Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Even if the system is targeting her god-level equipment, you have your clever strategies, and I have my ways to overcome them. Besides, I am Rainbow, a magical pet that is like a bug.

Last time, when she had a backpack, Xu Jiawei hadn't thought of this, but now that she doesn't even have a backpack, she has to come up with some crooked ways to get around it.

After Rainbow finished packing, Xu Jiawei released the red earthworm and Little Pink, keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings.

Having just arrived at this place, it's best to be cautious. In order to quickly get a feel for the environment, Xu Jiawei didn't sit on top of the rainbow head, but instead personally searched out the surroundings.

I walked forward step by step, but after half an hour, it was still quiet all around.

Besides the birdsong...

Wait, how could there be normal birds here?

Even if there are any living beings, they will only be mutated creatures!

Xu Jiawei immediately turned her wary gaze to the sky. As if realizing that Xu Jiawei had discovered them, the birdsong suddenly stopped, and suddenly the dark shadows on the trees flew into the sky like arrows, crashing down on the ground with the force of a broken army.

Rainbow sensed the approaching danger and immediately used her body to block the attack from above. The shadow slammed into Rainbow, making a series of loud thuds, like swords striking steel, accompanied by the sharp, piercing sound of fingernails scraping against glass.

Xu Jiawei was firmly protected by the rainbow, while the dark figures crashed into the rainbow's body, bounced off, and fell to the ground. Then they rose again and charged towards the sky.

"Not good!" Xu Jiawei realized that something was wrong. The rainbow could defend against attacks from the air, but it could not defend against attacks from the ground.

After all, the rainbow was protecting Xu Jiawei below.

Little Pink reacted immediately, activating her domain and enveloping the rainbow within it. The shadowy figures seemed to hesitate for a moment, slowing down their pace. However, they quickly realized that the domain's light energy wasn't that strong, so they began to attack the domain frantically.

Taking advantage of the moment, Xu Jiawei immediately observed what was attacking her. Was it a crow?

No, they look like black birds, but these birds don't have eyes. Their eyeballs have disappeared for some reason, leaving two empty black holes.

The melodious birdsong turned into a hoarse screeching, and Xu Jiawei couldn't help but cover her ears. The screeching sounds piled up, making her head spin.

It's impossible to think about anything else; this hissing is a mental attack.

Even Xu Jiawei's skill release speed was disrupted. When dealing with these groups of monsters, group skills are more useful. Xu Jiawei endured her headache and released a Photon Meteor. The Photon Meteor exploded in the air like a dazzling firework, and the screech outside seemed to pause for a moment before turning into a painful scream.

The piercing scream was so loud that Xu Jiawei's vision went black and she coughed up blood. Could this be an ultrasonic attack?

No, we can't let them keep attacking. If this continues, Xu Jiawei is starting to suspect that she's going to go deaf.

I've never seen such a sinister opponent before. The opponents I've encountered before, whether monsters or priests, have always attacked me directly. They would never sing and disturb me in the shadows like this.

Countless spores of light flew out from Xu Jiawei's body and stuck to the shadow. White mushrooms bloomed on the shadow, like starlight falling into the darkness and blooming into beautiful flowers. However, Xu Jiawei was no longer able to appreciate this beautiful scene.

All I wanted to do was get these things sorted out as quickly as possible.

"Use purification...use purification..." A distant voice came from afar, reaching Xu Jiawei's ears as if it were an illusion.

Xu Jiawei lost all sense of reason and subconsciously followed the instructions. The light purification spread rapidly, and Xu Jiawei increased her magic output until all the shadows were enveloped within it.

The dark figure tumbled and screamed in agony in the air until the blackness on its body was completely purified. Then, like a dumpling being dropped into a pot, it crashed straight to the ground and remained motionless.

Then the piercing screams gradually faded away, turning into mournful wails.

Xu Jiawei stopped what she was doing, but at some point, the black birds that were still flying turned gray, seemingly beyond purification, and bright red tears of blood flowed from the vacant eyes of them.

Seemingly in mourning, Xu Jiawei inexplicably thought of the cuckoo's cry of blood.

Even Xu Jiawei was moved by them and couldn't help but shed tears. By the time she realized it, her face was already covered in tears. What happened?

She didn't even recognize these birds, so why was she crying? Could it be that these birds' talents were inherently related to emotions, allowing them to influence people's minds after being corrupted?

Suddenly, Xu Jiawei was drenched in a downpour. When she looked up, she saw that Caihong was also in tears, her tears streaming down her face, soaking Xu Jiawei completely.

Little Pink appeared beside Xu Jiawei at some point, its eyes blazing with fire. The red earthworm was even more formidable, its branches spewing venom that directly corroded the grass on the ground into ash, creating a pool of poison beneath its feet.

"Stop crying, you're making us cry too," Xu Jiawei quickly called out.

The gray bird stopped crying and stared blankly into the direction from which the sound came.

After the birds stopped crying, Xu Jiawei's tears finally stopped. She calmed herself down; she had cried too much, and now her eyes were dry and very uncomfortable. "What kind of creatures are you? Why are you crying? Is it related to the sounds we heard earlier?"

An elderly bird, the leader of the group, suddenly spoke, startling Xu Jiawei: "Young man, we are the followers of the God of Emotions. We have lived with the God of Emotions until the great war tens of thousands of years ago, when the God of Emotions lost her life. We have been guarding her temple and her last wisp of consciousness ever since."

Suddenly the bird paused, its voice filled with sorrow and pain: "Until a thousand years ago, a loophole appeared in the seal of the Dark God's Land, and it came to invade the temple. The God of Emotions resisted with his last shred of consciousness and held out for a long time, but in the end he still failed, and we were gradually corrupted."

Suddenly the bird's voice turned mournful and indignant: "The God of Darkness, in revenge against the God of Emotions, gouged out all our eyes, depriving us of our sight and turning us into mindless monsters. That voice belonged to the God of Emotions. Just now, in an attempt to save us, she lost her last shred of consciousness."

Their god is dead, their only faith has vanished, which is why they are so grief-stricken.

Xu Jiawei paused for a moment, she had no idea how to comfort the birds.

"If you don't mind, you can come with me. If you stay here any longer, you'll soon be corrupted by demons again," Xu Jiawei said.

Xu Jiawei felt like she had become a scavenger. She hadn't had much of a reaction when she traveled to the past and witnessed the demise of the gods, but now that she was slowly coming into contact with the relics of the gods, she was beginning to have a real feeling about it.