Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

For example, the title is "History of the Dark Temple," which sounds quite serious, right? But two-thirds of the entire book is about how great the Dark God is and how he protects dark creatures. But Xu Jiawei wondered, protect dark creatures? Does he protect them as tools or cannon fodder?

Even demonized humans are only fit to be servants, let alone those dark creatures that don't even have self-awareness. Xu Jiawei scoffed at the contents of the book.

There was also that book of dark magic, which Xu Jiawei had wanted to learn about, but it turned out to be a long, rambling account of gratitude for the teachings of the Dark God.

Finally, halfway through the book, I saw the skill introductions and practice methods, including the Dark skill that Si Yunming had learned.

"Brother San Dian, do you need these?" Xu Jiawei asked. Upon hearing the voice, Si Yunming put down what he was holding and picked up the book to examine it.

Xu Jiawei also joined in to learn about the enemy's skills, which would make it easier to defeat them.

Si Yunming flipped through a few pages, shook his head, and said, "It's too basic. This is probably a skill that non-core personnel should learn."

It's probably the kind of skill that anyone can learn simply by joining the dark faction, so it has no reference value.

Xu Jiawei thought for a moment and said, "If it were really a skill that core personnel would learn, it wouldn't be placed here, would it?"

Si Yunming nodded and put the book down, while Xu Jiawei continued reading, because even if it was a skill that non-core personnel were learning, it was still good to understand the enemy.

After looking through all the books on the shelf and finding little useful information, Xu Jiawei decided to leave. As she left the room, she noticed that the surroundings had changed again. Several side paths had appeared at the entrance, and the cold white light made the walls appear stark white.

The palace was dark on the outside, but the inside was all in a cold white tone, which made Xu Jiawei feel a little dazed.

They must have fallen into the back room, otherwise why would the environment keep changing?

Xu Jiawei was puzzled. The room was like a living thing, constantly changing. Looking back, the entrance had disappeared, meaning they were now in a constantly changing maze.

Could it be that they can't get out? Thinking of this possibility, Xu Jiawei's expression turned grim.

Since things have come to this, there's nothing she can do but move on. Fortunately, there's no more mental pollution now, so even if she wanders around this maze for three days, she won't be unable to bear it.

Xu Jiawei activated the Light Purification to its maximum, not only purifying herself but also enveloping Si Yunming. Although Si Yunming now had resistance to the Dark God, who knew what underhanded tricks the Dark God might play? So it was safer to stay within the Light Purification.

Si Yunming felt his magic power was being suppressed, which made him feel uncomfortable. However, this place was too dangerous, and it was safest to stay within the purification range of light. He didn't believe that the God of Darkness would be kind enough to let him absorb dark energy.

At this moment, Xu Jiawei also felt very depressed. After experiencing that illusion, she felt uncomfortable all over, but after purifying her whole body, there was no change. It seemed that the aftereffects were just her illusion.

Since purification was ineffective, Xu Jiawei could only leave it aside and ignore it.

Little Pink and the others also came out of the pet backpack and stood guard around. The only one that didn't come out was Little Gray. This was the territory of the Dark God, and Little Gray had already been affected. Unless absolutely necessary, Little Gray could not come out. It would be released during the final battle.

And now there's something strange: where have all the priests gone?

Why haven't I encountered it after all this time?

This place is like a disorienting maze, mostly with curved passages that make it hard to tell which way is which. Countless long corridors stretch endlessly, with closed doors and windows on both sides, all unchanging.

To avoid missing any clues, they opened each door they passed, marking the doors that were open. However, after walking for so long, they hadn't walked the same path twice.

That's impossible. From the outside, the temple doesn't look very big. They walked for about 5 hours. At their pace, even if they were slowed down by searching for clues, they would have walked around the temple 10 times.

They haven't gone down the same path yet, and something is very wrong about that.

Xu Jiawei took out the compass, wanting to determine the direction, but found that the compass needle started spinning uncontrollably again, and the compass was malfunctioning.

Xu Jiawei rubbed her forehead, thinking, "They really test us with this kind of thing every day."

"Let's cancel the purification of light. I'll try to sense it with dark energy." Si Yunming was also getting a little tired of this strange maze.

Xu Jiawei immediately shrank the light purification back to the area of ​​her body.

Si Yunming stopped, closed his eyes, and used his magic to sense his surroundings. He sensed that the dark energy in one direction seemed stronger than in other places, so he couldn't help but take a step forward.

Xu Jiawei immediately followed, but soon Si Yunming walked to a wall.

Xu Jiawei was about to call out to him, because if she went any further, she would run into the wall. However, before Xu Jiawei could speak, Si Yunming disappeared into the wall in a very illogical way.

Xu Jiawei immediately ran over, touched the wall with both hands, and patted it. It was solid. How did Si Yunming get inside?

The room was behind the wall, so Xu Jiawei immediately opened the door and went inside. However, the room was empty; Si Yunming seemed to have disappeared.

Calm down, calm down. Why can Si Yunming pass through the wall? What's the difference between him and me?

He needs to sense the darkness and walk by his senses; in other words, he can only leave this place when he cannot see.

Si Yunming can sense direction through his affinity for darkness, so can she do the same?

Xu Jiawei suddenly thought of her internal vision state. She could discover things that she wouldn't normally notice, but in that state, she basically lost her ability to control her body. She wondered if she could control her body to leave in that state.

Never mind, let's give it a try first. Xu Jiawei put all the pets back into the pet backpack, then closed her eyes and entered an introspective state again.

She was shocked to find that the energy surrounding her was entirely composed of dark energy, including the walls and the room. Before entering a state of inner vision, she hadn't noticed anything at all. The dark energy swarmed around her like leeches encountering a living person, trying to penetrate her body.

However, the moment he came into contact with Xu Jiawei again, he was purified and isolated by the light.

Taking advantage of her introspective state, she scanned her body, not believing that the feeling that something was wrong was just her imagination.

In her inner vision, she discovered a wisp of dark energy lurking in the shadows deep within her heart. Xu Jiawei tried to use her light to purify it, but the wisp of dark energy was extremely stubborn. Even after being purified, it stubbornly clung to her heart and began attacking it.