This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 646: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks 37

Sitting in the bumper car, Rita rolled the Transfer Ticket between her fingers, hesitating on what to do with it.

Her starting park was the 15th Month Theme Park, home to players as strong as Tier 12. So, for now, she considered that park the baseline for Tier 12-level players.

But Tier 17 Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark was in July, and Tier 15 players like Mistblade and Maple Syrup were in March.

There was no pattern at all.

If she used the Transfer Ticket randomly, she could end up somewhere with Tier 16, 18, or even 19 players.

Sure, Rita wasn't without options—she could use Romantic Tourist to return. The only real upside to transferring was that she could light up a landmark in another park. Maybe there'd be a hidden easter egg tied to it.

Judging by the Transfer Ticket's limited use window, different mechanics might unlock every six hours—meaning more hidden rewards could exist.

But she had another option: sell the ticket at a high price and use the Blocks to buy more parts for the game console.

While she debated, the bumper car rolled to a stop at a food truck. Ignoring the six-tailed Moon Fox who'd somehow started tailing them, Rita handed the meal fee to B8017913 and focused on adjusting her Block build.

The color scheme of the Blocks in March Theme Park was nearly identical to those in 15th Month, making it tough to visually identify which ones had higher stat values.

Rita triggered divine punishment a few times while rearranging Blocks, but the in-game rule system was so tricky, she couldn't figure out the logic. She decided to ignore it for now.

After collecting 233 Blocks from the Star Pirate Ship game, Rita used two of the largest to pay for food and kept the remaining 231 Blocks, among which were 17 game item fragments.

Combined with the 192 Blocks she had before the game started, she now held a personal record of 423 Blocks—her highest total yet.

And that number could climb even higher if she sold her 17 fragments:

6 three-piece sets

9 five-piece sets

1 seven-piece set

1 nine-piece set

The nine-piece fragment was a triangular shard named Mobile Diner. The name alone sounded promising, hinting at useful in-game effects. But Rita wasn't planning to collect it—her focus was on completing the game console.

At exactly 5:45, a system alert popped up:

[Playtime has reached 1 hour. One new artifact unlocked.]

["Sleeping Dragon Eggshell" unlocked]

["Sleeping Dragon Eggshell" deployed]

Rita slapped the seven-piece eggshell helmet onto her head, tossed out a "Two meals, please," and hopped off the bumper car.

Only to get yanked back by Nivalis: "Leave the pirate ship!"

Rita took the Star Pirate Ship mini model off her gear and tossed it over, heading off alone to the market.

Thanks to March Theme Park's randomized fee collection, she had to keep a solid buffer of game Blocks on hand. But it made no sense to risk losing high-value items she didn't plan to use—best to put those up for sale. freewēbnoveℓ.com

At the exchange, she saw that nine-piece set fragments were selling for anywhere between 500–600g Blocks. Heavier ones were a bit pricier. Some sellers, convinced the original owners would buy them back, had priced them even higher.

Still, sincere sellers rarely priced above 600g—anything more risked not selling at all.

Take Mistblade, for instance. In her first Star Pirate Ship run, she earned 118 Blocks. The total weight of those Blocks could vary wildly—between 100g to 1500g, depending on RNG.

So if she placed first every game and had decent luck, she'd just barely be able to buy one nine-piece shard per two games. And that's before deducting the 20g game fee, 50g meal cost, and any additional expenses for teammates or pets.

Assuming her pet—the little hamster Rita hadn't seen yet—was even here, her expenses would be even higher.

Bottom line: if Mistblade lost one of her own item fragments, she'd be forced to buy it back at market value. If she managed to loot someone else's fragment, she could profit by reselling it.

That's exactly what Rita was working toward.

This game was built around a clear loop: hustle hard, play smart, and reap the rewards.

At the vending machine, Rita found her console fragment had sold. She claimed the 518g Blocks in return—all of them hefty, the smallest being 30g—and loaded them onto her build. She was prepping for the 6:00 fee collection and began listing her own fragments.

First up: the nine-piece Mobile Diner—priced at 600g, the max she figured the market could bear.

Next, her seven-piece Clearwater Set, listed at 380g.

She also listed three five-piece sets.

Then she headed back to the food truck.

Now she looked like a walking, misshapen Block golem.

B8017913 was still in line for food. Nivalis had restarted their bumper car rental business—this time offering both the bumper car and the pirate ship.

Each model now doubled as a musical avatar: the pirate ship had a Block figure perched on the beer barrel, just like the Block model on the bumper car's steering wheel. Both models played a different song depending on the driver.

Nivalis turned this into a marketing feature.

"Don't you want to know your life's theme song?"

She'd just learned the phrase from B8017913 and was now shouting it in multiple languages from the roadside.

She'd also raised prices: 2g Blocks for one minute of test-driving.

By the time Rita returned, Nivalis had earned 20g Blocks—enough to cover her own 6–7pm play fee, and at this rate, she'd earn enough for B8017913's too.

At 6:00 sharp, B8017913 had just accepted Nivalis's 20g donation when the bell rang.

A gust of wind passed through the park, and Rita felt the Blocks vanish off her body.

Panicking, she began checking her key items.

Eggshell helmet, finger bone, cat bed, antenna, game console, Magician's Wisdom Tooth...

Then she froze. Her heart skipped a beat.

Her bone and antenna were each missing a piece.

That drop rate was outrageous.

And worse—those were her most important items.

Where would she even begin looking?

A nearby player in line for the bumper car noticed her panic and kindly spoke up in Owlcrow:

"If you lose item fragments during the fee collection, check the market. Divine Game lists them at market value."

Rita quickly thanked them, then turned to Nivalis and shouted, "Give that sister a discount!" before sprinting toward the exchange.

Just then, the bumper car returned.

The player smiled and walked up to Nivalis. "So… what's the discount?"

Nivalis shouted in Owlcrow to Rita, "How much off?"

From the distance came Rita's reply: "Full price!"

The helpful player: "…"

She pointed at Rita's disappearing figure. "Your owner's name is BS-Rita, right?"

Nivalis scratched her ear, sighing—she was starting to grow calluses from hearing that phrase too often. "Yeah. If you need anything, just go find her. She handles everything solo."

Not far away, B8017913, paying for food, paused awkwardly: …

D11329: "That car—you guys won it in a game?"

B8017913: "Mm. I'm on the steering wheel."

D11329: "Can I take it for a spin later? Like, for free? I don't have any Blocks."

B8017913: "You probably can. Just tell her you're my friend. She'll say yes."

Right?