I Can Control Resources

’These two clowns are really getting into it, huh?’

Gao Neng had seen people use their ultimate moves the moment they came online, but he’d rarely seen anyone be this flamboyant right off the bat.

What’s more, the Crocodile had actually been bluffed by the Zebra. After a stunned moment, it fell to the ground with a THUD.

"Student Gao Neng, I was wrong! I’m actually Zhang Xiaotian, a student from Year Three, Class Three, right next to your Class Two. We’ve met before, you remember me, right?"

"You’re Zhang Xiaotian?" The Zebra tilted its head back, looking down on the Crocodile.

"Yes, yes, yes, I really am!" The Crocodile groveled, its previous arrogance completely gone. "Student Gao Neng, please carry me! I want to team up with you."

"Team up? We’ll have to see if you’re even qualified." The Zebra looked smug.

Gao Neng was starting to lose his patience.

’There’s a giant yellow duck standing right in front of you two clowns. Can’t you see me?’

’Are you blind!’

He decided to let this Crocodile and Zebra have a good taste of his webbed feet!

Just as he was about to strike...

Another shout came from behind him.

"Where’s Student Gao Neng? Where is Student Gao Neng?!" A Golden Snub-nosed Monkey shot out from the woods, its eyes bulging and its mouth pursed in a cutesy pout.

"I’m Gao Neng. Who are you?" the Zebra asked, its expression hostile.

"Li Caicai! My name is Li Caicai! Do you remember me, Student Gao Neng? I’m a student from the girls’ high school. We even took a picture together! Please, Student Gao Neng, let me team up with you! I’ll do whatever you say!"

"Oh? Li Caicai, I know you. You took second place in the girls’ high school’s last physical fitness test! Right?" The Zebra seemed to recall something.

"Yes, yes, that’s me! But compared to Student Gao Neng, my strength is, well, just like my name implies—pretty ’green.’ But I’ll work hard to be a good assistant for Student Gao Neng! After all, my power burst is 295. As long as I don’t run into He Haifan from First High, I’ll be fine!" the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey nodded immediately.

"A power burst of 295?! Hmm... acceptable. And you?" A flash of excitement crossed the Zebra’s eyes before it turned its head toward the Crocodile.

"Mine’s 267!" the Crocodile said instantly.

"Alright. Seeing as you’re both being honest, I’ll carry you." The Zebra finally nodded. "But remember this: you must listen to me. If you dare to sneak attack me from behind or run away mid-fight, don’t blame me for being ruthless and forgetting we’re all students. Got it?"

"Got it, got it!"

The Crocodile and the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey nodded at once.

Gao Neng watched from the side, completely dumbfounded. ’These three are such drama queens!’

’Eye of Deprivation!’

’It can see through any disguise!’

Gao Neng had originally thought it could only see through things like the Makeup Technique, but he never expected the skill could even see the person hidden underneath the animal avatar with perfect clarity.

’The so-called student from the girls’ high school, Li Caicai...’

The Golden Snub-nosed Monkey’s true identity was a short, ugly Fatty. If he wasn’t mistaken, it was probably some nameless student from Fourth High.

And the Crocodile wasn’t Zhang Xiaotian from Third High, either.

As for this Zebra...

Gao Neng had to admit he was a little impressed. The Zebra was the actual student from the girls’ high school. She had wavy, curly hair and a few freckles on her face.

"Huh? There’s a yellow duck here?" The Crocodile seemed to have finally noticed Gao Neng’s presence. It leaped back a meter.

"QUACK, QUACK..." Gao Neng called out twice.

"Oh, it’s just a wild duck. Scared me for a second. Why don’t we kill it and have a barbecue? Didn’t Lieutenant Chen say we needed to find food?" The Crocodile breathed a sigh of relief.

"You don’t find food, you take it! We’ll go over there and recruit a few more people. Once we have the numbers, will we still have to worry about food?" the Zebra shot the Crocodile a cold look and began to issue commands.

"Student Gao Neng is right!" the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey immediately chimed in, sucking up.

"Alright, let’s go." The Zebra seemed to be enjoying this sense of accomplishment. Without giving Gao Neng so much as a second glance, it held its head high and prepared to turn and leave.

