Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The system remained silent for quite some time, and Si Yunming simply waited patiently.

[Ding! Player is about to travel to a polluted high-level+ island. Do you agree?]

Si Yunming immediately agreed; he could go and scout ahead first.

As for pollution, he is inherently of the dark attribute and has a high resistance to pollution. As long as he digests the dark pollution energy during the day, he can even move around outside all night. Moreover, absorbing this energy can also slightly enhance his strength.

For him, the island he just dealt with had a perfect level of pollution. If it were to reach the advanced level, he would probably need some time to adapt and wouldn't be able to thrive like he is now.

But he didn't care. Only danger can increase strength, right? One is born in hardship and dies in comfort.

After the last natural disaster, most players are no longer willing to slack off. It is said that most of the players who stayed on the outermost edge of the area during the disaster starved to death due to lack of supplies.

Later on, a fierce conflict arose with others over food, and in the end, only a few kittens survived. The survivors all survived by gnawing on tree bark, and they learned a profound lesson.

He thought everyone was dead.

These survivors served as a wake-up call for players, and this time no one dared to slack off anymore.

As for the players who survived under protection, such as the soldiers' families, their situation was also disrupted this time, and the official gathering items became ineffective.

Their teleportation location is only near their family members. If they are unlucky, they will be chased around by the mutated creatures. If they are close enough, they will be rescued if they happen to run into their family members. If they are far away, it is up to fate.

Bai Yu's parents are a case in point. When Bai Yu saw her parents, she found a giant tiger about to slap their heads with its claws. She was so scared that her heart almost stopped. She threw out all her protective gear without hesitation and managed to save her parents.

After this incident, Bai Yu realized that he could no longer protect his parents like this. He had to make them stand up and have the ability to fight back against the mutated creatures. So now Bai Yu takes his parents to kill mutated creatures every day, and they no longer do the main task of finding the source of pollution.

Of course, Zhang Yunting was aware of this, but given his mother's current mental state and the effects of Alzheimer's disease, she was unable to move on her own, so Zhang Yunting could only be more careful.

Li Ming's parents were doing well; they were still quite strong for their age and went monster hunting with Li Ming's older brother and sister every day. They had leveled up and, although they couldn't defeat these mutated creatures, they could still escape.

Getting back to the point, upon arriving at the new island, Si Yunming frowned. His first priority was to find a place to stay. The pollution concentration here exceeded his expectations. With his current transformation abilities, it would be difficult for him to operate continuously at night. While he still had time, he needed to find a place to live. If all else failed, he would simply dig a hole out of the mountain.

Si Yunming thought for a moment. Relying on his luck, he wouldn't find a cave even after three days of searching. It would be better to start digging directly. Maybe he could finish digging by nightfall. He refused to gamble on luck.

.......

Xu Jiawei had already set off again. This island was so big that even after following the compass and traveling at the speed of the rainbow for so long, the compass direction had not changed at all. Xu Jiawei almost thought the compass was broken.

[Ding! Congratulations to player Robert for purifying a medium-level pollution source. Well done!]

Robert had already dealt with one source of pollution, but she, who used to be number one, had faltered. Although Xu Jiawei wasn't in a hurry, someone popped up in the chat channel and tagged her.

Xu Jiawei glanced at the ID; she didn't recognize it. She was a little puzzled. Did they have some kind of conflict? Were they all jumping out to ask for a beating?

【Loving You: Hey, @AAAMushroomFairy, weren't you bragging so much? What happened now?】

[Ye Yezi: What's that popping up again? Is this never going to end? You never learn from being proven wrong.]

[Loving You: Hmph, how about this time? Even first place was snatched away, will we end up not even getting third?]

[Loving You: All talk and no action, she's just a paper tiger. Miss Jiaqi is not only beautiful but also low-key. Unlike her, who's fawned over by so many people every day, she probably doesn't even know who she is anymore.]

So he's Lin Jiaqi's simp. Oh well, never mind. I knew it. Where did she get so many enemies?

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: My surname is Xu, thank you. Naturally, I'm different from those surnamed Lin.]

[Wishing for legs to be 1.8 meters long: Indeed, those guys surnamed Lin are a bunch of extraordinary individuals.]

[Mushroom Cluster: Ah, my surname is Lin, it seems I've been mistakenly attacked.]

[Wishing for legs to be 1.8 meters long: Oh, sorry, you misunderstood. I was referring to that family of extraordinary people surnamed Lin, not that everyone with the surname Lin is extraordinary.]

[Lin Shi Jiaqi: @AAA Mushroom Fairy, are you so concerned? Are you feeling guilty?]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: @Linshi Jiaqi, take your dog home, don't let it bite people.]

[Lin Jiaqi: How could you insult others like that? Are you taking it out on us just because you couldn't get first place? Let me tell you, we're not afraid of you anymore. Soon, we'll eliminate the source of pollution, and then you won't even get third place.]

Xu Jiawei was speechless. There was no reward for the top three. Si Yunming had already said it was just a system announcement.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Good luck then, just don't let the pollution source solve the problem.]

[Lin Jiaqi: As expected, you're just jealous of us.]

【AAA Mushroom Fairy: Say what you want.】

[Lin Group: Alright, Jiaqi, after all, she and I are related by blood. And Jiawei, you can come back anytime you want; we'd be very happy to welcome you. As for what you did to us before, we can pretend it never happened.]

When Li Ming saw the argument in the chat channel, he couldn't hold back any longer and had to vent his frustration.

[The Lucky One Here: Hello, are you out of your mind? You've already hired people to gang up on my sister, it's a fight to the death, and now what are you pretending for? You dare to do it but not admit it?]

[Lin Group: Hua Jing wasn't thinking clearly back then and was misled, which led him to do such a thing. Jiaqi couldn't stop him. Now that person is dead, why bring it up again?]

Xu Jiawei was so angry she almost laughed.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Does your brother know you've shifted the blame onto him? We're sworn enemies. I'll get my revenge for everything you've done to me, especially Lin Jiaqi.]

[Lin Group: Jiaqi has just been deceived. Why are you looking for her?]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: From the very beginning, you, my dear sister, wanted to kill me. Who sent the assassin back then? You dare to do it but not admit it; you're disgusting.]

Xu Jiawei closed the chat, as reading too much affected her mood. No matter what the Lin family said, she didn't reply. Li Ming held his own against two opponents, and eventually even Lin's parents joined in. Li's parents went straight to meet them, leaving Lin's parents speechless.