Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

A red snake crawled out of the treasure chest, instantly sending chills down Xu Jiawei's spine.

The snake swiftly attacked, and Xu Jiawei, unable to dodge in time, was bitten on the arm. Xu Jiawei immediately pulled out a watermelon knife and swiftly chopped the snake in two. If she was already planning to kill someone, why would she care about killing a snake?

She ripped the snake's head off her arm. Wasn't it said that there was no danger during the beginner stage? Xu Jiawei grimaced as she looked at the two bloody holes.

"It hurts so much."

[Ding! Congratulations, player, for killing a poisonous snake. Experience +10. Disassemble?]

"A poisonous snake!!!???" Xu Jiawei instantly felt unwell, dizzy and lightheaded.

"Ah, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to die. Is it really going to happen on the first day? I haven't even gotten my revenge yet. God is so unfair!"

After a while, Xu Jiawei still hadn't died. "Huh, wasn't she poisoned?"

Xu Jiawei suddenly remembered that she was also poisoned before she came to the survival game, but she was fine after she came to the survival game. Could it be because of her talent?

Xu Jiawei immediately opened the panel and saw the talent category.

Talent: The Mushroom-Picking Girl (E-rank upgradeable) You have a natural affinity for mushrooms and gain the ability to cultivate mushrooms once a day. Since you were in a mushroom-poisoned state before entering the game, you gain poison immunity upon entering. Please explore the other features yourself. (At least you won't starve; poison immunity is pretty good.)

Sure enough, it's because of my talent. My talent level was F before, but now it's E. Does that mean my talent will upgrade as I keep developing it?

The key question is, why are there poisonous snakes in the treasure chest?

Xu Jiawei opened the chat channel and saw that the person named Leader had sent another message.

[Leader: Attention everyone! We've received feedback from players that attacking monsters are appearing in chests. Our preliminary investigation suggests this is related to luck stats; the lower your luck stat, the higher the chance of monsters appearing!]

[Not Eight Cents: Damn it, why didn't you say so sooner? What kind of strategy team is this? I've been bitten by rats!]

[Love you: The fact that they're willing to speak out shows their high character. They don't need to say it; what are you doing here?]

[Lost Traveler: Exactly! I support the leader, please don't read these negative comments.]

Xu Jiawei: This damn luck stat.

Xu Jiawei then smiled sheepishly, relieved that no one had seen her embarrassing moment.

[Your disgraceful behavior has been recorded by the system. Humans are truly amusing. Would you like to dismantle the poisonous snake and the wooden treasure chest?]

Xu Jiawei: ......

"break down."

[Ding! Congratulations, player! You have obtained 1 snake meat, 1 venomous fang, and 3 planks.]

There are quite a lot of things that break down; I don't know if snake meat is safe to eat.

Snake meat: Poisonous snake meat should not be eaten, as it will weaken the body.

The system provided Xu Jiawei with a direct answer. Xu Jiawei sighed and continued fishing for treasure chests. Soon, her fishing rod sank, and she caught another wooden treasure chest. This time, Xu Jiawei had learned her lesson and carefully opened the treasure chest with a watermelon knife. However, even with such caution, the snake still bit her in the same spot.

"Holy crap, this snake can teleport!" Xu Jiawei was numb as she chopped and dismembered the venomous snake once more.

This damn luck, I want to punch the world to pieces.

Xu Jiawei continued fishing for boxes while looking at the chat channel.

[The lucky guy is here: Brothers, I fished up a bronze treasure chest! Aren't bronze chests supposed to be higher quality?]

[Scrap collector: It's trash, send it to me to see.]

[A lick of the upstairs neighbor's lips: I heard everything the upstairs neighbor was planning.]

[Agree with the comment above: He's really calculating.]

So there were bronze treasure chests too? I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to see one in my lifetime.

The fishing rod in her hand suddenly sank, feeling different from before. Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up, and she pulled harder, dragging the treasure chest up. The bronze-colored chest exuded a mysterious aura.

Flies rubbing their hands – does this mean their luck is about to change?

With a heart full of excitement and trembling hands, Xu Jiawei opened the treasure chest.

"Holy crap!!!" A huge swarm of snakes surged out, biting at Xu Jiawei's arm as if they were mesmerized. Was her luck really that bad?

So the bronze treasure chest just had lots of snakes? Xu Jiawei muttered to herself as she chopped at the snakes. Luckily, she had brought a watermelon knife with her, and as she chopped, her skills improved. Xu Jiawei was now incredibly strong, chopping snakes like they were spicy strips.

[Ding! You have killed a venomous snake, gaining 10 experience points. Disassemble now...?]

[Ding, you have killed a venomous snake...]

"Can you turn off the system notifications? They're so annoying!" Xu Jiawei shouted as she chopped at the snake on her arm.

【Okay, dear, we've now enabled the battle do-not-disturb mode for you. We hope you enjoy the battle.】

Now I am a ruthless snake-killing machine.

—Thirty minutes later—

Finally, all the snakes were killed. Looking at the venomous snakes broken into pieces all over the ground, Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, her luck was as bad as ever.

He raised his arm, which was covered in bite marks, and bared his teeth. Sure enough, people have to get used to it; even after being bitten like this, he didn't feel much pain anymore.

[Congratulations to the player for achieving the achievement "Bite 10 Snake Holes" and obtaining the title "Snake Charm" (Level 1, Upgradeable). This title reduces snake attacks by 50% and pain perception by 50%. Note: This title is unique (Snakes Love You)]

[Congratulations to the player for achieving the achievement of killing 10 or more venomous snakes and obtaining the title "Snake Destroyer" (Level 1, upgradable). This title restores 1 point of health per hour (only those with strong physiques can kill snakes)]

Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up when she learned that she had earned two titles for killing a group of snakes.

I'm not in pain anymore because of the title. Let's continue, decompose the corpses on the ground, and keep fishing for snakes... no, for treasure chests.

Xu Jiawei has become addicted to cutting snakes.

Open the chat channel again

[Ye Yezi: Why is the profile picture of the person I was just chatting with grayed out?]

[Whatever: So what if he's dead?]

Xu Jiawei looked at the messages in the chat channel, thought for a moment, and then sent them.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Everyone be careful, there's a poisonous snake in the box! I almost got bitten just now, please take precautions.]

Xu Jiawei decided to do a good deed this time.

[I am Qin Shi Huang: Thank you for the reminder.]

The fishing rod stirred, and Xu Jiawei pulled the treasure chest up with all her might. It wasn't as big as the bronze treasure chest, but it was bigger than the wooden one. An iron treasure chest was pulled up.

Xu Jiawei took a deep breath and opened the treasure chest.