Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

If these energy-rich foods are the only thing that will be useful, Xu Jiawei thought to herself, "I'll have to ask the authorities to make me a few more as a backup."

After that, she devoted herself entirely to the world, experiencing every blade of grass and every tree. Suddenly, she noticed that a fragment deep within her soul stirred.

Slowly approaching another fragment, Xu Jiawei was startled. She then immersed herself entirely in her mental world, anxiously staring at the fragment. Under her expectant gaze, the two fragments slowly merged together.

However, there is a noticeable crack where they are joined together.

Even with the cracks, the changes are enough to make Xu Jiawei happy. What does it matter if there are cracks? They are still pieced together. This is a huge improvement. All that's missing is an adhesive.

This means she is one step closer to becoming a god. Becoming a god? On Earth, or even when she first came to this world, she didn't even dare to think about it, and she didn't even dare to believe that it existed. She never expected that she would actually touch the threshold now.

Distracted, Xu Jiawei snapped out of that state; the overwhelming joy of the breakthrough made it difficult for her to calm down.

She calmed herself down first, and then continued eating. She had digested all the food in her stomach in just a short while, which showed that the energy consumed in condensing a divine spark was enormous.

Xu Jiawei changed her strategy; this time she ate ordinary food to see if it would have any effect.

Unfortunately, ordinary food was of no use, so Xu Jiawei had to contact the authorities and ask them to prepare some high-energy meals for her.

After finishing the food she had packed up last night, she opened her "mind's eye" again and continued to meditate with her eyes closed. You have to admit, it felt like she was in seclusion, and it really did look like she was cultivating immortality. She felt that becoming a god and cultivating immortality were not much different, and it was not surprising that the two had similarities.

A day passed quickly, and during that time, the official account posted a message saying that the meal Xu Jiawei requested had been prepared and she could pick it up at the restaurant at any time.

Xu Jiawei only noticed it now, got up and went to the restaurant to collect her food.

Not long after, he was entrusted by the authorities to leave the base and go to meet up with Si Yunming and the others.

After several days of tireless refining, the Apothecary Association finally produced the potion. However, the potion was still in short supply, and only players below level 60 could be given one bottle each. The nobles should forget about getting any.

The nobles were very envious, but their noble dignity prevented them from stealing the potions from the weaker players.

Players like Xu Jiawei, who didn't need to collect potions, were entrusted by the official team to resolve the source of the pollution. After they distributed the potions, the pollution was eliminated by Xu Jiawei and her team.

We should hurry back while we still have three hours left.

Without delay, the group left as quickly as possible. Little Grey was quite tired from killing monsters for days, and Xu Jiawei couldn't bear to let it be her mount, so she had to go through the trouble of running back herself.

Finally, the group returned to the base before the three hours were up. The base had been cleaned up, and the group split into two teams. One team was going to deal with the pollution center, while the other team was led by the player with the Word Spirit talent. The team included a small number of soldiers, as well as the elderly, women, children, and the disabled. They were going to build a new base to preserve the spark for the player community.

The team led by the player with the Word of Power left first. They entered the portal and left one by one in a queue.

After they left, Commander Zhang used another teleportation device, and the aura of the teleportation portal changed again, this time teleporting him to the center of the contamination.

The group stepped into the portal, all remaining silent. After all, their previous experience had taught them just how dangerous the contaminated center was, so how could they possibly still be laughing?

Xu Jiawei's eyes blurred, and in the blink of an eye, she was in a new place. She immediately activated the Mushroom God skill and summoned the Mushroom God.

Instead of using the teleportation channel, the Mushroom God relied on its own speed to run over. Xu Jiawei only waited for ten minutes before the Mushroom God teleported over and appeared in front of them in the blink of an eye. Sure enough, running fast was no different from teleportation.

The Mushroom God glanced at everyone and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's pack up and get ready to leave. Let me make this clear: even if you encounter danger, I will not save you." The Mushroom God snorted coldly as he spoke to the nobles.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the smug expressions on the faces of those nobles immediately disappeared, replaced by panic. Why was this happening?

Potions? They didn't get any. They had finally managed to get help from a real god, but before they could even rejoice, their daydream was shattered. Since the god was unjust, they shouldn't be blamed for being ruthless. They made up their minds to prioritize survival and use the low-level players as their meat shields.

They looked at the players with ill intent, but little did they know that the players were already on guard against them. After all, when they returned from the last negotiation, all the players knew that these nobles wanted to use them as human shields.

If they don't take precautions, they'll be fools. Every player who's survived this long has some degree of caution.

They quietly distanced themselves from the nobles. Even Commander Zhang was getting a headache. Could it be that Xu Jiawei was right? These people were all just pretty faces; it was a good thing they weren't causing trouble.

They were even planning to have these high-ranking nobles lead the attack, with the players holding off the Dark God and creating opportunities for them. But now, this situation doesn't seem like a viable option at all.

Commander Zhang moved closer to Mary. As a high-ranking nobleman, she should know more about such matters, so he asked, "Isn't it unreliable to make them the main attackers?"

Commander Zhang spoke very softly because if the players knew, it would easily disrupt morale, and morale is the most important thing right now.

Mary was very surprised: "What, you're letting them be the main attackers?!" Mary's voice was so loud that it attracted everyone's attention, and Mary immediately realized it.

So he pulled Commander Zhang to the other side and whispered, "Sorry, I'm so surprised. Why did you make them the main attackers? That's so unreliable."

Commander Zhang was a little confused. "Didn't we talk about this in the meeting? Didn't you hear me?"

Mary said without changing her expression, "Oh, I thought you were too noisy, so I left halfway through. Didn't Grace and the others remind you that nobles are unreliable? Well, they've been away from the nobles for too long, they have no idea that all these nobles are good-for-nothings."

Mary said to herself.

Commander Zhang was getting anxious and immediately asked, "What do we do now? The tactics have already been decided, and it's too late to change them."

Mary pondered for a moment and said, "Just pretend they don't exist. Just command the players to attack normally. You don't need to worry about the nobles. Let them command themselves. Maybe there are still some normal nobles, but it's best not to have too high hopes."