Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Seeing this, Xu Jiawei simply reminded her, "Don't go out of the designated area, be careful."

"Chirp chirp." Little Grey chirped twice, and Xu Jiawei sensed that Little Grey was saying "I understand," so she felt relieved.

Seeing this, Little Pink also ran out. It didn't like the seawater earlier, but now that there was no seawater, it wanted to quickly go for a walk.

There's also the red earthworm. The three pets have gone crazy playing and have even started treasure hunting under the sand. The red earthworm dug out a pearl from a shell and held it in its arms like a treasure. The other two are not to be outdone and have started digging around in the sand, hoping to dig out some treasure as well.

The three were happily searching for treasure, but Rainbow was diligently helping out. Xu Jiawei was somewhat emotional, as Rainbow was the pet that had been with her the longest, but it might be the last pet to break through level 70.

She had broken through her limits by drinking from the Fountain of Life, but Rainbow would have to wait until this natural disaster was over before she could break through to level 70.

Although Rainbow seemed indifferent, Xu Jiawei did care. However, her own breakthrough was more important at the time, so she could only apologize to Rainbow. Once the natural disaster was over, she would definitely help Rainbow break through immediately.

Xu Jiawei wondered whether her next pet to break through level 70 would be Red Earthworm or Little Gray. She took out the Ice Crystal Stone she always carried with her and thought, "Probably Red Earthworm. The Ice Crystal Stone is almost purified."

Xu Jiawei sped up the digging, but after two hours and dozens of meters deep, it was still just a layer of sand. Xu Jiawei was puzzled. Was it buried that deep?

We haven't found it yet. Could it be that we dug in the wrong place, or that it was buried too deep?

Xu Jiawei took out the compass and looked at it again, but couldn't see anything. She prepared to dig in another place, but after digging for several tens of minutes, there was still no change. While she was still wondering, Little Grey called her over, as if it had made some discovery.

She walked over and saw the stones under Little Grey's feet. Her eyes lit up. Could it be that the temple is here?

"Well done, Little Grey." Xu Jiawei picked up a shovel, ready to dig at this spot.

Little Grey scratched its head with its wing, looking embarrassed. It had just been playing a treasure hunt with Little Pink and Red Earthworms, digging through the shallow sand, when it unexpectedly unearthed a stone with patterns on it, clearly indicating its extraordinary origin. Little Grey knew what its owner was looking for, so it immediately called her over.

Xu Jiawei dug a few times, then frowned. Although the stone had patterns, it was only a small piece, and judging from the cracks, it had obviously been broken for a long time. This was terrible.

Xu Jiawei didn't know where the rock had broken off from. She dug it out and then dug down two meters but couldn't find another rock. Could it have fallen here?

The little pink earthworms were also busy, digging holes everywhere and looking for stones. Soon they found scattered stones in other places. Xu Jiawei tried digging down, but there was nothing else.

Has this temple already crumbled? Xu Jiawei couldn't believe it. Had she come all this way for nothing?

She gritted her teeth; she couldn't have come for nothing. Even if all she found were rubble, she had to take it with her. Otherwise, she would have wasted three days. Xu Jiawei stubbornly continued digging, eventually unearthing a few broken stone pillars and some rocks of unknown origin. That was all.

Xu Jiawei slumped to the ground. There really was nothing but rocks. The temple was so dilapidated that even the gods couldn't tell what kind of deity it was. If the compass hadn't pointed here, Xu Jiawei wouldn't have believed that these rubble stones were actually a temple.

It seems that this time the only harvest is these stone pillars. Xu Jiawei, thinking that a thief should not leave empty-handed, had Rainbow put all the stones into her stomach.

However, when she put away the last stone, it shimmered with a faint light, like a firefly, which was barely noticeable unless you looked closely. Xu Jiawei immediately realized that there might be a treasure, but she held the stone and looked at it for a long time without figuring it out. She tried to smash the stone open, but she didn't know what it was made of; it was incredibly hard, and she couldn't break it no matter how hard she tried.

It seemed this stone had some strange properties, so she put it into her mustard seed space. Then she put the reluctant Little Grey into her pet backpack and put away the waterproof equipment. In just this short time, this equipment had consumed 5 of her energy stones, which was practically robbery.

After putting away the waterproof gear, Little Pink also returned to the pet backpack. There was no other way; as a flame, it really hated living in the water, and it was better to be back in the pet backpack.

After gaining some unknown information, Xu Jiawei prepared to go to the source of the pollution. Since it was a high-level source of pollution, she should deal with it quickly, as she had already wasted three days.

Hoping to be on land next time, Xu Jiawei sat on top of the rainbow and followed the compass to the source of pollution. The source of pollution was very far from the temple, and it took Xu Jiawei two days just to get there. Fortunately, there were many demonized creatures on the way, so Xu Jiawei practiced her skills and leveled up along the way.

Her level progress bar was extremely slow. She even discovered that now, when she fought creatures of a lower level than herself, the experience gained was halved, and she had to kill demonic creatures of a higher level than herself.

No wonder my leveling up is getting slower and slower; they're even reducing my experience points! That's outrageous!

Upon arriving at the source of the pollution, Xu Jiawei first prepared the medicine before entering.

She placed the potion where her pet could easily reach it, fearing she would enter the illusion again. She had entered the illusion twice before, and each time she had suffered greatly, so she had to be careful.

She had no way to get rid of the hallucinations, so she could only use this method to give herself a little more security.

The influence of darkness on the mind is truly formidable. Logically, as someone of the light attribute, she should be resistant to this kind of mental illusion, but since it was the god of darkness who set up the illusion, it was practically impossible to defend against.

She is still too weak to face the God of Darkness.

Having prepared everything, Xu Jiawei took a deep breath and went inside. Even the system was on high alert, afraid that Xu Jiawei would fall into a trap again.

Of course, Rainbow and Red Earthworm returned to the pet backpack first. After all, if they were left outside, they would also be affected by the illusion, and then it wouldn't be them saving Xu Jiawei, but rather they would be packed up and sent away together.

Xu Jiawei looked around warily, but unexpectedly, everything seemed normal. They were simply clearing out the demonized creatures, priests, high priests, and a divine messenger. The divine messenger was of the same rank as the high priest, but one rank lower. The one who had chased and killed Xu Jiawei earlier was the divine messenger.

However, because Xu Jiawei resolved that crisis, he was demoted for his poor performance. Of course, there were two people chasing after her at the time. Judging from the expression of the divine messenger, the other person was probably promoted, and perhaps even reached the level of a great divine messenger.

Xu Jiawei dealt with the priests and the demonized creatures, and the purification of the pollution was over. It was unbelievably smooth. Xu Jiawei even wondered if she was hallucinating, otherwise how could it have gone so smoothly?