Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei didn't rush to use the temporary shelter upgrade voucher; instead, she first checked the upgrade requirements for the next level of shelter.

[Level 2 Temporary Shelter, requires 1000 Wood.]

Xu Jiawei thought for a moment and decided that she could finish collecting the wood by tomorrow. There was no rush for this card. She would wait and see what the level 3 shelter needed before deciding. Besides, the protective shield would last for 3 days, so using the shelter upgrade ticket now would be too wasteful.

At this moment, Xu Jiawei yawned. She was out of energy and couldn't hold on any longer.

She is very tired and needs to rest.

Looking at the weeds spread on the ground, Xu Jiawei's lips twitched. She had slept on the grass for a while, but now she was itchy all over. She suspected there were bugs in the grass.

I only felt at ease after casting several purifying spells on myself.

Xu Jiawei thought for a moment, then unleashed her talent, creating a large mushroom that was flat, short, and resembled a round bed, or rather, a round table.

Xu Jiawei lay down on it. The mushroom's surface was hard and cool, but it still had a bit of elasticity.

After all, if it's too soft, it can't be used as a bed at all; it will fall apart as soon as you step on it.

"That's it then." Xu Jiawei sighed softly. There was nothing she could do; the conditions were tough right now.

"There was once a soft, big bed in front of me, but I didn't know how to cherish it. Only after losing it did I regret it. There is nothing more painful in the world than this," Xu Jiawei sighed.

Fortunately, the temperature hasn't dropped yet, so sleeping on the cool mushroom isn't too cold. However, she could use her talent again to make a warm bed, but she'd wait until tomorrow; she's too sleepy today...

As she pondered, Xu Jiawei drifted off to sleep, only to be awakened by the alarm clock ringing precisely at 6:30 in the morning. She stood up in agony.

The most painful thing in the world is waking up early, and the happiest thing is staying up late.

She was sore all over and exhausted. Yesterday had been too much of a drain on her energy. It was another day she was longing for stamina and vitality potions. Today she was determined to find some herbs.

It was still pitch black outside, indicating that the insects hadn't dispersed. So Xu Jiawei made another torch and lit it. Then she took out her small bread, which would be her breakfast for the day.

After stuffing the bread into her mouth, Xu Jiawei drank a few sips of water. Once she was full, it was exactly seven o'clock. The dark mass of insects dispersed, and light shone through, turning the outside back into a thick fog.

Now that she could go out, Xu Jiawei was about to leave when she remembered the player she had met yesterday, so she released the red earthworm.

The red earthworm was unhappy because it had no room to maneuver here.

"Red Earthworm, you stay here and guard the base. Remember that player we encountered yesterday? I'm worried he might harm our shelter. If anyone gets close, attack him directly."

Xu Jiawei felt that there was no room for the red earthworm to play here, but the red earthworm was very dangerous to the players, as it could suck people dry, so it was just right to have it guard the base.

The red earthworm nodded dejectedly, and Xu Jiawei comforted it, "This is our future home, and it cannot be destroyed by others. This is the most important task, and I can only entrust it to you."

Upon hearing this, the red earthworm immediately perked up and hung on the eaves, watching intently, afraid that some fool might come along.

Xu Jiawei: They're quite easy to coax.

Xu Jiawei then released Xiaofen and went out. Her goal for the day was to find 100 trees, as well as treasure chests and herbs.

This time, Xu Jiawei changed direction. There were trees near her house, so she started chopping them down. Rainbow also released her underlings to search for the treasure chest.

Xu Jiawei was so engrossed in chopping down trees that she seemed to have forgotten something—that's right, it was her mission.

Even after she remembered, she didn't stop chopping down trees.

Mission? We'll talk about that later. Let's focus on surviving first.

Soon all 100 trees were cut down, and Xu Jiawei cut down a few more to make torches.

She then went back to her house and upgraded the temporary shelter. Looking at the barren landscape in front of her shelter, Xu Jiawei didn't care. She didn't care about the saying "a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow," she just ate it and enjoyed it.

The shelter was quickly upgraded to level two and turned into a wooden house. Finally, it was no longer drafty. Although there were still some small gaps that let in drafts, it was much better than before, and the space was much larger.

She immediately checked the requirements for a level 3 shelter and found that it no longer required wood, but instead required 1000 stones.

Xu Jiawei frowned. To collect stones, she would need to find a mountain, but she hadn't found one yesterday.

She plans to spend the next two days looking for stones. If she can't find any, she'll use the Temporary Shelter Upgrade Ticket before the protective shield disappears.

While Xu Jiawei was cutting down trees, the Rainbow Guards also found three treasure chests. Xu Jiawei asked them to bring the wooden treasure chests back directly, because she had discovered yesterday that the wooden treasure chests did not attract the monsters and were not dangerous.

If it's an iron treasure chest, or a higher-level treasure chest, Xu Jiawei will go herself.

"Master, there are two wooden treasure chests and one iron treasure chest, guarded by a big rat. The guards dare not go near them," Rainbow communicated with its little brother in its mind.

Xu Jiawei nodded: "Okay, take me to the iron treasure chest. As for the wooden treasure chests, let them carry them back themselves."

Rainbow led the way, with Xu Jiawei following behind. Rainbow deliberately slowed her pace because Xu Jiawei was staring at the ground, seemingly searching for something. That's right, Xu Jiawei was looking for medicinal herbs.

However, after walking for most of the way, we still didn't see any medicinal herbs. Could it be that there are no medicinal herbs here?

This shouldn't be happening.

She didn't give up and continued searching, eventually discovering the reason: the soil here was too dry, while medicinal herbs prefer to grow in moist environments.

So it's impossible for medicinal herbs to grow here. Maybe we can look for rivers later and search along them.

Knowing there were no herbs here, Xu Jiawei quickened her pace. Looking at the rats clinging to the box, she could test whether the Light Purification would actually work on the treasure chest.

Rainbow first lured the mouse away from the box. Now that Rainbow is level 30, she can finally challenge the mouse, but unfortunately, she doesn't have any breakthrough potions and is stuck at the level again.

Xu Jiawei took the opportunity to release a light purification spell onto the box, and the light purification enveloped the box.

The mouse squeaked impatiently, as if it felt something was missing. It looked around and saw a person standing where the object had been. It angrily charged directly at Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei immediately realized that without that item, the monsters would go berserk, and it seemed that the plan to purify them and then steal the box was ruined.

She reacted immediately, took out her purple longsword to block the monster's attack, and then released light spores, slowly grinding the rat to death.

After grinding the rat to death, Xu Jiawei put the treasure chest into her temporary backpack.

Wow, the system is really well-planned, leaving no chance for anyone to skip class.

"Master, Master, my guards have found the river!" Rainbow was very excited because its master had just been grumbling about finding a river.

"Where is it? Take me there quickly." With that, Xu Jiawei jumped onto Rainbow's head to make Rainbow travel faster.