I Can Control Resources

’Another one of these impressive-sounding descriptions, but in practice, it’s just appending an "attribute." What good is that?’ Gao Neng was filled with scorn.

Besides, he felt like this skill overlapped with his ’Source’ ability.

Or rather, the ’Source’ ability already included...

Wait!

’It seems they’re not the same!’

The ’Source’ ability was for upgrading materials; only after a material was upgraded would it possess an ’attribute.’ Essentially, it could be classified as an ability of evolution and devolution.

But this Infinite Possibility was different.

Its description was to append an ’attribute.’

Which meant...

"I get it!" Gao Neng’s eyes suddenly lit up. His initial scorn instantly turned to elation. ’Infinite Possibility... it really *is* infinite possibilities!’

The name of this skill was simply too perfect!

’Infinite Possibility meant forcibly appending an ’attribute’ to something that could never have had one to begin with. If that wasn’t infinite possibilities, what was?’

Gao Neng thought for a moment and understood just how powerful this skill was.

Then, he saw the change on his Attribute Panel.

Special Skill: Infinite Possibility (Intermediate).

’As expected, this skill could be upgraded further.’

Of course, that wasn’t the main point right now. The point was how Gao Neng could use this new skill to break out of his current predicament.

’Append attribute... It means I can add attributes like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to anything, right? So, does air count as a thing? I guess so... In that case, what attribute should I append to the air? Water? If I turn this highly compressed air into highly compressed water... could I just swim through it?’ Gao Neng’s imagination ran wild.

It seemed to fit with Gui Zian’s martial art of swimming through the air.

But he felt like something was wrong with that idea.

’What’s the density of air?’

’And what’s the density of water?’

It was a physics problem.

Gao Neng was a top student, so of course he knew the answers to these two questions.

And with that, the problem became clear.

This Natural Magnetic Zone had already compressed the air to the point where he was completely immobilized, creating an invisible cage of air.

And if he were to append the ’water’ attribute to this air...

’Wouldn’t that be like turning this air cage into... a "Jell-O cage"? And a frozen solid one at that.’

"Ugh..." A chill ran down Gao Neng’s spine. He felt like he had just narrowly avoided killing himself. ’Can a person even swim in frozen Jell-O?’

’The water attribute is a no-go!’

’Setting aside whether he’d be crushed to death, breathing alone would become an issue.’

’What about metal?’

’Also no good!’

’Earth...’

Pass!

’Wood?’

’Fire...’

’It seemed like none of them would work!’

This was awkward. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were all out. What attribute was he supposed to append then? ’Don’t tell me I have to use light and darkness?’

Wait a second.

’Attributes... It seems they aren’t just limited to metal, wood, water, fire, earth, or even light and darkness.’

Infinite Possibility.

’It meant that *any* attribute could be appended.’

’In that case, what about a repulsion attribute? Or an elasticity attribute? An extension attribute, a gravity attribute...’

Wait.

Gravity!

"I think I have an idea!" Gao Neng’s eyes lit up again. He considered his current situation: he was essentially being crushed in place by incredibly dense air.

’If he could change the ’weight’ of the air in front of him, wouldn’t that air be affected by ’gravity’ and continuously fall downward?’

If the air in front of him fell...

...then he would fall along with it.

That way, he could move.

And as long as he could move...

...the stalemate would naturally be broken!

’I’m a genius! I can’t just make the air in front heavier; I can also make the air elsewhere lighter. With one falling and the other rising, I’ll be even faster!’ The more Gao Neng considered it, the more feasible his plan seemed. Without further hesitation, he decided to put it into action.

’After all, just adding some weight definitely wouldn’t kill him.’

With a single thought.

He began to control the Infinite Possibility skill.

’Make the air in front of me heavier, and make the surrounding air lighter!’ Gao Neng recited silently in his mind, as this was how he used his skills.

"Notification: The use of Infinite Possibility will incur a fee based on the scope of its application. To make the air in front heavier will cost 200,000 Alliance Coins per minute. To make the surrounding air lighter will cost 600,000 Alliance Coins per minute. Does the host wish to use the Infinite Possibility skill?" a mechanical voice quickly rang out.

"Son of a bitch, I knew it! You damn troll of a system, I knew there was no such thing as a free lunch! You just tricked me into upgrading this skill, didn’t you?" Gao Neng was stunned for a moment before exploding in rage.

’What a fucking rip-off!’

’Before, using this skill didn’t cost him a thing. But now that it was upgraded, money was just being thrown away like it was nothing.’

200,000 plus 600,000, that’s 800,000.

And that was just for one minute.

This was daylight robbery!

Even hiring a celebrity in the Human Alliance wouldn’t cost 800,000 a minute!

"Ding! Host’s intense resentment has been detected. Would you like to revert Infinite Possibility back to Infinite Energy Appendage? This reversion is completely free of charge," said the mechanical voice.

