Chapter 96

In the end, the four great blades fell into the hands of Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, Hong Gang, and Yuan Cheng, while the other eleven all chose bows and arrows.

"Leader, among the remaining twenty-one, the one who lasted the longest is Cheng Feng."

"Cheng Feng, greetings, Leader!"

As Xia Chuan's voice fell, a middle-aged man in his early thirties walked out from the back and bowed respectfully to Xia Hong.

Xia Hong nodded and looked at the twenty people behind Cheng Feng who were not selected for the first hunting team.

According to what was said before, these twenty-one would be members of the logging team from now on, and the strongest, Cheng Feng, would serve as the captain of the logging team.

Going out with the hunting team, the logging team would at most cut wood in the perimeter area and basically wouldn't encounter any danger. Even if they did, according to the current hunting area of Does Da Xia, the hunting team could arrive at any time, so naturally, there was no need to equip any weapons, just simple logging tools would suffice.

However, seeing the obvious look of dejection on the faces of this group, Xia Hong's mind stirred slightly. He glanced at the fifteen members of the hunting team and said loudly: "Don't be anxious if you weren't selected this time. I said that although the members of this first hunting team enjoy hunting team treatment, their status can only be considered temporary. Only by breaking through to the Earth-Digging Realm can they be considered true hunting team members.

You fifteen enjoy the best resource allocation in the camp, so you should also be the fastest to break through to the Earth-Digging Realm. If anyone in the logging team breaks through a step ahead of you, then according to the order of the selection results just now, whoever is ranked last will go down, and the person from the logging team will come up."

As soon as this sentence was finished, the expressions of the fifteen people just selected into the hunting team became visibly nervous; while looking at the group from the logging team, their expressions were much more spirited.

"And currently, I am concurrently holding the position of hunting team captain. Whoever among you breaks through to the Earth-Digging Realm first and is the first to have the ability to lead a hunt, I will appoint him as the hunting team captain. The captain's treatment will be doubled on the basis of the hunting team members!"

Doubled again?

Ordinary hunting team members get ten jin a day.

Then the captain is, every day... 20 jin?

Obtaining this astonishing number in their minds, everyone's expressions became fiery, and their breathing also became rapid.

The members of the hunting team and the logging team had been determined. Xia Hong raised his head and found that the gazes of everyone in the camp were still gathered on him.

Looking at the cold beast meat already laid out in front of him, Xia Hong naturally knew why everyone was looking at him like this.

He didn't say much, just nodded at Xia Chuan, then reached out and waved at the crowd, saying loudly:

"Everyone, line up, let's start... distributing the meat!"

Hearing the words "distributing the meat," the eyes of everyone in the camp lit up.

Rustling noises came from below. Without needing Xia Chuan's command, more than seven hundred people, including more than thirty Woodcutting Realm members, everyone qualified to receive cold beast meat, immediately lined up in an orderly fashion.

Xia Chuan was also well-prepared; he had Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and Qiu Peng bring four people who knew how to cut meat, set up wooden tables, and began to distribute the cold beast meat according to status.

"Luo Yuan, hunting team member, 10 jin."

"Zhao Long, hunting team member, 10 jin."

"Zhao Hu, hunting team member, 10 jin."

"Cheng Feng, logging team captain, 10 jin."

"Lin Kai, logging team member, 5 jin."

According to the rules established by Xia Hong, there were nine hundred people in the camp in total. Excluding more than one hundred ordinary people over thirty, the remaining seven hundred plus could all receive cold beast meat.

15 hunting team members, 10 jin each; 21 logging team members, except for the captain who gets 10 jin, the rest get 5 jin each; 302 reservists between thirteen and thirty, according to base strength, ranging from 1 to 2 jin;

392 children under thirteen, 5 jin per month. The three pieces of prey tonight were completely sufficient, so Xia Hong simply let them be distributed together.

