Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

An awkward silence fell over the room. Bai Yu looked embarrassed, as if she had said something wrong. Zhang Yunting quickly smoothed things over, saying, "It's alright, my mother still recognizes me, she's just a little quieter."

Everyone immediately changed the subject. Xu Jiawei seemed thoughtful, then comforted him, "Brother Zhang, don't be discouraged. This world is so amazing, maybe there's a way to cure your mother. Don't forget, magic exists in this world."

"That's right, Brother Zhang, maybe a magician can just cast a spell and heal your mother," Li Ming comforted him.

Bai Yu also said, "I'll inquire for you. I have some connections in the Forging Association, and I'll ask around for you."

"I'll help you find out." Si Yunming's words were still as brief as ever. Looking at everyone's comments, Zhang Yunting was deeply moved and couldn't help but wipe the corner of his eye.

"Thank you all." After Zhang Yunting finished speaking, Xu Jiawei smoothed things over, "Alright, on such a happy day, we should be happy too."

After the banquet, the players who had gathered said their goodbyes, while the official team and the guides invited them to join.

Some players thought it over and chose to join, but most chose to leave, preferring to stay with their existing team members.

Some people are also preparing to return to their shelters, because their shelters cannot be moved. Instead, the system has thrown them into high-level disaster zones under the pretext of closing down intermediate disaster zones, so they still have to go and find them.

They are now going back to their shelter.

In an instant, the huge base became empty, and some players who hadn't left started setting up stalls to sell their items. The entire square turned into a large trading center, but most people were bartering, which was quite inconvenient.

Xu Jiawei seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that they still needed to use the world's currency for transactions, and they needed to put this plan on the agenda.

This still required an official appeal, so Xu Jiawei approached the leader and voiced her suggestion.

"I understand. We have to survive in this world, and it's necessary to use this world's currency for transactions. The authorities will set an example and issue announcements later," the leader replied after thinking. However, he knew it would be fraught with difficulties, and their influence had diminished, so it hadn't been enforced yet.

Xu Jiawei returned to her shelter, which was now more comfortable than her room at the Leader's Base, and she was able to get a rare, relaxing nap.

Fighting was too tiring. Including the time it took to evolve, she had only slept for a few hours at most, and the battle had completely exhausted her energy.

The next morning, Xu Jiawei was the first to open the colorful treasure chest, praying in her heart that it contained something useful.

[Ding! Congratulations on opening the chest and receiving the following items: Skill Upgrade Scroll*3, Divine Protection Shield*1, Skill Breakthrough Scroll*1, Divine Pet Recovery Potion*2, and Small Teleportation Device*1]

Xu Jiawei took out the divine-level pet recovery potion first. Since the last injury, no matter how much medicine she fed it, the injuries of Little Pink and Red Earthworm did not improve, and they even fell into a coma. Even the treatment of Red Earthworm grafting was useless, which made Xu Jiawei very worried. She didn't know if this divine-level recovery potion would work.

Fortunately, the injuries of both animals did not worsen, otherwise Xu Jiawei would not have been in the mood to attend any celebration banquet.

Xu Jiawei immediately fed the medicine into their mouths, and the two pets' injuries gradually improved, but they still showed no signs of waking up.

After her injuries were fully healed, Xu Jiawei waited for a while, but they still didn't wake up. Xu Jiawei became even more worried. Then she thought that maybe she could try to break through the level cap, and maybe they would wake up. It seemed that the matter of finding the source of heavenly fire and the source of wood essence needed to be put on the agenda.

With a sigh, Xu Jiawei looked at the divine-level protective shield. This shield looked similar to the colorful shield that Commander Zhang had thrown, but it seemed quite fragile. Xu Jiawei immediately opened the description.

[God-tier Protective Shield: Provides protection for a selected area; the smaller the area, the better the protection, and it can even withstand god-tier damage.]

Xu Jiawei finally understood why that shield was so fragile. Commander Zhang had used that shield to block almost all the players, which was thousands of people. No wonder it was so fragile.

If only Xu Jiawei uses it, then resisting god-level damage is no exaggeration. She put the small shield into the ring.

After thinking about it for a while, I placed it in the most conspicuous position.

She took out a small teleportation device, and to Xu Jiawei's surprise, this device was not disposable. It was like Doraemon's Anywhere Door, which could teleport people at any time. Now she no longer had to worry about the inconvenience of going to the mainland to buy things.

This requires manually setting the location, and the device will record the coordinates, so she can teleport directly next time, just like a teleportation stone in a game.

Upon receiving two useful items in a row, Xu Jiawei's smile deepened.

As for the skill upgrade tickets, there are three. Xu Jiawei thought about it and decided that since Energy Cycle can be upgraded, it can be used on this. Photon Meteor also needs to be upgraded, since it is her strongest burst skill. There is also Mycelium Regeneration. She has now discovered that the resurrection skill is quite useful.

As for spore clones, they've become an unpopular skill for Xu Jiawei. She rarely uses them, feeling they're all flashy but useless.

It's useless against weak opponents, and against strong opponents, one move can take out all the clones. Instead of wasting time casting clones, it's better to cast more Photon Meteors.

The clones are too fragile, but now that she doesn't need a cast time before casting her skills, I can try casting Photon Meteor with several clones at the same time. The burst damage will be strong enough, but her mana will be running out quickly.

Finally, Xu Jiawei used the skill tickets on Energy Cycle, Photon Meteor, and Mycelial Regeneration.

After use, the mana restored per second by the energy cycle becomes 15 points, the explosion range of Photon Meteor is larger, the damage is higher, and the attack speed is even faster.

As for the mycelium regeneration, after regeneration, the HP increases from 1 point to 10 points. This change makes no difference to Xu Jiawei, as the HP is still enough to kill her in one hit. The only difference is that the mycelium regeneration will automatically run away after the skill is released, moving away from danger instead of just standing there waiting to die.

Or they could only escape by relying on external forces such as wind or animals.

Previously, spores could only escape by relying on the energy fluctuations generated by skill releases or by attaching themselves to rainbows, but now this skill is much more useful.

Xu Jiawei smiled. There was still one skill breakthrough ticket left. Without thinking, Xu Jiawei used it on Photon Meteor. This was her burst skill, which was related to her attack power. It would be great if it could also evolve into percentage damage.

Xu Jiawei decided to use it immediately and then checked the skill changes.

【Photon Meteor: Releases a powerful compressed light bullet that automatically tracks enemies. Upon impact, it explodes violently, scattering light and fire in all directions. Any creature that comes into contact with it will be burned by the scattered light and fire until annihilated (the effect depends on the caster's ability). Consumes 200 mana points.】

Although there is no percentage-based damage, it is indeed a change that surprised and satisfied Xu Jiawei. After all, the inability to hit the target has always been the fatal flaw of Photon Meteor. With tracking, there is no need to worry about missing.

Now one of the drawbacks of Photon Meteor has been resolved. The other is that it no longer deals percentage-based damage, so it's still somewhat inadequate against enemies with high health. Although the flames are difficult to extinguish, they burn very slowly.