Chapter 59 - Never Give Up (1/2)
Zhang Hongtao didn’t know where his strength to fight suddenly came from. Although he almost fainted, he tried his best to reach the mouth of the zombie and close it. However, the big mouth of the zombie was getting closer and closer to his neck.
Zhang Hongtao felt desperate. Suddenly, he felt that he shouldn’t be playing the hero just because Shen Chen needed him to be one. He had his son Duoduo, who was waiting for him to come back. If he died, how could Duoduo survive?
Duoduo had lost his mother, and Zhang Hongtao was now the only family Duoduo had in the world. Even in heaven, Zhang Hongtao wouldn’t be able to bear seeing Duoduo live as a parentless orphan.
Zhang Hongtao let out a loud shout. Strength suddenly came into his hands, and he pushed the zombie’s head away. The zombie immediately gave a roar. The food that had been easy to get to before was now suddenly difficult to reach. The zombie screamed and threw itself on Zhang Hongtao again.
It was a hard battle. Zhang Hongtao was clearly already failing in his fight against this monster. After all, he was no longer in the prime of his life, and compared to this kind of zombie, which never tired, he had no chance of winning.
Feeling that he was gradually losing his strength, Zhang Hongtao felt hopeless. However, just when he was about to give up, he suddenly heard something whip through the wind and come toward him! Zhang Hongtao’s eyes shone!
Immediately afterward, the body of the zombie jerked violently a few times. After only a few jerks, its body felt like it was running out of strength. It fell on Zhang Hongtao and stopped moving.
The zombie’s head hung on Zhang Hongtao’s chest. Then, it slowly separated from its body and rolled down onto the ground. Zhang Hongtao felt his strength come back. He cried out, stretched his leg, and kicked the zombie away. He then turned on the flashlight and found a machete stuck straight into the zombie’s head. He looked up and saw Shen Chen in the distance, looking at him urgently. Judging by how he stood, Zhao Hongtao knew that it was Shen Chen who had just saved him.
The feeling of life returning came over Zhao Hongtao like a flood. He was so excited that he couldn’t control his emotions. The feeling of not being abandoned was overwhelming. He wanted to run to Shen Chen and give him a hug!
“Can you walk?” Shen Chen asked in the distance.
“Yes! Absolutely!” Zhang Hongtao said excitedly, then crawled to the head of the zombie. He was surprised to find that the machete Shen Chen used to kill the zombie had completely cut through its head.
Zhang Hongtao couldn’t believe that Shen Chen was able to hit the target so precisely and from such a far distance. He was astonished. If the tip of the machete had missed by even a fraction, Zhang Hongtao’s chest might have been split open.
Even from such a long distance away, Shen Chen could strike precisely. Zhang Hongtao used to think that this kind of superpower only existed in TV dramas or movies.
After Zhang Hongtao pulled out the machete from the zombie’s head, he was surprised to find that the machete was much heavier than the fire axe. “Shen Chen, what else are you capable of that I don’t know about?” Zhang Hongtao thought.
Zhang Hongtao ran to Shen Chen and handed him the machete. The flashlight helped him see the approval in Shen Chen’s eyes. “You did a good job!” he said.
Zhang Hongtao wiped away the cold sweat that broke out on his forehead. “Don’t joke with me,” he said. “If it hadn’t been for you, I would have been killed by the zombie.”
Shen Chen slowly turned around and said, “No, you should thank yourself. If it wasn’t for your strong will to survive, you wouldn’t have been able to hold out a little bit longer. If you gave up, I wouldn’t have been able to save you, even if I wanted to. So remember how you felt when you got that burst of strength, because it will save your life in the future.”
Zhang Hongtao nodded after hearing Shen Chen’s explanation, and he really began to trust and respect this man, who was more than ten years younger than him.