Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Pharmacists are already the best at surviving, which is why they stand out among all professions and become the fourth most popular profession.

After the official chat channel summarized the advantages and disadvantages of each profession, some people who gave up on becoming a pharmacist regretted it.

After surviving this natural disaster, I'll take the alchemist exam and get a survival skill. That will give me a lot of life-saving equipment, which is much better than being a mage. Right now, survival is my priority.

Therefore, more and more people are choosing to become pharmacists, and there is even a hint that they are approaching the status of the three mainstream professions.

However, those who waver between whichever side offers the highest benefit will find it difficult to become high-level professionals. Yesterday, they could give up the alchemist role, which deals no damage, for the sake of attack power. Today, they can give up the attack power they used to need for the alchemist's survivability. What about the future? Will they be attracted by new benefits and switch to other professions?

Since you've already made your choice, then practice diligently instead of racking your brains to find another professional master and change professions.

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After hearing people talking, Bai Jian seemed to have gotten quite used to this way of interacting between players. Lone Wolf Xu Jiawei was unaware of this. She felt like a country bumpkin in the city, looking at everything with curiosity. Are players this peaceful nowadays?

She had thought there would be no shortage of conflict, but it seems she has truly become out of touch with society.

"Brother, I have basic and intermediate potions here. Which one would you like?" Bai Jian immediately switched to merchant mode.

"Do you have any high-level potions?" the man asked. This person was a level four pharmacist, so it was normal for him to have high-level potions.

"Brother, we do have high-grade potions, but they're very expensive. Are you sure you want to buy them?" Bai Jian reminded him.

Surprisingly, there really was one. The man nodded happily, and Bai Jian immediately took off the huge backpack he was carrying and took out all sorts of medicines from it.

However, the bottles are all sorts of different kinds, it seems every pharmacist has a glass bottle crisis.

People had gotten used to the fact that the pharmacist no longer sold glass bottles, so they brought out all sorts of cups to hold the medicine.

"Brother, advanced potions require purple equipment, or 100 gold coins, or 100 basic materials," Bai Jian said.

The man frowned and said, "It's so expensive! Several times more expensive than a mid-grade potion."

Bai Jian wasn't angry. He smiled and explained, "Brother, it's not that I'm selling it for too high a price. The materials for high-grade potions are hard to find, and they need to be purified. Refining them takes even more effort. This price is already very fair. I suggest you buy mid-grade potions instead. They're cost-effective, have good effects, and most importantly, are affordable."

After thinking it over carefully, the man nodded, took out two water cups, and put the stamina potion and recovery potion into different cups.

If you have a water cup, use a water bottle; if not, a mineral water bottle will do. With a mineral water bottle, you can even tell what kind of medicine it is by its color.

They lined up on their own, and Xu Jiawei watched with great interest.

A little girl in line suddenly lit up and walked over. "That's right," she thought, "there's that Level 4 pharmacist's mentor here. I can buy from him. Maybe the quality of the potions will be even better than the Level 4 pharmacist's."

"Sister, do you sell medicine here?" The little girl's voice wasn't quiet; everyone present could hear it.

Even those who had already bought potions crowded around. Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "I only have high-grade potions here, and I only accept gold coins. If you have any rare materials, that's fine too." Basic materials and equipment were of little use to her, but if there were any rare materials, she could buy them.

Upon hearing the harsh conditions, everyone shook their heads. They hadn't brought any gold or silver coins with them, and they were reluctant to give away any precious materials.

They didn't expect that just half an hour later, they would be scrambling to find Xu Jiawei and buy the medicine.

Xu Jiawei saw that the people surrounding her had dispersed, but she wasn't unhappy at all. After the people outside finished buying the medicine, she sat down to the side and continued to wait for the newcomer to arrive. Xu Jiawei didn't plan to wait any longer.

So he looked at Bai Jian and asked, "I'm going to the source of the pollution now, do you want to come?"

Bai Jian was the first to agree. Others might not know, but she knew exactly how amazing her master was. He could solve a mere primary source of pollution with a single finger. Now, Bai Jian had become a complete fan of Xu Jiawei.

"Master, take me with you, I'll go cheer you on," Bai Jian said, raising his hand.

The group, who had just bought the medicine, couldn't help but advise, "Ladies, there are too few of us now. We might not be able to defeat the source of the pollution."

Seeing that the other person meant well, Bai Jian wasn't angry and said, "Don't worry, my master is very capable. This source of pollution is a piece of cake for her."

Seeing the skeptical and disbelieving looks on everyone's faces, Bai Jian immediately patted his chest and assured them, "I swear, I didn't lie to you."

Knowing that the two were high-level pharmacists, the group didn't want to say anything harsh, so they gritted their teeth and agreed. After all, it was just losing one opportunity, but if they could befriend the two masters, it would be more beneficial to them. If they could add them as friends, they could buy potions anytime.

"Okay, let's go too." The group's eyes were filled with determination, as if they were joining the Party.

Xu Jiawei quickly approached the source of pollution, having to wait for the others who lagged behind from time to time. The crowd had gone from disbelieving at first to being half-convinced now.

Because Xu Jiawei's speed was unbelievably fast, they couldn't even see her movements before she disappeared. After running for 10 minutes, they found her standing in front of them, waiting for them with a bored expression.

They felt somewhat ashamed for actually doubting their boss. Indeed, Xu Jiawei had been categorized as a boss by these people. Come to think of it, if she wasn't a boss, how could she have such a cool mount?

Soon the group arrived near the source of pollution. The familiar system voice rang out, a sound Xu Jiawei was so tired of hearing.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have entered a basic pollution source. The system has provided purification equipment. Purification will take one hour. Please protect your equipment during this time. If the purification equipment is destroyed, purification will fail. ……]

The six dots at the end caught the attention of the other players. This was the first time they had seen parentheses with several dots. They were all puzzled as to what it meant.

While others might not know, Xu Jiawei knew that this was probably the system expressing its speechlessness to her; the boss had descended upon the newbie village and come to show off his power at the primary pollution source.

Soon a teleportation array appeared, and everyone except Xu Jiawei got into a defensive stance.

However, the mutated creature was dealt with by Xu Jiawei in one move as soon as it appeared, an instant kill, an absolute instant kill.

Everyone was stunned. Were they dreaming? What kind of monster was that? Such a tall, demonic creature, and it was defeated with a single blow. Could it be some powerful being who descended to earth to experience life?

To be fair, these people guessed half right.