Chapter 1189: Thousand Trillion Troops!

Chapter 1189: A Quadrillion Troops!

In the multiverse chieftain channel,

many chieftains from the myriad races watched as even the top-bloodline chieftains were now bowing and pleading to the Sun-Blaze Chieftain. Without understanding why, a strange sense of relief—almost exhilaration—began to surge through their hearts.

What difference does it make if they come from the most elite bloodlines?

Before the Sun-Blaze Chieftain, they are no different from us!

No longer hesitating, they swiftly pulled out their reserve supplies and began trading with Zhouzhou.

To be frank,

their populace numbers were nowhere near as vast as Zhouzhou’s, so their reserve stock was actually quite substantial.

Moreover, compared to grain, the essence of mist was truly the ultimate currency. And since Zhouzhou hadn’t raised prices at all, excluding the competitive tensions between chieftains, they genuinely found themselves eager to trade with him.

Seeing that the chieftains from across the multiverse were now willing to trade grain with him, Zhouzhou nodded with satisfaction.

None of the lords who had survived to this day were simple creatures. With their grain secured, he should be able to alleviate a portion of his own food crisis.

An idea struck Him, and he typed out a question:

[Human Race - Lord of the Blazing Sun (King of Kings) (Channel Administrator): By the way, what were the rewards in your faction's pinnacle treasure chests? Was it also the "Hero Reincarnation Scroll"?]

[Earth Martial Race - Ice Fist Lord: I didn't reach the pinnacle, but I'm curious too. Seconding the question.]

[Cloth Demon Race - Lust Demon Lord: Does Your Majesty wish to purchase "Hero Reincarnation Scrolls"? No lord would willingly sell such a precious treasure.]

[Five Lights Race - Refine Light Lord: Indeed, I've conversed with a few foreign friends who reached the pinnacle. The chests all yielded "Hero Reincarnation Scrolls." I obtained ten copies and have used them all. Now, ten heroes stand within my Refine Light Kingdom. Could it be that Your Majesty's chest yielded something else?]

[Wind Nether Race - Gale Splitter Lord: I reached the pinnacle across three kingdom factions, which granted me three pinnacle chests. They yielded thirty copies of the "Hero Reincarnation Scroll." I've used twenty and kept ten. If Your Crown Prince wishes to buy them, it's not entirely out of the question, but as for the price... heh, Your Crown Prince, these scrolls can call forth the heroic predecessors of my own race. If you want them, you must add Mist Hearts!]

[Sword God Race - Abyssal Lord: No way? Seriously? Is there really a lord out there thinking of selling "Hero Reincarnation Scrolls"? This treasure is one of the essential requisites for establishing a kingdom in the future!]

Zhou Zhou remained silent. He simply took a photo of the one thousand newly reincarnated human heroes, blurred it slightly, and posted it directly into the All Races Lord Channel.

[Human Race - Lord of the Blazing Sun (King of Kings) (Channel Administrator): This is what I pulled. Not counting the heroes I already had before.]

[Six-Winged Scythe Insect Clan - King of the Axe: Whoa!]

[Divine Rainbow Clan - Master Hong Moon: Whoa!]

[Heavenly Water Clan - Former Master: Whoa!]

[Lunar Light Clan - Zero Master: Whoa!]

...

The masters all gasped in astonishment.

Though their languages differed, the translation function of the Universal Clans' Master Channel rendered the message clearly and uniformly.

The masters who had first heard that Zhou Zhou intended to acquire the "Hero Resurrection Scroll" from the hands of the clan masters—now, upon seeing this collection of 1,000 human hero figures—were silent.

Each of them now possessed a full thousand human heroes. This number alone came from the top-tier faction treasure chest. They could scarcely imagine how many heroes Zhou Zhou might have in total.

Under such circumstances, would Zhou Zhou still need their precious "Hero Resurrection Scroll"?

To have or to want—either way, it's fine.

After all, who would begrudge the presence of heroes?

Still, not having them would be no issue either.

Zhou Zhou truly did not need the three nuts and two dates held by their hands.

Moreover, these lords understand that heroes are one of the foundational elements of establishing a kingdom—something every lord without a nation must possess. They would undoubtedly inflate the price of such heroes.

Thus, unless one genuinely needed to build a kingdom, no one would willingly become a burdened pawn.

In any case, Zhou Zhou, lacking heroes, had no desire to become such a pawn.

