Chapter 45: Sledgehammer (1/2)

Chapter 45: Sledgehammer

LuLu ran forward a couple of steps before turning her head to look back. Once again, she froze in place and started screaming at the top of her lungs. The San Xing Corporation worker called Jiang JinYuan was nowhere in sight, as he had already escaped as fast as he could.

Just as the colossal zombie was preparing to gnaw on Pan Hua, a ten kilogram sledgehammer flew through the air from afar and landed right on the back of the colossal zombie’s head. At the same time, from the location where the sledgehammer was thrown, a figure appeared; it was Liu Gan.

When Liu Gan departed from the Lucky Garden District, he had not ventured too far away. After all, he was tracking the movement of the colossal zombie. He scaled the tallest building and from the rooftop, he was able to see the colossal zombie. The colossal zombie seemed to have sensed something because it was charging straight towards Lucky Garden District.

While chasing this colossal zombie, Liu Gan passed a field of zombie corpses. There were at least a dozen zombies. Based on the weapons they used, it didn’t seem like they were players—more like local survivors. Around their corpses were large bloody footprints; it seemed like they had encountered a colossal zombie.

In this corpse-stricken field, Liu Gan found a firefighter’s axe. This axe, compared to his current short axe, was a lot sharper and larger in size. In addition, he found a sledgehammer, the type of large hammer that you used to break down walls in construction. The sledgehammer was a meter long and weighed around 10 kilograms. It was most suitable for both close combat and ranged attacks, so he took them with him on his back.

[TN: The firefighter’s axe = Fire axe so you won’t get confused with his short axe]

If it were the Liu Gan from before, he wouldn’t have had enough strength to carry so many materials, especially the sledgehammer. Previously, he wasn’t able to swing it around continuously, even with both hands. However, now that he had improved strength, he was not like before, having gained the ability to brandish the sledgehammer weighing 10 kilograms with ease.

Liu Gan was able to track the colossal zombie all the way back to Lucky Garden District, but he was a step too late. Pan Hua had already been smashed up by the colossal zombie, as he laid motionless on the ground.

The colossal zombie was struck on the back of its head by Liu Gan’s flying sledgehammer. The hammer took the zombie by surprise, and it got knocked a few steps back. This action incited its rage as it turned its body around, subsequently, giving up trying to attack Pan Hua on the ground and giving Liu Gan its full attention instead.

Liu Gan didn’t continue the fight. He dropped his backpack, started running directly to the district’s largest tree that was nearby, and quickly climbed to the top of it.

When the colossal zombie approached, it bellowed while repeatedly charging towards the tree after spotting Liu Gan atop it. The diameter of the tree was around 30 centimeters, and as the colossal zombie crazily rammed against it, it shook vigorously back and forth. Liu Gan was hanging on for dear life on the treetop while the colossal zombie knocked down a seemingly unending amount of leaves. However, it still wasn’t able to bring Liu Gan down with the tree.

Liu Gan was soon able to borrow the inertia from the forceful shaking of the tree. Mustering all his strength, he managed to jump and grab on to the side of a building not far away. He held onto the guard railings of the fourth floor balcony, and after jumping over the railings, he disappeared into the adjacent room.

The colossal zombie discovered that Liu Gan had escaped from the treetop into the building. Furious at what had happened, it let go of the tree and instead, charged into the building where Liu Gan was. The colossal zombie smashed a huge gaping hole in the first floor’s window and walls, but since it had lost sight of Liu Gan, it turned back. Leaving from the hole it created, its gaze returned to Pan Hua who was strewn on the floor.

At the same time, LuLu was pulling Pan Hua’s body, trying her best to pull him away towards cover.