This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 260: I’ve Never Heard of Mahjong Boosting an Entire Race’s Abilities!

When Rita returned home, she was still thinking about the White Family. She hadn’t expected them to collaborate with Rick Black Jade. With such an obvious snake scale trait, the Special Affairs Bureau must have already connected the dots. Given how often Rick bathed the Flood Dragon, there was no way the Bureau couldn’t have tracked down the snake servant issue. Coupled with the fact that Black Jade had been under their surveillance, it seemed likely that their "investigation" was centered around how Black Jade was transforming members of the White Family into snake servants.

Then there were Samuel and Scarlett—how did they end up joining Wildfire? What kind of abilities did they have that caught the attention of the Taylor Family?

As she was pondering this, suddenly, a series of bright red chains appeared, wrapping around her and tightening. But almost immediately, the chains began to bloom with pale pink flowers, one after another. Before the chains could fully envelop her, the flowers quickly spread and consumed them, until the entire thing was swallowed up.

In an instant, both the chains and the flowers turned into mist and faded into the air.

The appearance of the flowers would be etched in her memory forever—they were the same as the ones inside the Spring Not Late gemstone.

Bloodline shackles? Someone was trying to use her family to cast a skill on her?

It was a bit of a shame it was blocked so easily. She couldn’t determine the skill used or gain any clues from it.

There were too many possibilities—Samuel and Scarlett joining Wildfire, Rick’s collaboration with Black Jade and the White Family, and even Eleanor might be involved.

Rita opened the chat group on her phone. The family chat was still filled with ordinary conversations. Samuel and Scarlett were asking how things were going with her and Rick, and Rick’s responses were normal as well.

She replied with a few words, showing concern for Samuel and Scarlett, and casually told Rick that she could always help teach Black Jade a lesson if needed, saying other polite things like that.

It felt like they were all playing a game, each holding their character persona, saying the right things, and pretending to be close.

At that moment, she truly understood the meaning of the word "shackles."

For most people, blood ties are a source of warmth and refuge, but for her, they were shackles. The moment the chains appeared, she used her shadow teleportation several times, but the chains followed her like a shadow. There was simply no escape.

Unfortunately, the Spring Not Late’s ability to break bloodline shackles lasted only for a hundred days. She needed to find another one soon, or even craft one herself.

Time... there was never enough of it.

Before heading to the Lania Kaia Dragon Nest, Rita turned the aluminum can into a tattoo, placing it on the inner side of her pinky finger, near her ring finger. She stocked up the vending machine on the roof with supplies, but the Cat Hostel hadn’t yet placed any items in the backyard. With her being away for long periods of time, she wasn’t comfortable leaving the cat house unattended. Finally, she purchased the gifts Nivalis had requested.

It was the most troublesome step, taking the entire day to prepare.

"Do we need to buy cigarettes and alcohol?"

"Let’s get 500 sets of those 500 dishes, three thousand five hundred of each."

"Peaches, apples, watermelon, grapefruit—let’s get a ton of each."

"How about we get a thousand sets of Mahjong?"

"…Oh, and can we get a few motorcycles? They can shrink and race around for fun."

Rita felt like she’d never bought so many things in her life.

She had thought about outsourcing the task, but when she saw Nivalis happily packing her bag and charging her power bank, muttering about how North Year liked this and Holy Cup liked that—like a child going on their first spring outing—she couldn’t bring herself to hand it over to anyone else. Instead, she accompanied Nivalis to various factories and large stores nearby to buy everything herself.

The civilization of Lania Kaia was far more advanced than Blue Star’s, and they had just as many entertainment options. She didn’t think the dragons would lack any of these things, but bringing gifts was a gesture of goodwill.

Nivalis perched on Rita’s head, instructing the shop assistants on what to buy. Rita let her pick whatever she wanted.

As Nivalis attracted the attention of many customers, the store gave her a number of complimentary gifts.

While they were shopping, Rita also informed Shadow.Q of Gota’s intelligence line and casually mentioned Hecipah’s words about the royal family.

[Shadow.Q]: That matches with some information we’ve gathered.

[Rita]: What do you mean?

[Shadow.Q]: The royal family has something that can enhance the power of an entire race.

Instantly, Rita thought of the Mahjong set she had, and the three characters written on the tiles: acorns on the bamboo tiles, white bones on the characters, and fox tails on the dots. These corresponded perfectly to the three major exotic races Nivalis had mentioned.

What did this mean? She had never heard of Mahjong being used to boost the power of an entire race!

Could it be related to the power of the Mahjong in three stages? Or was it something like becoming a Mahjong deity after hours of play...

By the time they finished filling Rita’s game backpack and her dimensional pocket, Nivalis, still excited, led her back home. They set up traps around the bed, and then one by one crawled under it, a dragon and a human.

The Dragon Island, located at the edge of Lania Kaia, was built around the remains of the deceased Dragon Ancestor, with the nearest main city being the Ton Ton Mountain of the Wind Scythe Clan.

Through the teleportation array, Rita and Nivalis arrived at Ton Ton Mountain. After leaving the mountain city, Nivalis, having returned to her original form, carried Rita, who had turned into a small cat, into the sky, flying towards the Dragon Nest.

Along the way, Nivalis gave Rita a tour of her homeland. "My nest is in the most beautiful dragon tooth of the Ice Dragon Ancestor. Holy Cup lives on the seventh segment of the spine, and North Year is on the third wing bone of the Light Dragon Ancestor."

Rita meowed, "How many Dragon Ancestors do you have? Do they all fit? Didn’t you say there are over 3,000 dragons?"

Nivalis replied, "Of course, there’s plenty of room. There are seven Dragon Ancestor remains in the Dragon Nest, and the entire continent belongs to us. We can roam freely, but we like to return to the Dragon Ancestors’ embrace to sleep and rest."

Curious about Black Jade’s evolution, Rita asked, "Do your Dragon Ancestors look like you, or are they like what Black Jade wants to evolve into?"

Nivalis answered, "Four of the Dragon Ancestors look like me. We call ourselves the Yinglong, while the other three are the type Black Jade dreams of. We usually call them Divine Dragons."

"Is North Year getting along with Holy Cup?"

"Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Their tempers are really good. Well, Cloud Pile might be a bit strict. He’s the elder dragon."

"What about your clan leader?"

"The clan leader sleeps most of the time. Cloud Pile handles most things. But it’s not a big deal—he just goes around selling dragon scales and teeth when we fight."

"Do you sell dragon dung?"

"We used to, but not anymore. Cloud Pile thought it was embarrassing for the dragons."

"…"

"Don’t worry. I know what you’re concerned about. When the time comes, we’ll just say I forced you to come to Lania Kaia and sell my dragon dung."

"…"

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You traveled all the way to Blue Star, contracted with its people, just to force them to sell your dragon dung? I can’t even bear to listen to this.