[{"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-94":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},1942827,2690,"Chapter 94: Exaggerated Combat Power, The Shocked Ailiya","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-94",94,"\u003Cp>In Ailiya's mind, Su Yu was definitely a trump card-level figure of the human race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could he receive such a reception from Her Majesty the Empress?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even get this Elf Princess specially ordered to serve as a tour guide for the Endless Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the information displayed on the projection from the lord terminal before her eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>compared to what Ailiya had imagined,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was completely two opposite extremes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was like encountering a beggar on the roadside, you smilingly handing him a steamed bun,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only to discover that it was Your Majesty whom you had just bowed to this morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also like encountering a lofty angel,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you making a wish to him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>suddenly discovering that this wasn't any angel, but a Goblin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absurd sense of shock,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>caused Ailiya's brain to momentarily lose its ability to think,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>making her appear dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the information within the lord terminal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did it mean... 'Most Deserving-to-Be-Punched Lord Ranking' Number One?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Su Yu's reputation so wretched within the human race?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As elves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ailiya and this class of elves greatly valued honor and reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not to the extent of \"a scholar can be killed but not humiliated\",\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were still rather noble and pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not compete for empty fame for profit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nor were they willing to bear a sullied name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with a sullied name, in Ailiya's eyes, were the more vile sort of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, recently within the elf race, Carol,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could he, a 150-developed lord for thirty years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lose to Moonfall from the 11520 session \"Never Fallen\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the fact that one of the Seven Great Races, the Divine Beast Race, also lost later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol would definitely suffer even more ostracism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus Ailiya couldn't understand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu... should belong to the more vile category within the human race, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>did Her Majesty the Empress order her to receive him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even going so far as to issue the \"Highest Imperial Command\" to welcome him, this was truly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ailiya was both curious and puzzled,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>clicked open the forum posts about Su Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing those foul, dirty words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her ears slightly flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That, that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ailiya looked towards Su Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu was gazing at the clusters of leaves bigger than himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't you properly compete in the matches?\" Ailiya asked seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Your human selection tournament…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh right! You reminded me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu opened his lord terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't fought his selection match today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he wasn't planning to fight it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Manager, I'd like to request a leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu sent a message to the manager overseeing his competition zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the 23 new-era lords among humanity who possesses a legendary hero,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his message was responded to quickly by the manager, and no difficulties were imposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For how long?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… the duration isn't certain, let me take a long one first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After requesting the leave, Su Yu put down the terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He registered for the 【All-Human Civilization Lords Selection Tournament】 relying on Xilu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xilu is absent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the matching conditions cannot be met, and thus he cannot enter the simulated battles set up by humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would equate to losing his qualification to compete,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so he could only request a leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu didn't take this matter seriously either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, lately every day he just went in to make a cursory appearance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the opponents surrendered quickly, and he gladly enjoyed the leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?” Ailiya looked curiously at Su Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lords cannot view each other's lord terminals unless the other agrees to show you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Requested a leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A leave for the selection tournament.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ailiya was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a moment ago we were talking about you not being serious about competing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and now you take a leave right after…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans… shouldn't they all be very vain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At certain times, they value reputation even more than the elves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and even use reputation to gain benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How… does this guy seem completely indifferent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ailiya recalled words her elf teacher once said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person, if they completely disregard reputation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>either, they are so powerful they are unattainable to look up to, disdain the world, aloof and solitary for a lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A divine dragon naturally wouldn't care about ants' thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, they have abandoned themselves, completely given up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once accustomed to vilification, it becomes indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu… which type does he belong to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ailiya's heart grew increasingly itchy with curiosity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she quietly activated her ability,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wanting to disperse the fog shrouding this human male,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to see him clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Elf World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress's palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf Empress Miliyagese, who returned from the battlefield of myriad realms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was in a very good mood,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shedding her usual gloom, her face radiant with smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Empress Your Majesty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An aged voice sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miliyagese said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elderly elf, leaning on a cane, walked into the grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too old, withered and gaunt, covered in wrinkles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the elves with their long lifespan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even without cultivation, they can live for thousands of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it is hard to imagine seeing such an old person among the elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miligras stood up to greet her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, why today... have you used the 'Highest Imperial Edict' to welcome a single human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf Grand Elder, who had lived for untold thousands of years, was filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Miligras was not a foolish ruler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf race was gradually declining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miligras had managed to prevent the Elf race from falling below the top ten thousand among all races,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which was already an extraordinary achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Elder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miligras smiled and supported the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was very young, the Grand Elder had already been this old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't know how long the Grand Elder had lived either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only knew that the Grand Elder, like herself, was a being with eternal life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why he appeared so old, it was unknown;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were rumors that he had glimpsed the Mandate of Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven cannot be glimpsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aged appearance was the backlash from Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the smile on Miligras's face, the Grand Elder felt even more puzzled inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That human can lead our Elf race to rise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without offering any extra explanation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miligras only said this one sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the Grand Elder's eyes widened enormously, his cloudy gaze instantly becoming sharp and spirited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf Queen never speaks idle words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew what this statement implied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To... to what extent can we rise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Elder's voice trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miligras looked at the Grand Elder, who had devoted his entire life and exhausted all his efforts for the Elf race,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and said with a smile: \"Perhaps... back to the peak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf race returning to its peak?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would mean ascending to the Divine Seat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>becoming the second greatest race among all realms?!\u003C\u002Fp>",1155,"2026-06-15T04:16:02.203Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","88be672496be3a3296b65482b2408ab4b60a77450cab458bfe8c94b3b2a9c748","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-95","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-93",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]