The Battle with the Behemoth
Henry wasn't surprised by the appearance of the Behemoth. He had already tested its strength before. The barrage of firepower was meant to clear out the ordinary zombies and Crawlers, allowing him to focus on battling the Behemoth.
A strange cry came from the left.
Pfft!
Henry's reaction was faster than any ordinary person. Just as the Crawler pounced, the alloy steel blade on his lower right arm thrust out, piercing the Crawler's chest. With a quick pull of his arms, the creature's innards scattered across the ground. The Crawler was brutally torn in half. The power of the armed mech was indeed formidable.
Henry shook off the sticky, mushy remains clinging to the mech's arm, then aimed the cannon at the Behemoth and coldly pressed the fire button.
Zzzzz...
The sound of electromagnetic charging filled the air. As the pitch of the charging sound grew higher and sharper, waves of blue light sparked with electric arcs began to gather at the muzzle of the cannon.
Zap!
A powerful bolt of lightning fiercely shot out, turning the street scenery and the zombie limbs into a ghastly white. The lightning zigzagged through the air, striking the Behemoth directly. In an instant, sparks and currents exploded.
Simultaneously, using the Behemoth's body as a conductor, the electricity spread to the ordinary zombies around it, chaining...
Boom!
The intense voltage blasted the Behemoth away, embedding its massive body into an academic building. Chunks of stone and shards of glass rained down. Zombies nearby were instantly turned to charcoal by the powerful voltage.
Even those lucky enough to be at a distance, not charred, were still devastated by the powerful current capable of destroying all brain tissue. Zombies fell in heaps.
At that moment, the mech's display read: Electromagnetic cannon energy depleted, unable to use again!
It seemed this weapon had been used many times before. The shot Henry had just fired was the last one.
Henry casually tossed the electromagnetic cannon to the ground.
The mech's lower arms were equipped with cold weapons, while the upper arms drew out heavy machine guns again. Currently, the ammo supply for the heavy machine guns was down to just 20%—not much left.
"Die!" Henry didn't wait for the Behemoth to react. He powerfully kicked off the ground while simultaneously activating the rocket boosters. The armed mech instantly shot forward, the sharp, cold alloy steel blade plunging deep into the Behemoth's body.
Boom! Both massive bodies simultaneously collided with the same spot on the academic building. The steel-reinforced structure couldn't withstand the impact.
Crash... The facade of the building peeled away, and then a large section of the building collapsed, burying the Behemoth under a pile of rubble and debris.
The armed mech hovered above the debris, droplets of brownish fluid slowly dripping from the blade of the alloy steel knife.
"Is it done?" Henry stared intently at every movement in the rubble. The electromagnetic cannon, combined with his frenzied slashing, should have destroyed over 30% of the Behemoth's body tissue.
Suddenly, the rubble shifted slightly. A piece of debris fell and rolled away on the ground...
"Roar!" With a roar, debris flew everywhere. Countless fragments struck the armor, pelting it like hailstones and making a pinging, clanging noise.
"Is it still not dead?" Henry, relying on his instincts, quickly dodged to the left. The mech needed a moment to accelerate from a standstill to high speed while mid-air.
Just as the mech started to move left, a slab of wall reinforced with steel bars flew out. Henry dodged this deadly attack, but the rebar still scraped the mech's left upper arm, sparking electric flashes.
The viewers in the chat channel, witnessing this thrilling scene, couldn't help but let out a chorus of gasps.
"Damn, that was close! The person operating the mech has amazing anticipation, actually dodging to the left in advance!"
"That scared me, I thought the monster was done for!"
"If I were piloting the mech, I'd probably have gotten smacked in the face by that wall!"
"That prediction was awesome!"
"But seriously, this monster is terrifying. It survived rockets and electromagnetic cannons? How does it not die?"
"Now I understand how humanity got wiped out in this world... This is just the initial state, I remember something being said about the suppression gradually lifting..."
"Does that mean the zombies we're dealing with now are the weakest and most feeble ones?!"
"My God, if the weakest are at this level, what's the point of playing once the suppression is lifted?!"
The chat room was filled with lamentations.
Henry in their eyes became a savior, a pillar of hope!
After all, human players are far from reaching the level of armed mechs.
If Henry were to fall, they would truly be in despair.
"Roar~~"
The Behemoth slowly stood up from the rubble.
Its chest was pierced with several bloody holes.
Covered in cement dust, it looked extremely disheveled.
But...
It wasn't dead.
"What a tough guy!" Henry cursed quietly.
[Behemoth's tissue destruction at 25%!]
The timely prompt popped up.
"Ha, so it's at its last gasp!"
"Am I not going to finish you off now?!"
Henry snorted coldly.
The armed mech soared dozens of meters upwards in mid-air.
Then it targeted the Behemoth.
Missiles were depleted, and bullets were ineffective against such a big creature.
It was time for close combat!
Henry positioned the steel blade in his right hand forward.
The entire mech inverted in mid-air!
Full power was unleashed!
It dove straight down towards the Behemoth!
In reality, for any life form, such an attack would be difficult to succeed. After all, the long distance gives the opponent ample time to escape or dodge. The hit rate is too low! However, Henry wasn't facing a living creature but a giant zombie that knew no fear.
Sure enough! Just as Henry, from his high vantage point, thundered down in a dive, the Behemoth did not dodge at all but instead roared towards Henry's direction, ready to stand its ground and fight to the death with Henry.
"The Behemoth is indeed tough, but its lack of intelligence is a serious flaw," Henry mused, a smirk appearing on his lips. Then, he maximized the power of the rocket boosters, taking advantage of the acceleration of free fall. The armed mech's falling speed quickly exceeded 300 kilometers per hour, and it was still increasing rapidly.
Bang! The armed mech collided fiercely with the Behemoth, scattering debris and rubble all over the ground. The immense impact kicked up a cloud of dust, obscuring all vision...
"What happened?"
"Damn, I didn't see clearly, what just happened?"
"Did the armed mech collide with the Behemoth?!"
"That's too risky, I wonder how the pilot is doing!"
"I hope the pilot is okay..."
"Shouldn't zombies be beheaded? Why isn't he trying to behead the giant zombie? This guy obviously doesn't understand anything! Tsk tsk tsk!"
"If you think you can do better, why don't you try?"
Amidst the varying opinions, a massive figure appeared through the lingering smoke, slowly moving outward. Soon, the Behemoth's distinctive gray-brown skin emerged into the sunlight.