Lin Duoduo knew nothing about the pressure Lin Wanwan was carrying—in fact, no one in this world did.
Lin Wanwan had actually been living in constant self-reproach.
If she were to lose Duoduo again in this life, she wouldn’t even need a terror beast to do the job; she would directly commit suicide.
Watching her older sister cry, Lin Duoduo unconsciously began crying along with her.
She sobbed as she spoke.
“Sister, I won’t get out of the car anymore. Even if I poop my pants, I still won’t get out.”
Hearing Lin Duoduo put it that way, Lin Wanwan suddenly burst into laughter.
With that laugh, the tense atmosphere could no longer be maintained.
“Duoduo, it’s not that I won’t let you get out of the car. It’s that you need your sister to accompany you when you do. Just like I taught you when you were little, no matter what you do, you need an adult with you. Do you understand?”
“Mm, I understand, Sister. When I woke up this morning, I did call out to you, but seeing how soundly you were sleeping, I didn’t pull on you.”
“Duoduo is the best girl. But from now on, whenever you need to get out of the car, you must wake me up. You really cannot go out alone—no matter the reason, unless I am accompanying you, you are not allowed to go. Got it?”
Lin Wanwan decided to make the severity of the situation clear to Duoduo once and for all.
Duoduo was already seven years old—not a clueless child anymore. As long as things were explained to her clearly, she would understand.
Besides, Duoduo had always given her no peace-of-mind troubles since she was small.
“Duoduo, when I was driving yesterday, you should have known that I didn’t know how to drive before. But here, I do. This isn’t our old home anymore, and danger is all around us. That’s why I want you to have me accompany you no matter what you do.”
Seeing the grave expression on her sister’s face, Lin Duoduo nodded earnestly.
“Sister, I understand. From now on, whenever I step out of the car, no matter what I’m doing, I will call for you. Aside from you, I won’t go with anyone else.”
The little girl’s small face was written with pure earnestness.
Looking at her small face, Lin Wanwan knew she had truly taken it to heart.
She didn’t want to lock her sister inside the car forever either; she wanted her sister to play freely just like before. But she truly had no other choice.
This was a highway survival world.
A highway survival world where people could die at any moment.
This damned world.
Now that their talk was over, Lin Duoduo tried to break free and get away from Lin Wanwan.
However, Lin Wanwan didn’t give her the chance at all. She grabbed her in one move, spun her around, and turned the girl’s back toward her face.
“Sister, no! Your face is full of snot!”
“Heheh, my dear little sister, just accept your fate.”
“No, Sister, you’re way too gross! Let go of me!”
Saying this, Lin Duoduo began struggling frantically, as if something terrifying was about to happen.
“Heheh, heheh.”
Lin Wanwan didn’t care at all. She directly pressed her face—covered in tears and snot—right onto Lin Duoduo’s clothes.
She rubbed back and forth a few times, wiping her face completely clean.
“Ah! Lin Wanwan, you bad woman! How many times have I said not to wipe your big snot on my clothes?!”
Lin Duoduo sat there in a near breakdown, her eyes completely lifeless.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Lin Wanwan giggled mischievously.
“Lin Wanwan, have you ever thought about it? This isn’t our home—I don’t have a change of clothes!”
Watching her unscrupulous sister laugh endlessly, Lin Duoduo brought up a harsh reality.
“Huh?”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s words, Lin Wanwan couldn’t laugh anymore.
Amidst her wild swing of emotions, she had completely forgotten about this.
She ran a hand through her hair in a bit of a breakdown.
“Don’t worry, Duoduo. In a bit, I’ll find someone to trade for two sets of clothes for you. I won’t let you stay dirty like this.”
Lin Duoduo let out a sigh. What could she possibly do about a sister like this?
“Alright, Duoduo, don’t think about that for now. For breakfast, do you want to eat this hamburger or the braised chicken?”
“Braised chicken?”
Lin Duoduo was a bit confused.
“Sister, didn’t you say yesterday that we should save the braised chicken? We can’t eat it all right now.”
“Mm, I didn’t eat it all by myself. While you were sleeping yesterday, I traded it with someone for a blade.”
After saying this, Lin Wanwan reached out and handed the short blade to Lin Duoduo.
“It’s this one. In this world, we won’t make it without a weapon for self-defense.”
Lin Duoduo didn’t reach out to take the blade, but she agreed with what her sister said.
In a survival world, weapons were true confidence.
“Sister, we can eat the braised chicken, but it’s too greasy. How are we going to eat it?”
“It’s fine. In a bit, we’ll install the stove inside the car, and then find a way to get some firewood.”
“Firewood? Do you know how to make a fire?”
Hearing her sister say she wanted to light a fire to cook the chicken, Lin Duoduo looked at her with doubt in her eyes.
Having lived together for so many years, her sister had no problem with cooking meals, but lighting a wood-burning stove was something she had never seen her do even once.
Seeing Lin Duoduo’s doubtful gaze, Lin Wanwan felt deeply hurt. This wretched kid wasn’t cute at all.
“Lin Duoduo, don’t you forget who raised you up through all the diapers and mess! What’s with that look you’re giving me now, huh?”
Hearing Lin Wanwan say this, Lin Duoduo smacked her lips helplessly and admitted defeat.
“Fine, fine, I believe you. You’re the absolute best, Sister.”
“That’s more like it. Your sister is the greatest.”
The two of them were chatting idly when the car slowly came to a stop.
Lin Wanwan looked out the window. A Level 1 treasure chest was sitting quietly by the roadside.
Once the car came to a complete stop, just as she was about to haul the treasure chest into the car, Lin Duoduo suddenly called out to stop her.
“Sister, I feel like this box is dangerous.”
Huh? Danger?
Hearing Lin Duoduo say there was danger, Lin Wanwan immediately pulled her hand back and snatched the short blade into her grip.
After what happened with the Level 2 treasure chest yesterday, she trusted Lin Duoduo’s intuition one hundred percent.
“Duoduo, can you feel whether this danger is big for us?”
Hearing her sister ask, Lin Duoduo slowly closed her eyes.
After about thirty seconds, she opened her eyes.
“Sister, there is danger, but it’s not very big. As long as we handle it properly, I feel we can clear this problem easily.”
Not very big?
Then it would be easy to handle.
Based on Lin Wanwan’s experience from her past life, as long as the danger from a Level 1 treasure chest wasn’t too exaggerated, she could deal with it—not to mention she had a blade in hand.
She closed the car door and directly reached out to push open the box.
“Ah, Sister, be careful!”
Lin Duoduo’s voice came from inside the van.
Lin Wanwan nodded, signaling that she heard her.
Holding the blade in her right hand, her eyes stared straight at the box.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Lin Wanwan waited for a full ten seconds, but there was no movement inside the box.
Could her sister’s intuition be wrong?
She poked her head forward to look into the box.
*BANG.*
The moment she leaned her head over, a dark shadow leaped out of the box, rushing straight for her face.