Chapter 3: Dead Land, Dead City, Dead Heart (II)
Zhang Ye's hopes are disappointed, the corpse covered by the layers of flies is Elena, and even she is tortured to the point of collapse by loneliness, she thinks she is the last person on earth.
In fact, as she said, after she had turned around several nearby cities, and even drove hundreds of kilometers in a straight line, she didn't find half a person, not even half a ghoul.
She identified herself as the last person on earth, her strong willpower gradually crumbled, and she began to believe that the destruction of humanity was God's will.
Determined to confront the gods and control her own life and death, she chose to end herself with a rope after leaving behind ammunition and food.
Is it because she can't stand the torture of loneliness and extricate herself, and what she thinks is just a reason for relief?
Or is there really a "god" who deliberately made the world what it is today?
Is she using excuses to glorify her self-defeat, or is she really, using the means she can to fight the warriors of the gods?
In Zhang Ye's view, it's both.
He put down a few notes filled with swear or crazy words, and picked up the letter paper he had found in the room and scattered at the foot of Elena's corpse.
Counting the few pieces of letter paper spread out on the road, all the clues that Zhang Ye found were not only notes and stationery, but also a notebook, which was in Wang Ling's hand at this time, which recorded Elena's road map and simple map to find humans, and there were some concise notes on it.
And the letter paper in front of Zhang Ye is the diary written by Elena in the process of searching for humans.
"On the first day,
He's such a coward, I waited two hours for him, an hour more than I left him!
But he still didn't come, and I don't think he would come, poor fellow.
The petrol had been filled up and three full drums had been brought with them, and all the food and water they could find had been loaded into the truck, as well as bullets and guns.
I'm ready to leave for Rayson City, where there will be survivors, and there will be hope for this world! β
"On the fourth day,
I didn't find anyone on the way, but I found more food and water and bullets, and I brought the gun I found, what if I ran into a survivor? They're going to need it. β
"On the fifth day,
I arrived in Rayson this morning, and there was no one, no one everywhere, and I would have felt very gracious even if I had found even a heinous criminal.
I'm not going to give up, I'm going to keep going, find all the survivors I can find, and then stick together and stay strong.
How else could it be? β
"On the thirty-first day,
There was no survivor in sight, not even ghouls or monsters, but I would find them, and there was hope.
I'm going to go to the city of Hassanonon, where the military used to build a shelter, and even if it has fallen, maybe someone will want to go back and look for ammunition and guns, or even armored vehicles or something. β
"On the thirty-fourth day,
It's not a long way to go, and there are still no survivors on the road.
I arrived in the city of Hassanonon in the evening, but the scene was not much better than that of Raisen, except that the complex was more complete and there still seemed to be no survivors.
I drove into the city and found shelter, and I'll grit my teeth and hold on! I hope they still exist, and I can find them! β
"On the sixtieth day,
Why should I still record dates?
I've searched the city of Hassanonon, but I can't find any survivors, not even anything that moves!
I just had a breakdown, and I yelled like crazy, hoping that there would be a response in the city, like that party on the farm, every scream was answered, oh my god, I miss the cold beer.
I'm not going to give up, I'm going to give up, I'm going to stay here for an extra week. β
"On the seventy-seventh day,
I arrived in Harran, the same empty streets, the same dead silence, the same hopelessness.
I don't know how long I'll be able to hold on, but before I break down, I think I'm going to keep going. β
"On the eighty-ninth day,
Pain, fear, am I really the last person to survive this world? Do I want to live alone in this world without the slightest sound?
Why live? Is there any hope?
Yes, there must be. β
"On the ninety-fifth day,
I drove around the clock until I entered Kansas. β
"On the ninety-sixth day,
There is no one, another no man's land, will there be no end to this ordeal, this pain, this fear!? Is this some kind of curse? β
"On the ninety-ninth day,
Despair. β
"On the hundredth day,
Zombie. β
"One hundred and one day,
Homecoming. β
"On the one hundred and fourteenth day,
I am about to rest in my hometown, my life is in my control, I decide when to die, it is not up to God to decide, and I should also break the curse because of my death. β
"On the one hundred and fifteenth day,
Looking at the rope, I was calm, I left ammunition and food, hoping that they would work one day, as for the distress signal in Baranham City, I don't think it was worth looking for, there must be no survivors there, no one in this world can survive, either from them or by themselves.
At least I can decide how I die. β
The diary, which has been kept for more than three months, describes how Elena went from hopelessness to despair, to the walking dead, and finally to madness and decided.
Zhang Ye put down the letter and twisted his neck habitually, even though his neck was no longer sore from bowing his head for a long time.
Wang Ling also put down the diary, but neither of them spoke.
Whether it is Zhang Ye or Wang Ling, they have never seen or even thought that human beings will really become extinct one day.
The same is true for the other seekers, some bad negative emotions are starting to haunt their minds, facing things they have not even thought about, and there is no task to guide them, so they are a little unsure of what to do.
They looked at Zhang Ye and waited for him to make a decision.
Zhang Ye took out his mobile phone and contacted Haixin.
"Haixin, is there a way to scan deeply? Scan for shelters below the surface? Zhang Ye asked.
Haixin replied helplessly and with some panic: "There is no way, the surface is covered by a thin film, which isolates all scanning and perception, andγAnd there is no way to break through." β
"Why didn't you find it before?" Zhang Ye asked again with a frown.
"It was only after the dawning train arrived at the surface that it was detected at close range." Haixin replied.
Zhang Ye thought about it for a while and said to everyone: "Listen, I don't know what's going on in this world, but as long as the watchers send us here, it means that there is at least one creature in this world, the king of the realm." β
"So we're going to find it, yes! It must be like this! Zhou Hao's eyes lit up, and he strongly agreed with Zhang Ye's words.
"But if you ......" Yang Tingting grabbed the corner of her clothes before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Zhang Ye.
"There are no ifs, hope is always there! Everything we've been through along the way has proven that! Sometimes we just need to believe, believe that everything will be okay! And do everything we can to make what we believe come true! Zhang Ye's words made Yang Tingting smile and nodded, everyone was no longer chaotic, everyone's eyes lit up, they chose to believe that everything would be fine!
Zhang Ye ordered Haixin: "Don't bother to find lifeforms, investigate all the energy sources on the planet, find out the most abnormal, and then drive the coordinates with the crows, let's set off to Balanham first." β
Haixin naturally started to act without objection, and when everyone saw that the action finally had a direction, the gloom in their hearts was mostly dispersed. (To be continued.) )