[{"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-4":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},1941962,2690,"Chapter 4","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>\"What a stroke of luck...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To get a rare hero at the start, there's no other way besides the Hero Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Xiaowei: \"@Su Yu, Great Su Yu, if you have time, take me along. I'll private message you my territory coordinates!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys shouldn't always @Su Yu. @Su Yu, it will annoy him. Don't just @Su Yu all the time. @Su Yu, Great Su Yu, do you have room for me? I'm begging to join.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An image of an elf appeared in the group, causing a huge stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone's attitude toward Su Yu changed completely from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rare hero... This would be a tremendous help at the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling how Su Yu had previously sold the random troop trading card for 10,000 territory energy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe, the great player has other development plans in mind?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before long, the group chat notifications reached 99+, and the @Su Yu pings kept going non-stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually turned off the group message notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's up, my lord Su Yu, why are you so happy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silve looked curiously at Su Yu, whose face was almost splitting with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, you're too beautiful.\" Su Yu blurted out the truth without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he said it, he regretted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would such a comment be considered too frivolous in the elves' view?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, receiving praise often depends on who is giving it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Praise from her lord did not make Silve feel frivolous. She smiled slightly and said, \"Thank you for your compliment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Due to your compliment, Silve's loyalty +1, current loyalty: 75.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... works too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu gazed at Silve's stunning face and her curvaceous figure, involuntarily swallowing a mouthful of saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that when the loyalty of peasants, troops, or heroes reached above 90, certain things could happen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about this, and looking at Silve's pure eyes, he guiltily turned his head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He started to get down to business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level 1 lord crystal has a building limit of 10 and a territory area limit of 10 grids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method to occupy land and make it your own territory is quite simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as there are no monsters, and you successfully occupy it for 300 seconds, it becomes your territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the new territory must be adjacent to an existing one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he only had one initial grid of territory, and development could only proceed by occupying land outward from this initial territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The initial territory is the grid where the lord crystal is located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lord crystal is not a building and cannot be moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is fixed in space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from using a [Territory Relocation Card], there are very few ways to move it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main task of each lord is to protect their lord crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the lord crystal is destroyed, it means the end of their career as a lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even their life would be in danger, and they might become someone else's slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing the lord crystal, the lord's soul inside would return to its body, and they would no longer be 'undying'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also would not be able to use the territory energy anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, losing the lord crystal means being eliminated from the battlefield of myriad worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a 7-day protection period for newcomers, during which Su Yu didn't have to worry about the safety of his lord crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to occupy territory along the initial territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of occupying the surrounding areas, he moved north, extending in a straight line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He successfully acquired a territory 1000 meters long and 100 meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Silve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they encountered a cliff, Su Yu was once again carried by Silve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had wanted to commit suicide and respawn back at the territory through the lord crystal, but Silve refused to let him do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord Su Yu, this is what I should do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silve smiled slightly and leaped two meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At level 2, her physical abilities and other aspects had improved significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the straight line, he occupied 9 grids of territory, turning them into his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, this was a very foolish approach because if monsters invaded, he wouldn't have time to defend, and he would lose the territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a monster stays on the territory for more than 60 seconds, that grid of land would revert to wild land,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and all buildings on it would be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Su Yu wasn't worried about this; he was only concerned with acquiring other resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gray wolf emerged from the war fog and stepped onto the farthest grid of the initial territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before it could finish its howl, eight arrows streaked across the sky, shooting towards it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instant kill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eight arrow towers at the corners of the initial territory defended Su Yu's land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the effect of \"Santi Blessing,\" their range had increased tenfold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silve tilted her head, feeling surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thought that Su Yu's method of expanding his territory outward was a bit foolish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but she hadn't expected...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These arrow towers to have such a long attack range??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for a mythic-level hero like Silve, hitting a target at 1000 meters would be difficult, especially since she was only level 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these arrow towers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, in Silve's eyes, Su Yu's image became mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even she had never heard of a level 1 arrow tower with a range of 1000 meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because of your mystery, Sylph's loyalty +1, current loyalty: 76.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu, who was about to upgrade the Overlord Crystal, gave Sylph a puzzled look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn't think too much about it and began to upgrade the Overlord Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To upgrade a Level 1 Overlord Crystal, two conditions must be met: 5000 points of territory energy and occupying 10 grids of territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep blue light flowed around the palm-sized, rhombus-shaped crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the light blue Overlord Crystal visibly expanded by a circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations, your Overlord Crystal has successfully been upgraded to Level 2.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have unlocked the building blueprints: Wall, Lumber Mill, Mine, Leather Processing Plant, Enchantment Workshop.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your territory limit has increased to 100 grids.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your building limit has increased to 100.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your defensive building level cap has increased to Level 20.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your troop and hero level cap has increased to Level 20.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You can obtain 500 points of territory energy daily.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-15T03:51:44.693Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","21357bf7eb29acdb48704cdeca346f672ef1a1cd4fe16125637549e30b70fb34","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-5","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-3",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]