Entry #3

Day 5, XX-XX-XXXX

After the events on day 1, I was traumatized that I refused to exit the repair shop. However, that is not the case because my whole body needs to eat and also drink water. Due to that, I was forced to loot around the place which proved to be fruitful and I am lucky that day because I have not found any kind of zombie. I managed to bring food and water to the garage alongside some supplies.

The food and water lasted for 3 days even though the amount I brought back is just enough for 1 day. I only ate half ration for breakfast and dinner and skipped lunch entirely. However, now that this is my 5th day since I woke up, I am now inflicted with the food shortage. Although I have recovered from my trauma that day, I am still a little bit afraid to go out and scavenge. But I have no choice, either I choose to starve or risk my life out there. Well, I don't want to die so my choice is locked.

After a few days of staying inside the repair shop, I did not have time to check the place for any items to use. I am still not used to being in constant danger after getting food for the day but that is going to be my life now and I don't think I will be able to get a real easy life. It will be either I die or the monsters here will die.

Steeling my nerves, it's time to truly survive for real. I won't progress if I keep on staying here to cope up with this repair shop. Now, first things first. After my first scavenging attempt a success, I have memorized the route towards the convenience store. Also, I also memorized some potential buildings that are my points of interest that might contain a useful item or some supplies.

Second thing is to make sure I am properly geared. During the first escape, I realized how vulnerable I am, even if I wield a weapon. Not only I have a weak body, I have close to nothing combat capabilities. But from what I can see, I can freely use a good knife. Although I am not proficient enough, it was the only best weapon I can use properly out of all weapons. And that is a disadvantage. The zombies are not your slow walkers seen in popular media about them, they are more dangerous and will run when it found a good point of interest. So what I need right now is a protective gear.

Third is a good place to hide at night. I have noticed from the last time I stayed indoors that the zombies are much more active at night rather than during the morning. I made a peeping whole on the place I was crouching on and found a few of them always wandering at night and disappears in the morning. The good thing about it is that they seemed to be more reliant on their hearing at night since they keep on bumping walls and abandoned cars here and there and would snarl at each other if they bumped into another zombie. If my theory is correct about them, they are blind at night and can see during the morning. The only thing is that I have no idea which of the two versions is more dangerous.

The repair shop has the industrial welding jacket on the cabinet and they are a little bit tough. Although it was not much for protection, it is much better than none. Then there were also some tools for the usage of repairing cars like a wrench. There are also screwdrivers, hammer and other stuff here that will be useful but I don't want to encumber myself so I have to just remain with the knife and took the wrench as a secondary choice of weapon.

There is also an empty duffel bag on the lockers and I assumed it to be a property of the former worker of this place. Because my backpack has limited space, I have a very large amount of usage for a duffel bag.

After my preparations, I checked outside the first of any enemy wandering around. The good thing is that there are no zombies wandering outside. I grab all of my items and decided to head out.

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The whole place is getting really hot and I assumed the time to be around 6 in the morning still. From what I can remember, the climate of the former Earth is not this hot early in the morning. The hotness on the place is just similar to the hotness exhibited during midday in a desert or worse. My clothes are in a very disadvantage this time around since I am covered too much and my whole body is currently overheating. Due to this, I have to keep on the shade a lot of times to avoid getting heatstroke.

After a few minutes of walking without any incident, I realized that being alone in a big city like this is very lonely. Yes, a very lonely place. Although I am fine being alone, in this situation where finding another being like me is very vague, I suddenly miss seeing another person other than me. But I really have no idea whether there are still humans other than me who are still alive.

While thinking about it, I suddenly perked up my ears since I heard a very weird sound not too far from me. It was very familiar sound and in a split second, I remembered what sound that was. It was a barking dog! Ever since I woke up, I have yet to see any kind of animals even birds and rats. It was like they disappeared from the face of the Earth and died out. If you count mosquitoes and flies, they are still alive and well.

Now, I am more curious whether this dog that is barking is a real dog or is it just another monster. This is just making me more nervous more and more. But to see if it was a living dog seems to be a good chance to finally get a new companion just in case...