I Can Control Resources

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After the Great Cataclysm, numerous alien races emerged.

The war between humanity and the alien races has raged for a hundred years.

The nature of warfare has constantly evolved, from being dominated by firearms in the beginning to the current combination of high-tech melee weapons and firearms.

But no matter how things changed, the key to victory in any war always lay with the high-rank powerhouses.

The high-rank powerhouses of the alien races possessed all sorts of strange abilities, and their physical constitution was generally far superior to that of humans.

In a direct confrontation on the battlefield,

basically, one high-rank alien could fight three high-rank humans at the same time.

Of course, this didn’t account for the geniuses among humans or aliens; it only considered the average high-rank combatant.

In fact, in a sense, the number of geniuses produced by humanity was higher than that of the alien races.

Of course, humanity never relied on brute force to dominate the world.

Technology has always been an indispensable supportive force in humanity’s survival and warfare. Even after Energy Warriors became the main combatants, humanity never stopped its technological research.

Thus, even a hundred years after the Great Cataclysm, powerful heavy firearms still played a crucial role in large-scale battles.

Humans couldn’t rely on pure brute force to contend with the massive alien armies.

However, if humans had enough high-rank warriors to hold back the alien charge, they could rely on the firearms in the rear to continuously bombard the enemy.

The Northern District Battlefield originally had a garrison of 200,000 troops.

It was in this way, at the snow-covered North District City Gate, that they had stubbornly resisted the Alien Race Alliance Army’s assault for over two months.

But now, after all this fighting, the 200,000-strong garrison had been reduced to 100,000. Countless high-rank warriors had been killed in action, and even the supreme commander of the North District—Alliance Lieutenant General, Ninth-Rank powerhouse Commander Li—had fallen in battle.

This was the primary reason the Alliance had no choice but to abandon the Northern District Battlefield and shrink its defensive perimeter.

Because there were no more high-rank warriors to send as reinforcements!

And once the battlefield lacked high-rank warriors in the front lines to block the charge, the firearms in the hands of the soldiers in the rear would become completely useless.

After all, once it came to close-quarters combat, firearms were basically no different from fire pokers.

"Commander Dai, thermal detectors show a large number of humans following about three kilometers behind General Shen! There are at least a hundred thousand of them, and their numbers are growing..." an officer reported, rushing to Commander Dai’s side.

"A hundred thousand? And growing? Could it be that Shen Fei, he..." Commander Dai’s expression changed. He certainly didn’t think these hundred thousand people were reinforcements sent by the Military Department.

Because if reinforcements were truly coming, the first to arrive would absolutely be high-rank powerhouses.

After all, the Military Department wasn’t short on ordinary soldiers.

So, it was obvious who was following behind Shen Fei.

"What is Shen Fei trying to do?!" Before Commander Dai could think it through, the Alien Race Alliance Army’s third horn call echoed from the distance.

The first horn: Assemble!

The second horn: Form ranks!

The third horn: Charge!

"WOOOOOO—"

The long, drawn-out horn blast sounded.

It represented blood and death.

"RUMBLE!"

"RUMBLE!"

The alien army began to march.

Their pace quickened, and then quickened again, gradually turning into a run.

In their wake, a white, frosty air was kicked up, shrouding their bodies like a condensed white mist.

The combat effectiveness of the northern Ice and Snow Race soared once winter began.

They could condense thick Ice and Snow Battle Armor around their bodies.

This armor could even withstand some long-range light firearms.

"KILL!"

"KILL!"

"GRRAAAAH..."

The Alien Race Alliance Army let out frenzied cries.

They had already killed nearly all the high-rank warriors in the human garrison. Moreover, they had destroyed the North District’s city defenses and most of its heavy firearms.

The human garrison was now a spent force.

All they needed was one charge.

And they could easily tear an opening right through the middle of the 100,000-strong garrison. Then, the slaughter would begin.

The thirty thousand soldiers of the Alien Race Alliance Army kept accelerating.

It was as if they could already feel the spatter of human blood.

"Shen Fei, go back!!!" A sorrowful cry escaped Commander Dai’s lips. He knew better than anyone what the outcome of this battle would be.

The 100,000-strong garrison could not stop the charge of these 30,000 soldiers from the Alien Race Alliance Army.

Even with Shen Fei’s two thousand men, it wouldn’t be enough.

Because this wasn’t a problem of numbers, but a problem of high-rank warriors.

Without high-rank warriors holding the front, the Alien Race Alliance Army could easily tear through the human garrison’s formation. Once they got into close range, not a single one of the 100,000 troops would be left alive.

What’s more...

the North District’s heavy firearms had been almost completely destroyed.

"Charge!" In the distance, Shen Fei’s troops shouted.

