This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

[Behind the Scenes] (SSS): Drop the curtain and create a practice room exclusively for yourself. Time flows at only 1% of real-time speed behind the curtain. Items placed within the skill's range can refresh indefinitely inside the curtain. Each use of this skill, no matter how much time passes, costs 1 level. Cooldown time: 7 natural days.

This was the skill Rita had always dreamed of!

Although it wasn't as powerful as Octopus Bucket's skill, nor did it compare to the combat training space mentioned by the first rabbit, Rita wasn't picky.

The [Behind the Scenes] skill, with its unlimited refresh of pre-placed items and time flowing at only 1% of the external world's speed, was already an exceptional find. It was perfect for practicing professional skills!

Pine Bloom probably wouldn't use this skill much, considering each use cost a level, and Pine Bloom was already level 118. The cost was too steep for frequent use.

While players in the world battlefield typically focused on their overall combat power rather than level, that didn't mean level wasn't important. A higher level undeniably affected the four main attributes and a variety of advanced stats...

If Rita were at level 88, instead of her current level 18, her combat power would easily increase by three or four tiers.

Now, Rita had arrived at Restaurant 233, and she quickly ran in, carrying the first rabbit.

From the perspectives of Marmang-Crab, Sea Pony, and Octopus Bucket, it was as if the activity package had suddenly made a dramatic move, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

A few seconds later, BS Rita returned, still carrying the first activity package.

Sea Pony curiously asked, "What did you two do?"

Octopus Bucket, always the observant one, immediately said, "Time stop skill?"

Rita answered nonchalantly, "Yep, I just took that troublesome activity package and sent it away. You guys don't have any skills to counter time stop?"

Octopus Bucket fell silent, clearly not expecting that.

Sea Pony shook his head, "You know mine, my skills are sealed, didn't bring them."

Marmang-Crab was too busy browsing the internet, as usual. When it comes to problems, this internet-addicted crab's first reaction was always to go online. In just a few exchanges, he found the answer.

He screamed, "You killed Lania Kaia Pine Bloom?"

Rita opened the battlefield chat channel.

At the top of the chat, there was an announcement pinned with a countdown. It seemed to be pinned for about three minutes.

[Congratulations to player BS Rita for completing the rare achievement – "Gods, remember my name"] (00:02:47)

[Lania Kaia·Pine Bloom]: BS Rita, you're impressive!

[Lania Kaia·Pine Bloom]: I've remembered you.

[Lania Kaia·Fat Goose]: My gosh.

[Winter Sea·Whale Full]: My gosh.

[Ball Li·In Time]: My gosh.

[Blazing Flame·A-Pie]: My gosh.

[Black Spring·Mud Bears]: So, you橡枭 (Oak Owl) get feathers ruffled when you're angry?

[Lania Kaia·Maple Syrup]: Calm Oak Owls don't. Like me.

[Lania Kaia·Maple Syrup]: Pine Bloom, your vision was too small. Even with the punishment upgraded, so what if it's just a few SSS-level skills?

[Marmang·Crab]: Exactly. You're level 15, aren't SSS-level skills nothing?

[Lania Kaia·Pine Bloom]: You all have no idea.

[Lania Kaia·Maple Syrup]: Well, darling, why don't you tell us and make us laugh?

[Black Spring·Mud Bears]: Well, darling, tell us and make us laugh!

[Lania Kaia·Fat Goose]: Darling, tell us and make us laugh!

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[Lania Kaia·Pine Bloom]: Shut up!!

[Sakura·Oolong]: Did they take away your divine gift skills?

[Sakura·Oolong]: That makes me feel better...

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[Black Spring·Southgrain]: So, it was time stop, right?

[Lania Kaia·Fat Goose]: After the time stop, you traveled a long distance to kill Pine Bloom? BS Rita, you've got a cold heart! Was this Maple Syrup's idea?

[Lania Kaia·Maple Syrup]: ?

…

[Tingo·Autumn Deer]: Someone stole my skill.

[Tingo·JE]: Hmm? Was it BS Rita?

[Tingo·Autumn Deer]: Hard to say, but the probability is very low.

[Sakura·Lizi]: Which poor soul stole all the ingredients from Restaurant 2?!

[Black Spring·Grimpeak]: When time stop ended, I saw Tingo Autumn Deer at Restaurant 3's door.

[Sakura·Lizi]: I knew this dirty deer would start crying thief!

[Tingo·Autumn Deer]: @￥#%@#…!

The first rabbit didn't seem to care, watching something and happily slapping its legs.

Rita, while watching the chaotic battlefield chat, glanced at the skill she had stolen from Tingo Autumn Deer.

Although it didn't seem like a divine gift skill, the description of the skill made Rita ecstatic.

[Snip, Lock It] (SSS) (Passive): Any SSS-level and below theft skills used on you will have their success rate reduced to 0.000001%. If a player with combat power lower than yours uses a theft skill and fails, you will randomly obtain an item from their inventory or 1% of their wealth.

So, divine gifts really are the rare skills that go beyond the SSS level?

Rita didn't hesitate for a second and immediately equipped the skill.

Although she didn't steal Tingo Autumn Deer's theft skill, for Rita, this [Snip, Lock It] anti-theft skill was a hundred times, no, a thousand times better than a theft skill.

As long as she could hold onto this skill until the end of the game, and provided no activity package showed up, she'd hardly ever have to worry about losing anything again!

Rita didn't rush to the kitchen but stayed with Marmang-Crab, chatting and bantering with Sea Pony.

In her mind, she was talking with her electronic pet.

Rita: "What happens if I have two identical skills? For example, if I use Rabbit Ears to copy a skill icon?"

B80234615: "You'll have two identical skills."

Typical answer, but exactly what Rita wanted to hear.

Rita: "Then I'm set."

B80234615: "You're greedier than I thought."

Rita understood B80234615's meaning. She didn't just copy the branches or the skill icons; she copied the rabbit hair. While the branches were rare to her now, their origins were obvious. As she grew stronger, she'd have the chance to get them.

The rabbit hair, though, might be something precious she couldn't get later.

Rita: "This is maximizing my benefits."

B80234615: "Then why not use the second rabbit hair on Tingo Autumn Deer?"

Rita: "The players at earlier restaurants carried too many skills. I wanted to keep it, so I can see if any of the later restaurants have big shots with fewer skills. The fewer skills they have, the higher the chance I'll steal something good."

If not, she could always return to Tingo Autumn Deer later, right?

B80234615: "If, when you first met me in the Garbage Mountain, a Y-series mechanical race wanted to follow you, would you choose me or the Y-series mechanical race?"

Rita: "?"

Why did this suddenly turn into a death question?

Rita: "I'd choose you!"

B80234615: "Your answer was too quick, no time to think, so fake!"

Rita: "Because in BS culture, B comes before Y. Back then, I'd definitely think you're stronger, so I'd pick you."

B80234615: "."

Rita: "Is this answer okay?"

B80234615: "Chocolate-flavored shit."

Rita: "…"

Still hard to please, even before the soul fire is lit. How frustrating!