[{"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-52":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},1942034,2690,"Chapter 52","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-52",52,"\u003Cp>Using this kind of power for mining—its efficiency would be…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu’s heart leapt into his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not until Iloti nodded carelessly did he relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the territory’s loyalty indicator showed no decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Su Yu breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually squeezed Iloti’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Then go ahead—be careful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he spoke those words of concern, Su Yu himself found them faintly absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asking a mythic hero capable of leveling cities to “be careful”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, only rare bosses approaching Level 40 could pose any real threat to Iloti.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such high-level entities were seldom seen even among past lords’ territories—let alone near the domain of a newly appointed lord like Su Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy Light of Radiance coalesced into a pickaxe; Iloti flapped her six wings once,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and flew southward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylph, reclining on a lounge chair and sipping orange juice, stared in utter disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was happening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mythic angel of Light, holding a pickaxe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…” Spotting Su Yu stepping out of the house, Sylph hastily said, “I can’t mine…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an elf,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylph simply couldn’t fathom how Lord Su Yu had persuaded an angel to take up mining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sylph, have the terminal’s recent features been working well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu asked with a smile, smoothly changing the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Sylph nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through Wan Jie City, her Hero Terminal had been equipped with many novel functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could now project and play videos—such as films and TV dramas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her favorite was *Elves vs. Orcs*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.” Su Yu nodded and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su Yu… do I not need to do anything?” Watching Iloti grow busier by the day, Sylph felt increasingly uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—you just enjoy yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relieved that the Lord hadn’t scolded her, Sylph sighed and chose to keep lounging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Su Yu had walked far away did she open her Hero Terminal’s projection and start playing a fantasy drama about elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu knew Sylph lacked ambition—and didn’t press her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, at present, Sylph couldn’t meaningfully contribute to his territory’s development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he sent her out to explore, her efficiency would pale beside Iloti’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to let her stay happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylph’s loyalty had temporarily risen to ninety points solely due to his promise—a temporary state liable to drop at any moment—and he dared not forget that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once I’ve planned the defensive towers and strengthened the territory’s forces, I’ll pay the elves a visit…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having promised Sylph he would go, Su Yu intended to keep his word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroes from the Wan Jie Battlefield\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were all souls retrieved by the Wan Jie Battlefield from the river of time—spirits who had died in battle—then granted new bodies, infused with rules, and summoned into this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylph, a mythic elf, must therefore have been\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a legendary figure in the elven world long, long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone made the elves worthy of Su Yu’s goodwill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations—your territory’s building count has reached 10,000.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your mythic talent “Twin Saint-Flower” has fully activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden notification echoing across the territory made Su Yu freeze mid-step.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The number of territory buildings has reached 10,000!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buildings can now be freely relocated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu was overjoyed and immediately moved outward all the arrow defense towers he had built earlier—structures that occupied considerable space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He relocated them all outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The relocation range was extremely large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as his territory units had previously visited a location,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if that area was shrouded in war fog,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>placing a building there would dispel the war fog from that tile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this method could even be used\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to clear areas previously explored but later re-covered by war fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu opened his territory interface and began relocating the arrow defense towers stationed on the mountain outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rolling hills rose and fell, dotted with grass and trees,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>occasionally adorned with patches of fragrant flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lord led three troop types on an external hunting expedition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he wished to level up and claim all experience points for himself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his three rare Werewolf troops stood guard beside him, each wielding a spiked wolf-tooth club,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>without joining the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only intervened occasionally against particularly troublesome monsters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>subduing them first so the lord could deliver the final blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two and a half months—and I’m already level ten. Heh—heh. Monster spawn frequency under the war fog around here is truly high.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo, a newly appointed lord, gripped a slender blade,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>raised it, and cleanly executed a massive bear with a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood sprayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, one of the werewolves behind him suddenly stepped forward several paces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a rare troop type, werewolves possessed exceptionally sharp danger perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord… something feels off…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the word “off” left his mouth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sharp whistling sound tore through the air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and from the war fog ahead,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a black silhouette shot forth violently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>moving so fast its form was utterly indiscernible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to its heightened senses, the werewolf in front raised its spiked wolf-tooth club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the iron club\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>exploded into fragments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An arrow pierced—not merely pierced, but *slammed*—into the werewolf’s chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body instantly shattered into pieces, flesh and blood bursting outward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That arrow, radiating inexplicable divine might, only weakened after slaying its target,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then embedded itself deep into the ground, leaving a gaping hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“What’s going on?