Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Seeing that Xu Jiawei and the others had accepted the money, Zhang Yunting breathed a sigh of relief.

"Which way do we go?" Xu Jiawei asked Li Ming.

Li Ming looked up at Xu Jiawei and said, "Sister, I think we should go back. I have a feeling there are good things there among those humans."

Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming exchanged a surprised glance. They had searched the place again before coming here to make sure there was nothing there.

Does Li Ming feel there's anything else over there?

"The area has been cleaned up, we can go back now." Xu Jiawei said and started walking back. Xu Jiawei was a little tired at this point, and Rainbow was faster than them, so Xu Jiawei made Rainbow bigger, sat on it, and pulled the others on as well.

Sitting atop the rainbow, Xu Jiawei exclaimed: "If you know how to enjoy life, you'll have endless blessings. What was all that walking I did before? It just shows how strong I am!"

They quickly returned to the side of the collapsed igloo. Xu Jiawei jumped down and looked at Li Ming, saying, "San Dian Ge and I just searched this place, but we didn't find anything useful."

Li Ming also jumped down, lay on the ground and began to grope around, but after groping for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out.

Li Ming scratched his head anxiously. "I feel like there's something here, but I don't know where it is?"

Meimei chuckled and cooed twice, then hopped and skipped to a spot, pointing at the ground with her paw.

"Meimei, do you mean underground?" Li Ming asked as he crawled over.

The three-legged toad nodded arrogantly, and Bai Yu immediately took out several golden iron shovels and distributed them to everyone, "Use these, they'll dig faster!"

Xu Jiawei had never seen a golden iron shovel before. This golden iron shovel was very useful, so Xu Jiawei looked at Bai Yu and said, "Do you have any other tools that are much better than the ones I made? I'll buy some."

Bai Yu smiled and said, "No need. I'm a blacksmith, I have plenty of materials, so I'll just give you a set."

Xu Jiawei shook her head. "No, I won't dare to buy anything from you again."

Li Ming suddenly appeared and said, "Yeah, Sister Bai, I also want to buy a set. I'd feel bad if you didn't accept my gift."

Bai Yu nodded. "Alright, you can give me whatever you think is appropriate."

Li Ming had a lot of good stuff, so he directly exchanged for a set. Xu Jiawei directly exchanged a set of attribute mushrooms for it. Bai Yu said, "It's too precious. This is equivalent to dozens of attribute fruits. Even if I gave you all the tools I brought, it wouldn't be as good as this."

"It's okay, didn't you give me a dress too?" After Xu Jiawei finished speaking, Bai Yu didn't know what to say and gave all the tools she had brought to Xu Jiawei.

Si Yunming was also quite interested in Xu Jiawei's attribute mushroom, so he wanted to exchange it for an epic necklace.

Xu Jiawei was at a loss. "This is too expensive. You'll be at a disadvantage if you have it."

"I just got it yesterday, I don't need it." Si Yunming insisted on handing the necklace to Xu Jiawei.

Xu Jiawei squeezed the necklace, then looked at Si Yunming and said, "Alright, I'll accept it. I'm currently learning how to use the Infinite Potion, so I'll take care of your Infinite Potion from now on."

Holding the necklace in her hand, Xu Jiawei immediately examined its attributes, realizing that Si Yunming didn't need it.

[Epic Ocean Heart Necklace: Usable by mages, increases mana by 500, and restores 5 mana per second. Can be stacked with other equipment.]

Xu Jiawei gasped. So powerful! Her gold necklace was going to be obsolete again.

Xu Jiawei felt that Si Yunming was bluffing her: "Are you really not going to need it? This necklace has such powerful properties!"

Si Yunming nodded: "I'm not a mage, I can't use it."

So that's how it is. No wonder Si Yunming took this out to exchange for something. Xu Jiawei thought for a moment and handed her Pure Blue Star to Si Yunming, which was Xu Jiawei's golden necklace.

"Although it can't compare to your epic necklace, it has no class restrictions, so you can use it as a temporary solution."

Si Yunming accepted it without hesitation.

After the two finished their transaction, Zhang Yunting called the others over.

Xu Jiawei walked over and discovered that there was a downward-facing hole under the ice.

Who would have thought of this? They probably wandered around like headless flies for ages and still couldn't find it. It's all thanks to Meimei; this pet is quite suitable for Li Ming.

Si Yunming jumped down first to scout the way, followed by Xu Jiawei, and soon the others jumped down like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for discovering a large, high-quality energy stone mine. (Your luck has turned!)]

The system was right; their luck had turned. But was it because they defeated the demonized leader that they found the energy stone mine, or was it because there was an energy stone mine here that these demonized humans decided to establish a base here? Xu Jiawei guessed it was probably the latter.

What exactly do these demonized humans want to do?

The group walked straight ahead until they entered a stone cave. Their expressions changed drastically. Inside the cave, countless bones were piled up in heaps. At a glance, it was impossible to tell how many heaps there were. The oldest piles had turned into dry bones, while the newest ones seemed to have been dead for only a few days. None of these people had heads; it was as if they had been cut off.

Further inside, there was a pile of skulls with brightly colored hair.

Everyone's faces were extremely grim. Bai Yu spat, "Was it those beasts up there who did it? They actually killed so many people, it's too brutal!"

Li Ming was also furious: "You look just like us, with black hair, yet you're so inhuman!" (You seem to have dyed your hair red.)

Si Yunming's voice came coldly, his lips tightly pursed, "Those things up there are no longer human; they are no different from demonized creatures."

Xu Jiawei nodded and agreed, "Brother Three is right. Those people above are demonized humans. We can't treat them as human anymore. Brutal and vicious are their defining characteristics."

"Demonic humans? There are such things? Does that mean we players can also..." Zhang Yunting stopped mid-sentence, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

Si Yunming nodded. Perhaps one day he would lose his mind and become that kind of person too.

Xu Jiawei had obviously thought of that too. "Brother Three, how many of our players have the same attributes as you? If someone has already been controlled by dark matter, then wouldn't our human faction already have a lot of demonized humans?"

Si Yunming's voice was very solemn: "I don't know, but if I lose my mind, remember to kill me."

Zhang Yunting's face was grim. They still didn't know what these demonized humans wanted to do, but this matter was very serious, and they would report it and investigate as soon as they got back.

Further in, they found an energy stone mine that was only half-mined. The group's faces relaxed a bit, and their earlier frustration dissipated.

"Let's get to work, everyone." Li Ming said, taking out his pickaxe first.

Xu Jiawei also brought out her mushroom miners, and even Rainbow released its little brothers to mine. Fortunately, Xu Jiawei had mushroom miners, which made the mining speed much faster.

But looking at these endless energy stones, they knew they wouldn't be able to mine them all by the time they left.

Bai Yu sighed and shook her head: "It's a pity that so many energy stones are being wasted here."

Zhang Yunting shook his head and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily true."

"Brother Zhang, do you have a solution?" Li Ming asked Zhang Yunting.

Zhang Yunting nodded and took out a parchment scroll.