Chapter 1: Mythical Talent at the Start!

[Welcome to the Multiverse Battlefield.]

[Matching talent abilities... Please wait.]

Su Yu opened his eyes, gazing at a world that was both unfamiliar and familiar.

A dense gray fog surrounded him, confining a small space.

In high school classes, he had simulated such scenes countless times, feeling excited and thrilled,

but when it truly arrived, he felt a bit calm.

"This terrain..."

The surroundings made Su Yu frown slightly.

The bare rocks were somewhat steep, with not a single weed or tree in sight.

Did he start directly on a desolate mountain?

A bit unlucky.

On a desolate mountain, obtaining water, food, and wood resources would be extremely difficult.

It was truly barren; within dozens of meters, there was nothing but rocks.

Beyond that, there was only thick gray mist.

"If it were a forest or a plain, it would be better..." Su Yu sighed, not thinking too much about it.

He began to consider the development strategy for this desolate mountain start.

This place was the Multiverse Battlefield.

It was a place where multiple universes and countless civilizations competed for dominance.

Everyone here could become a lord, pursuing power and authority.

Even immortality.

As a citizen of Blue Star, Su Yu was teleported here after turning 18.

[Detected target has a twin soul, matching with the talent 'Twin Sacred Ti Flower'.]

Oh?

Su Yu raised an eyebrow,

What kind of talent is this?

Why haven't I heard of it?

Su Yu frowned slightly, certain that among the 96,387 talents he learned in high school, none was named like this.

One trouble after another; first, starting on a desolate mountain, then matching with an unheard-of talent,

all his plans were thrown into disarray.

Twin soul... Could this be a unique talent for a transmigrator?

Puzzled, Su Yu swiped his finger through the air, and a projection screen appeared.

He opened the talent panel in his personal information.

Talent: [Twin Sacred Ti Flower]

Rank: Mythical

My... Mythical?

Seeing the rank, Su Yu's pupils dilated.

In the Multiverse Battlefield, whether it was troops, buildings, items, props, or equipment, they all had rank classifications.

They were:

Common, Advanced, Rare, Legendary, Epic, Mythical.

Six ranks in total.

As the highest rank, Mythical,

whether it was troops, buildings, or items, they were extremely rare,

especially talents; Mythical talents were one in a billion!

With a heart full of excitement, Su Yu continued reading.

[Effect:

"Ti Curse":

1. For each troop owned, all buildings in the territory have -1% health, -1% attack, and -1% defense.

2. When the number of troops is less than 10, all buildings in the territory have +100% health, +100% attack, and +100% defense.

3. When the number of troops is 0, all buildings in the territory have +1000% health, +1000% attack, and +1000% defense.

"Sacred Ti Blessing":

1. For each building owned, all buildings in the territory have +1% health, +1% attack, and +1% defense.

2. When the number of buildings reaches 10, the special ability of each building is enhanced by 10 times!

3. When the number of buildings reaches 100, buildings can be constructed on non-territory land.

4. When the number of buildings reaches 10,000, all buildings can move.]

After seeing his talent, Su Yu couldn't help but laugh and cry.

Was this telling him... not to rely on troops for combat?

The subordinates of lords in the Multiverse Battlefield were generally divided into three types: peasant units, troop units, and hero units.

Among them, peasant units were responsible for constructing and maintaining the buildings in the territory,

while troop units were responsible for combat.

Hero units, on the other hand, were powerful individuals equipped with hero terminals, having some control over the territory and able to manage it on behalf of the lord.]

A territory without any troop units is like a bird with its wings broken.

However...

Su Yu narrowed his eyes, having set his development strategy.

He glanced down at the light blue lord crystal on the ground and walked forward into the gray mist without hesitation.

The protection period for newcomers lasts seven days, during which the lord crystal will not be attacked.

The lord's soul is stored within the crystal.

This means that as long as the lord crystal does not shatter, Su Yu cannot die.

He can always respawn from the lord crystal.

Such an ability is naturally most suitable for clearing the war fog in the early stages.

War fog refers to the gray mist surrounding the territory.

Apart from the initial 1-square area, all sides are covered in mist.

One square is 100×100 meters.

As soon as a lord's force comes into contact with the mist, that section of the mist will disappear.

Su Yu explored one square of the mist, but after just a few steps, he was killed by a large gray bear that appeared out of nowhere.

Reborn beside the Lord's Crystal, he grinned. There were wild monsters right at the entrance of his territory, which was great.

He opened the Lord's panel and used the newcomer Lord's gift package.

[You have obtained 1 Random Troop Building Card.]

[You have obtained 1000 points of Territory Energy.]

The Random Troop Building Card could provide a troop building of random quality, with a high probability of it being a common troop building.

Territory Energy was a universal energy in the battlefield of myriad worlds, capable of constructing any lifeless object.

Without hesitation, he used 100 points of Territory Energy to place an Arrow Defense Tower in the front left corner of his territory.

