I Can Control Resources

"Don’t make baseless accusations!" Gao Neng was truly frustrated. ’What kind of damn coincidence is this?’ He had just come from the entrance. How could he be caught red-handed just like that?

Even the most cliché romance novels wouldn’t dare to write a plot like this!

’And most importantly, while I did technically spy on Yi Qinglian bathing, I didn’t see anything clearly! I missed all the good parts. Can you even call that peeping?’

For the sake of Yi Qinglian’s reputation...

He would deny it to his dying breath!

Gao Neng wanted to run.

But Yi Qinglian had no intention of letting Gao Neng just walk away. She remembered how that last slash had nearly killed her. Peeping was one thing, but did he have to break the bathtub to get a look?

How could a person be so shameless?

As for her reputation?

Yi Qinglian was from the West Alliance Yi Family. In the Western Alliance, some ways of thinking were actually a bit more open than in the Eastern Capital, a fact that was evident in her style of dress.

So, she wasn’t really all that bothered by it.

Her reason for stopping Gao Neng wasn’t that she was going to make a huge fuss about being peeped on; rather, she wanted to get justice for the matter.

After all, Gao Neng’s actions had gone a bit too far.

’If you’re going to peep, just peep properly. What was the point of breaking the tub?’

"It was you, and you still won’t admit it? You were the only one outside my door. Besides, I’ve seen your Spiritual Power Saber before. It couldn’t have been anyone else!" Yi Qinglian darted in front of Gao Neng to block his path. This time, she was genuinely frightened and furious.

"Spiritual Power Saber? I don’t know what you’re talking about! Besides, I just came from the entrance. The person who escorted me is just downstairs... huh? Where’d they go?" Gao Neng wanted to call the guard who brought him as a witness.

But as it turned out, the guard had no intention of lingering after dropping him off. He was part of a highly disciplined unit and had no interest in asking for a glass of water.

The moment Gao Neng arrived, the guard left immediately.

"Still trying to argue? What person? There’s no one here! You have to give me an explanation for this. Either you apologize to me in front of everyone, or we settle this privately. If we settle it privately, you’ll give me one thousand points... no, at least two thousand points!" Yi Qinglian demanded after a moment of thought.

"Two thousand points? What do you mean?" Gao Neng understood the first part, but he was a bit lost on what Yi Qinglian said after that.

"So you really don’t know? It’s a rule in the Underground City. One point is worth about one hundred thousand Alliance Coins. You S-ranked people each get ten thousand initial points upon entering the Underground City, while us A-ranks only get five thousand. Just transfer two thousand points to me, and we’ll call it even," Yi Qinglian explained.

"One point is one hundred thousand Alliance Coins? Then two thousand points... Holy crap, you’re trying to extort two hundred million out of me?!" Gao Neng’s brow furrowed slightly, then his jaw dropped in shock.

This Yi Qinglian really had some nerve.

Peeping on your bath costs two hundred million?

This is robbery!

However, the information Yi Qinglian revealed did bring Gao Neng a bit of joy.

’You get ten thousand points just for entering the Underground City?’

’Isn’t that the equivalent of one billion Alliance Coins?’

’So generous!’

’I wonder if there’s more later.’

"So unworldly. What are two hundred million? I want two thousand points, not two hundred million. If you’re willing, I’ll give you one billion to trade for your ten thousand points, and we can also let this matter slide. How about it?" Yi Qinglian’s tone became contemptuous when she heard Gao Neng mention two hundred million.

"No deal!" Gao Neng refused outright.

He wasn’t an idiot.

Yi Qinglian was willing to trade one billion for his ten thousand points. That meant those points must have some other use, or at least be worth more than a billion.

He had no intention of getting tangled up with Yi Qinglian any longer.

Gao Neng prepared to run again.

"Trying to run? Where do you think you’re going!" Yi Qinglian blocked him once more.

"If you dare block me again, I’ll punch you. Believe it?" Gao Neng raised his fist and waved it in front of Yi Qinglian’s face, his gaze flickering almost imperceptibly toward her chest.

In truth, he still felt a little guilty about the matter. After all, he really had accidentally seen Yi Qinglian bathing.

So, he had no real intention of fighting her.

He was just trying to scare her.

"Trying to scare me? Let me tell you, this is the Underground City, not the Federation Government. Here, the Yi Family’s influence is something you can’t afford to provoke!" Yi Qinglian’s confidence was not unfounded. And just as she said, the Underground City was nothing like the surface, because this was the true core of power for the sects and elite families.

A hundred years after the Great Cataclysm.

The Federation Government controlled the order in the City of Hope.

But the truly powerful were all concentrated within the Underground City, because this was where the resources were gathered.

And within the Human Alliance, the sects and elite families naturally had the most powerful members.

"Yi Qinglian, I’m telling you seriously, I did not peep on you bathing!" Gao Neng turned to leave, adding a silent amendment in his head, ’If I didn’t see anything, it doesn’t count as looking.’

"Help! Gao Neng peeped on me while I was bathing! Someone, help... Hurry, someone come!" Seeing Gao Neng about to force his way past, Yi Qinglian began to shout without any hesitation.

