Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The location of the Leader's Base is in the fog-free zone of the intermediate-level natural disaster area, which is the area where the source of the natural disaster has been resolved. Therefore, the view is not obstructed, and ordinary people can come and go freely even at night.

Xu Jiawei sat atop the rainbow and looked down. The Leader's base camp was a complex of buildings composed of countless houses of varying levels, surrounded by a giant protective shield.

It seems the leader team is quite wealthy; protective shields aren't easy to obtain, and I wonder where they got them from.

She immediately felt relieved, after all, people like her who don't even have a home are a minority, and other people must be much wealthier than her, considering how many people there are.

The resources of the team that led the way were far beyond what a homeless person like Xu Jiawei could ever hope to acquire.

At the very center of the complex was a very luxurious building, which did not seem to be a temporary building provided by the system. Xu Jiawei took a closer look and it seemed to have been built by an earth magician. It was very exquisite, and even Xu Jiawei couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, they can do this!"

The building constructed by the magician can be abandoned and dismantled at any time; indeed, there is strength in numbers.

Once Rainbow reached the outside of the protective shield, the gatekeeper was initially very wary of the giant mushroom standing outside, but breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Rainbow's appearance.

"You must be Boss Mushroom, please wait a moment." A security guard said this and left immediately, seemingly to contact his superior.

Then another security guard said, "Mushroom Boss, can you give me your autograph?" Even the security guards admired this hope of humanity. It was the first time they had met their idol, but they didn't expect their idol to be somewhat different from what they had imagined.

Why was he able to recognize the big boss? Because the gatekeeper knew Bai Yu, and the big boss was a woman, so it was obvious who the big boss was.

Xu Jiawei felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say. She didn't expect that someone would admire her. Xu Jiawei didn't know how to respond.

"Xiao Li, keep a good watch on the goal. It's working hours now." Zhang Yunting immediately came to Xu Jiawei's rescue.

The security guard, nicknamed Xiao Li, immediately perked up and stared intently at his surroundings.

Soon another security guard ran back, took out a sign-like object, and stuck it on the protective shield, creating an opening about two meters high.

"Sir, please come in," the gatekeeper said.

Xu Jiawei jumped off the rainbow and walked towards the opening.

Xu Jiawei stepped inside, and Li Ming curiously looked around. The people living in these houses seemed unaffected by the natural disaster, their faces beaming with happy smiles, as if nothing had happened, just like before the apocalypse.

At this moment, the people inside the building came out and curiously looked at the group of strangely dressed people.

Xu Jiawei couldn't help but sigh, the team of leaders protected them very well, they had no sense of vigilance at all.

Bai Yu also saw her parents, and her expression was inevitably excited. However, she knew that she had important things to do right now and could not go to see them. She simply nodded to her parents and then turned her head away. She would catch up with them later that evening; there would be plenty of time.

The parents' eyes were filled with tears, a mixture of worry and relief that ultimately turned into pride.

The two walked along the main road and soon arrived at the main building in the middle.

Upon arriving at the main building, the defenses were even more stringent. Xu Jiawei surveyed the entire building; up close, it was quite rough compared to government buildings on Earth, but it was usable here, given the harsh conditions.

Xu Jiawei wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but the building looked very new, like it had only been built a few hours ago. The decorations and everything looked ridiculously new, as if it had just been completed.

Xu Jiawei leaned closer to Zhang Yunting and whispered, "Brother Zhang, did this building used to exist? It looks so new to me."

Zhang Yunting shook his head awkwardly. There had never been any such thing before, but this matter shouldn't be brought up, after all, even leaders have their pride.

The group of people had different expressions, and then they entered the building.

Upon entering, Xu Jiawei became even more certain that the interior had been renovated. As she walked in, she was greeted by the official leaders she had met before, as well as the leaders of the guiding team.

"This is our first real meeting, isn't it? You are truly young talents; the future of humanity rests on your shoulders," the leader said.

This was the first time Xu Jiawei had ever seen such a scene, but she didn't want to say anything polite, so she said in a serious tone, "I have something very important to say to you today. Let's find a place to talk."

Upon hearing this, the two men's expressions turned serious, and they said, "Please, let's go to the office."

As he spoke, he led Xu Jiawei and her group in one direction.

The secretary next to him immediately whispered, "Boss, you've come to the wrong office. It's this way."

The leader smiled and said, "Comrade Xu, I'm sorry you had to see this. Comrade Wang, please lead the way."

Xu Jiawei didn't mind, so the group followed Comrade Wang into the newly renovated office.

"Comrade Xu, you can speak your mind directly. Don't worry, everyone here is someone we trust very much. They've all been tested. There's a soundproof magic array in the office, so our conversation won't be heard by anyone outside."

Xu Jiawei nodded. "You should already know about the final source of the calamity I'm about to talk about. There are 10 calamity sources in the very center area, as well as the central temple, right? I already told Brother Zhang about it before."

Neither of them felt awkward and simply nodded. What Xu Jiawei told Zhang Yunting was an implicit agreement that she could tell them.

"What I'm going to tell you is what happened inside. The final source of the cataclysm was made up of towers. When we went in, we encountered level 80 priests, whose position was bishop. One of them was as strong as a hundred high priests."

The two leaders gasped, then exchanged a glance and asked directly, "Comrade Xu, if it were just this, you wouldn't have come to us. Is there something more serious?"

His tone became more serious. This news was indeed very detrimental to humanity, but it was not something that could not be dealt with. However, the fact that they came to the Leader team for cooperation proved that there were still things that they were completely unable to resist.

Xu Jiawei took a deep breath and continued, "You guessed right. Something unexpected happened during our escape. The central area is interconnected. The temple doesn't know about it, but in the other ten calamity areas, if any one of them is attacked, the other calamity sources can come out to pursue it until it escapes the central area."

"In other words, if we attack one place, we will be besieged by 10 bishops and hundreds of high priests. Even if we level up to 70, the two of us cannot handle it. Furthermore, we do not know if the Dark God's avatar inside the temple will intervene."

Immediately, everyone gasped. Even the three who hadn't heard Xu Jiawei's words were shocked, realizing just how dangerous the situation Xu Jiawei had encountered was.

In that case, is there any hope for humanity to overcome this natural disaster?

"So you've come here to discuss cooperation? But most of our people are between level 25 and 35, so even if we all went in, we wouldn't have much hope of winning."

"Therefore, I hope you can mobilize all the players to go together."

Even the leaders were stunned. She mobilized all the players. Did she understand how many people would die? It was practically risking their lives. But humanity didn't have much time left. Xu Jiawei's approach wasn't wrong.

"I understand. Leave this to us. You guys don't need to get involved." Let these old guys bear all the blame. But we'll wait until everyone reaches level 30 before we go. Going now would just be suicide.