[{"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-1350":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},1533161,1991,"Chapter 1350 1350: 1350 Divine Game: Graveyard of Bones 72","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1350",1350,"\u003Cp>Light and shadow swept past Cat's Ideal like the rise and fall of the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the unseen outline of the ship completed a full circuit, the tavern fell quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita gripped the helm. The first thing she did was scan the entire tavern, checking whether Deceitful Bloom and Foolishness were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not by the windows. Not at the bar. Nowhere in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after confirming this did she finally relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this timeline, those two might not kill her outright. But they would almost certainly not let her succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might not know why she came, but they would definitely try to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were here, she would leave this timeline immediately. If necessary, she would try another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other timelines were unpredictable. If discovered, they might kill her on sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be even more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would need Nivalis's Gacha Machine to secure the wine. Rita summoned Nivalis again and had her sit in the co-pilot seat, ready to leave the moment they succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temporal Stroll only lasted ten minutes, but she could reset its twenty-four minute cooldown using Cat's Schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time to waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Avoid detection. Steal the wine. Get out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Demon Tavern was quieter than her original timeline. Fewer gods, about eighty percent fewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things went well, she would not even need to reach the bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes was enough. Even at one meter per second, she could cover half the tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small boat crept forward like a stalking cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight minutes later, it stopped beside a wall of bottles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ship pressed close to one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita took off the flag and wrapped it around Nivalis's paw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment you grab it, seal it into a capsule.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis extended her paw and hovered beside the bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the bottle transformed into a capsule, Rita canceled Temporal Stroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the flow of time shimmered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita returned to her original timeline with the wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the tavern lit up again, Foolishness appeared at the entrance. Her gaze swept the entire room, then stopped at the empty spot on the wine wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone was here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom's voice came from behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wrathful Moon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. That timeline's Wildfire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noise returned to Rita's ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were Order Clock, I wouldn't even give you a rest period.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the point of letting you recover? Just to destroy everything again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So Quiet Mountain can copy the best players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…You could copy too. Divine Game exists on your side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every Starsea player is handpicked. Don't dump trash on us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Without Starsea, can Quiet Mountain even function?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the familiar arguments, Rita felt oddly at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then QM Lynx Duke spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can talk all you want. Starsea still loses again and again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You all know it. The moment we win, we gain the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are no longer copies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are your other possibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire tavern fell quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only skill effects remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Starsea hairless cat had lowered ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Starsea Deceitful Bloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>QM Lynx Duke continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your pain comes from Starsea. Ours comes from ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is inferior?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is pain something that can be ranked? Divided into superior and inferior?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a soft laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quiet Mountain never gave us a past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It only takes our instincts and the heat of our soul fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It values the future we can create.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The past does not matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had struck the weakest point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hidden doubt within Starsea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how painful the demon game loop was, it was still artificial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it compare to what truly happened in Starsea?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Starsea player had thought that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not refute it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She once called Foolishness arrogant for ranking pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had done the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, even the sound of combat faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quiet Mountain watched, savoring the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a voice echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Starsea could hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Modify setting. Starsea gains a new talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jibberish What Are You Saying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When a Starsea entity hits a Quiet Mountain entity, there is a 1 percent chance to trigger Drooling for 3 seconds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita spent fifteen soul fire to grant a faction-wide ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she spent more, it could be stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fifteen was her limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only afford it because she had already secured the wine and reduced consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it would work depended on Starsea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she trusted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Deceitful Bloom and Foolishness could break her concealment, others had their own tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, several Starsea cats widened their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their pupils lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby allies noticed at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita guided the boat behind a white cat and hid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tavern erupted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five dark cats were confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in Graveyard of Bones, Starsea players were equally confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita and Nivalis stayed hidden, watching the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis whispered, \"Why don't we leave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying at the scene did not match Rita's usual style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the adventure Cat's Ideal wants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it needs an adventure to evolve, then I should stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I probably can't leave anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand brushed the glowing helm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the six carved Cat's Heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after leaving Graveyard of Bones, she had felt the six vice captains return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, then said quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not sure Cat's Ideal still suits me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis stayed silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrathful Moon and Cat's Ideal clashed for a reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were fundamentally incompatible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One chose confinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other sought freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita matched Wrathful Moon perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a second Wrathful Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Belonging to no one, yet stepping into a cage by choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She locked herself inside BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then discovered a wider world beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis had not seen the moment Rita upgraded Wrathful Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no better match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That arrogant lantern used to ignore everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it lit up for hours every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cat's Ideal…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita once chased freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the ship carried too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the stories written inside it were far too heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1026,"2026-06-06T06:15:33.502Z",1,"novelbin.me","45551c42577ec4bb83b497a9af1a22f2141a1cf0fda88799981a4d3ec543b6d5","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1351","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1349",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]