Chapter 454: Chapter 210: Hong Yu, Beehive, Observation_2

Hearing Xia Hong’s answer, Luo Ming immediately showed a smile on his face, “Good, for calling me Brother Luo, when we return to the Hive Camp, I will have your back, so don’t worry.”

After exchanging pleasantries, Luo Ming became bolder, and without hiding it, directly asked, “Hong Yu, you are from the Redwood Ridge, you should know me, right?”

Xia Hong nodded, “I know, Brother Luo was the leader of the Rogel Camp before, after the incident with the Wood Puppet Monster, Brother Luo led people away from Redwood Ridge, leaving Twin Dragon Valley to our Great Xia Camp.”

Bringing up the past, Luo Ming couldn’t help but sigh for a moment, but he quickly adjusted his mindset and said, “It’s been two years since we left Redwood Ridge, and I don’t know how the current state of Great Xia is. The last three trades, seeing the amount of goods Yue Feng brought, Great Xia’s strength must be terrifying now, right?”

Not directly asking, trying to lead me to reveal Great Xia’s situation voluntarily.

Seeing through Luo Ming’s intentions, Xia Hong thought for a moment and spoke directly.

“Of course, now our Great Xia has a population of over thirty thousand, nearly three thousand are in the Earth-digging Realm, more in the Logging Realm, and just hunting teams alone number over eighty. There are more than ten teams capable of hunting intermediate Cold Beasts, covering an area of five to six hundred square kilometers. No nearby camp should be a match for our Great Xia!”

………

Unexpectedly, hearing Xia Hong’s words, both Luo Ming and Shang Ping’s expressions immediately froze, halting their steps and quickly turning around, looking at him with disbelief.

Earth-digging Realm, nearly three thousand?

Eighty hunting teams, more than ten that can hunt intermediate Cold Beasts?

How is this possible!

“What, don’t believe it?”

Xia Hong slightly raised an eyebrow, deliberately asked back with a hint of frustration.

Luo Ming remained in shock for a long time, but Shang Ping was the first to speak, “No, no, we are just too shocked, nearly three thousand in the Earth-digging Realm, then to what extent has your leader Xia Hong’s power grown?”

“That I am not sure of, even Master Yue Feng, it’s hard to meet the leader, let alone me.”

“Alright, let’s continue moving, we’re almost there!”

After a long time, Luo Ming spoke.

After speaking, he took the lead to continue forward, Shang Ping seemed to have thought of something, and followed without a word.

This means he doesn’t believe me!

Hong Yu followed the two with a peculiar expression, after thinking for a moment, he roughly guessed Luo Ming’s thoughts at the moment.

Luo Ming had previously inquired about Great Xia’s situation from Yue Feng many times, but was rebuffed, surely thinking that what I just said was at Yue Feng’s behest, deliberately spouting nonsense here.

Indeed, given the harsh and brutal nature of the Ice Abyss World, in two years, it’s hard to believe Great Xia has developed to this stage, unless one sees it with their own eyes, no one would believe it.

So, Luo Ming’s current impression of me should be quite poor.

Xia Hong showed a strange smile, then shook his head.

So be it, I can’t help it, everything I said is true, he just refuses to believe it, what can I do?

Luo Ming’s curiosity about Great Xia’s current state is more due to exploration and reminiscence of old people and places; in contrast, Xia Hong’s curiosity about Hive Camp is genuine, without any mixed factors.

Judging by the map Luo Ming took out two years ago, Hive Camp has existed since Luo Ming’s father Luo Feng was young, which means the camp has been established for at least several decades.

A camp that has continuously existed and developed for so many years must have accumulated a wealth of valuable survival experience in the Ice Abyss World, along with its unique features.

More importantly, Xia Hong is also curious about the overall strength of Hive Camp.

Xia Hong, having encountered all three in Cold Resistance Level at Hive Camp, and having taught two of them a lesson, is still unclear about how many people the camp has, how many are in the Earth-digging Realm, what hidden tactics are in the camp, what the material situation is, and how its productivity stands.

If given the chance, he would naturally want to figure out these questions for future planning.

“The current activity area of Great Xia is still too small. This outing, besides clarifying the cultivation system of Ice Abyss World, aims to broaden knowledge of different regions and camps, to glean from their strengths to make up for our weaknesses and become the medium for Great Xia’s external communication and enhancement.”

Communication and exchange are indeed the best way for growth and development, the slow development speed of small and medium camps in Ice Abyss is fundamentally because the harsh environment limits personnel flow, resulting in too little communication between different camps.

With Xia Hong now possessing strength, he naturally wants to start solving this issue.

With Hive Camp as the first stop, Xia Hong’s expectations are naturally high.

By directly revealing Great Xia’s situation, Xia Hong actually wanted to prevent Luo Ming from continuously asking him for information. Unexpectedly, Luo Ming didn’t believe it and inadvertently ended up with a poor impression of him.

But once this impression soured, Luo Ming stopped asking.

It’s like achieving the goal in an indirect way!

The three of them proceeded in silence, their pace naturally quickened, and they soon walked another seven to eight kilometers to the west.

As another huge stone appeared before the three, Luo Ming spoke up.

“We’re here!”

Looking at the oval-shaped giant rock with a diameter of more than five meters, Xia Hong found nothing and immediately showed a look of curiosity on his face.

However, Luo Ming’s next actions immediately changed his expression.

Seeing Luo Ming walk to the base of the giant stone, he tapped a place three times and then said something.