I Can Control Resources

Gao Neng didn’t stop her.

Because he really didn’t know what the "Explosion Core Principle" was. So, when Fang Tangtang offered to educate him, he was naturally happy to listen with an open mind.

Besides, it was a good chance to take a sip of water and calm his nerves.

"The Explosion Core Principle means you make the magnetic core explode!" Fang Tangtang said, snatching the exchange list. She put her hands on her hips, looking like she was giving a lecture to the world.

"PFFT!" The water Gao Neng had just taken a sip of sprayed directly onto Fang Tangtang’s face.

Make the magnetic core explode?!

That’s the Explosion Core Principle?

’More like the Suicide Principle!’

"Hey, Gao Neng! I, Death God Fang Tangtang, was kind enough to enlighten you, and you spit in my face?" Fang Tangtang froze for a moment, then flew into a rage, looking ready to fight him to the death.

"What Tangtang said isn’t entirely wrong, generally speaking. The Explosion Core Principle is about pushing the energy in the magnetic core to its absolute limit," Shen Ning’Er explained from the side.

"See? Even Sister Ning’Er says I’m right!" Fang Tangtang pouted.

"To its limit?" Gao Neng couldn’t be bothered with Fang Tangtang. Never mind that it was two against one right now; even one-on-one, he could easily pin her to the ground.

"Yes. Everyone’s magnetic core stores a ’variable amount’ of energy. Cultivation is the process of using this stored energy to ’magnetize’—or strengthen—the body," Shen Ning’Er continued to explain.

"Mm," Gao Neng nodded. He understood this principle. For example, his magnetic core stored more energy than Fang Tangtang’s.

"In a sense, the more energy a person’s magnetic core stores, the faster the magnetization process. For instance, a high-tier individual can use their magnetic core to heal injuries much faster than a low-tier one."

"And then?"

"The so-called Explosion Core Principle involves using external power to forcibly push the magnetic core’s energy to its limit. Cultivating in this state is much faster. Theoretically, the limit of each person’s magnetic core is 2.5 times its normal storage capacity. If you exceed this limit, the core will explode."

"Uh... So, all these items on the exchange list are to push me to my limit?" Gao Neng was finally starting to understand.

"That’s more or less it. The Alliance wants to cultivate more high-tier individuals within a year and a half, so they’re naturally going to throw resources at us like crazy to push everyone’s cultivation speed to the max!" Shen Ning’Er nodded.

"So that’s how it is." Gao Neng nodded, casually snatching the exchange list back from Fang Tangtang’s hands. Then, he looked it over carefully.

It listed all sorts of elixirs.

At first, Gao Neng didn’t quite get it, but after Shen Ning’Er’s explanation, he had a rough idea of what these elixirs were for.

"The Explosion Core Principle increases the speed of cultivation. However, if you want to smoothly transition from mid-tier to high-tier, you need to meet a few other conditions," Shen Ning’Er spoke up again.

"Conditions?" Gao Neng looked up.

"Yes. The biggest difference between high-tier and mid-tier is that mid-tier individuals can only invoke their ’attribute’ when using combat techniques. For example, your combat technique has the attribute: Thunder. When you use it, lightning appears. But high-tier individuals are different. Their bodies also contain ’Thunder.’ When they use a combat technique, their body and the technique form a specific cycle, causing the power to surge exponentially." Shen Ning’Er was very patient.

"I get it. To enter the high-tier, I need to develop the attributes within my body?" Gao Neng understood in an instant. He thought of Gui Zian.

On the battlefield, Gui Zian had once used a Domain combat technique.

A skill that could change the surroundings into something like an ’ocean.’ That skill must be a type of ’Water’ attribute.

Later, Gui Zian had gotten a Magnetic Crystal Ore from Gao Neng.

Its name was: Tear of the Great Sea.

At the time, Gui Zian had been extremely excited, claiming that this Magnetic Crystal Ore could increase his cultivation speed and strength.

Back then, Gao Neng hadn’t really understood the specific use of this type of Magnetic Crystal Ore. But now, hearing Shen Ning’Er’s words, he understood completely.

The Tear of the Great Sea could enhance the Water attribute within Gui Zian’s body.

"That’s right. Developing the attributes within one’s body is actually the hardest part. This is because ’raw materials’ that possess attributes are extremely rare. The exchange resources the Alliance is providing us are arguably the best available, but even so, you can see that there are very few raw materials with attributes on this list," Shen Ning’Er said.

Gao Neng said nothing. He now completely understood the plan Shen Ning’Er had laid out for him.

On the exchange list...

It was basically filled with Thunder-attribute raw materials.

For example: Fire Thunder Grass, Thunder Crystal Magnets, Thunder Lingzhi, Centennial Thunder Wood... and so on.

