Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

As the temperature dropped day by day, Xu Jiawei boarded up the windows to keep them warm. The room could only be lit by dim lights, which made it feel very oppressive. Not seeing the sun for so long could easily lead to depression.

However, the issue now is not whether or not I am depressed, but whether or not I can survive.

Even if you stay huddled inside the hot water bottle mushroom, you can feel the biting cold as soon as there is a small gap. With each breath, the icy air seems to freeze your lungs.

Xu Jiawei has no idea what the temperature is right now; it's so cold it feels like she's soaking in liquid nitrogen.

It's like that human cryopreservation technology; you could easily get frozen into an ice cube.

[All is well: I can't take it anymore, my legs are numb and stiff, I'm not going to be crippled, am I?]

[Breaking the Sky Soul: This weather is absolutely not letting us live; the temperature is almost as high as liquid nitrogen.]

[You've let me down: I just want to die. I don't want to keep living like this.]

[Leader (New): Hang in there, everyone! It'll be over in a few days. Everyone stay inside the hot water bottle mushrooms and don't come out, or you'll freeze into ice blocks instantly.]

[Silly: What about when you need to use the toilet? You can't just poop in your pants, can you?]

Going to the toilet is indeed a problem, but Xu Jiawei's toilet is surrounded by a large circle of boiling mushrooms, which, while easy to burn, are not that cold.

Xu Jiawei didn't know how the others solved the problem.

On the third-to-last day, Xu Jiawei's fireplace went out. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't light it again. The flames had been frozen out, which was really outrageous.

Xu Jiawei wanted to try using the Flame Mushroom to burn, but the Flame Mushroom could only last for 3 seconds. She couldn't waste it like that. Instead of lighting it again, she decided to temporarily seal off the fireplace. Now the fireplace was blowing cold air into the room through the chimney.

The indoor air can definitely last for three days, so seal the vents first and reopen them after the natural disaster is over.

Xu Jiawei directed the mushroom workers to seal the fireplace with wooden boards. Now, Xu Jiawei is basically unable to do any work. Her hands freeze as soon as she takes them out. To protect her eyes from frostbite, Xu Jiawei even wears windproof goggles and a mask, with not a single inch of skin exposed.

The air conditioner and electric blanket have completely stopped working, and only the small electric heater is still struggling to keep going, but it's not helpful at all.

Even Xu Jiawei couldn't help but feel desperate; these days were just too unbearable.

Xu Jiawei even had hallucinations at times, feeling warm and wanting to take off her clothes. Fortunately, Xu Jiawei was mentally strong and quickly regained her senses.

Even in this freezing weather, Xu Jiawei's sales never stopped; after all, they couldn't afford to stop now, or tens of thousands of people would die.

She even felt that the system was cultivating aliens, since those planets were often below -200 degrees Celsius, which was too extreme.

How did those indigenous people survive? Or was the intensity of this natural disaster unique to them, while the indigenous people were not so extreme?

The more Xu Jiawei thought about it, the more likely it seemed. After all, such extreme weather was not suitable for life, and there were so many people in the world; it couldn't possibly be that difficult.

Xu Jiawei was too afraid to sleep, fearing that she would never wake up again if she fell asleep.

The temperature was so high that even the energy potion froze. Xu Jiawei had to put the energy potion in a hot water bottle mushroom for half an hour before she could drink it.

Xu Jiawei felt extremely uncomfortable and couldn't breathe properly because there were too many hot water bottles and mushrooms pressing on her body, making it very difficult to breathe. She didn't dare to breathe too deeply because the air was too cold.

People with fire and ice attributes are doing relatively well right now. Fire-type people have heat in their bodies, which can effectively resist the cold, while ice-type people are even more resistant to freezing. People with other attributes are in a terrible situation; they can freeze into ice blocks if they're not careful.

The room was dimly lit, and Xu Jiawei could only determine the time through the system. Time seemed to drag on endlessly, each day feeling like an eternity.

There are three days left until the natural disaster ends, and the entire server only has 5 players left.

Xu Jiawei had no choice but to do something about it and could only try to keep the goods in supply as much as possible.

......

By the last day, Xu Jiawei was completely unable to move and could only drink recovery potions to stay alive. Now she can no longer make potions and can only drink them sparingly. Hopefully, everyone has some potion in stock.

The chat channel was bustling with people encouraging each other and trying to cheer themselves up.

But some people's profile pictures went black as soon as they sent a message, and they died. Although people kept dying, this time no one said anything discouraging; they just encouraged each other.

[Leader (New): Hang in there, everyone, only 6 hours left.]

[Rainy Bear: Hang in there! Everyone must survive!]

[Ye Yezi: Who's afraid of who? I'll definitely survive!]

[Wishing for legs that are 1.8 meters long: If everyone has this kind of perseverance, they will succeed in whatever they do in the future!]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Everyone, stay huddled inside those hot water bottle mushrooms and don't go out! Hang in there and survive!]

[Red Carnival: Boss, sell some more hot water bottle mushrooms, I'll add another layer.]

[Guanghan Palace White Rabbit: Support!]

Xu Jiawei has already sold at the fastest speed; she may want to sell more, but she simply doesn't have the energy.

The number of players in the server is rapidly declining; countless vibrant lives are being reduced to cold, hard numbers, and the numbers are steadily decreasing.

Xu Jiawei encouraged herself to hold on a little longer, just a little longer.

[Leader (New): Half an hour left, everyone hang in there!]

[Several accounts: Come on, brothers, victory is just around the corner!]

[The White Rabbit of the Moon Palace: Finally, I see hope.]

Every second that followed was incredibly nerve-wracking, with some people even starting to count down the seconds in the chat channel.

[A prosperous and peaceful era: Time seems to be moving so slowly, why have only 5 minutes passed?]

[Leader (New): Let's all hang in there a little longer.]

Time passed by, minute by minute.

With only 10 minutes left until the end of the natural disaster, everyone in the chat channel was filled with excitement; victory was just around the corner.

[System reminder: There are ten minutes left until the natural disaster ends.]

Upon hearing the system announcement, everyone's spirits lifted, and they eagerly awaited the end of the disaster.

[System reminder: There is one minute left until the end of the natural disaster. The countdown has begun: 60, 59, 58... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Congratulations on surviving the natural disaster! A system announcement will be released tomorrow at 7:00 AM sharp.]

Xu Jiawei felt most of the chill in her body disappear, and the air was no longer as biting as before. Then came a burning pain in her body, so she immediately ate a healing mushroom and felt better.

[Ye Yezi: Victory! Yay, I survived!]

[Sword Master: Ah, my body is burning with pain, I've got frostbite! Do you have any healing mushrooms, sir?]

[A few years later: We won! But I can't move my legs.]

Seeing that everyone had frostbite, Xu Jiawei put a batch of healing mushrooms on the market. Then she crawled out of the hot water bottle mushrooms. Now there are only 3 people left in the server. Two-thirds of them have died.

Too hard.

As the boiling mushrooms heated up, Xu Jiawei's room gradually warmed up as well.