Chapter 37 Sadness
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.