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo was stunned—these were all Level-10 Rare Troops: Werewolf Soldiers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killed by a single arrow?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of arrow?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could its power really be this great?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the explosion of that Wolf-Tooth Great Club briefly blocking his view,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo wouldn’t have even registered the flying black shape as an arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Protect the Lord!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two werewolf soldiers roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo’s heart instantly jolted, and he urgently cried, “No—don’t throw your lives away!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he died once, he’d just lose five levels—that was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if these troops died, he’d have to recruit and level them up all over again!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three arrows shot mercilessly one after another from within the War Fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your troop, Werewolf Soldier, has perished.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your troop, Werewolf Soldier, has perished.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have perished. Returning to the Lord’s Crystal for rebirth…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rebirth complete.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo stood frozen—he had no idea what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What *thing* could possess such power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… a humanoid boss?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo pondered, his eyes suddenly brightening as his suspicion solidified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already scouted that area thoroughly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and there hadn’t been any lord activity nearby—no territory in sight for dozens of miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An attack launched from within the War Fog, with such wide-ranging targeting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could only belong to a boss unit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the terrifying power of that arrow, Yu Zhuo grew excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss units in the Myriad Realms Battlefield were at least Lieutenants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the arrow’s earlier power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo estimated it must be at least Rare-tier… no, Legendary-tier Lieutenant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the power of that single arrow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its combat strength was certainly over 200 points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was highly likely a Legendary-tier Lieutenant above Level 10!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Legendary…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo felt as though opportunity—and rare treasures—were beckoning him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… his own territory couldn’t possibly handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gritting his teeth, Yu Zhuo sent a message to the newly minted lords he’d met since entering the Myriad Realms Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six human lords remained nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d maintained mutual noninterference and peaceful development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers—I’ve found a Legendary-tier Lieutenant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it genuine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re telling us about something this good?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t handle it alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it—we’ll head over now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing the group chat, Yu Zhuo took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began searching the [Trading House]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for items effective against arrow-type attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shields were a solid choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plate armor would severely hinder mobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah—Arrow Resistance Aura?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reduces arrow-type damage by 30%; effect lasts one hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad—but unfortunately far too expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Yu Zhuo gritted his teeth and bought a stack of tungsten-steel alloy shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some lords, having encountered no other lords early on,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>faced little threat near their territories,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so they heavily developed manufacturing—producing gear to sell for Territory Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After accumulating resources over time, they’d rapidly develop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence the [Trading House] offered an extremely wide variety of goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is why the Trading House carries a wide variety of goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a day later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven heroes and over two hundred troops assembled together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? You mean it’s a projectile-type attack?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng widened his eyes, staring at Yu Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?” Yu Zhuo looked at Xu Meng, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… nothing.” Xu Meng shook his head. “I have a bit of trauma around projectiles…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng recalled the unpleasant memories from the early days of his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the Calamity·Void Beast descended, that place had long since been obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng did not expand further into that forested area,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>opting instead for this hilly region, which was rich in resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he had forged alliances with other territorial lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Yu Zhuo was an outstanding contender in the 【Global Human Civilization Lord Selection Competition】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, prepare more defenses specifically against projectiles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just now, my Level-10 werewolf was instantly killed without resistance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Level-10 rare troop—the werewolf—possessed formidable combat strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could match a Level-2 or Level-3 rare hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Troops required far less experience to level up than heroes did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in the early stage, it was easy to overwhelm a hero using sheer numbers of troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroes served primarily as vanguards, leading morale and momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seven territorial lords advanced, each accompanied by their own heroes and troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They formed a square formation, holding tungsten-steel alloy shields,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>marching toward the direction Yu Zhuo had indicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a Legendary-tier boss, they brought every single unit under their command!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng rode atop a griffin,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its body clad in armor loaded to its maximum weight capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this armor offered modest defense, its surface was extremely smooth—specifically designed to deflect projectile attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful—I was just here moments ago…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhuo hadn’t finished speaking when—\u003C\u002Fp>",1663,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0aab5941b730655b63024e60d9b63799a77a38f0a76f7f3ad2375e08bd2345ba","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-53","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-51",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]