They didn’t listen to Commander Dai. Not only did they not listen, but they also quickened their pace, steadily approaching the commander’s position from the rear.

"Prepare for battle!" Commander Dai no longer looked at Shen Fei.

Because the advancing Alien Race Alliance Army had reached the maximum range of their firearms.

Before, he wouldn’t have ordered them to open fire at this moment. But now, he had to. After all, if they didn’t fire now, it was questionable whether they’d even have a chance to fire later.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

...

The mere twenty-some remaining heavy firearms roared to life.

Beams of light from the artillery shells shot out,

streaking toward the 30,000 charging soldiers of the Alien Race Alliance Army.

"BOOM!"

A shell exploded amidst the Allied Army.

A dozen or so charging aliens fell.

But soon, powerful high-rank aliens took action. Some used their formidable bodies to block the artillery shells head-on.

Others used various methods to intercept the incoming projectiles.

Of the shells fired from the twenty-plus heavy firearms, only one had a significant effect. The rest were either detonated mid-air or blocked.

At maximum range,

the alien high-rank warriors could easily stop these shells.

"Keep firing!" Commander Dai’s face paled slightly. He had been mentally prepared for this, but to have only one effective hit out of more than twenty shells still made his heart tremble.

However, the battle had begun.

There was no possibility of retreat for him.

At a time like this, there was no other choice but to fight to the death.

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

...

The beams from the artillery shells lit up the sky again.

The high-rank warriors of the Alien Race Alliance Army shouted as they acted again.

As expected, not a single one of the twenty-plus shells made it into the Alien Race Alliance Army’s formation.

"Adjust your angles! Avoid their high-ranks!" Commander Dai ordered again, his face dark. But in truth, this was just a desperate struggle.

Or rather, he was unwilling to give up just like that. As long as he could take a few more aliens down with him, he would feel his death was worthwhile.

"Yes, sir!"

The soldiers immediately carried out the order.

Meanwhile, the other soldiers all tightened their grips on their weapons.

Ordinary firearms couldn’t harm the aliens clad in their Ice and Snow Battle Armor, so the weapons held by the 100,000-strong garrison were mostly high-tech melee weapons.

The Energy Warriors, who possessed their own battle armor, stood at the very front.

They gripped notched alloy weapons, which glowed with various kinds of light.

Some crackled with electricity.

Others whirred with the sound of spinning machinery.

"Fight to the death!"

"Defend the North District to the death!"

Someone in the army started the chant.

Because the Alien Race Alliance Army was getting closer and closer...

The soldiers did not retreat.

But their eyes revealed the resentment and despair of facing imminent death.

After all, no one was truly fearless in the face of death.

Even iron-willed soldiers might lose their courage when they truly saw death approaching.

"Humanity, rise!"

"Humanity, rise!"

...

Just then, the voices from the rear arrived.

Shen Fei’s two-thousand-man legion surged into the hundred-thousand-strong garrison like a torrent, flowing through the "body" of the main army and continuously pushing forward.

Their slogan drowned out all other voices in the army.

And compared to the other soldiers, there was no resentment or despair in the eyes of these two thousand men. Their faces were filled with hope.

"Charge!"

"Humanity, rise!"

...

Under the stunned gazes of the 100,000-strong garrison, these two thousand men charged to the very front of the army.

They were all clad in black battle armor.

They all held sharp weapons.

Their expressions were cold and solemn.

Their gazes were resolute and confident.

"Shen Fei, defend..." Commander Dai could no longer make Shen Fei leave, so he could only give an order, intending for Shen Fei’s troops to fall back and defend the rear.

But before he could finish giving the order...

Shen Fei had already charged out.

The two thousand soldiers who rushed to the front of the army had no intention of stopping.

They didn’t choose the safest option of defense.

Neither did Shen Fei.

After breaking through the hundred-thousand-strong garrison, Shen Fei took the lead, guiding his two thousand troops in a charge toward the thirty thousand oncoming soldiers of the Alien Race Alliance Army.

"Charge!"

"Charge!"

...

Without any high-rank warriors, they chose to attack instead of defend.

It was a madman’s tactic.

"Shen Fei, what are you doing... You... You get back here!" Commander Dai was stunned. He had never seen such a tactic.

And most importantly, he knew Shen Fei was a rare military talent.

This kind of reckless tactic...

’Is this really the same General Shen who has won countless merits on the battlefield?’

"Commander Dai, look! In the sky... there are people!" Just then, the officer standing next to Commander Dai also noticed something.

At the same time Shen Fei charged out, a huge black shadow flew over their heads.

It was a steel monster that looked very much like a praying mantis.

Most importantly...

...there were two figures standing on the monster’s body.

"It’s Gao Neng!!!" Commander Dai recognized one of the figures at a glance. That face was simply too handsome; he couldn’t possibly mistake it.