I Can Control Resources

"So a major battle occurred?" The administrators nodded slightly upon hearing this.

If a major battle took place, then there would naturally be evidence of it.

You can’t lie about something like that, and investigating it would be simple. All they had to do was pull up Shen Ning’Er’s reports from her time in the Forgotten Land.

An administrator from the Military Department began searching their internal database.

It didn’t take long for him to find something.

"According to Colonel Shen’s reports from the Forgotten Land, she did indeed engage in a battle at a place called the Dream Toy Factory. The targets were several major factions in the Forgotten Land, and it even involved non-human races!" the Military Department administrator relayed the information.

"The leader of the non-humans was named Mu Feifei, a Battle Angel from the Celestial Race," Gao Neng casually added once the administrator had finished.

Everyone else immediately looked toward the administrator from the Military Department.

The administrator gave Gao Neng a strange look, then finally nodded. "Yes, what Captain Gao said is the truth!"

"The truth?!"

A stir went through the room.

At that, the expressions on the faces of the administrators, as well as Speaker Wu and Governor Yun, were a sight to behold. None of them had expected Gao Neng to actually be able to produce evidence.

However, another voice soon spoke up.

"Even if that’s true, it doesn’t prove the ’medium’ theory Captain Gao mentioned. At best, it only proves that Captain Gao met the Cat King on that particular day."

"Yes, at face value, it’s difficult to prove. But as I said before, I received one thousand Merit Points because of that incident. Don’t you all want to know why Colonel Shen would request such a commendation for someone who hadn’t even enrolled in a military academy yet?" Gao Neng continued.

"Captain Gao, please be more specific." After a moment of silence, one of the administrators spoke up again.

"It’s because Colonel Shen fell into an enemy trap during that battle. She was besieged and knocked unconscious. In the end, I was the one who saved her!" Gao Neng stated calmly.

"So, you’re saying you were the key to victory in that battle, Captain Gao?" The administrators finally grasped what Gao Neng was implying.

"That’s right. But at that time, I wasn’t even an Energy Warrior. Do you gentlemen believe I could have defeated a Battle Angel from the Celestial Race and countless underworld factions?" As Gao Neng finished, his expression became nonchalant, but the implication in his tone was clear.

"..."

The conference room fell into silence.

Just as Gao Neng implied, it defied logic.

Considering Shen Ning’Er’s combat prowess, the battle at the Dream Toy Factory was certainly not one an ordinary person could have turned the tide of.

And yet, Gao Neng had.

’So, was what Gao Neng said actually true?’

’Was that cat really the medium that connected Gao Neng to a magnetic pile?’

"There’s one more thing you can all verify. Colonel Shen’s operational report should mention that there was a small-scale magnetic pile in the basement of the Dream Toy Factory! It was precisely because of this magnetic pile that I was able to draw upon energy far beyond my own. And the medium was Gao Xiaomeng!" Gao Neng played his trump card at the perfect time.

"This..."

"Speaker Wu, we have no further questions on this matter for now."

"Governor Yun, do you find his story credible?"

The administrators looked toward Yutian and Wu Qingjing.

"Captain Gao, while what you’ve said has some factual basis, isn’t it a bit lacking in sufficient evidence to make a judgment based on this one incident alone?" Yutian said after a moment of silence.

"Governor Yun is right. One incident alone would seem like insufficient proof, and it’s easy to dismiss it as a coincidence. However, what if there were several similar incidents?" Gao Neng had long anticipated that it wouldn’t be so simple. The story he was telling was, after all, truly fantastic.

"Several similar incidents? Why don’t you tell us, Captain Gao." Yutian glanced at Li Tiannan and Sword Elder behind him, and after getting a nod, asked again.

"The second incident also happened in the Forgotten Land. That day, a Dark Night Elf ambushed me. With my strength at the time, there was no way I could have defeated it, so I had to flee. In the process, several female high school students were knocked unconscious and severely injured, which proves I was truly outmatched. But then I escaped to a certain place—a junkyard in the Forgotten Land. And there, I killed that Dark Night Elf. I’m sure you all understand the implication of me being at a junkyard!" Gao Neng said quickly.

"You’re saying the Cat King was at the junkyard?"

"Yes! Because Gao Xiaomeng is my medium, I was once again able to access the mysterious power of a magnetic pile!" Gao Neng nodded.

"Wait, there’s a flaw in your story. Captain Gao, would you care to elaborate?" An administrator immediately interrupted Gao Neng’s conversation with Governor Yun.

