When Thomas got home at noon, Felicia had prepared a table of good meals.As soon as Thomas walked into the house, he saw Johnson preparing something in a hurry. He kept changing the expression on his face, as if something extraordinary had happened.He asked Emma, “What happened to Dad?”Emma shrugged, “I don’t know, but you’ve been acting mysterious for a while, and now Dad had also been acting mysterious for a while. I really don’t know what’s going on with you guys lately.”Felicia shouted, “Old man, come and have your lunch.”Johnson ignored her and looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It would strike twelve o’clock in ten minutes, and he quickly turned on the television.Felicia was a little angry, “Hey, I’m asking you to come and have your lunch. Instead of listening to my words, you start watching television? Old man, are you trying to rebel against me?”“Shhh, be quiet!”Johnson was acting very strangely today.Emma and Felicia glanced at each other, and they r
‘As the host, I can only invite others to my retirement ceremony. How can I possibly accept an invitation?’Johnson blinked his eyes and said with some concern, “Is this a scam? Does someone want to cheat our family deliberately? Should we attend this retirement ceremony?”Emma smiled, “Dad, the invitation letters were personally delivered by a police car. There is also the city bureau’s seal on it. Who do you think can have such power to harm us?”“What you just said is making sense too.”As the family was discussing the topic, another car drove up to their front porch.Harvard was the one who had come to visit.He ran in in a hurry, panting, and said, “Uncle Johnson, Aunt Felicia, Emma, Thomas, something big has happened. I actually received an invitation letter from the chief officer in charge, inviting me to attend the retirement ceremony the day after tomorrow!”Emma smiled and said, “It is no longer news. Our whole family has received the invitation letter.”“Really?”Ha
Time passed by swiftly in the blink of an eye. It was the day of the official retirement ceremony!Thomas waved at his family members at the front door and watched them leave.In the car, Harvard still said, “Thomas has beaten me so many times. This time he is definitely going to lose to me! He also bet that he would meet me at the retirement ceremony. Now he is not even going to the venue. How could we possibly meet each other there?”Emma smiled, “You better don’t get too happy too soon. My husband never lied. He said that he would definitely meet with you there if he said so. You just wait and see.”Harvard shrugged, “Then I have to wait and see.”Forty minutes later, the car came to a halt.Johnson’s family got out of the car one after another and walked towards the venue of the retirement ceremony. The venue was crowded with people today.All the famous and prestigious people in Southland District were present.Besides the official personnel, many corporate executives had
Harvard chuckled and took out the invitation letters from his jacket, “Sorry, we all have received the invitation letters from the chief officer in charge, and we have the right to go in.”“What?”Donald narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a little surprised.‘This invitation letter would only be distributed to influential people with high social status. It does not make sense for Harvard, who comes from the lower class to be invited to the retirement ceremony. Even if Harvard was really invited, how can a person like Felicia be invited at all.’‘There must be a problem here.’He stretched out his hand and said, “Let me take a look at the invitation letters.”“Just take them.”Donald grabbed the invitation letters and saw that it was exactly the same as the real one. It was impossible for him to tell the authenticity through his naked eyes.But he still could not believe it.‘The social status of Johnson, Felicia, Emma and Harvard do not qualify them to attend the ceremony tod
Donald tidied up his suit and sat on one of the VIP seats reserved at the venue. There was a smug expression on his face.He had made an awe-inspiring presence just now.‘Everyone from the Hill family has been sent to prison by me personally. They will be locked up for at least a few months! I just could not bear to see my wife going to prison alone, and I had to find some scapegoats for it.’He felt happy just thinking about it.As he was daydreaming, his cell phone rang all of a sudden.It was an unidentified caller number.Donald frowned and thought, ‘Why am I getting an unidentified call?”He chose to take up the call.“Hey, may I ask who this is?”“This is Thomas.”When he heard of Thomas’ name, Donald’s mood changed greatly. Although he hated this man immensely, he knew why Thomas was calling him now.‘What other reasons can that be?‘He must have come for the sake of the Hill family.’Not surprisingly, Thomas said straightforwardly on the phone call, “Donald, since
What was going on?Not only did they want to bring back all the Hill family members, they even wanted him to resign on his own. Were they joking around with him?“This punishment is a little too severe. Don’t you think so, Chief Wood?”“Huh, is it too severe?” Samson Wood said coldly, “You have been given the chance before this, but you chose to cast it aside. You can’t blame others for your actions!”“But, since when did you give me a chance?”“Think about it yourself.”Donald Brick went pale. He suddenly remembered the phone call he had received from Thomas Mayo just now.Thomas said very clearly on the phone that, as long as he brought the people back and apologized, the matter would be resolved there and would not be brought up again.But Donald did not respect him. Instead, he severely humiliated him.Now that he thought about it, if he did heed Thomas’s advice and did as he was told, nothing would happen to him, right?Although that was the idea, the main question here
Donald took a look at the time and realized he had less than two minutes left. If they were not in the conference hall by then, his life was as good as gone!He was so anxious that he almost cried. He said in a worried manner, “Oh dear Mr. Hill, please forgive me this once for my previous offense. Let’s hurry up and head to the conference hall. The chief officer in charge said that no matter what, you and your family must be present. If you are not there in time, I am unable to answer to my superior!”The more he tried to convince him, the more pretentious Johnson Hill became.Donald used to bully Johnson, and this time, he finally found the opportunity to counter-humiliate him. He did not want to miss such a good opportunity.Johnson Hill crossed his legs and spoke slowly on purpose. “I’m so sorry, but I just took a trip to the police station and I’m feeling tired right now. I want to take a nap,”Donald shouted anxiously, “You are pushing me to my death, Mr. Hill! I beg you, Mr.
Johnson Hill looked around and was stunned. The conference hall was full and the four of them had nowhere to sit!Even their invitation did not indicate where their seat was as well.“This... Where should we sit?” Johnson panicked.Samson Wood smiled. “I took the liberty and reserved four seats for each of you ahead of time, Mr. Hill. Please follow me.”“Thank you.”Johnson Hill and his family were led to their seats by Samson.There were seats for them, but...They did not dare to take the seats!These four seats seemed ordinary, but they were the first row of seats in the venue!Countless dignitaries and rich businessmen were all seated at the back. Even the leaders of various departments did not have the qualifications to be seated in the front row.And this row only had four chairs.And those who were able to sit here had identity and statuses that were unattainable by the norm.Johnson Hill went pale. Being able to attend this conference was not easy itself. Even if th
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b