[{"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-677":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},1532584,1991,"Chapter 677: 677: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks 68","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-677",677,"\u003Cp>12:30\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With [Owl Got Lost] finally off cooldown, Rita immediately shifted the cooldown of [There's a Cat Here].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her disappointment, she couldn't transfer it back onto the same SSS-level skill that had previously absorbed the cooldown from [Mysterious Power].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, each time she used [Owl Got Lost], the cooldown could only be shifted to a new skill—cooldowns didn't stack, and there was likely a hard limit preventing repeat use on the same ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, even if she'd hit a mechanical wall, Rita wasn't out of options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every hour, she could cycle through unlocking [Mysterious Power] and [There's a Cat Here].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd picked up 42 SSS-level skills in Chaotic Restaurant. Even with 11 locked in for regular use, that left 31 others she could funnel cooldowns into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, [There's a Cat Here] only had a two-hour cooldown. With enough SSS-level skills, she could keep the rotation going indefinitely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So for now, Rita's biggest threat—death—was no longer hanging over her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem remained: she still couldn't exit the maze through normal gameplay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even began to suspect Verdant Whisper · Windrush was stuck too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita had tried dropping an Attribute Block during a skirmish, hoping [The Free Stuff Always Costs the Most.] would kick in and get her a map fragment in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the weighing room only generated items that players had actively used. Since map fragments weren't considered \"used\" until a full set was collected, they wouldn't show up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also considered trying to \"upgrade by trading down\"—drop a three-piece set fragment in exchange for a five-piece, pay some gold, and then work her way up to a nine-piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this carried huge risk. If any of her game fragments ended up in Verdant Whisper · Windrush's hands, the exposure could jeopardize her entire operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as \"Asset Transfer\" was active, she wouldn't attempt any such trades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the game reached a deadlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she refused to skip class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, she'd cheesed plenty of events back in BS by looking up guides, but the gods didn't appreciate players outright avoiding gameplay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screwing around? Fine. Disrupting the system? Also fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But cutting class? Not unless there was no other option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, if she didn't finish the maze game, would the other events even let her purchase entry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she tried and got rejected, stuck in the anti-magic public zone, unable to return to the maze… that'd be worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no idea how long she'd be stuck here. She couldn't just wait it out forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking back to the potion bottle fragment she'd lost to the entry fee last round, Rita made a trip to February Theme Park and grabbed 50 Attribute Blocks from Nivalis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the system wanted to keep charging her in game fragments, then fine—she'd stockpile more game fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the maze, she began discreetly dropping Attribute Blocks during fights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever she triggered [The Free Stuff Always Costs the Most.] and entered the weighing room, she'd pick a three-piece game item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swapping a map fragment for a three-piece cost several hundred gold. But Attribute Blocks? Just 50 to 100 gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A price she could easily afford.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>12:45\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard she tried to delay it, [Wrathful Moon] returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Wrathful Moon\" has been unlocked.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Wrathful Moon\" has been deployed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita had completely given up trying to appeal the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the game had any intention of letting her return the item, it would've done so already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, she had to admit—she'd been given some kind of compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, both Divine Relics would've been unlocked and deployed the moment she discovered their identities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the game had waited for the scheduled hourly unlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She canceled [There's a Cat Here], returned to the Ferris wheel in February Theme Park, and carefully re-secured the lantern and the helm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She buried both Divine Relics deep inside her inventory: first wrapped in normal Blocks, then surrounded by owl and game-console fragments, and finally layered with smaller Blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did she return to March Theme Park's maze, using Teletubby as cover to once again become a cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>13:00\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another entry fee, another loss—this time a [Plush Collar] fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snatched up by none other than Verdant Whisper · Windrush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita barely had time to be annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once [Owl Got Lost] came back, she shifted [Mysterious Power]'s seven-day cooldown onto a different SSS-level skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was ticking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without using [No Logic], players were starting to doubt each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Verdant Whisper · Windrush drew the most suspicion—BS-Rita had accurately named both \"Common Prosperity\" and \"Asset Transfer,\" two rewards from the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other players who had received the same rewards stepped up to confirm their effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had yet found BS-Rita, but with hundreds of players fighting across the maze, even with her bizarre skills, some doubted she could've survived this long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Data provided by skill-enabled players estimated that over 600 participants were currently inside the March maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many players clustered together—whether chasing [Cat's Ideal] or trying to exit via collected map fragments—battles were constant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than 70% of players had already died at least once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through it all, BS-Rita remained silent. No trash talk. No taunts. No messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No target for curses. No one to pin a tracker on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While baiting the field, Rita was actually trying to bait out Verdant Whisper · Windrush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Windrush picked up a dropped Block, Rita could use that to reclaim the lost [Plush Collar].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the player count this high and the map so large, their paths never crossed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—finally—luck turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After losing the potion fragment and the collar, Rita saw something in the weighing room:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Where's the Owl Already]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was certain she hadn't seen this player in the Ferris wheel earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either they were disguised or had shuffled their Blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, without active inspection, players were nearly indistinguishable—unless they had something like Fiery Wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she saw the owl fragment, Rita didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paid 170 attribute points and claimed a new owl fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't even inspect the updated owl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she doubled back to try and identify the source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With [Seen It All] hiding nameplates, she couldn't get their ID.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried using Chavez's Watch and [Master Angler] to scan—both failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she could do was memorize their features and the color breakdown of their Blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't want to buy the remaining owl fragments with more points—not at that price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her plan was to wait until \"Asset Transfer\" wore off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she met that player again, she could trade a seven-piece fragment for the rest of the owl set—much cheaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that didn't work out, she'd find a way to buy the rest off the market.\u003C\u002Fp>",1125,"2026-06-06T06:15:14.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","15f3b84291c1aca8f1bdc8be4d38d34badb21ffa8b8534bef988b186ca58a741","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-678","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-676",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]