Chapter 84

"Leader, the number of people has been counted. A total of 39 people died just now, including two Woodcutting Realm members from the Luo Ge camp. A total of 304 people arrived at the valley."

Inside the valley, the crowd that had already arrived gathered in the wooden house.

Hearing the casualty report from Xia Chuan, Xia Hong felt somewhat heavy, but he quickly adjusted his emotions and turned to look at the right side of the wooden house.

This wooden house was the one rebuilt by the Luo Ge camp after the disaster. It was only thirty-plus meters wide, and it was currently packed with four or five hundred people.

On the left were the three hundred-plus people from the Does Does Da Xia camp, and on the right were the one hundred-plus survivors from the Luo Ge camp after the last disaster.

At the very front of the one hundred-plus people from the Luo Ge camp stood fifteen people, who should be the seventeen Woodcutting Realm members Luo Ming mentioned earlier. Two had died in the frostwolf pack attack just now, so only fifteen remained.

Xia Hong discovered that whether it was these fifteen Woodcutting Realm members or the one hundred-plus people from the Luo Ge camp, there was actually not much resistance on their faces when looking at him, but when looking at the three hundred-plus people from the Does Does Da Xia camp opposite, the resistance was very obvious.

Xia Hong naturally understood the reason for this.

Strictly speaking, the fact that these one hundred-plus people survived last time had a lot to do with him, so these people felt grateful to him and naturally had a good impression of him;

As for the resistance toward the rest of the Does Does Da Xia camp, it was even simpler: it was nothing more than worrying that after the two groups merged, he, the leader, would treat them differently.

It was probably because they didn't want the Luo Ge camp people to see it, but after arriving at the valley, Luo Ming took Li Baihe, Xu Kang, and others to hide elsewhere and didn't enter the wooden house, so these one hundred-plus people on the right were all those who would stay here in the future.

"Everyone!"

The people of Does Does Da Xia were still immersed in the disaster just now and hadn't recovered, and the one hundred-plus people from the Luo Ge camp were also in a state of confusion due to their uncertain future, so the wooden house was very quiet.

As soon as Xia Hong spoke, everyone raised their heads instantly.

"Although I don't know why Leader Luo Ming insisted on leaving, since he has already made the decision, we should respect and understand it. Moreover, not just me, you should all believe in Leader Luo's character. If he could have taken you all away safely, he would never have abandoned you, right?"

Hearing this, the expressions of the one hundred-plus people from the Luo Ge camp dimmed significantly. The pain brought by the wood puppet ghost had not yet subsided, and Luo Ming's decision to take people away was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Over the past two days, their despair had come in wave after wave.

At the beginning, did they have thoughts of blaming Luo Ming? Of course they did.

But as the weak, they knew they had no right and no qualifications to blame him.

Luo Ming had served as leader for more than ten years, and the things he had done for the Luo Ge camp were more than all these people combined; not to mention, Luo Ming hadn't just walked away, but had planned a way out for them.

Therefore, even though they knew Luo Ming's departure was a done deal, these people were still grateful to this former leader in their hearts.

The words Xia Hong said not only served to help Luo Ming explain to everyone, but it could be said that they also allowed everyone to completely let go of their last bit of resentment.

That's right, with the leader's character, if he could have taken us all away safely, he couldn't have just cared about leaving himself. In the end, it was us who were useless.

"I know what you are all worried about. Since Leader Luo has entrusted the Luo Ge camp and all of you to me, then from now on, you are all people of Does Does Da Xia. I won't say much nonsense."

Xia Hong didn't say much more. After finishing two sentences, he gave a look to Xia Chuan on the left, who had been briefed in advance.

Although Xia Chuan was somewhat hesitant, since Xia Hong had given the order, he could only step forward and repeat the rules for dividing cold beast meat into four grades that had been discussed earlier to the one hundred-plus people from the Luo Ge camp.

"Everyone can get a share of cold beast meat?"

"Those between thirteen and thirty can get a share every day?"

