In Food and Medicine Hall, Thomas sat in a chair, held a black ink pen, and wrote down three names on a clean white paper. They were Luck, Dragon Head, and Lord Vedastus. These three people were the last three hurdles that Thomas wanted to overcome.Judging from the current situation, Lord Vedastus was already falling apart, and Art Trading Corporation had already been taken down by people in Celandine City, so he could not cause any stir. As long as he did not take any extreme measures, Thomas basically did not have to worry about him. Meanwhile, Luck was the mastermind behind everything. Based on the information provided by Eric, the district chief, Luck was a single person, but also an organization, and that meant that Luck himself was a one-man organization. The organization had existed for more than one thousand years, and they had even planted their people in a dozen cities in the country. There would be someone like Lord Vedastus in each city. If Thomas dealt with
“Pisces, find the map of the industrial wasteland.”Pisces nodded. “I’ll do it now.”In less than ten minutes, Pisces walked over with a big map. After he spread it out, he put it on the table. It was the map of the industrial wasteland that Dragon Head wanted to bid on.What kind of secret could be hidden on this land for Dragon Head to want it desperately?A few of them studied the map, but they could not find anything for a time.The land was really remote and desolate. Plus, the equipment and facilities in the surrounding area were terrible.Use the land for a plantation? No, its salinity was too high, so nothing could be planted there.Build houses there? There were no facilities like hospitals, schools, banks, or even any life support. Instead, there were a lot of chemical plants, so building houses there would definitely cause some losses.At this time, Thomas noticed a sign, [HX].This sign showed up in many places around the factories.“Find out what this sign means.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Thomas came to the auction, and Pisces followed him.As expected, they met the man who was causing them trouble, Dragon Head!“Hey, Mr. Mayo, why are you here?” Dragon Head looked very surprised, but anyone would have been able to tell that he was pretending. Would his planted agents not know that Thomas would compete against him for the land?Thomas’ reply was also quite tough as he directly refuted Dragon Head.“I’ll be there no matter where you are.”No matter what Dragon Head wanted to do, Thomas would not let him achieve it successfully. Why did Thomas sound like the bad guy?Dragon Head chuckled and just said, “Wow, I have to be extra careful when I go to the restroom so that I won’t choke you with my smell. Haha!”He laughed as he walked away from Thomas.Aside from Dragon Head, dozens of large enterprises had attended the auction, including foreign enterprises that were rich in resources.But they were just there to join the fun.
Six billion was an astronomical figure. Would any enterprise be able to afford it? Even Art Trading Corporation, the tyrant of Celandine City, could barely afford it.The number made everyone’s face turn pale in shock.It was putting oneself at risk.They did not understand why Thomas would do that. After all, this industrial wasteland did not have any development value. It could not be used for planting or building construction. If he bought the land, it would be useless.Did he need to spend $6,000,000,000 to buy it?The host was also shocked. “Mr. Mayo, are you sure you want to place a bid of $6,000,000,000 for the industrial wasteland?” he asked in a trembling voice.Thomas did not back down in fear.He gently nodded. “I’m sure.”Phew!The host breathed a long sigh before he raised his microphone and said, “Six billion dollars from Mr. Mayo for the land. May I know if anyone wants to raise the price again?”He was saying that to Dragon Head, not the others.The host had
Dragon Head left the site arrogantly. He was victorious in this battle, as he had framed Thomas.The people around also cast different gazes at Thomas.Some mocked him, some pitied him, while others were indifferent.In this huge gamble, Thomas had lost completely.Was that really the case?Forty minutes later, Thomas returned to Food and Medicine Hall. He silently walked to an empty table and sat down. Pisces had been by Thomas’ side, but he dared not say a word.They had lost terribly this time.It was $6,000,000,000!They had bought useless land with no value at all, falling into Dragon Head’s trap.Most importantly, if they encountered the same situation again, what should they do? Should they still stop Dragon Head?If Dragon Head attempted to do more bad things, should Thomas still put in the effort to stop him?If Thomas did not stop Dragon Head, would he not become overconfident?However, if Thomas stopped him, it was likely that Thomas would encounter a situation l
Disney was the dominating company in the world. It contributed to every industry, including the film industry, IP development, and resorts. Its theme parks were even welcomed by people around the world!Disney only owned a few theme parks in the whole country, and there were none in Celandine City.Unexpectedly, Thomas had managed to ask the person, who was in charge of Disney in their country, out for a meal.Pisces knew how important this meal was.If the wasteland could be developed into Disneyland, they would not have spent the $6,000,000,000 in vain. Instead, they would be earning a lot!Not only Thomas would profit, but Celandine City would too.It would become a signature of Celandine City. After all, only a few cities in the country had a Disneyland park, so this was a top project.It was an impressive endeavor.Was such an enormous project going to be discussed in such a small restaurant?If Pisces had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have dared to believe
In House of Vistaria’s lobby, Dragon Head held a glass of red wine. He looked at the redness of the wine as he drank it. That was his favorite color.Lord Vedastus, who was sitting at the side, felt extremely happy too.After such a long time, they finally managed to set Thomas up. It gave him great joy!After all, ever since Thomas came to Celandine City, Lord Vedastus had basically been passively attacked. Whenever he tried to fight Thomas, Thomas would ruthlessly teach him a lesson.This time, he had finally avenged himself.They had made Thomas lose $6,000,000,000 in one sitting. Losing such a great amount of money was not a piece of cake. Even Thomas would not be able to handle it.Lord Vedastus smiled and said, “No wonder people say that you’re Luck’s most trusted subordinate and the strongest member in the organization, Dragon Head. I used to doubt it, but I really believed it this time.“You did what Dragon Scale and Dragon Claw couldn’t do. Besides, I admire you because
All of a sudden, the two people sitting there were stunned.The two of them had been eating away happily just now, but at the moment, they froze up like two statues. Even their eyes had stopped moving.No way. How was this possible?Dragon Head had spent a lot of effort tricking Thomas.But it turned out that this trick had only benefitted Thomas.Why did it seem like he was the one who had gotten tricked?Suddenly, Dragon Head felt that the red wine he drank was tasteless. It was just like horse urine.“This is impossible!”Dragon Head threw away the red wine glass. He stared at the video played on the iPad and watched it seriously. Lord Vedastus also came over, and the two of them watched the content of the video together.In the video, Thomas held a press release. Besides Thomas, there were two bigwigs attending the press release.One was Summer Land’s Disney manager, and the other was the district chief, Eric Wood.Thomas was the host of the press release.The key infor
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