Chapter 110 The huge danger on the north slope of the mountain wall [three in one chapter]
"If you still can't meet them in Redwood Ridge tonight, you will have to look for them on the north side of the mountain wall. This campground is so well hidden!"
On the north side of Hongmu Ridge, Luo Yuan entered Chen Yeying's sphere of influence. Although he frowned, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Chen Yeying's concealment work was really good.
Half a month ago, Xia Hong asked him to come to Lu Shang and Chen Ye's camps to discuss how to take them in in Daxia, and Luo Yuan readily agreed.
I thought I would be able to find the whereabouts of the two camps soon, but who would have thought that half a month had passed and I had been here three times, but I still hadn't even seen Chen Ying's face.
When choosing a location for a small camp, the most important thing is concealment. After all, the higher the concealment, the safer it is.
Therefore, when Luo Yuanyuan came over, he did not plan to find Chen Ye's camp directly. Instead, he chose to go outside Redwood Ridge to see if he could meet anyone from Chen Ye's logging team.
The small camp does not have hunting capabilities, but wood and crystal fruits are necessities, so they will definitely come to the outskirts of Redwood Ridge.
Normally, there is nothing wrong with my idea, but I don't know whether it's due to bad luck or other reasons. I came here three times in a row, but I didn't encounter Chen Ying or anyone from the logging team.
This is a bit strange.
It is no exaggeration to say that with the cutting and picking capabilities of a small camp, unless there is an unexpected situation, it is necessary to go out every night.
The strength of Chen Ye's camp is not that strong. Even if they are lucky and have a lot of crystal fruits and wood reserves, they won't be able to come here three times in half a month and not be able to encounter them once!
If the previous three times were due to bad luck, then for the fourth time now, after searching for two hours, Luo Yuan still couldn't see a single figure, and a bad guess arose in his heart.
Especially after checking the two ice trees that he had marked before, he found that the crystal fruits on the trees were exactly the same as the last time he saw them. They had obviously not been picked. Luo Yuan could basically conclude that he had guessed correctly. .
"For more than half a month, the logging team has not left the camp. It is impossible. Either Chen Ye has moved all the campsites, or there is something wrong with their camp. The possibility of the former is very small, so it is basically certain that there is something wrong. ! ”
Looking around Redwood Ridge, there is no one other than Daxia that can afford to move Chen Camp, so the possibility of moving is almost non-existent.
If something goes wrong at the campground, there are many possibilities.
The entire logging team was wiped out; the cold beast found its base and all members were killed; or new monsters appeared, etc...
Luo Yuan walked to the outside of Redwood Ridge and stared at the mountain on the east side. Many thoughts came to his mind, and his expression was a little hesitant.
Although he didn't know the exact location of Chen Camp, he was certain that it was on the north side of Daxia. To be precise, it was on the slopes of the high mountain on the north side of Daxia Valley.
The valley that Daxia took over from Rogge was originally located between two high mountains. Tashan, where the southern Dashi Camp was originally located, and the slope where Daxia was located, can be considered as branches spreading out from the mountain on the south side.
The slope extending from the high mountain on the north side is also several kilometers long. The camps of Chen Ye and Lu Shang are on this slope. The two camps are actually very similar to the slope where Daxia was located before.
"There's no point in guessing here. Just go and have a look. If something really goes wrong, help if you can. If you can't help, go back and inform the leader. The camp is so strong now, so it shouldn't be a big problem!"
Luo Yuan paused for a moment, the hesitation on his face gradually dissipated, and he tiptoed towards the east slope wall.
In the worst case scenario, everyone at Chen Camp has been killed; with better luck, they just have a problem with the logging team and the rest are still there; or they are facing some difficulties and the personnel cannot go out...
No matter what the situation is, you should go and take a look, otherwise you won't be able to report to the leader when you go back.
Not knowing the specific situation of Chen Ye's camp, Luo Yuan did not dare to make any big show when he approached. Not only did he move quietly, he even walked a certain distance and stopped to confirm that it was safe before moving on.
There were still four or five hours before dawn, so there was plenty of time and he was not in a hurry.
The distance from the outside of Redwood Ridge to the mountain wall was only seven or eight hundred meters. Luo Yuan was very cautious and took more than half an hour to complete the walk. When he got close to the mountain wall, he did not rush to search, but carefully observed it first. Fan.
The highest point of the mountain on the north side of Daxia is directly above the valley, and the slope of the mountain wall extending here is only more than a hundred meters high.
