[{"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-70":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},2266496,4425,"Chapter 70: Coal and Iron Mines","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-70",70,"\u003Cp>Over two hundred people working together instantly transformed the once devastated valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scattered corpses and limbs on the ground were collected to the deep eastern edge of the valley, burned together with branches and broken wood; though everyone’s faces were filled with sorrow as they watched the flames, they had no choice but to handle it this way to prevent disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the giant wooden golem was dead, its body remained; Shang Ping led others to assemble usable wood into a square wooden house over thirty meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A furnace was quickly erected inside the house, and Shang Ping led more people to carry over a hundred blocks of pitch-black coal stone from a small cave on the southern side of the valley and threw them into the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the fire blazed up, the interior of the wooden house grew noticeably warmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong drew his gaze back from the small cave on the south side, picked up a coal stone the size of a fist from the ground, weighed it in his hand a few times, then his face showed a flicker of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coal stone? It’s this heavy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coal stone, no larger than a fist, felt in Xia Hong’s perception to weigh around forty jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling Wang Ming’s great sword—just one and a half meters long yet weighing six hundred jin—Xia Hong quickly accepted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the coal and iron in this world could not be judged by his past life’s standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two units of coal resource can be converted into one point, at twenty jin per point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong quickly understood the conversion ratio for coal resource through the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This conversion rule likely followed the rarity of the resource.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wood had been tested before—roughly a thousand jin for one point; coal was twenty jin per point; iron was ten jin per point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Hong pondered, Yuan Cheng suddenly approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader, coal produces several times more heat than wood, and its radiant range is wider. I just asked people from Luo Ge’s camp—they said the previous five large wooden houses each needed only one hundred and fifty jin of coal stone, mixed with some wood, to maintain heating for a full day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong nodded; he had already inquired when Shang Ping’s group brought the coal from the cave, so he was aware of these details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Feng now also stepped forward, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he stared at the coal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not just for heating—if we find iron ore, we can use it for forging, casting, and weapon smithing. I just heard them say that Li Hu mentioned coal stone can also soften the soil, allowing crops to be transplanted after softening.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong’s interest surged; he turned to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young brother, I haven’t finished yet. According to Li Hu, softening the soil requires massive amounts of coal. When we had five Digging Realm cultivators, we could only mine a thousand jin of coal per day; now we only have three, it’ll be even harder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out Luo Ming, who had just finished his work, had also drifted over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Feng and Yuan Cheng both scratched their heads—they had clearly gotten this information from Luo Ming and were now caught relaying it, making them slightly embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming merely smiled and waved it off, then turned to Xia Hong: “Xia Leader, you’re worried about finding coal and iron mines, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong didn’t hide it; he nodded directly and asked: “After breaking through to the Digging Realm, I searched every slope around Hongmu Ridge and my own camp, even the mountainsides—found nothing at all. I beg you, Luo Leader, to kindly share your knowledge—I’d be deeply grateful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Luo Ming’s distant expression and silence, Xia Hong thought for a moment, stood up, and bowed deeply to Luo Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This startled Luo Ming awake; he immediately got up and helped Xia Hong to her feet before smiling wryly: “Xia Leader, don’t misunderstand. Luo Ge Camp owes you immense gratitude—how could I possibly ignore it? Besides, it’s not some great secret; I was just lost in thought about something else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without explaining what that something was, Luo Ming gestured for everyone to sit, then turned and called over four camp leaders: Hong Gang, Huang Zhao, Chen Ying, and Lu He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four had been sitting with their own people elsewhere; upon arriving, they all greeted Luo Ming first, then nodded to Xia Hong, glanced around, and sat down opposite Luo Ming and Xia Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temporary wooden house had no furnishings; everyone sat on the ground. Interestingly, as Hong Gang and the others sat opposite, everyone else drifted over to their side, leaving only Luo Ming and Xia Hong on their side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong felt nothing unusual; the others showed no expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Luo Ming, seeing this, wore a thoughtful look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, Xia Leader asked me how to find coal and iron mines. I thought you’d all be curious, so I called you over to hear it together—so when you break through to the Digging Realm, you won’t be clueless about where to look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Gang and the other four leaders, along with some Felling Realm cultivators their age, all shook their heads with smiles—they clearly didn’t believe they’d ever break through to the Digging Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But behind them, the younger Felling Realm cultivators showed glimmers of eagerness, far more confident than their elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most peculiar were the reactions of Yue Feng and the others behind Xia Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Lin Kai, who was tending to Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, Qiu Peng, and Lu Yang all looked intensely excited, leaning forward slightly, clearly ready to listen carefully to Luo Ming’s next words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having observed the reactions of all three groups, Luo Ming finally spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, coal mines—you all know the Jinlin Tree, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xia Hong’s expression turned strange; a suspicion stirred in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Generally, wherever Jinlin Trees grow, there are coal mines—and the thicker the tree, the richer the coal deposit beneath it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong silently shook his head; he’d searched Hongmu Ridge for so long without success, and back then he’d wondered why, in this world where animals and plants were far stronger and more abundant than in his past life, mineral resources weren’t plentiful too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out he’d been looking in the wrong place—all along, the coal mines were hidden beneath the Jinlin Trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo Leader, what about iron ore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong pressed on about iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Iron ore is simple too—look for a plant called Hejili. It usually grows in cracks of rock faces and mountainsides, a companion plant to iron ore. Find it, and you’ve found the ore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Luo Ming seemed to fear they wouldn’t understand, and gestured to Shang Ping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Ping hurried out and returned shortly with a plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming took it and displayed it for everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a strange, entirely black plant with a single stem but at least twenty to thirty feather-like leaves, symmetrically arranged in pairs on either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, Hejili isn’t easy to find. The iron ore we mine at Luo Ge Camp comes from deposits passed down for generations—we haven’t found any new ones yet…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming paused suddenly, then shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we don’t even need new ones. With the strength of camps here in Hongmu Ridge, finding just one vein is enough to sustain generations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the others chuckled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True enough—the Luo Ge Camp’s iron vein had been mined for generations, yet iron tools still hadn’t spread throughout the entire camp, proving the mining difficulty was terrifyingly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others chuckled, Xia Hong frowned, his heart growing heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding iron ore was already hard; from Luo Ming’s tone, even finding it would be nothing compared to the difficulty of extracting it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was far from good news for someone who needed vast resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader, Chuan’s awake!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Hong pondered, Lin Kai’s voice interrupted him; he immediately rose and went over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and the other three followed closely behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1357,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","155f5e73e649f8e7b2fdb2716694191a293b9ae662213579717985ed53ef820d","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-71","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-69",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]