Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei opened her eyes. Where was she?

Xu Jiawei, who had just wanted to stab the scumbag to death, sat helplessly on a two-square-meter raft, surrounded by the vast sea, holding a watermelon knife.

What are you doing here?

Welcome player 112233 to the survival game. I am the survival system, currently in server 62 of China. Each server has 100,000 players. To survive, please remember the rules. (Don't blame me if you die from not following them!)

[First, this is the Survival World. Earth's energy has run out. In order to save ourselves, Earth and the Survival System have agreed to cooperate to transfer humanity to the Survival World. This raft is your only home, so please cherish it. (I wonder which fool doesn't want to live anymore.)]

Second, death in the game is real death. You only have one life, so please cherish it and live on. (I won't stop you if you want to die.)

[Thirdly, this survival game is the first batch, only selecting players aged 20 to 40. Subsequent players will enter in a second batch. After the second batch enters, the first batch of players can choose to merge with their relatives. (Don't worry, no one can escape.)]

The claim that Xu Jiawei is an orphan is irrelevant to her; her adoptive parents died in a car accident when she was 10 years old.

Fourth, the system will give players a newbie gift pack, an initial fishing rod, a day's worth of food, and a random talent. Note: Player talents are randomized and there is no distinction between strong and weak (will anyone have a funny talent?)

[5. Treasure chests will spawn at sea between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Use your fishing rod to catch them and obtain survival resources. (Our survival game never requires overtime.)]

[Sixth, there's a seven-day newbie protection period. Sea monsters won't attack the raft randomly. Players are encouraged to actively upgrade their rafts to prepare for the dangers ahead. (You ask what happens if you don't upgrade? Well, if you don't upgrade, you'll just end up feeding the fish!)]

[For other questions, please refer to the system panel for assistance. We wish you a pleasant life. (If it's not pleasant, there's nothing we can do.)]

The light screen disappeared before my eyes. This survival system is quite active, with a sarcastic comment following every formal sentence.

Looking at the boundless sea all around, Xu Jiawei felt somewhat lost. She recalled how her ex-boyfriend, Lin Chengye, had poisoned her with a pot of mushroom soup. Xu Jiawei had asked why, only to find out that Lin Chengye had bought her a huge insurance policy. In order to be with his true love and have a wealthy life, he had no choice but to sacrifice her.

After being poisoned, he picked up a watermelon knife intending to die together with his opponent, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself here.

Doesn't he realize that if Xu Jiawei really died, could he escape?

Since she was already there, she might as well make the best of it. Xu Jiawei had read a lot of survival novels before, so she should make good use of the seven-day beginner period to upgrade her raft. She figured she would run into that scoundrel again someday.

Survival games have terrifying death rates, and Xu Jiawei doesn't want to become one of them.

Xu Jiawei memorized the game rules and silently recited the newbie gift pack.

[Ding! New player gift pack has been opened. Congratulations! You have received 2 bottles of mineral water, 2 loaves of bread, and 1 starting fishing rod.]

[Congratulations to the player for acquiring the talent: The Mushroom-Picking Girl. Talent Description: You have a natural affinity for mushrooms (a bond forged in life and death!), and gain the ability to cultivate mushrooms once a day. Please explore the other functions on your own. (Surprising, isn't it? Mushroom poisoning grants you the talent to grow mushrooms!)]

This is such a damn surprise! I almost died from mushroom poisoning, and now I'm even planting mushrooms in a survival game.

A square petri dish appeared in the center of the raft. Xu Jiawei touched it, and a prompt appeared: "Start planting?"

Xu Jiawei clicked "agree," and an eight-hour countdown appeared in the petri dish. It seems that each cultivation session takes eight hours.

Xu Jiawei opened her personal panel.

Name: Xu Jiawei

Nickname: Player 112233 (Nickname can be changed)

Level: 1 (Experience: 0/200)

Health: 50 (You are a crispy chicken)

Strength: 27 (Newbie)

Defense: 16 (I was stunned)

Physical fitness: 32 (Even an 80-year-old man is stronger than you)

Speed: 19 (Is your time slower than others? Even a snail is faster than you.)

Luck: 1 (You're the African chief! This is the first time the system has seen someone with a luck score of 1!)

Talent: The Mushroom-Picking Girl (F-rank upgradeable) You have a natural affinity for mushrooms and gain the ability to cultivate mushrooms once a day. Explore the other features yourself. (At least you won't starve!)

Skills: None

Equipment: None

Combat power rating: 20 (Summary: a weakling with a combat power of 5.)

Note: All items have a maximum value of 100 (so now you know how bad you are!)

Hsu Chia-wei: That's so awful?! That's incredibly vulgar!

Xu Jiawei continued reading.

Raft Level: 1 (If you don't upgrade it, you'll just be feeding fish).

Supplies: Watermelon knife*1, Bread*2, Bottled water*2

Xu Jiawei glanced at her luck stat and her lips twitched.

If it's a human, I'll eat it!

Having thoroughly read survival novels, Xu Jiawei knew the importance of luck. "Heaven is against me!"

Xu Jiawei had even prepared herself mentally for having nothing at all.

Xu Jiawei changed her nickname to "AAA Mushroom Fairy". Even if she has bad luck, she will become stronger by growing mushrooms. Moreover, the name looks harmless, like someone who sells mushrooms. She opened the chat channel.

During the newbie protection period, users are allowed to speak three times a day. As expected, the chat channel was filled with unease, with messages constantly being spammed.

[Player 73828: I want to go home! Who wants to play this crappy game? How can I get back? Waaaaah!]

[Bitter Tea: Upstairs, stop thinking about it. Didn't you hear that bullshit system say Earth sold us out?]

[Survival System: Player Bitter Tea, you have insulted the system in your comments. According to system rules, you will be banned from speaking for three days. We hope you will abide by the rules in the future and work together to maintain a good environment.]

[Rainy Bear: Oh my god, cursing the system will get me banned? What about cursing other people?]

[Zihan's mother: System teacher, my Zihan can't be separated from me. Could you please send me back? There's no one here to watch over Zihan while he drinks water.]

[The Lucky One Here: I am truly the chosen one, I've finally transmigrated! Hahaha, my talent is that of the Lucky One!]

[Cute girl: I'm a cute and adorable girl, please take me with you, lucky big brother~]

[Big Scallop: The person upstairs is definitely a man.]

[Cute girl: Nonsense, I'm a cute girl~]

[Leader: Everyone, stop arguing. First, open the newbie gift pack to get the talent and fishing rod. Remember to fish for chests every day, don't be lazy. There's a system shop in the upper right corner of the chat channel. After the newbie protection period, you can sell or exchange unwanted resources. Everyone must abide by the system rules and survive.]

[Starry Eagle: Thanks for sharing the guide!]

Finally, she saw some useful information. Xu Jiawei set up the fishing rod. Could this thing really catch boxes? Looking at this fishing rod, which was no different from an ordinary fishing rod, wouldn't it break?

Pshaw, pshaw, pshaw! I can't just blurt out my luck stat.

Never seen a pig run but never eaten pork? Xu Jiawei cast her line like a fishing rod, and then came the long wait. Half an hour later, the first treasure chest was caught. She never expected that she could catch a treasure chest with her luck. She rubbed her hands together like a fly.

"This is the moment to witness a miracle." Xu Jiawei opened the treasure chest with a snap.

"Holy crap, what is that?!"