Lin Wanwan had slept uncomfortably whole night—sleeping on two car seats pushed together was truly uncomfortable.
As dawn approached, she finally drifted off to sleep.
It was like being in her childhood cradle, rocking back and forth, back and forth.
Wait, that wasn’t right.
Lin Wanwan snapped awake instantly.
She was in a car—why was it rocking?
That meant the car was moving.
Before going to sleep, hadn’t the autopilot function stopped next to a treasure chest? Why was the vehicle starting up now?
Before even opening her eyes, Lin Wanwan reached out toward the short blade placed beside her body.
However, no matter how she fumbled around, she couldn’t feel it.
A cold sweat broke out all over her.
Could it be that an enemy or a terror beast had gotten into her car without her noticing?
What about her younger sister, then?
At this thought, she opened her eyes and sat straight up.
The interior of the vehicle was intact, and there were no outsiders inside.
The car was moving smoothly.
The only difference was an extra treasure chest inside—a Level 2 treasure chest—with that short blade resting right on top of it.
Lin Wanwan looked up at the hammock.
Lin Duoduo was still sleeping soundly inside, though the side curtain of the hammock had been opened.
Seeing that her sister was safe and sound, Lin Wanwan let out a long sigh of relief.
Needless to ask, the girl must have quietly snuck out of the car and hauled the treasure chest inside. She was far too bold.
What kind of environment was this?
It was a highway survival world with deadly dangers lurking at every moment. This child truly gave her no peace of mind.
It had been like this in her past life, and was it going to be the same in this life too?
Lin Wanwan intended to give her a proper scolding.
She reached over to take the short blade, placed it beside the driver’s seat, and then neatly folded the luggage.
Even while stuck in a highway survival world, one had to maintain a clean and orderly life.
After tidying up the bedsheets and quilt covers, she lightly stretched her muscles and bones, feeling a bit sore all over.
Needless to say, it was definitely from not sleeping well.
She hoped she could trade for something suitable today to get a good night’s rest tonight.
After packing up her things, Lin Wanwan reached out to grab the braised chicken dish, intending to eat a few bites for breakfast.
Just then, her stomach churned violently.
Ah.
An urgent call of nature—the kind where you couldn’t hold it for even a single second.
Lin Wanwan quickly brought the car to a stop, grabbed some toilet paper, pulled the car door open, and dashed outside.
At this moment, she had no room to worry about terror beasts.
Besides, based on her experience from her past life, today was still relatively safe; as long as she wasn’t caught by a persistent terror beast, her safety was guaranteed.
She glanced around her surroundings: a straight highway flanked by half-human-tall cogon grass, with scattered trees off in the distance.
Lin Wanwan didn’t dare leave the highway; she pulled down her pants behind the right side of the car.
After a rustling sound, Lin Wanwan returned to the vehicle.
She pulled out an unfinished bottle of mineral water, briefly rinsed her mouth, and used a tiny amount of water to wash her hands.
Having done all this, the car’s autopilot feature kicked in once again.
She had actually wanted to cut some cogon grass to lay in the back compartment as a mat, but thinking about what she had just done, she decided to wait until the next stop.
The car’s autopilot function was really great—no need to drive herself, it was just a bit slow.
As the car started moving, Lin Wanwan realized she actually had nothing to do.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, she checked the time displayed on the central console; it was only seven o’clock in the morning.
She casually grabbed a bit of a hamburger and ate it while opening the light screen, planning to see if there was any new intelligence.
The first thing that caught Lin Wanwan’s eyes was the number above the chat messages.
Number of people: 9,692,314/10,000,000.
When she joined the group yesterday, the number displayed above should have been over 9.695 million, meaning more than three thousand people had died in just one night?
Lin Wanwan sighed.
“Have you all set off yet?”
There were simply too many people in the group, so someone was always chatting no matter the time.
“Set off? Set off my ass! I don’t know what kind of creature kept screaming outside my car window, keeping me awake all night. Now I don’t have the strength to drive at all.”
“You think a noise is bad? I had a black shadow outside mine that kept moving nonstop. When dawn broke this morning, I took a look—it was just the leaves outside swaying.”
“Haha, are you trying to kill your dad with laughter? With courage that tiny, you still want to do highway survival? Go wash up and sleep, this place isn’t for you.”
Hearing someone say they couldn’t fall asleep because of tree shadows, many people activated their mocking skills.
In such tedious days, seeing someone worse off than themselves restored a sense of balance to many people’s hearts.
Lin Wanwan smiled as well; the other party’s courage was indeed not great. However, she didn’t mock them.
When she first entered this world, she had been even worse off, basically staying awake the whole night as well.
Why bother mocking others now?
She began skipping past these idle chat messages, scrolling up on the light screen to see if there were any suitable items for trade.
After searching for a long time, there wasn’t a single useful item.
She could only watch the people chatting on the light screen to pass her bored time.
After a while, her younger sister’s voice came from inside the vehicle.
“Sister, you’re up.”
Hearing Lin Duoduo’s voice, Lin Wanwan immediately pulled a stern face, but said nothing.
Seeing that her sister didn’t reply, Lin Duoduo climbed down from the hammock and obediently sat in the passenger seat.
“Sister, what’s wrong with you?”
Seeing Lin Wanwan’s grim expression, Lin Duoduo asked cautiously in a low voice.
Lin Wanwan still kept silent, staring straight at Lin Duoduo.
Lin Duoduo felt intimidated by her sister’s stare. Just as she was about to get up and act cute, she realized this wasn’t their home, and she couldn’t even throw herself into Lin Wanwan’s arms.
“Sister, what on earth is wrong with you? Say something! Don’t scare Duoduo, I’m scared.”
Lin Duoduo’s voice was tinged with tears.
Seeing that the emotions were built up enough, Lin Wanwan finally spoke.
“Duoduo, let me ask you: did you sneak out of the car by yourself?”
“Huh?”
Hearing Lin Wanwan ask if she had gotten out of the car, Lin Duoduo’s gaze shifted evasively.
Seeing her guilty look, Lin Wanwan became even more certain that Lin Duoduo had gotten off the vehicle.
“This isn’t our old world. Danger is all around us here. You getting out of the car alone makes me extremely worried, do you know that?”
“Sister, I…”
Just as Lin Duoduo was about to say something, Lin Wanwan reached out a hand to stop her.
“Duoduo, it’s not that I won’t let you get out of the car. If you really want to get out, you must tell me, and I will go with you. But when you sneak out by yourself while I’m asleep, if you really encountered danger, what was I supposed to do?”
As Lin Wanwan said these words, tears slid down her face uncontrollably.
She recalled how helpless she felt the first time she transmigrated to this world and found her sister missing, and how she completely panicked upon finding her sister’s blood-stained little shoe.
In this life, she would never let such a thing happen again.
Seeing Lin Wanwan cry, Lin Duoduo began to cry as well.
“Sister, I didn’t get out of the car on purpose. My stomach hurt, and when I called you then, you didn’t wake up either. So I took the blade next to you and got out of the car by myself.”
“Huh?”
Hearing that Lin Duoduo had only gotten off because her stomach felt unwell, and then remembering that she herself hadn’t even brought a blade when she stepped out earlier, Lin Wanwan felt she had wronged her younger sister.
She pulled her sister over into her arms, wailing loudly, as if trying to cry out all the grievances from two lifetimes.