Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

This mechanism is very player-friendly, meaning that as long as the player doesn't die or run away, these demonic priest creatures cannot damage the purification equipment.

The only way they can destroy the purification equipment is to kill the players.

In this way, players don't need to constantly monitor the status of their equipment, allowing them to focus all their energy on how to fight.

However, there was one thing that bothered Xu Jiawei: there shouldn't be that many purification equipment systems.

That's why there's a special rule: to prevent players from retreating without a fight or running away multiple times and wasting purification equipment, the system recently implemented a credit system. If a player runs away too many times, the rewards and contribution points they receive later will decrease.

Moreover, there is no lower limit to the decline; it can even drop to zero.

Once the reward drops to zero, it's equivalent to being banned by the system.

The survival system is designed to encourage players to take pollution sources seriously and not treat this protection mechanism as a game, repeatedly entering and exiting as if it were a joke. That would be a complete waste of purification equipment.

Make thorough preparations before heading to the source of pollution.

Perhaps it's because there are so few players left that the system is being so lenient.

Although the rate of death has slowed down a lot, this is also because players are now very rare, less than one percent of the original population. If the fighting continues like this, human extinction is also a possibility.

No, the system still has protection for minors, so it can't be eradicated for the time being, provided that the Dark God doesn't destroy this world. If it really is destroyed, the original inhabitants of this world will also perish with the players.

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In the churning lake water, countless mutated creatures rose from the bottom, their eyes devoid of any reason, and charged towards Xu Jiawei. They subconsciously ignored Si Yunming beside her and focused all their hatred on her.

Xu Jiawei: ...You're all family members, so why are you fighting with each other? I'm an outsider, right?

However, even if these mutated creatures don't attack Si Yunming, Si Yunming won't let them go because of their "kindness." The two of them working together can easily deal with these mutated creatures, since this source of pollution is not as strong as the last one.

The real highlight is the priests next; I wonder if there will be any high-ranking priests this time.

Xu Jiawei tried her best to deal with the mutated creatures here. However, she wondered if it was just her imagination, but there seemed to be fewer mutated creatures this time, and their strengths were uneven. It seemed as if they had been brought in to make up the numbers.

Are these priests unable to even gather enough demonic creatures? Last time they went all in against her, leaving them without enough replacements.

The two quickly dealt with this wave of mutated creatures, but no second wave arrived, so Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming could only wait on the lake.

Soon, several black arrows flew from the bottom of the lake toward the shore. Xu Jiawei dodged them and immediately realized that the priests had arrived. A dozen high priests, along with dozens of other priests, surrounded Xu Jiawei and her companions.

Same recipe, same taste, can't these guys come up with a different strategy?

Xu Jiawei seemed somewhat weary of this. She remained expressionless and methodically dealt with the high priests. At that moment, another portal emerged from the lake, bursting forth with dazzling light.

Even before the figure arrived, a black wave of light, carrying a world-destroying aura, struck towards Xu Jiawei, who dodged it.

Then a cold laugh came from behind the portal. The person was not seen, but the voice was heard first. However, the voice was somewhat familiar.

"Ha, a bunch of useless trash, can't even protect this place, get out of here!"

Upon hearing the voice, Xu Jiawei realized that it seemed to be the Great Envoy who had escaped last time. She never expected that they would meet again.

Xu Jiawei greeted her, "Hi, I didn't expect to see you again. It seems we're destined to meet."

The arrogant expression on the great envoy's face cracked. Besides fear, there was also an uncontrollable resentment. Why was it that even though he had come to the high-level guardian, he could still see this freak!

Since his humiliating escape last time, the Great God Envoy has been ridiculed by the other Great God Envoys, but he couldn't refute them. He was full of resentment and had finally come to the High Guardian's place to relax, but how did he end up seeing this figure that was his nightmare again?

"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in a higher-level protected area?!" The Great God's voice changed, it seemed that Xu Jiawei had really caused indelible psychological trauma.

Xu Jiawei was somewhat surprised. A protected area? Then she immediately realized that the protected area the Great God Envoy was referring to was a source of pollution. For the people of the Dark Temple, calling it a protected area was not a problem, but for these players, it was a source of pollution that was constantly emitting a polluting aura.

"Oh, I'm just here on vacation, it's none of your business. Besides..." Xu Jiawei looked the Grand Envoy up and down, and said disdainfully, "What, you were demoted and sent here?"

The high priest immediately glared at him, shouting, "Nonsense! I just came here to relax. Meeting you is such bad luck!"

He was also influenced by Xu Jiawei, and his air of superiority as a master envoy was completely eroded by her few words.

The high priests looked at their own divine messenger, who was exchanging insults with the enemy, with varying expressions, and for a moment, they didn't know what to say.

He quickly realized that he couldn't argue with Xu Jiawei anymore; time was running out. But thinking about Xu Jiawei's strange abilities gave him a headache, and he didn't know what to do.

His reason told him that it was best to give up this protected land, but the fewer protected lands there were, the lower the chances of the Lord's success.

The thought of those mocking expressions from the powerful envoys made his face darken immediately. Asking for help from those opportunistic scoundrels was worse than simply killing him.

The Great God Envoy was already considering retreating, but the two of them didn't give him a chance to catch his breath. Si Yunming launched the first attack. Although they were once of the same origin, it was clear that Si Yunming had now forged his own path. So, the Great God Envoy watched in surprise as Si Yunming's attack pierced through his defenses and landed on him.

Si Yunming was about to launch a second attack when the Great God Envoy immediately retreated ten meters away, looking at Si Yunming in shock. Something was wrong, something was very wrong. Why was this person's dark attribute so strange?

How did he break through my defenses?

The Great God Envoy was slowly moving towards the portal. He was having a really bad day. Not only did he encounter the opponent he couldn't handle last time, but now another very troublesome opponent had appeared. If the two of them joined forces, he might even be defeated here.

No, I must go back and report the situation. Not only Xu Jiawei, but we also need to be more vigilant about this man with dark tendencies, otherwise it will become a big problem.

"You're not thinking of running away, are you? You're such a coward?" Xu Jiawei provoked.

It would be best if the High Priestess could accept her provocation, after all, she was truly determined to kill her today. However, this High Priestess didn't seem to want to fight and was retreating towards the portal.

If the Great Goddess wanted to run away, she wouldn't be able to stop her with her current strength.