"Actually, everyone’s body has many hidden attributes. The most common are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Besides those, there are also thunder, wind, light, dark, and so on. Of course, there are also some special attributes, like gravity, repulsion, attraction, and Fang Tangtang’s ’human-form nuclear weapon’ attribute. However, due to limited resources, we generally choose only one or two attributes to develop," Shen Ning’Er explained.

"So if there were enough resources, could you develop every single attribute?" Gao Neng suddenly looked up when he heard this.

"Uh... theoretically, yes. But it’s very difficult in practice. After all, raw materials with attributes are just too scarce and generally hard to come by." Shen Ning’Er was taken aback for a second, but she still nodded.

"Ning’Er, what attributes did you choose to develop?" Gao Neng asked again.

"Me? Hmm, I chose Metal and Wind. Metal represents sharpness, and Wind can enhance that sharpness." Shen Ning’Er didn’t try to hide anything.

"Then if you had the resources to develop a third attribute, what would you choose?" Gao Neng thought for a moment before asking again.

"A third attribute? I’d probably choose Fire. Wind can fan the flames, and with Fire, my combat techniques could be expanded in new ways," Shen Ning’Er answered after some serious thought.

"Fire, huh?" Gao Neng nodded. His gaze shifted from Shen Ning’Er to Fang Tangtang, who was petting Gao Xiaomeng nearby. He gritted his teeth and finally said, "Ning’Er, if I told you I had Fire Crystal Ore—the really high-purity kind—would you believe me?"

"Hmm?" Shen Ning’Er was visibly stunned this time. She stared at Gao Neng with her bright eyes, then shook her head. "Of course I believe you. But one or two pieces of Fire Crystal Ore aren’t that useful. And even if you have it, without other supplementary raw materials, it’s very difficult to develop the Fire attribute in your body."

"What kind of raw materials are needed?" Gao Neng asked again.

"A whole lot. Look at the items on the exchange list. These elixirs are actually refined from several, or even a dozen, different raw materials. To develop the Fire attribute in your body, Fire Crystal Ore is just the most valuable raw material. But you also need others, like Fire Snake Grass, Earth Fire Lingzhi, and so on," Shen Ning’Er said, shaking her head.

"Then... what if I have them all?" Of course, Gao Neng didn’t have them right now. But he had the epic skill ’Origin.’ Based on its tested effects, as long as he could find some low-grade raw materials with even a hint of Fire attribute, he could directly evolve them into high-grade ones.

The prerequisite was that he had enough money.

But as the saying goes, any problem that can be solved with money isn’t a problem at all. And he currently had billions.

Besides, according to what Yi Qinglian told him before, the Alliance would issue them points monthly. With points, how could he be afraid of not having money?

And taking a huge step back...

As long as he had Fang Tangtang, he had money!

There was no need to worry about that at all.

"You have them all?" Shen Ning’Er was truly astonished now. Her gaze toward Gao Neng was filled with a strange, disbelieving expression.

"Hahaha, I said *if*," Gao Neng immediately realized he’d gone too far and quickly laughed it off.

"You gave me a scare. But even if you had all the raw materials, refining them into elixirs is an incredibly difficult task. Generally speaking, the success rate for refining Attribute Elixirs is never very high. The probability of failure is much higher than for other elixirs. The Attribute Elixirs the Alliance has stockpiled now have been accumulated over decades. If there were enough Attribute Elixirs, the Alliance wouldn’t have so few high-tier individuals," Shen Ning’Er replied, even though she knew Gao Neng was joking.

"If there were enough Attribute Elixirs, would the Alliance have many more high-tier individuals?" Gao Neng’s eyes lit up slightly when he heard this.

"Not absolutely, but definitely more than now," Shen Ning’Er said with certainty.

Gao Neng didn’t say anything else. He had subconsciously opened the second page of his Useless System’s attribute data panel.

Second Page Attributes:

Energy Material Collection Skill (Proficiency: 100%): Your fingers are perfectly nimble. Any energy materials you collect will not lose a single bit of energy.

Energy Material Identification Skill (Level: Perfect): As long as it has energy, you can detect it. No energy material can escape your eyes.

Energy Pill Manufacturing Technique (Success Rate 100%): You only need to know the composition of an Energy Pill, and you can manufacture it with 100% success.

’Energy Pill Manufacturing Technique, 100% success rate... Does this mean as long as I know the elixir’s recipe, I can create Attribute Elixirs with 100% success?’

Gao Neng stared at the attribute description.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to him. ’This Useless System is truly terrifying after its evolution. I wonder what it will evolve into next?’

’A single strike dealing 999 damage?’

’A 100% critical hit rate?’

’If that’s the case, should I try to issue a few more tasks and complete the Useless System’s third evolution?’

Evolution: 6/10.

’Does that mean I only need to complete four more tasks to evolve it?’

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