The Crocodile and the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey immediately followed.

Gao Neng watched as the three idiots turned their backs to him. A thought sighed through his mind: ’Duck feet... are they better braised, steamed, or stewed?’

’Battered it is!’

’Not only does that make them tender and flavorful, but I can also complete the "Ruthless Flower-Destroyer" task.’

Gao Neng made his decision.

First, he’d take out the Zebra from the girls’ high school!

BANG!

A bright yellow, webbed foot kicked the back of its head.

The Zebra, completely defenseless, was sent flying by the kick. It rolled twice on the ground before its head smashed into a rock.

THUD!

A painful blow to the head!

"AHHH!!!" The Zebra let out a squeal like a pig being slaughtered. It clutched its head and rolled around on the ground, clearly in immense pain.

’Looks like what Chen Bai said about the pain being doubled... must be true!’ Gao Neng didn’t stick around to watch. In a one-on-three fight, he didn’t actually have much of an advantage.

’I have to take one out first!’

So, he darted forward and was in front of the Zebra again. Then, he lifted his webbed feet and began frantically kicking the Zebra’s head, chest, butt, stomach, face...

A flurry of violent kicks.

As the old saying goes: to be merciful to your enemy is to be cruel to yourself. Besides, he had already given a heads-up to the girls’ high school principal, Xue Jingjing, and even included a gift of one thousand Alliance Coins.

’Xue Jingjing definitely won’t blame me.’

’After all, people like him, who were polite before resorting to violence, were a rare breed indeed.’

"Ahhh... spare me! It hurts... it hurts so much... Don’t kick my chest... It’s gonna burst..." the Zebra begged for mercy. Then, its body went limp and vanished on the spot.

"..."

The Crocodile and the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey.

’What the hell?!’

’Student Gao Neng... got killed by a duck?!’

’Good heavens!’

’What a savage duck!’

’So the animals in this battlefield are all this powerful? If even Student Gao Neng was killed, wouldn’t that mean they don’t stand a chance?’

ROAR!

A beast’s roar echoed from the jungle.

A twenty-meter-tall Tyrannosaurus Rex poked its head out of the jungle. Its cold eyes scanned its surroundings, and its sharp teeth sent a chill down the spine.

The faces of the Crocodile and the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey turned pale.

’Not only is there a savage duck, but there’s also a powerful Tyrannosaurus Rex?!’ The two exchanged a look and, without a moment’s hesitation, turned and fled.

’Trying to run?’ How could Gao Neng let his prey escape? Even if these guys didn’t add points to his "Ruthless Flower-Destroyer" task, they were still kills for the combat assessment.

BANG!

One kick from a webbed foot took down the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey.

BANG!

Another webbed-foot kick!

The Crocodile went down too.

What followed was a rain of kicks and wing slaps.

"Ah... Lord Duck, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have called you a wild duck... Ah, it hurts! Am I going to die?! Spare me, Lord Duck..."

"This is a foul! The duck is killing people! This combat assessment is unfair... Ah, don’t hit my face! It hurts, it really, really hurts..."

Finally, the voices stopped.

The Golden Snub-nosed Monkey and the Crocodile had successfully followed the Zebra.

Gao Neng flapped his wings, preened his feathers, and then looked up at the Tyrannosaurus Rex rampaging through the jungle in the distance.

For a moment, a wry smile appeared in his eyes.

Thanks to his Eye of Deprivation, he could clearly see that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was actually an Examiner from the Military Department.

He had actually guessed that the Examiners from the Military Department would likely get involved. The so-called "teaming up" was a complete sham, because the more people you grouped with, the bigger a target you became.

’These Examiners were here to "clear the field."’

Because this combat assessment was a battlefield survival simulation, it would be just like a real battlefield—accidents could happen at any time. These Examiners *were* the accidents.

’But still...’

’Isn’t this going a bit too far?’

’We get to be ducks, zebras, crocodiles, and golden snub-nosed monkeys... while you guys get to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex?!’

’This stupid System, it wants me to slay a dragon!’

’No, wait!’

’It wants me to *whip* a dragon!’