"..." Gao Neng was speechless.

’What kind of troll logic was this?’

’I risked my damn life to get to 12,000 meters and upgrade to an intermediate skill, and now you’re offering to revert it back to a beginner skill for free?’

’What was it thinking?’

"It’s just money, and I have plenty of it! Use the Infinite Possibility skill, now!" Gao Neng cut the crap. Any problem that money could solve wasn’t a real problem.

HUM!

The troll of a system didn’t reply.

But a wave of energy rippled outwards.

And then, Gao Neng felt his body suddenly plummet downwards.

He was moving!

And super fast, at that.

It was like jumping off a building.

More importantly, Gao Neng felt the force crushing him dissipate significantly. Although there was still some pressure, he was now able to move.

’Increase the weight of the air in front and make the surrounding air even lighter!’ Gao Neng recited in his mind.

Sure enough, his speed increased again.

Not only that,

the Flying Earth Dragon also broke free from its predicament at this moment.

It spread its two massive wings and dove downwards.

"Gao Neng, how did you do that?" Gao Xiaomeng exclaimed, her two cat-like claws digging tightly into Gao Neng’s shoulders.

"With pure skill, of course," Gao Neng said, tilting his head up slightly.

"Can you teach me?"

"Nope!"

"What happened to ’misery loves company’?"

"Even so, I can’t let you get too full of yourself. You might just fly away."

"That... actually makes a lot of sense."

"..." Gao Neng said no more. As he continued to dive, he soon spotted a pile of Magnetic Crystal Ore hidden in the cliff face.

No, it wasn’t Magnetic Crystal Ore.

It was a special kind of ore that had an attribute.

Gao Neng couldn’t determine the specifics yet, but he was certain these ores were related to the surrounding Natural Magnetic Zone.

’Should he continue diving, or stop to mine first?’

The choice wasn’t difficult.

Gao Neng wasn’t short on money, but he needed money. The reason was that he had already figured out the further his troll of a system upgraded, the more of a money-sink it would become.

Although he currently had several billion...

...he couldn’t afford to keep spending it like this.

Most importantly, if he managed to survive this, he would definitely have to spend a huge sum of money after getting out—a sum that might even exceed ten billion.

Because he was going to use his ’Source’ ability like crazy.

"You’d have to be an idiot not to mine ore when you see it!" Gao Neng had the Flying Earth Dragon stop and land amidst the pile of ore, then began to mine frantically.

THUD!

THUD! THUD!

The sounds of mining rang out.

Meanwhile, Li Tiannan was also rushing downward.

Five thousand meters.

No sign of Gao Neng.

Six thousand meters.

Still no sign.

Most importantly, Li Tiannan discovered a problem.

From the moment he started his descent until now, he hadn’t found a single thing in the entire Demon Abyss—not one attributed material, not one piece of Magnetic Crystal Ore, not even a stray hair.

’That brat... is he really that insane?!’ Li Tiannan was shocked. He truly hadn’t expected Gao Neng to be able to scour the area so thoroughly.

’He was more thorough than a plague of locusts!’

Of course, the more this was the case, the more alarmed Li Tiannan became.

He wasn’t alarmed by Gao Neng’s gathering speed.

Rather, he was alarmed that Gao Neng had *actually made it this far down*.

What did that imply?

It implied that when Gao Neng used the Flying Earth Dragon to send Shen Ning’Er up, the range of his Spiritual Power had truly reached several thousand meters.

’Simply terrifying!’ Even someone like Li Tiannan couldn’t help but tremble at the thought. After all, having a Spiritual Power that could cover several thousand meters within the Demon Abyss was just too outrageous.

The power within the Magnetic Mountain!

’Was it really that terrifying?!’

’How on earth did that brat control it?’

In fact, the Human Alliance had been researching the power within the Magnetic Mountain for many years and had invented a lot of black-box technology as a result.

But even now, the Human Alliance was still unable to fully control the Magnetic Mountain.

But Gao Neng’s situation gave Li Tiannan and Sword Elder hope. This was the secret the two of them were tailing Gao Neng to uncover.

"I absolutely cannot let that brat die here!" Li Tiannan gritted his teeth. The interests of the Alliance were at stake, as were his own feelings.

A disciple as shameless as he was.

How could he bear to just give up on him?

"Seven thousand meters! That kid... did he really go down to eight thousand?" Li Tiannan continued to fly downwards, picking up speed. Even though his Spiritual Power could only scan a two-hundred-meter radius, he still risked pushing his speed ever faster, just to reach the eight-thousand-meter mark sooner.

Before long, he reached eight thousand meters.

Li Tiannan’s gaze shifted forward, and then his brow furrowed.

Because, about fifty meters ahead, he sensed a fluctuation of evolutionary energy, indicating that the location was a growth zone.

And yet, there wasn’t a single attributed raw material there now.

"That brat really did go down!"