Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei, lying on the raft, fell asleep as soon as she heard the sound of the waves; she was too tired.

The next day, the system's alarm clock rang at seven o'clock sharp. Xu Jiawei, whose whole body ached, opened her eyes and walked with trembling steps. After planting the mushrooms, she went to the fishing rod to fish for treasure chests.

Xu Jiawei glanced at the system panel. [Ocean Survival Calendar Day 02, 07:02 Weather: Sunny]

"I'm so hungry, let's eat first." He took out the last half of bread and chewed it expressionlessly. If he couldn't catch any food today, he would have to eat mushrooms raw.

"I really want to eat meat and drink milk tea. This bread has no flavor at all."

I opened the chat channel and started scrolling through messages. Everyone was unusually lively today, posting pictures of their breakfasts: steamed buns, instant noodles, steamed bread, steak, fried dough sticks, dumplings...

The post also included the caption, "Today's breakfast was simple." The accompanying picture showed a bowl of beef noodles.

I'll fight you all to the death.

"Why can I catch food no matter how I do it?" Looking at his luck stat of only 2, he silently started munching on his bread.

[Xiao Liuzi: Family, guess what I caught today? An octopus! It's edible, so I grilled it. It was so delicious!]

Xu Jiawei, who caught a shark but couldn't eat it: ......

Of course, Xu Jiawei wasn't the only one who couldn't catch any food; everyone still had bread to eat, so no one had said anything yet.

Soon the treasure chest was hooked. "Please, please, please, Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves us from suffering, the Jade Emperor, Laozi, Jesus, please!" Xu Jiawei clasped her hands together and prayed sincerely.

After opening the treasure chest, a giant cockroach crawled out, startling Xu Jiawei.

The giant cockroach bared its fangs and claws as it crawled toward Xu Jiawei.

"Aaaaaah, don't come any closer!"

Xu Jiawei ran behind the box, grabbed it, and smashed it at the cockroach, instantly causing juice to splatter everywhere.

"Aaaaaah! My raft is all dirty!!!!" Xu Jiawei looked at the mess in despair.

[Ding: Congratulations on killing the giant cockroach! Experience +10. Disassemble now?]

"Decompose it, decompose it quickly, I don't want to see it!"

[Disassemble a large cockroach to obtain 1 cockroach meat. Cockroach meat: edible, tastes like chicken and is crunchy, with six times the protein content of beef (Your food has arrived, are you surprised?)]

Hsu Chia-wei: "Who wants this kind of food? I'd rather eat raw mushrooms."

Looking at the pile of cockroach meat, Xu Jiawei didn't know what to do with it.

"Let's go fishing, what if the fish like it?"

Xu Jiawei didn't want to get the purple long knife dirty, so she took out the chipped watermelon knife and used it to cut the cockroach meat. The chipped watermelon knife was difficult to use, so in the end, she cut off a small piece and hung it on the fishhook.

Soon a shark was hooked up. Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up. It really worked! When I catch an octopus, I'm going to grill it.

After catching her tenth shark, Xu Jiawei had become numb.

Cockroach meat is really attractive to sharks, but fishing for sharks is definitely more exciting than fishing for treasure chests. However, she needs a guaranteed reward, so she can only keep the cockroach meat for later use.

The treasure chest rush will begin in half an hour. Xu Jiawei is making all the necessary preparations to welcome the treasure chest rush.

Soon, Xu Jiawei saw a large wave of treasure chests floating over, densely packed, probably over a hundred.

"So many! I'm hopeful of getting the minimum reward. I'm really looking forward to getting my silver treasure chest." Xu Jiawei rubbed her hands together and started casting her fishing rod. She even took out a plank and rowed the raft toward the treasure chest.

Xu Jiawei simply scooped up the boxes that were closest by hand; they weren't heavy, so she knew they were empty.

I didn't open the chests I fished up; I just put them on the raft and used the time to collect as many treasure chests as possible, hoping to get the guaranteed chest today.

"Keep going!" Xu Jiawei encouraged herself.

The fishing rod swung rapidly. "Hey, there's a metal box. Here you go." With her superb casting skills, Xu Jiawei accurately hooked the metal box.

After throwing the iron box onto the raft, they also retrieved a bunch of boxes from the vicinity of the raft.

Xu Jiawei wished she had eight hands, but she regretted not having enough, as she watched the treasure chests slip past her eyes.

Xu Jiawei was happily casting her line when she heard a snap—the fishing rod broke.

"Broken? Really broken? Damn it!" Xu Jiawei cursed. "It can even break? This is just too unlucky."

"System, system, give me an explanation, I want to file a complaint."

【Hello, dear, your issue has been forwarded to the main system. To file a complaint, press 1; to expedite the process, press 2; otherwise, press 3. Thank you for your support!】

"1111111"

Okay, your complaint has been received. Thank you for your support. Have a nice day!

Now I can only row the boat to retrieve chests that are closer. The one-hour treasure chest rush will soon be over. I counted and only retrieved 30 chests. What a loss! It's all the fishing rod's fault.

[Ding! Dear AAA Mushroom Fairy player, your reported broken fishing rod has been investigated and found to be a quality issue. We are now sending you a replacement beginner fishing rod.]

"I want to appeal! I want to appeal! Who will compensate me for the damage caused by the broken treasure chest fishing rod? I'm so unlucky, I can't get anything. Is the system bullying Earthlings?"

[Ding! The player's request is reasonable. The system will compensate the player with a mid-level automatic fishing rod. We wish you a pleasant life.]

Looking at the much more advanced fishing rod in her hand, Xu Jiawei thought that with her luck, she might never catch it in her entire life. She curled the corners of her mouth. This survival system was quite easy to talk to.

Once the fishing rod is on the stand, it starts operating automatically. Now, since there's nothing else to do, let's unpack it!

The first one was empty, the second one was empty, the third one had a mouse, the fourth one was empty...

Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief, expecting a swarm of snakes to jump out. Since defeating the elite venomous snake, she hadn't seen any snakes when opening boxes. Now it was all cockroaches, rats, and big bugs.

I opened all thirty treasure chests, and 20 of them were empty. Even the only iron chest contained only weeds. Damn luck.

With the automatic fishing rod, Xu Jiawei finally had some free time and began to organize the "supplies" she had caught.

There were 87 planks, 3 nails, 1 weed, 5 rat meat, 3 cockroach meat, and 2 insect meat. It didn't look like anything edible.

"I'm exhausted." Xu Jiawei lay down on the raft without any regard for her image, preparing to take a nap. Anyway, there was an automatic fishing rod, so she didn't have to worry about it herself. She should save her energy for opening the box.

She slept for the entire afternoon, until 7 PM, when she was startled awake by a system notification. The automatic fishing rod had already caught seven or eight treasure chests, about the same as her normal fishing.

Soon, the treasure chests floated over. The automatic fishing rod cast and reeled in smoothly, averaging one treasure chest per minute, much faster than Xu Jiawei could fish by herself. Xu Jiawei couldn't stop smiling, finally collecting enough to cover the minimum cost when this wave of treasure chests ended.

Next, let's unbox it!

Xu Jiawei: What will I get from the guaranteed pull? I can't wait!