The highway was empty and quiet, with no cars. Suwan stood in the middle of the road and looked left and right. She seemed to see some swaying figures on the other side of the street. She didn't know if they were survivors on the way. Suwan was a little excited. She quickly raised her assault rifle with one hand and used the sight on the assault rifle as a telescope to look into the distance. However, Suwan squinted at the sight and was disappointed. Those were not humans, or they were no longer humans. They were just a few staggering zombies. The distance was too far, and the zombies did not notice Suwan. They walked tirelessly and aimlessly on the road.
Suwan put down her assault rifle in frustration. Her big movement startled the little tiger in her arm. The little tiger closed its eyes and rubbed its head against Suwan twice, then opened its mouth and made a small cry. It was probably hungry again. Suwan reached into her pocket and took out a few berries, took a small bite of each and tasted them. She swallowed the sour berries directly and crushed the sweeter ones and let the little tiger lick the sweet juice. But it was of no avail. If it continued like this, the little tiger would starve to death in less than a day. Suwan looked at the desolate endless highway. She had no choice but to move her legs forward helplessly.
Suwan walked on the empty highway for several hours before he saw a building. He used the sight of his assault rifle to look from a distance. It was a gas station. After finally seeing a human building, Suwan had some confidence and trotted into the gas station. However, there was nothing here except for buildings. There were a few cars parked crookedly next to the gas pump. Suwan opened the door with a little hope and got in the car to try to start it. However, the car body shook, and the engine made two noises and then stalled. The car was out of oil. So Suwan got out of the car and tried to refuel the car with the gas pump. The result was not surprising. There was no oil in the gas pump. It seemed that these cars had to be abandoned here because they had no oil. Suwan got into several other cars and tried them one by one. They were all the same. He had no choice but to give up.
Suwan walked into the supermarket next to the gas station again. When he pushed open the glass door of the supermarket, he shouted into the supermarket with some hope: "Is anyone there?" Of course no one answered, and Suwan laughed at himself.
The supermarket had obviously been robbed, and the items were turned upside down, leaving nothing behind. Every shelf was empty. Suwan did not give up and rummaged through the pile of wrapping paper on the floor, but found nothing. He even searched the cashier's drawer, but only found some change. There was nothing for the little tiger or Suwan to eat. Suwan pushed the drawer shut in disappointment, looked at the hungry little guy in his arms, and patted its head to comfort him: "Don't worry," Suwan said to himself.
Suwan found nothing in the supermarket, so he didn't waste any more time and continued to move forward. The sun had already risen high, and Suwan felt a little thirsty. The small wounds on his body were itchy from the hot sun, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Suwan licked his lips and looked at the little guy in his arms who was becoming more and more wilted. Suwan was a little nervous and fed him berry juice again. He felt relieved when he saw that the little guy was a little more energetic, but when he touched his pocket, Suwan's heart became heavy again. Those were the last few berries, and berries alone could not fill the little tiger.
After passing the gas station, they entered the urban area of Cole City. On the road, Suwan saw two cars that had collided with each other. Suwan originally wanted to walk past them, but looking at the quiet streets, he didn't know how long he would have to walk like this. With a little hope in his heart, he walked towards the two cars to see if they could still start. Suwan leaned around the car and looked inside through the window. Suddenly, a dry human face hit the window and growled at Suwan with its mouth wide open. Because the windows were closed, the zombie's roar was very small when it reached Suwan's ears, but it still scared Suwan.
The zombie was fastened to the seat by a seat belt, with dried blood all over his face, and it looked like he had died in a car accident. Suwan looked at the empty car with its doors open opposite and decided to try her luck and not provoke the zombie. She walked towards the open car opposite and got in and tried to start the car, but her luck had been terrible recently. The car had been damaged and could not be driven. Suwan slammed the steering wheel in frustration and looked at the zombie in the car opposite that was snarling at her through the window. She had no choice but to grit her teeth, jump out of the car and walk back.
Suwan put the little tiger on the roof of the car, took a deep breath and opened the car door. The hideous zombie immediately roared, leaned out of the car and reached out to grab Suwan. Suwan took two steps back, raised his gun and shot the zombie. Half of the zombie's body fell out of the car and lay motionless. Suwan unbuckled his seat belt, pulled the zombie out and threw it out of the car. He sat in the driving seat holding the little tiger and tried to start the car with hope. Fortunately, the car could still be started, so Suwan locked the car door and felt a little more at ease in this temporarily safe sealed space.
