“It’s impossible!” Somebody immediately stood up and denied Harvard.“Shalom Technology and Blazing Sky Heavy Factory are the top companies. How could they collaborate with a shell corporation?“You should have some limits in bragging, right?”More and more people opposed Harvard. Many people even spoke up to ask Harvard to leave.Nobody was willing to believe what Harvard said.Jade sneered as she said with contempt, “Hey, Harvard. You can embarrass yourself, but please don’t involve our main company. This is so embarrassing.”Facing their suspicions, Harvard looked extraordinarily calm.At this time, Jason motioned everyone to stay calm. Then, he seriously said to Harvard, “Mr. Hill, the tender today is very formal and serious. If you dare to fool the officials, you’ll need to bear the responsibility.”Harvard smiled faintly. “Whatever I said is real. I also have the relevant documents.”“Really? Please show us.”“Okay.”A staff member immediately took Harvard’s joint stat
The excellent proposal and the huge amount of bribe money had to be enough to move all the officials in the room.Everyone thought the same.“Ms. Hill, your speech was great. Please have a seat.”Jade sat down arrogantly. She smirked as she looked at Harvard. “Harvard, I think you’re looking more like someone.”“Who?”“Thomas Mayo.”Harvard was stunned. Why did she say so?Jade said, “I don’t know why I have a feeling that you’re not the one sitting here but Thomas. Your actions and speech don’t meet your usual standards. Instead, you look like Thomas. Harvard, listen to me. Get out of the trap early, don’t fall down too deeply. If you approach a person like Thomas, you will suffer a great loss.”Harvard secretly scoffed.He would suffer a great loss if he got too close to Thomas? Would he not suffer any loss if he got close to Jade?Why would the Hill family become this now? Was it not because he got too close with Jade?Harvard turned back and did not pay her any more atte
Jason’s serious tone shocked everyone. They even felt that he was extremely polite when he said, “Please leave.” Based on Jason’s tone, the term “please get lost” was more suitable.They looked at each other, and they were very stunned. They did not know why this situation would occur.Jade’s smile slowly disappeared. She stood still and did not know what to do.Just leave like that?It was not right.She should at least know the reason, right?Jade gulped. She asked to test the waters, “May I know why you’re asking me to leave?”Jason put the black suitcase on the table, and he looked serious as he said, “Don’t you know what the reason is? Don’t you know what is inside?”He glanced around the room.“Okay, I’ll also take this chance to tell all of you.“Our tender is open, fair, and equitable. Whether you can win the bid depends on your hard power, not bribe money!“I’m very disappointed today. What is the tender for all of you? Each of you gave a bigger amount of bribe mone
Harvard also looked confused. Actually, he had not placed any hope in it. So, when he heard that he got the bid, his first response was to feel surprised instead of feel happy.After he paused for a short while, his heart was full of happiness.He felt very happy.“I did it! I did it!”Harvard jumped excitedly from his chair. He had not achieved anything in the first half of his life, but the unserious man could finally hold his head high. He could also succeed as a man.How could he not be excited with this performance?“No… no way?” Jade at the door was shocked.She found it hard to believe that Harvard had actually succeeded. It should be noted that everyone had heard that the government’s vision for this project was a food city. Why did they suddenly change their mind?On the stage, Jason explained, “I guess all of you also feel puzzled about why we would agree with Mr. Hill’s suggestion.“Apparently, the government really tended to build a food city, but that’s just our i
The Hill family, office building.At this time, the person sitting in the chairman’s office was the new chairman, Lucas.He swiped through the latest name list. He had fired all the staff members who sided with Richard and replaced them with his own people.He eliminated people who were not on his side before he changed the main business of the company. He wanted to make Hill Manufacturing Company a ‘tool’ for him to earn money.Lucas could not help but chuckle when he thought about the happy thing.While he felt happy, the door of the office was suddenly opened, and Jade hurriedly rushed in.Lucas felt a little unhappy. Why was she so rude?Even if she was his sister, she also could not do anything she wanted, right?But, before he scolded, Jade was the first to say, “Lucas, something big and bad happens.”“Something big? What is it?”Jade gasped and said, “Didn’t you ask me to submit the tender? I failed.”Lucas frowned.There was nothing wrong with the plan and bribe mon
Lucas said, “I want you to investigate someone’s background.”“Who?”“Thomas Mayo.”“Huh?” Landon frowned. “Isn’t Thomas the Hill family’s lousy son-in-law? He’s working in Shalom Technology, and he earns a few thousand dollars a month. Why do you want to investigate him?”Lucas shook his head.“A lousy son-in-law who earns a few thousand dollars a month will not have such power.“He must have a hidden identity.“I must figure him out.”Landon nodded. “I got it. I’ll go and investigate Thomas’ background in detail now.”He turned back and left.Jade was puzzled, so she asked, “Lucas, how can you be sure that Thomas has a hidden identity? If he really has, it’s impossible that Emma and her family don’t know, right?”“It’s hard to say.”Lucas sighed. “This is just my instinct. I don’t have any evidence. But based on Thomas’ previous performances, I don’t believe that he is just a junior staff.“Oh yeah, didn’t Thomas join the army on the west coast a few years ago? Go home a
191 Harmony Street, the Southland District branch of Stellar Jewelers.This was the Southland District branch of Stellar Jewelers that had been built two years ago. They had been observing the situation in the Southland District, but they had just been observing without taking any further action.Madame was a conservative person, and she also needed more time to familiarize herself with things because she was not clear of the situation in the country.And now, these conditions had been achieved.Zach asked to meet up with Thomas today. On the surface, it was just a gathering between old friends. In reality, it was also a discussion to expand the jewelry business in the Southland District.Zach believed that Thomas had been in the Southland District for so long, so he should have known better.Beep! Thomas parked his car in the parking lot before he walked to the shop of Stellar Jewelers.According to what Zach said in the call, he had prepared a banquet on the second floor, an
Indeed, Thomas had not walked more than fifty meters away when he heard some hurried footsteps behind him.Tap! Tap! Tap!That security guard ran toward Thomas like a gust of wind. He was smiling so brightly, as though he had become another person.“Mr. Thomas, please wait!”Thomas still pretended like he did not know what just happened. “Why? Am I not getting lost quickly enough? I’ll leave faster now.”He acted like he wanted to walk faster, and it made the security guard so shocked that he quickly reached out to stop Thomas.“Mr. Mayo, please don’t joke with me. Mr. Quinn reprimanded me just now. You’re Mr. Quinn’s most noble guest.“If I can’t invite you back today, I will definitely lose this job.”Thomas frowned. “But, didn’t you ask me to get out?”“Oh my, Mr. Mayo. I was so ignorant that I looked down on you. I’m a jerk. Please forgive me and don’t trouble me, please?”As the security guard spoke, he lay down on the ground.“I’m rolling around now. Please don’t be ma
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