Chapter 497: I Killed Myself?

Back home, Li Li and Zhang Fan had already logged off and were having breakfast.

Seeing him return from outside, Li Li laughed and said, "It's rare—our mighty Xiao Feng actually has time to go for a walk."

Zhang Fan added, "Lately our internet addiction's gotten out of hand—we three have been skipping class for days straight, the counselor's about to blow up the phone, even my parents got alarmed and flooded me with messages, thinking I'd been snatched by thugs."

Xiao Feng chuckled.

His situation was similar, though a few calls on his phone had gone through—obviously his maid sister Su Ni had picked up the counselor and his parents' calls and roughly explained things.

Actually, it's not just them; because of the craze for Myriad Heavens Battlefield, quite a few people are addicted to the game.

It's not only students; many office workers and even middle‑aged folks are also hooked and can't pull themselves away.

Such obsession has caused a certain amount of social chaos, with many companies suffering varying degrees of economic loss.

Some people who don't do well in the game face harsh fines and deductions in real life, leaving them no choice but to compromise and return to work honestly.

But many others thrive in the game, earning plenty of money, no longer needing to kowtow to bosses—they quit outright with swagger, not caring about breach‑of‑contract penalties.

In the past few days, similar incidents have been numerous.

Some government agencies are already scrambling to find a solution to this problem.

However, Myriad Heavens Battlefield needs neither internet nor equipment—you can just lie down anywhere to log in, and there's no way to stop ordinary people from entering the game.

Thus, how to resolve the social problems caused by the game has become a very important discussion topic, with many experts actively debating it.

Even to save discussion time, they all logged into Myriad Heavens Battlefield together, activated a 10× time buff, and pondered the issue inside.

All in all, the whole world is a bit chaotic right now.

Fortunately, the people around me are doing fine, with no troubles cropping up.

As for skipping class and such… they hardly care about it anymore.

"The territory war's about to start, right? I'll go mop up a bit later." Xiao Feng sat down on the sofa and said.

Zhang Fan replied, "When we logged off we still had six hours left—it's almost up. After eating and resting a bit, taking a piss, we can jump back on and start killing."

"Yeah, you guys go ahead and play—I won't bully people the whole time. For the first half‑day I'll go keep my NPC master company." Xiao Feng said.

Fighting an all‑day territory war is exhausting; he can't be bothered to grind those stats—grabbing a main city will do.

With that time, he'd rather sit and chat with Master La Luo Na Er.

The three chatted idly for a while.

Li Li brought up the combat in the Abyssal World.

Now the Abyss has become the hot spot for mass leveling; countless people flood into its outer regions through border cities, madly grinding monsters.

Li Li and the others are overwhelmingly strong, even venturing deep inside—they've slain two demigods and fought all the way to the outskirts of the Purgatory Demon God's city, ready to challenge a level‑300 demon king.

Unfortunately they didn't succeed; they were wiped and sent back to the respawn point.

Bringing that up, Xiao Feng remembered he still had an Abyssal Portal in his inventory.

An Abyssal Portal can open a permanent passage, letting players reach the Abyss's core directly without wasting time wandering the outskirts.

Although it entails some risk, players vastly outnumber the Abyssal monsters; even if a boss appears, sheer numbers backed by high‑level NPCs can overcome it.

Once War City's expansion is finished, we'll set up the portal nearby—count it as a benefit for the local players.

Xiao Feng went upstairs, left Old Zhang and Old Li to eat and rest, and logged into the game first.

When he logged in, he was still in his bedroom at the Xiao residence, half‑dressed.

Recalling what happened an hour before logging off, he couldn't help feeling helpless.

"That witch Mi Nie Ya is getting more and more out of hand—good thing I drove Dai Ni Si away, or she'd surely be corrupted by her sooner or later…"

The seven‑year‑old divine‑race little girl is pure‑hearted; she can't turn into Mi Nie Ya's likeness at such a tender age!

From now on we have to keep them apart, especially during quests, or we'll easily screw up!

Right now both girls are outside. He's been logged out for over an hour, which equals about half a day in‑game.

Xiao Feng rose, changed back into his gear, and prepared to head out.

Just as he stepped out the door, he saw Dai Ni Si sitting on the grass with an unhappy look.

"What's wrong, little miss? Did Mi Nie Ya bully you?" Xiao Feng hurried over to soothe her.

Dai Ni Si pouted, gave a soft snort, turned her head away, and looked like she didn't want to deal with him.

Xiao Feng laughed and cried at once.

Turns out she's just mad at him.

Earlier he didn't let her join in, making her feel left out and unhappy.

"What a silly girl."

Xiao Feng ruffled her little head, then got up and left.

He had taken only a few steps when a system notification chimed.

【You have died!】

Then with a thud he collapsed straight down.

Immediately after came another system notice.

【You lost the 'Miraculous Heart' and have been revived!】

In that instant, Xiao Feng lost 100 million life points

from his max, dropping his HP to over 2.3 billion.

The debuff from the pirated pills he'd taken earlier finally expired, killing him once.

At the same time, a voice echoed across the Blue Star war zone and all the divine realms and Myriad Heavens battlefields.

【The former king has fallen, a new hero rises! Blue Star No. 8 War Zone Lord 'Xiao Feng', after three hundred rounds of combat in War City against a player named 'Xiao Feng' from the same war zone, was ultimately outmatched and cut down by the sword!】

Xiao Feng: ……

Although he knew that upon becoming a civilization lord, being killed would trigger a public announcement.

But he never imagined that overdosing on pills and dying would actually get him an announcement!

This is a server-wide announcement!

Besides other low-level worlds on par with Zhu Shen Da Lu, all Shen Jie and Myriad Heavens Battlefield, including the Myriad Heavens Tower space, will hear this news!

What is this called?

I killed myself?

And it's a public execution?

「Damn, isn't this slapping my face! 」

Xiao Feng was speechless, feeling that the game's backend was targeting him.

Once this announcement was released, the players preparing for the territory war were stunned, then burst out laughing.

「As expected of Xiao Feng the god, even being ruthless toward himself! 」

「Xiao Feng's skill is inferior to Xiao Feng, this system is truly hilarious……」

「By the way, how did he die? Did he trip and die on flat ground? 」

「Pah! I think he was killed by lightning, something the people of Long Guo hate most, even heaven can't stand it! 」

Players from all countries were amused, and the tension of their preparations faded considerably.

Xiao Feng received many messages asking about the situation, and he uniformly replied: 「Died of handsomeness while looking in the mirror! 」

Then, regardless of how others commented, he no longer replied.

「Xiao Feng warrior, what just happened to you? 」

From beside came Dai Ni Si's voice.

Although little Ni Zi was sulking, she still cared about him.

Seeing him suddenly collapse on the ground and then jump up, feeling odd, she even thought he was feeling guilty for neglecting her and wanted to kneel to apologize.

So she hurriedly asked, wanting to say she was no longer angry.

But Xiao Feng had no intention to apologize, merely replying: 「It's fine, I'm doing a push-up to train my body. You play at home by yourself, I'm going to find my master. 」

Then he went out.

Dai Ni Si watched him go, her mood unhappy again: 「Not an ounce of apology sincerity—I'll never call you Father God again! 」 She punched the grass hard, bending the blades.

(End of chapter)