This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 1121 Divine Game: Quiet Mountain 4

Rita switched her chat window to hidden mode before opening it again to share the current intel.

[BS Rita]: 23rd domain, Beacon, I encountered Quiet Mountain’s DawnCicada, the silver-haired version.

[BS Rita]: She seems to think I’m the Quiet Mountain BS Rita, but I’m not sure. Is SmokeTune still around? How different am I from the BS Rita here?

The battlefield chat could be typed with one’s mind, so even if SmokeTune was currently trapped, she could still send messages telepathically. However, for players like them, whose reflexes were incredibly fast, typing with their minds often led to an overwhelming amount of information—both relevant and irrelevant—being sent in a second. In other words, it was easy to accidentally spill one’s inner thoughts.

[BS SmokeTune]: Very different, completely different. As long as you’ve met any of you, it’s easy to tell the difference, even if you’re both expressionless. I’ve seen you argue with DawnCicada and throw a tantrum in the temple with the gods, and even when you’re the angriest, you don’t have much destructive power. You just make people curious, they can’t help but analyze your emotions and what might happen next. When you’re mad, you have all sorts of other emotions with you. As long as you’re treated well, even your hate isn’t pure, like that god, ah, I’m getting off-track. Anyway, it’s interesting, sorry, I didn’t mean to rub salt in your wound.

Rita: ...SmokeTune, if it’s inconvenient for you to chat, you don’t have to reply.

This was the longest message SmokeTune had sent since they’d known each other.

Clearly, SmokeTune wasn’t the only one with strong opinions.

[DawnCicada]: SmokeTune, keep it short. The "not much destructive power" part is enough.

[BS SmokeTune]: But the Quiet Mountain version of you is different. You question everything, are suspicious of everything, and hate everything. The slightest disturbance can trigger a destructive impulse in you, and only the death of living beings can make you relax.

[Lania KaiaFat Goose]: Then how are you still alive?

[BS SmokeTune]: I don’t know either. She sealed all my skills, beat me up a bit, didn’t get anything out of me, and then locked me up. The Wormhole Bonsai who was caught before me is already dead, she was decapitated.

[DawnCicada]: BS Rita! Are you looking to die?

Rita: ???

She took a deep breath, steadying her expression. That was close. She almost laughed at DawnCicada for being so ridiculous.

She hadn’t planned to stay much longer and didn’t doubt SmokeTune’s judgment. But before she could make a move, she heard DawnCicada’s voice again. It was the second thing the latter had said to her since appearing.

"Not going to sit for a while? The Quiet Mountain BS Rita doesn’t lose her cool like you."

Rita looked up, meeting DawnCicada’s cold, amused red eyes.

She wanted to use Absolute Freedom. The moment she heard those words, she had the instinct to escape. However, just as she thought about it, she felt her consciousness begin to fade. Was it a curse, poison, or some divine technique?

Using a movement skill was too risky now. She couldn’t teleport while unconscious—it was an open invitation to be slaughtered. Who knew if DawnCicada could track her down? Moreover, using Absolute Freedom would cause the divine relic to appear outside the capsule machine...

She could afford to lose the game, but she absolutely could not leave the divine relic in the hands of a Quiet Mountain player. It would be lost forever.

After other movement skills failed, she forced the last bit of consciousness she had left and ordered Nivalis to use Tail Tip.

But there was no response...

She was doomed.

That was Rita’s last thought before passing out.

...

11:00 PM on the first day of the game.

[Isolated IsleAsh Cinders]: Rita’s information was accurate. The birth rate of beings in this world is incredibly low. The number of beings born each year is roughly equal to the number that dies.

[Lania KaiaFat Goose]: There’s one question—since she said she encountered the Quiet Mountain DawnCicada, and asked SmokeTune a few questions, she hasn’t said anything since. Could it be...?

[BS Mistblade]: Yeah, she’s been silent for 7 hours now.

[Fury Motorcycle]: Did she really mess up that badly?

[DawnCicada]: She’s probably been captured by my Quiet Mountain version.

[BS SmokeTune]: Ah, seems like she didn’t see the questions I asked her. I really wanted to know what the Quiet Mountain version of her is like. So the Quiet Mountain version should be called BeaconCicada, right? I’m wondering if she’ll be a pain to deal with. You two don’t seem to get along very well. Actually, strictly speaking, you should have no conflict with each other now, right? Didn’t you agree that I live in BS? So why keep looking for trouble with her? But I do see you’ve become more lively lately, which I’m happy about.

[DawnCicada]: ...Less talking.

[BS Mistblade]: Did you drink or something?

[Fury Prayer]: Have you encountered other Uncharted Star Sea player copies?

[Winter SeaFrenzied Shark]: I think I might be one of them. I had a dream about "me" back when I was at rank 19.

[BS Mistblade]: Same here. And not long after, the reshuffling game happened.

[Nuclear Flash NightFury]: Why haven’t I had any of these dreams?

[Tiger Ear Kessa]: What about BS Rita and DawnCicada, who never reached rank 19? What’s up with that?

[BS Mistblade]: Preliminary judgment—copies are likely connected to the Order Badge, right? I’m currently in Mountain Isles City, I’ll go check.

[Verdant Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: You guys won’t believe what I saw.

[BS Crab]: Wait, you’re still alive?

[Verdant Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: ???

[Lania KaiaFat Goose]: After we heard you were walking down a street where everyone was at least level 70, we assumed you were long gone.

[Verdant Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: ...I saw a statue of a god. It was the god who intentionally showed up during the Shrine Quiz to let BS Rita see them.

[DawnCicada]: That wasn’t "showing off!" Your wording really bothers me. And she didn’t come out just for BS Rita to see her.

[Verdant Verdant Whisper · Windrush]: Fine... I saw your network, I saw your network.

[DawnCicada]: ...

[Lania KaiaFat Goose]: Let’s be reasonable. If she didn’t come out to let BS Rita see her, then what was it for? It’s obvious you’ve met, so it must’ve been to show BS Rita something, right?

[Tiger Ear Kessa]: Do we really need to gossip at a time like this? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Lightchaser thought the same. She made a face like she’d just drunk fake wine, shutting down the chat window. She really wanted to say something her apprentice had said before: What time is it!