If there was one floor in the office building of Art Trading Corporation that disgusted Fiora the most, it was undoubtedly the 36th floor. Everything here made Fiora so disgusted that she was not even willing to get near it.If it was not for the need to come here every month to get the antidote, Fiora would never have come here.When Fiora thought of the scene on the 36th floor, she would be extremely disgusted.Elliot had once come upon a story that told of “debauchery”. He was very fascinated, so he did as it was written in the book.On the 36th floor, there was a single room vacated with a vast pool, like a private swimming pool.There, Elliot had asked people to pour wine into the pool to make a wine pool, and it was all first-class wine.He had to soak in the wine pool every day, and he would even drink the wine sometimes.That scene was enough to make her feel sick just thinking about it.Of course, it was not enough to have a wine pool. There must also be a meat forest
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the bedroom door was kicked open with force. Before Theo could react to what was going on, a large group of people rushed in.They held up a camera to shoot the pictures of the two people on the bed from every angle of 360 degrees.Theo was stunned.What was going on?This villa was rented by him. How could anyone else break in? Was it the police officers, journalists, or his own family?They did not seem like it.“Stop! Don’t shoot!” Theo angrily said. “Who are you all?”At that moment, a tall man in a suit and tie walked in. He smiled slightly and said to the person on the bed, “Hello, Mr. Ramsey, the chef of the Food and Medicine Hall. I’m Wyatt Colt, the editor-in-chief of the Newspaper Office. This is my business card.”He politely handed the business card over.Theo took it suspiciously. “Wyatt Colt? I don’t know you. What do you want to do by bringing so many people and breaking into my house?”Wyatt smiled. He moved a chair over, s
“Call my buddy.“He’ll help me.”Wyatt nodded. “Okay.”He immediately flipped through a piece of paper to find Jasper Elrod’s phone number. Then, he dialed it, and the call was quickly connected.Jasper’s voice came from the other end. “Hello? Who’s calling?”Theo immediately replied, “It’s me!”“Mr. Ramsey? Did you change your phone number?”“No, let’s not talk about this. I need you to do me a favor now.”“I’m all ears, Mr. Ramsey.”“Immediately prepare one million dollars and bring it to the villa no. 28 in Green Lake.”“One million dollars? Why so much?”“Don’t ask, just bring it!”Jasper hesitated. “Mr. Ramsey, one million dollars is not a small amount. Tell me a little bit about it. What are you going to do with it?”Theo hesitated and could not speak.Right then, Wyatt grabbed the phone and said, “Here’s the thing. Mr. Ramsey slept with a woman whom he shouldn’t have slept with, so he needs to pay a little money as compensation. Do you understand?”How could he no
The key was here. Theo was not an idiot. Of course, he knew that he was a chef and had no great value. What the other party really wanted to deal with was the Food and Medicine Hall behind him!To be precise, it was to deal with Thomas.Theo asked, “What do you want me to do?”Wyatt said with a smile, “It’s actually very simple. I just want you to go back and resign with all the chefs under you. That’s all.”He could avoid disaster by resigning.It was a great job right now. But if he could protect himself, that would be fine.Theo asked, “As long as I resign, you won’t do anything to me, right?”“Yes.”“Okay, I’ll resign when I go back then.”“Well, you can go now.”Theo stood up, put on all his clothes, and ran out panting. He had thought about going out to have fun, but who would have thought that the badger game would lead to the loss of his job. He was really unlucky.It was true that lascivious activities could lead to bitter consequences.Wyatt took the phone and cal
Such a woman was more than able to attract the attention of men.For a “wolf” like Elliot, it was far more fulfilling to win over Fiora than to win other women.Fiora naturally saw the bad intentions in Elliot’s eyes, which made her very uncomfortable.“Elliot, it’s time to hand over the antidote!”She was almost roaring.Elliot did not care at all. In the entire Celandine City, only Mr. Cole could make the antidote for the Heart Eater except him.It was obvious that Mr. Cole would not make the antidote for Lord Vedastus.That also meant that if Lord Vedastus wanted to control Celandine City through Heart Eater, he had to get Elliot’s help. This was Lord Vedastus’s weakness and Elliot’s source of arrogance.He was not afraid of Fiora at all and even said playfully, “Why is the Miss Vedastus so temperamental? Why don’t you take a bath with me and calm down?”Fiora was ashamed and angry. She said angrily, “If you don’t give me the antidote today and cause our plan to fail, I won
The next day, the Food and Medicine Hall.When Thomas got up and was about to continue studying flowers, an unexpected event messed up with his plans.Pisces hurried upstairs and said, “Commander, something happened. The chefs of the Food and Medicine Hall, led by Theo, submitted their resignations one after another. They all asked to resign!”“Oh?” Thomas was a little surprised and asked, “Do you know the reason? Do they think the salary is low?”It should not be it.Thomas paid them twice the market price. These chefs earned far more than what five-star hotels paid. It was impossible for there to be a problem with the salary.Pisces shook his head. “I don’t know. I asked them, but they just said irrelevant things and wanted to resign. Besides, their attitudes were very decisive. They want to resign today and they want nothing else.”Thomas was even more surprised.What did this mean?They refused to work for one more day and wanted to resign today. When did the Food and Medi
Theo and the others let out a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Mr. Mayo!”The six chefs all submitted their resignations, which Thomas had signed one by one. In just a few minutes, all six chefs from Food and Medicine Hall left the place. By then, Food and Medicine Hall was completely emptied out.Thomas, on the other hand, remained as calm as a cat. He called Pisces over and whispered a few words to him, then sat down and poured tea into his cup, which he sipped quietly.A group of people walked into the room at that very moment, and the one leading them was Wyatt!“Oh? What’s the matter, Mr. Mayo?” Wyatt said cheerfully as he strolled in. “Why did I see all the chefs packing their stuff and leaving when I was walking in just now?”Thomas looked at him, and he had a pretty good idea why he had come here. This man must have done something dirty and caused all his staff members to leave.“Ah, that’s too bad. I was planning on coming here to taste Food and Medicine Hall’s food, but
For each of their meals, they were usually sold for ten to twenty bucks.They usually wandered around near residential and construction sites, cooking for folks who did not have a lot of money. It was honest and hard work, but it was enough for them. They did not care if it was delicious or not. At their current levels, what kind of delicacies could they prepare?“I don’t think you should throw yourself away like this, Mr. Mayo?” Wyatt said, trying not to laugh. “I know it’s really hard to accept that you have lost Theo and the other chefs, but come on, do you really need to find these six to compensate?“Are these six even considered chefs? Is the food they prepare even edible?”Thomas smiled and said, “You’ll know if it’s edible once you taste it.”“I see you are pretty sure of yourself, Mr. Mayo. All right then. Let’s order some dishes, my friends, to see where the newly hired chefs rank!” Wyatt said, nodding.His lackeys were all grinning from ear to ear.Do they still ne
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