This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

[Beep—You have violated a game rule. A divine punishment will be randomly drawn.]

[Divine punishment completed. You have lost 150 mana points.]

Since entering this special commercial area and engaging in various scams, Rita had already broken several rules, so losing this time didn’t matter much.

But when she saw the 150 mana points deducted, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret. She gritted her teeth and held back her sadness as she walked up to B80234615 once again.

Everything was repeating itself.

— "For this World Graveyard, I can offer three choices: one important piece of information related to the Diamond Miner game, two decrypted game rules, or... one of my not-so-friendly pieces of intel."

Rita’s choice this time was: "I’ll take two rule decryptions."

Soon, the two rules appeared in English:

— Game Rule 6: Do not touch diamond mines with a temperature exceeding the B-tier. — Game Rule 17: Do not respond to C-series robots.

Rita tightly gripped the Ace of Hearts, not allowing B80234615 to snatch it away, but the robot kept pressing.

Rita had to use both hands to hold onto it.

B80234615: "Customer! You’re going too far!"

Rita: "This is the last time!"

B80234615: "1000 diamond jewels, distinguished BS customer. For just 1000 diamonds, I’ll sell you an important piece of information for the Diamond Miner game! Don’t make me rewind time."

Rather than taking the information for free, Rita thought it might be better to earn a little from it.

Rita immediately released the Ace of Hearts: "Deal."

B80234615: "…"

In truth, B80234615 wasn’t planning on giving nothing in the end. A World Graveyard wasn’t that expensive for her now. She didn’t want to offend these robots over something so trivial.

From the way B80234615 was trying to use her to scam Y-series robots, it was clear that B80234615 wasn’t exactly innocent, and these robots clearly had connections with one another.

So, while Rita could be a little cheeky, she knew she had to stop at the right point. Find exclusive stories on NovelBin.Côm

She directly pulled out 1500 diamonds and stuffed them into B80234615’s hands: "My friend, you are the most advanced, sophisticated, and intelligent robot I’ve ever seen! The extra 500 diamonds are my apology."

B80234615’s eye screen flickered: "Is this a trading tactic?"

Rita smiled in satisfaction and replied earnestly, "Yes, build tension before the release. Are you surprised now? Will you give me better intel?"

B80234615: "No."

Rita immediately reached out and snatched 500 diamonds back from in front of the robot: "I see."

B80234615: "…"

When Rita first encountered B80234615 in the store, the robot’s battery was at 92%. After more than five hours of wandering around this commercial area, the robot had only used up 2% of its power. But after just a few minutes of conversation, the robot’s battery dropped from 90% to 88%.

That showed how exhausting it was for the robot to communicate with her.

B80234615 silently put the Ace of Hearts and the remaining diamonds away. For a moment, its cold, precise, mechanical body even looked a little pitiful.

Nivalis, too, felt sorry for it: "Are we being too harsh?"

Rita silently observed B80234615’s emotional status and mood on the display.

[B80234615 ??? Battery: 88%┃Integrity: Happy┃Feeling: Curious┃Taboo: Customer stealing in-store goods┃Weakness: Power running out]

Ah, so it’s an M-type robot.

Rita suddenly moved around the metallic table, walked up to the robot, and put her arm around its barrel-shaped shoulder: "Are you angry?"

B80234615 answered honestly: "No, I think it’s very interesting."

Nivalis: "… It’s broken, isn’t it?"

Rita thought for a moment and then asked: "Is it because I’m pranking you? Messing with you?"

B80234615: "Yes, it’s a very novel experience."

Rita, confused, asked: "With so many players, hasn’t anyone done this to you before?"

It shouldn’t be the case. Players in this area were often unruly; how could they possibly follow the rules? Plus, there wasn’t any racial discrimination or those cliched plot twists going on here.

The players on the world battlefield were all sorts of strange, and even if most players were proud of their own races, they wouldn’t casually belittle another race. If they were going to look down on something, it was strength.

B80234615 looked at Rita, and its eye display softened with a gentle light. It explained: "People don’t waste so much time on me. They only use their time here for transactions or to get information, not for jokes."

Its system wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand the exact difference between these things, but the emotions it was created to experience made it feel something different.

It had a feeling—this BS player in front of it found B80234615 cute and interesting. She was curious about it and even wanted to know what it was thinking.

Rita’s expression changed. Oh no, she almost forgot!

She said, "Friend, hurry up! I’m in a rush. What’s the intel? Hurry up, I feel like something’s off here and I want to leave."

B80234615’s screen flickered again: "… This feeling is happening again."

Nivalis immediately said, "It’s admiration, this feeling is called admiration."

Rita covered Nivalis’s mouth: "Hurry up!"

[B80234615 ??? Battery: 88%┃Integrity: Speechless┃Feeling: Frustrated┃Taboo: Customer stealing in-store goods┃Weakness: Power running out]

B80234615: "The information I can analyze... Fine, don’t shake me. The important intel for the Diamond Miner game is this: If you encounter a miner leader wearing a yellow hat during your mining process, do not resist. Whatever they ask you to do, just do it.

"Don’t try to escape from their pursuit with time skills. That will only make things worse.

"Just obediently complete their tasks, and you’ll be surprised."

Rita didn’t fully trust this info, but it didn’t sound like it would cause harm.

She slapped B80234615 on the shoulder with gratitude: "Thanks! Hope we meet again."

After thanking it, Rita waved at B80234615 while walking out.

B80234615 stood silently in the small room, watching Rita and Nivalis leave. It seemed to say something to the dragon perched on its shoulder before the dazzling Orange-Red Light Wings appeared and disappeared. The room became dim again.

The next second, the room brightened again.

The BS customer with the Orange-Red Light Wings came rushing back: "Got any pickaxes? Any discounts? If the discount’s good, I’ll buy five."

B80234615: "… Regular ones are 200 diamonds, excellent ones are 1000 diamonds, and custom ones are 2000 diamonds."

Rita: "What does ’custom’ mean?"