[{"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-69":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},1942051,2690,"Chapter 69","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>【Domain \"Frozen Domain\" VS \"Unfallen City.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【First Cosmos — Taiqing Cosmos · Heaven's South Star · Canglin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VS\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventh Cosmos — Space Cosmos · Blue Star · Su Yu】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Terrain: Grasslands. Duel begins.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Please select domain units for projection.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wipe out all enemy heroes and military units, or destroy the enemy Lord Crystal, and you win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the vast grassland terrain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a pale blue Lord Crystal hovered right beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu began projecting his territory's power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One grid of territory, eight level-5 Arrow Defense Towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of light, and Sylph appeared at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened a huge parasol, then pulled a reclining chair out of the Lord Crystal and set it up on the grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu leisurely lay down on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the pair of sunglasses Sylph handed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A round table was set beside the reclining chair,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>laid out with an assortment of fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylph sat on a low stool by the round table and started messing with her hero terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them moved\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from the moment the mock battle began\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with complete, effortless naturalness —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as simple as eating or drinking water —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>finding nothing at all odd about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, those down below who were paying attention to Su Yu\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were utterly dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This… so fluid and smooth, what is going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where are his territory buildings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not projecting them into the mock battlefield?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just eight arrow towers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May I ask if you're here on vacation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So relaxed, so…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blue Star people were stunned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the surrounding onlookers were even more frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on — just because you have one Legendary hero, does that justify such blatant arrogance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Su Yu possessed a Legendary hero, quite a few others had come to watch the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many former lords from Blue Star were also in this area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous live broadcast screen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>displayed Su Yu's actions in the mock battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, this…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Blue Star lord turned a puzzled look toward the Blue Star Ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blue Star Ruler was at a loss for a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then recalled Su Yu's outstanding mock battle results back on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered briefly and said hesitantly, \"He might… have some kind of tactic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait until the enemy gets close, then project his military buildings to catch them off guard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tactic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catch them off guard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damn map is covered in fog of war on all four sides —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what tactic can you even use,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what off guard can you catch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a territory only one grid wide, the moment the other side finds you\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>means their army is already at your doorstep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how strong your Legendary hero is, how do you protect the crystal in a chaotic melee?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With eight Arrow Defense Towers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't make me laugh — what threat can basic defense towers possibly pose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more the Blue Star Ruler thought, the more his head ached,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and he could only force himself to be patient and keep watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu… don't you go causing any mess now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're not just planning to give up, are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were some ordinary new-generation lord, that would be one thing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but Su Yu had a Legendary hero and was drawing a great deal of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his actions were drawing laughs from the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, this is Blue Star's great hope?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like the ideological guidance wasn't done well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A youngster, still too green after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who'd dare give him ideological guidance? From what I've seen, those Blue Star folks treat him like glass, afraid to even breathe on him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of ridicule kept ringing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu’s behavior — they could see through it even by thinking with their backsides: he was far too arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He probably believed that having a legendary hero made him invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly the thinking of a greenhorn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, every lord has their own opportunities; the idea of absolute invincibility has never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the strongest lord, once marked and specifically targeted, will fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much less a newborn calf like you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so wildly conceited, not putting your opponents in your eyes at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new lords gathered here to compete\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all started with rare troop types or high-tier heroes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add three months of nurturing backed by their factions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and not one of them is easy to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bai Bai Xiaowei, Su Yu acting like this… is there some deeper meaning?” Gu Gu Linger asked Bai Bai Xiaowei worriedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her eyes, the one who understood Su Yu best was Bai Bai Xiaowei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed Su Yu doing this must have some deeper meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Xiaowei’s face stiffened; she had no idea how to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Shen, my ass, what deeper meaning could he possibly have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that terrifying-level defense tower of his, who could possibly breach it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Xiaowei knew just how terrifying that one Arrow Defense Tower had become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone having eight of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a level 10-plus legendary hero who dared approach would be dead on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, he'll definitely win.\" Seeing the concern on the Princess's face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Xiaowei could only offer consolation in reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Gu Linger nodded. Someone who possessed a legendary hero — no matter how you looked at it, they couldn't possibly lose in the preliminary round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>some people from the main universe, friends of Su Yu's opponents,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were watching the match and having a grand old time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seriously? This is way too insulting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what if he's got a legendary hero? Cang Lin, smash his head in for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, never thought the guy with a legendary hero would turn out to be an absolute clown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once Cang Lin scouts out his territory, victory is as good as declared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time ticked by second by second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many sneered in contempt,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but they still patiently watched on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to see the outcome of this simulated battle with their own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To watch the very first lord with a legendary hero go down in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proving that legendary heroes weren't so untouchable after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the territory Su Yu had deployed was far too small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single grid unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On all four sides lay fog of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Lin, who hailed from Tiannan Star, was equally baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, after searching for so long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had he still not encountered the opponent's territory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more than that… there wasn't a single trace left on the grassland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the opponent not sent out any troops or heroes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they holed up in one spot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the troops that had already scouted more than half the battlefield,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Lin furrowed his brow deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure of facing a legendary hero had eased considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Su Yu's name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twenty-three individuals of the human race who possessed legendary heroes —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>practically every participant had them memorized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just what is he trying to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Lin was thoroughly puzzled, ordering his troops to continue the search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the simulated battlefield spanned a thousand li in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this scale, searching for a single territorial grid a hundred meters in length and width\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was an enormous waste of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Cang Lin grew impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troops and heroes garrisoning his territory poured out in full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearby fog of war had been completely dispelled anyway;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had no fear of a sudden ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it all, the map's practically been fully explored — where in the world is the opponent's territory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spreading out in a grid-pattern formation to maximize search coverage, the troop forces\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reached the very edge of the simulated battlefield world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at his lord terminal map — entirely and utterly empty —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Lin was completely dumbstruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was going on with this Su Yu? Could it be the territory projected in was extremely tiny?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he really have to search every single grid of fog of war?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the audience, who had been watching for several hours, were numb with boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were starting to wonder if they'd had nothing better to do than come watch this match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For heaven's sake,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what was so interesting about watching a lord endlessly push back the fog of war?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kicker was that one time, Cang Lin's troops had brushed right past Su Yu's territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missed it by just one grid of fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had them grinding their teeth in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long is this going to take?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this boring or what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is… a simulated battle, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I move that Su Yu be penalized for passive match conduct!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting so long, the crowd of onlookers grew increasingly irritable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of all, Su Yu’s behavior was just too infuriating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re a contestant in a simulated battlefield, and you’re enjoying yourself even more than the spectators?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dearly wished they were the one lying in that chair, being waited upon by such a beautiful elf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the people from the Blue Star region\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lowered their heads somewhat shamefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu… lying on the recliner, having his shoulders kneaded by Sylph, seemed to have fallen asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That utterly blissful expression on his face just looked infuriating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What new lord hasn’t spent two or three months preparing for the qualifiers, stepping onto the simulated battle with both excitement and trepidation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here you are, lazing around enjoying a massage from legendary elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Gu Linger blushed and lowered her head; she couldn’t bear to watch either.\u003C\u002Fp>",1594,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d60c742a816b0bc7f515ed23731cbf8085edf7fdbf2a5bf5d86b3dceacd52264","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-70","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-68",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]