After everyone was expelled from the Divine Realm by the system, they automatically entered the dormant space. They weren't fully logged out—they could still browse information online and communicate with friends via calls.
Shi Feng pulled up the system's friend list and suddenly noticed that every single friend on the list showed as having left status. None of them were in the Divine Realm; they were all in the dormant space.
"None of them are in the Divine Realm?"
"What on earth is going on?"
Shi Feng was just as baffled. This was the first time something like this had ever happened to him.
He hadn't even clearly heard the system's emergency notification before being automatically expelled from the Divine Realm. Unable to log back in, there was no way for him to check what the system notification had actually said.
He immediately contacted Shui Se Qiang Wei and the others, hoping to find out what the system notification had been.
Unfortunately, Shui Se Qiang Wei and the rest were in exactly the same situation. They had received the system notification and were instantly logged out before they could even hear what it said.
"I'll have to check the official forum," Shi Feng sighed.
Normally, critical information couldn't be found on the official forum, but being expelled from the Divine Realm like this meant something major must have happened.
After logging into the official forum, sure enough—
Everyone was discussing how players had been forced offline from the Divine Realm.
Other players had received the notification two hours in advance, but Shi Feng and his group hadn't been notified until just seconds before the Main God System began its update.
"Two hours ago? Wasn't that right after I killed the Red Shadow Fierce Wolf?" Shi Feng calculated the timeline—it matched up almost perfectly. "Could it be that my killing the Red Shadow Fierce Wolf triggered the Divine Realm's second evolution?"
The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
When they had previously stepped into the Starfall Lands, they had activated the Free Combat System. It was very likely that the Main God System had used them as test subjects at the time. Seeing them easily defeat the rare boss, the Red Shadow Fierce Wolf, the Main God System had then made this decision.
Thinking this through, Shi Feng could only smile bitterly. He truly didn't know how else to express what he was feeling.
After the Divine Realm initiated its second system upgrade, players would have to wait until tomorrow to log back in.
On the official forum, many people expressed their frustration at this system upgrade.
The first system upgrade had already shown everyone what real combat was like. Whether adventuring in the wild or grinding monsters to level up, the difficulty had unquestionably increased by a great deal.
And now, in such a short time, the second upgrade had already begun. It might end up being even harder than before.
Shi Feng found this quite troublesome as well.
The Divine Realm's second evolution had come too quickly and too suddenly—months ahead of the original schedule. He hadn't made any preparations.
Just as everyone had speculated, the second system upgrade had indeed added the Free Combat System. From now on, in monster fights and combat, the control requirements for skills would be extremely high. A moment's carelessness could easily result in friendly fire, especially with area-of-effect abilities.
After the Divine Realm's second evolution, many players hadn't died at the hands of monsters—they had been killed by their own teammates.
Because of this, for a long time afterward, countless players became extremely cautious and restrained in combat.
Additionally, after the Divine Realm completed its second evolution, the difficulty of dungeons had been raised significantly for players.