“But you obviously...”“I obviously ate the pill in front of you guys?”Thomas laughed and took a piece of chewing gum from one of his pockets. He then tilted his head backward and placed it in his mouth and chewed.“I ate it right?” as he was still talking, Thomas raised his hand and revealed an intact chewing gum in his hands. He actually did not eat it!In other words, Thomas had deceived them with his sleight-of-hand. They had thought that he ate the pill, but in fact, he did not eat it but kept it in his hand all along.While Jed was distracted, he shoved the pill in his mouth and forced him to swallow it.Jed went pale.He pointed at Thomas and said, “So your actions just now were merely an act?”“Not totally.” Thomas extended his hand and grabbed the sound modification device from Jed. “I am curious to know as to what extent the pill works as well as how are you controlling others using it.“The performance just now allowed me to understand how you guys control people u
Sterling Technology, ground floor lobby.Employees were hustling in and out. Everyone was anxious, wanting to finish their tasks on hand.Beep, the elevator stopped on the ground floor.The door opened and Jed Motley came out. He had this empty look on his face.“Good day Mr. Motley.”Everyone who saw Jed greeted him respectfully.Jed replied to every single greeting in the past, albeit it being a curt, brief response. But today there was something different about him.Jed was like a zombie. He leaned his body forward and he limped as he walked.Everyone’s attention was focused on him.“What is wrong with Mr. Motley?”“I do not know, but he is a little weird.”“Are you alright, Mr. Motley?”Everyone was discussing the current situation. Some even shouted at Jed, but he did not respond at all.He slowly walked and reached the center of the lobby.Jed stopped and it was as if he was transformed into another person. He started grooving in front of others and bopped energetic
Normally, Jed would be scared stiff, immediately bow down, and apologize. But Jed did not respond at all, it was as if he did not hear him at all and only focused on dancing.“Jed Motley!”Nelson Mayo shouted again to no avail.He felt something was wrong, hence he observed Jed for two minutes. He noticed that Jed’s movement was very stiff and he was staring at the empty space.It felt like he was the same as the man in the underground city!This was the result of being controlled after consuming the pill.The question was, no one should be in possession of the drug besides Nelson himself. Jed was knowledgeable in this field and hence it was impossible for him to consume it himself.What actually happened?Thomas quietly came out at this moment as if nothing happened and asked on purpose, “What is wrong with Mr. Motley? We were chatting and laughing just fine back in my office just now. Why did he go all crazy in the blink of an eye?”Crack!A flash came across Nelson’s mind.
In less than ten minutes, the doctor arrived at the scene. He gave Jed Motley a shot of sedatives as a temporary measure. then he had him transported to the hospital on a stretcher.Nelson followed suit, as he dared not trifle with this matter.Nelson waited patiently for two hours in the hospital. Finally, the doctor came out with the results.“How is it?” Nelson asked.“Sigh, all of Mr. Motley’s internal organs are damaged to a certain degree. His brain has also been taken over by drugs. It is actually lucky for him to still be alive. But, he will suffer from dementia in the future.”“No, I cannot accept this!”Nelson was unable to accept these results.But what could he do even if he rejected it?The doctor sighed. “We humans are unable to go against destiny. Mr. Nelson, please accept this fact.”Nelson sat on the iron bench in despair. Both of his hands were on his head. His eyes were all red and he could not stop tears from flowing down his cheek.“How did this happen?”
While Thomas thought about it, the office door opened, and Craig obediently ran inside. He chuckled as he said, “Mr. Mayo, the Gomez family just gave us a call. They asked you to pay them a visit.”The Gomez family?The Gomez family was a big supporter of Sterling Technology, and they had been supporting Sterling Technology behind the scenes. However, Sterling Technology still did not belong to the Gomez family. The Gomez family just provided assistance and received payment in return, so they did not have the right to make any arrangements regarding the staff members in Sterling Technology.However, the Gomez family had broken the stalemate at the moment. Why did they do this?“Mr. Eastwood, please go with me.”“Oh, okay!”Craig drove and fetched Thomas to one of the branch shops that belonged to the Gomez family. A waiter specifically arranged the seats for them before he served carefully served them some drinks.Craig took a sip of tea before he grinned and said, “Mr. Mayo, I
Buzz!Dominic had thrown his punch confidently, but Thomas had blocked him with merely two fingers.He instantly felt humiliated.It should be known that the strength of his punch could kill a cow, yet he was unable to defeat Thomas’ two fingers.It was very obvious who was the stronger person.Dominic retracted his punch, but he was still not convinced. He wanted to throw another punch.However, before he acted, Thomas nonchalantly said, “I think you better give up. You’re trying to make a false move to deceive me into ducking to the left before you throw a punch to my chest. But by the time you make your false move, I might already hit you, and you’ll faint.” What… Dominic was dumbfounded. He instantly stood up, opened his eyes wide, and stared at Thomas as if he was looking at a monster.“Are you a human or a ghost?Dominic found it hard to believe that Thomas actually had guessed his thoughts accurately.Was his method predicted by Thomas before he even made his move?
Nicholas stared at Dominic in satisfaction. He stroked his beard and happily said, “Dominic, people always say that you’re a fighter without intelligence. But, I know you have both intelligence and strength!”Dominic said with contempt, “Those ignorant people know nothing. Since punches are enough to deal with normal people, do I need to scheme for them?”Nicholas nodded. He returned to the subject and continued to ask, “Who do you think will win, Thomas or Nelson?”“It’s hard to tell.”Dominic analyzed the situation. “We’ve seen Thomas’ ability, and he’s very strong, but Nelson, that old sly man, is not a simple person either. But, it doesn’t matter. Whoever wins can lead Sterling Technology to become a better company.“Grandpa, our purpose is actually simple. We just want to make Sterling Technology stronger so that we can earn more money. Since either of them is able to make the ‘pig’ grow fatter, why should we care who will be the chairman?”The Gomez family did not mind whet
Halfway through driving his car, Craig looked at Thomas in a casual fashion.“Why are you peeking at me?” Thomas asked.“Um… Mr. Mayo, I think your appearance…” “What?”“Looks a little similar to Dominic’s!”“Huh?” Thomas was stunned for a while. He did not realize it, so he looked at himself in the mirror. Honestly, if he kept his beard long, they might really look a little similar.But, what else could this mean?Thomas waved his hand. “There are a lot of people who look alike, so there’s nothing strange that he and I look similar.”“Um, you’re right.”Thomas was Nelson’s son, and Dominic was Nicholas’ grandson. How could the two of them have any relationship?Dominic’s parents were living overseas.Nelson no longer got involved with any woman since his wife passed away.No matter what, it was impossible for the two of them to have anything to do with each other. What linked them together were the Gomez family and Sterling Technology.Perhaps he really overthought.The
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