Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

After opening the treasure chest, a black snake several times thicker than the others slowly crawled out. Whether it was Xu Jiawei's imagination or not, the snake gave her a disdainful look.

Xu Jiawei: ? ? ?

[Ding! Player has activated a limited-time quest: Slay the Elite Viper. (System-provided monster description: The elite viper heard that its underling was killed by a human, and has come to avenge the ordinary viper.)]

Thank you, but the introduction is completely useless.

Xu Jiawei stared warily at the black snake. Was this actually an elite monster? Could she defeat it? If she died, would anyone collect her body?

The elite venomous snake vanished from Xu Jiawei's sight in an instant. Xu Jiawei habitually picked up the watermelon knife and slashed forward, but the sensation was like striking metal, and the blade chipped.

That won't work; its scales are as hard as metal, so you can only attack its weak points.

It moves so fast that its trajectory is invisible to the naked eye.

She looked around warily, thinking, "I'm going to die! This game really doesn't want me to live!"

A dark shadow flashed by, and Xu Jiawei couldn't dodge in time, so she was bitten on the arm again. The snake had a strong bite, and it bit right through her arm. Xu Jiawei grabbed the watermelon knife and stabbed it at the snake's eyes, but the elite snake was smart and immediately ran away.

As the elite venomous snake disappeared again, a sense of crisis inexplicably lingered around Xu Jiawei's pores, and her heart skipped a beat.

A brilliant idea flashed into his mind: block her movement! He pulled out the undisassembled bronze treasure chest from his backpack and slammed it forward. The two collided with a loud bang, and the venomous snake, unable to dodge in time, was crushed underneath.

"Now's the chance!" Xu Jiawei continued to take out things and smash them, regardless of whether they were useful or not, directly hitting the snake to immobilize it. After smashing the venomous snake meat into the snake's mouth, Xu Jiawei noticed that the elite venomous snake was visibly weakened. She hadn't expected that the venomous snake meat would have an effect on its own kind.

Upon discovering this, Xu Jiawei approached with a wicked smile and stuffed pieces of meat into the snake's mouth. The snake choked, its eyes rolling back in its head, unable to move. Finally, Xu Jiawei also stuffed a watermelon knife into its mouth.

[Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite venomous snake! Experience +50, Snake Island Pass *1]

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for being the first in the entire server to defeat an elite monster. This has been announced server-wide. Reward: 1 Silver Treasure Chest]

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the limited-time mission! You have received 1 random purple equipment item.]

For the first time, Xu Jiawei felt that the system sound was so beautiful; the ding-ding-ding sound captivated her.

"I defeated a powerful enemy with my intelligence!" Hsu Chia-wei was still indulging in self-admiration.

[Ding! Experience points full. Player has reached level 2 and gained 1 free attribute point. The player is the first in the entire server to reach level 2 and will receive in-game rewards. There are three options: 1. Obtain a luck-related skill; 2. Obtain a top-tier attack weapon; 3. Obtain a significant boost to physical attributes...]

Xu Jiawei: "111111111111"

Hesitation is disrespectful to one's own luck.

[Ding! Congratulations, player! You have attracted the attention of the survival system. The system has noticed that this is the first time it has seen a player with a luck value of 1 and is very interested. Therefore, it has specially created a pity skill for the player, granting a pity reward every 100 chests opened.]

Yay! Now even the unlucky ones have a safety net.

[Ding! The elite snake avenged the ordinary snake, but ended up sacrificing itself in the process. The Snake King was surprised when he found out. Congratulations to the player for attracting the attention of the Venomous Snake King (the Snake King is waiting for you on Snake Island!)]

A system announcement popped up in the chat channel: "[Congratulations to AAA Mushroom Fairy for being the first in the entire server to defeat an elite monster.]" It was repeated three times, causing an uproar in the chat channel. [Anxin: Holy crap, I can't even handle normal monsters, are all the pros fighting elite monsters?]

[Wishing for legs that are 1.8 meters long: Mushroom Boss is awesome.]

[Cute Sweetheart: Please help me, please!]

[Leader: @AAAMushroomFairy, can we be friends? I'd like to exchange information about elite monsters with you. The reward will definitely satisfy you.]