After looking around the bottom of the mountain wall and finding no obvious traces of the cave, Luo Yuan carefully climbed up a steep wall to take a look from a height.
There are no strong diggers in small camps, so they can only choose natural caves. Normally, it is impossible to set up a camp at a high place, but there are always exceptions. It is not ruled out that there will be natural caves in some high mountains, such as the previous big stone camp. Located in Tashan.
After much effort, Luo Yuan finally climbed up the slope. He took a breath and raised his eyes to look towards the north side of the slope wall.
At this sight, his scalp went numb for an instant, and his whole expression froze for an instant, as if he had seen a ghost, and his expression was extremely frightened and horrified.
"This..."
What did Luo Yuan see?
On the north slope of the mountain wall, there is a large group of silver creatures lying densely. At a glance, there are at least hundreds of them.
Although it was dark at the moment, the silver was already bright, and with the help of the moonlight, Luo Yuan could barely see what they looked like.
This group of silver creatures all have pointed heads and strong bodies, with bodies about one meter long, and a two to three meter long flesh-colored tail hanging behind them. The tail is covered with dense barbs, which is extremely scary;
The two sharp rodents emitted a penetrating cold light under the moonlight. Although the limbs under the abdomen were short, they were thick and powerful, and the ends were equipped with sharp claws like steel knives.
At this moment, most of them are sleeping, but a few of them are not sleeping. Their two small eyes are shining with red light, and they are spinning around, occasionally baring their teeth at other people of the same kind around them, full of ferocity.
Cold beast, a new cold beast that has never been touched before.
And there are so many of them, at least three or four hundred.
Why did such a large group suddenly appear?
Luo Yuan swallowed, retracted his head almost tremblingly, and then carefully got off the rock wall, without looking back, and ran away quickly.
He was extremely grateful at this moment for his previous caution.
No, you should thank the leader.
If it weren't for Xia Hong's strict requirements for the hunting team, which made them develop the habit of always being vigilant when going out, if they had been a little careless and alerted those things just now, he would have definitely died.
No wonder they haven't encountered the logging team at Chen Ye's camp in the past half month. Looking at the entrenched posture of those creatures, it's not certain whether the people in Chen Ye's camp are dead or alive, let alone going out.
I still don’t know whether those creatures are entrenched on the mountain wall during the day as they are at night. If they are like this during the day, then the people in Chen’s camp will not even light a fire during the day. Even if they do not starve to death, they will be killed long ago. Frozen to death.
"We have to go back and report to the leader quickly. Camp Chenye is only more than two thousand meters away from Daxia. If these things stay here for a long time, there is no guarantee that they will find the valley one day, and we will also suffer!"
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Luo Yuan's expression became much more solemn, and he unconsciously returned to the valley faster.
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Inside Redwood Ridge
Beside a big blue tree with a diameter of only four or five meters, there are dozens of light blue plants growing. Its leaves emit a faint fluorescence in the dark night, adding a touch of tranquility to the ice and snow jungle. Beauty.
Shasha…………
There were slight footsteps in the snow, and a burly figure walked to the side of the big blue tree. He looked at the light blue vegetation on the ground, his face full of joy.
"This is the second blue jade tree. Sure enough, the further you go in, the more treasures there are. After walking more than a hundred meters, you found two trees. Wouldn't there be more as you go further in?"
The burly figure left the hunting team and went deep into the Redwood Ridge to explore alone. Looking at the blue grass all over the ground, Xia Hong looked delighted and immediately squatted down and started picking.
After picking, Xia Hong tied his back with a rope. He stood up and looked at the big blue tree, the joy in his eyes still undiminished.
Jinshang Powder is now considered a necessary item for the hunting team.
As the main ingredient for refining Jinshang Powder, the importance of Lan Ningcao is self-evident. When he first learned that Lan Ningcao was a companion plant of this big blue tree, Xia Hong attached great importance to this tree, because Its trunk is blue and its leaves are as warm as jade, so it is named Blue Jade Tree.
It is a pity that Chengfeng has never found another blue jade tree within the five hundred meters outside the Redwood Ridge. There are forty-seven blue condensation grasses next to the first blue jade tree. All of them have been picked and refined into golden sore powder.
During this period, the people from the collection team searched over and over again within the 500-meter radius, but could not find the second tree. The blue grass next to the first tree had not grown yet. Xia Hong was working on it recently. I was worried that the Jinshang Powder would run out, but unexpectedly, I found two of them in one night.
