Arav immediately arranged for Thomas to take his seat. He even ordered a table full of food.He chuckled as he asked, “Mr. Mayo, what useful information did you find out?”Thomas purposely darkened his expression.“Didn’t you say we exchange our information? Why? Do you just want to take without giving anything in exchange?”Arnav kept waving his hand. “No, how is it possible?”Thomas said, “I’m not going to hide it from you. I put in so much effort last night that I finally got the latest project proposal of the Underground City from Diana.” “Oh?” Arnav’s eyes brightened, and he excitedly said, “The R&D project of this Underground City is the core secret of the whole Sterling Technology. If we can gather all the proposals together, it’s possible for Pivot Technology to develop and register first. Then it will end Sterling Technology’s operation!”He stared at Thomas. “Mr. Mayo, well, you…” Thomas waved his hand. “I know what you want to say. Don’t you just want me to hand in
In the chairman’s office in Pivot Technology.Laura put down her phone, took a long sigh, and whispered, “Compared with the previous plan, this one is riskier. If you want to get Diana and Elijah at once, the difficulty level is quite high, and you might even expose Arnav.”Master Centipede chuckled and said, “Don’t pressure yourself too much. You can’t win them all. If you want to obtain more, you will have to bear a bigger risk.”Laura clenched her fists. “It’s all Thomas’ fault! If he didn’t gain an advantage last time, I wouldn’t need to take such a big risk.”“So, have you prepared to deal with Thomas this time?”“Yeah. I’ve arranged for some people to stand by this time. Once Arnav has any results, my side will take action immediately. I won’t give Thomas any chance to take the advantage.”Master Centipede nodded. “This will be the best, but you’d still better keep an eye on Thomas. Since he is Nelson’s son, he will definitely help Nelson.”“I’ll take note of him.”As Lau
Behind Elijah, Arnav flashed a sly smile.‘Just use it.‘This technical support will make you pay a miserable price!’Arnav silently approached Diana, but Diana did not want to pay him any attention, so she directly turned her face sideways.Arnav cleared his throat. “Diana, I know it’s my fault for the previous incident. But, that misfortune did turn out to be an actual blessing, right? If the last incident did not happen, how could you be with Mr. Mayo? Look at Elijah, his face turns red in anger.”When he mentioned that, Diana’s face turned slightly red.Well, if she was really in a relationship with Thomas, that would be great. Unfortunately, it would just cover up their deal.She kept her smile back, and she rudely asked, “Is there anything from you? Make it clear now.”Arnav awkwardly shook his head before he took out a document from his coat again, and he put it on the table. “Diana, I know you lack the last bit for your R&D project. This is the technical support I prepa
Half a day passed very quickly. Diana’s project still remained the same. She was still stuck at the last bit, and she could not get through it.On the other hand, because of Arnav’s help, Elijah directly overcame his difficulty and completed the project.He would definitely shine in the exhibition this afternoon.Diana pouted, and she felt a little unhappy. If she also chose to believe Arnav, she guessed that she would also complete the project at this time.The problem was… She looked at Thomas once again.Based on what Thomas said, Arnav was not trustable. He looked like he was being kind on the surface, but she would not know what he was actually planning.No matter what, it would not go wrong if she chose to believe Thomas.Diana and Elijah were on the complete opposite side of the matter. One totally believed Thomas unconditionally, while the other one did not trust Thomas at all.Only the truth would be able to prove the result.The exhibition finally started.Today,
The decoration of the center was in full swing. Soon, all the companies exhibited their products properly. The visitors walked inside with the tickets, and they visited the works of each company systematically.Those works of the small companies were very eye-catching, and they were attracting many people at the beginning.Soon, however, everyone would put their attention back to Sterling Technology and Pivot Technology again. Everyone knew that these two companies were the keys that decided the future of technological companies in Central City in the coming year.Other companies just joined for fun.Therefore, there were more and more visitors in the exhibition area for these two companies.The staff of the Science and Technology Center clearly had predicted this situation from the beginning, so they prepared a lot of open areas for the visitors. Besides, there were even specialized personnel who maintained the order.This was the treatment that other companies would not be ab
What the manager of Glory Technology said made the noisy crowd instantly become quiet. Everyone widened their eyes as they stared at the staff members of Sterling Technology. This could not be real, right?If Sterling Technology really did something like stealing other companies’ skills, the reputation of Sterling Technology would be completely ruined.Jed realized the severity of the problem, so he angrily scolded the manager of Glory Technology, “Please mind your words. Can you simply make irresponsible remarks about this?”“Simply make irresponsible remarks?” The manager of Glory Technology scoffed. He swung his hand and gestured to a staff member to come over. “This is the staff in our R&D Department. He can tell with one glance whether this work illegally uses the new skills that our company just registered!”That staff dared not neglect it. He must not be reckless in this kind of thing.He carefully examined Elijah’s work from all aspects, and he came up with a conclusion in
He said to the manager of Glory Technology, “It’s just as you’ve seen. Sterling Technology was not aware of anything about this matter. Elijah Clinton stole the skills of your company regardless of the law and regulations for his own reputation. I express my regret with regard to this.“But, please rest assured. We’ll immediately take Elijah’s work off the shelf, and we’ll cooperate with your company to sue Elijah.”Jed ordered Craig, “Call the police now to arrest Elijah.”“Yes!”Craig called the police without hesitation, and he shirked all the responsibilities to Elijah.Although everyone felt that Elijah was just the scapegoat, and the real culprit was someone else, at least Elijah was the only culprit at the moment on the surface.Soon, the police force came to the center and arrested Elijah.While Elijah was brought away, he screamed and yelled hysterically. He was still so imposing just now. How could he have expected this now?He kept cursing.He also regretted it.Lo
In a small dark room in the police station, Elijah had just been arrested, and someone had already come to visit him. The most important thing was that this person was not someone from Sterling Technology, but someone from the rival company, Pivot Technology. Looking at the strange woman in front of him, Elijah asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" "I’m Wendy Molter, the chief of Pivot Technology’s human resource department." "Pivot Technology? Why are you here? Are you here to laugh at me?" Wendy sneered and said, "Do you think I will come here for something so boring? I’m here today because I want to cooperate with you." Elijah snorted coldly. "We are rivals, so why should we cooperate? Go away." Wendy was a little displeased, but she suppressed her anger and continued to speak. "Now you are being charged for commercial and technical theft. The evidence is solid. If convicted, you’ll spend at least seven years in prison."Elijah, do you want to spend seven years in prison?"
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