Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The more severe the injury, the deeper the lesson. Xu Jiawei even felt that she had some masochistic tendencies; otherwise, why would she go and get beaten up by a demonized creature?

Through this training, her speed gradually increased.

While Xu Jiawei was spending time on those two islands, Si Yunming had already taken care of four islands on his own, and his speed was getting faster and faster, making him virtually unstoppable.

[System Announcement: Congratulations to player... for successfully eliminating the advanced source of contamination.]

The system's voice sounded again, and Xu Jiawei couldn't help but stop what she was doing. She listened for a moment and thought, "Wow, that's fast!" But she didn't dare to go to the source of pollution and risk her life.

Since Xu Jiawei's performance on the advanced+ island was not ideal, there have been more sarcastic remarks in the chat channel.

Xu Jiawei knew that many people disliked her, especially Lin Wenshi and his group. She didn't care. After all, in the eyes of normal people, someone who had only solved primary pollution would mock someone who had solved top-level pollution, which was probably a sign that he was mentally ill.

But for some reason, this group of people has been much more well-behaved lately and hasn't been causing trouble anymore, as if something has happened that's giving them a real headache.

She has her own rhythm now, and naturally she wouldn't go to the source of pollution to her death just because of some people's provocation.

She dealt with another mutated creature. Recently, she had killed most of the mutated creatures on the island, reducing their numbers. So she couldn't just stand there and wait for them to come to her; she had to go find them.

After practicing for a while, Little Pink has become much more proficient in using her moves, and her Light attribute has also been greatly enhanced, resulting in higher damage to mutated creatures.

Xu Jiawei's speed improvement also slowed down, as if she had reached a bottleneck. No matter how much she practiced, she would not make any significant breakthroughs. She could only bring that special equipment with her.

The moment she put it on, her body felt much lighter, and even her steps became much easier.

It took her another day to get used to the speed before she was ready to search for the source of the pollution.

This was a reckless decision for her, but even the most careful person can make a mistake. She had to be determined. If she didn't give it her all, she would never improve. She became number one on the leaderboard because she worked herself to the bone.

After bidding farewell to the building where she had stayed for a few days, Xu Jiawei embarked on her journey. She first went to the temple to take a look and found that although the fog around the temple was thick, it was only eroding the temple and had no other effect for the time being.

After reading it, she prepared to leave the island and go outside to find the source of pollution. Of course, she also had to keep an eye on her feet, in case she was attacked by a dark shadow.

Xu Jiawei had a premonition that the shadowy figure would cause trouble again, and perhaps when she dealt with the source of pollution, the shadowy figure would deliver a fatal blow to her from the shadows.

Reaching the edge of the island, she returned to the spot where she had landed. She hadn't looked closely last time, but now she examined it carefully. In the human-shaped crater she had created, there was a crack, a bottomless one. She dared not examine it closely.

Is this where the shadow appeared? Her landing position was very coincidental; half of her body appeared inside the island, and half of her body appeared outside the island. The crack appeared where the half of her body outside the island was.

This doesn't seem like a coincidence at all. Could it be that there's a temple protecting the island, which is why the shadowy figure can't attack her? Now that she's left the island, isn't she at risk of being attacked by the shadowy figure at any moment? The shadowy figure's speed still terrifies her.

Little Pink perked up and enveloped Xu Jiawei in her body to defend against the shadowy figure that might attack at any moment. They arrived outside the island, where loose sand surrounded them. Stepping on it kicked up sand that blocked her vision, making it difficult for her to see her surroundings.

She's in the sea now, can she swim? Xu Jiawei tried swimming with a doggy paddle, and surprisingly, it worked! Not only did she stop kicking up sand from the seabed, but she even went a little faster. Perhaps this is the correct way to survive in the sea.

Without a compass, she could only rely on her intuition to find her way. After leaving the island, the number of mutated creatures increased. Xu Jiawei was shocked to find that most of the marine life had been polluted. The ocean had already fallen before the problem on the mainland became serious.

Did these indigenous people know? Xu Jiawei felt that they probably knew something, but they didn't seem to care much. Since the pollution hadn't spread to the mainland yet, they pretended not to know.

Could this be the Dark God's plan: to surround the continent from the ocean and trap it like a turtle in a jar? First, pollute the ocean, then slowly infiltrate the islands, and finally the continent. Could the next natural disaster be some kind of continental defense war?

The thought of those kingdoms' corrupt systems annoyed Xu Jiawei. These guys were too busy fighting amongst themselves to pay attention to the crisis on the mainland.

After dealing with the mutated creatures, Xu Jiawei also figured out a trick: the fog was thicker where the mutated creatures gathered.

The thicker the fog, the closer she was to the source of pollution, so Xu Jiawei deliberately ran towards areas with many mutated creatures.

While Xu Jiawei was searching for the source of pollution, Si Yunming went to a new island. He once again arrived at an island with a high difficulty level. After being tempered by several islands, his strength has improved considerably, and he is now capable of fighting against islands with a high difficulty level.

After clearing the island, he finally reached the level 70 mark. Unlike Xu Jiawei, his breakthrough task was to absorb the life of a powerful envoy using dark skills. Therefore, in order to break through level 70, he had to go to a higher-level polluted island. Although this would involve many dangers, some difficulties had to be faced in order to catch up with Xu Jiawei.

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Xu Jiawei felt the fog around her getting thicker and thicker, as if the seawater had been polluted with ink. It was pitch black all around, making Xu Jiawei feel claustrophobic. Moreover, her field of vision was getting smaller and smaller, and some of the pollution had already broken through the purification defenses and quietly entered her body.

Perhaps we are about to reach the source of pollution; this is the first time the source of pollution has been outside the island.

The further Xu Jiawei walked, the smaller her field of vision became, eventually shrinking to a mere five meters. Pollution began to accumulate in her body, and there was no time to purify it. She had to find the source of the pollution quickly, otherwise, she would be polluted before she even found it.

How can we deal with those priests and demonic creatures then?

Moreover, no light can penetrate the seabed, and the concentration of pollution does not change much whether it is day or night, suggesting that the seabed is more suitable for the breeding and development of pollution.

The God of Darkness has chosen the right place. The pollution has an extraordinary aversion to sunlight. Is it because of its dark nature that it inherently hates sunlight?