Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

As the explosion rang out, Xu Jiawei and the mushroom boat were thrown away by the violent water flow generated by the explosion.

Once Xu Jiawei recovered, she immediately got up, looked in the direction of her boat, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her boat was alright. Then she turned her gaze to the giant octopus.

The octopus was tattered and torn, with many holes in its body from which blue blood oozed. It then slowly began to heal, and in no time, most of its injuries had been restored.

Seeing this, Xu Jiawei immediately continued to use her talent relentlessly. If she couldn't make it recover, then she had to keep bombing it.

With each loud bang, the giant octopus's body was constantly being repaired and destroyed. Even Xu Jiawei was somewhat numb. Did this thing have no limit to its regenerative abilities?

The giant octopus was also numb. Was there no limit to how many terrifying black explosives this four-legged creature could create?

The battle reached a bizarre stalemate.

In the end, the giant octopus couldn't hold on any longer; after all, even if it didn't die, it would still be in pain.

It now regrets provoking this four-legged creature. In the past, it was invincible with its talent, but this is the first time it has suffered such a great loss. Now it just wants to escape.

At this moment, Xu Jiawei was also thinking of a solution, since her time for diving beads was about to end.

This won't do; she'll be dragged to death by this octopus.

Xu Jiawei pondered for a while, then tried to fuse her Light Spores and Destruction Mushrooms, even incorporating Parasitic Spores as well.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained the Light-attribute Destruction Mushroom. Its explosion will deal percentage-based damage, and it deals significant damage to Dark-attribute enemies. This mushroom was fused with a mutated mushroom by the creator, AAA Mushroom Fairy, and carries the creator's strong wishes.]

This mushroom's percentage-based effect is the same as the parasitic spores, so it's better than nothing.

Xu Jiawei looked at the giant octopus, which was still thrashing about, and said coldly, "Heh, your good days are over!"

Then the black mushrooms on the ground were replaced by white mushrooms. The white mushrooms grew much softer, and even their eyes turned gold, exuding a sacred aura.

The giant octopus instinctively sensed the danger and, without hesitation, turned and ran away.

Xu Jiawei didn't want to let it go. It thought it could run away after provoking her? There was no such thing as a free lunch.

Instantly, it ignited and exploded all the light-attribute destruction mushrooms on the ground. A violent white light flashed, causing Xu Jiawei's vision to brighten and then go dark.

Xu Jiawei unconsciously closed her eyes, and it took a full two minutes for her vision to return.

That was close! I almost blinded myself. I guess I'll have to be careful with my eyes when using these mushrooms in the future.

Xu Jiawei scanned her surroundings. The giant octopus's enormous body had vanished. After searching for a long time, Xu Jiawei finally found a smaller version of the octopus in a crater created by an explosion.

When the octopus saw Xu Jiawei, it squealed in panic and tried to struggle to get up and escape, but Xu Jiawei stepped on it and it couldn't move.

"Chirp chirp." Seeing that it couldn't move its body, the octopus stopped struggling and looked pitifully at Xu Jiawei. It took out a white cloth from somewhere and held it up, swaying it with the water flow.

Xu Jiawei observed carefully and discovered that the so-called white cloth was actually a fragment of an octopus that had been blasted out by a light-attribute destruction mushroom. Its black body had been purified into white, so the octopus took it as a white flag of surrender. How hellish!

"Ha, isn't it a bit too late to surrender now?!"

However, Xu Jiawei did not intend to kill it. Instead, she caught it and gave it to Si Yunming. Xu Jiawei took out a rope, tied up the octopus, and dragged it onto the boat.

The rainbow then grew larger, pulling the boat back onto the sea.

Back on the sea, Xu Jiawei inspected the boat and, seeing the numerous damages, angrily hung the octopus on the eaves to dry in the sun.

The octopus felt like it was about to turn into dried octopus.

The intense sun made it dizzy and unable to break free from the ordinary rope, so it just hung under the eaves like a teru teru bozu (a traditional Japanese doll).

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She took the lead in repairing her mushroom boat. Fortunately, the damage wasn't too severe, and she finished the repair using less than four figures worth of materials.

After Xu Jiawei finished repairing, she immediately ran into the house. Sure enough, the furniture in the house was in a mess. Because it was not fixed to the wall, the table and sofa were smashed against the wall, and the wall had several holes. Fortunately, the wall was made of insulation, so it could be remade and replaced.

But Xu Jiawei was so angry that she beat the octopus hanging outside again because she didn't know how to fix the damaged furniture. Although she was partly responsible for destroying the mushrooms, she had a free punching bag and a culprit, so she might as well use it.

I threw away all the damaged furniture, but the furniture the system gave me was undamaged, which is good.

By the time Xu Jiawei finished getting ready, it was already night.

Xu Jiawei finally had time to sort through her haul. She had acquired quite a bit of furniture, which filled the gaps left by the previous loss. Then she opened the storage boxes.

Most people don't have enough backpack slots, so they keep most of their items in storage boxes. Storage boxes aren't expensive; many players sell them in the system shop. Plus, the items in a storage box are much more cost-effective than opening backpack slots.

I sorted out all the basic materials and put them in the basic materials section of the bracelet. I then categorized and placed the more valuable items on the shelf.

Of course, there were also blueprints, energy stones, small devices, and equipment, all laid out one by one.

Xu Jiawei directly packed up some items she didn't need and threw them into the system store.

[Frozen to death: Holy crap, is the boss still alive? He's actually started selling supplies.]

[Turns into Light: Upstairs, didn't you notice that almost all those who wanted to besiege the big boss are dead? Besides that one who said "May we find one heart to share and grow old together," did anyone else come back alive?]

[Bumblebee Sting: Has anyone seen this? The first guild showed over a hundred members, now there are only two left. Did the top players kill them all?]

[Affection level: 0: Wow, the boss is indeed a boss, so awesome.]

[God knows: I don't even know what to say anymore. One word, "awesome," isn't enough to express my awe.]

[I'm speechless: Boss, after you've taken them down, please don't attack us commoners!]

[Ye Yezi: Haha, the boss isn't that kind of person. The boss is someone who doesn't bother others unless they bother him; he has a very good temper.]

[The ultimate lucky charm here: That's right, my sister is a powerful, wonderful, kind, and beautiful angel.]

Xu Jiawei looked at the chat channel while tidying up her things, silently giving Li Ming a thumbs up in her mind. That's right, he promoted me like that.

There's so much stuff, I can't finish organizing it all in a short time. It's a happy kind of trouble.

Xu Jiawei sighed softly and resignedly continued tidying up.

After organizing the storage boxes, there's still the backpack to go. Hopefully, I can finish organizing it tonight.

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