"Not only that, if your strength reaches three thousand jin, you can get two jin every day."

"This... how is this possible? Can you hunt so much cold beast meat?"

"Five jin fixed every day for the Woodcutting Realm, did I hear that right?"

"Making special contributions can also earn cold beast meat rewards."

"Those under thirteen can also get five jin every month."

"This can't be true, can the leader hunt so many cold beasts?"

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The one hundred-plus people from the Luo Ge camp, whether it was the fifteen Woodcutting Realm members in front or the ordinary people behind, and even the children under ten, were all in an uproar at this moment.

Never mind them, Huang Yong and Hong Gang and the other eight Woodcutting Realm members who had just agreed to merge into Does Does Da Xia were also looking at Xia Hong at this moment, their eyes filled with shock.

The ordinary people of Does Does Da Xia were fine, as they had known about it before.

But Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the other Woodcutting Realm members had some worry on their faces at this moment.

Especially Xia Chuan, who had just told everyone the four-grade meat distribution rule, looked at Xia Hong several times, wanting to speak but stopping.

This four-grade meat distribution rule was generally not a problem when there were only three hundred-plus people in Does Does Da Xia. Just as Xia Hong said, six cold beasts a month was not too difficult for the current Does Does Da Xia.

But adding the one hundred and seventy-one people from the Luo Ge camp, and then counting the two camps of Da Chuan and Huang Zhao that were about to merge in, that was at least four or five hundred people. The problems here were huge.

With so many people, if they still divided it according to four grades, the monthly consumption of cold beast meat would at least triple or quadruple, and the workload for hunting would also increase by the same amount.

Was this too aggressive for the current Does Does Da Xia?

Xia Chuan still wanted to speak to dissuade him, but meeting Xia Hong's resolute gaze and seeing the suspicion on the faces of the Luo Ge camp people, he realized that it was inappropriate to dissuade him now and closed his mouth.

"Leader Xia, are you sure you can do it? When our leader was here before, the camp had five Earth-Digging Realm members, and we could hunt at most five cold beasts a month. Your strength is indeed very strong, but you can't hunt more than five, right?

With our current number of people, if we divide it according to your rules, then we will probably have to hunt at least ten or more every month. Although I admire you, I have to say, this is impossible for the current camp!"

A Woodcutting Realm member from the Luo Ge camp stood out and directly questioned him.

What he didn't know was that Hong Gang and Huang Yong, who were standing in the back, shook their heads immediately upon hearing him say ten per month.

It wasn't ten. Counting the four hundred-plus people from their two camps, it was at least fifteen, and they had to be adult cold beasts weighing over a thousand jin.

The two calculated this data in their minds, looked at each other, and immediately shook their heads gently, feeling that it was impossible to do it no matter what.

Although they felt it was impossible, deep in their hearts, for some reason, a trace of inexplicable expectation arose, prompting their breathing to accelerate, and they raised their heads to stare tightly at Xia Hong, watching what he was prepared to say.

"Whether it can be done or not is a matter for me and the hunting team. I only ask you, do you agree to this rule!"

Xia Hong didn't explain anything to everyone, only asked this question again.

"Agree, everyone can get a share of cold beast meat, why wouldn't we agree!"

The wooden house fell into silence instantly, until after a long time, a weak voice rang out.

"Agree, of course I agree."

"I agree too."

"Agree!"

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The voices changed from sparse at the beginning to one after another later on, and the voices of everyone answering became louder and louder.

"Good, since you agree, then I'll say the ugly words first. I lead people out to hunt, and I won't take risks for you in vain. Before breaking through to the Woodcutting Realm, you can only stay in the camp and do what you can. No one will blame you.

But once you break through to the Woodcutting Realm and have the ability to go out, everyone in the camp must go out, whether it's picking crystal fruits, cutting wood, mining... From now on, everything you do will be allocated by me, including your lives!

Can you agree to this?"

As Xia Hong's voice fell, the whole place was instantly silent.

(End of chapter)