[{"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-612":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},1532669,1991,"Chapter 612: 612: Divine Game: Chaotic Blocks 3","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-612",612,"\u003Cp>Rita and Nivalis stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the signboard, two tiny blocky toys reading line after line of instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis offered her spicy take: \"Every line basically screams cannibalism.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"…\" Sometimes she seriously suspected Nivalis had been raised in BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… she wasn't wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last game had targeted players' skills. This time, it was all about the gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't bring anything in? No problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Game offers forced import services!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Items, relics, and everything of value—whether carried into the arena or not—would be forcibly unlocked over time and turned into Blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once something became a Block, with the game's auto-unbinding mechanic, it could be stolen, traded, and very likely… lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Game, ever the enthusiast for chaos, even prioritized unlocking the bound items first—because of course those were the valuable ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method of robbery was also subtly built in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no requirement to play a minimum number of rides, yet every hour, you had to pay in Blocks to even remain in the park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And outside of rides, skills were disabled—turning them into de facto safe zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant… if you wanted Blocks, and couldn't just buy them—your only real option was to fight for them inside the rides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita had it worse than most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rubbed her thumb over the ring on her middle finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913 counted as a pet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the starting room, she had tried returning both B8017913 and Nivalis to her pet space—but failed. They were already Block-ified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant no smuggling them around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just paying the hourly entry fee was going to cost her twice, maybe thrice if Nivalis messed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour of access required 10g Block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her most common block size (2cm x 2cm x 2cm) was worth 5g each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she'd need 4–6 blocks per hour, minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you had to pay first before entering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game didn't push her to move. So Rita stood there and reread all 9 listed instructions again, word by word, hunting for any overlooked loophole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once satisfied, she started prepping her \"entry fee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis was still fully intact and would pay her own way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita only needed to prepare for herself and B8017913.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of Rita's legs had five 2cm blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She removed two from each leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result? She shrank by 4cm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now her legs were just 6cm long—shorter than her 10cm arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not ideal… but since she could still fly, short legs weren't a deal-breaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real issue was her stats took a hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the starting room, she'd already confirmed it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Block loss directly equaled stat loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game didn't show stat values here, but after all her classes and experience, she had a fine-tuned sense for her body's performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her base form had 42 Blocks (not counting items), and dropping 4 blocks shaved off about 10% of her core stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She touched the mist at the gate and was greeted by a pop-up window—just like the ones for entering World's Grave Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed her four blocks and the single large block Nivalis handed over onto the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The display read: 30g\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist receded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the amusement park felt like lag ending and the server finally syncing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sound snapped into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, everything had been eerily silent—now the world was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around her were blocky people and blocky monsters missing arms, legs, or even heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The races of the world were already strange, but Block-form only made everything worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players had bizarre things stuck to their torsos and heads—impossible to tell what was a racial trait and what was gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since the entry fee required everyone to \"donate\" pieces of themselves, everyone looked off. Awkward. Clunky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like badly assembled action figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita didn't immediately jump onto any ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she led Nivalis through the park to observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was even more crowded than the foodie zones and mining markets she'd seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer number of pets and teams made it buzz like a real festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversations were flying everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every attraction was guarded by a gingerbread man half her size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They blinked up at passing players with wide eyes made of candy buttons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"Think they're part of the mechanical race, or maybe…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"I can't say for sure. But I am connected to the mechanical race chat server.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"Why do you suddenly sound like a grizzled bureaucrat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"Maybe because I'm scared of being blamed by upper management.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"˙Ꙫ˙\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amusement park was laid out similarly to the ones in BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most rides were open-air, fully visible to everyone. Only a few were housed indoors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to each gingerbread NPC stood a cookie sign showing the price of entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some rides charged based on number of blocks, others on total block weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None disclosed the rules beforehand, but players who paid and climbed on were instantly given instructions via system DMs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the rides, block people were bouncing around like popcorn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were attacking, some fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some seemed weightless, leaping into the sky, while others looked crushed by invisible gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just watching for a few minutes gave her a general idea—but not enough to grasp any one ride completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each had different durations, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players lined up obediently under the gingerbreadmen's watchful gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, if you annoyed them, they could refuse to sell tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food stalls and toy vendors lined the sidewalks—everything priced in blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita also found the trading post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a shop so much as a blocky vending machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One every few dozen meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't even browsed for ten minutes and already found 73 pages of listings:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic Med Kit (1\u002F5) — Price: 50g \u002F 20 Blocks\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet Mist Spray (1\u002F3) — Price: 15 white Blocks only\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traveling Tailor (1\u002F7) — Price: 200g (No red Blocks accepted)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coffee Machine (1\u002F3) — Price: 20g\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiant Shield (1\u002F3) — Price: 30g\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scented Candle (1\u002F5) — Price: 100g\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Console That Likes to Play Games (1\u002F9) — Price: 500g\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each page displays 9 items, showing images of the Block-ified versions and their prices, but without any detailed descriptions.\u003C\u002Fp>",1021,"2026-06-06T06:15:13.778Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d024839e1d404217847ed62129cfd0e2fcc2cf85d4101119741f0e44f8bbf4a","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-613","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-611",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]