[{"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-681":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},1532588,1991,"Chapter 681: 681: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks 72","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-681",681,"\u003Cp>6:00 PM\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, along with the usual game fee deduction, every player heard a new system announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Nighttime Month Theme Park is now open. Event gift packs have arrived.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Each gift pack comes with a Gacha Machine. Players may request a pull from the machine, and the gift pack cannot refuse.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Each gift pack has its own unique Gacha conditions. Once a request is made, the player must fulfill the requirement or pay a fine to the gift pack.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Loot from this event will drop in the form of plushies instead of Blocks. For every 10 plushies, players may purchase a gift box from the Exchange.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Rita checked what she'd just lost, she looked up at the maze sky to see whether her pet duck would drop into the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned, placing a cat paw on her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh? The recently unlocked and deployed trinket [Squished Soda Can] was gone...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah! She actually kind of liked that item...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not enough to pay a high price to buy it back from Verdant Whisper · Windrush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the maze…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Verdant Whisper · Windrush caught a soda can-looking Block fragment, her brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who?! Who's littering?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistblade, mid-combat with her, launched another skill—Bloodmist Blade curved around toward Windrush. As she attacked, she asked with feigned concern, \"Where'd the trash come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Windrush dodged via teleportation and calmly answered, \"...Transferred from BS-Rita.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obvious to anyone that this wasn't the kind of thing Abyss-tier players typically carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clutching the—ugh—squished can, Windrush didn't even want to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistblade stopped attacking to clap her hands. \"Incredible, Windrush. You've pushed BS-Rita into a corner. She's gotta be regretting picking a fight with you. She's lost big time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Windrush: ......…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Mistblade manage to sound like a schoolteacher and still be so goddamn irritating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-minute entry window ended. The maze sky chimed with another notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Player count in this maze has reached the critical threshold. Battle Royale mode initiated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill 3 players to immediately exit the maze.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Temporary team-up mode enabled. Players must make physical contact to form a team. Teams must kill 5× their member count to have all members exit.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Killed players will return to the starting room and reset, losing 8% of their attributes as per March Theme Park rules. Lost attributes will be distributed among the Blocks they dropped.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In 3 minutes, all maze walls will vanish.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Every 5 minutes, the map will shrink by 10%.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Battle Royale will end only when 3 players remain in the Spring Labyrinth. During this time, the maze will not accept new entries.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the announcement, Rita knew she was out of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just three minutes, the maze walls would vanish—deadly for someone like her who relied on evasive positioning. She wouldn't be able to jump or hide anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless she fled the maze entirely…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But doing so might earn her the wrath of a dozen divine patrons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, she had a better plan than escape:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Team up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she already knew the perfect partner—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little seahorse with the divine talent [Ignite Teammates, Warm the Baby Seahorse]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all incoming damage had to pass through the seahorse before reaching her, would it count as the same source?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it didn't work perfectly, her Mysterious Power was still active—she could tank quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, after transferring Phoenix Seat's cooldown with Owl Got Lost, she hadn't used Owl Got Lost again yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant she could chain this cycle:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix Seat → Mysterious Power → Owl Got Lost → Phoenix Seat → Mysterious Power\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every time before activating Phoenix Seat, she could buffer with Unchanged Fate for five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the seahorse still failed to rack up ten kills with that much help, she could just end the damage-transfer mechanic using One-Person Party, breaking the team via technicality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, she wouldn't back herself into a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if all else failed with the seahorse, she'd have no choice but to flee and put her hopes on Verdant Whisper · Windrush finishing the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita canceled her disguise and opened the battle chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Seahorse, you there? Want to team up? I'll tank, you deal damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sent several messages in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to explain—if the seahorse didn't have a probe-blocking ability, then it was only natural that its divine talent was public knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she wasn't the only one who knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So did Marmang·Crab, and likely any player who'd crossed paths with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, BS-Rita's now-famous mysterious skill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, any combat-savvy player could see exactly what she was plotting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Marmang·Crab]: He's in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: I'm already nauseous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Mistblade]: And this is why titles are useless. Who would've guessed BS-Rita's title was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Red Orange · Juicy]: I had to go check it after reading your comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Pine Bloom]: Four little words. I don't even dare say them aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Goose Fat]: Wasn't it different before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Marmang·Crab]: It used to be \"Struck by Lightning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Mistblade]: That one actually fit her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[BS-Rita]: Are you insulting the divine aesthetics of this game?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia · Mistblade]: And you're actively testing the boundaries of divine aesthetics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…So venomous! Rita minimized the battle chat—no point talking to Mistblade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began searching the maze for the seahorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seahorse was searching for her too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly how busted BS-Rita's ability was. If they teamed up and he could redirect all damage to her, the combat synergy would be insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could barely imagine how godlike the experience would feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the maze was huge. Finding each other in three minutes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the time expired, all flower-covered walls disintegrated into petals and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita immediately flew into the air and shouted, \"Seahorse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she heard a hoarse voice scream, \"BS-Rita!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the battlefield, they locked eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was beautiful. Like Ash finally reuniting with Pidgeot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the barrage of incoming skills hurtling toward Rita…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep blue helm appeared—her ship's helm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Rita teleported beside the seahorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as her paw touched his head, a ladder-rank-style window popped up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You and Marmang the Seahorse will form a temporary team. Accept?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost immediately, the two of them were buried in a cascade of skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita fixed her gaze on her HP bar, tense—\u003C\u002Fp>",1077,"2026-06-06T06:15:14.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","a1f85dde56cb96e1e665942fe1044979bca8fb8fef7ea94d45426f41e0540ea9","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-682","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-680",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]