"More than a hundred Blue Ning grass, the harvest tonight is enough, and we also saw the Yunwu Tengjiao with our own eyes. In half a month, we can officially expand the scope of activities and bring them over to hunt new cold beasts!"
Xia Hong put Lan Ningcao on his back and turned to look to the southwest.
More than a hundred meters away in the southwest, there is an area shrouded in clouds and fog, about fifty or sixty meters wide. The clouds and fog are so thick that only the outlines of the trees in that area can be seen no matter how big they are, and even the moonlight cannot penetrate. There is an inexplicable sense of sinister déjà vu.
There is the habitat of a cloud dragon.
Xia Hong just came from that way.
The meat of the three cold beasts, Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, and Demon Sheep, plays an increasingly smaller role in improving his strength. It may be that his body has developed antibodies to the meat of these three cold beasts.
This idea was just Xia Hong's guess before, but the moment he saw the Yunwu Tengjiao with his own eyes, Xia Hong immediately realized that his guess had a high probability to be correct.
Because the moment he saw the Yunwu Tengjiao, he clearly felt that both in his body and in his heart, he had an extremely strong desire for the flesh and blood of the Yunwu Tengjiao.
Whether it is for personal cultivation needs, for the richer vegetation and other resources on the inside, or even for seeking a larger living space, it is necessary to expand the scope of activities in the camp.
Xia Hong's current position is about two hundred meters deeper than the previous five hundred meters. .
Within such a small area, two sapphire trees and the Yunwutengjiao were discovered. If the range of one thousand meters of activity in the Rogge Camp was restored, there would definitely be more new species and useful things discovered.
"But then again, how big is Redwood Ridge..."
This thought came to Xia Hong's mind, and he unconsciously glanced deeper at the west side of Redwood Ridge.
All the camps around Hongmu Ridge are just on the east side of Hongmu Ridge. The two camps of Chen Ye and Lu Shang are merged into one. The outer periphery of the east side of Hongmu Ridge, which is nearly ten miles from south to north, is basically a Daxia family. Yes.
This is said to be a very large area, but just looking at the size of the trees in this world, you will know that this area is definitely just the tip of the iceberg for the entire Redwood Ridge.
Within the 500-meter perimeter, the smallest trees were three meters in diameter. Xia Hong only went deeper than 200 meters tonight and saw the largest tree, even more than 20 meters in diameter. What is this concept?
Xia Hong climbed to the top of the big tree countless times, trying to get a full view of Redwood Ridge.
But every time he climbed to the top and looked to the west, his view would always be blocked by bigger and thicker trees. Some of these trees, even if they were dozens or even hundreds of miles away, would shock Xia Hong and even make him feel sad. Give birth to fear.
"I'm afraid that the east side we thought we were on was only a small piece of the east side of Redwood Ridge. Let alone the other end of Redwood Ridge, we have no idea how far the north and south sides extend."< br>
Thinking of this, looking at the depths of the redwood ridge on the west side, Xia Hong was curious and at the same time felt a sense of awe in his heart.
One day, if we really find out how big Hongmu Ridge is, then Daxia's strength will probably not be much different from that of Beishuo Town. After Xia Hong sighed, he couldn't help but shook his head, secretly laughing that he was thinking too far.
After marking the location of the second blue jade tree, he went to the location of the first blue jade tree and put away the previously bundled part of the blue jade grass. Xia Hong quickly rushed back to the valley.
"The wind and rain in all directions are not as good as the rain in our Redwood Ridge."
"There is rain in Longmen Mountain, and the snow tiger comes down the mountain."
In front of the pile of rubble at the entrance of the valley, Xia Hong shouted out the secret signal, and there was an immediate response from inside.
Then among the rubble, a log slowly retreated, revealing a passage.
Although the current Daxia is much stronger than before, under Xia Hong's request, it still maintains a cautious style, and the secret code convention is still used.
The description of the iron-smelting furnace makes it very clear that it only has a deterrent effect on low-level monsters; and the dangers in this world do not only come from monsters. Who knows whether other humans who have not been exposed to it are good or bad.
Before there was no absolute strength to ensure safety, Xia Hong firmly believed that there was nothing wrong with being cautious. Although the secret code convention for returning to the camp had not worked once before, it did not mean that it was useless.
The seventy-two lives of Daxia in the early days at Tupo; the destruction of Dachuan Camp; and the more than a thousand lives of Rogge Camp were all bloody lessons, and Xia Hong did not want the tragedy to happen again.
