Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Putting everything else aside, the Red Earthworm's growth potential is indeed worthy of being a double S-rank. It only broke through the level cap once, gained two skills, advanced two skills, and even its attributes can now rival those of the current Rainbow. It seems that the most important thing is to improve its growth potential.

If such a thing exists, she can look for a prescription to improve a pet's growth potential.

Soon, led by Rainbow, they arrived at the location of another bronze treasure chest.

With the addition of the Red Earthworm, Xu Jiawei was like a fish in water. The Red Earthworm entangled her opponent, and Xu Jiawei constructed a Photon Meteor for a fatal blow.

At this point, the red earthworm's attributes were much higher than Xu Jiawei's, so it could potentially kill its master at any time. It would be a lie for Xu Jiawei to say she wasn't afraid. However, she didn't regret it. One thing at a time, the red earthworm had already been injured while helping her, so why should she keep guarding against her partner who had been helping her for the sake of what might happen in the future?

Let's deal with it when the red earthworms actually kill their master.

Thinking that the Red Earthworm and Xu Jiawei were working together even better, basically burning and running away, and taking down a monster in no more than 10 minutes, Xu Jiawei felt incredibly happy, extremely happy.

With someone controlling her, she only needs to stand still and unleash her skills.

She's about to reach level 25. If she can get a pet breakthrough potion, she'll give Little Pink a breakthrough too.

Night fell quickly, and Xu Jiawei had to regretfully give up. The joy of finding treasure chests and killing monsters had made her forget her original purpose for coming here.

Xu Jiawei planned to level up here before going to the wormhole. The fog here seemed thicker and the monsters stronger than over there. She almost died there last time when she fought that old man. This time, she needed to prepare properly.

Xu Jiawei hummed a little tune, waited for all the mushrooms to come back, sealed the gaps with tape, had Xiaofen burn the surrounding area, and then poured a bottle of insect repellent.

Xu Jiawei took off her protective suit and threw it aside before starting to unpack the box.

There are no wooden crates anymore; all you see are metal crates.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining: 7 Plastics, 6 Instant Noodles, 5 Handmade Noodles, 2 White Equipment, 2 Blue Equipment, 2 Oxygen Tanks, 2 Stones, and 1 Wooden Bed Blueprint]

Then came the bronze treasure chests; Xu Jiawei found only two, which was a bit few.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining: 15 Plastics, 2 Roasted Chickens, 1 Old Man's Meal Set, 2 Stones, and 1 Case of Carbonated Drinks.]

It's decided that tonight's meal will be the "old man's set meal".

Finally, Xu Jiawei took out the seven silver treasure chests and one gold treasure chest she had collected.

First, open the seven silver treasure chests.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining the following: Space Stone*15, Tape*5 boxes, Pet Energy Pill*5, Insect Repellent Energy Shield*1, Skill Upgrade Scroll*1, Talent Upgrade Scroll (below C rank)*1, Passive Skill Upgrade Scroll*1, Protective Suit*1, Energy Stone*20, Wooden Table Blueprint*1, Attribute Fruit*5]

Insect-repelling energy shield? It works as long as an energy stone is placed on it. Xu Jiawei examined its principle and it seemed to be a smaller version of the protective shield on Xu Jiawei's ship. However, it could only prevent insects. It would break easily if attacked with more than 100 points. Fortunately, it required very few energy stones.

It's still somewhat useful; it can automatically repair itself after it breaks.

Xu Jiawei put the item in her backpack. The talent upgrade ticket was useless to her; she would trade it away later. As for the skill upgrade ticket and the passive skill upgrade ticket...

Xu Jiawei thought for a moment and used the skill upgrade ticket on Light Purification. Now she wanted to upgrade the level of her Light attribute skills, and Light Purification had not been upgraded yet.

The Light Purification skill changed from single-target to group, which pleased Xu Jiawei. She then used the passive skill upgrade ticket on Golden Body, her most important survival skill.

As for mycelial regeneration, she usually doesn't die. Mycelial regeneration can only revive nearby. Although this skill is really strong, as long as you have mana you can't die, but it doesn't seem to be very useful to her right now.

[Ultimate Invincibility: After receiving a fatal attack, you are immune to all damage for 20 minutes. Daily usage: 3 (Max level)]

"Golden Body is maxed out!" Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up; she could finally relax and have some fun.

There was also a golden treasure chest. Xu Jiawei rubbed her hands together, then thought for a moment and used her wish, "Hoping to obtain a potion recipe to improve a pet's growth potential."

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining the following: Space Stone*5, Skill Upgrade Scroll*1, Pet Growth Potion Recipe*1, Attribute Fruit*2, Pet Upgrade Pill*1, and Gold Equipment*2]

Xu Jiawei took the prescription in her hand. This medicine could slowly improve a pet's aptitude. The herbs required were quite expensive, but not difficult to obtain. However, she didn't have any at the moment, so she would make it when she returned to the sea.

If it's a pet level-up pill, it will level up one level for pets below level 40. Xu Jiawei checked Rainbow's level, which was already level 38, so she gave it to Rainbow directly.

Rainbow is currently the highest level on Xu Jiawei's side, so let's upgrade Rainbow first.

After thinking for a long time, Xu Jiawei finally used the skill upgrade ticket on the Energy Absorption Mushroom. She was still short of mana, and after trying it, she found that the skill was only usable in melee combat, which was quite useless. She wondered if she could make it stronger.

[Ding! The Energy-Absorbing Mushroom has advanced. It now autonomously absorbs the magic power of enemies within a 10-meter radius and replenishes itself, gaining 5 magic points per second (the absorption of units can be controlled).]

Wow, this is a major upgrade! It's gone from being released autonomously to being passive, and it even controls the absorption of units autonomously. It's gone from being a single target to absorbing multiple targets. This is definitely an upgrade, far beyond just leveling up.

Xu Jiawei started eating, then took a shower, made the bed, and closed her eyes.

The reason Xu Jiawei still doesn't brew the potion even though she has herbs is because she has sealed the house off, and if Xiaofen keeps burning, it will lack oxygen.

Although she didn't know whether the pinky cat consumed oxygen, Xu Jiawei didn't dare to gamble.

The next day, after having breakfast, Xu Jiawei went outside to continue her exploration.

Xu Jiawei prepared to continue eastward, hoping to find the source of the natural disaster. The further east she went, the thicker the fog became, but fortunately, Xu Jiawei had an insect-repelling energy shield, so it was still quite easy.

Little Pink floated quietly inside the energy shield, seemingly very curious about it.

Now, Xu Jiawei can't see anything outside the energy shield's range. Gradually, the mist becomes thicker, turning a light gray color.

She immediately realized that the source of the catastrophe might be just ahead; the last time she saw the gray fog, it was also near the source of the catastrophe.

Xu Jiawei planned to check the location first, then retreat and deal with it when she was strong enough.

As Xu Jiawei continued forward with firm steps, the fog grew increasingly gray, turning the color of dark clouds. Xu Jiawei could see nothing clearly, so she became even more careful. She hadn't forgotten that the clue mentioned a cave; what if she accidentally fell in?

As Xu Jiawei took a step forward, a large hole appeared in front of her feet, and countless insects crawled into the energy shield from below.

Good heavens, this energy shield can't protect against what's below. Xu Jiawei immediately took a step back, blocking the large hole and burning the insects inside the energy shield to death.

She hadn't seen how big the hole was at all, and she wasn't going to look again. Now that she had found the source, she would come back later.

The fog here is far more intense than at the previous calamity source.