60: Brother Lin, you are a good person.

In the living room.

Qin Lin sat on the sofa, seemingly checking the System interface, but in reality, his mind was wandering a bit.

The effect of that black knitted dress... he really hadn't expected it to be so exaggerated.

Han Qing's figure was even better than he had anticipated.

The curves of a mature woman, combined with the unique ascetic aura of a doctor, created a powerful contrast.

Moreover, she had chosen that set of deep purple underwear.

The System was his; he could naturally see the shopping records.

Qin Lin shook his head, suppressing those thoughts.

Now was not the time for such things.

Han Qing had just boarded the RV, her foot injury hadn't healed, and as a doctor, she was an important member of the team.

Maintaining a professional distance was best for everyone.

As for the Hidden Task... he hadn't clicked to view it yet.

He didn't dare, and he wasn't ready yet.

Qin Lin planned to look at it later.

Su Yuran and Lin Wanwan were peers, so their relationship developed relatively naturally.

But Han Qing was different; there were differences in age, experience, and identity, requiring more cautious interaction.

Not to mention Han Yurou was there too.

“Qin Lin.”

Su Yuran sat down beside him, her voice very soft.

“Dr. Han... she really is very charming, right?”

Qin Lin glanced at her: “What are you trying to say?”

“Nothing.” Su Yuran leaned against his shoulder.

“I just feel that having more people on the RV is quite nice. Wanwan is gentle, Dr. Han is steady, Yu Rou is sensible... we’re starting to feel more and more like a family.”

“Family...” Qin Lin repeated the word.

He felt that Su Yuran was hinting at something, but he didn't dwell on it.

In the apocalypse, 'family' was a luxury concept.

But he had to admit Su Yuran was right.

This RV was transforming from a mere shelter into a true mobile home.

It had the warmth of the kitchen, the greenery of the ecological box, the security of the Medical Room, and people with different personalities living together.

If only things could stay like this forever... but Qin Lin knew it was impossible.

The disaster was ongoing; they had to keep moving, get stronger, and face unknown threats.

A noise came from nearby; it seemed Han Qing had finished washing.

After a while, Han Qing walked out wearing that set of light gray pajamas.

She had obviously finished changing.

“I'm done,” she said, her face flushed from the steam. “Thank you for letting me use the bathroom.”

“You're welcome.” Qin Lin stood up. “How do you feel?”

“Much better, I feel completely relaxed.” Han Qing smiled.

It was already nearing afternoon.

“Time to prepare dinner,” Su Yuran said. “Let's celebrate tonight to welcome the new members. Shall we make something delicious?”

“I'll help,” Han Yurou said immediately.

“I'll come too.” Han Qing stood up, leaning on her crutches.

“Although my foot is inconvenient, I can still wash and chop vegetables.”

“You don't need to come, Aunt Qing, you should focus on recovering from your injury.”

Lin Wanwan took ingredients out from the supermarket space... the RV continued driving south through the eternal night.

In the driver's cabin, Qin Lin pulled up the System map, which marked their route after leaving Su City.

The green trajectory line extended along the G15 highway, having already crossed the provincial border and entered the northern part of Jiang Province.

Calculating at the current speed of sixty kilometers per hour, they would reach Ning City in another two to three days.

But Qin Lin knew the road ahead wouldn't be so smooth.

As for why they were heading south?

On one hand, it was to find Su Yuran and Lin Wanwan's families.

But the real reason was buried in his memories of Rebirth.

In the apocalypse of his previous life, he had experienced the transition from extreme cold to extreme heat.

That was roughly three months after the disaster broke out.

Strange temperature fluctuations began to appear in the blizzard zones.

One day, the temperature surged from minus forty degrees to ten degrees above zero within twenty-four hours.

It sounded like a good thing, but what followed was an even more terrifying disaster:

extreme heat.

It wasn't just an ordinary hot summer; the temperature continued to climb to thirty, then forty degrees.

Eventually, it stabilized in a 'furnace zone' above forty-five degrees.

Even more bizarrely, there was no sunlight in the extreme heat zones.

The sky was a perpetual dark red, like a night sky stained with blood.

Eternal night plus extreme heat.

What was more dangerous was that the environmental humidity fluctuated constantly, swinging high and low.

When humidity was high, a person's life would be in danger at just over thirty degrees because sweat couldn't evaporate, causing body temperature dysregulation.

Qin Lin still remembered that feeling:

During the cold, one could at least resist with clothing and heating equipment.

But high temperatures... with no electricity and no air conditioning.

In his previous life, he had luckily survived the extreme cold, only to nearly lose his life in the first month of the extreme heat.

And the key clue was: the extreme heat started from the south.

Rumor had it that in a certain southern region, a sudden climate shift had caused a 'transition'.

That place was the junction where extreme cold and extreme heat switched.

It generated a certain special energy field.

He believed there might be energy crystal stones there.

Qin Lin needed those crystal stones.

To upgrade the RV to Lv4, he needed five Intermediate crystal stones.

If there truly was a 'cold-heat transition' zone, it might produce even higher-level crystal stones.

Perhaps even... a special energy source that would allow the RV to gain cross-world capabilities.

Furthermore, he had to understand the characteristics of extreme heat in advance to prepare everyone on board.

Although the current RV could withstand extreme cold and heat.

Faced with high temperatures, how long could the air conditioning System last?

Would the water source run dry?

Would the plants in the ecological box be affected?

All these questions needed answers.

So they had to go south, they had to see the climate transition zone with their own eyes, they had to gather information, and they had to be prepared before the extreme heat fully broke out.

“Brother Lin, what are you thinking about?”

Han Yurou's voice pulled Qin Lin back to reality from his contemplation.

The girl walked over carrying a cup of hot water and handed it to him.

“Thank you.”

Qin Lin took the cup; the temperature was just right.

“You're welcome.”

Han Yurou sat down in the co-pilot seat.

The young girl seemed very interested in driving.

She often asked Qin Lin various questions about operating the RV.

Qin Lin noticed her change.

When he first met her, Han Yurou was wrapped in thick, dirty clothes, her eyes full of despair and alertness.

Now, having changed into clean clothes, eaten her fill, and slept well, color had returned to her face, and her personality had become much more cheerful.

She was indeed very 'familiar with strangers'.

She had quickly come to view Qin Lin as a big brother she could rely on.

“Brother Lin, can we really survive?” Han Yurou asked.

“We'll do our best,” Qin Lin said.

His words made Han Yurou fall silent for a moment.

Then she said: “Brother Lin, you are a good person.”

Qin Lin smiled bitterly; he had just been labeled a 'good person'.

“In the apocalypse, good people often die the fastest.”

“But you saved us.”

Han Yurou was very serious.

“And you didn't demand anything excessive. Mama said the trade terms you gave were very fair, much better than those people outside.”

“Those people outside?”

Qin Lin keenly caught the keyword.

Han Yurou's expression darkened:

“Yes, when Mama went to the school to find me.”

“At first, more than fifty people were hiding in the Library, but then food ran low... some people wanted to steal ours, and some wanted... wanted to do things to Mama and me...”

She didn't finish, but Qin Lin could imagine it.

He had seen too much of the collapse of humanity in the apocalypse.

But he didn't seem to have much humanity left himself.

After all, he had his own motives.