The code routine is not troublesome, it is just for dialogue, but at some critical moments, the role it plays is irreplaceable.
To say the least, even if it is just used to raise the vigilance of everyone in the Great Summer Camp, it would be good.
"Meet the leader!"
The gatekeepers were two young reserve men. When they saw Xia Hong opening the door, they immediately bowed with a respectful look on their faces. After welcoming him into the valley, they immediately blocked the passage with logs.
Then two people stepped forward and took the blue grass from his back. One of them moved it directly to the south mine warehouse, while the other continued to guard the edge of the cave entrance.
From matching the code to entering the valley, Xia Hong nodded slightly as he watched the two gatekeepers perform a series of skillful actions, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
All the logging realms in the camp have entered five departments, and all have their own main tasks. In addition, Daxia is not yet luxurious enough to let the logging realm come to visit the gate, so the gatekeeping duties are handed over to the gatekeepers in turn. Reserve men.
Half a month ago, Xia Chuan proposed that people over thirty years old be included in the reserves. Now the number of reserves has reached nearly 400. It is nothing to have two people take turns guarding the gate every day.
Xia Hong is mainly satisfied with the fact that he can train reservists in advance in this way, so that they can subtly develop the character of being cautious in everything before they go out.
As the gathering and logging teams grew larger and larger, the number of casualties outside the field also hit new highs. As of now, seven have died and eleven are missing.
The most important thing is that after Xia Hong carefully understood it, he found that all these casualties were unnecessary.
Those who did not pay attention to explore the surrounding environment when collecting and felling wood, disturbing the cold beasts and being killed;
Those who panicked and lost their way in the dense forest when escaping;
There are also those who are too far away from the team, do not remember the way, and end up missing;
There are even injuries caused by falling from trees; or accidentally falling into deep snow pits in the wilderness. In the end, they either disappeared or were rescued after spending a lot of manpower and material resources...
In short, the casualties occurred in various ways and in all kinds of strange ways.
Although there were not many people in this group, only eighteen in total, they were all in the logging realm after all, and they were raised with cold beast meat that he risked his life to get. How could Xia Hong not feel distressed.
Although the logging realm does not have the ability to hunt, as long as there are enough people, they are familiar with the terrain, and they work together, it is not too difficult to escape from the hands of low-level cold beasts;
Getting lost or falling into a deep snow pit due to unfamiliarity with the terrain is essentially careless and self-righteous.
Cheng Feng has resigned from the position of captain of the logging team and has become the captain of the collection team. The captain of the logging team is now Bai Dongying. Both of them were members of the original logging team of Rogge Camp, and may have more wilderness experience than Xia Hongdu.
If you follow these two people out, as long as you are obedient and more cautious, there will be no chance of getting lost, missing, or even falling into a snow pit.
Xia Hong concluded that these casualties were, in the final analysis, caused by problems among those who had newly broken through the logging realm.
While they lack experience in the wilderness, they are not cautious enough;
Relying on your recent breakthrough, if you have some strength, you will boldly advance;
Self-righteous people think that gathering and logging wood is different from hunting and there is no danger;
Even during this period, there must have been instances of disobedience to the captain's orders.
Five days ago, for this matter, Xia Hong started a fire. He not only punished several typical members of the logging team and the collection team, but also severely reprimanded the two captains Bai Dongying and Cheng Feng. The arrogance that was gradually spreading had to be reorganized.
He was personally in charge of the hunting team, so there was no sign yet of the gathering team and logging team. After he got angry, Xia Chuan immediately took the lead, leading two captains, Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying, to formulate several rules, including guarding the gate. , which was also worked out together at that time.
In a purgatory like the Ice Abyss, if you want to survive, you must be cautious, especially when you are still very weak.
Xia Hong's prestige and status were enough to make more than 800 people in the camp obey his orders unconditionally, but it was definitely not possible to make everyone develop a cautious character at once.
They can only rely on the established dogmas and rules, coupled with the harsh requirements of the leader Xia Hong, to subtly influence and even change everyone.
In the valley, the construction of new homes has reached the final stage.
The four thick walls are erected high; the top has been completely sealed; someone has even laid a tarpaulin made of animal skins on the top of the four pointed corners.
The gate has not been sealed yet, and people are constantly coming in and out. The three-story structure has come out. Through the gate, you can see that there are people going up and down, transporting the cut plates and iron materials inside.
Seeing that everyone was busy, Xia Hong did not come forward to disturb them and walked towards the temporary wooden house ahead.
