Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 349: Chapter 179: 3 Tigers Fall, Insights and Fond Hearts [Happy New Year] _4

Unfortunately, before he could even bow, he was held up by the man.

”There’s no need for formalities, Hong Guang, I’ve come to see you!”

Hong Guang, lying on the bed, heard this voice, and his originally vacant eyes immediately regained their brightness. He turned his head, seeing the young man in black standing by his bedside, he struggled to get up.

”You’ve been tormented to this extent, there’s no need for formalities, just lie there!”

Upon hearing this, Hong Guang’s face was full of shame, and he said, ”Leader, this time it was my stupidity, I was deceived, resulting in the death of two brothers, and even involved Lord Chief who brought so many people to save me. I am willing to accept any punishment.”

The man in black was naturally Xia Hong. As soon as he found out that someone had died in the camp, he couldn’t sit still. After understanding the situation, he directly came to find Hong Guang.

Hearing the remorse in Hong Guang’s tone, Xia Hong’s expression softened a bit, but he still said sternly, ”Your stupidity is not just about being deceived!”

Hearing this, Hong Guang froze.

”The two camps you recently brought in used coercion; it was basically forced with martial power, wasn’t it?”

”Leader, the people on the Five Ape Mountain side are too defensive and hard to communicate with. I forced them to come to the camp first. Once they experience the benefits, they will naturally integrate into our Great Xia. Is there anything wrong with this approach?”

”If that’s the case, then why do I need you people to go there?”

With one sentence from Xia Hong, Hong Guang was instantly stunned.

Standing next to him, Hong Yu’s expression also momentarily stiffened, but he quickly reacted, looking at Xia Hong with a touch of admiration in his eyes.

And after being stunned for a while, Hong Guang slowly processed it in his mind, and his facial expression began to change.

He wasn’t foolish; how could he not understand the implications of Xia Hong’s words?

If it were so simple to bring people over by force, the leader could act himself, and who on the Five Ape Mountain would dare to resist?

”With over three thousand people from Mirror Immortal’s family coming over, there are already so many minds to manage. On the Five Ape Mountain, there are nearly twenty camps, and if I took them all in at once, then Great Xia’s people would be a mix of good and bad. It could take years to resolve internal unity problems, and even then, it might not be satisfactorily resolved. What’s the point of such expansion?”

Lying on the bed, after hearing this, Hong Guang’s face was already full of regret.

Standing beside him, Hong Yu also had a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead. Xia Hong’s first sentence was pointing to his father’s attempt to compete for the position of the Pioneer Department Director, and he could certainly hear it.

Originally, one might have assumed that the leader, continuously in seclusion, knew nothing, yet he was aware of everything.

”Just a mere Three Tigers Camp, an entire hunting team, six Earth-digging Realm members, including you, at the peak of Earth-digging Realm, nearly all got wiped out. Tian Yu and Liu Zhuang essentially died in your place, so it’s proper for you to feel guilty.”

Xia Hong’s tone grew serious. In his eyes, the strength of the Three Tigers Camp was extremely weak, and such mistakes should not have been made. Hong Guang made them, and naturally, he wouldn’t be lenient.

”You will take care of the families of Tian Yu and Liu Zhuang from now on, but you cannot let them know. Each month, it will be deducted from your contribution value; you don’t need to compete for the Pioneer Department Director position; furthermore, the Xuanwu Team is to be disbanded from today, and your remaining five members will join other hunting teams.”

Three punishments, each heavier than the last.

Especially the last, upon hearing the direct dissolution of the Xuanwu Team, Hong Guang showed urgency on his face, wanting to say something, but his mouth trembled for a long while without a single word being uttered.

”Do you have any objections to my handling?”

Hong Guang lying on the bed shook his head, was silent for a long time, and then slowly spoke:

”No, I am willing to be punished!”

”That’s good, get well soon. When you break through to the Cold Resistance Level, I’ll give you a chance to rebuild the Xuanwu Team.”