[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac":3,"chapter-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-34":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Universal Lord: The Zero-Troop Building Maniac",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1942016,2690,"Chapter 34","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-34",34,"\u003Cp>Lin Luoyue: “Little brother, congratulations on becoming an official lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Luoyue: “Call me ‘Big Sister,’ and I’ll give you VIP 50!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the message in his lord terminal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu’s lips curved faintly upward, and memories slowly surfaced in his eyes—her figure appeared clearly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>clad in a white T-shirt and black ultra-short shorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long, elegant legs and slender waist were exquisitely delicate, barely fitting within one’s grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, a tall, high single braid always fluttered freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territory: Moonfall Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Luoyue closed the lord terminal message, her eyes crinkling with amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Knock knock.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate of the Lord’s Manor was knocked upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enter.” Lin Luoyue suppressed the smile on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, the lord of the ‘Sunlight Soaring Sky’ territory requests an audience.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid bowed deeply and spoke respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Luoyue frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let him in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A handsome young man entered Moonfall Forest, escorted by guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the lord of the ‘Sunlight Soaring Sky’ territory, named Xiao Xiao Tai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he had first laid eyes on the Moonfall Forest lord’s stunning beauty, he had been unable to forget her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Lin, I’ll get straight to the point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He strode into the Lord’s Manor with head held high and a broad smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at Lin Luoyue seated on her chair, his expression turned greedy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wish to marry you and make you my lord’s consort.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?” Lin Luoyue’s face turned cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand slightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a hero stepped forward, drawing the long sword at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Xiao Xiao Tai’s smile froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Luoyue—what do you mean by this?!” He glared at her, indignant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Myriad Realms Battlefield, lords cannot be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless their lord crystal is destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for official lords,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>death cannot be treated as lightly as it is for novice lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because official lords have accumulated experience points and leveled up to varying degrees within the Myriad Realms Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon death, even if they revive at their lord crystal, they lose five levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For higher-level lords, such a loss becomes increasingly unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the Class 11519 lords, for example:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An average level-20 lord losing five levels\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>means months of hard work utterly ruined in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, seeing Lin Luoyue’s hero draw his sword, the young man felt a flicker of panic,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>though anger dominated his reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He refused to believe Lin Luoyue would truly dare kill him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a damn whore—I’ll conquer your territory someday, and then we’ll see how boldly you act!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Luoyue, may I interpret your actions as provocation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Xiao Tai’s eyes hardened with coldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tingyu, kill him.” Lin Luoyue waved her hand, issuing the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” The female swordsman holding the long sword slashed once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A head flew into the air; disbelief still lingered in Xiao Xiao Tai’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Luoyue remained perfectly calm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fully aware of her own beauty,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and fully aware that others’ attraction to her stemmed from universal human aesthetics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she needed only one person’s affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t want to kill you.” Lin Luoyue shook her head, gazing at the head lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rejecting someone’s advances did not require killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’m afraid Su Yu would be upset.” She said earnestly, watching the corpse gradually dissolve into light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tingyu.” Lin Luoyue called out, lifting her head—the high single braid behind her snapped upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!” The female swordsman bowed her head in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take five hundred cavalry and one thousand archers, and raze the ‘Sunlight Soaring Sky’ territory!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Luoyue spoke, her eyes flashing with coldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had long resented the name of this territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her territory’s name contained the character “moon,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the territory corresponding to “sun” irritated her deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if “sun” and “moon” were a matched pair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder what name Su Yu chose for his territory…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling Su Yu’s forum ID, Lin Luoyue’s face flushed faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu’s ID was “Su Su Muluo Yu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ID was “Mu Mu Luo Luo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Lin Luoyue, perched on a stool, paid no heed to decorum—her long, fair legs crossed in a casual slouch as she cracked sunflower seeds and said, “Esteemed readers, please be so kind as to grant some flowers and reviews…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes: “Big brothers, I beg you—thank you so much!”)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A formal Lord differs significantly from a new Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To assist new Lords, the Myriad Realms Battlefield granted substantial conveniences—allowing them seven days to construct defenses and withstand monster surges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Formal Lords, however, receive no such conveniences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, territory energy can no longer be used to instantly construct buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To construct buildings, farmers must use the corresponding materials and blueprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territory energy is instead reserved for upgrading buildings and meeting the operational needs of the territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it can still serve as currency, purchasable items at the [Trading Hut] or the [Mystic Shop].