“Okay.”Jacob and Vera left together.Aries walked over to him and asked, “Can it be cured?”“There are no feasible methods at the moment, but Mr. Nolan and myself will come up with something. Don’t worry too much,” Thomas answered honestly. He patted Aries’s shoulder. Thomas was well aware of Aries’s affections for Vera, so he understood just how much the sad news has affected him.Following that, Thomas and Birch harnessed their own abilities to search for a treatment method.Thomas called the Kindness Clinic in Southland District deliberately to ask and discuss the treatment methods with the owner, William Owen. Birch was not about to sit around, so he dialed each of his old friends one by one, asking if there were any suitable treatment solutions.Both of them discovered some information and then filtered it one by one.They worked till eleven at night, only to discover that it was all a wild goose chase because there was no useful information for them.“Sigh…” Birch le
After a two-hour plane ride, Thomas and Aries finally arrived at Kiara Cloud Mountain. When they stepped out of the airport, they were both caught off guard.Prior to this, cities like Southland District and Central City were still highly established. The airports were well-built and were among the top five in the country.But things were quite different in Kiara Cloud.The economy was a little behind here, and the airport was built a distance from the city center, making it appear even more desolate. The surroundings looked barren and empty.Also, while it was nearly midday, there was still fog! Although it was not particularly thick.“Coming here makes me feel like I’m returning to the roots of nature,” Aries joked.Thomas asked, “Where’s our first stop?”“We’re going to Lyle River to find a man with a nickname called ‘Mr. Fox Wolf’. According to my source, Mr. Fox Wolf is the top information broker in the Kiara Cloud area, and there’s nothing he doesn’t know. If even he doe
It was fortunate that both Thomas and Aries were in excellent physical shape; otherwise, they would have been vomiting their guts out.The old man came to an end of the ride after a little more than an hour.“This is the edge of Lyle River and I can’t go any further. There are too many wild wolves in there. It would be too dangerous for me to keep on going,” he said. “Do you have any idea where this guy called ‘Mr. Fox Wolf’ lives?” Aries asked. The old man nodded and pointed at the top of a nearby hill with his finger. “That guy lives in a red brick house on top of that hill, you two can find him there.”“Okay.”Aries exited the rickshaw and suddenly turned around to ask the old man, “Oh, right, we don’t have a ride when we come back later. I’ll give you a million dollars if you’re willing to wait for us here and bring us to town, adding up the waiting time and the trip to town. Is that okay?”One million dollars?The old man felt as though he was going insane with delight.
Dozens of wild wolves charged up. They bared their teeth, showing numerous sharp teeth, and lunged at Thomas and Aries to bite them. They were fighting side by side with their backs to each other, just like the year when they killed their enemy on the west coast."Commander, it's been a long time since I've felt this way!""Watch your left!"They were able to deal with one ferocious pouncing wolf after another with ease, as their teamwork was great.The wolves were fast and had a powerful bite, but they only had one method of attack, which was still relatively easy for people like Thomas to deal with.The wolves were fast, but both of them were even faster.Every attack was hard and powerful, be it straight punches, sidekicks, elbow strikes, or knee strikes. Within 30 seconds, all of the wolves were eliminated.And they did it while unarmed.They could have killed all of these wild wolves in a much shorter time if they had weapons.A man's deep voice sounded from the front d
Since the soft approach did not work, it was time for hard coercion.He reached out and pointed at Fox Wolf, "Don't you push me. If you refuse to say it, I'll pry your mouth open in ways you can't imagine!"The fox wolf looked at the Aries coldly, "You may try."Things had progressed to this point where there was basically no room for any further maneuvering. Aries had not expected to be faced with such a challenging problem once they had just arrived at Kiara Cloud Mountain.What to do?Was it really necessary for him to knock down Fox Wolf and then pry his mouth open with those special methods?By looking at Fox Wolf's determination and fierce eyes, it was clear that he was not someone who was willing to simply concede and open up.Thomas patted Aries on the shoulder at this moment.He took a step forward and said to the Fox Wolf, "It is indeed our fault that the two of us came uninvited, trespassed into your house, and injured the wolves you kept.""It's not sincere to just
Fox Wolf asked Thomas directly: "It's not that I don't believe you. It’s just that my wife has severe asthma. It's been treated for years and hundreds of doctors have seen it. It is also incurable. On what basis do you claim to be able to treat it?"Thomas replied, "If I can't cure it, then I won't get the information about the thousand-year-old mushroom. Don't worry, I'm sure of it."While talking, he opened the satchel he was carrying and took out a wooden box from it.When it was opened, it contained the Asclepius needle.Despite the fact that Fox Wolf was clueless about the needle, he could tell the difference between this silver needle and others at a glance. After all, he had been busy with his wife’s illness for so many years that he had amassed quite a variety of medical knowledge.He said, "This silver needle of yours isn't ordinary."Thomas laughed lightly, "It is a silver needle passed down from the Asclepius Doctor, with extraordinary power, and only this kind of silv
Thomas waved his hand, "No need for that. As I already stated, we are making a deal."After a pause, Thomas continued, "I cured your wife as an apology. We should not have casually entered your home and beaten the wolves you raised. Now that our grudge is cleared, would you like to tell me where I may get the thousand-year mushroom? "Fox Wolf replied. "According to legend, there is a thousand-year mushroom on Kiara Cloud Mountain. It has the ability to rejuvenate and make you look youthful when executed properly. The Kiara Cloud Guardians have guarded the thousand-year mushroom. The exact location of the mushroom is only known by the Guardians' chief of each generation.""And the leader of this generation is the richest man in the Kiara Cloud region — Riordan Silver!""If we could find Riordan, then we would be able to track down the thousand-year mushroom."Thomas was happy to hear such good news.Even if the thousand-year mushroom was still some distance away, they had confirm
After Thomas and Aries bade farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Fox Wolf, he left Lyle River, back to where it all started.It was nearly two hours since the start of their journey. That old man with the rickshaw would most probably not be there anymore as it was way past the agreed time of one hour.There were very few people who passed by this place. If they wanted to get out of here, they could only walk.What a tough life.As they were ready for their long journey of walking, someone called out to them, “You two, you’re finally back?”Thomas looked back and noticed that not too far away, behind a huge tree, an old rickshaw was parked there.The door to the rickshaw opened, and a head popped out from the inside.It was the old man.It was not an exaggeration at all to say that money worked wonders, it seemed. This old man would rather risk being attacked by wolves and would rather wait here, even though it was past the agreed time.It was not surprising, anyway.This one single trip
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