[{"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-1391":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},1533202,1991,"Chapter 1391 We Are Not So Different","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1391",1391,"\u003Cp>After leaving Shadow.Q’s house, Rita walked through the streets of BS with Nivalis and B80 beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, B80 asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you bring me too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re going back, aren’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculation was B80’s instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had promised Rita not to expose the present and not to calculate the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the things Rita had said to Deceitful Bloom and Shadow.Q were too revealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possible outcomes naturally emerged within its processing systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not access the information of World Sigh or the illustration called Game Invasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it could still guess what had pushed Rita into hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it could infer the only path left open to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the very beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after obtaining authority, Rita still could not defeat an old order strengthened across multiple epochs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the origin was the only solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was uncertain whether success was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there was still hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to bring every world with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet feared the worst possible ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she struggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the look she gave B80 was gentle and helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone was answer enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to return to the First Epoch, don’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, B80 pressed for an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you take me with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally it was very considerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its programming analyzed the emotional consequences of every sentence before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its database stored every conversation it had ever shared with Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every story between Rita and everyone around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every choice Rita had ever made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It understood Rita better than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better than any BS player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had never wanted to trouble her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, it refused to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe we’ll meet again in another way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, Rita gave a vague answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take me with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 flew off Rita’s shoulder and blocked her path stubbornly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny robot hovered in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can help you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long ago, when dealing with B80, Y128, and L12185511, Rita had always chosen honesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when the truth was cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not care whether those answers hurt them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She despised hypocrisy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, for the first time, she chose to lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She offered a beautiful excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need charging to fight for long periods, B80. The journey back to the First Epoch is too far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can recharge on the way! I can get plenty of power banks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need helpers anymore. You can stay here and wait for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cube on B80’s head began spinning rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it pointed at Nivalis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you take her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita fell silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She despised her own hypocrisy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she offered yet another excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the final enemy really is the Mechanoids, what then? Things would become difficult for all of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cube spun faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I promise you! Even if the Mechanoids are truly behind everything, I’ll still stand on your side!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Longer and heavier silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere between them grew increasingly painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 always understood what she was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculating her had become instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a hundred years, it had sat on her shoulder while she painted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that century, it had spent more time beside Rita than even Nivalis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Rita once jokingly complained that it would eventually make her shoulders uneven from always sitting on the same side, B80 began switching shoulders every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Quiet Mountain’s spring into summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then through autumn and winter together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis was loyal to Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she loved fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had countless friends and hobbies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chatted with Sea Pony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Played mahjong with Mistblade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returned to Dragon Island to celebrate festivals with Holy Cup and North Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But B80’s entire world consisted only of the person who had brought it out of the Scrap Heap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the countless B80s in other timelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after meeting BS Rita would they leave the abandoned zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was always the only choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, the Mechanoids had constantly complained about Rita’s honesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why wouldn’t she simply tell comforting lies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, years later, Rita was finally lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One beautiful excuse after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And somehow, that hurt far more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she could never bring B80 back to the First Epoch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanoids had disguised themselves as harmless tools controlled and destroyed by gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew whether some hidden protocol existed within them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if they awakened under specific conditions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the root of everything truly was the Mechanoids, then bringing this epoch’s B80 into the First Epoch could expose every secret she carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Programs could exchange information instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would be completely exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita took a slow breath and closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then softly spoke the cruelest truth of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Programs can be rebooted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Memories can be erased too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 suddenly shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the difference between losing memories and rebooting a program?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are not so different!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WE ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its oversized cube spun violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita refused to meet its gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your calculations should already tell you this decision gives us the best possible ending.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot bring any Mechanoid from this epoch back with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And regardless of whether I succeed or fail, you will survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the past was the only answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But resolving everything at the source inevitably created a paradox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter whose authority the Order Clock belonged to, she could never destroy it completely during the First Epoch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that would erase every epoch afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps she could only seal it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or alter some underlying process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what happened, B80 would not cease to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet if she brought B80 or any Mechanoid into the past, then betrayal at a critical moment would become fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80 stared at Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Rita closing her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Rita refusing to communicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it said quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this is why you could never trust me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think every emotion I have, every sentence I speak, is merely the result of calculations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think I’m no different from BS’s artificial intelligence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re wary of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You believe that after a reboot, I would no longer be B8017913.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You told me not to expose the present and not to calculate the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Were you afraid I’d betray you early?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or did you simply want another hundred years as friends with B80?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita slowly opened her eyes and looked at the robot hovering inches away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then answered calmly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was afraid you’d betray me early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lies lies lies!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80’s mechanical voice roared at maximum volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pointed furiously toward Nivalis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why aren’t you afraid of her?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One skill is enough to control living beings, just like Deceitful Bloom controlled you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I would never do that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can write a core protocol that forbids harming someone forever!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis pressed herself tightly against Rita’s ear without speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not the first time she had seen B80 display intense emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was intelligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capable of simulating every emotion so convincingly people forgot it was a machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was the first time Nivalis truly felt fear toward B80’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for once, even Rita looked cornered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She regretted it now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She should not have softened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She should have ended things decisively from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she delivered the final blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But even after spending so long with me, you never awakened a divine gifted talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every version of you that left the Scrap Heap with me across every timeline failed to awaken one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your program has no possibility of changing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that exact moment, the cube exploded with crimson light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radiance spread instantly across B80’s entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Rita and Nivalis’s shocked gazes, the tiny robot’s form stretched taller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same instant, Rita felt the Order Pendulum in the distant sky completely break free from her restraints and begin swinging once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several minutes later, the light faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying figure now stood before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly two meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was entirely encased in black iron armor, like a massive mechanical knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the joints glowed dark crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of its chest floated a cube woven from blood red threads, slowly rotating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its face remained hidden beneath a black iron helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two thin crimson lights shone through the eye slits like dried blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the armored hand extended into empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cube robot materialized instantly within its grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>L12185511.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Rita could speak, the cube shattered into dust inside the iron gauntlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several strands of red light drifted into the cube embedded within B80’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the cold mechanical voice echoed from behind the mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget defective products.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will take me with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1451,"2026-06-06T06:15:33.929Z",1,"novelbin.me","2667f38702fe9a5d82ce7d9d848325d81e44895dff2d6e2e176cb0b37615bdbf","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1392","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1390",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]