Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Finally, the rainbow stopped far away from the tornado, placed the wooden boat on the sea, and then shrank and jumped onto the boat.

"Master, are you alright?" Rainbow walked up to Xu Jiawei. After her talent was upgraded, a pair of small horns appeared on the top of the Rainbow Mushroom, and its colors became more vibrant.

Xu Jiawei looked at the rainbow in surprise, "Rainbow, you can actually talk!"

Rainbow got excited and started yelling "Awooo!" It seems she's still not quite fluent.

Having weathered the crisis, Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief and then opened the chat channel to see if she was the only one who had encountered the tornado, or if many others had.

[Little Lucky: Help! I saw a tornado! It was terrifying! Luckily, it was far away from me.]

[Bingcheng Xuexue: Ah, me too! This is terrifying! But my raft is being pulled closer to that side, what should I do?!]

[With enough to eat and wear: Just wait to die.]

[The person upstairs is wrong: Family, do you know what I just saw? I saw a huge monster gradually walking away from my left front. It looked like a mushroom shape. Was it an octopus or a jellyfish? Could it be Cthulhu? That's terrifying!]

[Lost Traveler: Is it a giant sea monster?]

[The person upstairs is wrong: I don't know, it was too dark for me to see clearly, but it was so close to me, and it was huge! It triggered my megalophobia!]

Could it be... a mushroom?!

Xu Jiawei instantly became alert. Was this not a single-player game, but an online game? What if the wooden boat was encountered by someone while she was on the island or entering a dungeon? Wouldn't that be very dangerous?

She was just lucky before and didn't encounter other players, but she'll have to be more careful from now on! Xu Jiawei really didn't expect to encounter other players on the island and outside the dungeon.

So he said to Rainbow, "Rainbow, could you release some mushrooms as a warning so we can spot any danger in time?"

Rainbow opened its mouth and released some mushrooms, including shield mushrooms, spiked mushrooms, and even ordinary mushrooms. Xu Jiawei looked at the attack method of the ordinary mushrooms, which was somewhat similar to Xu Jiawei's parasitic spores, but they were called poison spores, which were considered ranged attack skills.

With Mushroom patrolling, Xu Jiawei slept soundly.

Early the next morning, Xu Jiawei discovered that the magic communicator given to her by Jin Jian of the Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce was flashing. After Xu Jiawei opened it, a message popped up.

"Master Xu, Master Grace will also be attending the auction the day after tomorrow. I have already told Master Grace about you, so it would be a good opportunity for you to meet Master Grace at the auction." Xu Jiawei was pleasantly surprised when she saw the message from Jin Jian. Jin Jian's abilities were truly remarkable.

It would be good if Master Grace could teach her some techniques.

Is the auction about to start? Xu Jiawei opened the invitation and sure enough, numbers appeared in the blank space for the date. Xu Jiawei prepared to collect some gold coins and see if she could buy the protective shield then.

Xu Jiawei quickly added a new condition for purchasing the potion: one gold coin per bottle, based on the mainland price. Lower quality potions would be cheaper, costing one gold coin for two or three bottles.

After doing all this, Xu Jiawei sent a message to Zhang Yunting.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Does your organization have gold coins? Trade attribute mushroom.]

[Leader: It's done so quickly? Let me check.]

Xu Jiawei stopped looking at the chat channel and had Xiao Qingtong plant more All-Purpose Mushrooms and Attribute Mushrooms. After she finished, Zhang Yunting finally sent a message.

[Leader: We can probably raise around 100,000 gold coins across all our servers.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Wow, so many!]

[Leader: We have items that can be traded across servers. The Leader organization is larger than you think. There are some things our upper echelons would like to discuss with you personally. Is that a convenient time for you?]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Okay, after all, there are so many gold coins, it's better to pay attention to them.]

[Ding, player Huaguo Command Center has added you as a friend across servers.] Xu Jiawei immediately clicked "accept".

[China Command: Hello, Comrade Xiao Xu, this is the manager of the China Leaders Department.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Hello, what brings you here today?]

[China Command: Comrade Xiao Xu, after you returned from your trip to the mainland, our other server exploration teams went to the mainland to explore and trade with them.]

[China Command: Their attribute crops are very expensive. Comrade Xiao Zhang said the ones you grew can be used three times, so they should sell for at least 3000 to 4000 gold coins.]

The leader of this command post is right. The gold tablet was initially valued at around 3500-4000, but he said that selling it as a set would be more expensive. So at the auction, the attribute mushrooms were sold as a set of 12.

That's a bit of a tangent, but attribute crops are indeed very expensive, with even the cheapest costing 2000 gold coins. The more times they can be used, the more expensive they become. Attribute fruits issued by the system can even sell for tens of thousands of gold coins.

[China Command: But all our server leaders combined only have 10 gold coins. We hope you can sell it for a lower price.]

Because of the dedication of the leaders, many leaders have lost their strength.

Because everything done to help humanity survive has affected the interests of many people, the leaders have been targeted by many, and their living space has been squeezed. At this time, some leaders are needed to suppress those who are restless, so this deal must be made.

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Okay, then I'll charge you 2000 gold coins per flower.]

Xu Jiawei sighed. She wasn't a saint and couldn't save everyone, but she was still willing to do some favors for these selfless saints, just to clear out their inventory.

[China Command: The China Leadership Department thanks you for your contributions. Once our funds are ready, we will sign the contract.]

[China Command: By the way, in mainland China, gold, silver, and copper coins are the currencies used for transactions. One day, our players will also be using currencies for trading, so in addition to gold coins, you should also keep some silver and copper coins.]

[AAA Mushroom Fairy: Thanks for the reminder.]

That evening, Xu Jiawei signed a contract with him, exchanging money for goods.

Now that she can make potions with mushrooms, Xu Jiawei has started practicing her magic proficiency. The treasure map taught her a profound lesson: if she encountered the same situation again, her proficiency would be too slow. Without the system, she would be nothing. During battles, Xu Jiawei got used to the system's assistance because the system could cast several spells in a row, while Xu Jiawei could only cast one spell in a long time.

It seems I'll avoid using system assistance in battles whenever possible, as the difference in experience is too great.

Xu Jiawei mentally reviewed the mainland language course while her body mobilized its magical power to unleash skills. In fact, Xu Jiawei had become accustomed to releasing skills at will without using her brain. This method of multitasking resulted in rapid progress, with each successful attempt doubling her experience gain.

In the past two days, Xu Jiawei has mastered the Spirit Attachment Technique and the Levitation Technique. She is currently practicing Parasitic Spores, hoping to reach the minor mastery level of Parasitic Spores ahead of schedule.

The auction was about to begin.