I Can Control Resources

Inspection, clear.

The Military Department was all about speed.

It didn’t take long before Gao Neng and the others were officially riding a bus into the base.

Gao Neng took in the sights of the military base with a sense of novelty. It was mostly constructed from some unknown alloy and concrete, and it looked incredibly sturdy.

Then, the bus stopped, and they were led into the base’s cafeteria.

More than 400 people sat nervously at the cafeteria tables.

This time, Lieutenant Chen came out in person instead of hiding in the surveillance room. ’Looks like Lieutenant Chen is in charge of this combat assessment,’ Gao Neng guessed.

"Let me formally introduce myself. My surname is Chen," Lieutenant Chen Bai said, his face calm and his tone serious. "My given name is Bai. You know, ’white,’ as in ’red, orange, yellow, green, blue... and paper.’"

"Chen Bai?" The students below looked at each other, completely dumbfounded.

"What, was my joke not funny?" Lieutenant Chen Bai looked puzzled.

"Heh heh..."

The students forced a few laughs.

If anyone else had said it, they probably would have laughed. But how were they supposed to laugh when he was making that deadpan face?

"Looks like you’re all very nervous. It’s fine, you can relax for now. After all, you’ll be even more nervous in a little while," Chen Bai continued.

The students remained silent.

"Alright, relaxation time is over. You have ten minutes to eat. Begin!"

"Huh...? Only ten minutes?!"

"Hurry up and eat!"

"I’m starving, but this food... tastes awful!"

A wave of complaints rippled through the room.

Chen Bai, however, stood on the stage, his gaze sweeping over the crowd below before finally landing on Gao Neng, who was also wolfing down his food. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Don’t choke... Eat slowly, there’s no rush... Everyone, eat a little less. We might have another meal later tonight. If you stuff yourselves now, you won’t have room for the whole roasted lamb."

"Huh? There’s whole roasted lamb?"

"Wow, that’s great!"

"I’ve never had whole roasted lamb before! I’m definitely going to gain five pounds this time!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The students’ eyes lit up at once.

Gao Neng, however, didn’t spare Chen Bai a single glance. He just kept shoveling rice and grabbing food. He felt Chen Bai wasn’t nearly insidious enough—a far cry from the Idiot System, at least.

’As if I’d believe you!’

’You tricky bastard, you’re up to no good!’

’The schedule for the combat assessment was perfectly clear: one and a half days. Knowing the Military Department’s style, there’s no way we’d get a break, probably not even time to sleep.’

’A whole roasted lamb? As if.’

...

「Forgotten Land, First Senior High School.」

While Gao Neng and the others were eating in the training base’s cafeteria, the grading of the theory exams back at First High was already reaching its conclusion. Dozens of military officers were hard at work grading the papers.

The exam papers of 452 students.

With the help of computers, it didn’t take too long.

The Military Department had always been swift and decisive. Whether it was the theory exam or the combat assessment, they would grade and announce the results on the same day.

The four subjects were split into four separate divisions for grading.

"Huh? I’ve got a perfect score here, not a single question wrong. Looks like the Forgotten Land has a genius or two," a voice said.

"What a coincidence... The one I’m grading is also a perfect score?"

"It can’t be that much of a coincidence, can it? The paper in my hands seems to be a perfect score too."

"Are we grading the same person’s exam...? Why do I have a perfect score here too?" the last officer asked, his expression strange.

...

And then, there was silence.

"It can’t be, right? If the four of us are grading the same person’s paper, doesn’t that mean this person got a perfect score on all four theory subjects?!"

...

「Suburbs, Military Training Base.」

Gao Neng and the others had just finished eating when the results of the theory exam were transmitted from First High. The speed was unbelievably fast.

"Alright, your theory exam results are in." After speaking, Chen Bai casually pointed to the display screen behind him, and lines of text appeared.

The scoring for the theory exam was a total of 150 points per subject, for a grand total of 600 points across four subjects.

When the students heard the results were out, they all turned to the screen. And then, many of them did a spit take with the food still in their mouths.

"PFFT!"

"No way?! 600 points... Who scored 600 points?!"

"The exam number is 0734! Who’s 0734?"

"It’s Gao Neng!"

"He got a perfect score of 600? How... I don’t believe it! Oh my god... I don’t believe it! He finished four exams in thirty minutes and still got a perfect score!"

When they saw the 600 at the very top, all the students looked at Gao Neng in disbelief.

He Haifan’s face went white.

His total score for the four subjects was 535, ranking him second.

Although he was ranked second, the gap between his total score and Gao Neng’s was a full 65 points.

"How could he score so high? It’s impossible... Ugh, it’s rigged! There has to be something shady going on! I don’t believe it!" He Haifan refused to believe it.

However, he also knew that the Military Department would never show favoritism. Moreover, the exam results were graded by different officers, with computer-assisted answer checking.

There was simply no way it could be rigged.

Unless... the entire Military Department was in Gao Neng’s pocket. But was that possible?

"Gao Neng is so amazing!" The female students were relatively calmer. Their eyes just sparkled, without much skepticism.

Faced with all this...

Gao Neng appeared very calm.

"Standard procedure. No need to be surprised. It’s just that the maximum score is only 600. Nothing to be done, that’s all I could get!" After saying his piece, he got up and began doing some calisthenics.

The combat assessment was about to start.

A little post-meal exercise would help with digestion.

...

Everyone fell silent.

Gao Neng said no more, because he had already received a notification from the system. ’A perfect score on all four subjects. If this doesn’t make me number one in the entire Alliance, I don’t know what will.’

"Congratulations, Host. You have completed: I Am the Overlord. You have received one Primary Treasure Chest."

"Open."

A Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill fell into his hand.

Gao Neng now had two Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills in his possession.

As for the final evolution mission, he had now successfully completed two parts. With only three more to go, he could evolve. Gao Neng was in a pretty good mood.

He started to imagine what would happen after he evolved.

’A Transformer? A loli robot? Or a set of Saint Seiya armor? At the very least, a mount that could fly through the sky and burrow through the earth wouldn’t be bad, right?’

’Hahaha... Once that happens, I can finally ditch this Idiot System, right? If I just stop accepting its quests, what’s the Idiot System gonna do to me?’ Gao Neng chuckled to himself.

He was a man of great patience.

Right now was his growth period, and his strength wasn’t yet sufficient. Although the Idiot System’s quests were a pain, the rewards were still good. This was the reason for his patience.

’As long as I get strong enough...’

’I’ll definitely abandon it and start enjoying life.’

’First, I’ll set a small goal...’

’Raise a few twin-tailed lolis in princess dresses, buy a big house surrounded by fields... Hmm, I’ll have to buy a car, too. Oh, and I have to buy my mom, Xu Zilan, some nice new clothes.’

’As for the Idiot System?’

’I’ll be super-duper strong by then. Who would be dumb enough to take on these kinds of shitty quests?’ Gao Neng thought, casually opening the third mission.

"Ultimate Mission 3/5: The Arrogant and Unruly Lone Wolf!"

"Mission Description: A true lone wolf will not allow any uncontrollable factors to exist around them. When night falls, your arrogance and insolence will be unleashed to their fullest."

"Completion Conditions: Take down over 10 proctoring military officers (including Chen Bai), whip them, and while you’re at it, take first place in the combat assessment."