This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 637: Divine Game – Chaotic Blocks28

It wasn't that players hadn't tried attacking—but just as Rita had feared, the problem wasn't killing, it was collecting the dropped Blocks in time afterward.

Most skill effects disappeared the moment they were cast, swallowed by the darkness blanketing the arena.

Only hard crowd control abilities like Top Chef could briefly light up the field—and even that might've only worked because Rita had used the Arcane version.

The skill that had plunged the arena into total darkness was a channeled ability—it could be paused, but not interrupted.

Rita: "How many cars have successfully lit our notes? And how many almost did?"

B8017913: "Two bumper cars successfully rear-ended us three times. Six more made at least one or two contact attempts and likely lit us up briefly. And… two cars haven't even realized we're part of their note set."

Rita was satisfied with that result.

But Nivalis seemed a little frustrated, muttering in the group chat about how if she'd taken a different path here or turned faster there, she might've avoided getting hit.

In the dark, Rita didn't bother wasting more Arcane Points to steal Blocks. The efficiency was too low.

She even turned off [Midnight Exile] to conserve resources.

What she really wanted was to finish lighting all their own notes. There might be rewards for it—just like in the Space Pirate game.

Rita: "I'll pop Top Chef again. Lock in on the location of the eighth car."

Once they were ready, she activated Arcane: [Top Chef? Top Chef!] again.

Under the now-familiar chorus of "What? You're a Top Chef?!", Nivalis approached the bumper car tied to their eighth note.

Each time the arena lit up, BS-Rita got a little closer.

From the perspective of the eighth car's player, the whole scene was terrifying.

With B8017913 guiding them, at 18:52, Nivalis landed the hit, rear-ending the target with a loud impact just as the player inside screamed.

Eight notes lit.

With the main objective nearly complete, Rita finally had time to relax.

She pulled together a box-shaped Block and used it to scoop up the remaining whole wheat buns in the car—62 in total.

After leaving the Chaotic Restaurant and returning to BS, Rita had tested every skill she obtained.

[Balanced Nutrition] included.

These buns lasted 24 hours, and though the healing value varied randomly like a loot box, they were still useful.

At minute 22, just as Rita's [Family Bucket] expired, the enemy team lifted the darkening skill that had swallowed all light.

Despite the overall urgency, not a single player complained about this artificial pause in gameplay.

They'd lost five minutes of note-lighting time.

But that was better than getting wiped out by BS-Rita over and over—and losing Blocks in humiliating fashion.

With the lights back on, the bumper car arena roared to life once more.

2. Tiger Stripes / Oddity Cicada Dust / Oddity Cicada Jungle

Notes Lit: 7

3. Ghost Coin / Ghost Winter / Ghost Snowfield

Notes Lit: 7