Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

We must level up so that we can better command the battle. So Commander Zhang also went to level up, hoping to reach level 60 before the next trip to the pollution center.

A leveling frenzy has now begun, and even players of other professions, such as blacksmiths and alchemists, need to level up to improve their professions. The higher the level, the higher the attributes, and the more strength is required for blacksmithing and the more mental energy is required for alchemy.

So they had to stop making potions and instead focus on leveling up. They would be staying on the island for a long time, and they could make potions whenever they had free time, just by setting aside a few hours each day.

So the apothecaries and blacksmiths would go out to level up with others during the day, and at night they would use energy potions to maintain their stamina and refine potions.

They wouldn't waste a single minute, and they always used the potions they made first, or they would exchange them for equipment with the blacksmiths. After all, besides the apothecaries, the blacksmiths were the second richest people.

The potions they sell can only be purchased in large quantities by wealthy blacksmiths. They also don't want to waste time selling potions, which has resulted in a severe shortage of stamina and energy potions for combat players. They can only watch helplessly as support classes roll potions day and night.

The authorities immediately noticed this situation, so they personally purchased the excess potions from pharmacists and sold them at a higher price, which changed the potion shortage.

The rule that each player has a daily limit on potions has resulted in a shortage of potions for the vast majority of players.

Many players even became middlemen, profiting from the price difference by reselling the potions they bought.

The prices of stamina potions and energy potions were thus inflated, even surpassing those of recovery potions and mana potions at one point. It's worth noting that recovery potions were once the most popular potions, as they could save lives.

Energy potions and stamina potions are in such high demand that they're almost as popular as recovery potions, which shows just how scarce they are.

Of course, the official authorities do not allow the existence of middlemen, and they will not allow any players to make a living by reselling potions in the base. Therefore, a ban has been issued. Once discovered, the player will be blacklisted and prohibited from purchasing potions from the official authorities for one month.

The punishment was quite severe. If they were caught, they would have no choice but to buy expensive and unreliable medicine from their competitors. They couldn't even gather enough life-saving medicine, and if they encountered danger, they would only be sent to their deaths. So the middlemen behaved themselves for a long time.

However, there were still a few dishonest individuals who were made an example of by the authorities, and no one dared to do it again. Moreover, with such severe punishments, the price of second-hand potions became extremely high, making it uneconomical to buy them again.

Of course, the authorities also have other methods. For example, if someone has bought medicine from the official store on the same day, and it is found that they have also bought it from other stores, their eligibility to purchase the medicine the next day will be directly revoked.

Furthermore, players nowadays have all sorts of unique talents, making the investigation process much easier compared to what we did on Earth.

The practice of reselling medicines was quickly and completely eliminated.

These past few days, Xu Jiawei has been working hard to repair the cracks, and finally she has completed the repair of a huge crack. Xu Jiawei's self-repair ability has improved rapidly, and she can automatically repair a small crack in a day.

Next, Xu Jiawei only needs to repair the large crack. After repairing this huge crack, Xu Jiawei's mental control has also been greatly improved, and she can gather 50 strands of mental energy a day for repair.

The beginning is always the hardest, but the more cracks Xu Jiawei repairs, the faster the process will become.

Half a month passed quickly, and Xu Jiawei repaired three large cracks, increasing her repair speed once again.

Now I can gather hundreds of strands of spiritual energy every day.

The Mushroom God has now returned to his most beloved post, immersing himself in brewing potions every day, but the time it takes him to recover his memories is getting longer and longer each day.

The authorities have decided to wait until Mushroom God has fully recovered and is under control before discussing the matter of going to the contamination center.

The players enjoyed a rare period of safety, but of course, they couldn't relax. Everyone was on edge, and the current calm was just the calm before the storm.

They will face the highest mountain, the fully prepared Dark God.

Although condensing a divine spark cannot be rushed, she also wants to break through level 80 before the next event to give herself an extra layer of protection.

However, if you rush, it's easy to make mistakes when extracting spiritual energy, the success rate drops sharply, and the speed becomes slower. This is a safer method. Although failure will still damage your divine status, it won't result in total failure.

If you want to speed things up, just use your mental energy to infuse it all in. Whether it works or not is up to fate. This is a method from an ancient book that the old nobles found. Although it looks very simple and doesn't have many complicated steps.

However, directly using mental energy to cleanse the divine spark could lead to complete failure if one is not careful, and the divine spark could shatter directly. Only a very bold person would dare to use this method, and how precise must their control be to manage their mental energy without making any mistakes?

No wonder so few people could ascend to godhood in the past. Becoming a god depended entirely on having a strong destiny. That's why there were so few new gods. Only those with a complete divine status inherited from the temple could become gods.

The reason the Mushroom God knew how to slowly condense a divine spark was because he had created his own. He knew how dangerous it was to condense a divine spark. After shattering more than 10 divine sparks, he learned from his mistakes and gradually cleansed them up. He no longer dared to rush, and that's how he succeeded.

Mushroom God was much more cautious back then than Xu Jiawei is now; in Mushroom God's eyes, Xu Jiawei is quite reckless now.

The other players then looked for temples with divine inheritance, or tried to condense their own divine sparks. After this natural disaster ended, the next event would probably be related to temple inheritance, or perhaps it was just other players participating, and the system had other arrangements for the selected players.

Even though the speed of condensing a divine spark is a bit slower now, it is at least stable. I don't know what kind of divine spark I will condense. The Mushroom God has already been taken by the Mushroom God, so what kind of god is this colorful divine spark of hers?

Another half month passed, and Mushroom God finally recovered. The officials held another meeting. Xu Jiawei had been in this natural disaster for several months and was fed up, wanting it to end quickly.

In the following two weeks, Xu Jiawei directly repaired the largest crack. As soon as it was repaired, the entire divine rune emitted a dazzling light and began to automatically rotate to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to repair itself.

Therefore, Xu Jiawei is currently in a weak state, and her mental strength remains at half its normal level.

Xu Jiawei suspected that even if it wasn't repaired, the divine essence would gradually heal itself over time; it was just a matter of how long it would take.

The Mushroom God was very satisfied when he saw Xu Jiawei: "Not bad, as expected of my excellent successor, even her divine nature is the same as mine."

Xu Jiawei smiled awkwardly. She was too embarrassed to tell Mushroom God that while she was concentrating on repairing her divine spark, two more fragments of her divine spark gathered together, emitting a pale golden light, as if they were about to coalesce into a new divine spark.