At some unknown point, the car had already come to a stop.
That meant there was a treasure chest in the vicinity of the van.
Imitating her younger sister’s method, Lin Wanwan pulled open a crack in the quilt, pressed her fingertips against the window, and relied on the warmth of her fingers to melt a small hole in the frost on the glass, only then looking outward.
The world between heaven and earth was an unbroken expanse of white, looking chillingly cold just by taking a glance.
After staring out for a long while, Lin Wanwan and Lin Duoduo finally spotted the treasure chest about five meters ahead to the left of the van.
“A Level 2 treasure chest.”
Lin Duoduo called out.
“Mm.”
“Sister, how are we going to go get it? It’s really too cold outside!”
Hearing Duoduo’s words, Lin Wanwan felt somewhat helpless as well. Others might not know how cold it was outside, but she had experienced it once before.
When the two of them first transmigrated over, the clothes they wore were all summer wear—short shirts and short sleeves. Going out now would definitely leave them freezing terribly.
Stepping out in this current outfit would undoubtedly lead to frostbite all over again, just like in her past life.
Yet the treasure chest was sitting right there, and not grabbing it made her feel guilty.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Wanwan fished out that graphene quilt she had cut into pieces earlier once more.
She first found two small pieces of quilt cover to place under her feet, stuffed them with cogon grass, and finally wrapped her feet up securely with cloth strips.
Then she pulled out a slightly larger piece of quilt backing to drape over her body, but felt it didn’t cover her whole body.
Lin Wanwan’s little temper flared up; she threw the remaining tattered quilt pieces into the corner of the back compartment, and directly pulled out a brand-new quilt to drape over her body.
Using the remaining bedsheets, she tied the quilt down securely all over from top to bottom, leaving only her hands and eyes exposed.
“Duoduo, stay away from the car door and go hang out in the back compartment.”
Before getting out of the car, Lin Wanwan instructed Lin Duoduo.
“Okay, Sister, you have to be careful.”
Lin Duoduo replied obediently, then got up and went to the back compartment.
At critical moments, Lin Duoduo was always so thoughtful and never caused trouble for Lin Wanwan.
Seeing her younger sister crawl to the back of the car and sit down properly, Lin Wanwan gritted her teeth and pushed open the door beside the driver’s seat.
The first push failed to budge it.
Lin Wanwan shook her head; it seemed this car door had already frozen shut.
She increased her force and pushed hard once more, and the car door finally swung open.
The moment the door pushed open, she leaped straight down from the driver’s seat position.
The ground was truly freezing cold; even with her feet completely covered by the graphene quilt, she felt a wave of biting chill surging up from the soles of her feet.
This was no time for hesitation; she wrapped the quilt draped over her body tightly and dashed toward the chest.
The car door was only five meters away from the Level 2 treasure chest—a distance she could normally walk in a few steps, but because the ground was extremely slippery, she slipped with every single step she took.
Just as she was about to touch the treasure chest, Lin Wanwan’s left foot accidentally stepped on her right foot’s binding rope.
Losing her balance completely, she tumbled straight down onto the ground.
“Ah.”
Lin Wanwan took a sprawling tumble.
Fortunately, she was wrapped in thick cotton quilts, and with these quilts acting as a cushion, Lin Wanwan didn’t hurt herself much.
Right now she had no time to mind too many things; gritting her teeth, she forced herself to scramble up rapidly, grabbed the treasure chest, and ran back toward the car door.
After running just two steps, Lin Wanwan felt the sole of her right foot ice-cold, but ignoring it entirely, she hopped and skipped all the way back to the side of the car.
She first tossed the Level 2 treasure chest directly into the passenger seat, then scrambled hands and feet into the driver’s seat, slamming the car door shut fiercely the moment she sat down.
At this point, frost had already begun creeping across the car door.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Lin Wanwan began panting heavily, gasping for breath.
“Sister, are you okay? You let out a big shout just now—what happened?”
Seeing her sister get back into the car, Lin Duoduo asked with some anxiety.
Lin Wanwan waved her hand; she hadn’t caught her breath yet.
After two full minutes, Lin Wanwan let out a long sigh, feeling like she had finally recovered.
“I’m fine, Duoduo. The ground outside was too slippery just now, I lost my footing and took a tumble.”
Lin Wanwan was someone who cared about her pride; she certainly couldn’t tell her sister that she had tripped by stepping on her own left foot with her right foot.
“Ah, Sister, then you didn’t hurt yourself anywhere?”
“I’m fine. I was wrapped in a big quilt, and when I fell, the quilt cushioned my body, so I’m okay.”
Sitting in the back seat, Lin Duoduo thought about the thick graphene quilt on her sister’s body, and then recalled times back home when she tumbled onto the bed wrapped in a blanket.
Making a simple comparison, she nodded.
Her sister should indeed be fine.
Seeing her younger sister completely fooled by her, Lin Wanwan smiled.
She took off the graphene quilt from her body and looked at her feet: the left foot’s binding cloth was still tied faithfully in place, while her right foot was completely bare.
No wonder she felt her right foot icy-cold on her way back; by now her foot was almost numb from the cold.
Daring not to delay, she rubbed her feet vigorously to prevent frostbite.
After rubbing hard for a few minutes, Lin Wanwan finally felt a prickling sensation returning to her right foot, and she let out a long sigh of relief.
When watching short videos in her past life, she had seen many people fully armed to enjoy the cold in Harbin, yet getting frostbite due to insufficient warmth—back then Lin Wanwan thought it was a joke.
Having experienced her first highway survival trial, she knew those people were still being far too conservative.
At thirty degrees below zero, freezing a person solid in just a few seconds was truly not an exaggeration.
She rubbed hard against the small hole she had made on the window earlier, looking out through the small opening.
Her right foot’s binding cloth was still lying under the car.
After a brief thought, Lin Wanwan gave up on the idea of going down to retrieve it.
She wasn’t lacking that little bit of binding cloth; leaving it where it dropped meant leaving it.
At this thought, she spoke up once more.
“Turn on autopilot function.”
“Autopilot function turned on.”
The car started moving once again.
Lin Wanwan let out a long sigh.
“Duoduo, this chest is for you. Go sense it and see if there’s any danger inside.”
“Alright, Sister.”
Hearing Lin Wanwan’s words, Lin Duoduo closed her eyes and began sensing.
A few minutes later, Lin Duoduo opened her eyes.
“How is it, Duoduo? Is there danger inside?”
Looking at her sister’s expectant gaze, Lin Duoduo lowered her head somewhat bashfully.
“What’s wrong, Duoduo? Can’t you sense it?”
“It’s not that, Sister,” Lin Duoduo said in a small voice.
“It’s fine, worst case we won’t open it for now and wait until you can sense it again.”
Lin Wanwan waved her hand, unconcerned.
Right now the two sisters had food to eat and water to drink, and when trading supplies with others, they had plenty of chips in hand.
Thus, Lin Wanwan didn’t care about the contents of a single treasure chest at all.
“It’s not that, Sister. I can sense it, but my stomach is empty, so what I sensed isn’t very clear.”
Lin Duoduo said somewhat sheepishly.
“Hungry?”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s words, Lin Wanwan patted her forehead.
She had basically raised a little piglet sister here.