[{"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-61":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nationwide Lords: 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},1942043,2690,"Chapter 61: I Dropped My Guard, I Didn't Guard Against It","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-61",61,"\u003Cp>The fog of war dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering black city wall emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare-grade Defense Tower — Sniper Tower,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instantly locked onto a squad of flying troops in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom, boom, boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous roar that shook heaven and earth blasted everything within sight to oblivion!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Your unit Red-tailed Bat has been killed.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Your unit Red-tailed Bat has been killed.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden territory alert left Carlo momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flying units were only meant for clearing war fog,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he never ordered the Red-tailed Bats to attack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so how did an entire squad of Red-tailed Bats suddenly get wiped out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if they had attacked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could a newly initiated lord’s territory take out a whole squad of his flying units in a single encounter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is the enemy territory’s anti-air capability really that strong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carlo was utterly baffled,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and directed his heroes to launch an assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elven knight led ten thousand armored cavalry and siege engines toward the city wall marker on the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mountain giant led five thousand shield soldiers and five thousand archers, flanking from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grand magus led a thousand Wu Clan mages, circling wide as they advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Carlo didn’t realize, however,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was that the classmates watching from the sidelines had already erupted into a clamor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possessing an omniscient vantage point,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they stared dumbfounded at that terrifying sniper tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The sniper tower’s range… is that long?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I actually thought teacher’s Red-tailed Bats would manage to escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy crap, his walls… how are they that huge?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This doesn’t make sense, how can a newly initiated lord have such a massive territory?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t built on his territory—his territory’s only five hundred squares. Look, it’s a tier-three lord crystal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of ability allows him… to build territorial structures in the wild?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No idea…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is… just too absurd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The classmates watched Su Yu’s territory, whispering among themselves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the debate never pausing for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gazed at the humanoid form on the mountain peak, completely shrouded in white radiance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>brimming with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why doesn’t he project his units into the simulated battle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And why don’t his heroes enter the simulation either?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What race is he anyway? Why is his whole body just a mass of white light?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop asking! How am I supposed to know if you keep asking me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sniper tower\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shot down the enemy flying units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu smiled faintly and moved swiftly along the path the enemy had already scouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to charge directly into the enemy territory,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to test just how strong he had become at level fifteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent so much time on the Myriad Realms Battlefield with no target to truly unleash his full power against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Red-tailed Bats just now weren’t even level forty and were instantly obliterated by the tower—a major letdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s he planning?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No clue… damn, don’t tell me he’s thinking of attacking the teacher’s territory with just his own strength?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s… pure madness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A newly initiated lord like him—isn’t that suicide?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably just wants to scout the teacher’s territory. A lord can revive after death, after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think he just came in to broaden his horizons. He didn’t even bring his units or heroes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you assault someone’s territory with nothing but buildings?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The classmates were all talking over one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Carlo watched the feedback messages coming in from his heroes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and was instantly floored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walls, walls, and more walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This… how had he built the walls so enormous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he had assumed was a pincer assault\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>turned out to be all frontal the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord… we… have to pull back first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This city wall, its defensive power... there's something off about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lord terminal was receiving information from the hero terminal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karo froze for a moment, then opened the footage his hero had transmitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at that boundless city wall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>staring at those sniper towers unleashing devastating attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karo very much wanted to ask, exactly how many generations of lords was he fighting against?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you sure he didn't log into the wrong account?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you sure this isn't his main account, running a \"Heroic Lord\"-level simulation battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, how could this be the lord of generation 11520, how could this be a new generation lord's territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karo the elf, who prided himself on civilization and refinement, spat out a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of casualty alerts rang out continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after retreating more than 20 kilometers from the opponent did it finally stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These sniper towers... have a range of 20,000 meters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karo's heart was shaken to its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never Falls... Never Falls, why does this territory name feel somewhat familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everyone pays attention to the All-Clans Ranking Battles or cares about a new generation lord of this cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clan rankings, those are matters for the important figures to consider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the introduction to this cycle's new generation lord, Karo had only glanced at it once in the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that had happened in quick succession was simply too shocking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>leaving Karo no time to think carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered deeply, trying to figure out how to assault the opponent's territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His classmates were still watching,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>losing to a new generation lord—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could not afford that humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by the fog-of-war status, his troops and heroes are all shrunken back inside the territory, none have come out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps, in just three short months, his developmental focus has all been on these walls and sniper towers, so his troops and heroes have practically no combat strength at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, cover the battering rams and assault the city gates!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karo thought deeply, already treating this opponent as a lord of his own level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just at that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The sound of forest sentinels being killed rang in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forest sentinels were defensive structures he had set up around the perimeter of his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they were structures with a consciousness of their own —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>normally appearing as large trees, but the moment an enemy invaded, they would uproot themselves\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and use their vines to strangle the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>86 10 6 47 46   Jun Xi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, in the brief span of a single dazed moment, an entire swath of forest sentinels had perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carlo was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately pulled up his territory panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the surveillance footage his territory had captured, his eyes went wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white, humanoid creature had charged into his territory —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one punch, one kick, sweeping away swaths of ancient forest trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The territory's intel was feeding back: the other party was a lord unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was this possible?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a freshman lord — what kind of power was this??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sniper tower appeared at the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BOOM—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your Lord Crystal has been breached.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have lost. 3 points deducted.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exiting the simulation battle, Carlo's entire mental state was dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How was that freshman lord so strong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, your level-35 forest sentinels couldn't beat him at all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, how did that last sniper tower suddenly appear near your territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students buzzed with noisy excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carlo's expression was a little awkward, his face burning bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally planned to demonstrate an offensive formation for everyone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he had never expected that his opponent wouldn't deploy troops at all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and on top of that… he ended up losing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Items that can move structures are quite common.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The key was that he moved it beyond the territory boundary and then combined it with that sniper tower's 20,000-meter range — it had a surprising effect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was careless, left myself unguarded, and that's why I lost. If we went again, I would definitely win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carlo delivered his post-defeat summary and post-match analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students pretended to listen attentively, but they were restless and uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had just happened, to them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was practically like watching a dream unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A freshman lord had defeated their teacher?\u003C\u002Fp>",1332,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fcb3cf976e9cf0cfb17d9f290cda5b8fd76ee766b38a2e84910e4eb74060f3b6","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-62","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-60",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]