Right then, Jeremy turned towards Nicholas suddenly, and said, “I’ll make this clear, old fox. I was the one who defeated Thomas, and it’s also thanks to me that Starry Moon Pavilion has achieved this amazing feat. And I found Starry Moon Pavilion in the name of your grandson, so I rightfully deserve to be the one in charge and the owner of Starry Moon Pavilion!”Ah, the battle for the fruit had begun. Nicholas had already predicted this move long ago.Nicholas and Joseph exchanged a glance, smiled at the same time and thought, ‘Jeremy seemed to think too lightly of this?’“Jeremy, what makes you think you have the rights to be the ‘owner’ of Starry Moon Pavilion?”Nicholas stared at Jeremy profoundly, his eyes mocking, as if he were staring at an idiot.Something seemed off to Jeremy, too.He said, “I built Starry Moon Pavilion with my own hands, and I was also the one who destroyed Sterling Technology, I—”With a wave of his hand, Nicholas cut him off. “All right, that’s eno
Jeremy gnashed his teeth in hatred and yelled, "Nicholas, you set me up?"Nicholas shrugged. "So? It's not like this hasn't happened before. If I could lock you up back then, I can kill you just as easily now. You'll always be my son. You’re not going to be able to defeat me."The atmosphere got awkward.Everyone believed Jeremy was so powerful that he could even defeat Thomas. Who would have thought that someone else would benefit from his actions in the end?His hard work of building Starry Moon Pavilion became Nicholas's property in the end.It was a tragedy for all those who heard it.Nicholas finished a cigarette and instantly lit up a new one. His eyes were ablaze with happiness. As the saying goes, people are always in high spirits when involved in joyful events. A person was in a different state when their heart was happy.But, after a brief period of happiness, Nicholas experienced a setback.Jeremy said coldly, "Nicholas, you might have forgotten one thing. Someone
Georgia took a step forward, a cheeky look at Nicholas, and said, "Nicholas, didn't you wonder why Thomas keeps failing? You've fought Thomas so many times and lost every time, so why does Jeremy always win? Is he truly that much more powerful compared to Thomas?"It was not that Nicholas did not think about it. It was only that the joy of victory had blinded him.He realized now that Thomas was not truly weak, but had been feigning weakness and losing to Jeremy solely on purpose.Because the Starry Moon Pavilion was founded in Thomas' name.Jeremy was working for the Starry Moon Pavilion. To put it bluntly, he was working for Thomas!Thomas lost Sterling Technology and Prosperous Star Pavilion to Star Moon Pavilion. In fact, he was just taking funds from his left pocket and depositing them in his right pocket.There was not even the tiniest bit of a loss for Thomas.Not only that, a large number of the Gomez family’s assets were taken over as well. Nicholas thought he had reall
There had been enough surprises for a single day. Nicholas was about to be shocked into a state of idiocy as he was struck by wave after wave of shock.He stared at Tina in bewilderment, unable to comprehend how this drugged woman had miraculously recovered.Looking at Tina's eyes, which shone with dazzling light, revealed that she had fully recovered.Nicholas gritted his teeth and reached out to point at Tina. His speech was a little shaken with fear. "You, you, how come? How could you possibly be fine?"As he said this, he looked at the old housekeeper next to him.The one responsible for poisoning Tina had been the old housekeeper.If Tina was fine, the old housekeeper must be the root of the problem. Was he betrayed by his long-serving housekeeper, who had been following him for decades?It did not make sense, right?Actually not.The old housekeeper had just been as terrified as Nicholas, and he actually killed himself in remorse.He was confident that Tina had been giv
"You little brats have done enough just to deal with me to this point. As an old man, I am firmly convinced.""But who cares if you all carried out this elaborate plan together? I'm still the Gomez family head, and you won't be able to usurp my status as long as I don't die. Your current advantage will be stolen away by me eventually!"Jeremy sneered and said, "Nicholas, is your brain really not working? I just said it. You don't have the time for that.""What do you mean?""The meaning is pretty simple. I am ready to send you inside the jail.""You? What makes you think that you can do that?""On the basis of ......" Jeremy gave Tina a look.Tina came forward and said: "720617, this number was frequently emphasized to me by Dominic before he passed away and he asked me to remember it.In fact, I would not have remembered this number if it had not been for the fact that it was Jeremy's birthday. The only thing I did not get is why Dominic placed such a strong emphasis on this n
Nicholas’s defeat was something he never expected. The old butler stood there in anger. If he had noticed any abnormalities earlier, things might be different now.“You rascals!”The old butler brought a fruit knife out. “You are all descendants of the Gomez family, but yet you dared join hands with the enemy to harm the patriarch of the Gomez family. Do you guys still have a shred of humanity in you?”Humanity?It was this shred of humanity they had that led them to revolt against Nicholas!Jeremy said, “Where was his humanity when Nicholas locked me up for so many years? Where was his humanity when he pushed my son to his death? Where was his humanity when Nicholas poisoned my wife? And now you say that we do not have a shred of humanity left in us? How much of a hypocrite can you be?!”The old butler yelled at him, “Even if he did you wrong, he is still your father! If a king wants his subjects to die, his subjects have to die. If the father wants the son to die, the son has t
Both father and son stood in silence in front of the tombstone. After a long while, Nelson said softly, “Brother, your lifelong wish has finally been fulfilled by Thomas.”“From today onwards, the Gomez family ceases to exist. There will only be the Mayo family.”“Rest in peace on the other side. If you can, tell our mother that the villain who abandoned his wife has been punished.”After he finished his sentence, he prayed in silence.Nelson looked up at the sky. It was cloudy in Central City today, and it seemed like it would rain any time soon.He said, “We can finally go home, Thomas.”Thomas nodded.He then took a step forward, bowed as a form of respect to his deceased uncle, and said, “I did as I promised, uncle. You can rest in peace as all the debts have been paid.”The debt left by Nicholas had been taken over by Thomas and was finally cleared.Kindness begets kindness, evil begets evil. The deeds done would be repaid in full, it was only a matter of the right time.
It was an hour to midnight when Thomas finally reached Southland District. Nostalgia struck Thomas hard in the face. The atmosphere made him feel a few years younger. He was in a great mood. He too, wondered how his old friends in Southland District had fared after all this time.Since he was away for nearly ten months, he did not know if Southland District had changed drastically from the time before he left and now.Thomas, being low-key, took a cab home.Although 33 Metro Garden Neighborhood was a small shabby villa, it was Emma’s house, and it was the place that Thomas had been missing all this time. Honey, I am back!As Thomas stood in front of the door and got ready to knock, the door opened itself.Could it be that his family saw him already?However, that was not the case.His father-in-law, Johnson, and mother-in-law, Felicia, were supporting Emma by her arm as they headed out of the house. Harvard and others helped Emma get into the car. It looked like she was
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