Zhang Chen was not surprised by the emergence of the Jutan. After all, he had already tested its strength. This time, the artillery barrage was meant to clear out the ordinary zombies and Crawlers. This way, he could focus on fighting the Jutan!
*Gah, gah, gah...*
A strange cry came from the left!
*Pfft!*
Zhang Chen's reaction was far beyond normal. The moment the Crawler lungled forward, the alloy steel blade on his right forearm thrust out, piercing the Crawler’s chest. Then, with a pull of both hands!
*Slaaash!*
Viscera scattered all over the ground! The Crawler was torn in half! Truly a formidable armed mecha, its strength was astonishing! Zhang Chen flicked the sticky, putrid flesh clinging to his mechanical arm. Then, holding the cannon, he coldly pressed the firing switch towards the Jutan!
*Zzzzt...*
The sound of electromagnetic charging filled the air. As the charging tone grew higher and higher, becoming more piercing! Waves of blue light, crackling with electricity, began to gather at the cannon's muzzle!
*Zzzzaaaap!*
A powerful bolt of lightning shot out fiercely! Illuminating the street, zombie remains, everything into a ghastly white! The lightning snaked and stretched through the air, as if alive, striking the Jutan’s body directly! Countless sparks and electric currents exploded outwards in an instant! Simultaneously, using the Jutan’s body as a conductor, the current spread to the surrounding ordinary zombies, a chain reaction... *kanδん*
*Boom!*
The immense voltage sent the Jutan flying a great distance, its massive body embedded into the teaching building. Debris and glass fragments rained down. The zombies around were instantly incinerated into charcoal by the powerful voltage. Even those lucky enough to be further away, if not burned to a crisp, were still subjected to enough current to destroy all their brain tissue. Zombies fell to the ground in heaps.
At this moment, the mecha displayed: Electromagnetic Cannon energy depleted, cannot be used again! It seemed this weapon had been used many times. The shot Zhang Chen just used was the last one! Zhang Chen casually tossed the electromagnetic cannon to the ground. His two lower mechanical arms held melee weapons, while the two upper mechanical arms once again produced heavy machine guns. The ammunition reserves for the heavy machine guns were only at 20%. Not much left! Strike while the iron is hot! Before the Jutan could react, Zhang Chen pushed off with his legs. The rocket boosters ignited simultaneously! The armed mecha instantly shot forward! The sharp, cold alloy steel blade plunged fiercely into the Jutan’s body!
*Boom!*
The two massive bodies collided with the same spot on the teaching building. The reinforced concrete structure could not withstand this level of impact.
*Crash!*
The outer wall of the building peeled away, and then more than half of the building collapsed, burying the Jutan under a pile of rubble and debris! The armed mecha hovered above the debris, the blade of the alloy steel knife slowly dripping a brownish liquid.
Done? Zhang Chen stared intently at every movement within the rubble. The electromagnetic cannon, plus his frenzied slashing, should have destroyed 30% of its body mass! Suddenly, the rubble below shifted. A piece of rock fell, rolling a long way on the ground...
*Roar!*
With a furious roar! The rubble and fragments flew everywhere. Countless shards struck the armor like hailstones, making a ping-pong sound! It's still not dead? Zhang Chen dodged to the left instinctively. The mecha needed time to accelerate from a standstill to high speed in mid-air! *kanδん* The moment the mecha veered left, a section of wall with rebar flew out. Zhang Chen dodged this fatal attack! However, the rebar still grazed the mecha’s upper left arm! Sparks crackled and hissed.
The people in the chat channel let out gasps of exclamation upon witnessing such a perilous scene!
Damn, that was too close! The Big Brother in the mecha has such great prediction, he actually made a move to dodge left in advance!
Scared me half to death, I thought the monster was done for! If I were piloting, I’d probably be flattened by that wall!
That prediction is amazing, 666! But seriously, this giant monster is too terrifying. Rockets, electromagnetic cannons, and it's still not dead? Now I understand how humanity went extinct in this world... This is just the initial stage, I remember they said the suppression would be gradually lifted... Meaning, the zombies we're facing now are the weakest, most feeble ones?! My god, if the weakest are already this strong, what's the point when the suppression is lifted!
The chat room was filled with despair. Zhang Chen before them had become their savior! Their spiritual pillar! After all, human players had not yet reached the level of piloting armed mechas! If Zhang Chen fell, they would be utterly hopeless!
*Roar~~*
The Jutan slowly rose from the ruins. Several bloody holes were pierced through its chest. Its entire body was covered in cement dust, making it look particularly disheveled. But… it wasn’t dead! What a resilient bastard! Zhang Chen cursed inwardly.
[Jutan Body Tissue Damage: 25%!]
The prompt appeared in a timely manner. Hmph, so it’s at the end of its rope! You think I can’t finish you off?! Zhang Chen let out a cold snort. The armed mecha flew dozens of meters higher into the air. Then, it locked onto the Jutan. Missiles were depleted, bullets were ineffective against such a behemoth. Then it could only resort to close combat! Zhang Chen brought his right steel knife forward. The entire mecha body inverted in mid-air! Full throttle! It plunged directly towards the Jutan!
In fact, for any living creature, such an attack would be difficult to execute. The long attack range gave the target ample time to escape or dodge. The hit rate was too low! But Zhang Chen was facing not a living creature, but a giant zombie that knew no fear! As expected! As Zhang Chen launched his thunderous strike, diving from above, the Jutan not only made no attempt to dodge but roared towards Zhang Chen. It prepared to stand its ground and fight Zhang Chen to the death! The Jutan was indeed troublesome, but its lack of intelligence was a fatal flaw! A smile crept onto Zhang Chen’s lips. Then, he engaged the rocket thrusters to full power. With the acceleration of freefall, the armed mecha’s descent speed quickly surpassed 300 kilometers per hour! The speed was still rapidly increasing!
*Bang!*
The armed mecha crashed violently into the Jutan. The surrounding rocks and debris on the ground were once again sent flying in all directions! The immense impact kicked up dust high into the air, obscuring all vision...
What happened? Damn, I didn't see it clearly, what just happened? The armed mecha crashed into the Jutan?! That’s too dangerous, I wonder how the pilot is doing! Hope the pilot is okay... Shouldn't zombies be beheaded? Why isn't he cutting off the giant zombie's head? This guy clearly knows nothing! Tsk tsk tsk! On the floor above, ‘He Who Feeds on Meat, Eats Meat,’ you do it then, why the incessant chatter?
Amidst the cacophony of voices, a massive figure appeared amidst the billowing smoke. It was slowly moving outwards. Before long, the Jutan’s characteristic gray-brown skin appeared in the sunlight!