Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Si Yunming shook his head and asked, "How is it?"

Xu Jiawei gave a wry smile, "My strength isn't enough to open this door. It seems like I've made a wasted trip."

"Don't be discouraged. This barrier will dissipate in less than two days, and perhaps then it will reveal its weakness," Si Yunming said.

Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise. They could wait here for two days and kill some monsters. Even if they still couldn't get in after two days, they would have only wasted two days.

Moreover, she could use these two days to level up and make potions.

"How did you figure that out?" Xu Jiawei asked. Could she really see something like that? She couldn't. Even when she entered a state of internal vision, she could only tell that the shield wouldn't last much longer, but she couldn't tell the exact time.

"I am of the dark attribute, and my attributes are calculated based on the corrosive power of the dark attribute," Si Yunming explained.

Xu Jiawei nodded. It seemed that she didn't know much about this world. It was better for two people to brainstorm together than for one person to do it alone. "Three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang"—the old saying was truly true.

The more people you consult with, the more solutions you'll find; it's too much of a strain to go it alone.

Next, Xu Jiawei took her pet beast, Little Grey, out to fight monsters, while Si Yunming also went out to kill monsters, leaving Xu Jiawei inside the enclosure to refine potions.

She should stock up on as much as possible, as her inventory has been depleted and she finally has time to refine more.

If she were to enter an even more dangerous place, she might not have the chance to concoct the potion.

Xu Jiawei spent two whole days refining the potion. During that time, Si Yunming came back a few times. Seeing Xu Jiawei refining the potion as if she were possessed, he had no choice but to urge her to eat something and rest. Every time he came back, he would bring her some food.

However, Xu Jiawei was always distracted, focusing all her energy on refining the potion. Finally, on the second night, the shield that blocked the pollution disappeared. Xu Jiawei sensed this and put down her work, looking up at the sky.

The pollution had quietly spread, so she put the crucible away. Si Yunming also returned, and the little pink earthworm, along with a satisfied little gray worm, rushed back as fast as it could.

Xu Jiawei shared some of her earnings from the past few days with Si Yunming. Si Yunming initially didn't want to accept it, but Xu Jiawei cut him off with a single sentence: "Didn't you say we don't need to be so polite between us?"

Si Yunming had no choice but to silently accept the medicine and consider what gift to give in return.

Xu Jiawei immediately closed her eyes and entered a state of inner vision. In this state, all the energy flow became very clear. She could clearly feel that the spatial energy in that place was more active. Xu Jiawei wanted to release her spatial skills to make the spatial energy more active and take the opportunity to open that door.

She waited patiently, looking for an opportunity, and finally, at the very moment when the spatial energy began to surge violently, Xu Jiawei made her move.

As her skill struck that spot, the previously empty space trembled, and a portal vaguely appeared. Without Xu Jiawei saying anything, Si Yunming knew her intention at a glance, so he immediately took her hand and ran into the portal.

After the two entered the portal, it flickered a few times and then disappeared completely.

After Xu Jiawei entered the portal, she felt dizzy and her body was being pulled around. Then everything went black and she lost consciousness.

Before her lay a scene of apocalypse, with ruins all around, scorched earth beneath her feet, and countless corpses covering and burying the ground.

Xu Jiawei was somewhat surprised. Where was this?

She crouched down and examined the mountain of corpses at her feet. The corpses were in a horrific state; without exception, they had all been corroded into charcoal by the dark element, and their faces were no longer recognizable.

Xu Jiawei was still somewhat stunned, trying to figure out what was going on, when a black beam of light flew towards her with lightning speed. "Jiawei, be careful!" Hearing the familiar voice, Xu Jiawei dodged and turned her gaze towards the direction of the voice, only to see a scene that made her eyes widen in horror.

Countless black-robed figures grinned as they plunged swords and blades into Bai Yu's body. Her beautiful pink dress was stained red with her own blood, and her body collapsed uncontrollably. The black-robed figures laughed even louder, continuously stabbing sharp blades into Bai Yu's body and then pulling them out, until the ground was stained red.

Xu Jiawei tried to stop them, but another voice came from behind.

"Sister, run!" At this moment, most of Li Ming's body had been corroded by the dark attribute, and his eyes had been corroded by the dark energy, leaving only two black holes. The black-robed men were toying with him like cats and mice. Xu Jiawei was furious and wanted to burn the black-robed men to ashes immediately.

However, the corpse beneath her feet tripped her up. Xu Jiawei looked down and saw that the body, which was almost entirely devoid of limbs, was none other than Zhang Yunting, who had always been very reliable and mature. His eyes were still open, but they were devoid of any spirit.

Xu Jiawei lowered her head tremblingly and gently closed his eyes. He was dead. Why?

She stared blankly at everything, then looked up and saw a huge black shadow in the sky that enveloped the entire world, even swallowing up the sunlight.

His huge, scarlet eyes looked at Xu Jiawei as if she were an ant, his gaze filled with mockery and disdain, as if he were laughing at her weakness. In his hand, he held the usually calm and mysterious Si Yunming. It was the first time she had ever seen him so disheveled. He opened his mouth towards Xu Jiawei, as if to say, "Run!"

Before it could even open its mouth, it was thrown into the mouth of the enormous black shadow, which suddenly grew even larger until it enveloped the entire world.

Xu Jiawei was horrified to discover that the enormous black shadow was merging with the land—no, it should be said that the black shadow was devouring the land. All around were the wails of living beings, including those crazed black-robed men from before, who seemed to be shouting at the black shadow, "Why?"

The world was destroyed, and Xu Jiawei could no longer hear anything, plunging into darkness.

She immediately opened her eyes, gasping for breath, and scanned her surroundings. This seemed to be the future temple. Yes, she had entered the portal and should have entered the temple. But the memory of that scene sent chills down her spine. Was that just a dream?

That dream was so real. She could still clearly remember the way Si Yunming was swallowed by the shadow, and she couldn't forget Zhang Yunting's deathly gaze, as well as Bai Yu, Li Ming, and that shadow that swallowed the whole world.

Are you alright?

Xu Jiawei looked up and saw Si Yunming's worried eyes. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. She raised her hand to touch her forehead and found that it was covered in sweat. Her clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

She took a while to calm down before saying, "I'm fine, I just had a nightmare."

Si Yunming didn't say anything, but simply handed her an apple. Xu Jiawei was stunned for a moment, then put the apple in her mouth.

A sigh was heard, and Xu Jiawei immediately looked up, while Si Yunming also scanned his surroundings alertly.

"That wasn't a dream." A voice came again from the direction from which the sigh had come.