Upon receiving the friend request from the leader, Xu Jiawei immediately accepted.

[Leader: Hello, AAA Mushroom Fairy. I am from the Chinese government. The government wants to guide humanity to survive, so we have been collecting useful information. We want to know about elite monsters. You are the only one who survived the encounter with an elite monster; all our companions died. We sincerely hope you can help us. Of course, the government won't ask you to give selflessly. We will provide you with the materials to upgrade your raft to level two. What do you think?]

Xu Jiawei didn't expect this person to be an official. "System, are you there? How many materials are needed to upgrade the raft?"

"Hey there, upgrade to level 2 raft. You need to expand the raft to 20 square meters, which requires 50 planks and 50 nails."

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Okay, when can you gather them all, then we can trade.]

Given Xu Jiawei's luck, it would be a long time before she could gather the materials to advance to level two. The conditions offered by the guide were very satisfactory to Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei began to sort out her gains from this trip. First was the island pass, which would allow her to go to the island for 12 hours to collect supplies. Xu Jiawei was not considering it at the moment, as it was too dangerous.

Xu Jiawei took out the random equipment roulette wheel and silently prayed: Please, please, give me something useful.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained a purple longsword (How about the backdoor the system opened for you?)]

Thank you, system expert!

Xu Jiawei opened her panel.

Name: Xu Jiawei

Nickname: 【AAA Mushroom Fairy】

Level: 2 (Experience: 10/500)

Health: 32 (You are a fragile chicken, injured)

Strength: 27+30 (A newbie, relies entirely on the longsword)

Defense: 16 (I was stunned)

Physical fitness: 32 (Even an 80-year-old man is stronger than you)

Speed: 19 (Is your time slower than others? Even a snail is faster than you.)

Luck: 1 (You're the African chief! This is the first time the system has seen someone with a luck score of 1!)

Talent: The Mushroom-Picking Girl (E-rank upgradeable) You have a natural affinity for mushrooms and gain the ability to cultivate mushrooms once a day. Since the player is currently in a mushroom poisoning state, they gain poison immunity upon entering the game. Other functions are for the player to explore on their own. (At least you won't starve; poison immunity is pretty good.)

Titles: Serpent Enchantress (Reduces damage from serpent attacks by 50% and pain by 50%), Serpent Destroyer (Restores 1 HP per hour).

Skill: Guaranteed minimum (4/100)

Equipment: Long sword

Combat strength rating: 37 (In summary, the combat strength is somewhat respectable.)

Note: All items have a maximum value of 100 (so now you know how bad you are!).

Raft Level: 1 (If you don't upgrade it, you'll just be feeding fish.)

Resources: Snake Meat*6, Venomous Fangs*16, Snake Skin*16, Planks*6, Iron Nails*3, Bronze Blocks*3, Silver Treasure Chest*1, Snake Island Pass*1, Mineral Water*2, Bread*2

Since free attribute points cannot be added to Luck, and Strength can now be compensated for by weapons, Xu Jiawei added attribute points to Speed.

Xu Jiawei slumped onto the raft, exhausted. She had been busy all day but hadn't accomplished anything useful. She took out the bread and water from the beginner's gift pack, carefully opened one packet, and started eating.

[Ding! Server-wide announcement: Due to someone in Server 62 of China reaching Level 2 first, the leaderboard function has been activated ahead of schedule. This server will be the first to launch its in-game event. Stay tuned! (Announcement at 7 PM tonight!)]

[AAA Goods Wholesale: Someone has leveled up to level 2, who is it?]

[Focusing on Cultivation: I don't know, the leaderboard page says it starts at 7 PM tonight, I can't see it.]

[Sweet dreams tonight: Who else could it be but the mushroom master who slew the elite monster?]

[Online arbitrator: Is Cui Wanwan there? 27 years old, father Cui Xihua, mother Li Chunmei]

[Innocent Cockroach: Guys, anyone looking for a girlfriend?]

[I am Qin Shi Huang: Do you think the new event system will rip us off?]

[Survival System: Player 'I am Qin Shi Huang' has insulted the system in your comment. According to system rules, you will be banned for three days. We hope you will abide by the rules in the future and work together to maintain a good environment.]