He paused for a while before he continued to say, “There are rumors saying we always burn people down here. As long as people desire it, they can be burned by the sacred fire to burn their sins. That’s actually inaccurate. The elders are kind, so they won’t burn people as a part of their entertainment.”When Phoebe heard that, she pouted slightly.The situation was a little different from her introduction.She had initially thought that anyone could be burned by the sacred fire, and they could die as long as they wished for it. That was actually not true. The elder would still persuade people against it if it was possible.It seemed that everything she had heard was fake, and she needed to see the situation for herself.“What will it be like during the sacred fire’s burning ceremony tomorrow?” Thomas asked further.When he mentioned it, the waiter’s expression darkened a little, and he sighed.Thomas curiously said, “Why? You look uncomfortable. Are the people who are going to b
“Besides, to prevent the evil people from worrying about anything, the Great Elder has promised that they would treat their families well, and they would also release a huge amount of welfare allowance.”When Thomas and the group heard about it, they understood what was happening in the tribe.Thomas said, “So, the dozens of people who were burned last month and this month are evil people who’ve committed crimes?”The waiter nodded firmly.He said, “Actually, when someone stepped out, people were happy because they thought that the strange mark disease would finally disappear. Unexpectedly, after the first person was burned, the strange mark disease continued to exist, and there was no sign that it was going to disappear!“However, the second and third people stepped out.“People were burned to death one after another, but the strange mark disease remained. It seems untreatable.”At that moment, Pisces contemptuously said, “The strange mark disease is an illness. Isn’t it supers
Phoebe was a little dumbfounded. The situation was so messy. How could it be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them?She asked, “What do you mean?”Thomas explained, “If everything here is peaceful and nothing happens, it’ll be hard for us to get the sacred fire.“But you’ve seen it. This place is chaotic, and the people are frightened. If we can solve the problem and make the strange mark disease disappear, think about it, won’t the tribe owe us a great favor?“It wouldn’t be too much to repay us with the sacred fire, right?”This time, Phoebe understood him.She nodded. It was true. If they could help the tribe get rid of the strange mark disease, they could easily get the sacred fire.The problem was, could the strange mark disease be easily cured?Phoebe asked, “So, how are you going to discover the wicked person?”Thomas burst out laughing.He drank some tea before he said, “Well, first of all, I have to stress that I’m an atheist. I don’t know whether the Great Elder
One particular characteristic deserved attention: all the people who were presently sick were from the tribe, and there were no tourists suffering from the strange mark disease for the time being. Phoebe was surprised. “Such a thing actually exists? Then why did the waiter check our arms in the first place?”Thomas replied, “It’s just a formality. Although no tourists have gotten sick for the time being, it doesn’t mean that tourists will definitely not get sick.”After a pause, he said, “But if you assume that tourists really won’t get sick, that means that the strange mark disease will only spread within the tribe. You should remember the Great Elder’s dream: the evil person is also a member of the tribe.“It means that all dangers are actually confined to the tribe and have nothing to do with tourists. Therefore, tourists can still eat and drink, and do whatever they want. Only the people in the tribe live in fear.”After listening to Thomas’s explanation, Phoebe finally under
After a while, all the food was served on the table while still hot, which made Phoebe’s cold palms gradually warm up.She put a piece of meat in her mouth. “Hmm, delicious.”As he watched her, Thomas felt happy and said, “Your anorexia has basically been cured.”“Really?”Even Phoebe herself had not noticed this.After she recalled it carefully, it seemed that this was really the case. In fact, they had not eaten Thomas’s food these few days and went out to eat instead.They had not even been to some fancy restaurants.But Phoebe did not feel the slightest discomfort and enjoyed every meal.In fact, it was Thomas who secretly put the medicine in the meal and helped Phoebe recover bit by bit. Phoebe’s anorexia had almost recovered, and she only needed a few more days of recuperation to be fine.Phoebe’s mood was even better.Right then, Pisces changed back to the previous topic and said, "Commander, in your opinion, who is the culprit that brought about the changes to the Sac
Thomas took off his coat and threw it on the bed. Then, he turned around and said to Pisces and Phoebe, “The strange mark disease is curable.”The other two froze at the same time.Did he not tell the girl’s mother that there was no way to cure it for now, and he needed to continue to observe the patient, just now?Why did he say that the strange mark disease was curable as soon as he got back to the hotel?Could it be that Thomas was deceiving the girl’s mother just now?It was indeed the case.Thomas answered truthfully, “I did lie just now. The strange mark disease is indeed curable. If I made a move just now, I could have cured the little girl’s disease on the spot.”However, Thomas did not do so.Pisces and Phoebe could not understand. According to Thomas’s personality, he was not the kind of person who would stop himself from saving people whenever he could.Thomas then explained, “If I save the little girl just now, the matter will definitely spread. At that time, we’ll
At noon the next day, there was a large number of tourists around the burning field. All of them had come to watch the burning of the sacred fire.To be honest, being able to see such “torture” in today’s society was a very rare thing, and most people did not want to miss it.Besides, the vast majority of tourists came for the burning of the sacred fire.The purpose of their coming here was to see how a living person was burned alive in order to satisfy their distorted inner demands.Could such a burning still reflect the meaning of the sacred fire?Could such punishment still burn the karma away?No one cared anymore. Everyone indulged in their own pleasure. Some for visual enjoyment, some for twisted hobbies, and some for making money.The actual meaning of the sacred fire had almost ceased to exist.Everyone was cheering and shouting, “Burn him! Burn him!”The poor man walked onto the burning platform alone, and he did not need anyone else to escort him. This was because ev
Thomas smiled and said, “I’m just a wanderer, nothing special. There is a reason why I have stopped your burning of the sacred fire.”Great Elder frowned.What was going on? Had someone come to cause trouble? He had been living here all his life, and this was the first time he ever saw someone stop the burning of the sacred fire.The Great Elder asked calmly, “May I know the reason?”Thomas did not answer and asked, “Great Elder, may I know the reason for executing the burning of the sacred fire?”The Great Elder sneered. “Everyone knows the reason. The tribe has suffered misfortune. The strange mark disease keeps on spreading in the tribe, causing panic among the people. I got a hint from the Celestial Being that there is an evil person in the tribe. This person must be burned with the sacred fire and executed in order to quell the wrath of the Celestial Being to put an end to the strange mark disease.”The Great Elder changed the topic abruptly and deliberately scolded Thomas,
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