The action just now was a bit intense, and the wound on Suwan's body that had healed slightly was torn open again. Suwan gritted his teeth in pain. Sitting in the comfortable seat made Suwan feel better. Suwan closed the car door and looked around. It was very quiet around. Suwan temporarily put his mind at ease. He lowered his head and rummaged around in the car. He found paper, pen and several CDs in the drawer of the passenger seat. Suwan put the CDs back casually. Paper and pen were what Suwan needed most now. Suwan was a little surprised and took out the notebook. Suwan glanced at the notebook. This small notebook belonged to the zombie who had just been dragged away by Suwan and was now lying on the highway. Only some trivial matters were recorded on the first few pages. Suwan flipped through the pages and found that there was no use for them, so he tore them up, took the paper and pen for himself, and placed the small notebook on the steering wheel. Suwan thought about it seriously and wrote on the notebook with a pen. This pen had not been used for more than a month and was not working well. Suwan shook it hard before he could write again.
'My name is Suwan, I'm Chinese, and my home is...' Suwan was about to write down his thoughts when he suddenly remembered that his parents should have safely arrived at the military zone, and it would be useless to write down his address. So he crossed out the sentence, looked at the little tiger lying on his legs and meowing non-stop, and wrote again, 'My name is Suwan, I'm Chinese, and I'm with a little guy now. We're going west to the nearest safe city. If you see me, I'll have become a zombie,' Suwan sighed.
"If I have become a zombie when you see me, and you find this note, when you meet my family in the future, please tell them that I was attacked by zombies and died, and I was not killed by you after becoming a zombie. I don't want them to be sad. It is better to die by zombie attack than to be killed by humans after becoming a zombie. I also have a good friend, Angela. If you meet her, you can tell her the truth. There is also someone I like a little bit..." Suwan wrote this letter while talking to himself. When he wrote here, he was suddenly stunned.
Suwan wrote this letter in English, or it could be said to be something like a suicide note, and there was an abrupt 'z' after the sentence "the person I like".
Suwan frowned, then crossed out the last sentence, tore off the note from the notebook, folded it carefully and put it in the pocket of her combat uniform, then she felt her hands and feet go weak, she had walked such a long way and was already tired, sitting in the comfortable seat Suwan was a little lazy, she wanted to take a rest before driving forward, the little tiger kept barking, but Suwan's eyelids were getting heavier, her energy was at its limit. It was too tiring to walk this road alone.
Suwan stroked the little tiger in his arms and muttered something incoherently: "We'll be leaving soon, don't worry..." and then fell asleep.
Suwan didn't sleep for very long. The sunlight outside was dazzling, so Suwan opened his eyes after sleeping for more than twenty minutes. He felt sticky and sweaty all over and felt very uncomfortable.
Suwan's face looked a little strange. She held the little guy in her arms with trembling hands, but the little guy didn't move and his body was cold. The little tiger's soft and cold body made Suwan panic.
This little tiger lost its mother and can't even open its eyes. It's not easy for it to survive until now.
Suwan looked at the little tiger with its eyes closed in front of him, then hugged the little tiger tightly, rested his forehead on the steering wheel, and cried sadly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Suwan made a sad confession, but no one could hear it, and the little tiger would never come back to life.
Suwan didn't know who to pray to. If there really was a God, why couldn't God see her efforts? She tried so hard to keep the little tiger alive.
However, no one can do it.
It's just a little tiger, it's not Suwan's fault.
But who is actually wrong?
Suwan thought of the zombies who stood up again in Belster, and the last team of students who followed Instructor Will to death because they were bitten and caught by zombies. They had no idea about their future fate. And this is not the end. Cole City has become a dead city. Suwan has just walked for a few hours and has not seen a single living person. The world seems to have been abandoned. There is no hope, only zombies wandering everywhere.
It's a nightmare that I can't wake up from.
Suwan had been suppressed for too long. She wanted to do what she could to change everything, but she could do nothing. The tiger was eaten by zombies because of her. She wanted to save some of it, but in the end, the little tiger also died in her arms. Suwan was finally on the verge of collapse and cried.
The world is messed up, and there is no going back.
Suwan drove away quickly. There was a pile of dirt beside the road with a branch scribbled on it. The suicide note was crumpled up by Suwan and thrown out of the window.