Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Although the Red Earthworm's skills seem more like a control ability, its 6000+ strength completely makes up for its lack of attack power. It can be said that the Red Earthworm is currently Xu Jiawei's number one damage dealer.

Now, Rainbow, who was the first to follow her, has become the weakest of the three. Rainbow was her first pet, and Xu Jiawei doted on it to some extent, so she immediately observed Rainbow's emotions.

But it's clear that Xu Jiawei was overthinking things, because Rainbow doesn't seem to have the brainpower to think about such complicated matters. Although Rainbow was the first to gain intelligence and speak, it seems to have very few emotions. Its situation is more like Little Pink's, which doesn't have much emotion.

On the contrary, the red earthworm and the little gray worm are emotional and always like to compare themselves with each other.

Rainbow stared blankly at Xu Jiawei, seemingly unaware of what was wrong with her master.

It seems she had been presumptuous. Xu Jiawei coughed lightly, glanced at the red earthworm jumping around, and continued to look at its stats. If they were to cooperate in battle later, she would need to familiarize herself with the red earthworm's skills.

The Red Earthworm's defense and speed have been greatly enhanced, and with the addition of two god-level control skills, no one can escape its attacks. Moreover, the Ice Paralysis skill can now even affect god-level opponents.

Once the red earthworm reaches god-level, perhaps these skills will no longer be restricted, but it is still quite far from god-level right now.

Now, red earthworms can rely entirely on their speed to attack and control their opponents, and very few opponents can even touch them.

The key is still the domain skill. When facing a god-level opponent, be careful not to be covered by their domain. Xu Jiawei guesses that the struggle for domain control will be a tug-of-war, and whoever is stronger and more powerful will win.

There's no need to worry too much about that. Apart from the top-ranked divine envoys, no one should have god-level skills. Even the third-ranked divine envoy doesn't have them, and those ranked below him probably don't either. The only ones she needs to worry about are the top two divine envoys.

She didn't know if the First Archbishop had any god-level skills, as she was just a newbie at the time. However, the Archbishop, who was ranked number one, did have incredibly high damage skills, and she had to be wary of the Great God Envoy.

As the red earthworm broke through, the little octopus tugged at Si Yunming's sleeve, looking at him pitifully, "Look at him, when will I be able to level up?"

Si Yunming ignored it. He had long seen through the little octopus's true nature: it loved to act. Don't be fooled by its pitiful appearance now; who knows what it was plotting in its heart.

The little octopus was quite comfortable following Si Yunming, because Si Yunming would share some of the dark energy he absorbed with it. Although the little octopus's level was not high, its attributes were already approaching those of a level 70 pet, with an average attribute of over 2000, including speed.

It just crawled slowly on the land, so you couldn't tell how fast it was moving.

On land, it can only use one percent of its speed, but in the ocean, its speed can be increased by fifty percent, making the advantages and disadvantages very obvious.

Si Yunming pushed the annoying little octopus aside, but the little octopus persistently crawled over again. The red earthworm also noticed the wriggling little octopus. Unexpectedly, there was a creature that looked so much like it, with so many tentacles. So it ran up to the little octopus and showed off.

After studying the red earthworm's panel, Xu Jiawei looked up at Si Yunming and said, "Have you been waiting long? Sorry."

Si Yunming shook his head. "No need to be so polite with me."

The red earthworm and the little octopus are arguing now. The red earthworm is calling the little octopus "dried octopus," and the little octopus is calling the red earthworm "having a mental breakdown." But thankfully, they haven't started fighting; they're just bickering.

Xu Jiawei took out her compass, preparing to venture deeper into the temple to see if any valuable items had been left behind. Further in was a dense forest that blocked out all the sunlight, providing a perfect breeding ground for pollution. The pollution concentration in this forest was even higher than outside.

Xu Jiawei had a bad feeling; could it be that the temple had been corrupted?

The two exchanged a glance and became more vigilant. The further they went, the denser the pollution became, to the point that they could no longer see anything around them.

Xu Jiawei could only lower her expectations to the bare minimum.

But as soon as she entered an area, the pollution disappeared instantly.

Thankfully, it seems the temple hasn't been breached yet. She breathed a sigh of relief, but the protective shield was also teetering on the brink of collapse and would likely be swallowed by the contamination soon.

Xu Jiawei scanned her surroundings for any trace of the temple, but the surroundings were still dense forests, and there was no sign of the temple. Could it be buried underground again? She was getting a little tired of digging up graves, especially after digging dozens of meters last time and finding nothing.

"Something's not right here," Si Yunming said, pointing to a spot.

In this realm untouched by darkness, there exists a place that faintly exudes an aura of darkness.

Because he shares the same origin as the aura of darkness, Si Yunming has a more acute perception of it.

Xu Jiawei pointed in a direction and asked, "Is it this way?"

Si Yunming nodded. Then, Xu Jiawei carefully sensed the difference in this place. She frowned tightly because even if she tried hard to sense it, she could not feel any difference.

It seemed she needed to enter an introspective state to observe more closely. Without hesitation, she entered that state. Everyone here was someone she trusted, so she didn't need to worry about being attacked. She believed that if anything were to ambush her, Si Yunming and her pet beast would definitely protect her.

As expected, upon entering the state of internal vision, Xu Jiawei discovered some subtle differences. She detected a trace of darkness, but it was very faint. Only in the state of internal vision could she see a few small black dots.

Where did these dark auras come from? Xu Jiawei observed more closely and found that the spatial attributes around her seemed to be more active than in other places. If her spatial skills hadn't improved so much, she wouldn't have noticed it.

Could this be just the entrance to the space, and we need to find the door to enter the temple?

However, to find the door, one must have a deep understanding of the spatial properties.

Xu Jiawei knew she couldn't do it on her own; it was hidden too well. If it were half a month ago, she probably wouldn't even know where the door was, let alone how to open it. Now, she had only found a little way in, and opening the door would still be difficult. She needed a deeper understanding of spatial skills.

She didn't have time to waste here. She opened her eyes with regret and saw Si Yunming staring at the protective shield in front of him with a thoughtful expression.

Xu Jiawei asked curiously, "What's wrong?"