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[Territory Energy -100.]

A three-meter-tall arrow defense tower emerged from the mountain rocks, standing tall.

Instead of using stone and wood for the peasants to build, it was constructed directly with territory energy.

This could be considered a very wasteful action.

However, there was no other choice,

Su Yu couldn't develop any troops, and there were no trees in the vicinity.

Directly sending the peasants out of the territory to cultivate without troop protection would be no different from seeking death.

[Arrow Defense Tower]

[Level: 1]

[Health: 120 (Base Health 10 + "Mottie's Curse" + "Santie's Blessing")]

[Attack: 12 (Base Attack 1 + "Mottie's Curse" + "Santie's Blessing")]

[Defense: 12 (Base Defense 1 + "Mottie's Curse" + "Santie's Blessing")]

Seeing the arrow defense tower's 12 points of attack and defense, along with over 120 health points,

Su Yu was astonished.

These stats surpass even a level 10 arrow defense tower?

Mythical-level talent is indeed terrifying.

"Whoosh—"

The sound of an arrow cutting through the air whistled past, striking the large gray bear to the north!

One shot, one kill!

[Congratulations, your arrow defense tower has killed the large gray bear, obtaining 10 gray bear meat chunks.]

In the Infinite Battlefield, killing monsters will automatically have their meat collected by the lord's crystal based on the owner.

Usually, the last hit determines the owner.

Su Yu's eyes narrowed slightly; it was just as he had expected.

With the enhancement of the Twin Sacred Flowers, even a level 1 arrow defense tower was enough to instantly kill the wild monsters around the initial territory!

Normally, at the beginning, a large gray bear would require the lord to draw its aggro and lead it around,

then, with the cooperation of three militiamen, there would be a chance to take it down.

Not only would that be very tiring, but it would also take a lot of time.

But here, a single arrow defense tower did it in one shot!

He opened the lord's panel again, looking at the unlocked functions.

[Lord's Crystal]

[Level: 1]

[Current Population Cap: 0/10]

[Current Hero Unit Cap: 0/1]

[Current Building Cap: 1/10]

[Current Defense Building, Troop, and Hero Level Cap: 10]

[Current Territory Size: 1 tile, max 10 tiles]

[Unlocked Building Blueprints:

"Common Troop Building" consumes 500 points of territory energy to construct a troop building, allowing recruitment of troops.

"Arrow Defense Tower" consumes 100 points of territory energy to construct a level 1 defense tower, with 10 health, 1 attack, and 1 defense.

"Hero Hall" consumes 1000 points of territory energy to construct a hero building, allowing recruitment of heroes.

"Trading House" consumes 200 points of territory energy to construct a building, allowing remote trading with other lords.

"Farmhouse" consumes 100 points of territory energy to construct a farmhouse, allowing recruitment of peasants and increasing the population cap by 2.]

[Territory Energy: 100 points of territory energy can be obtained daily.]

[Current Remaining Territory Energy: 900.]

At this moment, the lord's terminal suddenly beeped.

Su Yu raised his left hand, looking at the ring worn on his left wrist.

Controlling everything in the territory only required a thought.

But if he needed to communicate with the outside world, he had to use the territory terminal.

Tapping into the terminal projection, he saw the @ messages.

"@Su Yu, what kind of troop building did you get randomly?"

"Yeah, Su Yu, tell us quickly!"

"Haha, someone from the neighboring class got a rare troop, starting with a cavalry charge, it was simply amazing!"

"That's nothing, I heard there's even a legendary troop in the capital, the Ice Phoenix!"

"[Click to view Ice Phoenix image.]"

"Damn!"

"This kind of luck, I'm so envious."

In the class group, the discussion about troops was lively.

Because every new lord's welcome package contained a random troop building card,

getting a high-grade troop could be considered a life-changing event.

As for talents, no one was discussing them.

Everyone's talents are varied and mostly quite ordinary, and they tend to become more powerful in the later stages.

Therefore, everyone focuses on the random troops at the beginning.

Su Yu: "Me? I'm not planning to recruit any troops."

"What's going on... Great Su Yu isn't recruiting troops?"

"Is he giving up?"

"No, Great Su Yu."

"In the school's 10 simulated exams for the territory opening, you were first in the entire school 10 times. If you give up, who will lead us to fly?"

"Come on, Great Su Yu, we beg you to carry us!"

"Su Yu, if you really give up, what kind of starting environment do you have?"

Su Yu: "Click to view the 'Desolate Mountain' image."

"What the hell, what kind of place is this..."

"Damn, only rocks?"

"Oh my..."

Looking at the photo Su Yu sent, his classmates were all taken aback.

No one mentioned the matter of carrying them anymore.

What kind of start is this?

It's unclear how much slower he will start compared to others...

Whether he can even survive the monster wave after the newbie protection period ends is a question.

"Haha, I died 5 times, but I finally managed to kill the big gray wolf in my territory."