It looked like a lot of people, but in reality, it was only a little over 2000 jin.

Of course, the difficulty wasn't for one day, but from now on, every day.

As more than half of the 4280 jin of cold beast meat was consumed tonight and everyone in line received their share, the wooden house was already filled with laughter.

Those who received meat were all excitedly discussing how to eat it; those who didn't receive it, seeing their own children or brothers receive it, also had faces full of joy and satisfaction.

In fact, there were only nine hundred plus people in the camp. The remaining one hundred plus who didn't receive cold beast meat were all over thirty and basically had relatives in the reservists, or the logging team, or even the hunting team.

According to the cultivation progress of the Woodcutting Realm, 10 jin of cold beast meat a day couldn't be finished, so as long as there were relatives in the hunting team, they could also get it if nothing went wrong;

Even if there were no relatives in the hunting team, there were always some in the logging team and reservists. It could be foreseen that when their relatives entered the hunting team in the future and cold beast meat became surplus, they would have their share sooner or later.

"Leader, it's finished. 150 jin for the hunting team, 110 jin for the logging team, 420 jin for the reservists. The biggest share is for the children under thirteen, 392 in total, distributing 1960 jin. However, this is a one-time thing and can last for a month. A total of 2640 jin was used tonight, and 1640 jin remains."

Xia Chuan reported the usage item by item, then pondered for a moment and continued: "According to this distribution, for the next thirty days, the daily cold beast meat consumption will be about 600 to 700 jin."

Xia Hong nodded; this was about the same as the consumption already calculated before.

Although the number of children under thirteen was as high as 392, they were only distributed five jin per month, once every thirty days, so preparing 2000 jin wasn't a very big burden.

Five jin per month seemed like little, but it was completely enough for children. Xia Hong didn't want these children to break through to the Woodcutting Realm quickly; he just wanted to subtly improve their physique and make plans for future reservists.

The physique of children who grew up eating crystal fruit and those who grew up eating cold beast meat would definitely be worlds apart. Perhaps the difference wouldn't be visible in the short term, but if this continued long-term, the next generation of the Does Da Xia camp would definitely usher in earth-shaking changes.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

With Xia Hong's understated sentence, the entire wooden house immediately became quiet. Everyone turned their heads to look at him, the fanaticism and admiration in their eyes undisguised.

Clearly, this meat-sharing feast had elevated Xia Hong's status in their hearts to a terrifying degree.

Xia Hong could naturally feel this feeling, but he didn't take it to heart; he just said in a deep voice: "As long as the cold beast meat is distributed to your hands, I won't care about it anymore. Whether you use it yourself, give it to others, or even throw it away, it's all up to you. But do you all remember what I said before?"

What was said before? What words?

The crowd, wrapped in joy, was slightly stunned.

But soon, Luo Yuan and the others reacted.

Luo Yuan, the three Zhao family members beside him, and the rest of the Luo Ge camp looked at each other. The fifteen people nodded, walked forward together, knelt directly before Xia Hong, and said solemnly:

"From now on, regardless of life or death, we are at the Leader's command."

With Luo Yuan and the others doing this, everyone instantly remembered the words Xia Hong said some time ago.

"Distribute cold beast meat according to the system. As long as I can do it, from now on, everything of everyone in the camp will be allocated by me, including your lives."

At this moment, everyone lowered their heads to look at the cold beast meat in their hands, then looked up at Xia Hong.

Everyone in the wooden house, including Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the nine hundred plus people of the Does Da Xia camp, without a single hesitation, all knelt on the ground in unison and bowed respectfully to Xia Hong:

"From now on, regardless of life or death, we are at the Leader's command."

Xia Hong nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thus, the new Does Da Xia camp, after the merger of the four groups, had completely won over their hearts. Next, as long as they hunted step by step and steadily implemented this system, the camp's cohesion would be established.

With cohesion, the improvement of overall strength would be a matter of course.

(End of chapter)