Survival for all, my island is the last pure land on earth.

Jin Xiaoman's schedule was to return at four o'clock, and she still had two hours left.

It takes half an hour to get to the cliff from here, and an hour to go back and forth.

Spending time on the road is a real waste.

She decided to continue exploring in the direction she was currently heading.

The drop rate of treasure chests today is much lower than in the previous three days, and she hasn't found a single one yet.

Jin Xiaoman couldn't help but think of that white squirrel.

Hopefully it won't mind the rain and will still be willing to go out.

[Beep beep, a plant with level 2 radiation detected. Consumption is advised in moderation.]

Jin Xiaoman paused, looking at the thing that had just been scanned.

Amidst the layers of leaves and wood, several umbrella-like structures, with their honeycomb-like folds, trembled as they emerged from the soil, swaying precariously in the wind and rain.

Those are morel mushrooms!

"Ha!" Jin Xiaoman clapped her hands happily. This was her favorite food back on Earth.

This stuff is crisp, slightly chewy, and has a unique aroma of wild mushrooms. Whether you cook it in soup or stir-fry it, one bite is so delicious it'll make your eyebrows fall off.

Jin Xiaoman picked up a pickaxe and started digging, just like a diligent old farmer.

After digging up the morel mushrooms, I looked up and saw a mushroom that looked like a matsutake mushroom.

Based on previous experience, Jin Xiaoman was almost certain that it was a matsutake mushroom.

[Beep beep, a plant with level 2 radiation detected. Consumption is advised in moderation.]

Great, another level 2 radiation.

Take it all away, take it all away. I can make a pot of mushroom soup to warm myself up when I get home today.

Good heavens! Jin Xiaoman looked up and saw mushrooms again.

Jin Xiaoman looked up and saw that they were searching in the bushes in this direction.

The ground was covered with mushrooms; some I recognized, some I didn't, but it didn't matter, I picked them all.

Jin Xiaoman is like a hamster that has been hoarding goods for winter, wishing she could even carry away all the mud.

Unfortunately, there were too many types of mushrooms and the backpack had reached its capacity limit, so the rest could not be picked.

She wanted to look up at the sky and sigh, but then she thought that if she looked up she would get rained on, so she squatted there helplessly, trying to think of a solution.

Fortunately, she came up with a solution.

She could easily list these mushrooms on a personal trading platform and price them at 9999+ game coins, which would prevent anyone from buying them and also allow them to be used as storage space.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Without further ado, Jin Xiaoman squatted on the ground and started digging around.

We'll collect red mushrooms, white ones, and black ones too—that's normal, we'll collect those.

As she continued collecting, Jin Xiaoman discovered another patch of green reeds.

I made all the green grass in my backpack into raincoats and gave them to my mother, making room for new green grass.

She was so busy she wished she had a hundred hands, digging up mushrooms and then reeds, then mushrooms again.

As she was busily working, a sharp squeak sounded behind her; it was the squirrel.

The voice was harsh and shrill, unlike anything she had ever heard before.

Could it be that they've encountered danger?

Jin Xiaoman quickly got up and looked around, only to see a monster with a blue face and fangs less than five meters away.

It was an extremely emaciated black figure with eerie yellowish-green skin that taut over protruding bones, covered in large festering sores, black mud, and rotting flesh.

The limbs were twisted, the fingers and toes were long and sharp, and the nails were like hooks, with a faint metallic sheen.

Its eyes are black and bright, with no white in them.

Jin Xiaoman was startled. She had been listening very carefully to the sounds around her, and would even get up to look around every now and then, but she still hadn't noticed the presence of this thing.

This strange thing walked on the ground, which was covered with a mixture of mud, rainwater, and fallen leaves, without making a sound.

Fortunately, its body was stiff and deformed, so it didn't move very fast.

Name: Ghoul

Strength: 15

Agility: 3

Defense Value: 10

[Danger Level: One Star]

Jin Xiaoman's current strength value is 11, which is enough to kill the ghoul in one hit. She did not hesitate to aim her hidden arrow at the ghoul.

The three arrows struck the ghoul's eye socket, chest, and knee, but the ghoul not only did not die, but its movements were not even significantly hindered.

Jin Xiaoman took a large step back, creating some distance, and carefully searched for its weaknesses.

Unfortunately, apart from its head, most of its body was covered by a black cloth, so nothing could be seen.

With so many players, there must be some skilled ones. Once today is over, someone will definitely discover the ghoul's weakness, and she can just buy information then.

Thinking this, Jin Xiaoman didn't linger in the fight and immediately unleashed her fireball skill card.

Three fireballs instantly slammed into the ghoul.

The ghoul sensed the threat of death and instinctively tried to get away.

Unfortunately, the fireball was too fast; it passed straight through its body and disappeared into the rain.

A crisp "snap" sounded.

Something fell out of the ghoul's body and landed on the stone on the ground. As the thing fell, the ghoul's body also dispersed in the wind like black smoke.

At the same time, Jin Xiaoman also felt a wave of dizziness.

She checked her mental state, which had dropped to a dangerous 20 points due to the use of the Fireball skill card.

She suddenly realized that the dizziness, blurred vision, and weakness in her limbs over the past few days were caused by low mental energy.

After a moment, she picked up the fallen object and discovered it was the Heart of Purification.

There's also a treasure chest nearby.

It seems these are the rewards for killing ghouls.

She thought for a moment and sent a message to the group: "I just killed a ghoul. I have a preliminary guess: its right chest doesn't have a heart; it has a Purifying Heart. Destroying the Purifying Heart will kill the ghoul."

"My punch weighs 300 tons": [You ran into someone so quickly? Are you alright?]

Money Plenty: [I'm fine.]

ID 2775: [I encountered it too, and it matches your guess. However, I'd like to add that the clothes it's wearing can increase its defense stat, so you need to maximize its defense when you kill it.]

[One more thing, I suspect that attacking other parts of its body won't be effective; you need to damage its right chest to a certain extent.]

I see. That explains why the three arrows, which should have dealt thirty points of damage, had no effect.

Jin Xiaoman picked up the three hidden arrows that had fallen to the ground and turned around abruptly.

Behind me was nothing but empty space, except for plants that were being battered and swayed by the rain.

But she did feel that familiar feeling of being spied on again.