Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Li Ming was very happy; he never thought he would actually make it into the top ten.

After entering the loser's bracket, he always encountered weaker opponents in every battle, which helped him advance all the way to the top ten.

Luck played a big part, and he grew to love his talent more and more. Although he didn't have much offensive ability, his talent was simply invincible when it came to things that depended on luck.

Xu Jiawei was also very excited, as she would be able to reach level 91 directly after breaking through level 90.

After reaching level 90, you can no longer gain experience by killing monsters in the regular way.

The good news is that the body can automatically absorb energy from the surrounding environment to upgrade itself; the bad news is that this process is very, very slow, with the upgrade speed measured in centuries.

Just look at the Mushroom God; he leveled up purely by absorbing energy, and it took him so many years to reach level 95.

This also includes the harvest from digging graves during the period. As a result, after absorbing high-energy substances, it directly rose to level 97 in less than a year.

Therefore, the fastest way to level up is by digging up graves.

Oh no, cough cough, it seems we've been exposed.

The fastest way to upgrade is to absorb the energy of high-energy items, but most of these items were taken by the gods to their sleeping tombs.

If all else fails, she can just go live off her parents. Once Mushroom God reaches level 99, he should be happy to be sponged off by her.

Robert and Bai Yu also shared their takeaways from the trip, and it seemed like they had endless things to talk about.

During their conversation, the system rewards were finally distributed.

Xu Jiawei, who came in first place, received three items. Si Yunming, who came in second place, received a 50% reduction in his upgrade reward, meaning he only received half a level. The third-place winner did not receive any upgrade reward.

Those ranked fourth through tenth only received the energy to break through to godhood, and their rewards were half that of the third-place winner.

But this is something others can only envy. Although this energy is not much different from the God-Making Flower, containing the essential components for becoming a god, the energy given by the system can even greatly increase the probability of a breakthrough.

Although Xu Jiawei's pills can also help others break through to the god level, there is a drawback: the pills can only increase the effect by a maximum of 20%, which is not as good as the system's help, which can increase the success rate to 80%.

The system even reminded her that with her and Si Yunming's talents, they could even improve to 100%, and this talent and the pill could be stacked, making the success rate infinitely close to 100%.

It's worth mentioning that there's only one chance to break through level 90, meaning that after one failure, there will be no more opportunities to become a god.

Therefore, other players face a slim chance of becoming gods. Even with the help of pills, the success rate will not exceed 50%, and for some players it will not even exceed 30%, since the success rate is also related to their own strength.

That means a considerable number of people will fail to break through and will never become gods. All the gods in the past went through this process. After all, those who can become gods are lucky.

The predecessors weren't afraid of a success rate of less than 50%, so what are they afraid of?

When other players saw the success rate, they immediately came to Xu Jiawei to exchange for pills, but Xu Jiawei didn't have many pills, only enough for the top ten to exchange.

Furthermore, the top ten players were all those who provided the Fountain of Life in the past, and after obtaining the pills, they could guarantee a high success rate in becoming gods.

Xu Jiawei then cupped her hands in greeting and said, "Everyone, you should know that I'm the one who makes the pills, but my abilities are limited, so I can only prioritize supplying the top ten players. Once we break through, the refining speed will increase, and then we can replenish all the pills."

"Boss, you don't need to say anything, we know. We're waiting for your good news." The other players cupped their hands and left. They weren't the kind of people who were unreasonable. After all, they had signed a contract, so it didn't matter whether it was sooner or later.

They might as well use this time to strengthen themselves. After all, the stronger they are, the higher their success rate will be. Nobody wants to fail, so without a chance of success, no one wants to make a breakthrough rashly.

The other players in the top ten bowed deeply and said, "Great boss, we are deeply grateful. If there is anything we can do to help you in the future, we will definitely not refuse."

The Mighty Gorilla and the Assassin said, "Boss, can we join your guild? We've cut ties with everyone else for a while now."

The female assassin paid a heavy price to leave her guild, effectively drawing a clear line between them.

Xu Jiawei naturally welcomes such skilled players.

So they immediately agreed, and soon ten different points of light fell on Xu Jiawei and the other nine people. The points of light on Xu Jiawei were colorful, with various colors intertwined, while those on Si Yunming were black, Robert was light gold, and the others were all different colors.

What surprised Xu Jiawei the most was Li Ming. The color he obtained was also light gold. Could it be that the Luck talent was actually a variant of the Light talent?

Speculation was useless. The light spot merged into Xu Jiawei's body. Xu Jiawei felt warm all over. The dormant energy began to stir and then boiled, frantically crashing against some kind of barrier.

The energy of other people's bodies also becomes restless, so you need to find a safe place to guide the energy immediately.

Following the principle of seeing things through to the end, the system immediately teleported the players to a place rich in energy to fulfill their breakthrough needs, and the location was even selected based on their own attributes.

Once Xu Jiawei calmed down, she sat down cross-legged.

She didn't know what to do at first, but the energy guided her. She followed the energy to strengthen her body. Since Xu Jiawei had modified her body a long time ago, the energy only inspected and strengthened her once before pouring all the remaining energy into her spiritual sea.

Her mental sea was instantly filled with energy. Xu Jiawei groaned as the needle-like pain stimulated her mental world. She endured this pain that most people could hardly bear. She knew that the energy was transforming her mental world and expanding her mental sea.

The more thorough the transformation, the stronger she would be after becoming a god. Xu Jiawei took a pill to intensify the transformation.

Soon, cracks appeared in Xu Jiawei's mental world. Her divine essence emitted a dazzling light, which resonated with the transformative energy. The cracks in her mental world multiplied until it finally shattered completely.

Xu Jiawei seemed to have been subjected to some kind of mass destruction. After her spiritual world was destroyed, the divine spark emitted an even more powerful energy, slowly repairing her spiritual world.

Furthermore, during the repair process, the other divine elements contained within that divine element became increasingly intertwined, and the spiritual world was slowly repaired. However, after being completely repaired, it lasted less than three seconds before being destroyed again.

Xu Jiawei repeated this process of destruction and reconstruction countless times, and it took her a long time. Eventually, the newly formed spiritual world became stronger and stronger, and the rate of destruction slowed down.

Her spiritual world is also constantly expanding, with no visible boundaries, truly resembling an endless ocean.

The newly constructed spiritual world radiated golden light, and countless patterns from the divine essence were imprinted on it. Finally, with a loud boom, the last boundary of the spiritual world was broken.

Xu Jiawei seemed to have broken free from some kind of constraint, and felt completely relaxed.