# Chapter 112: The Cruel Law of the Jungle
As soon as Lin Pei finished speaking, Ke Liang and Gu Yu charged forward one after the other. The former swung a punch at Lin Pei's face, knocking him back a few steps before quickly crouching down. The latter leaped up, raising her arm to block the incoming sword, then brought both knees down to clamp his head as she dropped backward — both of them crashed onto the suspension bridge!
Lin Pei fell flat on his back, while Gu Yu pushed herself up with both hands, took a big stride forward, and swiftly turned around. She and Ke Liang attacked almost simultaneously — one swung a blade at his throat, the other grabbed his right leg and twisted it with force!
On the suspension bridge that was only a little over a meter wide, this coordinated attack achieved remarkable results. Lin Pei was stunned by the initial assault, but he reacted quickly. He blocked Gu Yu's killing strike with his sword, spun his body following the direction of Ke Liang's force, and kicked the other man hard in the shoulder with his other foot!
Ke Liang grunted in pain and tilted sideways, his upper body falling toward the bridge. Seeing the horde of howling xenomorphs below, he frantically grabbed hold of the iron chains!
By this time, Lin Pei had already gotten up, pushed aside Gu Yu's blade, and kicked at her!
Gu Yu crossed her arms in front of her chest to absorb the blow, but the kick broke one of her arms!
She stumbled backward, staring at Lin Pei in disbelief. "How are you so strong? Are you a cannibal player?"
Lin Pei spat out the dirt in his mouth and then spat again. "It's not just cannibal players who have powerful physical evolution. Don't you know about evolution rate? My evolution rate has already reached 26%. With a few more potions, I can reach 30% and enter the next stage of evolution."
Gu Yu's face darkened with shock. "So you've been hiding your strength all along."
"Dimensional rifts, the appearance of cannibal players — these are disasters for all of humanity. Countless people die every day because of the game. Only players can resist these unknown dangers."
"And the survival rate for players in instances is also low. If a third of the players come out alive from an instance, that's considered good. At times like this, players should unite and work together to help more people survive!"
"But there are always people like you who only want to fight among yourselves. The result of mutual destruction is strangling promising players in the cradle. When that happens, forget about threats from other players in the game — we might not even be able to withstand attacks from other countries in the real world!"
"Once the country falls, how many people will die in the flames of war?"
"Don't you have a family? How hateful!"
Lin Pei laughed after hearing this. "National righteousness? What does that have to do with me?"
"The game world is vast — it's not just our world. Once you enter the game, you're all players. There are only three types: black, white, and red players. There's no distinction of race or country. If you want to survive in the game, there's no other way except to raise your level and evolution rate."
"Do you think weaklings gathered together stop being weaklings? No, they're just a group of weaklings."
"Look at you few — it's not difficult for me to kill you."
"According to your logic, if I get more items, raise my level, and become stronger, can't I protect more people?"
"Why are you wasting words with him?" Ke Liang cracked his knuckles. "People like him are selfish. They'll harm others for a little profit. They have no sense of right and wrong!"
"When he first entered Decibel Town, Wu Qiuyi even helped him. And what was the result?"
"When Xu Huo was facing enemies head-on in such a critical situation, she survived, only to die at the hands of a trusted companion!"
A flying arrow pierced through Ke Liang's thigh. He screamed and fell to his knees!
"Ke Liang!" Gu Yu cried out in alarm. She was about to move forward when she saw Lin Pei's elastic rope whipping toward her.
She quickly retreated, but her foot was caught. The sticky rope dragged her to the ground!
Lin Pei suddenly accelerated, rushed in front of her, and kicked her hard in the abdomen!
"Cough!" Gu Yu doubled over, dry heaving as stomach acid rose in her throat. She slid several meters back and crashed into the iron chains. Just as she was about to fall off, Lin Pei grabbed her.
Half her body hanging outside the suspension bridge, she grabbed the chains and delivered a series of kicks at the approaching man!
Lin Pei easily neutralized her attacks, stepped on one of her feet, and pinned it to the bridge with his sword!
"Ah!!!" The intense pain made Gu Yu jerk her upper body up, but before she could reach for the sword, a knee slammed into her temple!
By the time she collapsed to the ground in a daze, Lin Pei walked over to her, stepped on her head, and said, "Now tell me, who are you going to protect?"
Blood flowed from Gu Yu's mouth and nose. She grabbed his leg with both hands, staring at him with hatred. "So what if you kill me? You'll never leave this town!"
Lin Pei frowned, about to say something, when he suddenly felt wind coming from behind. He spun around sharply, only to see Shen Xin, who had been unconscious, already right in front of him: "Panda Charge!"
"Panda Charge!"
"Panda Charge!"
Shen Xin charged three times in succession. The first time, Lin Pei quickly pulled out his sword and stabbed it into the bridge, but he and the sword were pushed back seven or eight meters. The second time, his entire body was lifted into the air. The third time, Shen Xin jumped up and added another charge in midair!
Three consecutive charges nearly made Lin Pei spit blood. He quickly used his elastic rope to slow his momentum, but he had to break three iron chains in a row to barely absorb most of the force. Even so, he still rolled and tumbled halfway across the bridge!
Wang Chaoqing's flashlight slipped and fell onto the bridge. The beam passed by Ke Liang and the others, illuminating the opposite end of the bridge, where Lin Pei had just fallen.
At this moment, three iron chains had snapped in succession, and the suspension bridge was shaking violently. Accompanied by his heavy impact, creaking sounds came from all directions, and the xenomorphs below became even more agitated!
"Is the bridge going to break? I don't want to be eaten alive!" Wang Chaoqing clutched his head and wailed.
"Shut up!" Ke Liang turned around and shouted, while vigilantly watching the bridge's movements. Fortunately, the remaining chains were still secure, and the shaking was subsiding. He stood up supporting his leg and was about to walk toward Gu Yu and Shen Xin, who had fallen to the ground, when he saw a thin shadow flying through the beam of light, quickly wrapping around Shen Xin and dragging her away!
Shen Xin was already injured. Her earlier extraordinary performance of three consecutive charges had also subjected her to considerable recoil force. She could barely stand after landing, and once entangled by the elastic rope, she had no strength to resist.
"Shen Xin!" Gu Yu, lying not far away, immediately reached out to grab her, but was dragged two meters before being thrown off. She could only watch helplessly as Shen Xin was pulled toward Lin Pei.
Seeing Lin Pei stand up with his sword, she shouted, "If you kill Shen Xin, you'll never know how to get out!"
Lin Pei pressed his foot against Shen Xin. "What did you say?"
"The exit ahead has already been sealed. There's no way out. The only option is to go back to town and leave through the west gate. Only we know how to open that gate. If you kill Shen Xin, or any one of us, we'll all die together!"
Lin Pei's expression changed drastically. He pressed the tip of his sword against Shen Xin's neck. "What do you mean? Why is the exit locked?"
"Why do you think we came back this way?" Gu Yu stood up with Ke Liang's help, looking ahead. "The iron chains on the gate are broken. The gate can't be opened from the inside."