"Meet the leader!"
"Meet the leader!"
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There were not many people in the temporary wooden house, and a few young children were playing and playing. When they saw Xia Hong coming in, they also imitated an adult and saluted respectfully.
Xia Hong smiled and rubbed their little heads and let them play by themselves.
Seeing the three brothers Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and Zhao Long sitting cross-legged beside the iron-making furnace with solemn expressions, Xia Hong immediately realized that something was wrong.
These five people, when they returned from hunting in the past, should have gone to the new wooden house to help with other members of the hunting team.
"Leader!"
Seeing that the five people were about to stand up, Xia Hong quickly stretched out his hand to signal the five people to continue sitting. He walked to the edge of the chair. After sitting down, he asked:
"What happened? Did something go wrong while we were just hunting?"
Xia Hong thought there was something wrong with the hunting. Luo Yuan immediately shook his head and recounted what he had just said with a solemn expression.
"I went to Chen Ying's camp again tonight. I didn't meet Chen Ying or the logging team three times before. This time I went directly to the mountain wall to find their camp. It turned out that they were on the north slope of the mountain wall. , see..."
As Luo Yuan narrated, Xia Hong's expression gradually became solemn. He even couldn't help but stand up from his chair after hearing the end.
There are hundreds of strange cold beasts on the north slope of the mountain wall...
At this moment, Chen Yeying Camp, located on the north slope of the mountain wall, was completely out of Xia Hong's consideration. There was only one thought left in his mind.
Hundreds of unfamiliar cold beasts whose details are unknown are entrenched on the north side of the mountain wall, less than two kilometers away from the Great Summer Camp. Those cold beasts only need to go one or two kilometers south along the hillside to break in. Great summer camp.
Xia Hong turned to look at Luo Yuan again and asked in an extremely solemn tone:
"How many, are you sure you got it right?"
Luo Yuan closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, nodded heavily and replied: "I don't know if there are other places, but on the north slope, there are at least more than 300 heads. I can be sure that I am not wrong."< br>
One meter long, two to three meters long barbed tail, pointed head and strong body, silver fur, two sharp rodents, short and thick limbs, small red eyes...
After excluding the body shape, the silver fur and the barbs on the tail, the creature "rat" suddenly appeared in Xia Hong's mind. Then he enlarged it according to the size. Instantly, the hair on his body stood on end, and the solemnity on his face became a little more serious. .
Combining the three cold beasts of Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, and Demon Sheep, although the cold beast species in the Ice Abyss world are unique, they are obviously related to similar creatures in previous lives, and some of their habits are also very similar.
By analogy, this group of rat-like cold beasts can compete with each other because they currently live in groups, but what about the others?
Rats’ ability to burrow into the ground, gnaw, and spread diseases.
Or even... reproductive ability?
Xia Hong trembled suddenly and walked out of the cabin.
Upon seeing this, the five people hurriedly got up and followed him out.
After walking out of the wooden house, Xia Hong raised his eyes and looked towards the mountains to the north of the valley. Thinking of the group of cold beasts, which were less than two kilometers away from the valley, the solemnity on his face suddenly rose to the extreme.
"How long is it until dawn?"
The five of them also followed Xia Hong out of the wooden house.
After hearing his question, Xia Chuan immediately answered.
"There should be more than an hour left."
"Okay, there's still time. Luo Yuan, please take me there to take a look. Xia Chuan will also come with me. Bring weapons and torches. Let's go back quickly!"
"Yes, leader!"
The three of them had their swords on their bodies. They went back to the wooden house and each took a bow and arrow. They carried several torches on their backs and immediately left the camp. Under the leadership of Luo Yuan, they quickly hurried towards the mountain wall where Chen Ye's camp was located. past.
In just over ten minutes, Luo Yuan led the two of them to the bottom of the mountain wall.
The three of them crept up the mountain wall without making any sound. After reaching the top of the mountain wall, Xia Hong and Xia Chuan slowly stretched out their heads and looked toward the north slope.
At this glance, the two people's reactions were exactly the same as Luo Yuan's just now.
"How come there are so many..."
"Shh, be careful, don't make a sound!"
After Xia Hong signaled Xia Chuan to be silent, he retracted his head and his face turned extremely ugly.
It’s only been half a year since I moved to the valley, and it hasn’t been long since Ansheng was born. The new house is about to be built, and there is such a large group of cold beasts appearing next to it...
What kind of world is this? There is simply no way for people to survive!
(End of chapter)