Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

[Very convenient: These natural disasters are getting worse and worse; they really don't want people to live.]

[Rich girl: This is too difficult. These creatures are impossible to kill, and more than ten of them have appeared.]

【Love's Sorrow~: I got 17 of them, so tragic.】

[Black Storm: Ah, aren't they all different? I brought a full 20.]

[Leader (New): Attention everyone, the number of ice creatures is related to your individual combat strength. The stronger you are, the more creatures there will be. You can unequip your weapons and gear and put them back on after the ice creatures attack. This will reduce the number of ice creatures.]

[Bell: Ah, has the leader changed? Why is there a "new" after it?]

[Leader (New): Yes, the previous leader is no longer in charge of this task; I will take over.]

Just that one small wave killed nearly 10,000 people in the chat channel. And that was with Xu Jiawei selling Flame Mushrooms. I wonder what it was like in other servers. Everyone was wailing and cursing.

After dealing with this wave of ice creatures, Xu Jiawei had enough basic materials by selling fire mushrooms to upgrade her ship.

[Ding, system notification: This upgrade will take three hours. Please wait.]

While the ship was being upgraded, Xu Jiawei went upstairs to make potions. She was currently practicing making the Infinity Potion, as she had a feeling that it would be a necessity in the future.

High-level potions are completely different from mid-level potions. Mid-level potions are very easy to make, but Xu Jiawei tried several times to make high-level potions but failed. She couldn't even make a rough potion.

Xu Jiawei was unaware that although the Infinity Potion was classified as a high-level potion, it was an extremely difficult potion to make, even for some level seven alchemists.

Xu Jiawei tried for a long time, and dozens of failures made her impatient. So she could only practice her skill proficiency to calm herself down. She had already learned most of the book that Mo Feng had given her. Xu Jiawei tried all the methods and used the most efficient energy circulation method for each skill.

Simply put, you have to try every method and use whichever is the fastest. Each skill requires a different method, so you have to experiment with them one by one.

After practicing for a while and calming down, I continued to brew the medicine. Pharmacists don't need to rest. With stamina potions and energy potions, why would I need to sleep? How can someone my age fall asleep?

Xu Jiawei didn't know what other pharmacists were like, but she felt guilty for wasting time by not using her stamina and energy potions.

My main goal now is to pass the Level 4 Pharmacist exam, so it's another sleepless night.

[System notification: Your raft has been upgraded. Upgrading to level 6 requires 10000 Iron Ingots, 1 Power System, and 1 Ship Blueprint. Keep up the good work!]

Huh, the basic materials needed have changed. Xu Jiawei quickly told Zhang Yunting that they should gradually replace the purchased planks and nails with iron blocks. After all, she no longer needed the nails and planks. In the future, as long as she kept enough planks for winter, she wouldn't need anything else.

Xu Jiawei currently does not have the ship's propulsion system or ship blueprints, so she can skip this step by using the ship upgrade voucher.

[Ding, system notification: This upgrade will take three hours. Please wait. (Wow, you skipped a level! You're way ahead of the curve.)]

Xu Jiawei said to the air, "That's all thanks to the ship upgrade vouchers given by the system god, which gave me the opportunity to skip levels."

Perhaps by the next morning, the upgrade will be almost complete.

Xu Jiawei continued making the potion. The weather was getting colder and colder, and she could even feel the chill next to the crucible.

Generally speaking, working near a fire should be very warm.

Xu Jiawei thought she should eat something to warm herself up. She was about to cook a pot of mushroom soup when she remembered that she wanted to ask someone for cooking advice. But when she looked at the time, it was three in the morning, so she decided to forget about it and do it tomorrow morning.

Xu Jiawei cooked a pot of mushroom soup. Ever since she ate Si Yunming's food, Xu Jiawei found her own cooking tasteless.

Although this mushroom soup was much worse than Cheese Yunming's rice, Xu Jiawei felt much warmer after drinking it.

The next morning, Xu Jiawei was woken up by a system notification, and she stopped what she was doing.

[System notification: Your raft has been upgraded. Upgrading your raft to a higher level requires... ??? Please keep trying.]

Good grief, now there's not even a hint anymore, it must be something extremely rare again.

Now her wooden boat—no, it should be called an iron boat now—is much bigger than before, and even the mushroom house has been expanded. However, it feels colder now, and a fireplace is no longer enough.

It seems we'll have to figure out how to make another fireplace.

Upgrading doesn't seem like a good thing anymore.

"System, I want to complain. Why are the ship upgrades getting worse and worse, even colder? This is a dereliction of duty on your part."

[Ding, the system has received a player complaint and will provide you with feedback within three days.]

I didn't expect the system to actually be able to hear me. This work efficiency is commendable.

Before long, it was seven o'clock in the morning.

[System Announcement: The Island Hunt event has ended. We hope your exploration went well and you obtained what you wanted. The event rankings are now finalized and announced: 1st place: AAA Mushroom Fairy, 3 Golden Treasure Chests; 2nd place: ..., 2 Golden Treasure Chests; 3rd place: Akagi, 1 Golden Treasure Chest; 4th to 10th place: 2 Silver Treasure Chests; 11th to 100th place: 1 Silver Treasure Chest.]

[Second, the Homestead Competition event has ended. The first-place winner, the lucky one, has received a Gold Treasure Chest*1. This concludes the announcement. Players are encouraged to continue their efforts and actively overcome the natural disaster.]

[Lin Jiaqi: Impossible! System, why didn't I get a reward for second place in the Homestead Competition?! I spent so many resources, and I got nothing in the end?]

[Survival System: Dear Lin Shi Jiaqi player, the Homestead Competition is just a casual event, and the rewards are lower than those for regular events.]

[The lucky one is here: Haha, someone's broken down! They spent so much money and got nothing but a golden treasure chest. Aren't you envious?]

[Lin Jiaqi: The lucky one is here! Don't be so smug. I only lost to you this time. Next time, I will definitely win!]

[Reply: Wow, the rewards for that island event are so good! I wish I had participated more actively. I regret it now; I was only two places away from the top 100.]

[Airplane: Oh dear, what's wrong with you? My island pass has expired, I can't go now.]

[Right and Wrong: Nobody's as miserable as me. I wasted three tickets, it hurts. I was planning to go again in a few days.]

[Tonight's Bright Moon: Alas, it's too late for regrets.]

[Ye Yezi: Has anyone noticed that the boss's ship level has changed?]

[My tibia and fibula feel really itchy: Holy crap, how did the pro level up twice already?!]