Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The game officially started when Xu Jiawei opened the first treasure chest, and some new features were also unlocked.

[Ding! The player has opened the first treasure chest, unlocking the workbench function, which allows them to craft tools.]

[The first task is now issued: players are requested to build shelters. These shelters will provide temporary protection at night, allowing players to escape attacks from creatures. (Don't blame me if you die; these creatures are all over level 20. You're leveling up too slowly. How many players are over level 10 right now? The system needs to push you a bit.)]

It seems the system resorted to this drastic measure to speed up the human's progress. Just then, Rainbow emerged from the pet backpack. Xu Jiawei's expression changed, and she said, "Rainbow, it's dangerous! Go back quickly!"

"Master, don't worry, I'm not afraid." After saying that, the rainbow spun around in the mist one last time.

Seeing that Rainbow was completely unharmed, Xu Jiawei finally felt relieved. It seemed that the fog only affected animals.

Seeing this, Little Pink and the Red Earthworm followed the rainbow and emerged. As soon as Little Pink emerged, she noticed that the surrounding white mist had cleared. Xu Jiawei slapped her forehead, realizing that she had forgotten about this. Little Pink was also a flame, so naturally, the white mist was afraid of it.

Surprisingly, the pet backpack is still usable, and the system didn't disable it. Rainbow's level and combat power are her biggest trump cards, and Little Pink is her biggest guarantee of survival. As for the Red Earthworm, it's just there to fill the gap for now.

She opened the workbench, scrolled through the menu, and realized that all she could make right now were basic tools like torches, axes, pickaxes, sickles, and shovels.

To build a shelter, you need 100 pieces of wood and 100 pieces of thatch.

Thinking of her luxurious ship, Xu Jiawei sighed. "Work hard, keep going, and get back to my old life."

Now that we have Little Pink, we're not in a hurry about the torch; she wants to make the axe first so she can chop down the tree.

Disassembling the wooden treasure chest yielded a piece of wood. The axe requires a piece of wood and an iron block, so all that's left is to open the chest and get an iron block.

So Xu Jiawei continued searching for the treasure chest. With Little Pink, it was much easier for Xu Jiawei to find the treasure chest, and the scene in front of her was much clearer.

There are quite a few treasure chests in this forest, in fact, there are quite a lot of them.

In less than half an hour, Xu Jiawei found another treasure chest. After opening it, she obtained two pieces of wood. After breaking down the chest, she now had four pieces of wood.

As Xu Jiawei continued walking, she felt her heart race. Something around her seemed to be drawing her in, so she quickened her pace and soon saw an iron treasure chest sitting quietly about 5 meters away. Here comes the iron block!

However, Xu Jiawei did not rush forward. Instead, she looked around warily, as she had a feeling that there was something around her.

So she quietly released the red earthworm and let it explore the area. Soon, the red earthworm made a rapid chirping sound. Xu Jiawei looked up when she heard it and saw that the sound was coming from above.

A dark shadow rushed down from above, and Xu Jiawei rolled away to avoid it. She saw a rabbit as big as her standing in the spot where she had been standing.

Its eyes were bloodshot, but its gaze was empty and lifeless; it was determined to attack Xu Jiawei.

[Ding! Player has encountered a level 35 elite monster. Do you wish to flee?]

Rainbow immediately grew larger and rushed forward. Rainbow was only level 25, which was far from level 35, so it struggled a lot. Xu Jiawei thought about it and finally decided not to leave. Fortune favors the bold.

Even at level 35, she's not invincible. After all, Xu Jiawei has percentage-based damage skills; she can eventually kill her with a few more uses. Xu Jiawei shouted at Rainbow, "Rainbow, don't try to tank it!"

After saying that, Xu Jiawei sent a parasitic spore flying over. The rabbit was covered in mushrooms and its speed was reduced considerably. Rainbow took the opportunity to punch it.

The pink worm landed on the rabbit's fur, and flames quickly enveloped the rabbit. The red earthworm tried to climb onto the rabbit to suck its blood, but it couldn't suck anything out, as if the rabbit had no blood at all. The red earthworm could only curse and entangle the rabbit.

With the combined efforts of the one person and the three beasts, the rabbit was quickly covered in wounds. After a while, the rabbit still hadn't fallen. Xu Jiawei noticed something was wrong. Why couldn't this rabbit be killed? Did it have a lock on its health?

The parasitic spores couldn't kill it, and she was currently tied up by this rabbit, unsure of what to do. Xu Jiawei gritted her teeth and decided to simply grab the treasure chest and run away; there was no point in fighting this immortal rabbit.

So she had Rainbow hold off the rabbit while she turned around and hugged the iron treasure chest. The rabbit panicked and pounced on Xu Jiawei at ten times the speed before. Xu Jiawei dodged at her fastest speed, but her arm was still slashed with a huge gash. Xu Jiawei's expression changed. The insects would enter her body through the wound. Little Pink was far away from Xu Jiawei and was already in the fog.

Her protective suit was also torn, and the white mist rushed towards Xu Jiawei's wound, making Xu Jiawei feel a chill.

Xu Jiawei subconsciously used the Light Purification. After the Light Purification came into contact with the wound, the white mist, like mice seeing a cat, rushed out again.

Xu Jiawei's face lit up with joy. It worked! She hadn't expected that these insects, besides being afraid of fire, were also afraid of the purification of light?

Her wounds gradually disappeared as the title took effect, but the rabbit didn't step forward. Instead, it looked at Xu Jiawei with great apprehension.

Xu Jiawei's eyes flashed. Could it be that rabbits are also afraid of the light attribute? So she released a light cocoon to surround the rabbit. The rabbit howled in pain, and a vacuum area appeared around the light cocoon.

When the rabbit stopped howling, the cocoon of light disappeared, and all that remained of the rabbit was its ashes.

[Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite monster. You have gained 100000 experience points.]

Xu Jiawei was very surprised. She didn't expect to gain so much experience. With the ring's blessing, Xu Jiawei directly gained 15 experience points. With a little more, she could directly reach level 20.

But these monsters and insects were actually afraid of light. Xu Jiawei pondered, could this thing be of the dark attribute? Perhaps it's related to the Dark God?

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have unlocked 20% of the truth about the natural disaster, bringing you one step closer to the truth.]

My guess was right; no wonder Si Yunming was unaffected.

Unfortunately, her equipment is currently restricted, and she can't even use her weapons, so she has to put them in her temporary backpack.

Otherwise, that attack definitely wouldn't have been able to scratch her. But since it's a dark attribute, everything is much easier to handle, and Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief.

Open the iron treasure chest.

[Ding! Congratulations, player! You have obtained 2 pieces of wood, 2 pieces of iron, 1 self-heating hot pot, and 1 piece of soda water.]

After dismantling the iron box, Xu Jiawei now had 3 iron blocks. Besides making an axe, she could also make other things. Xu Jiawei glanced at the time; it was getting late, and she needed to hurry up and build the shelter.

Xu Jiawei took the newly forged axe and started chopping at the tree. With Xu Jiawei's current strength, she could basically chop down a tree in two strokes, but she only needed two strokes because the axe was too narrow.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained 10 pieces of wood.]

Fortunately, the trees decompose automatically after being cut down. Each tree yields 10 pieces of wood, so you only need to cut down nine more trees. It doesn't seem too difficult.