Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

"Let's leave quickly while they're fighting amongst themselves," Xu Jiawei said, and hurried up the mountain.

All the creatures had woken up, making the path much easier for the group. They no longer had to worry about stepping on them, so they quickly reached the mountaintop.

There was a frozen lake at the top of the mountain. Si Yunming walked up and tested it, then turned around and said, "It's okay, the ice is very thick."

After hearing Si Yunming's words, the group also walked into the lake.

Walking forward to the center of the lake, the group saw a circular hole that looked like it had been dug by man.

Si Yunming squatted down to examine it and said, "This is a hole dug for winter fishing; there should be other people there."

"Brother, you know so much!" Li Ming said admiringly to Si Yunming.

Si Yunming said casually, "Yes, I tried it when I was traveling before."

Xu Jiawei asked, "Now there's a question: who left this cave? Was it a player or a native?"

For a moment, the group fell silent; none of them wanted to encounter any of them.

The group remained silent, stood up, and continued walking forward. They believed that the answer would come if they kept walking. Even if they didn't encounter anything, it would be just as Xu Jiawei wished, that nothing else would happen.

After crossing the lake, Li Ming took out his binoculars and looked around. He saw several igloos standing in the distance, with bonfires still burning outside them.

"Sis, there really are people here, and there's even an igloo."

Bai Yu snatched the binoculars from Li Ming. "Let me see."

Xu Jiawei said, "Then they must be the natives, since what player would have the time to build a house on an island?"

Bai Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, there are native inhabitants in this world? I've never heard of that before. Oh? You seem to have guessed wrong. This should be a player. I see Zhang Yunting!"

Xu Jiawei was startled. What was Zhang Yunting doing here? She quickly asked, "Is there anyone else?"

Bai Yu observed carefully: "No, it seems like he's been tied up by something. There are other people behind him, but they're wearing white. I didn't see them clearly just now."

After Bai Yu finished speaking, she handed the binoculars to Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei observed that it was indeed as Bai Yu had said.

Xu Jiawei prepared to get closer to observe what was going on, but she had already used her invisibility cloak, so she had no choice but to risk getting closer.

Bai Yu took out several white cloaks and handed them to everyone. The group put on the cloaks and quietly approached the ice house. When they were about a hundred meters away from Zhang Yunting, Xu Jiawei could see the situation clearly. Zhang Yunting was indeed tied up, and behind him stood two people wearing white fur collars and white hats. Judging from their clothing, they were not players, but more like residents of the area.

What did Zhang Yunting do? He had someone tied up?

"What's going on? What did Brother Zhang do to offend them? Why is he talking to Zhang Yunting without them noticing? Ask him what happened," Li Ming asked.

Xu Jiawei also began to think that since her cloak could only be used once a day, she couldn't rely on it.

While the group was still deep in thought, several more people emerged from the igloo, dragging a man in a down jacket and tying him to Zhang Yunting's side. Zhang Yunting seemed to be saying something, but the others were too far away to hear him.

Soon after, the indigenous people came out carrying a human head and presented it to Zhang Yunting.

Zhang Yunting's painful wails were clearly audible even to those 100 meters away, causing their expressions to change.

Li Ming's voice was filled with fear and anxiety: "What should we do, sis? Was the person who died Zhang Ge's companion? Why did those indigenous people kill him?"

The group exchanged glances, and Xu Jiawei said firmly, "Let's go, let's rescue them!"

So, taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was focused on Zhang Yunting, Xu Jiawei and the others quickly approached. When Zhang Yunting saw them, hope instantly ignited in his eyes, but he immediately concealed it, afraid of being discovered by the people in front of him, and he wailed even louder.

The person next to me, wearing a down jacket, had probably fainted and didn't make a sound.

The indigenous people spoke a strange language, different from the languages ​​spoken on the mainland. After the system translated, Xu Jiawei finally understood what they meant: "Shut up! If you don't agree, you'll end up like him!"

"Don't even think about it! We will never betray humanity, and we will never collude with you heartless beasts!" Zhang Yunting shouted, but glanced at Xu Jiawei and the others.

Those people angrily kicked Zhang Yunting several times.

"We only let you join us because you look like us. Don't push your luck. This world will eventually be under our control!" The man's voice was extremely loyal, as if he believed in something powerful.

"Pah! He's nothing but a traitor to the world!" Zhang Yunting spat fiercely.

While Zhang Yunting and the others were exchanging insults, Xu Jiawei and her group had already quietly crept up behind them and eliminated them one by one before they could even react, without making a sound.

Looking at the faces of the fallen people, Xu Jiawei instantly recalled what the older women in Shipwright City had said: "Demonized humans!"

The demonized humans also have black hair. These people are so brutal, could they be the demonized humans that the natives were talking about? Things are getting more and more beyond our imagination.

"Thank you, please go and save my friend." Zhang Yunting choked up as he spoke, but his voice was very soft. Xu Jiawei had never seen Zhang Yunting in such pain before, so she immediately nodded.

They put Zhang Yunting and the person in the down jacket down. Zhang Yunting dragged the person in the down jacket to a safe place. Then, the group put on the clothes of the dead people, made some disguises, and headed towards the ice house.

Xu Jiawei didn't expect to fool these people like this. As long as they were stunned for a moment and gained a few seconds, she could turn the tables and take the initiative.

"Where are they being held?" Xu Jiawei asked softly. At this moment, Zhang Yunting was still crying and pretending to be innocent, so that the people inside wouldn't realize that the people outside were already dead.

Zhang Yunting pointed to one wooden hut, then to another, and said softly, "The leader is over here, and the prisoners are over there."

"Si Yunming and I will go and meet the leader. You two go and rescue the people. We'll split up," Xu Jiawei said softly.

Zhang Yunting was a little worried: "Be careful, the leader is very powerful. Our team was defeated and captured by the leader."

Xu Jiawei nodded, and the two of them hid at the entrance of the leader's house, waiting for Zhang Yunting and the others to make a commotion before they made their move.

After Zhang Yunting and the others entered the house, the people inside said "enemy attack" in a strange language. Then, there was a commotion in the ice house where Xu Jiawei was. A black-haired giant who was 2 meters tall pushed open the door and walked out.

Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming instantly attacked, and the leader was stunned for a moment, as if he could hardly believe that his underlings had attacked him.

Upon seeing their faces clearly, he instantly grinned maliciously, his face revealing undisguised savagery. "You little bastards hired by the survival system, how dare you obstruct the will of our great true god! I'll make you regret coming here!"

The leader simply stretched out his two arms and blocked all of Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming's attacks.

That's incredibly powerful!

Xu Jiawei used the system's assistance to release her skill again, and as expected, it was banned again.

Xu Jiawei withdrew her sword and released parasitic spores at the leader. By this time, Zhang Yunting and the others had rescued the remaining companions and held off the other henchmen.