Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

They seemed to be isolated from the world, with only loneliness and darkness as their companions.

[Ding! Player has entered an unknown area. Continue?]

Xu Jiawei looked at the system prompt that popped up and selected "yes". On the navigation, she was now very close to the location of the natural disaster source, which meant she had entered the unknown area mentioned by the system.

[Ding! Player has entered an unknown area. The system will be unable to observe or provide assistance and will be temporarily offline. Good luck! (Survive!)]

Upon hearing the system message, the two men's expressions grew even more solemn. This was the first time the system had gone offline, indicating that the blocking mechanisms here were extremely powerful, even the system couldn't handle it. This place must be a very important location within the Dark Temple.

"We're here to gather information; our lives are our top priority," Si Yunming said, his hand already on the hilt of his sword behind his back.

Xu Jiawei nodded and immediately agreed. The navigation ended and Rainbow stopped. Xu Jiawei jumped down, took two steps forward, and found that the road ahead was blocked. After observing for a while, Xu Jiawei realized that it seemed to be a wall.

As they walked along the wall, they discovered that it was curved, almost circular. Could it be a building?

The two walked halfway around the wall and finally found a metal door. They tried to push it, but the door didn't budge, as if it was stuck.

"I can't push it open." As soon as Xu Jiawei finished speaking, she saw Si Yunming raise his greatsword and slash at the door. The door made a loud noise and cracked open.

Weren't they here to gather information? Is it really okay for them to be so high-profile?

However, Xu Jiawei didn't care. She figured they would be discovered as soon as they arrived, so being a little high-profile wouldn't hurt.

Xu Jiawei kicked the broken pieces of the door inside.

High Priests: Damn it, so arrogant! How dare they be so arrogant on their own turf! Shouldn't they keep a low profile?

A dozen high priests stared at the priest in magnificent black robes before them and asked, "Bishop, this person is far too arrogant. Should we deal with them now?"

"Wait a little longer." A voice that was neither clearly male nor female came from behind. The group could only suppress their dissatisfaction and watch the two people's movements through the magic mirror.

After Xu Jiawei kicked the door open, she found that no one came. They were quite tolerant. It seemed that it was impossible to force these people out with this trick.

Should they continue forward? Perhaps those priests have set a trap for them ahead.

However, they were not unprepared. Xu Jiawei had quite a few things to protect herself, including a teleportation talisman.

However, Xu Jiawei didn't know if the teleportation talisman was still useful here.

If it's no use, the two of them will go deeper and won't even be able to escape.

Seeing that Xu Jiawei was struggling with her decision, Si Yunming took out a small ball-shaped object from his backpack. With Si Yunming's encouragement, the little object instantly teleported to a place 10 meters away, and his tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

"The teleportation skill still works." Si Yunming's words dispelled Xu Jiawei's doubts. The two continued forward. Xu Jiawei observed the surrounding environment. The entire building seemed like a tall tower, making it impossible for Xu Jiawei to see the top.

Compared to the outside, there was no fog inside the tower. There were only rooms and a long staircase that seemed to stretch endlessly. It looked like an ordinary tower, but finding a tower without fog in a foggy area was obviously abnormal.

Xu Jiawei planned to start from downstairs, searching each room one by one, and then go upstairs to see if these people could still sit still.

Upon arriving at the first house, Xu Jiawei tried pushing the door, but it didn't respond. So Si Yunming cleaved the door open with a single sword strike.

Xu Jiawei kicked the door open and entered.

"This is outrageous! This is outrageous! Are they here to cause trouble? Can't they at least pull the door if they can't push it open?" a high priest roared.

"A bunch of robbers, coming to cause trouble on our turf!" another man said, slamming his fist on the table.

"Are they trying to tear down all our doors?" a female high priestess asked.

"Stay calm." The androgynous voice spoke again, seemingly not angry at all. After it finished speaking, the other high priests all stopped.

Xu Jiawei kicked the door open and entered, only to find a library behind it. Seeing some text, the two exchanged a glance and began to examine it. However, this library seemed to be a record of the history of the Dark Temple and books praising the Dark God. After looking at the titles, Xu Jiawei lost interest in reading any further.

The two realized that they wouldn't find anything useful here.

So Xu Jiawei ordered Xiaofen to burn the place down. Flames engulfed the entire library, and all the books were reduced to charcoal.

"Setting the library on fire? This is outrageous and utterly immoral!" The hot-tempered high priest slammed his fist on the table.

The group wanted nothing more than to rush up and tear the two men apart.

"Quiet." The bishop silenced him again, but the high priest's expression was now clearly more agitated, and the bishop's clenched fists revealed that his mood was not as calm as it appeared.

These two are really pushing their limits.

After burning down the library, Xu Jiawei found another room, which seemed to be a place for storing supplies. Xu Jiawei checked it and found that the supplies were still usable. Without any hesitation, Xu Jiawei put them all into her backpack, leaving none for them.

"Outrageous! This is blatant murder, arson, theft, robbery, and all sorts of evil deeds!" The High Priest was so provoked by Xu Jiawei that he forgot that he himself was the one who had committed all sorts of evil deeds.

They only ever treat others this way; no one ever treats them this way.

The last few could only watch as Xu Jiawei and her group destroyed each room they passed, leaving them nothing. Even the most rational bishop couldn't stand it anymore. He had originally planned to wait until Xu Jiawei and her group climbed up before launching a surprise attack.

But now, they can't wait any longer. If things continue like this, by the time they get up here, everything will be destroyed.

The bishop made a gesture, and the high priests, who could no longer contain themselves, rushed downstairs and towards Xu Jiawei and the others.

"Shameless thieves, how dare you damage our Dark Temple's property! I will make you pay the price!" a high priest said angrily.

"Oh, so you can't sit still anymore? I thought you could endure it forever, but you can't even sit still after only demolishing a few rooms," Xu Jiawei said sarcastically, though her body adopted a defensive posture.

Her eyes quickly scanned her surroundings when suddenly a wave of oppressive power swept over her. Xu Jiawei swayed and quickly focused her gaze on the last person in the group. This person's black robes were noticeably more magnificent than the others'. Just seeing him standing there made Xu Jiawei's heart scream with the urge to run away.

Their expressions gradually turned serious; this person seemed to be even stronger than they had imagined.

All the high priests bowed to the man in black robes: "Bishop."

The man in black robes nodded, then turned his gaze to Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei couldn't see the man's face, but she could feel his gaze on her, and a tremendous pressure was pressing down on her.

"You must die." The calm voice struck Xu Jiawei like a heavy hammer. The androgynous voice made it impossible for Xu Jiawei to guess the person's true gender.

With just one sentence, Xu Jiawei felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy. This person must be at least level 80 to have such strength. One sentence was enough to make Xu Jiawei unable to stand. No, they must escape!