I Can Control Resources

"Chen Bai, you damn hacker! You just wait, I’m going to destroy you!" What else could Gao Neng do? He could only run, desperately trying to break out of the encirclement.

"Don’t even think about running!" Li Caicai was incredibly tenacious, once again being the first to charge forward.

"Whoever stands in my way dies!" Gao Neng wasn’t holding back anymore. He didn’t care if she was a girl; he slammed his palm right into the charging little shrew’s chest.

BAM!

Li Caicai went down again.

"He won’t even spare a high school girl!"

"Lieutenant Chen has gone too far!"

"How despicable!"

The students all roared in anger.

"You’re damn right! I, Chen Bai, am exactly this kind of person! What are you going to do about it?" Gao Neng yelled.

"Get him! Everyone, get him together!" Compared to the tenacious Li Caicai, He Haifan was far more slippery. He yelled the loudest but stayed the farthest back.

"Human wave attack! We’ll use a human wave attack! Wear him down in rotations!" Mao Shan shouted just as fiercely, yet he only circled about, dodging left and right.

Gao Neng quickly figured out the situation.

He Haifan and Mao Shan were indeed among the stronger students in the group. However, both of them were more concerned with becoming the top scorer in the college entrance exams.

Therefore, these two were actually a good place to break through.

Gao Neng didn’t hesitate. After knocking Li Caicai down, he charged straight for He Haifan.

’He’s coming for me?!’ He Haifan’s face fell. His mind raced, but he ultimately gritted his teeth and blocked Gao Neng’s path.

"Behold, my Overlord’s Sky-Shattering Strike!" Gao Neng roared, throwing a punch.

"’Overlord’s Sky-Shattering Strike?!’" He Haifan’s expression changed again, and he instinctively took a step back.

’An opening!’ How could Gao Neng possibly pass up such a perfect opportunity? The instant He Haifan retreated, he closed the distance and swung his open palm.

SLAP!

The slap echoed with a crisp crack.

It left He Haifan completely dumbfounded.

’A trick...’

’What happened to the Overlord’s Sky-Shattering Strike?!’

He Haifan felt like crying.

Gao Neng paid him no mind, turning to flee the moment the slap landed.

"Damn it, he’s getting away!"

"After him!"

"Let’s surround him!"

The students immediately swarmed after him.

But Gao Neng was faster than any of the students. He was already running for his life at breakneck speed, sprinting forward without a single glance back.

’The kid’s pretty fast, huh? And he dares to tarnish my name?!’ Chen Bai wanted to grind his teeth in rage, but an octopus has no teeth... so all he could do was flail his eight tentacles.

He didn’t pursue, however, because his objective had already been met.

Making Gao Neng public enemy number one.

Put some pressure on him!

「...」

Gao Neng had plenty of stamina.

Normally, the students would never be able to catch him.

Unfortunately, the island wasn’t large—in fact, it was quite small. In a place like this, it was nearly impossible to escape an encirclement.

So, he was soon cornered once more.

And it was, once again, Li Caicai.

"..." Gao Neng was truly at a loss for words. He was finally learning what it meant to be on a woman’s bad side. This Li Caicai was just too relentless.

There was no other choice. He had to strike again.

BAM!

Li Caicai took another palm to the chest.

But just as Gao Neng thought he could escape again, Lv Guoyuan suddenly had a screw loose.

"Lieutenant Chen, I’ll fight you to the death!" Seeing Li Caicai get knocked down, Lv Guoyuan’s eyes went bloodshot. With a roar of "Where do you think you’re going?!" he charged forward like an enraged boar.

Of course, he really was a pig.

Except...

...he was a wild boar with two tusks.

THUD!

Gao Neng was rammed by Lv Guoyuan.

A dull ache spread through his chest.

’Double pain amplification... it hurts like hell...’

Right after, eight students swarmed in and surrounded him.

Gao Neng glanced around and saw three students from Second High, one from Fourth High, and four from Third High. There wasn’t a single student from First High.

’The students from Third High...’

’They’re so eager!’

Then again, it made sense. After all, Chen Bai had been impersonating him, Gao Neng.

At Third High, Gao Neng’s name carried a lot of weight. He was popular, handsome, a true leader who could rally others with a single call—an undisputed leading figure.

But right now, that was exactly what was giving Gao Neng a headache.

But what was that saying? Just when you think you’ve reached a dead end, a new path opens up.

Gao Neng was feeling that exact glimmer of hope right now, because the lone student from Fourth High who had joined the fray was, surprisingly, a girl.

’A girl...’

’She’s a treasure!’

Gao Neng had assumed most of the female students were already eliminated, making it nearly impossible to complete his mission of taking out four more of them. But now, he saw a glimmer of hope.

’Just four more, and I’ll get a spin on the Lucky Wheel!’ Gao Neng had no choice but to gamble, pinning all his hopes on that lucky draw.

Therefore, he had to take out four girls, no matter the cost!

And this girl from Fourth High was his first target.

"Let’s do this!" Gao Neng stopped holding back. He had now broken through the third human limit, and his power far surpassed this crowd.

While taking down all eight of them would still take some effort, he was confident he could eliminate one if he focused all his power on them.

Speed!

Absolute speed!

Ignoring the dull ache in his chest, Gao Neng took a single large step and appeared right in front of the girl from Fourth High.

"The wind sighs, the river runs cold; the hero departs, never to return!" the Fourth High girl shrieked, charging forward instead of retreating and throwing a palm strike at Gao Neng.

"..." Gao Neng answered with a whip kick.

THWACK!

The girl from Fourth High dropped to her knees.

At the same time, a fist slammed into his back.

"Broadcast Calisthenics, Section Five: Trunk Rotation!" With a backhand slap, Gao Neng sent the Second High student who had ambushed him flying.

In fact, he’d figured it out during his battle with Chen Bai in the lake: life and death in this Virtual Battlefield were determined by a red health bar.

Just like in a video game.

Once the health bar was empty...

...it was GAME OVER.

Right now, his own health bar was already down by a third.

Therefore, what he needed to do now was find a way to replenish his health while fighting.

’Another move...’

’Leg-Lifting Exercise!’

THUMP!

The kneeling girl from Fourth High took another kick right to the face. She was sent flying like a rubber ball.

The other students around them were stunned by Gao Neng’s bizarre moves.

"Do Lieutenant Chen’s moves look like... broadcast calisthenics to you?"

"It’s so effective! You can actually fight with broadcast calisthenics? Or is Lieutenant Chen just refusing to use the Military Department’s techniques because he thinks it’d be bullying us?"

"Who cares! If Lieutenant Chen is holding back, that’s our chance!"

Despite their surprise, the students charged in again.

Meanwhile, Gao Neng, while "performing" his broadcast calisthenics, grabbed the downed female student and began wailing on her. A punch, a kick, another punch, another kick...

Soon, the Fourth High girl’s health bar was empty.

"Ahh... I, Qin Xiaobei, have finally made a glorious sacrifice!" the girl shouted, a faint smile on her face as she died peacefully.

’Happy, even in death? What is wrong with her?’ Gao Neng really couldn’t comprehend what went on inside that girl’s head.

Cruel Hands Against Fair Maidens: 27/30

’Three more to go!’

Gao Neng’s gaze shifted to where Li Caicai had been, only to find she was gone.

’Huh?’

’Where did Li Caicai run off to?’

’Er... that Lv Guoyuan guy... Don’t tell me he has a crush on Li Caicai?’ Looking to his right, Gao Neng saw Lv Guoyuan carrying Li Caicai over his shoulder, sprinting into the distance.

’A wild boar carrying a little shrew?’

What a picture-perfect moment.