Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Upon seeing the message from the "European Emperor," Xu Jiawei immediately replied.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Do you have an island pass?]

[Lucky Guy Here: Yeah, just got it from an opening crate, it's called the Mining Island Pass.]

Xu Jiawei: ........You can even get an island pass by opening a box? This luck is just too much to bear.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Sure, we'll leave at 7 AM tomorrow. Bring your pickaxe; since it's a mining island, there's bound to be plenty of mines.]

[A lucky guy here: Hey bro, do you have a pickaxe? I want to buy one. I haven't gotten the workbench blueprint yet, so I can't make it for now.]

It seems my minimum guarantee is pretty good; it looks like the workbench blueprints will be hard to get started.

Xu Jiawei made an iron pickaxe out of iron blocks and wooden planks and sent it to the European Emperor.

[System notification: Your friend, the Lucky One, has gifted you a self-heating hot pot*1 and iron blocks*10. Please check your account.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: That's too much. I'll give the iron block back to you; just take this self-heating hot pot.]

[The ultimate lucky guy is here: Boss, wait, my life depends on you!]

After ending the chat, Xu Jiawei started unpacking the boxes. She had been unpacking boxes and grinding monsters for the past two days, and her progress bar to level six was almost halfway done.

Xu Jiawei had also observed how other people's treasure chest rush was in the chat channel. Most people only had a few chests, a very few had more than 10 chests, and there were basically no people like Xu Jiawei with hundreds of chests.

It seems like I just have bad luck when opening boxes.

The luck of getting the treasure chest is unmatched by anyone else; the survival system probably gave me a special favor.

The pity score has dropped to 100/100 again. This is the last silver treasure chest. I hope I can get something good from it.

[Congratulations to the player for obtaining 5 Space Stones, 1 Power Fruit, 1 Random Purple Equipment, 3 Self-Heating Rice, and 1 Beginner Magic Item]

What the heck? Beginner level magic? Is this some kind of fantasy? There's even magic?

[Ding! Congratulations on unlocking the magic function. Your magic attribute is now being checked. Attribute: Mushroom. Current magic skills: Enchantment Level 2, Parasitic Spores. Your class is now unlocked: Beginner Mage. The Enchantment and Parasitic Spores proficiency function is now available. Please practice on your own.]

So, magic is what consumes mana? There are no new achievements for starting a new class, so I'm not the first one to start one. There are many people on the leader's side, so it's not impossible for them to start one first. Xu Jiawei guessed right this time.

She took out the purple equipment roulette and finally obtained a piece of purple armor that added 20 points of defense. Xu Jiawei put it on immediately, and then the equipment became invisible.

Opening the book "Elementary Magic," it mainly discusses the principles of magic operation and basic non-elemental magic. The system's "practice" refers to casting spells according to the principles of magic operation, not system-assisted casting. System-assisted casting is very convenient, so why do players need to practice their proficiency through the principles of magic operation? Xu Jiawei guesses that the survival system will eventually leave, and then players without system assistance will be unable to use magic.

With this in mind, Xu Jiawei began practicing spirit possession and parasitic spores.

[Spirit Entanglement failed, experience +1]

[Spirit Infusion Spell Successfully Cast, Experience +10]

........

After practicing all afternoon, it was time for the treasure chest rush again. Xu Jiawei didn't open any chests, planning to wait until she returned from the mining island. Thanks to the Red Serpent Necklace, her mana was able to recover so quickly. Under normal circumstances, Xu Jiawei would only recover one mana every five minutes.

While recovering her mana, Xu Jiawei studied basic pharmacology.

The day was quite fulfilling. Now that she had the materials, Xu Jiawei really wanted to practice making recovery potions.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Looking to buy a set of laboratory equipment, including beakers, flasks, test tubes, a pot, and a fire starter.]

[Lost Traveler: What is this guy doing?]

[Not Eight Cents: We can't even afford food, yet you're accepting these useless things. You should distribute them among everyone.]

[Ye Yezi: I'm getting yelled at again upstairs.]

[Leader: We have two sets here, what do you need this for?]

Upon seeing the message from the leader, Xu Jiawei immediately replied.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Trying to make medicine.]

[Leader: This is what we got from the Silver Treasure Chest. How do you plan to exchange it?]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: I have a blueprint for a water purifier. How about exchanging it for your lab equipment?]

[Leader: Deal done. Trading for the water purifier blueprints would be a huge loss for you. I've got a pass to the island. Do you want to come? We leave at 7 AM the day after tomorrow. It's called Medicine Island. I think you should need it.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Okay.]

After the transaction was completed, Xu Jiawei also received a soup pot, a small portable stove, and a lighter, and then began making medicine.

First, extract the Mystic Grass, then boil it in a pot, and then filter out the impurities. A basic recovery potion is now ready.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have crafted a Crude Potion. Using this potion restores 5 health points.]

The book says that the basic recovery potion you make can restore 20 health points. Looks like I still need to practice more.

Xu Jiawei practiced until midnight, stretched, and finally made a barely acceptable bottle of recovery potion, which could restore 10 points of health upon drinking.

I used it to make a wish before I fell asleep.

[Ding! Insufficient materials. Forcing a wish will lower the probability. Continue?]

Hsu Chia-Wei, who originally intended to make lucky mushrooms, gave up. It seems one lucky fruit wasn't enough.

Hsu Chia-Wei made a new wish to create Power Mushrooms, and this time she succeeded easily.

"Little Bronze, make one Poisonous Snake Mushroom first, then make Power Mushrooms for the rest."

After eating the Power Mushroom and Agility Mushroom, Xu Jiawei went to rest.

[Ocean Survival Calendar Day 06, 06:30 Weather: Light Rain]

Seeing that a light drizzle had started to fall from the sky, Xu Jiawei immediately ordered, "Little Bronze, plant the next batch of Healing Mushrooms."

Little Bronze nodded. Seeing Little Bronze getting soaked in the rain outside, Xu Jiawei couldn't bear it and made a small nest for it using a wooden treasure chest.

After packing my things, I was ready to set off. I brought the bronze axe and pickaxe I made last time, as well as the highly venomous snake mushrooms and some food. My backpack still had quite a bit of space.

The lucky guy sent a team invitation, and Xu Jiawei accepted. She then disappeared from the raft and arrived on the island.

A red-haired man pointed at Xu Jiawei, his face full of surprise.

"Are you a mushroom???"

"Are you the Queen of Luck here?" Xu Jiawei asked.

The red-haired man looked incredulous: "You don't look like I imagined. I always thought you were a tall, mature woman. I didn't expect you to be like this. My name is Li Ming, I'm 22 years old. How old are you?" The red-haired man looked down at Xu Jiawei, who didn't look like someone who could fight.

"My surname is Xu, I'm 23 years old, and I'm a younger brother." Xu Jiawei said with a forced smile.

Li Ming instantly realized he had said the wrong thing. He had almost forgotten that Sister Xu was a killing machine who could beat him to a pulp in no time.

"Hello, Sister Xu. You're so beautiful and cute. I'm lucky to be able to help you out."

"Alright, don't waste any more time. We only have 12 hours left, so hurry up." After saying that, Xu Jiawei walked deeper into the island.