MAIN GOD SYSTEM: A Player has Triggered an Expansion Event. The Western Region will now be updated to the Next Level. System Update in Progress. All Players Will Be Logged Out in 10 Seconds.
MAIN GOD SYSTEM: A Player has Triggered an Expansion Event. The Western Region will now be updated to the Next Level. System Update in Progress. All Players Will Be Logged Out in 10 Seconds
MAIN GOD SYSTEM: A Player has Triggered an Expansion Event. The Western Region will now be updated to the Next Level. System Update in Progress. All Players Will Be Logged Out in 10 Seconds
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"What the hell?!"
"An expansion?! Who triggered it?!"
"I was in the middle of a duel!"
8...
Inside Blackroot Forest, the clearing still smoldered with the remnants of the final clash. But Malik was gone. No loot. No death message. Just smoke. Sparks. Silence.
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"What's happening?"
"The battle record.. The battle record! Upload the clip before we get kicked out!"
"It was him... it had to be him. Man Like Malik..."
"Yes. I'm sure he's the reason our Western Region is getting an upgrade. We are finally Ranking up after two years."
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In Silvermoon City, players ran in circles, panicking as their screens blinked red.
"We're being forced out... It's him! He broke something!"
"No... he triggered something."
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Videos began flooding [GodsEye], the top player's video hub. One after the other:
"Man Like Malik vs 300 players — Final Stand in Blackroot!"
"How a soloist crashed the world"
"The Ancestor Ascends? What happened to Man Like Malik?"
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Comments surged like a storm:
> @VulturesAreWeak: "He didn't even die. He... evaporated. Bruh."
> @GodsFinger: "Check 1:47 — he punches through a Templar's shield like it's paper. That's not a skill, that's a war crime."
> @SznLegend: "A player triggering an expansion? That's ancestor energy."
> @NiiDark: "I SWEAR he vanished into smoke. No death animation. No loot. Just gone. We ain't seen nothing like this since the Genesis Event."
"Is this a fight between NPCs?"
"Why are they uploading only the last stand? Where's the full video?"
"Bruh.. I just watch the full video and now I don't even know what to say."
"You've watched the full video too."
"Was Man like Malik really a player?"
"Does he have a limit to his energy?"
2...
In a cramped dorm at Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Taiwo stood, slack-jawed, eyes glued to her screen.
"Sis... he did it. Man Like Malik actually did it."
Kenny , beside her, was still holding his mouse. "He triggered an expansion. Boss... he wasn't just playing to win. He played like he was rewriting the damn world."
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[You Have Been Logged Out.] [God's Realm Update in Progress. Estimated Time Remaining: 47:59:59]
"An update.. Our western region is actually expanding."
"Yes. There will be more opportunities now all thanks to the Ancestor.".
"Which Ancestor?"
"Aren't you online? All of this is only possible because of the Ancestor."
"It's true.. Man like Malik, only he at Tier 1 soloed 3000 Tier 2 players."
"That's outrageous.."
"Oh I don't have data. I would have shown you the full video."
"I'll buy for you.. Please let me see."
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[REAL WORLD — 2:01 AM]
Across university campuses, gaming cafes, and bedrooms, the frustration was electric. Everyone was locked out. God's Realm was silent.
But the internet wasn't.
It was screaming.
Twitter. TikTok. Godstube. Forums. Chats. Every site exploded.
# ExpansionEvent #ManLikeMalik #AncestorLoggedOutTheWorld
Streams of the fight replayed again and again. Players clipped every punch, every dodge, every flash of black-silver armor, every shadowed step.
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Inside the FUO hostel, Malik's name dropped like a meteor.
First on the class group chat:
> @Ifunanya: "Guys... is this not Abdulmalik from Law 3B? Check the Shadow Guild tag. It says [Green Leaf - Shadow] and he's the only one from here!"
> @DesmondTheSniper: "NO FREAKING WAY."
> @IyanuBlessed: "I knew it! He's always quiet but sometimes he'd miss class and come back looking like he fought tigers. It makes sense now."
> @EronsLaw: "Malik was out here living a secret main character life and we were mocking him for sleeping in class??"
In another corner of campus, members of the Shadow Guild were huddled in their lounge, staring at the leaderboard.
Rank 1: Man Like Malik Workshop Rank 1: Shadow (FUO)
The room was silent. Then Ola shouted, "WE'RE NUMBER ONE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?!"
"Our entire workshop just got put on the map! Sponsors are going to come looking!"
"People are already messaging our guild page. We're trending!"
But not everyone smiled.
On a dimly lit street near campus, three men stood around a phone, watching the final moments of the video.
"He's a student here... at FUO?"
"That means he's vulnerable. Log out means he's real. Real means... reachable."
"We track him. Find him. If he's got items tied to his account, we can force a transfer. Or ransom his login."
Their eyes glinted.
"No one triggers an expansion solo and walks away untouched."
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Back online, the chatter refused to die.
> @LoreCrack: "Technically, this makes Malik a World Event Catalyst. That's bigger than a World Boss. This has never happened."
> @SoftBlade: "Call it what it is. He's a legend. The first player to earn the title of Ancestor while still alive."
> @ImNotJealous: "What title? He's literally not in the game anymore. There's no confirmation he's even dead."
> @HolyScript: "Doesn't matter. His name is number one. And all he did... was fight like it was his last breath."
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At a late-night eatery near FUO, Carita sat quietly in a booth, her God's Domain interface offline. Her fingers tapped idly on her phone. The screen was filled with newsfeeds, updates, reposts, and the replay of Malik's final shout before the system blinked.
She watched it again.
And again.
Her lips curled into a complicated smile.
"You crazy bastard," she whispered. "You actually did it."
She glanced outside the window, eyes scanning the silent night.
"But what exactly happened to you and why do I feel this update won't be something we should be expecting now?"
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System Message - [God's Realm: Earth Server]
The Expansion Event has been triggered. Estimated Update Completion: 47:12:06
The World was plunged into chaos.