Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

"Mushroom God, take me to the Temple of Light. Escaping like this isn't a solution," Xu Jiawei said, looking up.

"Heh, woman, as my successor, you have a close relationship with the God of Light. It seems I've been too lenient with you," the Mushroom God sneered.

Xu Jiawei: ...Hey, stop pouring oil!

"Fine, since I'm your god, it's not a big deal to indulge you a little."

Xu Jiawei got goosebumps. Help! This mushroom god seems even greasier than the domineering CEO.

After the Mushroom God brought Xu Jiawei to the temple, the Dark God did not chase after them.

Xu Jiawei finally breathed a sigh of relief after her feet touched the ground.

"Little Guang, Little Guang, I'm here! Hurry up and greet me!" Mushroom God, with an air of supreme authority, sat down in a chair.

The God of Light appeared beside the Mushroom God with a smile, and Xu Jiawei could see a hint of speechlessness in that smile, though she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination.

"Mushroom God, what are you doing here?" The God of Light spoke rather rudely, proving that Xu Jiawei's perception was indeed correct.

Xu Jiawei silently raised her hand: "I'm sorry, God of Light, I asked Him to bring me here."

After the God of Light was told the whole story, she was still somewhat incredulous. After all, the God of Darkness was one of the oldest gods, who had always existed silently in this world, protecting humankind. To her, he was a very respectable senior.

Why would someone like that want to create mindless monsters and destroy the world?

Xu Jiawei recalled the guess that the God of Light had told her before, and wanted to say it, but no matter how she tried, she couldn't utter a single word. Xu Jiawei had no choice but to try another method.

"You must believe me, I am from the future."

The Goddess of Light and the Mushroom God immediately understood Xu Jiawei's meaning: she was from the future, and she knew from the future that the God of Darkness was not a good person, and that this was true.

So the God of Light nodded, then took out a square-shaped object, crushed it, and it turned into countless thin threads that flew out.

"I don't have time to deal with you anymore, so be careful." The Goddess of Light looked at Xu Jiawei very seriously.

Xu Jiawei nodded.

"Xiao Guang, this woman is my successor, of course she should go to my temple, you don't need to worry about her." The Mushroom God looked at the God of Light very warily, afraid that she would take Xu Jiawei away.

"Going to your temple is fine, I just need to explain this situation to the other gods anyway." The Goddess of Light didn't care about the Mushroom God's provocation, and instead looked away, after all, that mushroom face was quite an eyesore.

The Mushroom God became even more arrogant, and sure enough, everyone felt ashamed in the face of his handsome appearance and dared not look directly at his perfect face.

Seeing things developing in a positive direction, Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps the past really could be changed.

Following the Mushroom God, Xu Jiawei arrived at its temple, after which the Mushroom God led Xu Jiawei to a rainbow-colored hot spring.

"Woman, this is a gift I'm giving to you, my heir." Looking at the strangely colored hot spring, Xu Jiawei hesitated to go down.

"Hmph, woman, you don't know what's good for you at all." Mushroom God sneered.

"Are you sure it's okay? This color is so weird, it looks like an oil spill." Xu Jiawei didn't want to go downstairs because of the color; she was worried she'd get covered in oil.

"Enough with all this nonsense." With that, Mushroom God kicked Xu Jiawei down.

Xu Jiawei fell into the water, then sank as if she had lost all her strength, and subsequently lost consciousness.

Mushroom God frowned as he looked at all of this. This shouldn't be happening. Shouldn't it be emitting light? Why did it sink?

Rainbow also ran out of the pet backpack and, seeing Xu Jiawei who had lost consciousness, tried to grow bigger to drag her up.

Xu Jiawei, however, could not float to the surface, and Rainbow was also somewhat drowsy, the entire mushroom had lost all its strength.

Seeing the master and servant soaking in the hot spring, Mushroom God simply left. Since they wouldn't drown anyway, he decided to let them flounder around in there.

At this moment, Xu Jiawei entered a dream. In the dream, she was surrounded by countless mushrooms, and the feeling of being squeezed made it hard for her to breathe.

However, this place also seemed to be a good place for them. In places where Xu Jiawei couldn't see, her and Rainbow's experience was growing rapidly.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Jiawei opened her eyes. Caihong was still drowsy. Xu Jiawei stood up. How could she have lost consciousness? How long had she been inside?

The hot spring pool was quiet at this moment. Xu Jiawei patted Rainbow next to her, and Rainbow rubbed her eyes and stood up.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Xu Jiawei exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, Rainbow, you've become so articulate!"

"Yes, Rainbow has become smarter!" Rainbow proudly puffed out her chest.

Now that Rainbow was awake, Xu Jiawei took her outside to see if anyone was there. They walked into the main hall, but unlike the lively scene before, the hall was quiet and empty. Xu Jiawei felt very uneasy.

When Xu Jiawei walked out of the main hall, it was as if she had entered another world.

Countless people surrounded the main hall, throwing trash, their anger contained by the protective barrier. They shouted angrily, "We worship you so much, and this is how you treat us! Why won't you let us receive the Dark God's upgrade potion? Are you afraid we'll worship the Dark God?!"

"Let us out of the city if you dare! We want to become followers of the God of Darkness!"

"Die, Mushroom God! Dark God, come and save us!"

......

Hearing the string of unpleasant sounds, Xu Jiawei looked at the angry messenger standing at the entrance of the hall and asked, "What happened?"

Upon seeing the newcomer, the divine messenger's expression softened somewhat. She said angrily, "It's all the Dark God's trickery! The Dark God claims to have created a potion that can greatly increase one's level and demands that everyone become his followers."

"However, after the council of gods examined the potion, it caused people to lose their minds and turn into cruel monsters. Therefore, the circulation of this potion was prohibited. Instead of being grateful for the gods' good intentions, these people insulted them wantonly."

The messenger became even angrier as he spoke.

Combining the group's cursing and swearing, Xu Jiawei immediately understood the whole story. In other words, the Dark God used the guise of upgrade potions to turn people into demonic creatures and turn the followers of other gods into his servants.

No, perhaps there's an even bigger conspiracy. I remember the Goddess of Light saying that the Dark God's goal was to reach level 100. Could it be related to that?

"Where did the Mushroom God go?" Xu Jiawei asked the divine messenger.

"The god went to the Temple of Light and hasn't returned yet," the divine messenger said respectfully.

Xu Jiawei stopped thinking about it and was about to go to the Temple of Light when she heard the ground shaking violently. Countless demonic creatures, carrying a dark aura, attacked and slaughtered indiscriminately.

The former believers, who had been vehemently hurling insults at the Mushroom God, were now wailing in anguish, pleading for divine help.

Xu Jiawei's expression grew even more grim as she watched the bloody scene outside. Before she could react, the mutated creatures fearlessly crashed into the protective shield.

Cracks soon appeared on the protective shield. The divine messenger panicked and tried to rush out to protect the shield, but was stopped by Xu Jiawei.