Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

After completing the first phase of the task, the task interface changed, showing that the second phase of the task has started.

[Upgrade Quest: Chapter 2, resolve 10 natural disaster sources. (7/10)]

The mission has been updated. Xu Jiawei looked at the mission details and found that it was quite simple; she just needed to farm 3 more Cataclysmic Source Points.

"How was it? Did you complete the mission?" Si Yunming asked, seeing that Xu Jiawei seemed to be checking the panel without saying a word.

Xu Jiawei snapped out of her daze and said, "It's done, but there's still the second chapter of the mission: to resolve the source of the natural disaster. We're only three short now." After Xu Jiawei finished speaking, Si Yunming nodded.

Suddenly, a breaking sound came, accompanied by the sound of water splashing.

"Oh no, the protective shield seems to have shattered," Si Yunming shouted.

The two quickly ran outside, but after running less than 100 meters, they saw a huge current of water rushing towards them. They lost their footing and were swept back by the current.

Xu Jiawei knew in her heart that this was bad; if they were swept away by the water, they would drown.

At this moment, the rainbow quickly grew larger, blocking the water flow, holding the two in its arms, and rushed outwards. The rainbow was very strong, and the water flow could not wash it away at all.

It carried the two of them and ran out of the cave as fast as it could.

Finally, a rainbow appeared, carrying the two of them as they swam out.

The two could only hold their breath and adjust their state as the rainbow pulled them away.

Soon after the rainbow swam out of the cave, it began to grow larger and brought the two to the surface just before they drowned.

Xu Jiawei lay on the ground coughing violently, and Rainbow shrank her body and swam to the surface of the water.

Believe it or not, this pond, though not large, is quite deep.

Xu Jiawei looked up and scanned her surroundings. As she expected, the scenery here was indeed beautiful, with lush vegetation, although it had all turned black.

It has a unique ink-wash style, which even improved Xu Jiawei's mood.

"Brother San Dian, you know what, the scenery here is quite beautiful. It would be nice to live here sometime in the future," Xu Jiawei said.

Si Yunming nodded. "The scenery is nice."

"Let's go, let's go to the next disaster source." After Xu Jiawei finished speaking, she sat on top of the rainbow head without looking back. Although they had just dealt with a disaster source, it was not time to rest yet.

Si Yunming jumped onto the top of the rainbow's head, and the rainbow immediately became enormous, then jumped back into the lake and left the island.

The two obtained another clue and then went to find the source of the natural disaster.

Next up are the three sources of natural disasters. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to find them in three days. However, according to Murphy's Law, something unexpected did happen.

They passed by three sources of natural disasters, all of which showed signs of being artificially excavated, meaning they were all traps.

Xu Jiawei didn't understand why there were so many traps at high-level natural disaster source points. There was a trap near almost every natural disaster source point. Was it because high-level natural disaster source points were too important?

Xu Jiawei even suspected that the previous high-level natural disaster source point did not have any traps, but that the priests had not had time to set them up.

They struggled to even defeat intermediate-level Cataclysm source traps, let alone advanced ones. She guessed that at least three high priests would be reasonable in an advanced trap.

Si Yunming pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go attack the intermediate-level natural disaster source." After saying that, he looked at Xu Jiawei and asked for her opinion.

Xu Jiawei nodded; this was the only way.

The two returned to the intermediate-level natural disaster zone. After observing for a while, Xu Jiawei also figured out the distribution of the natural disaster sources. They were more like a ring-shaped distribution, one ring inside another. The outermost ring was the ordinary natural disaster sources, the middle-level natural disaster sources were inside, and the high-level natural disaster sources were inside. As for what was in the very center, Xu Jiawei didn't know.

She can't even break through to the high-level natural disaster source point now, let alone the very center.

She pondered that the players weren't just distributed in the west, but rather in a circular pattern. It was just that the area was too large for Xu Jiawei to notice at first. However, after circling around most of the high-level natural disaster area, she finally discovered this pattern of distribution.

The two headed back towards the intermediate-level disaster zone. Not many players were fighting in the intermediate-level disaster zone, so Xu Jiawei and her companion easily found one.

The two quickly went inside, and Xu Jiawei easily dealt with the intermediate-level natural disaster source point without a high priest.

The only problem is that I have less experience. Let's finish the second task quickly.

After finishing the task, Xu Jiawei didn't even bother to collect the chests. She headed straight to the next calamity source. Now that she had quite a few diamond chests, she simply replenished her equipment.

Now she just wants to grind monsters and is too lazy to even pick up treasure chests.

Arriving at a new source of natural disaster, it was still daytime, so the two of them idly went to grind monsters nearby. Si Yunming had reached level 38 and was heading towards level 40.

After clearing out the nearby monsters, Rainbow sent her underlings out to search for treasure chests, while Si Yunming and Xu Jiawei opened the chests to find food. Neither of them had cooked a proper meal recently, focusing only on traveling, killing monsters, and finding the source of the natural disaster, which had become muscle memory for them.

"Brother Three Points, if your mission is the same as mine, then the upgrade mission can be completed directly." Xu Jiawei's mission included the natural disaster source points she had farmed before, as well as the priests she had killed.

So the two of them don't need to make another trip.

Si Yunming certainly hoped that his task would be the same as Xu Jiawei's, but who could say for sure? He should finish Xu Jiawei's task first.

As soon as the bell rang at seven o'clock in the evening, the two immediately rushed into the source of the natural disaster and escaped in less than two hours.

The chat channel was already numb to the reports from Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming. Solving one natural disaster source point every day was terrifying. Were they just doing their daily dungeon runs?

[Ye Yezi: I have nothing but deep admiration for this big shot.]

[Xiaoyu: My god, are they treating the Cataclysm Source like a regular dungeon in the game? Who are these two? What level are they?]

[Wishing for legs to be 1.8 meters long: Wow, that's awesome! I just farmed a normal Cataclysm source point in a team, and you're treating a medium Cataclysm source point like a dungeon.]

Lin Wenshi was furious when he saw the system announcement. He and his family together could only farm ordinary natural disaster source points, while Xu Jiawei treated intermediate natural disaster source points like a game dungeon.

Lin Huajing is now useless; he's the only one capable of fighting. Lin Wenshi felt a deep sense of powerlessness; the gap was too vast. Moreover, Xu Jiawei and the others had already farmed several high-level natural disaster source points.

Lin Huajing now spends his days cursing and loafing around waiting to die. If it weren't for his younger brother, he would have left him to fend for himself long ago.

Lin Wenshi gave Lin Huajing, who was insulting Lin Jiaqi, a cold look. Lin Huajing shuddered and stopped talking.

"Lin Huajing, I'm warning you, if you dare to insult Jiaqi again, you can get out and fend for yourself," Lin Wenshi coldly threatened.

The whole room fell silent.

Lin Huajing was stunned at first, then felt a deep sadness. Her own biological younger brother was not as important as her god-sister.

"Wen Shi, don't talk about your brother like that. And Hua Jing, don't scold your sister anymore. You were able to survive thanks to your sister," Li Mei said, trying to smooth things over.