Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

[The lucky one is here: Brother Zhang, what exactly can I eat? I just ate a red berry and now I'm poisoned; even my skin has turned red.]

[Rain Falling: Wow, didn't you bring food? How come you're eating everything? Are you courting death?]

[The lucky one here: I only brought enough food to last a week, so I was thinking of finding some other food. I can't just sit around eating nothing. Besides, I saw some birds eating it, so I figured it shouldn't be poisonous.]

[...Those birds have been corrupted into demonic creatures; they're immune to poison, so we can't use them as a standard for judgment.]

[Rain Falling: Oh my god, you mean those crazy little birds? They almost pecked me to death.]

[The Lucky One Here: Huh? Birds can peck people? The birds here are all very docile, they're all red, and they don't look like they're deeply corrupted.]

[Rain Falling: The bird I encountered wasn't dark gray; it pecked at people on sight and was extremely aggressive.]

[Rain Falling: Never mind, I need to find my parents quickly, I have to go now.]

After seeing the messages from the others, Xu Jiawei replied immediately.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Does this mean the pollution level varies from island to island?]

[The lucky one is here: Sis, what happened to you?]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Hmm, encountered a flock of black birds, but I purified them.]

[Akagi: Little Li, what kind of fruit are you eating? Send me a picture.]

[Akagi: I'll send pictures of all the edible things to the group later. Don't eat anything else. We have food reserves now, so eat those first.]

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[Akagi: Fortunately, this fruit isn't too poisonous, but it'll take you a few days to ripen.]

[Akagi: By the way, you should also add mugwort to the water when boiling it; it can reduce the pollution level to some extent.]

Zhang Yunting quickly sent all the pictures to the group.

[Akagi: These are the non-poisonous foods that our special talents have identified; they're safe to eat.]

But none of this mattered to Xu Jiawei. After all, she wasn't afraid of poison, so it didn't matter what she ate. Besides, she had a talent for it; at worst, she could just eat mushrooms. It wasn't like they were starving anymore.

She wanted to know how to set up camp.

[Akagi: Everyone, try to find a cave and live in a secluded place.]

[Akagi: Don't live in the wild. There are many snakes and insects outside, and you're likely to get bitten if you sleep there. Besides, it's not safe in the wild; we don't know what might be out at night.]

[The lucky one here: If we really can't find a safe place, how about living in a tree? We can set up a hammock there.]

[Akagi: I don't recommend it. Snakes can climb trees, and how are you going to light a fire? Besides, like last time with the natural disaster, nighttime is very dangerous. What should we do? Let's assess the situation first.]

[...It might not be as dangerous as last time. There are currently no shelters, and a significant number of people will not be able to find a safe place.]

[The lucky one is here: But staying in the open for a long time is really not good, so the main task now is to find a safe place to settle down.]

After setting their goal, Xu Jiawei also prepared to find a place to stay in advance. She looked at Rainbow and said, "Rainbow, have your guards find a cave. We'll find a place to stay tonight."

Rainbow nodded, and her underlings went further as they searched for caves.

After Rainbow Brother's exploration, Xu Jiawei discovered that this island was extremely large, much larger than the island she had visited before. She even sent her brother to explore it, but they still hadn't reached the edge.

Even by evening, some of the wandering mushrooms still hadn't found the boundary.

It seems this island is quite large; the mushrooms haven't found any other players yet, it appears Xu Jiawei is the only one on this vast island.

As Xu Jiawei explored further, she gathered some food according to Zhang Yunting's directions. Although she could eat anything, she thought she might be able to trade it later.

Besides, she couldn't keep eating compressed biscuits all the time; she needed to try other foods.

Xu Jiawei also collected some of the non-poisonous fruits. After purifying them, she took a bite and found them quite sour, but eating them occasionally had a unique flavor.

Along the way, there were also many contaminated herbs, which Xu Jiawei collected and purified. She found that many of them were still usable. As for the bright mugwort that Zhang Yunting mentioned, Xu Jiawei also found a few plants. Although she didn't really need them, she took them with her.

Xu Jiawei sighed inwardly: At least the supplies are more plentiful than during the last natural disaster. There's nothing in the fog area except trees, no wonder they didn't give out any treasure chests.

Xu Jiawei guessed that only the basic treasure chests were gone, but perhaps the advanced treasure chests still existed.

It wasn't until late afternoon that the underlings brought news that they had found a cave, but there were natives inside, so the mushrooms dared not go in.

"Rainbow, where is it? Take me there," Xu Jiawei said. The sun was about to set, so they needed to hurry.

She immediately climbed to the top of the rainbow. The rainbow moved swiftly, and even at its lightning speed, it took two hours for it to reach Xu Jiawei. By the time Xu Jiawei arrived, the last rays of the setting sun were about to disappear, and billowing black mist surged up from the ground, slowly rising and completely enveloping the starlight in the night sky.

Unlike the previous insect plague, this night was not yet completely blind. As long as there was light, Xu Jiawei could see everything around her. However, the creatures around her began to move, and various animal roars came from all directions, seemingly very agitated, and the sounds gradually approached Xu Jiawei.

Upon seeing this, Xu Jiawei immediately darted into the cave, where she bumped right into the cave's inhabitant, a very large brown bear.

Don't ask Xu Jiawei how she could tell it was a brown bear from its dark coat; it was a bear nonetheless.

Upon seeing the intruder, the brown bear roared fiercely and pounced. Rainbow immediately stepped forward to block the attack, while Xu Jiawei, Xiaofen, and Red Earthworm seized the opportunity to launch their own attack.

The red earthworm tightly entangled the opponent, while Xu Jiawei released photon meteors and light spores to deal damage. Little Pink activated her domain, and the demonic bear was beaten to death by one person and three beasts before it could even use any skills.

Xu Jiawei felt no guilt whatsoever for occupying someone else's house. She walked into the cave, which was not damp at all, but rather very dry and warm.

It seems that bear knew how to enjoy life, except now it's Xu Jiawei who's enjoying it.

Rainbow is anxiously summoning her underlings back, who are being attacked by monsters outside and have already begun to suffer damage.

The mushrooms could only stick together; otherwise, they would easily die if they acted alone. Xu Jiawei pondered this. It seemed that the mushrooms also needed to be strengthened, otherwise they would not be able to keep up with Xu Jiawei's development speed. As for what to use to strengthen them, Xu Jiawei had not yet decided. She could take advantage of this natural disaster to consider it.

She summoned the mushrooms back; thankfully, nothing serious had happened. Taking this opportunity, she could check out the mugwort. It seemed to be a medicinal herb from Earth; she wondered what the difference was between the mugwort of this world and the mugwort of this world.