Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

She stared blankly at her hands. Was it over already? Was she still hallucinating? She looked around in confusion, then immediately became alert. She didn't believe in the Dark God's divine power. How could such a despicable guy give up such a good opportunity?

Xu Jiawei's behavior even made the system uncertain. It carefully scanned the surroundings again to confirm that there were no hallucinations. Looking at the suspicious Xu Jiawei, it was speechless. She was not vigilant when she should have been, and now that there was nothing wrong, she was being overly vigilant, causing it to waste a lot of energy to scan again.

[Ding, please rest assured, you are now in reality.]

"Then why didn't anything happen this time?" Xu Jiawei asked, and then the system fell silent, because it didn't understand either.

Could it be that the Dark God's aim is to manipulate her mind, keeping her living in constant fear, forcing her to expend energy guessing whether it's an illusion, and then instantly killing her when she's physically and mentally exhausted? Of course, there's another possibility: the Dark God's current abilities can only support him in making arrangements for high-level or higher pollution sources, and he doesn't have the extra energy to modify pollution sources of other difficulties.

However, Xu Jiawei didn't believe that the God of Darkness was that weak. When dealing with enemies, it's better to assume they are stronger than weaker.

She couldn't be completely sure she wasn't in a hallucination, but there was no way to test it. After all, in the Dark God's hallucination, everything could be faked, so what could she do but trust the system?

Xu Jiawei wished there were a skill that could detect hallucinations, hoping that some god would specialize in this area.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for eliminating the advanced pollution source. You have received 2 Diamond Chests and 5000 Contribution Points.]

[Ding! The player has resolved the source of the contamination. Would you like to leave?]

The system's voice pulled Xu Jiawei back to reality. This island was clearly deserted, with nothing of value. Even if she dug three feet into the ground, she wouldn't find anything useful. So Xu Jiawei decided to leave immediately; staying here would be a waste of time.

Even if she's tired and wants to rest, she can rest on Rainbow's body or drink the potion directly; there's absolutely no need for her to stay here.

"System, I want to leave." Xu Jiawei said, and the system replied immediately.

[Ding! The player's next island is a super pollution source. Please prepare accordingly.]

Upon hearing that it was a super pollution source, Xu Jiawei immediately straightened her attitude. This pollution source was probably there to give her a break. The challenge was about to begin.

Xu Jiawei became serious, entered the portal, and her vision blurred. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a familiar person. She was quite surprised to find that there were other people around the super pollutant.

This person is none other than Si Yunming, who is ranked second on the list. Has Brother San Dian also come to the bottom of the sea?

But Xu Jiawei was stunned. She looked around and realized that it wasn't Si Yunming who had run to the bottom of the sea, but she herself who had run to the surface.

Finally, we've left that dark and gloomy seabed. I love the land! Xu Jiawei wanted to kiss the ground, but with Brother San Dian here, she decided to pass.

"Hey 3 o'clock, I didn't expect you to be here too!" I didn't expect the system to be so loyal, it even knew to find me a companion.

Si Yunming nodded and said, "The system believes that I am strong enough now."

After getting stuck at level 70, Si Yunming went straight to a high-level, polluted island to kill a powerful envoy. Although he was still struggling with the task, he believed that once he got through this challenge, his strength would increase by leaps and bounds.

It's either death or rebirth, and thankfully he survived. His strength has greatly improved, and even the pollution from the most polluted islands can no longer affect him.

"It must be very dangerous," Xu Jiawei said with some worry. After all, every time she made a big improvement, it was only by risking her life. Now that Si Yunming has made such a big improvement, it must be very dangerous.

"It's alright," Si Yunming said. It was indeed very dangerous, but it was better not to tell her about it, so as not to worry her.

The battle was extremely dangerous; he almost died there, and only managed to kill his opponent when he was left with just one drop of blood. Fortunately, his opponent was only a powerful envoy ranked 15th, which gave him the opportunity to fight back. Now that he has broken through to level 70, his attributes have increased by more than half, and he has also obtained new skills. Killing a powerful envoy again will definitely not be so dangerous.

Xu Jiawei looked at Si Yunming and saw that apart from his pale face, his clothes were not damaged at all. Of course, this was largely due to the fact that his clothes were not damaged.

Since he didn't want to talk about it, Xu Jiawei didn't ask anymore, because she was the same kind of person and wouldn't say how dangerous it was.

Moreover, Xu Jiawei's attributes have been greatly improved. Apart from health and strength, the other three attributes are so impressive that they can dazzle players above level 80.

"It seems the system thought we couldn't handle this alone, so it put the two of us together," Xu Jiawei said, naturally moving closer.

Si Yunming lowered his head slightly, listened to Xu Jiawei speak, and nodded, "Then let's gather intelligence first. This place must be very dangerous; we can't go there rashly."

Xu Jiawei nodded in agreement and said, "Then let's go find the temple first. Every island has a temple, and finding it might bring unexpected gains."

Si Yunming was very surprised and asked, "Does every island have a temple?" But he had been to so many islands and had never seen a single temple.

Xu Jiawei was even more surprised: "Didn't you find the temple?"

Si Yunming remained silent, seemingly never expecting that Xu Jiawei would so cruelly reveal such a heartbreaking truth.

Xu Jiawei realized her words were inappropriate, so she apologized, "Sorry, Three O'Clock Bro, I forgot you're having some bad luck."

These words seemed to have a greater impact. Si Yunming's lips twitched slightly, and then he said, "It's okay, I don't care."

Xu Jiawei dared not continue speaking. She realized that what she had said was inappropriate, so she decided to remain silent.

So she immediately changed the subject, saying, "I happen to have navigation equipment here, I'll lead the way."

Si Yunming nodded and looked. Just as Xu Jiawei was about to leave, Little Grey ran out of the pet backpack and looked at her expectantly.

Xu Jiawei sighed and said, "Okay, then you can drive us."

Upon hearing this, Little Grey immediately grew larger and urged the two to hurry up and get on. Si Yunming glanced at Little Grey with a strange look and sat down. He didn't expect that the bird had become stronger again, and even its appearance had changed.

The little octopus was unconvinced and made two squeaking noises, as if it were saying something.

Xiao Fen translated for Xu Jiawei: The little octopus said that if it were in the sea, it would be much faster than this bird.

But Si Yunming simply said, "What's the use if you can't take me with you?"

The little octopus immediately wilted. Under Si Yunming's training, the little octopus has now reached level 60. To break through, it will probably have to wait until Mushroom God has some free time.

From now on, whoever's pet beast wants to break through, they'll have to find the Mushroom God, since He's the only god in this world right now. Or they could try to find the Dark God, if they're not afraid of death.

Therefore, finding the Mushroom God is the best solution. It just so happens that her companions and pets have all reached level 60. Perhaps when we get back, we can ask the Mushroom God to give them a blessing.