Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Second Year of Great Xia, July 4th

Bang... Bang... Bang...

On the west side of the main zone entrance of the Hive underground, a section of the wall has started to deform dramatically, with the stones on the wall having long fallen off, exposing an iron wall protruding into a large bulge, at least three to four meters thick. The fierce pounding outside continues, causing the entire main zone space to tremble incessantly.

Beneath the impinged barrier position, over a thousand Earth-digging Realm of Great Xia are working together to erect a cylindrical giant iron stake with iron chains.

The cylindrical iron stake is more than three meters in diameter and about over twenty meters high. Seeing so many people needing iron chains to raise it, its weight is evidently astonishing.

Among the crowd below, leading are Yuan Cheng, Zhao Long, Qiu Peng, and over ten others of Cold Resistance Level. Standing at the forefront, after raising the iron stake, they then command the crowd to move forward until the top of the stake aligns with the protruding impinged position, slowly opening their mouths:

"Everyone put some effort, push up, one, two, three... Heave!"

More than ten Cold Resistance Levels, along with over a thousand Earth-digging Realm all exert their strength, tilting the iron stake directly against the protruding impinged spot on the barrier.

Bang...

The massive pounding from outside strikes again, causing the people underneath holding the stake to retreat a few steps. However, since the end of the stake is already leaning on the ground, most of the impact force is offset, leaving the people unharmed except for stepping back.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

After the bulge is propped up, the sound of pounding immediately changes. It's apparent that after the giant iron stake absorbs the force, the pressure on the iron wall greatly reduces, and the sound is not as fierce as before. The vibrations within the main zone space also diminish.

Bang... Bang...

The outsiders seem to have realized something, and after a few more strikes, they suddenly stop.

"Hahaha, they've stopped again. Li Xuanling is really relentless; it's already past midnight, and they've tried seven times and still refuse to give up."

Yuan Cheng lets out a hearty laugh, and next to him, Qiu Peng, Zhao Long, and the thousand Earth-digging Realm, who just moved the iron stake, also start laughing.

Amidst the laughter, everyone can't help but look up at the top barrier.

The entire upper barrier of the main zone space shows six huge bulges, each three to four meters thick, apparently all hammered out by Li Xuanling and their group on the outside.

"Every time, we wait until they hit for two hours before supporting it with the stake. They can't see from outside and might be thinking the iron wall is too thick to break through, hahaha."

Luo Yuan, among the crowd, turns his head to glance back and then asks everyone, "Where's the Minister?"

Everyone turns around and finds that Xia Chuan is no longer behind them.

"He should have gone to inspect other places; the main zone barrier is large, and he's worried Long Mountain might mess around from other spots!"

Upon hearing this, everyone shows a peculiar expression, and finally, Yuan Cheng speaks up, "In the entire main zone, there's only a small opening on the top of the main building's barrier, and we've already plugged it. What else can Long Mountain do? They have no way other than brute force to break through."

The group nods in agreement, their faces approving.

All the barriers in the Hive main zone were poured with molten iron, leaving only some air holes, along with one main entrance and a small hole on top of the main building with a diameter of no more than half a meter.

On the night of the retreat from Wushuang, they sealed the main entrance with molten iron. Although the small hole above the main building wasn't blocked, the channel connecting it to the surface was filled afterwards with brute force.

Whether Long Mountain can find the small hole on top of the main building underground is aside; even if they find it, what use is a hole with a diameter of only half a meter that can only accommodate one person at a time?

If the Longyou Army dares to enter one by one through that small hole, it would be courting death.

So, aside from breaking through the iron wall with brute force, Long Mountain has no other way.

"Don't be careless, just keep an eye on this side!"

Just then, Xia Chuan's voice suddenly echoes from behind.

Everyone turns back to see Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan walking over from the direction of the main zone building cluster.

"Sir, there's really no need to worry. The strength of Li Xuanling and her three siblings is indeed remarkable, but the iron stake made by Director Mu weighs over thirty million pounds. Given our strategic patience, as long as we watch where they strike and prop it up, there's no chance they can break it."

Upon hearing Yuan Cheng's words, Xia Chuan doesn't refute but smiles a little while looking at the seven bulging points on the iron wall above.

"If they could make a long enough and big enough sharp iron tool, it wouldn't be impossible to break through with enough people attacking from outside. But Long Mountain came from afar, and Li Xuanling wouldn't have guessed that the Hive stronghold would have such a solid iron wall fortress, so they certainly wouldn't be prepared. Therefore, this time, they're doomed not to break through."

Situated beside Yuan Cheng is Mu Dong, who, together with Cheng Feng and Bai Dongying, was urged by Xia Hong at the end of April to speed up their cultivation. They finally broke through to the Cold Resistance Level at the beginning of this month and were transferred by Xia Chuan from Xia City to lead the army guarding the Hive.

The giant iron stake was temporarily forged by him and a group of craftsmen using the iron ore stored in the Hive after surveying the underground space of the Hive.

At the start of its creation, he was already contemplating how to break through such a ten-meter-thick solid iron wall like the Hive's from the outside, so when he heard Yuan Cheng saying it was impossible to break through, he subconsciously retorted.