"Holy crap! This chick actually dared to shout!" Gao Neng’s expression changed slightly.

The main thing was, after Yi Qinglian let out that shout, he saw several familiar figures actually appear in the distance, and they were approaching fast.

Leading the group was Shaximo.

And next was...

Lin Ying?!

Following her was Zhang Hongying.

As an instructor, Zhang Hongying had of course also come to the Underground City. Upon hearing Yi Qinglian’s voice, she had rushed over at once.

Besides them, there were also quite a few Dragon List Geniuses.

However, Shen Ning’Er and Fang Tangtang didn’t appear right away. Based on the scene he had glimpsed earlier with his Spiritual Power, the two of them were likely busy with something in a room.

"Gao Neng, you finally decided to grace us with your presence?" Zhang Hongying’s eyes narrowed slightly the moment she saw him. She knew about Gao Neng going to the genetic weapons laboratory.

However, she also knew that it was just a "vanity project" with no real substance. Gao Neng’s request for leave to stay behind was just for show.

’In that case, two or three days should have been enough.’

But what happened? He took a full fifteen days!

Zhang Hongying was frustrated that he wasn’t living up to his potential.

"Instructor Zhang, Gao Neng was just peeping on me while I was bathing! Then, he used a Spiritual Power Long Saber to smash my bathtub and nearly killed me!" Yi Qinglian said immediately upon seeing Zhang Hongying.

"Gao Neng, you dare do such a thing?" Zhang Hongying’s expression changed.

"I said I didn’t peep... Do you guys believe me?" Gao Neng truly hadn’t expected this chick, Yi Qinglian, to dare make such a scene over this.

’Is there any point to this?’

’You were all covered up, I didn’t see anything, so why keep clinging to this? What are you trying to do?’

"It seems you think I’m going to be biased?" Zhang Hongying’s fists tightened slightly. She then continued, "I will naturally investigate the matter of you peeping on Yi Qinglian’s bath thoroughly. But you’re reporting in so late. Shouldn’t you do some self-reflection?"

"Reflect on what?" Gao Neng asked.

"On your pride and arrogance, on your condescension! Your talent is high, but what good is talent alone? How many geniuses in this world have ended up becoming mediocre? The Alliance is spending massive resources to cultivate you, but with an attitude like this, when will you ever reach Tier Six?! Tell me!" As an instructor, Zhang Hongying naturally had a duty to teach. She felt she had to make Gao Neng understand one thing: a genius who doesn’t work hard is just as useless as anyone else.

"Tier Six? I’ve already reached it," Gao Neng said, looking at Zhang Hongying with a hint of resignation.

"Huh?! You... you’re not... When did you break through to Tier Six Early Stage?" Zhang Hongying didn’t know that Gao Neng had broken through to Tier Six.

Because at the time, the only ones who knew were Shen Ning’Er and Fang Tangtang, and neither of them would have casually mentioned it to Zhang Hongying.

The others around them, including Shaximo and Lin Ying, were also quite shocked.

’He broke through again, this quickly?’

They all remembered that Gao Neng had only just broken through to Tier Five Late Stage a little over half a month ago. Normally, even for a genius, it should take at least two months, right?

But what was the result?

Half a month had passed.

And Gao Neng was already at Tier Six Early Stage.

And most importantly, they had all heard that Gao Neng had been taken to a laboratory for experiments. Could you break through just by being an experiment?

’Is he even human?’

"I broke through over ten days ago, I guess," Gao Neng said after a moment’s thought. He felt there was no need to hide it.

He wasn’t the type to "pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger."

Zhang Hongying was their instructor. No matter how annoyed he was about it, he had to acknowledge that. So, when she asked when he broke through to Tier Six, of course he had to answer honestly.

’Totally not trying to show off!’

"Over ten days ago?" Zhang Hongying clenched her jaw. This guy’s talent was simply inhuman. However, her goal this time was to teach Gao Neng the principle that even geniuses must be diligent. So, no matter how shocked she was inwardly, she couldn’t let it show too obviously on her face.

Otherwise, if this continued, Gao Neng would surely become even more arrogant.

’I have to knock him down a peg!’

’Otherwise, how can the training proceed?’

"You think breaking through to Tier Six Early Stage is such a big deal? You broke through over ten days ago. What have you been doing for the past ten-plus days? So what if you’re a genius? Do you think you’re the only one making progress? Yi Qinglian was Tier Six Early Stage when she arrived, and now she’s already at Tier Six Mid Stage! If you continue to be so arrogant and complacent, you’ll only be left further and further behind in the future!"

"Hmph!" Hearing this, Yi Qinglian lifted her chin. Although she knew she couldn’t beat Gao Neng, her tier was higher than his, wasn’t it?

"Instructor Zhang, I broke through to Tier Six over ten days ago, but I’m also at Tier Six Mid Stage now. Just as I was entering the Underground City, I very coincidentally happened to break through again." Gao Neng looked at the two of them, finding it a bit hard to watch, but he had no choice but to tell them the truth.

After all, this was his instructor.

’Can’t hide it!’