Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

All these gold coins add up to about 2000 gold coins a year, it's practically robbery!

Tiancheng looked at her suspiciously: "You don't have any money, do you? It's okay, we also offer loans here, and the annual interest rate isn't high."

"Of course, we also provide farmland here, but it costs 20 gold coins per year. We also offer fertility loans and cemetery rental fees. See if any of these apply to you."

Well, I've arranged everything for you from birth to death.

Li Ming walked over and said, "Sis, let me pay. I have plenty of money."

Xu Jiawei shook her head, "No need, I have money." But it was really frustrating to pay for it. The first place prize was not only an old, run-down house, but she also had to pay money to buy it.

"It seems that sometimes being number one isn't such a good thing," Xu Jiawei said with a hint of helplessness.

Si Yunming: ......

None of them expected that the first-place reward would be so meager. Although it provided a way to travel to the mainland, it was, to put it bluntly, quite disappointing.

After paying the full amount, Xu Jiawei began to research the guild's ways of making money. The team leader had just mentioned the operating license fee. Could it be that they could sell things?

Sure enough, with the business license, guild members could sell items, and the guild would take a cut.

This is how guilds make a profit.

After watching, Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming continued to demolish the wall. In about two hours, the original small dilapidated house was turned into a pile of ruins.

When Bai Yu arrived, she stared blankly at everything. The house was gone; where were her doors and windows now?

Their time was up, and it was time to go back.

Bai Yu wasn't here just now, and she still has quite a bit of time to spare, so she can continue tidying up: "Then I'll clean up the trash here so we can start building right away when I come back tomorrow."

Xu Jiawei nodded, then looked at everyone and asked, "Then we'll set a time to come over tomorrow. What time are you all free?"

"Let's just go for 7 o'clock tomorrow then. None of us have anything else to do." Li Ming looked at the group, and Si Yunming and Bai Yu nodded.

"Then it's settled." Xu Jiawei said and left first, after all, she had arrived a few minutes earlier than the others.

Soon Si Yunming and Li Ming also left, leaving Bai Yu alone.

Back on the boat, Xu Jiawei rubbed her sore shoulders. Just as she stepped over the threshold, she heard a "squeak." The octopus was still hanging on the eaves, and it was getting whiter and whiter in the sun, really looking like a teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll that brings sunshine to the sky).

Xu Jiawei glanced around and went straight back inside. Everyone had worked hard today; perhaps we could invite some people over for a get-together.

Back then, gatherings could only be done via video, which Xu Jiawei found a bit regrettable. Now that guilds can recruit people, bringing people over is no longer a problem.

Xu Jiawei went inside to take a shower first. After she finished showering, she saw that the sky was gradually getting dark, so she told the others about the dinner party.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Now I can invite people, want to get together?]

[The Queen of Luck is here: Great, sis, let me see if there's any more fancy dishes.]

[Rain Falling: I'll be done cleaning up here soon, I'll come over as soon as I'm done.]

[...]: I'll go cook.

[The lucky one is here: Sis, where's Zhang Ge? He hasn't replied to my messages lately.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Something happened with the Leader; he's still working on it.]

Xu Jiawei was also worried. After sighing, she tidied up the house and made a few chairs and a few sets of bowls and chopsticks.

By the time they finished cleaning up, it was completely dark.

Suddenly, a flashlight beam shone into Xu Jiawei's eyes, and she unconsciously squinted.

A whooshing sound came from the air, and Xu Jiawei's eyelids twitched. She then dodged to the side. When Xu Jiawei opened her eyes, she saw a throwing knife stuck in the wall.

Xu Jiawei opened her eyes, and the light was still shining on them. She released the rainbow to block the light and herself, and then turned to see the attacker.

At some point, a level 4 ship appeared near her mushroom ship, with a dark figure standing on it, who looked like a man.

The man, still searching for Xu Jiawei with his flashlight, then threw several throwing knives at Caihong.

Rainbow has high defense, so it doesn't take this attack seriously at all.

Unexpectedly, she ran into other players. Apart from that teleportation siege, Xu Jiawei had never had any conflicts with other players at sea. This was the first time.

Seeing that the man was still attacking, Xu Jiawei decided to fight fire with fire. She took out a high-powered flashlight from her bracelet, which was 10 times brighter than a regular flashlight.

As soon as the light shone on him, the man instantly closed his eyes. Xu Jiawei used her levitation technique to fly onto the man's boat.

He then kicked the man, sending him flying against the wall.

The man was stunned by the beating and lay on the ground for a long time, clutching his stomach, unable to get up.

"Who sent you? Tell me!" Xu Jiawei added another kick, and the man was completely unable to resist.

"Boss, I was wrong. I was just blinded by greed. I had evil thoughts when I saw such a nice ship. Please forgive me!" The man was very regretful. He had come over to see who the owner was when he saw other players.

Upon seeing such a luxurious ship, only to discover that its owner was a woman, he was instantly overcome with greed and wanted to possess it.

I never expected this woman to be so strong!

Xu Jiawei gave the man no chance to repent. After dealing with him, she took all his belongings and dismantled the boat.

After returning to her own boat, Xu Jiawei asked Rainbow to release its underlings. After being pulled into the water by the octopus, Xu Jiawei had Rainbow retrieve all of its underlings. Moreover, the protective shield had been damaged after the battle with the octopus, and Xu Jiawei was planning to find someone to repair it.

I never expected to encounter something like this today; it seems I need to strengthen my defenses.

This time, there were twice as many mushroom guards on patrol. They reopened the damaged protective shield, which had several cracks that could not be repaired automatically. They decided to use it for now.

At that moment, Zhang Yunting's message finally arrived.

[Akagi: Sorry, Xiao Xu, I didn't reply to your message in time.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Are you alright? How's the Leader team?]

[Chicheng: Xiao Xu, the Leader team has disbanded...]

Xu Jiawei was very surprised. What happened? Why did the leadership team disband?

[Akagi: Perhaps it shouldn't be called disbanding, but rather a name change. The leader is no longer the leader, but has been renamed Order. My leader fought against others for so long, but still failed and has been dismissed.]

[Akagi: The Order's current mission is to work together to control the various servers; saving humanity is no longer its primary objective. Many leaders have already left the organization.]

Xu Jiawei didn't know what to say. Although she felt that the leaders' actions were sometimes too saintly, she had to admit that without the leaders, the number of people who died in the various places would at least double.

I didn't expect it to be banned so quickly. From now on, no one will risk their own safety just to keep humanity alive.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: So what are you going to do now?]