Thomas frowned. How should he react to this kind of nonsense?Susan angrily said, “Felix Crawford, keep your smelly mouth shut!”“Hmph!”During the time they argued, the birthday party officially started. The tables were served with dishes, and everyone started eating.To make Felix angry, Susan purposely picked a piece of meat and put it on Thomas’ plate. Then, she said in a coquettish tone, “Tom, try this meat and see if it tastes good.”Felix looked at them, and he felt angry.He slammed the cutlery on the table before he sarcastically asked, “Thomas, I heard that you’ve been staying at your wife’s house after you retired from the army. You don’t even have a job, right?”Everyone at the table looked at Thomas with contempt.Sons-in-law who relied on their wives were despised by people the most. When people saw Susan treat Thomas in such a flattering way, it further confirmed his reputation as a boy toy.Susan was furious, so she defended Thomas. “Isn’t it none of your busin
All of them continued eating.Thomas’ phone vibrated. When he tapped on the screen and took a look, he saw a text message sent by Ben. [S-Class booster will be delivered soon. Please take note and receive it.]He kept his phone away and remained calm.At this time, Felix suddenly asked, “Thomas, today is your grandmother’s birthday. You didn’t come with nothing, right?”Thomas touched his nose. “My gift will be delivered later.”“Later? Haha!” Felix mocked him. “You’re not giving an excuse because you can’t afford a gift, right?”Others began to show him gazes that were filled with contempt.Felix shook his head. “It’s not something strange. When a man doesn’t have any income and needs to rely on his wife, how could he have any money to buy any gift? It’s my fault. It’s too much for you to buy a gift.”People at the table covered their mouths and laughed. They despised Thomas more now.Susan was so mad that she could not listen to what Felix said anymore. She asked him, “You a
He walked to the entrance and received the booster. After he opened the box, the top booster that looked advanced could be seen. Its streamlined design even gave a huge visual impact on people.But… The symbol sculptured on the edge of the booster was “S”, not “B”. This meant that the booster was S-Class, not B-Class.Felix frowned. He had ordered a B-Class. Why would they deliver an S-Class?Did the staff of Shalom Technology mess up the order?While he felt puzzled, people moved closer. Such an advanced technological product, which had not been available in the market, was especially welcomed by people.Many people came forward and took photos.Felix could not be bothered with it. He enjoyed being flattered at this time, and his vanity was satisfied at the maximum level.He let the staff carry the booster to Grandma before he bent down and said, “Grandma Musk, this is an S-Class Booster that I bought for you. It’s the latest technology. Please try it on.”Grandma had severe
The atmosphere instantly became cold, and everyone’s face was full of awkwardness.Some people did not even realize that their wine had splashed out. All of them glanced at Thomas and Felix before they looked at the S-Class booster.Felix burst out laughing. “Hey, what the heck are you talking about? You bought it? How could you buy it? Also, do you know how much a machine like this costs? Can you afford it?”Thomas shrugged. He pointed at the fingerprint button.“If you don’t believe me, you can try and see if your fingerprint switches this booster on and off.”Felix’s heart pounded quickly. He wanted to try it, but he did not have the courage.Thomas continued, “Also, everyone at the table clearly heard you saying that you ordered a B-Class booster. Look at this again. It’s an S-Class, so it’s clearly not yours.”Everyone nodded.All of them clearly had heard it. In this case, this booster was really not the one that Felix had bought.It was so hilarious that Felix still did
He simply sat down. The girls beside him immediately moved away as they did not want to sit next to him.A girl came over. She extended her hand to him and said, “Return me my business card. The one I gave you just now.”Felix was extremely angry.These women had been polite to him and even flattered him just now. In the blink of an eye, their attitudes had executed a complete about-face.Over there, Adrian looked at Thomas and said with a smile, “Susan mentioned you to me when she came back last time. She talked about how great you were, and how Emma had married her Mr. Right. Now that I’ve met you today, you’re indeed dignified and well-spoken. Thomas, I really like the gift you gave to my mother. Come, I’ll buy you a drink.”“Uncle, you flatter me.”The two had a drink. The more Adrian looked at Thomas, the more he liked him. He said to Felicia, “Felicia, you have a good son-in-law.”Felicia smiled happily.As they were chatting, the atmosphere of the party gradually eased.
Irvin raised his head and said in contempt, “First of all, this is a hotel, not your home. Secondly, I came to visit my mom, not to visit you, Adrian, so you have no right to drive me away. Do you understand?”He snapped his fingers, and a foreign man in a chef's uniform immediately walked over.Irvin said, “I’m different from you poor sobs. You guys could only invite some low-class chefs and make some dishes that even pigs won’t eat to disgust mom. But I hired a global executive chef, Mr. Jacques, for mom.“Mr. Jacques has a special talent in cooking, and he has been on the cover of a global food magazine. May I ask you, Adrian, which one of the lousy chefs in Southland district, all whom you have hired, has attained such an achievement?”Adrian was tongue-tied.Irvin was right. The skills of the chefs he hired were not bad, and they were all top-notch in the Southland district. However, compared with the world’s top chefs like Jacques, there was still a big gap.He was angry an
Oh great, she was embarrassed now.Amid the ridicule of everyone, Griffin was neither humble nor arrogant. He calmly said, “As a chef, having how multiple arms is not important. The important thing is whether the dishes are good or not. Although some people have healthy arms and legs, the dishes they make are bad and hard to swallow.”Irvin stopped smiling and asked, “What are you saying? Do you mean the dishes you make are better than Mr. Jacques’s dishes? Who do you think you are to talk nonsense? Mr. Jacques has been on…”Before he could finish speaking, Griffin calmly said, “The United States has a long history and vast land. There are countless dishes on this vast land. Even if it is the same kind of dish, it will be cooked differently and have different tastes in different states.“As time passes, all fifty states soon gain their own signature renditions of the same dish.“The cooking skills, methods, and kitchen utensils in the world add up to less than one percent of the U
Two large tables were vacated. One was placed with Jacques’s dishes, while the other one was placed with Griffin’s jar.They started with Jacques’s side first. After opening all the lids, the exquisite dishes were revealed.The dishes were all colorful.The aroma was overflowing and spread everywhere, making everyone drool.They were not only colorful and pretty. They also smelled amazing. The exquisite carving of the food was also breathtaking. No matter how one chose to judge this, this was a table of perfect dishes.On the other hand, Griffin’s jar was ugly and rudimental. They were of different worlds.It was just like a noble princess and a poor village girl. There was simply no compare.Irvin sarcastically said, “After saying so much, you made this rubbish in the end? Look at Mr. Jacques’s dishes. Each of them could be described as an artwork. How is it? Have you understood the gap between you two?”Griffin said neither humbly nor arrogantly, “You’re right. In terms of co
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