[{"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-77":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},1942059,2690,"Chapter 77","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-77",77,"\u003Cp>A Level 30 legendary monster, the Night Rakshasa, suddenly burst out of the fog of war,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its eyes bloodshot, charging madly at her Lord Crystal, its gaze filled with greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet before it could get within ten meters of the Crimson Witch, its body erupted in crimson flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson flames burned — silent, formless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Level 30 legendary monster simply dissipated just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if erasing a painting with an ink brush, it was light as wind, faint as clouds;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Night Rakshasa left no trace upon the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson flame was the ink, and the Crimson Witch was the brush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world as she saw it was the canvas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silent crimson flames danced and leapt,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as red and clear as glazed glass,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and just like the Crimson Witch's agate-like crimson pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myriad Realms City, First Layer, a humble chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman whose beauty outshone the very stars and moonlight, dressed in cloud-gauze palace robes, kept her head lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of cold sweat seeped from her pale forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven figures within the humble chamber all watched her, and she dared not raise her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For she knew\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that these were the Seven Divine Thrones who stood at the pinnacle of the Myriad Realms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>behind them representing the seven great races of the Myriad Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the seven great races of the Myriad Realms had not earned their place among the seven because of their race's might —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was because these seven existed that their races were the seven great races of the Myriad Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she was the exalted Moon Goddess of the Myriad Realms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before these seven she could only tremble and lower her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It truly wasn't someone from your Moon God Palace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the crimson-haired old man asked with a furrowed brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolutely, truly — it was not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Moon Goddess bit her red lip gently with her jade teeth, responding with resolute and ringing certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may leave now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she left the humble chamber, the Moon Goddess's taut heartstrings finally loosened;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only now did her heart dare to pound loud and violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of grievance and wounded pride surfaced in her beautiful, star-like eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"Never-Falling\" Lord — why take \"Moonfall\" as a nickname?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he not know that everyone in Moon God Palace bore the surname Yue…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That very night, countless people named Yue Luo were investigated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Moon Rabbit Clan were like startled birds, living in constant trepidation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did her heart dare to beat loudly and violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of quiet resentment and hurt appeared in her beautiful, starry eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would the lord of the \"Never-Falling\" city take a nickname like \"Moonfall\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't they know everyone from her Moon God Palace is surnamed Moon...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, countless people named \"Moonfall\" were investigated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Moon Rabbit clan, like birds startled by the mere twang of a bow, were terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The headquarters of the Demonblood Alliance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>is an underground city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Myriad Realms Battlefield, the [Indestructible] terrain makes it difficult to dig deep underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this underground city,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>though it appears to be beneath the ground, was actually built upwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was constructed by filling in earth within an extremely sunken valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outside, it looks like flat ground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while the city extends deep underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This approach has one very obvious advantage:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>people operate by habitual thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they're convinced that the [Indestructible] terrain lies underground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they would never easily imagine that beneath the flat, open wilderness, there is an underground city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This avoids most reconnaissance and attacks from monsters —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a superb camouflage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the territory crystal is located at the very bottom, increasing the difficulty of assault and the strength of the defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello! I'm a mercenary answering the recruitment notice, here to report!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tauren warrior, 2.3 meters tall, battle-axe in hand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stood with chest out and head high, giving a military salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enter.\" The guard on gate duty merely glanced up at him casually,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not paying much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Myriad Realms Battlefield,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>besides territory units and monster units, there also exist neutral units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most neutral units were once likely troop types or heroes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who failed to protect their territory's lord crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the crystal was shattered, the lord lost their lordship status,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and they were left to roam and live in the wilds of the Myriad Realms Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every lord will take in the troops of another lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wiping them out entirely is already a considerable act of mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territories can recruit neutral units through hiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neutral units cannot, like troop types and heroes, pledge unwavering loyalty to a territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only look at their own interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, some territories have to be on guard against neutral units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster units who breach a lord crystal can gain massive experience, even raising their grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a neutral unit breaches a lord crystal of level 7 or above, a new lord crystal will be generated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and they themselves will become a new lord of the Myriad Realms Battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the temptation of a level 7 or higher lord crystal for neutral units is, one might say, considerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that neutral units hold low status in the Myriad Realms Battlefield and cannot form a force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territories that have been breached by neutral units are extremely rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level 7 territory — those are all quite formidable territories within the Myriad Realms Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because of this, very few neutral units can ever gain important positions in a territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are the heroes not appealing enough, or are the troop types not plentiful enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To cultivate a neutral unit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, neutral units are used by lords as suicide squads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they need to tackle some powerful monster, they’ll recruit troops and buy horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And neutral units could not resist the allure the territory offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to take shelter under a territory was far safer than staying out in the wilds alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minotaur, Night