Perhaps unbeknownst to herself, she had met the only man who ever loved her to this extent in her life.However, she did not know how to cherish what she had and did not hold on to this relationship at all.She did not appreciate it when she had it, only to regret it after she lost it.Jenny cried.Jacob scratched his head in embarrassment, “Did I say too much? Please do not cry. Although we are enemies, I do not want to see you in this state.”“Stupid.” Jenny wiped her tears, took the necklace, and wore it.The crystal necklace glimmered under the light, which further enhanced how beautiful Jenny was.“Is it pretty?” Jenny asked.“It is pretty.”“Am I pretty? Or is the necklace pretty?”Jacob swallowed his saliva. “The necklace is pretty. You, are prettier.”Their eyes met.Both of their hearts burned with flames of affection for each other. But it was not enough to melt the harsh cold truth reality gave.Jacob sighed and said slowly, “I have said what I want to say. I wil
In the evening, the director’s office of Sterling Technology.Thomas Mayo sat in his office chair facing a man and woman, Jacob Nolan and Jenny Cruz.He thought that Jenny would have been gone forever and go aboard secretly. Never did Thomas expect her to take the initiative herself and showed up in front of him.She also told Thomas everything related to their plan.Could she be trusted?From Thomas’s point of view, this woman was not all that trustworthy.Thomas would not simply believe in this woman who had deliberately approached and toyed with Jacob. Lying was second nature to this woman.“On what basis should I trust what you said?” Thomas asked calmly.Jenny clenched her fist and said coldly, “Actually, I gain nothing from telling you everything. I am only telling you to make up to Jacob the fool. After all, he seems to respect you a lot.”“Will a woman like you actually feel remorse for what you did?”It was a very straightforward question.It pierced her heart.Jen
The main entrance.Thomas Mayo and Kerry Lawrence met face to face for the very first time.“Mr. Mayo, I truly did not expect you guys to finish the proposal today as well. What a coincidence.” Kerry said.Thomas smiled as he replied, “Yeah, what a coincidence. It does seem like someone coincidentally told you that I am going to submit the proposal today as well.”Kerry smiled as well. “ Then, will I not be waiting to make the landfall?”“It is hard to say if you are going to make the landfall or find yourself in a bad position.”Both of them stopped smiling at the same time and stared at each other for a few seconds. They then headed into the Science and Technology Alliance building together.They took the lift to the fifth floor and entered the conference room.Dunstan McLaren had been waiting in the conference room all this while. As soon as he saw two groups of people entering, he quickly arranged for people to bring some beverages. He was with a very good attitude.After
Kerry Lawrence was stunned for a few seconds. He even rubbed his own eyes to confirm what he was seeing.There was nothing wrong with the contents in the folder.‘How could this be?’ Kerry did not understand and looked at Dunstan McLaren.However, Dunstan was very calm, as if nothing had happened.Kerry was even more confused.Could it be that Dunstan was not afraid that his indecent photos will be viral? That guy gave his word before this, why did he suddenly change his mind?It was puzzling.Thomas who sat on the other side said silently, “Is there anything wrong, Mr. Lawrence? You seem to have doubts about our proposal. Do you think that there is something wrong or different from your expectations?”Hmm?There was another layer of meaning behind what he said.Others might not understand, but Kerry understood.He stared at Thomas.Since Thomas had said so, it was obvious that Thomas had known of his plan beforehand and applied preventive measures.No wonder Dunstan did n
Meanwhile, Dunstan took out Pivot Technology’s pen drive and inserted it. The computer then registered it successfully.After that, he used the mouse to click and open the pen drive’s folder to show the document in it. He double-clicked the document and opened it.All ten people in the meeting room looked at the big screen.The Academy of Social Sciences’ staff members were waiting to see another project proposal, but the result disgusted them.After the document was opened, it revealed erotic photos of women! The photos had been downloaded from some websites, and each of them was very raunchy because the “important” body parts were not censored.The document had a dozen of such photos.A commotion instantly erupted in the meeting room.“Oh, gawd!” The female researchers from the Academy of Social Sciences covered their eyes and turned sideways. They were so embarrassed that their faces turned red.Other male researchers did not know whether they should cry or laugh.This “p
Kerry went back to Pivot Technology in fury. As soon as he entered the office, he ordered his subordinates and said, “Inform Hound Tres now. Ask him to publish all the indecent photos of Dunstan McLaren! We have to make him famous.”In the end, his subordinates did not carry out Kerry’s orders. They did not even scratch their heads and frown. Instead, all of them looked very awkward.Kerry became angrier. “What are you doing here? I asked you to go and get it done. Didn’t you hear me?”A subordinate stepped forward and said, “Um, Hound Tres has disappeared.”“What?”Kerry was confused. What did it mean by “Hound Tres has disappeared”?“Make things clearer. What’s wrong with Hound Tres?”His subordinate said, “It happened two days ago. We couldn’t contact Hound Tres for some reason. We couldn’t reach him via calls, and he also stopped replying to our messages.”Kerry felt worked up and angry.“Why have you only reported such an important thing to me now?”His subordinates felt
Sterling Technology.Thomas brought his people back to the office happily.He had really won the battle beautifully. He had successfully defeated Kerry, but he also needed to thank Jenny. If she had not informed Thomas about it, he would have been the unlucky person now.Kerry’s plan was not smart, but it was very profound.Thomas had to pay more attention when he dealt with Kerry in the future.“Aries, please help me to watch Kerry’s movements. That man is too vicious. We have to keep our guard up against him.”“I got it, Commander.”After that, she walked inside and said, “Mr. Mayo, here’s a letter to you from your instructor.”Instructor?Thomas reached out to take the letter and open it.The letter was delivered by Franklin. After Thomas read it, his expression did not look good.Aries curiously asked, “What did the letter say?”Thomas did not answer. He just passed the letter to Aries. He took it and gave it a look. There was just one simple sentence in the letter. [I
Thomas walked into the house. There was a candle being lit up. The candle’s fragrance made those who smelled it feel refreshed.Meanwhile, Franklin was making the tea.Without raising his head, he said, “You’re here. Come and have a seat.”Thomas did not hold back either. He sat in a bamboo chair directly before he looked up and glanced around.Although it was a trap, the atmosphere was not tense at all.There were not more than a few of them in the house. There were no outsiders, and even Shawn was not there today. Plus, there were no people attempting to ambush the house.It was indeed exactly as Thomas had guessed. Franklin cared about his reputation very much, so it was impossible for him to harm Thomas in his own territory. Such an aggressive and rude method did not fit Franklin’s character.A while later, Franklin made the tea and personally served it to Thomas.“Come, let’s try the new brand of earl grey tea that I’ve just gotten.”“Thank you, Mr. Clark.”Thomas picked
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