Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The lead bird shook its head. "Thank you, but God's last shred of consciousness has departed. As her followers, we should naturally follow her."

"After we send God off, we will go to follow her and will not be able to leave with you."

Xu Jiawei was deeply moved when she saw these birds. Only now did she truly understand that all things have a spirit, and that their emotions were even deeper than hers, a human.

After understanding this sentence, Xu Jiawei was even more reluctant to let them die. "The Goddess of Emotions will use her last bit of strength to save you, and she also hopes that you can live well."

"We know that, but apart from God, we are already walking corpses, soulless."

Xu Jiawei then advised, "We can find another target. Perhaps the God of Emotions has something to entrust to you. We can't let the God of Emotions sacrifice himself in vain."

We barely managed to save Xu Jiawei, are we just sending her to her death again?

Moreover, these birds are very strong and might be able to help against demonized creatures or priests. We must unite all forces that can be united.

Seemingly persuaded by Xu Jiawei, the bird showed a conflicted expression, and Xu Jiawei pressed on.

"Alright then, since the God of Emotions' consciousness has dissipated, it proves that the temple has also been completely invaded by darkness. You will come with me to the Temple of Emotions. Perhaps the God of Emotions will leave you some information inside. You can make your decision then, how about that?"

The birds were indeed tempted, but the decision still had to be made by the older birds.

Xu Jiawei earnestly advised, "With your own strength, it would be difficult to return to the temple. Why don't you come with me for now?"

Although she could sense that what she was saying was somewhat unrealistic and impractical, because she hadn't experienced it herself and wasn't very good at giving advice, her desire to prevent the birds from dying was genuine, and her wish for their help was also genuine.

"Young man, is there something you need our help with?" came the old voice.

Xu Jiawei awkwardly touched her nose, realizing that her eagerness had been immediately noticed. Indeed, the longer one lives, the wiser one becomes.

"Indeed, I hope you can help us fight the God of Darkness."

The god of emotions also lost his life for this, and as his followers, these birds must also deeply resent the god of darkness.

Upon hearing that it was about fighting the Dark God, the old bird immediately made a decision: "Since it's about fighting the Dark God, we will help you. Once the Dark God is dead, we will leave." Now there was an opportunity to avenge the Emotion God, and it wanted to seize it.

Xu Jiawei smiled, extended her hand and said, "Hello, my name is Xu Jiawei. I look forward to working with you in the future."

The old bird also stretched out its wings, used its mental power to determine the location, and placed its wings in Xu Jiawei's hands.

"We are emotional birds, capable of influencing the emotions of everything. Please take good care of us."

Looking at the flock of birds, Xu Jiawei realized it was inconvenient to carry them around, so she said, "My pet has plenty of space inside. It's not convenient for you to keep following us. Why don't you go inside first?"

The bird tilted its head and said, "We are now too deeply corrupted by the dark aura to be eradicated, and have acquired the dark attribute. If we enter, I wonder what kind of impact it will have on your pet."

Their once pure white feathers have turned gray, and those birds that did not acquire the dark attribute have now fallen to the ground and become corpses.

"Don't worry, I'm here, nothing will go wrong," Xu Jiawei said.

"Alright, let's bury the bodies of our companions." As he spoke, his tone turned sorrowful again: "They were all warriors. Knowing that death was the end, they were unwilling to accept the dark attribute. But we survived and became dark attributes in order to send the God of Emotions on his final journey."

The bird felt only humiliation and wanted to leave this world immediately to follow the god of emotions.

"This is not your fault; you can only blame that evil god."

Xu Jiawei took out a shovel, and Rainbow Pink and Red Earthworm also came to help.

"Young man, do us a favor. Please burn our companion's body. This land has been polluted, and I don't want his corpse to turn into a mindless monster again."

"Okay, Little Pink, it's all yours now."

Little Pink took out a small handkerchief made of flames, wiped away the flame tears, and then nodded.

The pink flames turned the pure white feathers into ashes. When Little Pink extinguished the flames, only a vast expanse of white ash remained on the ground. Rainbow dug a large pit in the ground and scattered all the ashes into it before burying it.

Xu Jiawei then looked away. Two hours had passed, and she needed to continue walking.

Rainbow sadly revealed her back, as the demonized birds had attacked and smashed holes in her body, which had not yet healed.

Xu Jiawei was also very surprised. Rainbow still hasn't recovered? What happened?

"Just purify yourself and then heal. Our beaks contain dark attributes, which can be injected into the enemy's body," the old bird said as it hopped into the rainbow's beak.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiawei immediately intensified her efforts to purify Rainbow. After the purification, Rainbow, relying on her talent, repaired the pit in less than a second.

Having resolved the matter, Xu Jiawei became even more vigilant. Who knew what else she might encounter? She moved forward more cautiously, even slowing down her pace.

Xu Jiawei walked for two hours straight, until it was almost noon, before she finally stopped. Something was wrong; how come she hadn't encountered a single box after walking for two hours?

Xu Jiawei had a bad feeling.

So Rainbow immediately released her minions, who scattered to search for the treasure chest.

Xu Jiawei took the backpack out of Rainbow's mouth, took out a compressed biscuit and a bottle of mineral water and started to eat it. The compressed biscuit seemed to be scallion flavored. It was okay to eat it occasionally, but the thought of having to eat this stuff in the future made her vision go black.

After Xu Jiawei finished eating, Rainbow received a message from her younger brother and said, "Master, we didn't find the treasure chest."

Xu Jiawei's vision went black again. The system was too cruel. They brought food, so even the treasure chest was canceled?

Is this the only place we can find food?

Wilderness survival? Interesting, but Xu Jiawei is just an ordinary person, she doesn't know anything about wilderness survival.

So I decided to go to the chat channel to find some experience, but I didn't know if the chat function was still working.

Thank goodness the system wasn't so heartless; these things were still usable. And at some point, the guild channel had a lot more messages. Xu Jiawei clicked on the guild channel first.

[Akagi: I posted it in the world chat, but there are too many messages and it's troublesome to find. To make it easier for you, I'm also posting it in our guild group chat.]

[Akagi: First of all, the island is rich in resources, but these resources are all contaminated by the dark attribute. The only plant that is not contaminated is mugwort, meaning that the brightly colored plant is mugwort.]

[Akagi: As for food, of course even edible things are contaminated. Before eating, everyone should fumigate with mugwort and get plenty of rest to ensure that a large amount of dark energy doesn't accumulate in your body.]