[{"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-1377":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},1533188,1991,"Chapter 1377 1377: 1377 Another Me Across the Worlds","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1377",1377,"\u003Cp>In this timeline, Rita had also participated in the [Card Swap] game. During the Divine Game in fifth grade, she even managed to return temporarily to BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she never made it back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She died alongside the other BS players during that final war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just hearing about it was enough to piss Rita off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a long sigh and was about to leave when Nivalis, who had run over to inspect Maple Syrup up close, suddenly waved excitedly at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come look! Did she turn you into a cookie?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita instantly appeared beside Forest Sea Maple Syrup and followed Nivalis's claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, hanging around Maple Syrup's neck was a little black-haired cookie figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Failed BS Rita Cookie] (Souvenir)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"...What is wrong with you, Maple Syrup?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after leaving that timeline, Rita found Snowland in another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Mistblade had succeeded once too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this timeline, the final fragment of Snowland had drifted into BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita found Mistblade's palace deep within Misttail Clan territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistblade sat alone upon a throne, resting her chin against one hand while silently staring at the mahjong tiles before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita walked over and casually sat on the armrest beside her, glancing down at the hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretty good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was only one tile away from a Full Flush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why was she sitting there looking like the world was ending?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, B80 appeared on Rita's shoulder holding a tiny tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I found the information for this timeline. Want to hear it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this timeline, you were originally one of BS's leaders. BS Zoey was too. You entered Divine Game together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You also participated in [Card Swap]. You, Mistblade, Maple Syrup, and Fat Goose all became friends at Moonlight Marsh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But later, Mistblade and Maple Syrup regained their memories too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita's sleeve brushed across Mistblade's cheek as she casually discarded a useless tile from the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this timeline, BS Rita never managed to return to BS midway through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Card Swap] was the most special game. As long as GodDraw77 never appeared, the flow of time inside the game remained different from the outside world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One year inside the game only equaled one day outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All participating players became trapped inside the game, slowly growing up together. They could only return once a world outside was destroyed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita could already imagine exactly what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 continued happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mistblade and Maple Syrup prevented anyone from obtaining GodDraw77.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then you all grew up together... until BS was destroyed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where's the Rita from this timeline now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Went to Dawn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BS Zoey went to Tiger Ear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two swore to drown Snowland and Lania Kaia in blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...How exactly did such detailed stories spread around?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was somebody hiding under her bed listening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita thought it, then asked it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 explained immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, detailed? There are actually a bunch of versions floating around. But this one's the most popular.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"...Then why are there so many humans in Snowland?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mistblade got a temporary chance to recover her memories and contact the outside world during the game. She told Flowering Edge to protect as many humans as possible and relocate them to Snowland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita fell silent for a long moment before changing the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about Lightchaser and Cinders?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 replied cheerfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They still left Isolated Isle to look for you because they realized something was wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two rebellious teenagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran away from home again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita asked another question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you find the version of yourself from this timeline?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time they entered a new timeline, B80 loved searching the abandoned zones for itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes it found itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes it did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one thing never changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If B80 was not trapped in the abandoned zones, then it was always beside the BS Rita of that timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80's tone became especially bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Found it. Still stuck in the abandoned zone because you never came.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It liked these two completely unsurprising outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if no unexpected choices appeared, then BS Rita remained its only choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Nivalis...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Always getting stolen by this person or that person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And none of them could actually protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, she always died and returned crying to Dragon Island and Holy Cup's arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita loved discovering these alternate possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the things that never changed no matter the timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, You Are Me endlessly waiting for a Deceitful Bloom who would never come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or Cicada refusing to rebuild Beacon under any circumstance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were Vineborne simply born stubborn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was Quex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again betraying Midsummer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why could she never truly harden her heart?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quex always did so much for Midsummer. Yet in the end, she was always the one who walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did soft-hearted people simply surrender first every single time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Quex became a leader, and as long as she discovered that shortcut capable of rapidly strengthening the Celestialkin, every path eventually led to the same conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita searched for a very long time before finally finding a different Quex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this timeline, Quex chose silence after discovering the method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She threw herself into Divine Game even harder than before, fighting for rankings and evolution progress for her people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But eventually, rumors still spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Midsummer Quex wants Celestialkin to give their bonded elements to players with greater talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 laid out all the evidence it had uncovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I used a skill to investigate this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But those players died not long after Quex left Midsummer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So from the very beginning, this problem had never really had a solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best path for Midsummer Quex had always been becoming a lone powerhouse like Rita herself, rather than involving herself in politics and factional struggles too early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita asked one more question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What level of skill uncovered this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only an A-rank skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was easy to find.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not some huge conspiracy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe because they knew Quex wouldn't get angry even if she discovered the truth herself, so nobody bothered cleaning up the evidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Quex of this timeline should have been able to discover the truth easily too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita expanded her awareness across the entire timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, she found Quex at Mountain Isles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been assigned to a small island and was currently sitting quietly by the shore watching the sunrise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, Frenzied Shark never slaughtered his own people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world that invaded Mountain Isles had been another relatively average world instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war remained brutal, but not enough to completely break the Sharkfin Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They managed to push back the invasion while teetering right at the limit of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And somehow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frenzied Shark traveled everywhere searching for wanderers like Quex, paying enormous prices to recruit them to work at Mountain Isles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Sharkfin Clan members unwilling to fight became life-skill players instead, supporting the warriors through powerful crafting skills and incredible agricultural techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything extra got handed over to Frenzied Shark, who traveled between worlds as a merchant to exchange goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Frenzied Shark diligently worked every Divine Game like a laborer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single time, he carefully invaded only worlds that Mountain Isles could absolutely defeat, filling the invasion slots before stronger worlds could descend first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He refused to ever fight an uphill battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tightrope strategy somehow carried Mountain Isles all the way to the present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only side effect was that Frenzied Shark's hair had begun falling out in terrifying amounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Frenzied Shark of this timeline had shaved his head into a buzz cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the balding was still painfully obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>",1266,"2026-06-06T06:15:33.929Z",1,"novelbin.me","d194ea56f9fac3c0118c32d96653fe6f22778318560802983ecd899c991e6655","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1378","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1376",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]