CHAPTER 3, Learning to survive
“Day 16: So I honestly have no idea how to use my rifle, however I found a person who will teach me how to use a firearm. Thankfully he knows how to use guns, in fact a lot of people in Kansas know how to use guns, as it turns out.”
“He took me out about a half hour later to shoot some cans he set up, he told me to use the iron sights and to squeeze the trigger. All the sudden BANG first shot I fired, I missed. I aim again fire, miss. The instructor decides to help me out a bit, with his help I manage to hit the next shot. Up until that point, I had used a bit of the ammunition but I missed every shot. I wasn’t using the rifle correctly as it turned out. After the course is done, I thank the instructor and head back into camp.”
“Day 20: Turns out the safe zone didn’t have enough food for everyone here and is currently running out of food, as it turns out they weren’t expecting people coming from the east and were only expecting locals to seek safety within the SZ.”
“Day 21: A huge horde has been spotted outside of the safezone, and the walls can’t hold. It was decided that everyone should evacuate and split off in different directions. So that’s what I did, I ran off to the west. I wasn’t alone as some wanted to come with me.”
“Day 23: Yesterday, a man was willing to teach us some survival skills. He’s going to teach us how to hunt, how to forage, the usual survivalist things. This is going to be interesting since we’re all going to need these skills now. The people who are with me are Laura, Nick, Peter, Jim, and a few others who I won’t name because I didn’t get the opportunity to get their names yet”
“Day 26: Everything’s been going well so far, we found a cow to shoot and to test our newly applied hunting skills. Even though everything’s gone bad, it’s a good learning opportunity I do have to admit. The others are named Ian, Sergei, and Catherine”
“Day 34: The man has for the most part taught us basic ways to survive in the wilderness. Well, it’s not everything but it’s enough to survive in the worst case scenario in which we get split up.”
“Day 36: We found a truck and we’ve decided to head to the rocky mountains, good place to fortify against those walkers, that’s what I refer to them as because I haven’t seen any of them run or haven’t seen any fast ones yet. We’re going to pick up what supplies we can in Denver and head up.”
“Day 38: Horrible idea to go into the city, Ian was shot by bandits, and Nick held off a zombie horde for as long as he could but ended up getting himself killed. We didn’t get enough but it’ll have to do for now.”
