Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei continued, "Teacher, this prescription seems to be the opposite of the method I learned to prepare. Could you take a look?"

"It's precisely because it's the opposite that it reflects the brilliance of this prescription. It's amazing! I wonder which master came up with it. Let me study it and then I'll teach you." After saying that, Grace hung up the communicator impatiently.

Xu Jiawei didn't pay much attention to it.

Then I continued practicing with the infinite potion.

Xu Jiawei was covered in sweat, so she took the crucible and went out to the deck to refine it. It was too stuffy and hot inside, and even the air conditioning didn't work. Little Pink was really amazing.

Before she knew it, it was midnight. Xu Jiawei was so engrossed in her work that a clear voice suddenly rang out beside her.

"Hey, you're so focused. I wish I were half as focused as you."

Xu Jiawei instantly became alert and looked back, only to see a little girl with her hair in a bun eating a lollipop standing behind her.

How did this guy get in? Is the shield no longer working?

"Hey, kid, what kind of look is that? I'm a visitor today, so you'd better treat me well." The little girl was very dissatisfied and spoke in a pretentious manner.

So it was a visitor? Hsu Chia-wei relaxed.

However, this little girl is so young, yet she calls herself a child and refers to herself as an old woman, which makes Xu Jiawei both amused and exasperated.

"Little girl, I'm sorry, I was startled," Xu Jiawei replied.

"What little girl? You should call me grandma. I'm 130 years old." The little girl was very dissatisfied.

Grandma? I can't tell.

"Never mind, my necklace fell into the sea. Go find it. That's the task." The girl didn't say anything more and went straight into Xu Jiawei's room.

"A necklace? What does it look like? Where did you lose it?" Xu Jiawei frowned. Finding a necklace in the ocean was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"It's not really lost, the mermaid just took it. You can just go find it." After saying that, she stopped talking.

So there are mermaids in the sea? But it's not like she's never been to the bottom of the sea before, and she's never seen a mermaid. It's like she's just looking for a fish in the ocean, nothing has changed.

"I'm sorry, but if you don't explain further, I can't do it like finding a needle in a haystack," Xu Jiawei refused.

The little girl frowned, tossed something over, and said, "What a hassle. Here, this will guide you."

Xu Jiawei held it in her hand and found that it was like a locator. A red dot kept flashing and the location kept changing. Xu Jiawei began to steer the boat to chase the red dot. An hour later, she arrived at a sea surface that looked no different from the others.

Seeing the red dot on the locator, Xu Jiawei bought many more oxygen cylinders from Li Ming, put on her diving gear, and jumped in.

The seawater here was extremely murky, and Xu Jiawei couldn't see anything at all. She could only dive down more cautiously. At this moment, a whooshing sound came from all around. Xu Jiawei immediately dodged it. Then, more whooshing sounds came. Xu Jiawei could no longer dodge and began to release her skills to counterattack.

"Humans, how dare you trespass into the territory of my mermaid tribe! And you even dare to resist! Surrender now!" A loud female voice reached Xu Jiawei's ears.

Xu Jiawei was in the water and had no way to explain herself; if she continued like this, she would only be seen as an intruder.

"Then we can only go back first," Xu Jiawei said, rising upwards. The mermaids saw that Xu Jiawei wanted to escape, and without thinking, they chased after her. Xu Jiawei could only fight back with all her might.

What's going on here?

Xu Jiawei quickly resurfaced and climbed onto the boat. Looking at the mermaids who had come up with her, Xu Jiawei hurriedly explained, "You've misunderstood. I just wanted to go down to find the lost necklace, not to invade you."

These mermaids were incredibly beautiful, and even their angry expressions were captivating.

"You've hurt so many of my sisters, and you still dare to say you didn't intrude on purpose?" the leader mermaid said through gritted teeth.

"You've misunderstood. I only fought back because you attacked me first." Xu Jiawei felt like she couldn't clear her name no matter what.

"Nonsense! Sisters, charge! Attack her ship and show her what we're made of!" The leader of the mermaids was furious and led the other mermaids in a direct attack.

Ten minutes later—

Looking at the mermaids trapped in the net, Xu Jiawei tied them up one by one and threw them onto the deck.

The net was used by Xu Jiawei to retrieve treasure chests; she never expected it could also be used to retrieve mermaids.

"You despicable scoundrel, let us go! If you dare kill us, the Queen will make you pay!" The leader of the mermaids glared angrily.

"I don't want to tie you up, but you don't believe what I say, so there's nothing I can do." Xu Jiawei was also a little worried, as she had completely offended the mermaid clan this time.

"Okay, I'll release you, but you can't attack anymore." Xu Jiawei looked at the leader of the mermaids.

As soon as the rope was untied, the mermaid attacked, but they were clumsy on land and missed completely. Xu Jiawei was speechless and tied the fish up again.

"Alright, let's release them once we find the necklace," the little girl said, stepping out and exclaiming in surprise, "Wow, you've tied up so many mermaids!"

"You keep an eye on them, don't let them get away. I'm going to continue looking for the necklace." Xu Jiawei changed the oxygen tank.

The mermaid was very surprised to see the little girl, but said nothing. The mermaid who originally wanted to resist also stopped after seeing the little girl. Xu Jiawei looked at the little girl suspiciously, then put on her glasses and jumped into the water.

An hour later, Xu Jiawei had more than 100 mermaids on her boat. She tied up the newly captured mermaids again, and Xu Jiawei was already numb.

Even though she had written her purpose for coming on her body in the mainland language, the merfolk continued their relentless pursuit: "Enough nonsense, you treacherous human! Do you think I don't know you've taken all my companions? Don't try to fool me!"

Xu Jiawei: ......

It was a terrible injustice! After tying the person up again, this time no one bothered her anymore. She smoothly entered a small palace, which was empty of people. No, it should be said that there were no fish in the palace, because they were all on Xu Jiawei's boat.

The entire tribe has fewer than 300 fish.

Xu Jiawei sneaked into the palace and saw a mermaid dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing a crown sitting on a coral chair.

"Human, why are you capturing my people?" The queen opened her eyes, her expression icy cold.

Xu Jiawei took out the prepared waterproof paper and pen and wrote in mainland Chinese: "They've all misunderstood, the thing is this..."

Xu Jiawei wrote until her hand ached before she finally wrote down the whole story.

"I understand what happened, but we didn't take anyone else's necklace. What kind of person was that? Perhaps they have a grudge against our mermaid clan." The queen was very rational and easy to talk to. Xu Jiawei sighed, no wonder she is the queen, her temperament is unmatched by others.

"She's a little girl with a bun hairstyle, about this tall," Xu Jiawei gestured to indicate her name.

A strange expression suddenly appeared on the Queen's face, followed by a hint of helplessness. "Take me to see her."