Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The Winged Bird? Is this the race of Little Grey now? It broke through the limitations of the Emotional Bird and became a new race.

The system says it's a legendary creature, meaning the Divine Winged Bird isn't common, which explains its terrifying attributes.

This racial mutation not only made up for Little Grey's shortcomings, preventing its first few attributes from being too low, but also slightly improved its physical strength and speed.

Little Grey is no longer a weakling; in fact, this mutation has transformed its emotional turmoil into a god-like ability, greatly increasing its damage output potential. It no longer needs to get close to the enemy to find a good position to deal damage.

Furthermore, it gained a new god-tier skill, clone. Both skills are designed to enable one-hit kills, making them easier to trigger and allowing for direct ranged attacks on targets to trigger a one-hit kill.

This skill is divine; her strength, which was previously lagging behind the monsters' progress, has increased dramatically.

Now we don't have to worry about the monsters being unkillable. But what caused Little Grey to mutate successfully? There was no sign of it before this event.

Xu Jiawei couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it.

Meanwhile, Si Yunming's little octopus also broke through to level 80, and he couldn't understand why the little octopus suddenly broke through, even though he hadn't collected all the items yet.

Is this an event reward? Then why didn't I get a system notification? Or is the energy here special, able to compensate for the things needed for a breakthrough?

However, the little octopus's breakthrough is also a good thing, as its control and attack capabilities have been greatly improved, creating better output space for it.

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With Little Grey, Xu Jiawei became more adept at dealing with monsters, but every day when she opened her eyes, all she saw were monsters and fighting, which made her want to vomit whenever she saw them.

I'm already suffering from PTSD. Anyone would feel nauseous after fighting a monster thousands of times.

By level 5000, the boss had reached level 92 strength, and the monsters were also getting stronger. Xu Jiawei's speed had slowed down, and she had to put in some effort to deal with the monsters. Moreover, the monsters could summon other monsters, making them even harder to defeat. It also took time for Little Grey to trigger its one-hit kill.

When they reached level 5000, the boss gained a survival skill. One attack failed to kill it, which surprised Xu Jiawei. Fighting these monsters had made her brain stiff. Every day was just fighting, and she didn't need to use her brain at all.

Xu Jiawei immediately realized that she couldn't continue like this, so she reluctantly disabled Photon Meteor and put Little Grey and Rainbow back into the pet backpack, leaving only Little Pink and Red Earthworm.

Little Grey won't improve by relying solely on photon meteors and rainbows; in fact, it might even solidify her thinking. So she still needs to hone her abilities.

Of course, Xu Jiawei should use Photon Meteor to solve the normal elite levels, but she should rely on other abilities to fight the boss levels.

Xu Jiawei launched a swift attack, quickly forcing out her golden body. She used her Light Sacrifice, Light Spores, and Spore Clone to barely defeat the monster; she was practically burning herself out just to fight a boss.

Xu Jiawei sat on the ground, panting heavily. Just as she was about to drink a bottle of medicine, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared behind her. Xu Jiawei immediately became alert and turned around to attack.

The photon meteor was instantly scattered by the Mushroom God.

"What, are you trying to commit treason?" The familiar voice of the Mushroom God came, and Xu Jiawei immediately relaxed her body.

"Sorry, I thought the monster had returned."

"Do I look like a monster? Tell me, answer me!" Seeing that the Mushroom God was relentless, Xu Jiawei felt a little guilty; she was indeed a bit overwhelmed.

But he still argued, "I don't have eyes in the back of my head, I couldn't have seen you. If I had known it was you, I wouldn't have attacked you, would I?"

Mushroom God reluctantly accepted this reason, but still wouldn't let it go: "I came here personally to deliver this to you, and this is your attitude? If you don't want it, I'll go back."

As Mushroom God turned and walked toward the teleportation portal, Xu Jiawei, upon hearing this, felt her backache and leg pain disappear. She stood up abruptly and grabbed Mushroom God's sleeve.

"Yes, yes, yes, esteemed Mushroom God, please forgive my rudeness, my little attack could hardly be a threat to you." Xu Jiawei immediately tried to appease the Mushroom God.

Mushroom God coughed lightly. Xu Jiawei's attack was quite powerful, but he couldn't show it, so he softened his tone: "That's more like it. You take these. There are only a few of them, so use them carefully."

Xu Jiawei accepted the brightly colored flower. "This is... a seven-colored flower?"

Can I make a wish? This thought popped into Xu Jiawei's mind.

"Is this the seven-colored flower from the fairy tale?" she murmured.

"What seven-colored flower? This is the God-Seeking Flower, an essential item for becoming a god. It's not of much use to you who have completed the trials, but for other players, they cannot become gods without it. Put it away properly." Mushroom God was furious at Xu Jiawei's ignorant attitude.

Are you just going to toss around something so precious like that?

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiawei immediately and carefully put away the seven-colored flower, for it was the hope that Teacher Grace and the others had for becoming gods.

Seeing that Xu Jiawei had carefully put it away, Mushroom God turned and left.

After the Mushroom God left, Xu Jiawei drank a potion to replenish her strength before starting to study the Seven-Colored Flower. She first tried to use her talent to see if she could replicate the flower.

[Ding! The material level is too high to cultivate the new mushroom variety. Please add more items.]

Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up. There was hope. Although she couldn't cultivate it, the system said it was because she didn't have enough materials. Xu Jiawei immediately took out all the treasures in her backpack. First, she took out a bottle of Fountain of Life. She tried to see if she could replicate the Fountain of Life, but it also showed that she didn't have enough materials.

This was quite troublesome. Xu Jiawei combined the items in her backpack with the Fountain of Life one by one, and finally used a demigod-level item to create the Mushroom of Life. The moment the mushroom was created, Xu Jiawei instantly felt an energy storm raging in her mind.

Xu Jiawei looked and saw that the new divine spark was absorbing energy and rapidly repairing the cracks. The life mushroom in front of her had a slight connection with this divine spark. However, it was not accurate to say that it was a connection. It should be said that the energy composition of the two was somewhat similar.

It seems that this divine spark is connected to the Fountain of Life. Xu Jiawei immediately tried to plant the Mushroom of Life, but after planting only one, most of her body's energy was consumed. Even fighting against a god had not consumed so much energy. It seems that the Mushroom of Life is not so easy to plant.

Next up is the Seven-Colored Flower. Cultivating the Seven-Colored Flower requires the Fountain of Life. Xu Jiawei combined the Life Mushroom and the Seven-Colored Flower, but it still showed that there weren't enough items. So Xu Jiawei added more Fountain of Life, and finally put in all the Fountain of Life she had on her, but it still wasn't enough.

Finally, with no other option, Xu Jiawei put all the other precious items inside, and finally succeeded.