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides using materials for farmer-led upgrades or territory energy for instant upgrades, building upgrades for formal Lords feature a third method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Multiple lower-tier buildings can be combined into a single higher-tier building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, five Arrow Defense Towers can be synthesized into one advanced Ballista Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five Class-C Mess Halls can be synthesized into one Class-B Restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five Class-C mess halls can be combined into one Class-B restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Formal Lords may travel in and out of a place called “Myriad Realms City” via their terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, they can encounter other Lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, recruitment requirements change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, recruitment needs had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Regardless of rank, recruiting any troop type requires a [Troop Recruitment Edict].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hero recruitment, meanwhile, requires a [Hero Recruitment Edict].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only with these two edicts can troops and heroes be recruited from troop buildings and the Hero Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the tier of the troop building, the more recruitment edicts it requires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point, however, Su Yu did not consider at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His territory would not develop troops or heroes, and its population cap would be difficult to raise in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, today he had only one task to accomplish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhang San, for the next few days, you all will construct farmhouses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Build them hard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu pointed toward the northern forest at the foot of the mountain as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fill that open land—completely!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Lord!” After a night’s rest, Zhang San’s face radiated vigor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the coming days, Su Yu planned to build farmhouses to raise his territory’s population cap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vigorously develop construction capacity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, thanks to the effect of [Transcendent World], there was no upper limit on the number of buildings in his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He need not fear farmhouses consuming building slots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, due to Effect 2 of [Sancti Blessing],\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he need not fear insufficient territory area—he could even build structures outside his territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Su Yu intended first to raise his territory’s population cap and recruit several thousand farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even sold off some unnecessary materials,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>purchasing large quantities of cotton from the [Trading Hut] to meet the bedding needs of farmhouse construction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sylph, Iloti.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m returning to Blue Star for a celebration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll be back tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu opened his Lord Terminal, preparing to teleport back to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Lord Su Yu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylph’s eyes gleamed with a smile—since the Lord had given no orders today, did that mean she could slack off all day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iloti remained expressionless, recalling the light she had sensed during the monster tide resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on Blue Star, gazing upon the familiar cityscape, Su Yu felt deeply moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just seven days, the Multiversal Battlefield had transformed his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranking first in the monster tide settlement—surpassing all races across all realms—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was something he had never dared dream of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great God Su Yu, you’re here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little cutie suddenly appeared and clung to Su Yu’s arm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>attempting to rub her utterly flat chest against him—without causing even a ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu turned his head wordlessly and looked at Bai Bai Xiaowei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 1.5 meters tall, Bai Bai Xiaowei had a delicate upturned nose and bright white teeth against rosy lips,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dressed in a black dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t breathtakingly beautiful,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but she certainly possessed a certain charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, Great God Su Yu—I’ll never reveal your secret!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Xiaowei ducked her head and whispered furtively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew Su Yu was very likely the lord who ranked first in the settlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet humanity across the multiverse was in decline;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>protecting a lord ranked within the top one hundred was feasible,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but absolutely impossible for a lord ranked first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Su Yu’s identity as the lord of the [Never-Fallen Territory] was revealed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would inevitably become the enemy of all races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless schemes and plots would descend upon him without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What secret could I possibly have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu glanced calmly at Bai Bai Xiaowei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, right—Great God Su Yu has no secrets, hehe.” Bai Bai Xiaowei chuckled twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Su Yu would attend two gatherings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was at noon: a class reunion hosted by Class 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was at dusk: a celebratory banquet hosted by the Blue Star Sovereign for the new generation of lords,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to which Su Yu—who had sold legendary dragon eyes—and Bai Bai Xiaowei—who had performed exceptionally well in the monster tide—had both been invited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great God Su Yu is here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great God Su Yu, please take a seat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great God Su Yu, if you ever get the chance, don’t forget to lend us a hand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the restaurant, the atmosphere was lively and bustling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Su Yu stepped into the room, he was warmly welcomed by everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Class 2 reunion did not take place in the newly opened Lord’s official venue—the Myriad Realms City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Myriad Realms City’s expenses were too high for them; Blue Star remained the better choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many classmates wore broad smiles on their faces,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while a few others looked downcast—they had been eliminated by the monster tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they withdrew in time; no casualties occurred among Class 2.\u003C\u002Fp>",1665,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","453b68180b08f62016274849f06cf123494942ad9dc1c9435d8968b212995b04","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-35","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-33",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]