcutting Realm began showing signs of agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this included Yuan Cheng and Yue Feng and the others from the Great Xia camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention others—even Xia Hong, whose ears were flooded with those voices, grew increasingly dazed, a sharp pain throbbing in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Soul-Collecting, Spirit-Assembling—it’s evolving! Stop it! If it ascends to a Mid-Level Demon, we’ll all die here—hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul-Collecting, Spirit-Assembling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong gritted his teeth against the pain in his skull and heard Yang Ning’s voice—his heart plummeted into icy despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong didn’t understand Soul-Collecting, Spirit-Assembling or Mid-Level Demons, but the fear and panic in Yang Ning’s tone was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Yang Ning’s background and strength, such a reaction made it easy to imagine the consequences if the wooden puppet demon succeeded in ascending to Mid-Level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuan Cheng, throw all your torches over here—hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong turned and shouted toward Yuan Cheng and the others just behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chief, six torches—catch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and the others were also suffering from splitting headaches, but they reacted swiftly, tossing a bundle of torches through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the six had carried one—exactly six in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong caught them and quickly tossed one to each of the other five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Use these torches—they can hurt it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming and the other two caught their torches and immediately brightened—they clearly recalled the flammable oil they’d used earlier in the wooden hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yang Ning and Li Hu were still confused, instinctively hesitating to take the torches—but seeing the expressions on Luo Ming’s group, they reluctantly accepted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could these tiny torches possibly harm the wooden puppet demon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had no time to explain—he slammed the torch against the ground, igniting it instantly, then charged straight at the demon with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t throwing his life away—key was, the demon’s demonic screams were making his head throb worse by the second; if he waited any longer, he might never get another chance to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming, Shang Ping, and Li Baihe also snapped to action, mimicking Xia Hong’s motion—lighting their torches and charging toward the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Yang Ning and Li Hu, who had doubted the torches, clenched their teeth and chose to trust Xia Hong, joining the charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden puppet demon’s size had now grown to over twenty meters tall, wreathed in swirling black mist, its aura vastly more powerful than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet its eyes remained tightly shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong dared to lead the charge because he sensed the demon was at a critical moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No white threads blocked his path—he advanced unimpeded, reaching the demon’s lower body first, gripping his blade in his right hand, and with a roar, brought it down in a brutal slash against its leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without white threads to defend it, the demon’s body was not invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Xia Hong’s full-force strike only carved a half-meter-long wound—no blood spilled, only exposed chunks of rotting flesh and shattered corpses inside, faintly recognizable as the faces of those who had died in Luo Ge’s camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong forced down his revulsion, shoved his left hand forward, and jammed the burning torch deep into the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssssssss…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh………………”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torch ignited the flesh within the wound, instantly spewing thick black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanying the smoke was a piercing, agonized scream from the wooden puppet demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It actually works!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Yang Ning and Li Hu froze in shock, then surged forward with renewed speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1315,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","cae2a5e44e4b33b0c94ea55b5247b719849d47b2dfdf12bccde645dbaee82b65","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-64","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-62",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]