[{"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-95":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},2266521,4425,"Chapter 95: First Batch of Hunting Team Members","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>Xia Chuan’s strength, among all the Woodcutting-stage cultivators in the camp, was certainly not weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was it not weak—without considering combat experience—he might even be the strongest among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, he could barely hold out for thirty-nine breaths against a full-grown Snowmane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who have reached the Digging-stage possess the ability to hunt. This is no empty saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact force and speed generated by a Snowmane at full power are beyond the Woodcutting-stage’s capacity to match, let alone its long tongue, which always strikes at critical moments with impossible-to-predict precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In life-or-death combat, a Woodcutting-stage cultivator is utterly outmatched before a Snowmane—even iron weapons cannot bridge this gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Xia Chuan did not use a great sword or bow, his black blade and white thread were far superior to iron weapons, yet he still only held out for thirty-nine breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the wooden dummy announced Xia Chuan’s score, Luo Yuan and the onlookers all grew grim-faced, clearly feeling deeply uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Xia Chuan, you’re in charge of the rest of the selection. Just tell me the results when you’re done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong lost interest in watching further after hearing the thirty-nine-breath result. He instructed Xia Chuan to handle the selection, then picked up a ram’s horn chisel and walked alone toward a small cave on the southern edge of the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the cave’s entrance grew a large patch of strange black plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each plant was no larger than a finger, entirely jet-black. Though each had only a single root-stem, it bore at least twenty to thirty tiny leaves, feather-shaped and arranged in even pairs along both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure black plants are rare enough, let alone such a dense patch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, I wonder if these black thornvines can be used in medicine. I’ll test them later with the decoction pot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong’s mind stirred slightly. He plucked one black thornvine and stepped into the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave was shallow, only slightly over five meters deep. The passageway was propped up with thick logs. The rock wall at the very back differed noticeably in color from the passage and outer walls—it glowed with a deep black luster and felt chillingly cold to the touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cave was, of course, the unexhausted iron mine of Luo Ge’s camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past few days, he’d been busy with relocation and hunting, and since the iron ore reserves were still plentiful, he hadn’t come to check. Today, finally having a moment free, he came to take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single trap consumes more iron ore than a great sword. Even without accounting for system-building upgrades, as the number of Digging-stage cultivators in the camp grows, the demand for iron ore for hunting alone will surely be terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention all the other tools and equipment that require it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong explored the cave for a while, found a suitable spot for mining, focused his spirit, raised the ram’s horn chisel, and struck the rock wall with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chisel struck the rock with a thunderous crash, sending sparks flying everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong stepped forward, looked at the faint white mark on the rock wall, and did not lose heart. He took a breath and began striking the same spot again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang… clang… clang… clang…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like blacksmithing, Xia Hong kept striking relentlessly, causing sparks to fly inside the cave. The faint white mark on the rock deepened and widened until, two hours later, it finally shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a fist-sized piece of iron ore rolled to the ground, Xia Hong, drenched in sweat, could no longer bear the ache in his arms. He flung the ram’s horn chisel away with a sudden motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong panted heavily as he stepped forward, picked up the iron ore, weighed it roughly in his hand, and couldn’t help shaking his head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over forty jin? This mining difficulty is a nightmare!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had mentally prepared himself for the difficulty of mining iron ore, but only now, after experiencing it firsthand, did he realize just how hard it truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he struck the first blow, he realized—just like when forging iron tools—the raw iron ore possessed immense rebound force. Without a base strength exceeding ten thousand jin, even with the ram’s horn chisel, you simply couldn’t chip it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, iron ore grows in patterns similar to black thornvines: dozens of uneven lumps grow along a single main vein, which itself is iron ore—but because it’s so large, its hardness far exceeds that of the branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the most efficient and time-saving method is to chip off the uneven lumps one by one along the main vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two hours, over forty jin. At this mining intensity, I can manage at most two trips per day—that means I can extract no more than about one hundred jin of iron ore daily!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Xia Hong understand why Luo Ge’s camp had never managed to widely distribute iron tools, let alone fully equip everyone with ten-fold forged weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They previously had only five Digging-stage cultivators. They couldn’t possibly mine every day, and even after mining the ore, they needed coal stone to smelt it—mining coal was another grueling physical task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I used to hear that a Digging-stage cultivator could mine only two hundred jin of coal per day. I didn’t believe it. Now I see—even two hundred jin of coal per day is far from easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong took a deep breath, picked up the iron ore, and walked straight out of the cave. The system currently had 420 points of iron resources—plenty for the short term. He wasn’t in a hurry to mine more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, for the current camp, the most cost-effective use of iron ore was forging ten-fold weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was, even with weapons, Luo Yuan, Xia Chuan, and the other Woodcutting-stage cultivators still couldn’t hunt effectively as a team. Just like the failed attempt at Da Shi camp, the risk remained far too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So five great swords and eleven bows were certainly sufficient for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the ordinary camp members, three iron swords and five hammers were enough for them to craft wooden tools. No new equipment was needed in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stepped out of the cave, the sky had begun to lighten. The wooden huts were empty, and the wooden dummy was gone—he knew the selection was over. Feeling the cold seeping more intensely into the air, Xia Hong hurried back to his hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the hut, Xia Hong immediately saw fifteen people standing beside the smelting furnace. As he approached, Xia Chuan began calling out their names one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader, the selection is complete. The fifteen selected are: Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Huang Yong, Zhao Long, Hong Gang, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, Li Yun, Li Pingkai, Ying Xuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, Zou Yuankai, Qiu Peng, Zhu Shun. I held out the longest—thirty-nine breaths. Zhu Shun held out the shortest—seventeen breaths.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Chuan called out each name, Xia Hong carefully observed the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ge’s camp had a solid foundation. It wasn’t surprising that Luo Yuan and the other eight were selected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Yong and Hong Gang were former leaders of the two previous camps, with rich combat and wilderness experience—no surprise they made the cut. Zhu Shun, standing beside Huang Yong, was likely a Woodcutting-stage cultivator absorbed from Huang Zhao’s camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and Qiu Peng were selected—that genuinely surprised Xia Hong. These three had reached the Woodcutting-stage around the same time as Xia Chuan, but they hadn’t enjoyed Xia Chuan’s fortune in acquiring the Wooden Puppet’s technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their selection into the hunting team proved they had worked hard in cultivation during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright. You fifteen are now the first hunting team of Great Xia. Starting with Xia Chuan, in order of ranking, each of you pick one weapon—great sword or bow, whichever you prefer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan nodded and walked toward the great swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others immediately grew tense. There were only four great swords. According to Xia Hong’s method, the first few would surely take them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the rest would have to settle for bows…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to everyone’s surprise, Xia Chuan did not choose a great sword. Instead, he picked up a longbow and turned to smile at the group. “My black blade is far stronger than these great swords. I’ll leave the swords for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone froze, stunned. Then, shame washed over their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan’s black blade was indeed powerful—but that wasn’t why he refused the great sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Woodcutting-stage cultivators had no real hunting ability. Their role outside was merely to assist Xia Hong, to lend a hand. A great sword offered far greater safety than a bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Chuan choosing the bow instead of the sword was clearly an act of humility. They all understood this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, starting with Luo Yuan, everyone stopped fixating on the great swords. Instead, they chose weapons suited to their own abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xia Hong nodded slightly, feeling quietly pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A team too selfish is doomed to fail—especially under such extreme conditions. If everyone only cared about their own small gains, collapse was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Great Xia, just formed from four separate groups, reaching this point was already a major step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1564,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","080cb2330358d34f2705f8702eec58df27fc97f708e881865b6604c7441c7788","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-96","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-94",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]