Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei: So, is it possible that your grandson becoming well-behaved is due to the medicine?

However, Xu Jiawei didn't say it out loud, since the person had already been cured, and changing their personality was just a minor side effect.

It seemed the old man quite liked the side effect, so Xu Jiawei pretended not to know anything.

"Ahem, now that your grandson is cured, shouldn't you give me the map?" Xu Jiawei interrupted their tender moment as she watched the two of them talking endlessly.

"Oh, Master, here is the map you need. This map was drawn by my grandfather and passed down to me. It's a bit old now." As he spoke, the old man took out a paper map. The paper was a bit wrinkled, and the four corners were missing.

Xu Jiawei carefully took the map and then opened it to check the terrain and location.

"Master, the terrain in the mountains is extremely complex. Without a map, it's impossible for an ordinary person to find their way out. I only found this child in the mountains thanks to this map. You must keep it safe," the old man couldn't help but remind him.

"Thank you, I understand," Xu Jiawei replied.

Xu Jiawei frowned as she looked at the map. It seemed somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

After thinking for a long time but still couldn't remember, he put the map away, said goodbye to the grandfather and grandson, and left the alley.

Xu Jiawei glanced at the time and realized she could stay in this world for another hour and 20 minutes. So, she decided to return to the ship first, then go to the sealed rift to grind some monsters before setting off again tomorrow to explore the mountains.

Xu Jiawei then returned to her ship and used a magic teleportation array to reach the location of the sealed rift.

Upon arriving at this place, Xu Jiawei could smell a faint odor of blood.

Xu Jiawei frowned, warily surveying her surroundings. The area was desolate, with the occasional screams of creatures echoing in the distance. Without further thought, she headed directly towards the direction of the sounds. The sounds meant there was a battle, so her immediate goal was to locate the mutated creatures and kill them.

After running for about ten minutes, Xu Jiawei felt the sounds getting closer and closer. The screams of creatures, the roars of people, and the sounds of swords clashing clearly reached Xu Jiawei's ears.

After running a few hundred meters further, they saw some soldiers and humans dressed as adventurers desperately resisting the mutated creatures that kept pouring out of the seal rift.

These creatures seem to feel no pain, indifferent to their own life and death, only charging forward blindly.

The humans roared and used their bodies to block the attacks of the demonized creatures, but they were on the verge of collapse.

Looking at these hordes of mutated creatures, Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up; this was all experience.

"They're all mine, all mine!" Xu Jiawei muttered to herself, then charged forward. She continuously released parasitic spores from her hands, each spore capable of taking the life of a demonized creature.

Damn it, unfortunately the area-of-effect attacks are very limited. Since the introduction of enemy detection, the parasitic spores no longer even disperse on their own.

Therefore, the area-of-effect attacks are much weaker. We can only wait for the next update to see if this bug can be fixed.

Xu Jiawei's speed increased, and she even tried to release two parasitic spores at once. Although she often failed, her skill level improved significantly.

Soon, Xu Jiawei dealt with all the mutated creatures that emerged one by one. When she encountered stronger ones, she could only release Light Spores, which were relatively more damaging to the mutated creatures.

The corps commander, who was directing operations from a distance, also noticed the situation. With Xu Jiawei joining them, their pressure was instantly reduced. The corps commander couldn't help but point in that direction: "Who are those people over there? Who came to support us?"

"Commander, I don't know, we haven't received any support messages." The liaison officer looked in that direction with some confusion.

About an hour later, no more demonic creatures emerged from the rift, so Xu Jiawei began to clear away the remaining demonic creatures around her.

After the mutated creatures were mostly cleared out, the corps commander finally saw who the reinforcements were. Even after seeing their faces, he couldn't believe that the ruthless killing machine was a frail girl.

He was just about to say hello when he saw Xu Jiawei disappear on the spot.

The corps commander could hardly believe it. What kind of saint was this? He left immediately after providing support, without lingering at all.

He memorized the man's appearance and planned to thank him again when they met next.

Back on the ship, Xu Jiawei yawned. She was exhausted. Looking at the bloodstains all over her body, she prepared to take a shower. Just as she reached the door, she saw the domineering CEO lying on the ground, snoring loudly, drooling.

Xu Jiawei: ......

So Xu Jiawei stepped over the domineering CEO and went to the bathroom to take a shower. When Xu Jiawei came out, the domineering CEO was still lying on the floor snoring.

Xu Jiawei reached out and gently patted him.

The domineering CEO is asleep, showing no reaction.

Xu Jiawei patted it harder.

The domineering CEO remains asleep and unresponsive.

[The hot-tempered Xu Jiawei kicked the domineering CEO.]

The CEO rolled over, still fast asleep.

"System, what kind of random voice acting is this?!" Xu Jiawei was speechless as she listened to the system's background music, thinking she was playing a game.

It seemed the domineering CEO wouldn't wake up, so Xu Jiawei could only drag him aside like a dead dog, with a puddle of his drool already on the floor.

So Xu Jiawei could only take a mop and mop the floor.

The next day, Xu Jiawei finished refining her ingredients. As soon as it was 7 o'clock, she quickly gathered people in the group to form a team and prepare to explore the mountains that day.

The group immediately entered the team channel and then directly entered the guild. Under Lin Qin's surprised gaze, Xu Jiawei released Rainbow to act as a mount. Rainbow was very fast and arrived at the foot of the mountain in less than ten minutes.

However, the commotion was quite significant, waking up many people along the way, and Xu Jiawei could only apologize.

As soon as she entered the foot of the mountain, Xu Jiawei felt that the surroundings were shrouded in mist and the visibility was very low.

Xu Jiawei took out a map and looked at the location in front of her. If she wanted to get to the top of the mountain, she would have to follow the remaining markings and feel her way up.

"Let's go to the top of the mountain first," Xu Jiawei suggested, looking at the map.

"Yeah, sis, it's up to you. I'll listen to you. I also feel like we should go to the top of the mountain." Li Ming narrowed his eyes and hugged Meimei in his arms. With Meimei around, there wouldn't be any problems with the treasure hunt.

Zhang Yunting also took out a pet he had obtained from a previous event, a small snake that seemed to be highly venomous.

Bai Yu's pet is a panda covered in solid muscles. With those arms, those legs, and those abs, this panda must have been a bodybuilder.

The group followed the symbols on the tree and walked for about half an hour. Xu Jiawei saw a small bust statue that looked very familiar; it was the statue of the Goddess of Light.

Xu Jiawei immediately took out the treasure map she had obtained from the Goddess of Light's treasure trove.

This map looks very similar to a treasure map; no wonder I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.

[Ding! Congratulations to the five players who have started the quest, "The Last Wish of the Goddess of Light," which is valid for three days only.]

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have unlocked a treasure map and can now search for the treasure of the Goddess of Light.]