[{"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-724":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},1532481,1991,"Chapter 724: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks115","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-724",724,"\u003Cp>The flowing fire of Rita’s wings flickered above her Block-crafted structure, gently swaying like flames in the breeze. Hidden beneath the faux feathers was a skeleton built to mimic the iconic Flameflow Wings. The flames drifting above moved with a subtle grace, but the whole thing looked... a little off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her original Flameflow Wings had five pairs of glowing skeletal blades, resembling a scythe’s arc, fanning out from her back in descending size. When they flapped, fire flowed across them like liquid. In full motion, they merged into a burning silhouette of a butterfly mid-flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, in this blocky disguise? Honestly, she looked more like a spider carrying a human torso, and the human had decided to walk around piggybacking on its spider legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, with both her gacha machine and the telltale Flameflow Wings hidden, and with no skills allowed in public zones, no player could easily recognize her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she was inside the maze, she’d use a disguise skill to alter her identity completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing she’d have to pay another game fee at 6:00 PM, she preemptively tucked the Magician’s Wisdom Tooth into her gacha machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>17:59\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita rocketed toward the October Maze entrance and landed at the end of the queue. She didn’t bother looking for B8017913, instead opening a private channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m good now. You can do whatever you want. If you’re tired of this theme park, just grab a teleport pass and go find Nivalis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913 replied, \"I can’t. Now that I have a body, I’m at least Tier 10 in combat power. I’ll wait nearby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita had never checked B8017913’s combat stats before. After a pause, she messaged, \"Then go wait for me back at March Theme Park.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But B8017913 didn’t immediately agree. After a moment of silence, it messaged something strange:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you were a kid, the first time you hit your brother was because he knocked your piece back to start when you were about to win a game of Ludo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita froze. That was something no one knew. Not even with full access to the internet could B8017913 have found that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a strong suspicion now—this was a message from her future self, using B8017913 as the messenger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913 continued, \"Five minutes after the game starts, don’t go near the entrance at the 3 o’clock position. When you hear a conversation, drop something you believe is right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructions from her future self. The details didn’t make sense yet, but Rita nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the maze’s gates slowly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the queue could even start moving, a bell tolled from nowhere. A loud system announcement echoed above the entire Month Theme Park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Closing Ceremony Initiated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[From this moment forward, public areas are fully unlocked—players may use all skills freely]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In public areas, the player who deals the most damage during a kill will earn 1% of the victim’s Blocks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upon death in a public area, regardless of remaining Blocks or death thresholds, players will be revived in the initial room]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she heard \"public areas fully unlocked,\" Rita instantly activated a skill:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Come At Me If You Think You Can Kill Me]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her HP threshold plummeted to -500%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right as the skill took effect, multiple area-of-effect skills detonated around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with [Bedtime Tale] equipped, Rita’s HP dropped to -20% instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to trigger another skill to reduce it further. She immediately fired up [Mysterious Power] and dashed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sakura· Orange White had already entered the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaos had broken out in the queue. Some players no longer bothered queuing; others, like Rita, dove into the game instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For players who preferred games with solid rules over raw PvP chaos, diving into structured game modes like this one was the safer bet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She passed through the maze gate and heard the rules download into her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Winter Maze Game Rules]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the maze opens, collect 30 fragments of the current map to piece together a full map. Only players with a full map can leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing another player earns 5 Blocks, 1 map fragment, and +5 energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If killed, players are randomly teleported to one of 36 maze entrances and drop 5 Blocks and 1 map fragment. If they have no map fragments, 1 game-item Block will be taken instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All skills affecting the maze map are nullified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failing to kill a player within 5 minutes results in a random game-item fragment being lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing still for more than 30 seconds triggers a \"marked\" state with a 10-minute penalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every hour on the hour, the maze opens for 3 minutes to admit new players. When it does, all old map fragments become void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running out of energy resets the player to the initial room with energy restored to 100.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maze rules override Month Theme Park rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much stricter than Spring Labyrinth had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest problem for Rita? The \"no kill in 5 minutes\" rule leading to a loss of one item fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, better than the chaos outside. Here, she could use her gacha machine to control what she’d lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just stash away all her items in the last second, leaving behind only one she could afford to part with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, back on the pirate ship orbiting the October Month Theme Park, a Fat Duck playing another game suddenly yanked out a handful of feathers and scattered them onto the game board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every player received three feathers, and the duck immediately gained eligibility to quit the game mid-session.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once out, it teleported straight to the maze gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ducking and weaving through the fallout of stray skills in the sky, it slipped into the end of the maze line and entered the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita spawned inside the maze at one of its 36 entrances. A few other players were nearby, but no sign of Sakura· Orange White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her first action was to message B8017913:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you head back yet? Don’t go to March—go to the 15th Month Theme Park.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"Already in the initial room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: ...Actually, that works. Saves her the cost of a teleport pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"October’s mechanical race has received a mysterious mission. If you start playing an October park game, we’re required to report it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"...Don’t you think choosing to contract with me was the best decision ever?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"It’s ’followed,’ not ’contracted.’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B8017913: \"I followed the right person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: ...I should just block B8017913 and Nivalis at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>",1075,"2026-06-06T06:15:15.640Z",1,"novelbin.me","ddce2b3ad55f8e3e1d7f557d69f370ebccb3fd7977f7035ecdc247a7dbcb9067","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-725","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-723",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]