Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Rainbow didn't quite understand what Xu Jiawei was thinking. She had just wanted to leave quickly, but now she wanted to rush back. However, since it was her master's order, Rainbow could only obey.

What's a scary atmosphere compared to the stones? Even ghosts can't stop her from digging them!

Back at the riverbank, with Xu Jiawei's command, Rainbow released its minions to start digging for pebbles again. The remaining pebbles were buried in the mud and sand, making them difficult to dig. However, mud and sand were also valuable materials that could be used to plaster walls. So, Xu Jiawei had the mushrooms dig out the mud and sand as well. Fortunately, the mushrooms had bodies of steel, so digging sand was a piece of cake for them.

Rainbow and her younger brother dug for two whole hours, removing all the pebbles. The river was also washed away by the stones and silt, and all the water seeped into the ground, leaving only dirty silt.

It seems the excavation has been completed, and Xu Jiawei is very satisfied.

Look, this is what humans do to nature. She alone can destroy a stream. No wonder the earth doesn't want them anymore. Xu Jiawei thought to herself, feeling a rare sense of guilt.

However, the guilt only lasted for 3 seconds. After all, it was a harmful river, and once it was gone, it was gone.

They harvested another 20,000 pebbles, which turned into 400 stones. Now they only need 400 more stones to complete the set.

"Looks like I still have to find a mountain," Xu Jiawei muttered to herself, all for the sake of digging for stones.

The original riverbed had turned into a muddy swamp. Xu Jiawei quickly called the mushrooms to come ashore so they wouldn't fall into the swamp and get stuck.

The mushrooms struggled to climb up, and just as Xu Jiawei was about to lead the mushroom army away, she saw the man from before return. In just a short while, his belly shrunk back to normal.

He stood blankly on the bank, looking at the original location of the water source, seemingly not expecting that the water would disappear after only a short walk.

"The water, why has it disappeared? Why? Why!" The man's mournful howl was so heartbreaking that it would move anyone who heard it to tears; even the death of one's parents would not cause such a tragic cry.

Upon seeing this, Xu Jiawei quickly slipped away.

I didn't expect that man to come back. I'd better run.

Xu Jiawei ran far away, but she could still hear the man's howling. She didn't know what was wrong with the man now. Was he possessed by insects, or was his human consciousness taking over?

No, that doesn't seem to be dominated by human consciousness. Who would drink themselves into that state?

"Master, there's a bronze box far from here. Shall we go there?" Rainbow asked.

"Yes, of course we want to go, let's go," Xu Jiawei said.

Xu Jiawei added, "By the way, rainbows, let them also pay attention to where there are rocks or mountains."

"Yes, Master." Rainbow finished speaking and then focused on getting on her way.

It took another hour to reach their destination. The road was rough and bumpy, and Xu Jiawei was so jolted that she almost threw up, feeling carsick.

After jumping, Xu Jiawei's legs were weak and she was unsteady on her feet, as if her brain had been shaken out.

At this moment, Xu Jiawei was standing next to a giant tree and began to vomit while leaning against it. It took her a while to recover.

She looked around and, finding no trace of the treasure chest, asked, "Rainbow, where's the treasure chest?"

"Master, it's in the tree." Rainbow said, looking up.

Xu Jiawei could only see a hazy white mist. Since she couldn't see anything, she decided to fly up and take a look. She took Xiaofen with her and flew directly into the air. At a distance of about 100 meters from the ground, she finally saw a huge bird's nest standing on a tree branch.

A giant bird crouched in its nest, its body suppressing a bronze-colored light.

Wow, the Mushroom Guardian is really amazing, he even managed to find this!

The giant bird woke up immediately upon sensing something approaching. Then, it opened its enormous eyes, stared intently at Xu Jiawei, and assumed an attack posture.

Battle is imminent.

The giant bird suddenly launched into the air and crashed into Xu Jiawei like a cannonball. Xu Jiawei used a levitation spell to dodge in mid-air, and then released a spore of light. The giant bird turned in mid-air and dodged it.

Now, Xu Jiawei uses Light Spores indiscriminately whenever she encounters a creature, because these creatures have all been mutated by the insects in the air, so they fear the attribute of light.

Furthermore, these insect-controlled creatures employ simple attack methods, relying primarily on physical strength.

So Xu Jiawei easily dodged it.

However, it's not very flexible in the air, since the speed of the levitation spell is a bit slow. It's better to lure the monster to the ground to fight it.

After thinking it over, Xu Jiawei swooped down.

When the giant bird saw that the little insect was trying to escape, it cried out and chased after it. When it was still two meters away from the ground, Xu Jiawei used her levitation spell to float diagonally and land on the ground.

The giant bird crashed directly to the ground with a loud bang, kicking up a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, a huge mark was visible on the ground.

The giant bird stood on the mark and let out a cry.

[Ding! Player has encountered a level 40 boss. Do you wish to escape?]

At level 40 again, Xu Jiawei reached out to block the dust that splashed up and immediately released the Light Spores. The giant bird gently flapped its wings, and the Light Spores were blown away.

Xu Jiawei: ......

Is this even possible? I just said her attack methods and intelligence are simple, and this is a slap in the face, isn't it?

Alright, alright, since that's the case, then we won't use the Light Spores. Let's just release the Light Cocoon and give ourselves time to prepare for the Photon Meteor.

The cocoon of light enveloped the giant bird. Taking advantage of the giant bird's struggle, Xu Jiawei immediately activated the Photon Meteor. However, the cocoon of light was broken in just 5 seconds.

"So fast!" However, Xu Jiawei was releasing a skill at this moment, and if she moved, all her efforts would be wasted.

So Rainbow directly blocked it, and the giant bird's beak pecked into Rainbow's body. The beak was extremely sharp, and it pierced Rainbow's body as easily as piercing tofu.

Xu Jiawei's face darkened. Although she knew Rainbow would be fine, no one would be happy to have their pet treated like this. It was like having a pet and then a stranger hitting it. Wouldn't you confront the perpetrator?

Xu Jiawei knew how, so the condensed light bullet shot mercilessly towards the giant bird.

Seeing this, Rainbow immediately retreated. The light bullet struck the giant bird, which cried out in pain. Before it could react, the light bullet exploded on its body, engulfing the giant bird in a dazzling burst of flames.

It was an honor for the giant bird to consume all the flames that could burn countless monsters.

Xu Jiawei had only fired the light bullet at the giant bird out of anger, but she hadn't expected that the Photon Meteor could be used in this way. It turns out that this skill can also be used against a single target.

Because the giant bird ate all the photon meteors, it was quickly burned to ashes.

[Ding! Congratulations on defeating the level 40 boss! You have gained 100000 experience points.]

Xu Jiawei then flew to the bird's nest, put the bronze treasure chest into her temporary backpack. She still had plenty of time, so she could continue to wander around and look for more treasure chests.

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At five o'clock, Xu Jiawei started heading back, since she was now quite far from the shelter. Rainbow also ordered her underlings to go back.

Today's harvest was pretty good. They brought back an iron treasure chest, a bronze treasure chest, and seven wooden treasure chests to the sanctuary.

"Master, the guards found a mountain on their way back." Rainbow, who was on her way, quickly reported the information after receiving the message.

Xu Jiawei checked the time and then said, "Let's go tomorrow. Let's go back to the shelter today." After all, there isn't much time now.

When Xu Jiawei returned to the shelter, she found that her protective shield had been attacked. At that moment, a red earthworm was entangled with a player outside the shield. It was the same person Xu Jiawei had seen yesterday.

Unexpectedly, he still followed the trail and came here.