Lin Wanwan parked the vehicle by the roadside and climbed into the back of the minivan, casually pulling over one of the Grade 1 treasure crates from among the six.
Since the unknown entity had stated that all negative effects were removed from all the treasure crates she obtained today, what was there to worry about?
She could just open it directly.
The crate was not large, measuring about one meter in length, width, and height.
There was a latch on top, and Lin Wanwan reached out to open it directly.
“Heavenly powers, earthly spirits, this believer is willing to stick to a balanced diet for a lifetime in exchange for a flash of golden light from this crate.”
Following her habit before opening loot boxes in games, Lin Wanwan began foolishly chanting nonsense incantations.
“Open.”
She pushed the crate open directly.
The expected dazzling golden light did not appear, leaving Lin Wanwan a little disappointed.
She looked inside—the crate contained only three glowing Orbs, each bearing an icon representing water droplets, food, and weapons, respectively.
Reaching out to grab the first glowing Orb with the water droplet icon, the Orb shattered, and a case of mineral water fell out from inside.
Mineral water was fine, but what was the meaning of giving her a case of Aurum Virtutes Mineral Water?
We’re in a highway survival game here, can we be a little more serious?
The bottle was gilded, featuring a Baroque relief of a seraph with spread wings, its feather textures as fine as silk.
The crystal cap was cut into a twelve-pointed star, refracting sacred rainbow light.
A foil-stamped parchment label was printed with the Latin word “Virtutes” and a scepter crest, with a champagne-gold ribbon wrapped around the bottle’s neck.
Every single bottle was an exquisite work of art.
Lin Wanwan had come across introductions to it on short video feeds in her past life, which stated that a single bottle cost over $20,000 USD—roughly 170,000 RMB—making it the third most expensive mineral water in her past life.
Right in front of her was a full case, twelve bottles in total.
If they weren’t in the Highway Survival World, selling these items could easily net at least a million RMB. But right now, this was the Highway Survival World—what was the point of giving her such expensive water?
Lin Wanwan even wanted to communicate with that unknown entity to see if she could exchange the Aurum Virtutes Mineral Water for Binglu water of equal monetary value. If she could swap it for Binglu, it would probably be enough for her and her sister to drink until the day they died.
While complaining inwardly, Lin Wanwan carefully set the case of water to the side.
She had to be careful; even the darn bottle was made of 24K pure gold.
She planned to check the chat channel later tonight to see if there were any fools willing to trade for this stuff.
Lin Wanwan reached out again and pulled out the second food Orb.
This time, it was much more normal, granting her a hamburger.
She nodded with satisfaction.
Satisfaction, my foot! Have you ever seen a hamburger bigger than a human face? And inside wasn’t a patty, but ten full ribs of beef.
Given the size of this burger, if she and her sister rationed it carefully, it could last them at least five days to a week. Even if they ate to their hearts’ content, it would still last three days.
Lin Wanwan fell into a state of bewilderment. Could it be that after her rebirth, she had embarked on a completely different path from her past life?
Before she could figure it out, Lin Duoduo, smelling the fragrance, twitched her little nose. Without even opening her eyes, she spoke up.
“Big sister, is it time to eat? Duoduo is so hungry.”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s voice, Lin Wanwan instantly snapped back to reality; now was not the time to be overly dramatic.
Who cared what came out of the crate? As long as it could fill Duoduo’s belly with good food, that was all that mattered.
She glanced back at Lin Duoduo sitting in the passenger seat.
“Little glutton, hurry up and get up. We have hamburgers and beef ribs to eat.”
“Ah, hamburgers!”
Hearing her sister say there were hamburgers to eat, Lin Duoduo immediately snapped her eyes open, completely ignoring the mention of beef ribs.
“Big sister, are we going to eat junk food?”
“Mm.”
“Big sister, you’re so good! Junk food is my favorite.”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s words, Lin Wanwan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Kids nowadays all loved eating junk food—truth be told, she liked it too.
However, after their parents passed away, in order to ensure Lin Duoduo had a balanced diet, she had tried every trick in the book to cook delicious meals for her every day. Yet the child still preferred fast food like hamburgers.
Under their current circumstances, having food to eat at all was already fortunate—junk food it was, then.
“That’s right, it’s the hamburger you love the most. Hurry over and eat.”
Only then did Lin Duoduo spot the ultra-gigantic hamburger placed in the middle of the vehicle cabin, her eyes beaming with an unusual sparkle.
“Big sister, is this our dinner? Why is it so big? Is this really a hamburger?”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s question, Lin Wanwan scratched her head in mild embarrassment.
“Come eat quick. Does it look like a hamburger to you? If it looks like one, don’t worry about the rest.”
“Mm, mm! Big sister, you’re the best! I love you the most!”
Lin Duoduo scrambled from the passenger seat into the rear cabin. Fortunately, the back of the minivan wasn’t small; otherwise, it really wouldn’t have been able to hold so many things.
Lin Duoduo tore off a piece of bread from the giant hamburger, sandwiched it with lettuce and beef, and began eating like that.
The little girl was truly hungry, devouring a piece in no time flat.
Perhaps because she ate a bit too hurriedly, she choked to the point where her eyes rolled upward.
“Big sister, water… I’m going to choke to death!”
Hearing Lin Duoduo ask for water, Lin Wanwan couldn’t care less about how expensive the water was. She grabbed a bottle of Aurum Virtutes Mineral Water from the side, opened the cap directly, and handed it to her sister.
Looking at the mineral water handed over by her sister, Lin Duoduo took it in astonishment.
She didn’t know the price of this bottle of Aurum Virtutes, but the appearance of the bottle was simply too eye-catching.
“Big sister, is… is this water?”
Lin Duoduo even stammered slightly as she spoke.
“How… how is this bottle so pretty? It must be very expensive.”
Lin Wanwan nodded. Since her sister was thirsty, she should just drink it; who cared how much it cost?
“Drink quickly. Weren’t you choking?”
Hearing her sister confirm that the water was truly for her to drink, Lin Duoduo took the bottle cautiously, took a tiny sip, and immediately screwed the cap back on.
“Why aren’t you drinking anymore? Drink a bit more. We still have more than a dozen bottles of this water, plenty for you to drink.”
Seeing Lin Duoduo cap the bottle, Lin Wanwan asked.
“Big sister, I heard those words too. I’m not a one- or two-year-old kid anymore; I’m almost eight. I occasionally watched short videos, and many stories were written about apocalyptic survival. I know what Highway Survival means, so we should save up.”
“Ah…”
Hearing Lin Duoduo say this, Lin Wanwan felt a pang of heartache.
She pulled Lin Duoduo into her arms and hugged her tightly.
Indeed, Duoduo was not a one- or two-year-old child; she was almost eight, but she was still just a child.
How could she be so sensible?
Lin Wanwan felt a surge of sorrow, and tears fell uncontrollably.
“Big sister, don’t cry. We will definitely survive and live well.”
“Mm, we will definitely live well.”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s words, Lin Wanwan nodded heavily.
“Duoduo, you keep eating. I’m going to see what’s in the remaining crates.”
With that said, she reached out toward the third glowing Orb. Since the first two Orbs had yielded good items, she was now exceptionally full of anticipation for the third one.