[{"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-616":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},1532673,1991,"Chapter 616: 616 – Divine Game: Chaotic Blocks 7","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-616",616,"\u003Cp>Rita still had a borrowed tunneling skill she got from a treasure chest back in Round 8 using [Repay].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the one that let her phase into the space pirate ship — [Shadow of Nothingness]. She grabbed it the moment the original user was ejected from the ground after the skill expired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita timed her use of [Repay] based on the borrowed skill's 5-minute duration. Its 3-minute cooldown had long since passed, but [Snowy Summer], the skill allowing her to phase into the ship, only had 18 seconds left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she wasn't a treasure chest by Round 18, she'd have to borrow another skill from someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 8 minutes and 30 seconds into the game — Round 18 — Rita's body finally lit up with a pale golden glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the moment she'd been worrying about… and waiting for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second the glow appeared, she activated [Lonely Antenna Baby].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 2 seconds, she spent 3 points of Arcane Energy to use [Family Bucket], then targeted the nearest player with [Grand Opening Special].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Grand Opening Special] didn't have auto-tracking, but its power and speed scaled with Intelligence and Agility combined — the arrows were lightning-fast and hard to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cloud-like arrows burst out, and after hitting the first crew member, they scattered, hunting down new targets on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, both space pirate ships were swallowed by a mist of arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 3 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blocks started popping up on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"Nivalis!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need for more instructions. Nivalis immediately started collecting. The Teletubby skill was too strong — she couldn't see or sense Rita's position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Rita told her: stay focused on picking up Blocks and don't waste time dodging attacks from treasure chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 4 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita gave up on the Blocks on the right side of the pirate ship — Nivalis was already headed that way. As the two ships crossed paths, she jumped to the other one and started gathering the Blocks there instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 8 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All dropped Blocks vanished. Even if a skill landed late and dropped a Block, it couldn't be picked up anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita leapt toward Nivalis, tossing her a set of Blocks that couldn't be instantly assembled — they'd need 3 seconds of manual fusion. Nivalis didn't seem surprised by the extra pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 9 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita canceled the Teletubby skill and activated [Shadow of Nothingness].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd burned too much mana — she couldn't afford to keep going, even with [Regular Savings]. It was too early in the game to go all-in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow of Nothingness] let her become intangible and move freely for 10 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While hiding inside the pirate ship, Rita gave Nivalis her instructions:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me the locations of the other two treasure chests and what skills they're using. Report any changes immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she assembled Blocks, Nivalis replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The chest at the stern of Ship A just phased out for 5 seconds — all attacks missed. The player in the fifth row of Ship B is invisible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 11 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ship A chest just teleported to the other ship. The Ship B chest jumped down to the bottom of the pirate ship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 14 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The chest from Ship A disappeared again — left behind a pale golden light pillar at the stern. The chest from Ship B is still at the bottom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 16 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most players moved to Ship B. The chest at the bottom was forced up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita said: \"Go to the stern of Ship B. Stand where the first chest disappeared. The moment I appear, change into your original full-size form.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 19 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow of Nothingness] ended. Rita was ejected from the pirate ship, landing in a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one treasure chest was still invisible — meaning she couldn't target it to borrow a skill. The other had used a phasing skill earlier, which hadn't done much and would waste her [Repay].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Rita reappeared, a barrage of skills, bullets, and arrows flew at her from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was ready. She burned Arcane Energy and used Phantom Shift to instantly teleport to the stern of Ship B.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She charged toward Nivalis. Without hesitation, Nivalis activated her transformation skill to grow in size, then lifted her tail and covered Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 21 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate ship kept shaking. Melee-class players rushed in, trying to lift Nivalis's tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately flipped over, pinning Rita under her belly, gripping the ship's edge with her front paws, tail and back claws hooked onto the seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune finally flipped in their favor. Rita gasped for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crew tried to kick Nivalis over together. Her strength couldn't hold out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 22 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In under a second, Nivalis was flipped, revealing Rita underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Rita could even stand, she cast a skill: [Top Chef? Top Chef!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone on the ship froze and turned to look. Even the players watching the match from below the ship — and the little gingerbread ticket vendor — stared straight at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— \"What? You're a Top Chef?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— \"What? You're a Top Chef?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— \"What? You're a Top Chef?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— \"What? I'm a Top Chef?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone within 100 meters, friend or foe, was hard-stunned for 3 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Nivalis, just thrown off the ship by her tail and climbing back up, let out a furious roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 24 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treasure chest at the stern had its skill wear off. The moment they became visible again, their eyes locked onto Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— \"What? You're a Top Chef?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita finally exhaled. She'd been waiting for this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it hadn't worked, she was ready to burn her stored mana from [Regular Savings], use [Survive Until the End] to turn into a ring, and have Nivalis swallow her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— At 25 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Top Chef skill ended. Rita immediately used [Repay] on the other nearby chest player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the rush, she scanned the skill description — confirmed it cost mana — and triggered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right in front of everyone's eyes, she vanished from the ship's stern!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the players still staring from earlier now had nowhere else to look — their gaze shifted to the treasure chest player whose skill had just ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chest Player: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiery wings, dragon pet… he suddenly remembered who this was. Heard some rumors, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BS-Rita. That player just now was BS-Rita, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five seconds later, the invisibility-phasing skill Rita borrowed hadn't worn off yet — but Round 19 had already begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't a treasure chest this time, but she wasn't in a rush to cancel the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis was already on the move — going after the treasure chest.\u003C\u002Fp>",1123,"2026-06-06T06:15:13.778Z",1,"novelbin.me","6b6dde770f7b8c2f16e1b2427da47a219ffcd407ccdfe1c297f1ee3ef5acbf14","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-617","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-615",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]