[{"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-676":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},1532583,1991,"Chapter 676: 676: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks 67","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-676",676,"\u003Cp>After unlocking [Mysterious Power], Rita began searching the new version of the map fragments in earnest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maze had become far too dangerous. More and more players were entering, and relying on Verdant Whisper · Windrush was becoming unrealistic. She had to figure this out herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, B8017913 sent an update:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are a total of 167 players in the maze. Your [Don't Ask Me What Potions Are] fragment isn't in the Exchange. Neither the owl nor the game console have been listed either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were a real company, B8017913 would be the kind of employee every boss dreams of—gathering exactly the right info, even without direct instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the fragment wasn't in the Exchange, then it had to be with Verdant Whisper · Windrush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet [The Free Stuff Always Costs the Most.] hadn't been triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the game rules and rewards must count as a kind of invisible agreement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made sense. If items dropped on death could trigger the skill, then Seahorse wouldn't have needed to bait and switch outside the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she pondered this, Rita's paw froze. Behind a wall of flowers, she had brushed up against something. She pulled it out—it was a dandelion: a [Spring Labyrinth Map Fragment].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed the dandelion into her Magician's Wisdom Tooth. While continuing the search for more fragments, she opened the battlefield chat panel and dragged it to the bottom-right of her screen, keeping an eye out for any useful chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chat was in chaos, with players demanding to know who had [Cat's Ideal]. Others were asking who had killed her and looted her corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After considering, Rita decided to clarify in chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though players had once used chat clues to track down a player's location, everyone now knew she was in March Theme Park, so it didn't matter. Besides, she could relocate instantly if needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her only real concern was whether someone could deduce her current disguise from the battlefield chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But turning into a cat wasn't exactly rare. Some races looked exactly like cats anyway. This would be a good chance to test the limits of [There's a Cat Here].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Verdant Whisper · Windrush used the game rewards \"Common Prosperity\" and \"Asset Transfer\" on me. Any game Blocks fragments I lost went directly into her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Verdant Whisper · Windrush?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Say something, Verdant Whisper · Windrush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: I didn't receive anything!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Marmang · Crab]: Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Red Orange · Juicy]: Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark]: Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: …Will someone hurry up and kill her already? Have none of you eaten?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Pine Bloom, you there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita waited two minutes. So did Pine Bloom, silently watching the chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Pine Bloom]: What is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita, satisfied, closed the battlefield chat. Just six more \"sales\" and she could visit Lichou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing she might miss something important in chat, she asked B8017913 to keep monitoring and ping her if anything relevant popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a player spotted her, and Rita took off running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While dodging attacks, she kept sneaking glances at the chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pine Bloom: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, Pine Bloom smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The player fighting her—Juicy Mango—jumped back in fear, thinking she was about to go full burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pine Bloom was unfazed. She told herself, maybe BS-Rita just died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>12:15\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No Logic] wore off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All players resumed their hunt for BS-Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita kept lurking in cat form, weaving through the crowds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her HP dropped near zero, she found a quiet spot, canceled the old [Mysterious Power], munched on a few whole-wheat buns, got her HP back over 1%, and activated a new [Mysterious Power].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the trick with Mysterious Power—whittle her down to 0.01%, then start the cycle all over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a Divine Relic on her now, Rita could no longer use [Survive Until the End] to turn into an item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, she didn't care—getting left behind in someone's inventory only meant getting crushed once she canceled the transformation. Worst case, she'd die once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now? Death wasn't an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other players were just as anxious, but no one could track her down—no mark, no curse, no tag would stick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Emerald Crane Gale]: Did she turn into a map fragment and one of you is carrying her around?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Marmang · Crab]: If you hit someone and only the first strike lands—after that, they take no damage—that's BS-Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Red Orange · Juicy]: If we could scan her HP bar, why not just inspect her directly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Marmang · Crab]: Heh. That just means you can't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Tier 17+ players had their own tracking tools. But with BS-Rita in March Theme Park, none of their skills would reveal the current location of [Cat's Ideal].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: How did you mark her last time—with the spotlight and music?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Emerald Crane Gale]: Bought a drop of BS-Rita's blood from the Exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ghost · Sang Cup]: Me too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Marmang · Crab]: Who listed it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark]: The Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark from \"You Think I'm Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark or Lania Kaia Pine Bloom?\" listed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Maple Syrup]: Sigh, Pine Bloom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Peach Crown]: Sigh, Pine Bloom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Fat Goose]: Sigh, Pine Bloom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Mistblade]: Sigh, Pine Bloom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, Rita felt… calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield chat had turned into a roast session about her, like a private enemy group chat. She didn't even know where to chime in. At least she wasn't the one being trolled the hardest—yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the blood—easy enough to guess where it came from. During the bunny brawl last game, it had been splattered across Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark's head. The mystery was how he brought it into the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for why tracking skills failed—Rita thought about the line in [There's a Cat Here]: \"You cannot be marked. You cannot be tracked.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That felt similar to [Away from Home, Identity is Self-Assigned]—but maybe even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also recalled the description of [Cat's Ideal]:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mysterious feline—no entity may glimpse your past, present, or future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that mean she couldn't be divined anymore, even without [Chavez's Pocket Watch]?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The watch was S-tier and blocked any divination under SS-tier. But this was a Divine Relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if both past and future were obscured, what about the present? Did that mean even her current information was locked away from anyone trying to peek in?\u003C\u002Fp>",1081,"2026-06-06T06:15:14.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","e71db8dc51cafe38f3cd6b0d2f3f736786840ada29fd86b7ecab078d1b51124a","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-677","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-675",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]