Merrick became happier as he thought about it, so he drank another glass of wine happily.Brad was calmer and more mature. He looked at the wine in the glass and said, “Before the task is completely done, don’t get complacent yet. There is one thing that has been in my mind for a long time, and I can’t figure it out.”“Dad, what’s making you so worried?”“Thomas.”“Him?”“Yes. Why did Thomas suddenly turn up at the meeting?” Brad said uneasily, “I’m worried that he has seen through my plan.”“How is it possible?” Merrick smiled and said, “If he had seen through it a long time ago, we won’t be sitting here then. We would have been taken away by the police and put in jail. Dad, you overthink.”Brad took a deep breath and said nothing.Yes, if Thomas knew all about it, they would not be sitting here peacefully.But if Thomas did not know the situation, why would he show up at the meeting?Brad said, “I’m still worried. It’s a big deal, so we should get it over with as soon as po
This was indeed a piece of good news to be happy about.Emma said happily, “In this way, Stellar Jewelers will be able to ‘move in’ according to schedule and start the next phase of the mission.”Harvard patted his chest triumphantly. “Just leave this matter to me. Emma, join me at the celebration party tomorrow, and you can choose by then. I’ll save the shop lot that catches your eye for you.”“Are you actually able to do that?”“Hehe, you’re looking down on me. I still can do that much.”After a pause, Harvard continued, “Thomas, come with us tomorrow. Tomorrow, I’ll have a big celebration party, and I’ll invite a lot of influential people. You and Emma can get to know more people if you two come. This will also benefit your business.”Thomas nodded. “Okay, I’ll be there.”Harvard was very pleased to receive Thomas’s reply.During this period of time, Thomas had been looking after Harvard, and Harvard had gained a lot of benefits from Thomas. At the same time. Harvard had alw
Lucas looked at Drake for several seconds. Then, he said, “I know that you’re going to inspect the first phase of the Northern Wilderness project tomorrow. I hope… you would declare the project as unqualified.”Huh?This was not a small matter. If the loose ends were not taken care of, it would be a big deal.Drake patted the table lightly and said, “Well, I can’t control the facts whether it is qualified or unqualified.”Lucas said, “Mr. Sawyer, you’re the one who determines whether it is qualified or not. Don’t worry, I won’t ask for your help in the future as long as you declare that the project is unqualified tomorrow.”Actually, Drake could do this easily.His declaration could earn him a villa. It would be difficult for anyone to refuse.Drake hesitated for a moment. Suddenly, his phone rang, and he glanced at it. It was a call from his father.“Excuse me, it’s my dad. I have to leave for a while.” Drake picked his phone up and walked out.In the room, Jade blinked and a
At noon the next day, it was sunny and cloudless. The sun was in the sky. In such weather, people’s moods would be inexplicably good as well.Today was also a very important day in the Southland District. It was a day that would change the structure of the Southland District.It was because the first phase of the Northern Wilderness project had been completed. If everything went well, the Northern City would change completely.At the same time, if the situation was not bad today, the progress of the second and third phases of the project would also speed up.The Northern City had always been a relatively poor and backward area in the Southland District. As long as the designer outlet was successfully established this time, it would be able to work together with the Food City and the Entertainment City.By then, the Northern City might become the economic zone of the Southland District.On such an important day, high-ranking officials and wealthy people were indispensable.These
Harvard was not happy as well. He looked in the direction of the sound and understood everything when he saw the speaker.The one who said it was none other than his sister, Jade. At the same time, Lucas was sitting next to Jade.Harvard had not invited the two of them, of course.However, it was certainly not difficult for Lucas to get two admission tickets. Harvard could not gatekeep every single person in attendance.With a cough, Harvard said, "You’re right. It can’t be considered as completed without any inspection. I’ll stop talking nonsense then. Let the inspector announce the results first so that everyone can relax. After that, we can continue on with other topics.”Right after he finished speaking, Jade said again, “Harvard, that’s so improper.”What was improper?Harvard showed a fake smile and asked, “Jade, do you think there is anything wrong with me doing this?”Jade stood up and said, “There is nothing wrong with it. It’s just that you’re going to announce the re
Drake’s actions were obvious. Anyone who was not blind could see it. Everyone started to worry about the results of this announcement.Had Drake and Lucas made some arrangements behind the curtains?Who knew? Regardless, the results would come out later, and everything would be clear.Emma’s palms were full of sweat as she watched Drake walk toward the stage. She leaned over to Thomas and whispered, “Drake looks like a shady one. He exchanged glances with Lucas, so he must have been bribed by him long ago. How could we let such a person announce the result?”Thomas smiled bitterly and said nothing.It was the Urban Construction Bureau that assigned their inspectors. No strings could be pulled for the inspector to precede himself over any case.Besides, it was too late to say anything when things were at this point.If Drake behaved dishonorably and had been bribed by Lucas, then he could only…Thomas silently took his phone out and placed it on the table.If there was a proble
Drake said the last few words in a deep and loud voice, “The first phase of the project passes our inspection! It is qualified!”Qualified?There was no response at the party. Everyone was stunned and unable to say a word.Even Thomas was a little caught off guard. He was already preparing to edit a text message and have Samson solve the problem. However, it was qualified?In other words, there were no problems at all!This…Everyone looked at each other as they could not believe their ears.Everyone had seen Drake and Jade exchange glances just now, so they thought that Drake had been bought over. Why did he change all of a sudden so quickly?Lucas and Jade were the most shocked, especially Jade.She had been carried away from the beginning, but the results had been a slap in the face.Jade was so angry that she could not breathe. She pointed to Drake, who was on the stage and asked, “Mr. Laine, please see clearly and think carefully whether the inspection result is qualifie
Lucas’s face became pale. It was equivalent to publicly exposing and embarrassing him.Over the years, he had failed a few times, but he had never been embarrassed in public like this time. The arrogant him was unable to accept this.It was not the key that fell. It was his dignity.“Lucas?”Jade noticed that the atmosphere was not right. She hurried over to pick the key up and pulled Lucas’s sleeve.Now was not the time to get angry in front of so many people.But it was difficult to let it pass.Lucas glared at Drake. He swore that as long as he had a chance, he would definitely cut the man in front of him into pieces.Drake stared at him as well.What kind of ruthless person he had not seen after being in the industry for more than ten years? Drake was not afraid of trouble.The party was exceptionally quiet.Everyone present was experienced in such matters. At this point, who else could not understand?Lucas used a villa to bribe Drake, but unfortunately, Drake was an u
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