This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

Nivalis tilted her small head up at Lidian, pondering, But Rita's sharp imperfections never truly hurt me. She always remembered Rita's words: "It's not your fault, nor is it my problem."

Yet, Pine Bloom's flaws... Nivalis hesitated. Aside from wounding Lidian's heart, did she really cause any harm?

But then she recalled Lidian's accusations against Pine Bloom. Dragons typically don't dwell on such things, but Lidian's anger seemed genuine. She asked, "Do you really accept it?"

Lidian lowered her head, offering no response.

Nivalis immediately regretted her question and quickly said, "Let's start learning 'Super Filtration'!"

But Lidian wasn't ready to let the topic go. She suddenly asked, "You can accept BS-Rita not trusting you, but can you accept that she trusts other beings, even entrusting her life to them, yet doesn't trust you?"

Nivalis abruptly stood up, clenching her fists, and exclaimed, "Hell no! She wouldn't dare!"

The two dragons locked eyes for a moment before simultaneously embracing each other, dramatically sobbing.

"Finally, someone understands me, boohoo!"

"Boohoo, no need to say more, I get it..."

"It's all because our tastes are too refined and unique!"

"Exactly, but next time, don't bring up such infuriating hypotheticals."

"Then you should stop tattling to Holy Cup."

"I... I'll try."

Beisui, flying over to ask if Nivalis and Lidian wanted to come back for a late-night snack: "..."

He didn't intend to eavesdrop, but at this distance, with Holy Cup and Snow Pile's auditory skills, they could hear everything!

...

Rita didn't use the Cat Head to return directly to BS; instead, she flew away from Dragon Island.

Since traps targeting her had begun to appear, the previous teleportation points were no longer safe.

Even if nothing had happened yet, she needed to choose a new location farther from the Eclipse Vanguard base to avoid being caught in a sweep.

With that in mind, she sent a message to Shadow\\.Q, briefly explaining the situation and stating her intention to change her teleportation point.

As for whether the Eclipse Vanguard base should relocate because of her, that was up to them. She would only do what she could.

Her agility was ten times that of Nivalis. The journey from Dragon Island to Ton Ton Mountain, which would take over 30 hours, would only take her just over 3 hours at full speed.

The path wasn't particularly treacherous, but it was lined with magical arrays set by dragons. Without a dragon's guidance or a dragon's blessing, one could easily lose their way en route to Dragon Island.

In essence, as long as the dragons didn't design against her, Dragon Island and its surrounding areas were the safest teleportation points in Lania Kaia.

While flying towards Ton Ton Mountain, Rita searched for a floating rock in the sky. These floating rocks were common in Lania Kaia. She hadn't known their purpose before, but after Forest Sea merged with Lania Kaia, she had a hunch.

Originally, Lania Kaia belonged to the undead. These floating rocks might be remnants from the other eleven races' worlds that merged into Lania Kaia.

They hovered in the air and, unless faced with extreme storms, rarely moved.

There was an even better option: a magical herb called "Mimang" that grew within clouds. Whenever the clouds dispersed, "Mimang" would drift with the wind, seeking another cloud.

Who would think to place a teleportation point on a moving magical herb?

Moreover, "Mimang" had a long growth period and couldn't be cultivated artificially. Before it fully matured, players wouldn't harvest it.

She considered inscribing a teleportation array on "Mimang," but its unpredictability was both a safeguard and a risk. It might drift out of Dragon Island's domain.

Weighing the options, Rita chose the floating rock.

She found one between Dragon Island and Ton Ton Mountain and inscribed a teleportation array on its underside.

While browsing the auction house yesterday, she had thought about finding similar skills, but perhaps Lania Kaia had intervened, as such skills were nowhere to be found.

Eclipse Vanguard certainly didn't have them. Such strategic skills were used immediately upon acquisition; leaving them in a catalog for others to exchange was a waste. Delaying their use by even a day was a loss.

After setting up the teleportation array, she flew to Ton Ton Mountain, marked its auction house as a sightseeing spot, and then used the teleportation array to return to the underwater volcano, destroying the now-defunct teleportation array there.

With everything done, she used the Cat Head to return to BS.

After marking her villa, she donned the eggshell hat, activated the "Lonely Antenna Baby" skill, and used "Romantic Tourist" to return to Ton Ton Mountain.

She re-marked a building in Ton Ton Mountain and then returned to her villa.

The good news was that the SSS-level "Romantic Tourist" could indeed traverse between the two worlds.

The bad news was that each sightseeing spot only lasted 24 hours.

But it wasn't a time-consuming task; marking a spot and returning took mere seconds.

She could make daily trips to progress.

On regular days, she'd use "Romantic Tourist" to travel back and forth. The day before participating in the Divine Game, she'd cancel all markings, reserving the slots for the Divine Game. After returning, she'd use the teleportation array to travel and re-establish sightseeing spots.

This approach ensured that each trip to Lania Kaia involved changing sightseeing spots to alter the teleportation landing point, with the teleportation array on the floating rock as a backup, preventing any unexpected disconnection from Lania Kaia.

...

After a night's rest, Rita contacted Shadow\\.Q the next morning, asking her to find a dungeon for White Bone Black Jade to level up.

Currently, the first-tier players grinding dungeons were still at level 13, but top players with excellent talents and ample dungeon access had reached level 15. The most sought-after dungeons were for levels 8 to 15.

However, the level 15 White Bone Black Jade could solo dungeons of levels 18 to 20. Dungeons at this level were still plentiful.

White Bone Black Jade leveling up wouldn't consume player resources. If not in a hurry, it could even tackle dungeons above level 20, helping BS resolve some issues.

Rita stated her requirements: "Find a support-type player who can replenish White Bone Black Jade's mana and provide various buffs. The gold and equipment dropped can go to that player as compensation, but any dropped items, rare artifacts, and skill books must be kept by me. I'll have White Bone Black Jade collect them."

This offer was quite generous; loot from level 20 dungeons could fetch a good price.

However, teaming up with White Bone Black Jade wouldn't yield much experience. It depended on whether players were willing to sacrifice leveling speed for profit.

Rita wasn't worried about Eclipse Vanguard finding someone; posting an internal task would surely attract willing participants.