This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 1116 All Means Displayed
When Rita arrived at Nuclear Flash’s world dock, she immediately heard a World Sigh along with the system notification.
With Mystic Force already activated, Rita moved away from her initial position. Despite the game seemingly entering its final phase, and having no conflicts with Nuclear Flash, Rita didn’t dare let her guard down.
She kept her distance from the location where the Adjudicator mark had just lit up, finding a safe spot to hide while waiting for her sub-captain.
During this time, she observed Nuclear Flash.
The revitalized Nuclear Flash was exactly as it had appeared in her World Sigh. It was a fairy tale-like world, inhabited by fairy tale creatures. Even after recent upheaval, Nuclear Flash was filled with laughter.
It was night now, and the rivers across the world glowed with a soft purple light. A group of Fruitlings, dressed in overalls, sailed along the rivers on large leaves, searching for fruit to sustain themselves. Some of the closer Fruitlings shared larger leaves, with a few of them transforming into tiny fruit shapes to sit in the laps or pockets of others.
They could travel across half of Nuclear Flash by following the river, and with their divine gifts, they could cross the purple waterfalls to the other side of Nuclear Flash, which was now inhabited by other foreign races that had been integrated into Nuclear Flash.
"Is Nuclear Flash beautiful?" A soft, calm voice asked from beside Rita.
Rita was not surprised that Nuclear Flash NightFury had found her. She responded, "It’s a beautiful fairy tale world."
Nuclear Flash NightFury didn’t make a move. She asked, "What brings you to Nuclear Flash?"
Rita pointed to a Cheese Cat running below, "I’m here to pick up my sub-captain."
When the Cheese Cat jumped onto Rita’s shoulder, she didn’t rush to leave. Instead, she turned to look at the silent Nuclear Flash NightFury, waiting for her next words.
"BS..." Nuclear Flash NightFury had a request, "Could BS take in some Fruitlings?"
"BS can accept 500 Fruitlings, as well as players who are homeless and belong to a race with no more than 100 members."
Nuclear Flash NightFury agreed and, as per BS Rita’s request, handed over tons of unawakened special Fruitling fruits as compensation, with more to be delivered monthly.
Rita summoned Cat’s Ideal, took the beings back to BS, and had her team handle the rest.
The journey to Nuclear Flash went smoothly, but things were more troublesome with Dawn.
The moment Rita entered Dawn, she was blocked by DawnCicada, and the two got into a fight.
Who won or lost wasn’t clear.
The fight lasted nearly two hours, and BS Rita put all her skills to use, showcasing BS’s full might. DawnCicada’s Vine never even managed to touch BS Rita, who maintained a dominant position the entire time.
After finishing this statement, DawnCicada’s expression twisted for a moment. She hadn’t intended to argue with BS Rita face-to-face—it seemed childish—but after hearing this, she couldn’t help but respond, "Of course my Vine didn’t touch you, I didn’t even bring it out!"
Rita replied, "Mhm, you were afraid. I understand."
DawnCicada sighed. "...Forget it. SmokeTune is still at BS. I’ll just laugh it off!"
The two stared at each other silently. BS Rita didn’t bring up the topic of accepting Vineborne—it was too much for her. DawnCicada didn’t bring up the idea of having BS take in more Vineborne either.
After waiting for a while and confirming that DawnCicada had no intention of negotiating, Rita left Dawn with Maine, the ship doctor.
Having not rested after the pendulum’s impact, she had already traveled through two worlds and fought with DawnCicada, leaving her physically and mentally exhausted. She planned to visit Fury the next day.
When Rita returned home, she found SmokeTune remodeling her house.
The first thing SmokeTune said upon seeing BS Rita was, "Did you see Cicada?"
"?" Rita’s Vine twitched slightly, scattering into a shower of petals. She let Maine jump off her shoulder to find Calico and Cheese. Surprised, she looked at SmokeTune, "How did you know?"
SmokeTune, standing on the roof, smiled. "I could smell her flower scent."
That was one of the weaknesses of Vineborne. If SmokeTune could smell Cicada’s flower scent, it meant that in future encounters, Rita wouldn’t be able to hide her own flower scent from enemies.
Rita explained, "...Oh, we fought."
Nivalis, who had been lounging on the roof sunbathing, immediately raised her head, pushing her sunglasses up, "Who won?"
Rita repeated what she had said after the fight ended: "I showcased BS’s full might. DawnCicada’s Vine couldn’t touch me at all, she was clearly in a losing position."
Nivalis lowered her sunglasses and laid back again, regretfully saying, "So she lost."
"Wait, what does that mean?" Rita clarified, "...We fought for two hours, and she didn’t even dare bring out her Vine! What do you think? It was a draw."
She hadn’t even had to use her new divine skill, Adjudicator 50-50... Actually, it was What Is an Adjudicator...
She planned to spend some money quickly, in case she eventually became too reluctant to use this skill, which consumed 5% of her wealth with every use.
Avoiding SmokeTune’s amused gaze, Rita teleported back to her study.
More than twenty hours had passed since the pendulum impact. She opened the battlefield chat channel, but it was still eerily quiet.
Unlike the usual buzz after major events, the chat had been nearly dead since the pendulum impact. The most activity was a few people announcing what was for sale on the exchange.
The biggest change was the ladder board, which had lost nearly half of its names.
Rita didn’t dare ask how many worlds had been destroyed, so instead, she asked BS, "How many worlds have survived?"
BS provided an exact number: "3,281."
"And the cosmic wanderers?"
"During the first three pendulum impacts, they will be allowed to enter a place similar to Isolated Isle to hide, but after that, they won’t be able to."
Rita fell silent. She couldn’t bring herself to open BS up to allow a group of uncontrollable strong beings to descend.
She decided not to dwell on it anymore and continued writing her world records.
Since that mysterious entity seemed to place great importance on this task, it was likely related to Uncharted Star Sea. Having value was a good thing—if something was irreplaceable, she would continue pushing forward.
In the following days, Rita brought back the helmsman Cheese Cat from Fury, and through selling world civilizations and BS settlement qualifications, she reached deals with multiple worlds.
After setting various standards, BS selected several adventure-loving and battle-capable players, sending them in batches to train in worlds like Lania Kaia, Marmang, Black Spring, Yet Oranige, and Tiger Ear. Seventy percent of the slots went to humans, with the remaining thirty percent divided among Moon Fox, Owlbeasts, and Skycrabs.
Occasionally, Rita took BS to Isolated Isle to bask in the sun.
Rita was constantly on the move, either handling important matters or returning to the time river’s captain’s room to write history assignments.
After retrieving four sub-captains and the crucial helmsman, Cat’s Ideal could now pull BS through the time river. The speed was slower than the original war cruise ship, but it was sufficient, at least preventing it from being stuck.
Now, BS was drifting along the time river, searching for new ruined docks, only stopping at a dock when Rita needed to transport players.
During this time, she discovered something both unexpected and expected...
Occasionally, a strange little trinket would float by in the time river.
At first, Rita didn’t pay much attention, but later, after finishing a World Sigh and standing on the deck to clear her mind, she whimsically grabbed a triangular metal tag.
World Graveyard (First edition): Connect it with other World Graveyards, and the shape of this World Graveyard will change based on the connected ones.
It turned out to be a World Graveyard...
Rita tightly held the World Graveyard, staring at the time river, looking at the World’s Grave Forests drifting along the river...
