Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

[Ding, your pet has completed its advancement.]

However, Xu Jiawei could no longer hear. The areas on Rainbow's body that had been eroded by the black substance gradually recovered and became full again.

Rainbow opened her eyes and woke Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei was surprised to see Rainbow's appearance. She wondered when Rainbow had grown a halo on her head again, and with the horns she had before, she didn't know whether she had become an angel or a demon.

Unexpectedly, Rainbow pulled off her own arm and put it on Xu Jiawei. Before Xu Jiawei could react, Rainbow's arm grew back.

Rainbow looked at Xu Jiawei's heart, which had stopped beating, and her body, which was ravaged beyond recognition. She pulled out a bunch of mushrooms from her abdomen and stuffed them into Xu Jiawei's body.

This development exceeded Xu Jiawei's expectations.

In ancient times, Nezha sculpted his body from lotus root; now, I, Xu Jiawei, sculpt my body from mushrooms. Am I half Nezha? Xu Jiawei shuddered as she imagined herself growing two mushroom heads. It was too bizarre.

Fortunately, Xu Jiawei did not grow two mushroom heads. After the mushrooms merged into Xu Jiawei's body, they repaired her body, and she seemed to be in perfect condition. Was she a mushroom or a person now?

What is this skill that uses mushrooms to repair things?

With questions in mind, Xu Jiawei opened the rainbow panel.

Name: Rainbow

Species: Mushroom

Rating: 17

Growth Potential: MAX

Talent/Ability: C

Blood volume: 2007

Power: 207

Defense: 207

Physical fitness: 207

Speed: 207

Skills: Advanced Size Transformation: Can change size at will (gaining the effect of being as light as a swallow or having the power to move mountains as the size changes) Advanced Summoning Soldiers: Mushroom Guards' aptitude is advanced.

Transplantation: The body can continuously generate mushrooms, which can be used to heal injuries.

Intimacy: MAX

(Evaluation: A creature you personally imbued with your spirit will never betray you. It has excellent potential for growth and can become stronger with proper nurturing. It's now more powerful than you, and you've become a freeloader.)

Goodness, Rainbow's combat power is now stronger than Xu Jiawei's. That's amazing! The system was right. Will we be relying on Rainbow to raise us from now on?

Moreover, the system god has been very kind to me. I never expected that the new attributes I gained and Rainbow's new skills would save me by such an unexpected turn of events.

Xu Jiawei secretly vowed in her heart that she would never use the wishing function casually again.

Si Yunming had been guarding Xu Jiawei the whole time. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Jiawei emerge from the light.

He reached out and helped Xu Jiawei up: "You're alright, that's great."

Xu Jiawei, relieved to have survived, said, "Thanks to the system's help, it was too dangerous. In the future, I'll listen to Li Ming's intuition and avoid going to dangerous places."

Although we gained a lot, it was something we earned with our lives.

Si Yunming nodded. Xu Jiawei looked at Si Yunming's pale face and asked, "Are you alright? I've awakened a purification skill, which can help you clear away the black substance."

Si Yunming refused, "This is my attribute; if you try to purify it, it might make things worse."

"Is your attribute darkness? The skill you just used is very similar to that of the demonized human leader. What kind of skill is it?" Xu Jiawei asked, puzzled.

Si Yunming explained, "I acquired this skill when I entered this survival game. Using this skill will constantly erode my mind and brain. I have rarely used it, and I never expected it to be related to the mutated creatures."

I also showed the skill interface to Xu Jiawei.

[Darkness: A skill bestowed by a mysterious evil god, releasing dark matter that, like a leech, will not rest until it has completely devoured its enemies. The energy gained from devouring will be fed back to the user, but there is a high probability that the user's consciousness will be consumed by darkness after gaining this energy. Please use with caution.]

That's why Si Yunming stopped receiving the feedback energy. If he absorbed the energy, he would be immediately devoured. However, even if he didn't receive the energy, his rationality would still be affected, just like what Xu Jiawei had just seen.

Xu Jiawei was truly impressed. No wonder he was number one on the leaderboard. Xu Jiawei had no way to counter this skill before and had no chance of winning. However, now that he had the purification skill and Rainbow's substitution, it was uncertain who would win.

"By the way, since this skill can absorb energy and feed it back to the user, why doesn't that demonized human leader use it? This guy probably doesn't care about losing his mind, since he's already irrational anyway."

Xu Jiawei felt a lingering fear and some confusion. If the leader had absorbed the energy and fed it back to himself, both Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming would have definitely perished here.

Si Yunming rested his chin on his hand, a thoughtful look in his eyes: "His skill is more like a simplified version of darkness, so it probably can't generate energy back."

Si Yunming looked at Xu Jiawei and shared his guess.

Unable to figure anything out by guessing any further, the two of them chased after Li Ming and the others in the direction they had fled.

When Xu Jiawei found them, Li Ming's eyes immediately welled up with tears: "Sister, brother, I'm so glad you're all alright."

Xu Jiawei patted Li Ming: "We're alright now. If you feel any danger again, we'll leave immediately."

Zhang Yunting's eyes also reddened: "I'm sorry, you were in danger because of saving us. If anything had happened to you, we would be sinners."

The man who had been wearing a down jacket earlier, as well as the others who were later rescued from the ice house, also had tears in their eyes and bowed deeply to the group.

"Thank you for saving us. If we had all died here, it would have been a heavy blow to the leader team."

After all, these people are the best among the leaders in their respective service areas, and they have even received preferential treatment in terms of resources from the leader organization. If they die here, then the efforts of the leaders will be wasted.

"I never imagined that I, the number one player in server 45, wouldn't even have the ability to fight back in front of the leader. We are really too weak and have failed to live up to the organization's resource allocation." The man in the down jacket lowered his head, his eyes reddening. A girl also couldn't hold back and lowered her head to sob.

"That leader was too strong. We almost died there. It's not your fault." Xu Jiawei looked at them and quickly comforted them.

However, she also sighed inwardly. She was far too weak, and there was an evil god above the leader. This leader was probably just a small fry under the evil god.

Zhang Yunting composed himself and, seeing his partner's dejected appearance, immediately reprimanded him sternly: "Alright, what kind of behavior is this? Everyone go back and write a 10,000-word self-criticism."

"Since you feel weak, then work hard to become stronger, train like crazy." After Zhang Yunting finished speaking, he handed the things he had obtained earlier to Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei saw that it was a colorful key, radiating colorful light.

[Mysterious Key: It seems to be used to unlock something. (I'm not going to tell you.)]

"This is what we just found in a cave, so we're giving it to you as a thank you gift." After saying that, Zhang Yunting took out his spoils and gave each of the four people something.

Xu Jiawei accepted it without hesitation, after all, this time it was really dangerous, and she almost died here.