[{"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-718":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},1532475,1991,"Chapter 718: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks 109","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-718",718,"\u003Cp>3:00 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few of the Blocks on Rita’s body suddenly turned white—converted into snow-like Blocks by the Divine Game to cover her amusement park access fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next moment, she felt her cheeks bulge. Her mouth started spewing out capsule eggs uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: ?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the magician’s wisdom tooth get confiscated?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One duck egg after another shot out of her mouth like a Peashooter. Rita scrambled to catch each one, stuffing them back into the capsule machine as quickly as she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby players who hadn’t left yet: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, this capsule machine sure has a lot of use cases...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But remembering how expensive it was, their excitement fizzled instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not worth buying. This whole capsule mechanic only works here because of the game’s special setup—turning bodies and items into Blocks isn’t standard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she’d cleaned up all the capsules, Rita stood up with the machine in her arms. \"Only $100 per pull! Divine Tokens included...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could even finish, the crowd that had been surrounding her moments ago dispersed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eighty dollars per pull!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita clicked her tongue, turned to face the corner wall, and pulled out Dull Game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven fragments now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dull Game – Incomplete (7\u002F9):\"Stupidity is not a sin.\"Six bullet chambers, each representing a different round. Spin the cylinder freely and pull the trigger against your own head. The bullet named \"Stupidity\" erases a single mistaken thought. A blank resets the target’s state to what it was 120 seconds ago. Each time the wielder fires at another target, the next shot must be fired at themselves...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blank could rewind someone’s state by two minutes. Could this mean that during Mysterious Power, she could heal herself using that reset mechanic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what happens after all the bullets are fired? How does she reload?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with more info, Rita wanted Dull Game more than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, only one fragment remained unaccounted for—the other was still listed on the market for a sky-high price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floating red text over Dull Game had shifted again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>October, Sakura · Orange White ↑\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She summoned her airship and followed the arrow, scouring the October Month Theme Park for Sakura · Orange White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing to hide anymore. With all the game items she’d collected, trying to complete the last pieces wasn’t suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trail led her to the ferris wheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she had the guts to rush in, she didn’t have game access permission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just waiting around felt like a waste of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flew off again, stopping in front of one of the park’s least populated attractions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost no players queued here. It was dead quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita packed up the ship, waited less than two minutes, and found herself in front of a small Gingerbread Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t even pulled out any Blocks when she noticed him glaring at her with pure rage, chest heaving like a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who made the kid this mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita blinked, confused—then remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh. Right. It was her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her first visit to the October park, she’d canceled her ticket atthisvery game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fished out some Blocks for the ticket but, as she handed them over, she also pulled a capsule from the machine and gave it to the Gingerbread Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a gentle smile, she said, \"Sorry for the trouble. Here, take this and play. Can you forgive me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah~~ was this one of those duck eggs that Overlords were fighting over?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gingerbread Man’s fury vanished. He even looked embarrassed, clutching the capsule like a treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay~\" he mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita grinned and shook her head. \"Nah, I didn’t do anything wrong!\" Then she completed the refund, activated Silent Hill, summoned Deep Blue Helm in the thick fog, and returned to the March 1st Theme Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gingerbread Man kept a tight grip on the capsule, eyes darting between it and BS-Rita, terrified she might snatch it back mid-refund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw her vanish and the capsule still in his hands, he finally exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a beat, he couldn’t resist and typed into the Mech faction chat group:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[L175246]: Actually, BS-Rita’s not so bad. She refunded her ticket just now, but gave me a capsule and even apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[B8017913]: Did you open it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[L175246]: Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[B8017913]: Waiting for the backstab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[L175246]: ??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no players in line, L175246 eagerly opened the capsule—then froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face twisted in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned the capsule upside down, shaking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Empty?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled the shell to the ground, jumped on it, stomped until it shattered into glittering bits, and then screamed, \"AAAHHHHH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far off, Deceitful Bloom and Stupidity watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stupidity: \"You really are starving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom: \"No, you’re the one starving. You handcrafted Dull Game, and now it’s in BS-Rita’s hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stupidity: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita found B8017913 at a vending machine in March 1st Theme Park. The little robot was staring into the air, unmoving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hopped off the ship and strolled over to the machine, pulling up Dull Game on the terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chatting?\" she asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"Yeah. Watching the backlash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: ??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t keep up with this little guy’s cryptic jargon. But she didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that mattered was getting her hands on the market fragment of Dull Game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she couldn’t get the last one before the end of the game, she’d just combine all eight and list them for sale:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>$100,000, coupons allowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The odds of getting stuck with it were low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After selecting the listing, she began pulling capsule after capsule from her machine, pouring their Blocks into the transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913 helped too, dumping the profits from earlier item sales into the terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They avoided using Blocks from July and October parks at first, saving them for last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after that, they were $5,000 short—Rita finally dipped into her July earnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the screen showed \"Purchase Complete,\" she finally relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight fragments now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"That all of them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"One more to go. But no rush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that rushing would help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She repurchased the confiscated Magician’s Wisdom Tooth piece and reassembled it. Then she listed five nine-piece game item fragments she’d obtained in the October park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were bundled as incomplete item sets—more expensive than selling each piece individually, by about 30%, but coupon use wasn’t blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players who really wanted them could afford it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, only the Divine Game system could prevent coupon use. Players had no such power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tagged two of the incomplete sets with a special purchase condition: only accepted payments of small Blocks under $2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was in preparation for It’s Not the Craft That Sucks, where those tiny Blocks were needed to buy extra dice rolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these items were equipment-type—useless to her. Best to turn them into attribute Blocks while she still could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even borrowed B8017913’s listing quota to put up five more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"So, where to next?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1150,"2026-06-06T06:15:15.640Z",1,"novelbin.me","29c7483975f6435a6db58ca27e21dda5b06a85db6dcbfe62e6c58c883c091ce7","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-719","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-717",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]