Emma burst out laughing and purposely said, “Hmm, you’ll just be a commander with no power. You just have the title for yourself. You even need to rely on our family to feed you. This time, you’re the real son-in-law who relies on your wife.”Johnson and the other members finally felt relieved when they saw Emma openly joke like that.After the incident today, the family finally had nothing to conceal from each other. They sat down in harmony and became a real family.Right then, a few cars arrived again. A group of people kept getting out of the cars, and they came to the Hill family’s door one after another.Everyone knew the person who walked at the front. It was Samson.Behind Samson, there were twelve unique-looking men. They were the Twelve Golden Zodiacs, the capable subordinates whom Thomas had trained.Unfortunately, Thomas did not have any power and position now. These people would probably be managed by other people as well.They were likely there to bid him goodbye t
Aries, the first Zodiac, was the intelligence expert. Whether it was intelligence from the battlefield, business industry, or even personal affairs, he was able to obtain it immediately. If you wanted to steal information from other people, he would be the right person to approach.Taurus, the second Zodiac, had a simple mindset and muscular figure. He was extremely strong, and even Thomas was not on par with him in terms of strength. His way of fighting was very simple. He would just kill people with one punch.Gemini, the third Zodiac, had an eccentric personality. He was cruel and ruthless, and he was extremely skilled in battle. People should never easily make him angry, or else he might even beat up his own people. He was the exemplification of the devil.Cancer, the fourth Zodiac, was an expert in black technology. He liked to study different useful and useless black technology. Many of Shalom Technology’s innovations and creations were developed by him.Leo, the fifth Zodiac
Everyone looked at Thomas, and they did not understand what Thomas was saying.He was no longer the chief officer in charge in the Southland District, and he would just be a son-in-law who relaxed at home. Why would he still need such a large bunch of strong and capable subordinates?Even Shalom Technology, Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment, or Stellar Jewelers did not need these people, right?Thomas hesitated for a while but did not plan to hide it anymore.He directly said, “Well, Dad, Mom, Dear, I haven’t told you something, which is… I’ve decided to leave for some time.”He wanted to leave?Emma was dumbfounded for a while.She still remembered when Thomas left the house and joined the army just after they got married in the past. He had left for five years, and she had also lived alone like a widow for those five years.Thomas was back, and they had finally built up their relationship as a married couple. It seemed that their life was going to go smoothly, y
He immediately opened up another topic. “What’s the second thing?”“The second thing is…” Emma seriously stared at Thomas. “You have to be careful and protect yourself well.”Thomas nodded. “Don’t worry, I won’t die.”“Not only are you not allowed to die, but any of your body parts from your head to toe can’t be missing. You have to come back uninjured!” “Yes, Madam!”“Sigh…”Emma sighed again before she asked, “I haven’t asked where you’re going this time.” “Central City.”“Central City? That place is dangerous! There are bad and good people, and there are big fish everywhere. When you walk on the street, you’ll definitely bump into some great people. You’re neither the God of War nor the chief officer in charge now. You have no real power currently. When you get there, you have to be careful and keep a low profile.”Thomas nonchalantly said, “I’m going there to find my father’s whereabouts, not look for trouble. Please rest assured.”Although he said so, he also secretly kn
There was a warm yellow table at the corner near the window in Misty Bar.There were a few side dishes and a bottle of beer on the table.Thomas filled up two glasses. He drank the beer while he forked the food, put it into his mouth, and carefully tasted the food.A while later, some hurried footsteps could be heard.“Tom, I’m sorry for being late.”The person who arrived was Thomas’ aunt, Iris Cruz. She had been in the same class as Nelson, and she had a secret crush on Nelson for many years. Now, she was an acting teacher in Thomas’ Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment.She put her bag down and caught her breath for a while. She smirked as she said, “Tom, how awesome of you! Why didn’t you tell me about such a serious thing?”Thomas was stunned for a while. “Serious thing?”“Do you still want to pretend? You were the chief officer in charge in the Southland District. Everyone saw the live broadcast in the city. I always thought you were just the chairman of Scott’
At the same time, the coquettish woman continued to act dramatically. “Dear, are you done yet? I can’t bear the smell here.”“I’m almost done. Just wait for a minute.” The fat man pointed at Thomas. “I’m going to count to three. If you still don’t get up, don’t blame me for being rude!”When the waiter saw the situation, he was shocked. He quickly approached them and smoothed things over. “Sir, what are you doing? All of you are here for a meal. You don’t have to get angry.”The fat man showed a cold expression. “It’s not that I want to get angry, but this kid is so ignorant!”The waiter looked at the fat man before he cast a glance at Thomas.After some comparisons, he cleared his throat and said to Thomas, “Sir, please get up and give your table to this sir. I’ll give you a new table.”Thomas chuckled.He turned back, looked at the waiter, and asked, “I sat down first, and my food has been served. Why are you making me leave?”The waiter chuckled. “Sir, people always say it’s
While everyone watched, Thomas barely put in energy to break the fat man’s arm.A squeal like that of a pig being slaughtered was heard on the spot.People who did not know any better might have thought that they had entered a slaughterhouse!The fat man held his broken arm and sat on the floor. He kept crying, and he was in so much pain that his body twitched. Aside from screaming, he could not say anything else.Meanwhile, the coquettish woman was completely shocked at what she saw.She quickly ran over.“Honey, are you all right?”The fat man cried terribly. Did he look like he was fine?The coquettish woman felt anxious. She pointed at Thomas and yelled, “Jerk, how dare you treat my Mr. Fatty like this? Do you know who he is? He can destroy your whole family with one finger!”“Really? I don’t believe you,” Thomas said indifferently.The coquettish woman wanted to scold him again, but Thomas’ gaze scared her so much that she took a few steps backward.Being able to keep t
Not only did the coquettish woman not understand, but all the other lackeys did not understand either.The fat man who was sitting on the floor even yelled angrily. “Tiger, what’s wrong with you? He broke my arm, so why are you still procrastinating right now?”Tiger gulped and pointed at the television on the wall.“Mr. Fatty, brothers, look at that. Doesn’t the person we’re going to beat look very similar to the person who gave the speech on television?”“What the heck?”Everyone looked over at the same time after Tiger reminded them.As soon as they saw it, everyone freaked out.What did he mean by “look very similar”? They were totally the same person, okay? Thomas did not change his suit when he came out today. He was still wearing the same suit he had worn for the speech yesterday.This meant that the chief officer in charge had “walked” out of the television!Thomas was no longer the chief officer in charge in the Southland District, but he was still superior to them ev
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