Then, he glanced through the channel of the myriad clans’ lords, observing that grain trading was proceeding smoothly, and closed the channel, waiting for the next activity to arrive.

But just then, a voice from outside the hall rang out:

“Reporting to the Majesty.”

"General Bai Yun requests to see the Emperor."

"Let him in."

Zhou Zhou said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Aniya spoke respectfully.

Soon.

Bai Yun arrived.

"Reporting to the Emperor, the mother-monster of the Crimson Nidus has been defeated. This is all our collected spoils."

He respectfully held three world rings in his hands.

Zhou Zhou's mind stirred as he saw the three rings appear in the palms of his hands.

His divine consciousness delved into it.

There, within one of the world rings, lay vast quantities of iron-eating bear pet eggs, tree-heart gems, and other spoils of war.

In the other two rings, one contained 120 quadrillion copies of the "Yellow Seal Army Recruitment Manual" and 120 quadrillion copies of the "Storm Spirit Recruitment Manual," while the other housed 120 quadrillion copies of the "Yellow Seal Army Promotion Certificate" and 120 quadrillion copies of the "Storm Spirit Promotion Certificate!"

Zhou Zhou gazed at the sheer volume of recruitment documents and promotion certificates, nodding in satisfied approval.

The title of "Supreme King of Kings" had indeed increased the spoils of war by one-third!

If all these recruitment books and promotion certificates were fully converted into new troops, simply within one day, He would gain an additional 480 quadrillion soldiers!

His existing military strength had already reached over 512 billion soldiers.

Adding these forthcoming 480 billion new recruits would bring His total force to a staggering 992 quadrillion soldiers!

"Today, I'll just randomly recruit a few more troops, and my forces will officially cross the threshold into the quadrillion scale!"

"Originally, I had planned this milestone would take two days to reach—yet, fate has a way of turning on a dime. It's already happened in just one day!"

Zhou Zhou's lips curled into a smile.

A trillion-scale army!

Plus two million plus divine beings and over a thousand true gods!

Shouldn't this rival some weaker high-tier god-kingdom lord factions?

He didn't waste time. Directly, he tossed the world ring containing the promotion certification into Bai Yun's hands, instructing her to convert the reserve soldiers within the territory into Storm Spirits and Yellow Seal Dao Soldiers, and then further promote the Storm Spirits into Curse Spell Masters.

Meanwhile, before the new activity details were announced, he arrived at the Summoning Gate, summoned a Cosmic Emperor-class vessel, and only then cast the 240 trillion recruitment documents into the gate. Using 100 mid-tier god-level divine crystals, he summoned all 240 trillion new recruits and stationed them within the internal world of the Cosmic Emperor vessel.

Then, through a virtual screen, he briefly conversed with these new recruits—just a few words—and sent Zero and the troops to the Curse Spell God statue.

Next, Zhou Zhou spent another 100 mid-tier god-level divine crystals to summon today’s new subjects from the Summoning Gate, placing all 21,650,500 new subjects aboard a Galaxy-class vessel.

This time, he didn’t check how many among them were practitioners.

As long as there were the 11 fixed mid-tier god-level divine spirits summoned automatically—that would be enough.

Then He arrived at the Lord's Marketplace.

There, Zhou Chengmin sat before the counter, his eyes heavy with drowsiness.

Zhou Zhou approached him and tapped the counter.

"Wake up, wake up."

"Work hours have started," He said.

Zhou Chengmin lifted his head with a dazed, weary expression, and then saw Zhou Zhou. Instantly, his face twisted with pain. "Why are we working again?"

Zhou Zhou looked at Him with disdain.

"Working under the Supreme Will and the salary I've given you—no more than fifteen minutes a day. The rest of your time is spent playing games. Do you still complain?"

Zhou Chengmin said nothing, merely smiled smugly.

Then He stood up, fishing out three purple boxes from beneath the counter.

Zhou Zhou reached out to open the boxes, asking, "Why so sleepy?"

"Played all through the night."

"I knew it."

"Is Your Majesty coming tonight? I just discovered a great two-player game, absolutely blockbuster fun, and the key is that you can unlock achievements!"

"Who is playing a two-player game with you... Tell me the name, I will go back and play it with Li Ya."

"...Inseparable."

Zhou Zhou: "..."

This old man really stopped at nothing to unlock achievements, even willing to play a game so obviously meant for a man and a woman with another man.

Speechless in his heart, Zhou Zhou cast his gaze upon the items inside the three purple boxes.