"Go ahead," Gao Neng gestured, inviting the question.

"In your first example, the magnetic pile was located at the Dream Toy Factory. And Colonel Shen’s report also mentioned that it was destroyed during the battle. Now you claim you were later targeted for revenge by a Dark Night Elf. But following the timeline, that magnetic pile should have been gone by then. So where did this energy you supposedly borrowed from a magnetic pile come from?" The administrator’s line of thought was incredibly sharp; he had instantly seized upon the key issue.

The other administrators nodded in agreement.

Without a magnetic pile, the ’medium’ theory fell apart.

"May I have your name, sir?" If Gao Neng’s memory served him, this was the second time this particular administrator had poked a hole in his story.

"My surname is Liu. Captain Gao can just call me Chief Liu." Chief Liu nodded, making no effort to conceal his identity.

"Ah, so it’s Chief Liu. You’re certainly observant. In fact... I should really thank you for being so observant," Gao Neng smiled.

"Oh? And you’re thanking me?" Chief Liu’s lips curled into a smirk.

"Of course. If it weren’t for your sharp eye, I’d have to spell out all the key details myself. That would be much less interesting, wouldn’t you agree?" Gao Neng grinned broadly.

"Heh, why don’t you be more direct, Captain Gao?" Chief Liu’s eyes narrowed. Years of investigative instincts told him that there was more to Gao Neng’s words than met the ear.

"Of course I’ll be clear. In fact, this brings me to the crucial point of my second piece of evidence!" Gao Neng stood up as he spoke.

"Oh? And what’s that?"

"This is the real secret to my strength. With Gao Xiaomeng as a medium, I can connect to magnetic piles and draw energy from them. Some of that energy can be used for combat, while the rest can be used to... ’evolve’!" Gao Neng dropped his first bombshell.

"You said... evolve?!" As expected, the moment he said it, everyone in the room—including Zhang Hongying, who was taking notes—shot their heads up.

Evolution!

’This was the real crux of the matter!’

"That’s right, evolution. When I acquire energy from a magnetic pile, that energy doesn’t simply vanish," Gao Neng continued.

"Captain Gao, be more specific. What do you mean it doesn’t simply vanish?"

"It means I can store that energy in my own body. Of course, if I use it all up, then it’s gone," Gao Neng explained.

"So, you’re saying... the power you used the second time was actually the residual energy left in your body after connecting to the magnetic pile the first time?" Chief Liu once again caught the crucial point.

"Exactly!" Gao Neng affirmed. "Because Gao Xiaomeng acts as a medium, I was able to release the energy I had stored. That’s the real reason I could kill that Dark Night Elf. Moreover, this can also be proven, because the corpse was sent to a laboratory."

"We are aware of that incident," said the Military Department administrator who had looked up the records. "The Dark Night Elf’s name was Nightingale. She was an early resurrectee. In our search for the truth about the Seed of Resurrection, we launched an attack on the Dark Night Elf Clan. Captain Gao’s words are credible!"

"..." With the administrator from the Military Department providing verification, the other officials exchanged another round of glances, utterly shocked.

As the interrogation continued, they were beginning to feel swayed.

’Could this... actually be real?’

’Is Gao Xiaomeng truly Gao Neng’s medium?’

"Gao Neng, this ’evolution energy’ you mentioned... what is it?" The question came from Wu Qingjing, who had remained mostly silent until this point.

As the Speaker of the Supreme Council, he was more concerned with the evolution energy Gao Neng spoke of.

This concerned the future strategy of the entire Human Alliance; it might even hold the key to turning the tide of the war.

"This evolution energy... well, that’s complicated." Gao Neng spread his hands.

"How complicated can ’evolution energy’ be? It’s just biological evolution, isn’t it? Get to the important parts!" Li Tiannan spoke up now, a faint glint in his eyes.

"Heh, as expected of you, Master. But since you and Sword Elder went to the trouble of tailing me, haven’t you already guessed some of it?" Gao Neng’s lips curved into a smirk again.

"That was for your protection!" Li Tiannan retorted instantly. But after a glance at Gao Neng, he couldn’t help but sigh. "Fine. Guessing is one thing, but we’ve never seen it with our own eyes. This is too important to the Alliance. We don’t want to pressure you. You can think about it."

"Consider what? I serve the Alliance, plain and simple. If the non-humans ever breach our walls, I’d use my own body to block the gate without a second thought. And you think I need to ’consider’ this, Master?" Gao Neng scoffed.

Li Tiannan was speechless.