Looking at the grass bundles piled high, the two sisters were filled with a sense of accomplishment.
This was how life was—everything required careful planning and frugal calculation, especially in a world like highway survival.
It had to be said that Lin Duoduo’s adaptability was indeed exceptionally strong; Lin Wanwan felt she was at least better than herself, having adapted to everything before her eyes so quickly.
Lin Wanwan tossed over the grass rope she had prepared long ago, having her tie it onto the luggage rack.
Lin Duoduo used every ounce of her strength, her little hands choked red, before she finally tied the grass rope secure.
Having done all this, she threw the other end of the grass rope to Lin Wanwan, who was already waiting off to the side.
Grabbing the end of the rope, Lin Wanwan ran to the other side of the van, stepped onto the left footboard, and tied the grass rope down firmly.
Looking at the securely bound grass bundles, the two sisters—one on top of the car, one below—looked at each other and burst into laughter.
A refreshing sense of exhilaration arose spontaneously; that kind of satisfaction was something hard for others to understand.
The two sisters laughed for a full minute before gradually coming to a stop.
Lin Wanwan closed the van’s left side door, then walked over to the right side door.
“Duoduo, come down. I’ll catch you.”
Lin Wanwan opened her arms wide.
“When you come down, slide down slowly. Don’t rush, I’ll support your feet when the time comes, got it?”
She made a simple arrangement.
Lin Duoduo nodded.
She slowly sat down, and just as she was about to slide downward, her right foot tripped directly on the grass rope.
This instant made her lose her balance immediately.
Lin Duoduo struggled hard, trying to grab onto something, but everything was in vain as she plummeted headfirst.
“Ah, Sister!”
As Lin Duoduo cried out for her sister, Lin Wanwan also noticed her sister’s anomaly. Looking at her sister falling headfirst, her mind went completely blank.
She couldn’t let her sister get hurt from the fall—this was the only thought in Lin Wanwan’s mind right now.
Can’t panic, must not panic either, Lin Wanwan mentally cheered herself on.
The moment Lin Duoduo fell, Lin Wanwan rushed forward, exerted force with both hands, and caught Duoduo fiercely by the waist.
However, Duoduo was already a seven-year-old child weighing over sixty jin; such a sudden drop carried tremendous force.
Lin Wanwan couldn’t hold her up at all.
Yet her sole thought right now was not to let her sister crash, regardless of whether she got injured herself.
“Ah!”
Lin Wanwan let out a loud shout, gave it everything she had, and fell backward fiercely.
*BANG.*
With a dull thud, Lin Wanwan slammed onto the two grass bundles Lin Duoduo had placed on the ground before climbing onto the roof, while Lin Duoduo fell right on top of Lin Wanwan.
“Ugh.”
A muffled groan escaped Lin Wanwan’s mouth.
Ignoring the pain on her body, she immediately scrambled up to prop Lin Duoduo upright.
“Duoduo, are you alright?”
Calling out as she spoke, she checked Lin Duoduo’s body up and down.
Only after confirming that Lin Duoduo didn’t have a single injury on her did Lin Wanwan let out a long sigh of relief, then sat on the grass bundle panting heavily.
Seeing that Lin Duoduo had no reaction, she didn’t rush to touch her; she knew Lin Duoduo needed time to recover her senses right now.
“Ah!”
Only after a full minute did Lin Duoduo snap out of it, letting out a loud cry.
“It’s fine now, Duoduo. Sister is right here.”
Lin Wanwan quickly pulled her younger sister into her arms, softly comforting her.
The two sisters sat on the grass bundle, holding each other tightly like this.
A few minutes later, Lin Duoduo completely came back to her senses.
She quickly climbed off Lin Wanwan and began checking her body.
“Sister, are you okay? It’s all my fault, I was too careless.”
Crying while checking Lin Wanwan’s body, especially upon seeing Lin Wanwan’s arms and legs covered in bloody scratches, Lin Duoduo sobbed continuously.
“It’s nothing, Duoduo, Sister is fine. Just a few scratches, no big deal—they’ll scab over in a bit.”
“How can you say it’s nothing? Look at all these blood cuts. Sister, I’m really sorry.”
“What are you saying? How can this be blameworthy on you? I’m the one who let you climb up. As long as you didn’t get hurt from the fall, that’s better than anything.”
The two sisters comforted each other.
After resting for a few more minutes, Lin Wanwan recovered a bit. Enduring the pain, she stuffed the remaining two grass bundles into the van’s back compartment first.
“Duoduo, let’s get in the car first. We’ve delayed here for almost an hour; we have to go.”
“Mm.”
Lin Duoduo nodded.
The two sisters climbed onto the vehicle and turned on the car’s autopilot function.
However, the car moved at a constant, very slow speed. Gritting her teeth and enduring the pain, Lin Wanwan floored the accelerator pedal all the way down.
She discovered that when she slammed the accelerator pedal to the floor, the autopilot could still advance, and even better than her own driving.
Driving in the future, she only needed to give it gas.
Perfect.
The car moved forward rapidly, and soon they spotted today’s third treasure chest.
Good luck—this treasure chest turned out to be a Level 3 treasure chest.
Not daring to waste time, seeing no one around, Lin Duoduo volunteered to go down and haul the chest up.
Closing the car door tight, they continued forward.
By noon, the two of them picked up two more chests.
Now there were two Level 1 chests and one Level 3 chest inside the car.
“Duoduo, which chest’s items do you feel will be useful for our upcoming trip?”
Hearing Lin Wanwan’s question, Lin Duoduo surprisingly didn’t answer directly this time, but instead knitted her little brows.
“What’s wrong, Duoduo? Is it hard to choose this time?”
Lin Wanwan asked.
“Yes, Sister. Both this Level 1 chest and this Level 3 chest are useful to us, and for some reason, the items inside both chests feel roughly equal in usefulness to me?”
Hearing her sister pressing further, Lin Duoduo looked at the two chests, her eyes surprisingly falling into a daze.
Seeing Lin Duoduo’s state, Lin Wanwan felt a bit confused as well.
What did it mean that the items in both chests were roughly equal in usefulness?
Could the items opened from a Level 1 chest and a Level 3 chest have the exact same usefulness for the upcoming extreme cold disaster?
How could that be possible?
However, Lin Duoduo’s intuition was amazing—her intuition had helped them obtain good stuff twice, giving Lin Wanwan no choice but to believe it.
Looking at the time, it had almost been 24 hours since their group transmigrated to the highway survival world.
When the time came, the extreme cold disaster would descend immediately, so her time was running out.
At this thought, she asked Lin Duoduo.
“Duoduo, is there any danger with these three chests?”
Hearing her sister ask if there was danger, Lin Wanwan pointed at the remaining Level 1 treasure chest.
“Sister, this treasure chest feels similar to the chest that spawned the monster this morning. These other two chests don’t have much danger.”
A similar feeling? Meaning there was a Level 1 terror beast inside this treasure chest.
A Level 1 terror beast would be easy to handle.
Checking the time, it was almost at the mark—no more time to hesitate. Lin Wanwan parked the van by the roadside.
She then carried down the Level 1 treasure chest that Lin Duoduo felt was dangerous.
“Duoduo, shut the car door tight. I’ll see what’s inside this.”