Jax’s family members all stared at each other. They froze in place as they did not know how to deal with the current situation.The person in front of them was indeed Jax. The tone of speech and demeanor were exactly the same. It was impossible to be fake.Besides, the relationship between Jax and his family was very bad. Now his family members felt embarrassed. They originally thought that Jax was dead, so they could use his death to make a lot of money.But Jax was alive!What should they do?Of course, they wanted to keep making money, but Jax would rather make money by himself than give them a chance.Thomas came over and asked, “What’s the situation now? Have you discussed it with your family?”Jax said angrily, “There’s nothing to discuss. I have nothing to do with them! Thomas, you only need to pay me three hundred thousand dollars in full.”The engineering team had injured Jax, so Thomas compensated Jax with three hundred thousand dollars. With this, this matter was ove
Bamboo Pole hurriedly said, “Please don’t hit me. Let’s talk it out. I actually have difficulties.”“Difficulties? What difficulties?”“It’s inconvenient to speak here. Come in with me.”After that, Bamboo Pole led Jax into the private room of the bar and locked the door.He walked to Jax and whispered, “This incident was arranged by Dragon Head. He gave me one million dollars to buy your life and put the blame on the engineering team.”Jax shouted angrily, “That’s why you took advantage of the chaos and stabbed the back of my head!”Bamboo Pole was embarrassed.He said, “I can’t help it either. If I don’t kill you, Dragon Head will kill me.”As he spoke, he looked at the back of Jax’s head, which was wrapped in circles of gauze. It seemed that he was indeed injured, but it was not fatal.Jax said coldly, “What are you looking at? You must be very disappointed that I’m not dead, right? Tell me honestly. What the hell is going on?”Bamboo Pole had no other way, as he was at fa
An hour later, Bamboo Pole and the others were all sent to the police station. At the same time, the official announced part of the truth to the public.Jax’s death had been a well-targeted and premeditated crime!Once the incident was announced, it caused widespread discussion.Among them, Dragon Head and Lord Vedastus were the most troubled.Dragon Head looked at the news report on TV angrily. He said that he used the easiest way to defeat Thomas before, but Thomas easily overcame it.“The stupid Bamboo Pole!”How could the dead be resurrected? Why did he not think about it using his brain?A simple disguise had deceived Bamboo Pole and destroyed the whole plan.Dragon Head was so angry that he could not even eat.But Lord Vedastus seemed used to it. He said while drinking, “I told you. How could Thomas be subdued by such a simple method? But don't worry, I have already asked Peter Stefano to deal with Thomas.”Peter Stefano?The fence-sitter of the Business Alliance?Dra
They did not have to use any particularly inconvenient measures to deal with these “flies”. They just needed to do one thing — be ruthless!After their meal, Thomas brought Pisces and Aquarius over to the Business Alliance to meet Peter and the others. They were all seated in the meeting room, along with nine other members of the alliance. The Business Alliance’s ten prominent members were basically a bunch of fence-sitters. When Thomas was in charge, they would all be on his side, but ever since Dragon Head was present, they were all on his side instead.They had no personal principles at all. The only rule they stuck to was to follow the more powerful ones.At that very moment, Peter led the group and wanted to force Thomas to step down! “Mr. Mayo, please put a stop to the Disneyland project right away. This is something that the entire Business Alliance strongly opposes!” Peter said.Oppose?What right did they have to oppose this?Thomas completely set this project up o
Thomas pointed at the door and said calmly to the ten members present, “You can all get the hell out now.”Peter slammed his hands on the table and stood up. “Have you thought of the consequences, Thomas?! Without the ten of us, the Business Alliance would not exist! If we leave, the Business Alliance will disappear with us. Your total loss would be unfathomable!”“Oh? Is that so? Are the ten of you really that important?” Thomas chuckled and clapped his hands. After that, the meeting room’s door opened, and one by one, men in suits entered the room.Every single one of them was a big shot in the business circle!When those men entered the room, Peter sensed something was amiss. He had the feeling that something really bad was about to happen.And he had really guessed it right. “These businessmen had approached me a long time ago and expressed interest in joining the alliance to build the business together,” Thomas stated. “However, it's a pity that the business alliance only h
“Something’s not right!”Peter looked down at the cigar in his hand, and he realized what the problem was. “There’s something wrong with this cigar.”Dragon Head stayed silent and watched quietly as Peter’s eyes fluttered close. He dropped to the floor like a dead pig, while slipping into a deep sleep. Lord Vedastus kicked Peter and said, “How did a fence-sitter like him even have the guts to come to us?”“Well, when people have lost too much, they tend to see red,” Dragon Head answered.“What are you going to do with him? How about we chop him up and feed him to the sharks?” Lord Vedastus suggested. “It’s quite a waste to feed him to the sharks.” Dragon Head looked at Peter, who was lying on the floor, and with an evil smirk he said, “I have a better plan.”......In a few hours, the Business Alliance introduced a new appearance and finished forming a new team. Thomas was very satisfied with the result. The newly established Business Alliance would be greatly useful to t
After he hung up, Thomas was still thinking about the other party's intentions. Were they true or false?Pisces said, "There must be a problem with Dragon Head! There’s no way he would ask for a truce. Well, then the sun will rise from the west tomorrow. As I see it, he must have set up a trap and has an ambush ready.Thomas laughed, "The time and venue are chosen by me. How can he set up a trap?""Er..." Pisces was speechless but still insisted. "Anyway, I think Dragon Head is not a good person. He certainly has no good intentions."Actually, Thomas also had the same thought.How could a man like Dragon Head choose to sue for peace?For a while, they could not figure out his true intentions. They would not know what was on his mind until they met.Thomas decided on a safer venue and time after much deliberation and had Pisces notify Dragon Head.Two days later, at the appointed time and venue, Thomas sat inside the octagonal pavilion in the park as he patiently waited for the
Thomas was happy, "This is my condition. Just say whether you agree or disagree with it."Dragon Head shook his head. The veins on his forehead twitched. "What nonsense condition is this? You are trying to exterminate us and totally get rid of us! With this attitude, are you here for peace talks?""Good question!" Thomas pounded the table. "That's right! I'm not here for peace talks today!"Dragon Head was astonished. "Why did you ask me out to meet you if you aren't here for peace talks?"Thomas lightly laughed, “Cut that out right now, as if you are also here for peace talks. Just tell me, what are you up to? I don't have much time, so I’m not going to ramble on with you."The situation was very awkward for a while.After a long time, Dragon Head clapped his hands, and the angry expression on his face disappeared, replaced with a cunning and treacherous smirk."You are indeed Thomas. You were already aware that I had ulterior motives?""Well, it seems there is no point in act
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