Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

When Grace and Mo Feng saw Xu Jiawei talking to the Mushroom God, they were filled with admiration. They didn't dare to respond to the Mushroom God's tone, yet Xu Jiawei could talk to him without changing her expression, using a string of respectful phrases.

The Mushroom God also has a bad temper. When the two of them went to find the Mushroom God before, they were almost scolded to the point of becoming depressed. They finally managed to find the Mushroom God to apologize and get the opportunity to cooperate.

Anyway, they never wanted to talk to the Mushroom God again.

Xu Jiawei gave an awkward laugh and said, "Actually, Mushroom God is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Just say nice things to him." Seeing that her two masters were a little reserved, even Xu Jiawei felt a little uncomfortable. She had been with Mushroom God for a long time and was used to his way of speaking.

They only saw him as an easy-to-fool, easy-to-talk-to mushroom, but the two teachers didn't know that they respected the mushroom god as a noble and mysterious deity and would never dare to interrupt.

"We know that the Mushroom God is a kind-hearted deity. He could have just ignored us." After all, the Mushroom God is only a mushroom, not a human, yet he is willing to protect humans. His kind nature will not change.

Grace smiled and said, "A soft-hearted god, how could he be a bad guy? He's just a little short-tempered. As a god, he's probably the most approachable one."

If it were any other god, they wouldn't even dare to seek help from them. But if it were someone like the God of Darkness, they might even take their anger out on humanity.

"It's almost time, those guys are getting impatient," Mo Feng said to Grace, looking down at her.

Grace nodded and said, "My dear apprentice, we're leaving now. Take care of yourself."

Mo Feng opened the portal, and Grace turned around and reminded him, "By the way, apprentice, in a few days we will be seeking cooperation negotiations with you players. You need to be prepared. As for how to propose the cooperation terms, we haven't discussed it yet, but you just need to stick to your bottom line."

Mo Feng's portal opened successfully, and Grace walked in first. Mo Feng thought for a moment, then turned back and said, "You also need to improve your strength. If you don't have the strength, even if we try to negotiate, you will be at a disadvantage." This was a piece of advice that he and Grace, as teachers, were giving to their disciples. As for anything else, they couldn't say more.

"Thank you, Teacher Mofeng, Teacher Grace. I will pass on your thanks." Xu Jiawei expressed her sincere gratitude. She was very grateful to the teachers she had known for less than a year for being so sincere to her.

Mo Feng nodded and disappeared through the portal.

Back at the meeting, Grace and Mo Feng's smiles vanished, and their expressions immediately turned cold. The system had just told them that it had sent a distress message to all level 89 players, but only the two of them and Mushroom God had responded.

Grace felt only exhaustion from these guys.

Even though everyone in the meeting received the distress message, they all pretended not to know.

There were over 20 level 89 individuals in their world, but only 3 showed up. Grace, her face ashen, asked, "Everyone, didn't you all receive the system's distress message? Why aren't you going?"

"Miss Grace, although you are our organizer, it doesn't mean you can order us around. Besides, we're only here to deal with the Dark God, not to rescue an alien." A very serious-looking scholar with glasses adjusted his glasses and said.

"You had the power to save them, yet you stood by and watched the players die. They were the ones saving our world!" Grace's voice grew even colder.

"Miss Grace, you've misunderstood us. We're just conserving our fighting strength. Not only will we have more fighting strength to maintain against the Dark God, but the stronger our remaining strength will be against those players, the more initiative we'll have," another person retorted.

Grace no longer wanted to argue with them. No matter what, these guys couldn't give up their scheming, even if they were future partners, even if humanity's survival was at stake.

"Let's continue the meeting," Grace said, immediately changing the subject.

......

At this moment, Xu Jiawei and the others also received this information from the system. Xu Jiawei pondered for a moment and asked, "System, how many people are above level 89?"

[Ding, after investigation, there are 23 normal humans of level 89 in this world.]

In other words, out of 23 people in this world, only two came. Xu Jiawei sneered. Sure enough, most people in this world harbored hostility towards them, the players.

Even if we choose to cooperate, we'll still be on guard most of the time. It seems this cooperation won't be so easy.

She needs to have a proper discussion with the officials; she will go to the island next time to communicate with the official leaders.

Sometimes Xu Jiawei would wonder to herself, given this rotten world, was it really worth it for her to try? Wouldn't it be better if these scumbags just died?

But Xu Jiawei immediately reaffirmed her inner path. She wanted to live, simply wanted to live, and there were many people in this world who were kind to her: Teacher Mo Feng, Teacher Grace, her friends, Si Yunming, even Bai Jian and many other people. She wanted them to live as well.

That's why she's gotten to where she is today—not for that group of scoundrels, but for herself and for that group of guys.

However, she first had to settle accounts with the system. Even though it had gone to great lengths to save her, it was no use. She had almost died here, so it wouldn't be right not to ask for some compensation.

"System, you provided incorrect information again this time, almost causing our deaths. It's not fair not to compensate us, is it? Besides, is this a top-tier source of pollution?" Xu Jiawei said.

The system was silent for a moment, then a familiar voice came through.

[Ding! Due to a system error, the player is in danger. The system will compensate the player with a colored treasure chest. (Private message: Masai, I was wrong, really wrong, please forgive me, the system will never make this mistake again.)]

Seeing that the system was remorseful, Xu Jiawei immediately chose to forgive it. A colorful treasure chest? She'd only encountered it a handful of times in all the time she'd been in the game.

I never expected to get such a good thing.

[Ding! Congratulations to player AAA Mushroom Fairy... for successfully resolving the pollution center and receiving 4 Diamond Chests, 1 Semi-Rare Chest, and 40000 Contribution Points.]

[Ding! As the first player to resolve the pollution center, you have received 20000 contribution points. This will be announced via system broadcast.]

Even without the doubled compensation this time, it was still worth it, because she got a colorful treasure chest, and not just one, but one for her and one for Si Yunming.

Xu Jiawei picked up the treasure chest, finding it very rare, but still put it into her own space because her bad luck hadn't passed yet, and opening the chest now would be suicidal and a waste of the treasure chest.

She took all her pets out of the pet backpack and checked them over. Only after finding that everything was alright did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, after killing the Great God Envoy, she immediately put her pets into her pet backpack and prepared to run away. This prevented the pets from being harmed by the Dark God and inadvertently saved their lives. They tried to get out afterward, but were controlled by the Dark God's pressure and could not get out.