This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 1104 SSS Rank Divine Talent: Romantic Deviation
(Divine Talent) Romantic Deviation (SSS)
The game has descended. The rules have been set. The destined route has long been written. But the helm is in my hands, and I still have something to say.
(Skill 1) Romantic Deviation: While this skill is active, all skills that target you will deviate from their original trajectory. This skill has no cooldown and can be toggled on or off freely. While active, it consumes 1 percent of your HP per second.
(Skill 2) One Person Party: When you are not in a party, you may establish one Party Rule. In the world you are in, all living beings, including yourself, must obey this rule. The rule lasts for 30 minutes. Each use consumes 50 percent of your mana. Cooldown is 2 hours. Only one Party Rule may exist at any given time.
(Skill 3) Pirate Enters the Stage: When the sound of waves reaches your ears, activating this skill allows you to forcibly seize part of the target’s assets according to your will, with a 100 percent success rate. Seized content is divided into four categories: attributes, wealth, items, and skills. Attribute range is 30 to 50 points. Wealth range is 0.5 percent to 1 percent of total wealth. Item category is random. Skill category will seize any one skill the target has used within the last 3 Starsea days. Seizure duration is unlimited, but you may only hold one seized skill at a time. When you seize a new skill, the previously seized skill will return to its original owner. This skill may only affect the same target up to 3 times per Starsea day.
(Skill 4) A Long Sigh: Listen to the world’s sighs. For the next 10 minutes, every time you speak, all living beings will stop what they are doing and begin to cry. After each use, you must maintain an average of more than 18 hours per day recording world civilizations for the next 1 Starsea day, otherwise one World Sigh will be forcibly deducted. When used multiple times, the cost will stack.
(Skill 5) What Is an Adjudicator: No matter who it is, I will not lose. That is what an Adjudicator means. Consume 5 percent of your wealth. In the next battle, regardless of your opponent, you will always end in a draw. This skill can be used up to 3 times per natural day. When player wealth is below the world’s average wealth, this skill cannot be used.
(Skill 6) The Ship, Prologue, Rhapsody (Passive): When you go against the current and challenge an opponent stronger than yourself, you will enter Rhapsody Mode, recording, analyzing, and learning the opponent’s combat techniques and experience for your own use.
The new Divine Talent was decent. Some of the skills made people fall silent at first glance, but the most important theft skill and rule based skill were still there.
She had also gained an extremely powerful defensive skill, Romantic Deviation, as well as the most promising learning type skill she had seen so far, The Ship, Prologue, Rhapsody.
The only pity was that the disguise skill that had always existed in her previous Divine Talents was gone. But at this point, disguise hardly seemed necessary anymore.
Even if she needed to disguise herself under special circumstances, she could always use This Cat Right Here and turn into a cat.
With everything sorted out, it was time to deal with BS. BS had even more problems waiting.
When Rita stood up, her fingers brushed against something cold. She lowered her gaze and realized they were the three bullets from Foolishness Game.
From the moment she left the Divine Game and rushed toward the unknown, she had been acting against instinct. The Foolishness and Arrogance bullets had long since recovered.
Now the item itself had been taken away, yet for some reason the bullets had not been confiscated. The bullets and Foolishness Game were supposed to be a complete set.
She picked up the third bullet. Romantic.
What was the point of bullets when the gun was gone?
Still, since they were accessories of a godly toy, Rita put the three bullets away and tossed them into the gacha machine as collectibles. If someone ever obtained Foolishness Game in the future, she could even sell the bullets on the exchange for a high price.
There was nothing worth mentioning about this Divine Game’s ranking and rewards. She had exited the game just days after it started, landed near the bottom, and only received a few attribute points as consolation.
She walked to the stern and looked at the planet wrapped in a transparent barrier, floating above the surface of the River of Time. The planet’s diameter was roughly the same as the width of Cat’s Ideal. Inside the barrier drifted star mist.
Rita could not see the scenes inside the world. She guessed that from within BS, the sky probably looked just as gray and dim. This was likely meant to prevent players from seeing the River of Time above. There were too many secrets in the game for her to be sure.
Within the star mist were tiny sand like glowing particles, resembling fragments of stars, but they provided almost no illumination.
Which meant her top priority was solving BS’s lighting problem.
There was no sun in the River of Time. Even though the world had become game like, a prolonged absence of sunlight could easily trigger a chain of unpredictable disasters. For example, farming games would simply become unplayable.
The second issue was BS’s mobility. With Calico’s help, Cat’s Ideal had not been downgraded, but after the five cat vice captains left, Cat’s Ideal was now struggling to tow BS. It could still move BS, but at an extremely slow speed.
Nearly ten minutes had passed since the game ended, yet the ship towing BS had traveled less than five hundred meters. This meant she would need to experiment with various methods and limits herself.
The final issue was player progression, adventure content, and level caps.
She already had some ideas about progression and adventure. Later, she could tow BS around. If any world needed mercenaries, she would park BS at that world’s dock.
Players who wanted adventure leveling could help other worlds fight invaders. BS could even charge a bit of protection fee.
BS players enter the stage. Every single one a star of chaotic times.
Rita glanced down at her feet. Oh. There was nothing under her feet. Why did it feel like she was standing on high ground? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
That was all for later. Right now, she needed to solve the first two problems.
And she also needed to reply to Mistblade and the others’ private messages. They were all asking about her transfer to Dawn. Even though her name prefix was still BS, without a clear answer, nothing was certain. Who knew if Divine Game had some delayed relocation mechanic.
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Demon Tavern.
Every demon present was staring at Foolishness, and at the Foolishness Game placed in front of her.
Foolishness: ...
She held her expression steady, casually picked up Foolishness Game, and turned it over a few times.
Deceitful Bloom said, "Happy now? You finally got it back."
Boiling Orange said, "Then why is Foolishness not smiling?"
Ashveil said, "Maybe she just does not want to smile."
Hearthsmoke said, "Foolishness, if you want, you can find a way to give it back to her again. It is fine. We will not laugh at you."
Deceitful Bloom added, "Oh, I will."
"...," Foolishness said flatly as she put Foolishness Game away. "I was just checking whether she broke it."
"Oh," Deceitful Bloom dragged out the syllable, not saying whether she believed it or not. "Then why did you not take the bullets back as well? Are you going to stubbornly argue that Foolishness Game is Foolishness Game, and bullets are bullets?"
Foolishness chose offense over defense. "I noticed you have been in a much better mood than a few days ago. Your emotions suddenly seem very high. Is it because she is turning into Vineborne?"
Deceitful Bloom replied, "Not really. I am not that happy. I am just a bit curious about her Vine."
Foolishness said, "How about you get the flowers on your Vine to close before saying that?"
Boiling Orange munched on seeds and asked Ashveil, "Why are they suddenly arguing?"
Ashveil replied, "No idea."
