Out on the Wasteland, the wind howled, whipping up yellow sand that filled the sky. The powerful gusts robbed anyone of the ability to move, forcing them to huddle in their vehicles and wait it out.
As the system notification sounded, Jason steered the RV down the highway.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh – hundreds of yards behind the RV, a tornado that pierced the sky was gradually taking shape.
Ellie, Lily, and Sophie were pressed against the windows, and they jumped when they saw it.
“Oh my god, there really is a tornado!” Ellie exclaimed.
They'd just heard the system warning: stopping for more than a minute would cause the tornado to lift them up, so they’d peered curiously outside.
Seeing the tornado looming, reaching for the sky, they were fully convinced the system warning was legit.
As the RV drove away, the forming tornado slowly moved as well, almost as if it was chasing them.
“It’s actually following us!” The three girls cried out in unison.
The sight of the roaring wind and the spectacular tornado outside the window made them pale.
Their slight frames wouldn’t stand a chance against that kind of wind.
Lily, thinking quickly, said, “Ellie, Sophie, quick, let’s check all the windows are sealed tight!”
Ellie and Sophie snapped to attention, and the three quickly checked every window, terrified that one might be open, letting the tornado snatch them away.
It seemed that was the only thing they could do in the face of the pursuing tornado.
Nearby, Kira and Tiffany saw this and couldn’t help but smile.
The three girls’ anxious fear was amusing to them.
With these three sisters around, life on the RV would definitely be interesting, never boring.
However, the two women’s expressions turned grim as they gazed at the tornado a few hundred yards back.
Of course, it wasn’t just Jason’s RV that had a tornado on its tail, but other teams' vehicles as well.
The tornado was like a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone’s head, ready to whisk away vehicles and extinguish the lives of all within.
As the teams drove onward, everyone pondered the system announcement.
The gist of it was, for the next three days, day and night, they had to keep moving.
Combined with the tornado looming behind, everyone understood that if they stopped for more than a minute, the vehicle would be swept up into the sky, leading to wreckage and death.
So for every team, the challenge ahead was three days of non-stop driving.
If a team had too few members, these three days would be incredibly grueling.
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But for a team of four or five, taking turns driving, it shouldn’t be too hard to endure.
Jason didn’t need to worry about this at all. He had a full eight people in his RV, plenty to rotate, making it easy peasy.
Though only Jason, Chloe, and Kira could drive at the moment.
But Ellie and the other girls could all learn to drive; they didn’t need to be skilled drivers, just capable of keeping the vehicle moving steadily.
And since the highway was free of obstacles, without even a curve, all they needed to do was keep a steady hand on the steering wheel and tap the accelerator. There was no real difficulty to it.
A good thing was that these three days wouldn’t consume gas, and they’d even get gas rewards daily.
Once the three days were over and they headed to the scorching hot world to search for chests, they wouldn’t have to worry about running out of gas.
Inside the driver’s compartment,
Jason gradually increased his speed, glancing in the rearview mirror to ensure the tornado wouldn’t catch up.
While stopping for a minute meant being swept away, driving too slow would allow the tornado to overtake them as well.
Jason naturally wouldn’t drive too slowly; he had no desire to be lifted into the sky.
Chloe, in the passenger seat, watching the howling wind outside, asked, “Hubby, with such high winds, do you think we’ll encounter any chests?”
“Even if we do find a chest, we won't have time to stop and brave the tornado to open it,” Jason explained helplessly.
It was like a pursuer mode; the vehicles were moving at no cost of gas, meaning no chests would appear.
Not to mention, even if there were chests in this environment, who would dare to stop and look for them, risking being swept away by the tornado?
So these three days would offer no resource income besides system trades.
Of course, all the teams had stored up plenty of food, so there was no need to worry about starvation.
And Jason's RV was even more well-stocked with supplies.
“What we need to consider is that we can’t stop to rest for the next three days. We’ll need to rotate driving. Chloe, go get Ellie and Lily to come learn to drive.”
Jason decided that for the next three days, he and Chloe, Ellie, and the other fighters would take turns driving.
Rotating between five people, getting through three days of driving should be no problem.
"Okay." Chloe nodded. Naturally, she wouldn't object to Jason's decision. So she left the driver's compartment to get Ellie and Lily.
A moment later, Ellie and Lily walked into the driver’s compartment with two pieces of bread: “Jason, my brother, this is breakfast that my older sister just made."
Jason took the bread Ellie offered.
The bread had slices of meat, ham, and fried eggs inside, convenient for him to eat while driving.
"Ellie, Lily, for the next three days we'll need to take turns driving, so you have to learn to drive as soon as possible."
The two girls nodded quickly, indicating they understood.
So Jason devoured the bread in a few bites and began teaching the two girls to drive.
Somewhere on the highway, a small car was swaying from side to side, like a beginner was driving.
"Big Bumble, hold the steering wheel steady for me... you're making me carsick!"
Joyce stood next to the driver's seat, reaching out to tap the mutated queen bee sitting in the driver's seat twice.
That's right, sitting in the driver's seat was the mutated queen bee, with its four insect legs gripping the steering wheel, looking quite comical.
It turned out the small car was swaying erratically because the mutated queen bee was driving.
After being tapped by Joyce, the mutated queen bee used mental communication to retort with dissatisfaction.
"Oh, you dare talk back to me?" Joyce reached out again and tapped the mutated queen bee's insect head.
Now that the wind disaster had arrived, Joyce's situation was a bit dire, she definitely couldn't get through three days of driving alone.
But since Joyce had made it through these three days in the past, she naturally could make it through this time too.
Jason guessed that in the past, Joyce had relied on the mutated queen bee, taking turns driving to get through this crisis.
Therefore, after being reminded by Jason, Joyce had already started teaching the mutated queen bee to drive, and even, fearing that the mutated queen bee wouldn't understand, Joyce tried to continue feeding the mutated queen bee with zombie Crystals.
After being continuously fed with zombie Crystals, the mutated queen bee's intelligence clearly increased again, which made Joyce ecstatic.
With the increase in intelligence, the mutated queen bee naturally gradually learned to drive.
If Jason knew about the mutated queen bee's situation, he would find that the mutated queen bee's intelligence was the same as those monsters guarding the chests.