Liliana,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was one such neutral unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, she descended along the staircase,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the surroundings on all sides open and hollowed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she was underground, it felt like walking on a staircase suspended in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier after tier of the ring-shaped underground city bustled with activity, brightly lit throughout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Square staircases, set into every level, plunged straight downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night Liliana arrived at the underground first floor, at the reception for minotaur neutral units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well met, brave warrior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to the Demonblood Compact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minotaur pounded his chest with a fist — the traditional greeting of the minotaur race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night Liliana, who had shapeshifted into a minotaur,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>followed his lead and pounded her own chest in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the guise of a minotaur mercenary, she successfully joined the Demonblood Compact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demonblood Compact was formed from the giant crab clan, the spider demons, the stone golems, the minotaurs, and the tiger-headed men —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>five great racial factions in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It encompassed dozens of lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant the bottom of this underground city held dozens of lord crystals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the spider demon clan took the lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most powerful lord was the Spider Empress, Nianthus,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and according to reports, her level was above 50.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Night Liliana learned this news,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she immediately assassinated a neutral unit, a spider demoness, in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she took on her appearance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and used her heart-bewitching power to make those minotaurs forget ever recruiting a minotaur warrior neutral unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regrettably, when an enemy troop type was assassinated, the lord terminal would still report the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, she could have simply transformed into one of the Spider Empress’s own troops\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instead of a neutral unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though you are but mercenaries, as members of my spider demon clan, I hold you as dear as the troops under my command.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not disappoint me in this mission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spider Empress gazed down upon the many spider demons kneeling in the great hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We obey, Your Majesty the Empress!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The many spider demons pressed their eight hind legs tight against the floor to signal their submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night Liliana, who had blended in among them, felt her eyes light up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the spider demon swarm set out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry — I'm a spy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A night-sickle sliced across a companion's neck,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the spider demon squad on the mission was completely wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning the news, the Spider Empress merely furrowed her brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, only neutral units had died, not her own troop types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night Liliana assumed a new identity and continued infiltrating the Demonblood Compact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then, following the same pattern, kept transforming into spider demons recruited by the Spider Empress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She plundered an entire stockpile of treasures and resources — she wondered how her master would reward her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes brimmed with laughter, utterly bewitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations — your hero, Typhon · Night Liliana, has advanced to level 2. All abilities have improved.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations — your hero, Typhon · Night Liliana, has advanced to level 3. All abilities have improved.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations — your hero, Typhon · Night Liliana, has advanced to level 20. All abilities have improved.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your hero, Typhon · Night Liliana, has deposited the following resources into the lord crystal:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territory Energy ×10,000,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advanced · Spirit Field Blueprint, Advanced · Refinement Stone, Advanced · Recipe, Advanced · Cloud Ladder Blueprint...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare · KBBF Crystal, Rare · Experience Fruit, Rare · Golden Fertilizer Jin Kela...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu, having just exited the All-Human Civilization Lord Selection Tournament,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>found himself at loose ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent days, he had not re-entered the TW Simulated Battle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because he wanted to keep winning and develop his territory's strength further before queuing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The TW points earned from consecutive victories were remarkably substantial, and his heart was greatly moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, he only fought the standard single All-Humanity Selection match each day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes suddenly flew wide open as he watched the lord terminal flood with information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a bizarre yelp: \"Ohh! Yeliyana! My hero!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the hero terminal, the massive resources deposited into the lord crystal practically dazzled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit field — accelerates plant growth. And the territory just happens to have experience fruit tree seeds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refinement stone — can refine weapons and equipment to make them stronger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recipes — improve the territory's meals. He'd been getting a little tired of the chef's cooking lately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cloud ladder — makes going up and down the mountain a lot more convenient!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he seeing this right?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare-grade KBBF crystal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essential material for crafting the rare defense tower: the Laser Tower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a huge amount of experience fruit — this quantity is probably enough to level him straight to 20...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chemical fertilizer Jin Kela — can force-ripen plants. The territory can harvest its first batch of experience fruit right away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeliyana's skyrocketing level\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the enormous resources transmitted back\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nearly made Su Yu faint from bliss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted, \"Yeliyana, my hero!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which left Sylph and Yiluodi in the territory feeling deeply sour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game character Sylph was controlling died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She set down her lord terminal and pursed her lips, somewhat losing the will to keep playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been idle so long, she kind of wanted to find something to do...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six wings behind Yiluodi abruptly materialized, quivered twice, yet she chose not to fly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu had already forbidden her from going out to explore anymore, afraid of drawing attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could she do for the lord...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of cold brows furrowed slightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sight so moving it stirred sorrow — what trouble could cast a melancholy look on such a peerlessly beautiful woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One would gladly spill one's guts to relieve her of her cares,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>go through fire and boiling water without a single word of refusal.\u003C\u002Fp>",1961,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","27f4c7e967ec229e696400474fe6c7581ee6c0460b198eeba163bd7077f15464","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-78","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-76",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]