[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist":3,"chapter-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1308":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1533119,1991,"Chapter 1308 1308: 1308: Divine Game: Graveyard of Bones 30","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1308",1308,"\u003Cp>\"So the 'Fate' gem's effect is devouring?\" Rita resisted the urge to take out Foolishness Game and admire it closely. Instead, she focused on analyzing what had happened back then. Was it truly coincidence… or carefully planned design by Starsea Foolishness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The description of the Fate gem is: 'Leave everything to me, because you were never capable of refusing what I bring you.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before it activated, no one knew what it would bring to her… or to us. Sometimes I feel like Starsea Foolishness is just a gambling addict.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Huh?\" Rita didn't quite know how to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Starsea Foolishness was that addicted to risk, then QM Foolishness… probably just hid it better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I wrong?\" QM Foolishness raised a brow. \"Getting her to follow rules is harder than killing her. She loves that tightrope feeling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds… impulsive.\" Rita recalled what the vice captains had said before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly. Don't be fooled by how composed she looks. She bottles it all up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita quickly dragged the conversation back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened after that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the time, Foolishness Game was unusable,\" QM Foolishness said. \"Its classification was unknown. It wasn't a weapon, nor a perfected treasure. Its stats and effects were worse than a legendary item or even an A rank tool. And the description was full of unreadable code. But that was never its true form.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it had no bullets, it couldn't even fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness couldn't test it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, she found she couldn't extract the Order Badge from the gun anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that point on, whenever she entered demon games, she had to do so through Foolishness Game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like how Starsea's sequence worked, when the pendulum entered Starsea, Quiet Mountain's progression became:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaotic Starsea\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Instruction\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Graveyard of Bones\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When QM Foolishness entered Divine Instruction, she brought Foolishness Game with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to seek help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was qualified to interfere with a creation made by two Foolishnesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply kept researching it in her spare time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Graveyard of Bones began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another mutual convergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they descended outside the Order Clock, while others glared at their counterparts…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Foolishnesses simply stared at each other, completely ignoring everything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, this game was far more complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The map was massive, and they hadn't arranged to meet beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes they were even intercepted midway by lingering wills of gods or demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Foolishness was still Foolishness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had obtained maps in Divine Instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And both guessed what the other would do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go to the center of the clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intersection of the hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That place was the most special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, it took them nearly half a month to reach it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then… things got worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Quiet Mountain was your phase, where you could destroy Order Badges,\" QM Foolishness said, \"then Graveyard of Bones was ours. We needed more badges. More Quiet Mountain players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hesitated slightly, then continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the later phase of the game, a hunting mode begins. All Starsea players become marked. Quiet Mountain players can track them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita listened carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ignore all the strange toys, Starsea Foolishness's raw combat ability barely ranks in the top hundred. Her real strength lies in her mind and creativity. It's immeasurable. I'm the same in Quiet Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you two just teamed up and ran for your lives while researching?\" Rita asked bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness fell silent and stared at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita immediately corrected herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So… constrained by the game mechanics, yet still holding onto your ideals, pursuing your art amid war and fate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness's lips twitched. She clearly wanted to argue, but decided it wasn't worth the risk of hearing something even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We didn't care about any of that,\" she said flatly. \"But once Starsea Foolishness got marked, Quiet Mountain players would find us almost immediately. We had no choice…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She skipped ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Despite the conditions, that time was incredibly interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes began to shine again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We ran while researching that revolver, still unable to determine its function. Everything was unknown. There was no precedent. And we were doing it together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was one of the few times I felt true joy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can't imagine it. Most of the time, we didn't even need words. When studying Foolishness Game, a simple gesture was enough. The other would understand instantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair and gemstone eyes shimmered with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We returned to the beginning. She designed the cylinder and mechanisms. I designed the body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We didn't interfere with each other's ideas. We only checked occasionally to ensure nothing conflicted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She gave it uncertainty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I gave it a future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And we got stuck on the final step.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Special bullets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What material could possibly match a weapon forged from the finest resources of two Foolishnesses…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A weapon that fused an Order Badge and a World Graveyard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We tried searching for more badges and graveyards,\" she said quietly. \"That made us enemies of both Starsea and Quiet Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice grew distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were like madmen. She didn't care about Starsea's future. I didn't care about Quiet Mountain either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes gleamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was the closest we ever came to success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that moment, we both knew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The toy she wanted… was right in front of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness finished that entire story in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she stopped, studying BS Rita's expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she saw surprised her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita looked completely absorbed, as if she had been pulled into the story itself. When QM Foolishness paused, Rita even looked back at her, silently urging her to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness had already prepared herself for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she realized this was someone Starsea Foolishness wanted her to meet, she knew this person wouldn't be the type they disliked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, Rita's calm still caught her off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She repeated slowly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We tried to hunt for new Order Badges and World Graveyards. Do you understand what that means?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita, who had been about to urge her to continue, paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I get it,\" she said. \"You two were hunting both Starsea and Quiet Mountain players…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Wait. That's not right. Didn't she already have a World Graveyard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Foolishness watched her carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No moral condemnation of what they had done—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of turning against their own sides, of acting in ways that could easily be called betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Rita's reaction was purely logical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just… trying to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, QM Foolishness felt something ease inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her mood visibly lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>",1101,"2026-06-06T06:15:33.502Z",1,"novelbin.me","44e037b83925b75b99e68ca623a545cc96a1975a5cf978602578e0bfe1e3bfb5","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1309","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1307",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]