Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Each village has decided that this year, we will collect rice not only during the day but also at night, specifically the first two hours after dark.

For more than two months, all gathering and hunting in the village will stop, and those at the Earth-digging Realm Limit will be called up. This way, we’ll have enough people, and the Cold Resistance Level will lead the teams. We’ll see how it goes. If it’s hopeful to complete, we won’t need to mobilize more people. If it’s still not enough, then we’ll call on those at Earth Digging as well...”

As Zhang Long slowly explained the plan, the expressions of everyone in the room turned even more somber.

The Rice Field is not a fun place; harvesting rice is an extremely dangerous task. In previous years, only Cold Resistance Levels were sent, and the mortality rate exceeded twenty percent. Letting those at Earth-digging go is unprecedented.

Seeing the somber faces, Zhang Long’s heart sank, but realizing that failing to complete the task might cost him his position, he immediately hardened his heart, his expression becoming much more determined.

In an environment like the Ice Abyss, normal plants naturally cannot grow. This precious crop, rice, with edible value even higher than Beast Meat, from its origin to its growth and harvesting, none of it is simple.

Rice root is fragile and afraid of the wind, so it must be planted in a windless place. At the very least, the wind power must be very weak. Although a single plant is large, its yield is alarmingly low, so planting a small amount is useless. It must be planted in a vast area. Finding such a place without strong winds in the Ice Abyss is virtually impossible.

Furthermore, it requires sunlight but fears cold, so on the one hand, it cannot be enclosed. On the other hand, ditches must be dug in the rice field for burning coal stones for warmth, which requires a vast amount of coal stones. Therefore, the surrounding area where it is planted must have coal mines of astonishing reserves.

Finally, as a crop, it naturally needs water for irrigation. In an environment like the Ice Abyss, finding running water is already hard, and safe running water is even harder to find;