Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei felt that the hot water bottle mushrooms were no longer effective, so she needed to prepare some boiled mushrooms to place on the wall to keep them warm.

Used as an insulation layer.

She used her talent again, this time planting a field of boiling water mushrooms.

Xu Jiawei put on thick gloves and picked the boiling mushrooms, stacking them one by one on the wall. It was a pity that they couldn't be fixed in place. Perhaps she could try using a spirit-binding spell.

Without hesitation, Xu Jiawei used the Spirit Attachment Technique while surrounded by the hot water bottle mushrooms. The boiling water mushrooms grew arms and legs and climbed up one by one like a human ladder.

They were piled up wobbly on top of each other, and before Xu Jiawei could react, they fell off one after another. It seemed this wouldn't work.

The only option was to pile them up against the wall, making them look like a small mountain, before Xu Jiawei canceled the spirit-attaching spell.

These mushrooms were piled up in the corner, motionless. Although most of the area was not covered, the air inside the house had warmed up considerably. I wonder how the others were doing, and how they managed to go out in this weather.

Xu Jiawei had nothing to do, so she opened the system shop. She wondered if there were any items for winter. After browsing for a while, she saw someone selling small suns, and the price wasn't expensive. They probably made them themselves after getting the blueprints.

I just paid for one; after all, an electric blanket uses electricity anyway, so adding a small heater won't hurt.

This little sun-shaped item sold quite well and quickly sold out. It was put back on the shelves shortly afterward.

Scrolling down, a wall insulation layer caught Xu Jiawei's eye, and she opened the item description.

[Wall insulation layer: Effectively blocks external temperature changes, maintains stable indoor temperature, improves the insulation and heat insulation performance of the house, and reduces energy consumption. Designed and manufactured by the player "Revenge Literature".]

This is a really good product, but it's very expensive. The seller even has a warning: poor people, don't bother.

It looked like it was made from a natural talent, but it was too expensive. Xu Jiawei frowned and contacted Zhang Yunting directly.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Brother Zhang, do you guys have any extra insulation layers? I saw they're sold in the system shop, but they're way too expensive.]

[Akagi: There's nothing we can do. It's the apocalypse now, and there are always people trying to profit from the disaster. On Earth, at least they could be charged with disrupting market order. Right now, the official influence is practically nonexistent, and there's even infighting within the government itself.]

Zhang Yunting gave a bitter smile. Another reason he left the Leader was the escalating internal power struggle within the organization. His superiors forced him to leave in order to preserve the organization's future.

[Akagi: Official supplies are scarce right now, and we don't have any extra either. However, we can spare a few for you.]

[System notification: Your friend Akagi has gifted you 3 Wall Insulation Layers. Please check your account.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Thank you.]

Looking at the insulation layer in her hand, Xu Jiawei had a bold idea in her mind. Since her talent allowed her to create insulation layers, could she use it to fuse the insulation layer with the mushroom?

Just like that hot water bottle mushroom, could she make a mushroom with an insulating layer?

Or rather, the mushroom-shaped insulation layer is just the opposite. We can give it a try, but since we only have three insulation boards, we don't have many opportunities to experiment. So, Xu Jiawei simply used the wishing board.

Hopefully nothing unexpected happens today.

Seeing that the wishing interface had changed to "Wish: 0/1", Xu Jiawei knew that it had been accomplished.

Activating his talent, a grayish insulating layer with mushroom-like spots appeared on his hand. Hmm, it looked a bit ugly; the spots looked like they were covered in mold.

I wonder if we can change the pattern.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained the Mushroom Insulation Layer. When attached to the wall, it effectively blocks changes in external temperature, maintains a stable indoor temperature, improves the insulation and heat-resistant properties of the house, and reduces energy consumption. It was created by fusing a mutated mushroom with the creator AAA Mushroom Fairy, carrying the creator's strong wishes (Hmm, it is indeed very ugly; try using other pretty mushrooms instead).]

Xu Jiawei followed the system's advice and planted a field of ordinary mushrooms. She then picked the ones she thought were the most beautiful because they looked like rainbows. Rainbows are beautiful, shimmering with iridescent colors.

So the mushroom was fused with the second insulation layer to create the rainbow mushroom insulation layer.

It looks even uglier now, all gaudy and dazzling. If it looked like this when you first entered the room, I don't know how dizzy you would be.

It seems I'll have to go for a solid color.

Xu Jiawei looked and looked, and finally found that only one pink mushroom was solid-colored and had a smooth surface. Pink is great, I love pink.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained the Pink Mushroom Insulation Layer. When attached to the wall, it can effectively block changes in external temperature, maintain a stable indoor temperature, improve the insulation and heat insulation performance of the house, and reduce energy consumption. It is a mutated mushroom fused by the creator AAA Mushroom Fairy, carrying the creator's strong wishes (overwhelmingly cute, even the system's heart is melting)]

Although pink can be quite dazzling after a while, it's much better than the previous two.

So Xu Jiawei had the mushrooms installed, even adding a layer in the basement. Fortunately, Xu Jiawei made them herself, which allowed her to change the size and shape of the mushrooms, covering even the arched ceiling on the top floor. The whole house was suddenly filled with pink and tender colors, making it a dream come true for girls.

Even the ceilings on the first and second floors were covered with a layer of material, but the floor was not covered because the floor on the first floor was the ceiling of the basement, which already had a layer.

By this time, the entire room had been set up. With the help of the hot water mushrooms along the wall, the temperature had risen considerably, and Xu Jiawei was even able to leave the hot water bottle mushrooms and move around for a while.

After Xu Jiawei finished her work, she gave Zhang Yunting 100 insulation layers as a token of her gratitude.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Thank you so much just now. This is an insulation layer I just developed; I'm giving it to you as a token of my gratitude.]

[Akagi: You're welcome. We're friends, after all, so we help each other out. But the color of your insulation layer is quite unique.]

Zhang Yunting stared at the pink insulation layer, lost in thought. He couldn't imagine what the house would be like after the insulation layer was replaced.

However, he had no choice, since insulation layers were in short supply, and even he didn't have any. These three pieces were only approved after he talked to his former boss.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: There are other colors too. Take a look and see which one you like, I'll change it for you.]

So Xu Jiawei sent Zhang Yunting the dizzying rainbow color and the mouse gray color with mold spots, so he could take a look.

Zhang Yunting: ...How can it be so ugly? It's not even as good as this pink one.

[Akagi: It's okay, pink is pretty, I like it a lot, and everyone else will like it too.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Hmm, it seems everyone likes pink. Everyone has a girlish dream in their heart~]

Zhang Yunting: ......