The receptionist immediately walked over, nodded, and bowed to Thomas. “I’m really sorry, Mr. Mayo. I really didn’t realize it was you. My eyes were blind. I was so ignorant that I failed to recognize you. I looked down on you. I…” Thomas gestured with his hand to get him to stop talking.The receptionist had done well. He had pretty good vocabulary as he could blurt out so many words at once.“All right, Mr. Mayo has asked you to go away. Don’t stand here and block us.”“Oh, okay, I’m leaving now.”The receptionist lowered his head, bowed, and ran away gloomily.The other man approached Thomas before he took the initiative to reach out and say, “I’m Caleb Waters. I’m Water Cloud’s young master.”Thomas nodded. So, this guy was the young master. No wonder the receptionist was so afraid of him.Water Cloud was considered almighty in South City as they controlled all kinds of power there. They existed as the local tyrant.As the young master, Caleb’s identity and social status
“Okay, let’s not stand at the entrance. Please step inside.” Caleb then led them in.Adery was holding Thomas’ arm tightly, and she was shaking a little.She whispered, “This man looks so scary. He doesn’t seem like a good person. Thomas, you have to be careful.”Thomas did not say anything else. He just led Adery in.His experiences all these years told him that there was really something wrong with Caleb. Thomas was clearly not the target of the invitation card he received, it was Adery.The other men in their surroundings gazed at them like they were watching a show, which only further proved it.After they entered the lobby, they seemed to step into another world.The place was like a palace. Its renovation was luxurious and breathtaking with beautifully carved structures, especially the huge crystal chandelier on top of their heads. It was inlaid with thousands of crystals, which refracted light, and it shone so brightly in the lobby.The chandelier was at least more than
No matter what was going to happen, at least now, she wanted to be with Thomas physically and mentally. Once in her lifetime was enough.While being led by the music and Adery, Thomas still managed to subconsciously dance along despite not being talented in dancing.This was the first time that Thomas and Adery were so physically intimate.In a corner, Caleb sat in a chair with his legs crossed. He was holding a glass of red wine while swirling it.He was staring straight at Adery.Every time Adery moved her body, Caleb’s heart fluttered strongly. She was too beautiful. She was really gorgeous!He could only see such beauty every thousand years, right?Her face and figure were so beautiful that nothing could be picked on. Most importantly, she was still another man’s woman.Caleb had a special mental illness. He really liked women who belonged to other men, especially if the women were beautiful.Adery was a woman whom Caleb had been dreaming about.He swore that he would get
The rich fat man knew Thomas. He had seen Thomas’ imposing manner in the auction. But no matter what, the rule of the ball was that whoever asked the woman first would get first dibs on her, and other men could not snatch her from him.All the men there were rich. If their women were snatched away, they would be embarrassed. The rich fat man coldly said, “What? Mr, Mayo, do you like this service crew member too?”Thomas did not speak, but his attitude clearly implied that he wanted Vany for sure!The rich fat man pouted. “Don’t you know the rules of the ball?“First come, first served!“The woman whom I like first belongs to me.”As he spoke, he giggled. “If you really want her, it’s possible. This service crew member can be yours, while you let your woman accompany me for a moment.”He had been eyeing Adery for a long time.After all, a gorgeous woman stood out in such an occasion.Was there any man there who was innocent? Everyone had a bad intention. They were like starvi
She was not genuinely smiling, but it was a professional smile. A woman like her had to smile a little whenever she faced guests, or she would end up miserable.After Vany witnessed Thomas’ strength, she dared not be careless either. She was afraid of making Thomas unhappy, so she took the initiative to move forward and say, “Mr. Mayo, do you want me to dance with you?”Thomas looked indifferent.He did not answer. Instead, he gently picked up a bottle of red wine from the bar beside Vany. He filled up a glass, held the wine glass in his hand, and carefully tasted it as if he did not see Vany.That made Vany feel a little awkward.After he drank half a glass, Thomas asked a question that sounded like nonsense, “You’re Vany?”“Yes.”“Do you want to leave this place?”Vany was stunned. What kind of question was that? Leave this place? Where should she go?Thomas continued, “I have a friend. His name is Ryan Hudson. He’s been missing you every day and night. If you want to leave
Thomas frowned and picked up his pace as he walked over.When Adery saw Thomas coming over, she quickly got up and wanted to walk to Thomas. But, Caleb had seemingly predicted Adery’s actions. He moved one step horizontally and forcefully stood in front of Adery!Adery could not stand still, so she fell back in her seat again.Caleb looked at Adery from a high position. His gaze revealed his wickedness, and he even stuck out his tongue to lick his lips from time to time.He really loved this woman.“Thomas!” Adery felt worked up, angry, and helpless. She could only ask Thomas for help.Caleb knew Thomas was behind him, but he did not plan on moving away. He enjoyed the feeling of standing between a couple.It was delightful.He enjoyed seeing a woman’s gaze of loneliness and helplessness as they sought protection.If he blocked Thomas off, he could keep seeing Adery’s miserable and helpless gaze. That would satisfy Caleb’s kink the most.At the same time, Caleb’s subordinates
He had not heard any sounds of aggressive fighting, yet in less than five seconds, all of his subordinates had been defeated?Caleb was stunned. Thomas Mayo was so great in fighting, huh?He gulped and coldly said, “Thomas, I now order you to move five meters back. I won’t allow you to go anywhere else!”Thomas did not show any expression.Caleb frowned and said, “It looks like you’re reluctant, eh? Haha! You’re quite rich, but your money is nothing before Water Cloud!“Water Cloud is an almighty existence in South City. Whoever comes here has to show some respect to Water Cloud.“Let me just say it. I like your woman today.“You should be honored!“Don’t worry, though. I won’t snatch her from you. Let me spend just one night with her. After tonight, you can bring her back tomorrow morning. I won’t force her to stay.“What do you think? I’m very fair, right?”Fair?How could this jerk shamelessly say the word ‘fair’?At this time, Thomas did not move at all. No expression c
His strength was impressive!Thomas’ strength surpassed that of normal people. Who was able to pinch a person’s hand into pieces?This strength was terrifying.Other fighters were clearly stunned. All of them looked terrified as they stared at Thomas, and they dared not take a step forward.Caleb stomped.“Why are you still stunned here?“Do you want to die?”These fighters continued attacking Thomas because of feeling helpless.Their punches were swung over Thomas like raindrops. One might not be able to deal with Thomas, but the two, four, or even eight of them should be able to defeat Thomas, right?In fact, they were also unable.Thomas shook like leaves fell down in the wind. No matter how quick the fighters attacked, they were unable to touch Thomas at all.If they did not pay any attention, Thomas would have swung his punch over.Bang!Along with a loud sound, someone’s jaw was directly broken, and blood flew out of his mouth. The person kneeled down on the ground,
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