They had won the first round!Thomas and Pisces went back into the restaurant together. They headed up to the third floor and sat down.Pisces poured Thomas a cup of tea, smiled, and said, “First, he put all those killers in place, then he sent people over to shut our business down. Lord Vedastus’ methods are filthy. That's not how a hero should act.”Thomas picked up the teacup, took a sip, and replied, “He's not considered a hero. He occupied Celandine City because of his despicable methods and Heart Eater. Without Heart Eater, his skills alone would be terrible.”Pisces said, “We have to be careful. We can't let ourselves be poisoned with Heart Eater, or else we'll be under Lord Vedastus' control.”Of course.Thomas was not that stupid to let Lord Vedastus control him using Heart Eater.After Thomas drank his tea, he said, “It’s late now. Let’s go to House of Vistaria and further investigate Heart Eater as well as Luck.”“Okay.”Then, Pisces drove Thomas to House of Vistari
First of all, Thomas noticed how enormous the castle was before anything else!When he previously looked up at it from the bottom of the mountain, he never felt anything. When he was actually inside the castle, he could feel how huge the castle was. Besides, the passages in the castle led to all kinds of places. There were so many passages that it was like a maze.Even though Thomas was brilliant and he wanted to get a hang of the place within thirty minutes, it was highly difficult.He would not be done in one or two days. Thomas did not rush to go everywhere either. Instead, he had a plan to analyze each place, and he would slowly check them out.In the end, his hard work paid off. He found something.When he pushed open a wooden door in the castle, a garden appeared behind the door. It was an extraordinary garden.There were many flowers in it.There were different kinds of flowers with varying colors and sizes. Besides, they were blooming beautifully.This place was differe
The old man chuckled and said, “Of course, this is the outcome I've achieved after spending half of my life studying them. Aren’t they beautiful?”Thomas nodded. “Yes, they are. May I know how I should address you?”The old man said, “Just call me Mr. Cole. I’m the gardener in House of Vistaria. I’ve been working here for half of my life. I don’t have other hobbies. I just like to plant flowers.”Thomas said, “Mr. Cole, your skills in planting the flowers are unique. Others usually plant flowers in flower beds or pots, but you've planted the flowers on the trees. I never heard of this.”Mr. Cole walked over. He examined his flowers as he answered, “I just love to torture myself. Actually, there's nothing wrong with planting in the flower beds and pots, but it lacks something compared with planting on the trees.”“What does it lack?”“Aggressiveness.”What?Thomas was momentarily stunned. It was his first time hearing something like that. Could flowers be aggressive?“I don’t g
Once again, the term “Plant Human” appeared in Thomas’ head. The situation before him was very similar to the situation he had seen in the Southland District.Although there were no caged humans, there were real animals!How cruel and unbelievable was it to graft a flower plant onto an animal's body!Thomas gulped, and his heart pounded fast.This place was like a passage that led to hell. Mr. Cole, who had seemed friendly earlier, was now a demon or Satan in Thomas’ eyes!But Mr. Cole did not care.He just walked in, pointed at the cages, and pridefully said, “Buddy, look, this is my hard work.“Aside from being a gardener, I’m also an excellent doctor. My grafting skills don’t just end at grafting the flowers onto the tree trunks. I can even graft the flowers onto the animals.“Didn’t you ask me what I would do after I cultivate the aggressive flowers?“I’ll tell you now. After I cultivate the aggressive flowers, I graft them onto these small animals. But animals have much s
Thomas glanced at the phone and smiled faintly. He said, “Miss Mars should be almost done with her lunch, so I have to go back first. Mr. Cole, today’s conversation with you has benefited me a lot.“Before leaving, I have a request. I hope that you will agree to it, Mr. Cole.”Mr. Cole stroked his beard and said with a smile, “The conversation with you today has been very enjoyable. If you have any requests, just state them. I’ll definitely help if I can.”So, Thomas pointed at the flowers outside and said, “Mr. Cole, can you give me one of the cultivated flowers? I like flowers and plants.”“Oh?” Mr. Cole narrowed his eyes and said with a polite smile, “There’s nothing wrong with giving you a flower. The problem is that I won’t take it off for you. It’s up to you whether you can take the flower away.”“Thank you!” Thomas shook hands with him. So, Thomas went up to the tree trunk and observed it carefully. He found an errant flower that was in full bloom and could absorb nutrien
Mr. Cole said nonchalantly, “Lord Vedastus is a bad guy, so his enemy must be a good person. Now, I feel more at ease about Thomas’s character.”Declan shook his head with a bitter smile.Was Lord Vedastus a bad guy? Maybe so. This was because Lord Vedastus stole that man from Mr. Cole. That man was Mr. Cole's most beloved and most admired disciple. He was Mr. Cole's only disciple, Capricious Holy Hand.On the other side, Thomas returned to the hall. At this moment, Phoebe was already wiping her mouth with a towel. She had just finished eating.“You return at the right time. I’ve already eaten everything.”Thomas glanced down, and the food on the table was finished. It seemed that Phoebe was deliberately buying time for him.He could not help but say, “Thank you.”Phoebe’s heart suddenly felt warm, and she asked in a kind tone, “How is it? Did you find anything today?”Thomas opened the box, and there was a flower inside.“No major discovery. I only have a flower from Mr. Cole
A tragedy?After those two words, Thomas knew that there had to be a moving story behind it.The development of the matter was exactly as Thomas had guessed.Phoebe sighed and told Thomas about the rough past that had happened to Mr. Cole. It was not complicated, but it was very tragic.It turned out that when Mr. Cole was young, he was a good doctor with a handsome appearance, superb medical skills, and high medical ethics.His future was bright.Men like this were very popular with young girls. There were many beautiful girls pursuing Mr. Cole, including some noble ladies.With Mr. Cole’s conditions, an excellent partner could be screened out.Everyone thought so, too.Until one day, the appearance of that woman changed Mr. Cole’s life.It was an ordinary-looking girl from a poor family. Because she was ill but had no money to see a doctor, she had fainted on the road, attracting attention from passersby.Mr. Cole was on his way to work. When he saw that the road was block
In the fifth year after their marriage, tragedy struck.Mr. Cole’s wife had cancer. It was a genetic disease of her family, and it was a recessive inheritance. Sadly, Mr. Cole’s wife had an onset.In spite of Mr. Cole’s best efforts, he still could not save his wife’s life.In the end, his wife passed away.The tragedy was not over yet, and even more tragic things soon happened. Mr. Cole’s child also fell ill the next year, and hereditary cancer continued to attack, taking the life of Mr. Cole’s child.In just two years, Mr. Cole lost his wife and children one after another, which was a tremendous blow to him.The pain was conceivable.At that time, Mr. Cole cried every day. He was sad and desperate, and he even thought of suicide!Fortunately, under the diligent care of those around him, Mr. Cole recovered little by little.Although Mr. Cole had recovered, his character had changed, and he had a gained very lofty goal in life, which was to eradicate cancer!Eradicate cancer?
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