Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The acid landed on their clothes, burning several large holes. Fortunately, Xu Jiawei's equipment was better; she had an epic mage robe with strong defense and wasn't corroded.

However, both Li Ming and Si Yunming's clothes began to corrode.

Although her clothes were still fine, Xu Jiawei's shoes had started bubbling; the gold-colored gear couldn't withstand the acid!

The group rushed inside, not caring about anything else; it was better than just standing there. The acid dripping onto their exposed skin was extremely hot, and Xu Jiawei noticed red bubbles appearing on her skin.

"Sis, this acid is too corrosive, what should we do?" Li Ming grimaced in pain.

Si Yunming pursed his lips tightly, and Xu Jiawei was also feeling unwell.

Xu Jiawei wondered: Is corrosion considered a negative effect? ​​Would the purification solution be effective?

Xu Jiawei immediately poured the purifying potion onto the corroded area, and the burning pain disappeared instantly. Although the injury hadn't healed, at least it wouldn't worsen.

Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately poured purification potion all over her body. After drinking a bottle of recovery potion, her injuries were completely healed.

Xu Jiawei handed the purification potion to the two of them, who didn't stand on ceremony and poured the potion on themselves, temporarily resolving the crisis.

Although the crisis was averted, Xu Jiawei was alright, except that her invisibility cloak had several holes burned in it. However, Si Yunming and Li Ming's clothes were severely corroded; their shirts had completely disappeared, and their trouser legs had also been corroded, revealing their calves.

Although it wasn't the right time, Si Yunming's physique was really good. Without clothes to cover him, his eight-pack abs were exposed. He was truly slim when dressed but muscular when undressed. Xu Jiawei simply admired him without any ulterior motives.

Li Ming looked at his own abs, then at Si Yunming's physique, and immediately became envious. "Brother, how did you get such a great body?"

"Train more." After saying that, Si Yunming ignored Li Ming.

"Sis, which way do we go? Should we keep going forward or go back and figure out a solution later?"

Xu Jiawei thought for a moment and said, "I can't go back. Do you have any way to climb up?"

Si Yunming shook his head, his voice calm and collected: "Keep moving forward. Since we're inside a monster, there must be a fatal weakness inside, like its heart."

Si Yunming's words made sense, but Xu Jiawei said, "Normally, we're in the stomach, and then the intestines, so where would we find the heart?"

"Perhaps the monster's structure is different from ours. What if its stomach is backed by its heart? The monster digests through its heart..." Li Ming's voice trailed off, and even he himself couldn't believe what he was saying.

"You have quite a sense of humor." After saying that, Xu Jiawei looked at Li Ming as if he were an idiot.

Si Yunming's voice was cold: "It may not be the heart. There may be other fatal organs, and we can only kill it."

After all, even if we climbed back up now, we wouldn't be able to pry open the monster's mouth. It's safer to find a way to kill the monster first.

There's no better solution for now, so we can only try anything as a last resort.

The three tidied up and walked forward, passing through the passageway. Their view gradually opened up, and they came to a huge space. The strange acid had formed a small lake in the space, blocking their way.

"This must be the stomach area. How do we get through?" Li Ming was a little worried. At this moment, the effects of the purification potion were about to end, so he immediately replenished it with some more.

Swimming across is too unrealistic; you'd probably be corroded into a skeleton the moment you got into the lake.

What should they do? Just then, a howl came from the pocket. It was Rainbow, who insisted on coming with Xu Jiawei but had been sleeping in her pocket. Rainbow's upgraded skill made her as light as a feather, so Xu Jiawei could carry her on her person.

"Rainbow, do you have a solution?"

"Awoooooo... Awoooooo, Master, let the Shield Mushroom take you there." Rainbow howled for a long time before finally speaking.

"Will the shield mushroom be alright?" Xu Jiawei threw the iron block into the acid. Soon, bubbles appeared on the iron block, indicating that the acid here was much stronger than before.

Xu Jiawei had no doubt that if she dared to put her hand in, she would immediately turn into bones.

"Master, we can just use healing medicine to treat them when the time comes." Since the last advancement, Rainbow's little brothers can also grow bigger and smaller, and at least they can carry the three of them without any problem.

So Xu Jiawei had Rainbow release the Shield Mushroom. The Shield Mushroom immediately grew larger after being released and entered the acid pool. Bubbles began to appear on the Shield Mushroom as it was being decomposed.

The group jumped onto the mushroom, which didn't stop and continued forward. After only one meter, the mushroom couldn't go any further. Rainbow then spat out a shield mushroom, which grew larger in the air and landed steadily in the lake. The group jumped onto the next mushroom, and the mushroom that had been in place was recalled by Rainbow.

The group moved forward cautiously, step by step. It took them more than half an hour and 40 shield mushrooms to finally reach the other side of the river, a distance of only a few dozen meters.

The three jumped off the mushroom, and Xu Jiawei had Rainbow release the corroded mushroom.

All 40 mushrooms were severely corroded, some even breaking off completely, which was heartbreaking to see. However, the shield mushroom didn't say a word, only wondering what happened to it and why it couldn't move.

Xu Jiawei poured the medicine into the mushroom's mouth and watched as the mushroom slowly recovered before she felt relieved.

With the help of her assistant's electric beam, Hsu Chia-wei discovered that the passage became narrower the further she went. This was probably the location of her intestines. Could she really find the heart if she continued forward? Wouldn't she be getting further and further away from the heart? And were there any vital organs under her intestines that could kill her with a single blow?

"Even if we can't find the heart, maybe we can get out from the back." Li Ming brought up the issue Xu Jiawei didn't want to face again: getting out with the excrement?

Even Si Yunming showed a look of disgust, but he could only take it one step at a time. Fortunately, after walking for a while, the road was quite clean except for some slime.

Since she didn't see anything disgusting, Xu Jiawei guessed that the monster had been hungry for a long time.

After distributing the purification potion to the two of them again, Si Yunming, who was in front, suddenly stopped and made a shushing gesture.

Did Si Yunming discover something? Xu Jiawei stopped and listened carefully. In the silence of the three of them, Xu Jiawei also heard a faint thumping sound coming from afar.

That's the sound of a heartbeat!

Seeing hope, the three of them walked much more lightly, but the monster's intestines were winding and twisting. Sometimes the heartbeat was close, sometimes it was far away, and sometimes they couldn't even hear it. This up-and-down feeling made the three of them very uncomfortable.

Finally, the voice was closer. Si Yunming stopped and looked at Xu Jiawei. "This is fine."

Si Yunming took out his greatsword and stabbed it into the intestinal wall. The intestinal wall was much more fragile than the previous flesh wall, but it was also very tough. Si Yunming stabbed it in for a long time but couldn't make a cut.