One could say that their company was receiving one-time assistance from Thomas.“Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Mayo.“I’ll go and draft the new agreement now. It will be done in a minute.“Oh yeah, for the benefits, it will remain the same as in the contract. Our company is still willing to—” At this point, Thomas raised his hand and gestured to Christopher not to talk about it anymore.Then, Thomas smiled as he said, “I actually don’t care about the benefits. Your company is almost beyond hope, so I don’t want to take advantage of you either. Let’s do this, when I choose the top-grade rough stones for your company, you just need to make one presentable piece of jewelry for me. That will be sufficient.”Did this mean that Thomas did not want anything?He would choose the top-grade rough stones, and he just needed to make a piece of jewelry with one of the rough stones. It was such a piece of cake for a jewelry company.Thomas had chosen to give up luxurious treatment. His
Wilbert was totally furious. He had not only been fooled, but he even had to give $1,000,000?Haha! Only an idiot would give it to Thomas!Just as he wanted to argue with Thomas, the door was opened. Christopher walked into the room with the drafted agreement. He giggled and said, “Mr. Mayo, I’m sorry for making you wait so long. I’ve already drafted the agreement. Please check and see if there is anything that needs to be amended.”He placed the agreement in front of Thomas politely.Thomas picked up the agreement and read it in a casual fashion. While he read, he said, “Okay, there’s generally no problem with this agreement. Oh yeah, Mr. Mendez, I still have to add one more thing.”“Please say it.”“If I sign this agreement with you, I won’t ask for any money. I don’t want any benefits beforehand. So, Mr. Mendez, if you’ve given any gifts before this, you’ve violated the agreement, and I will not carry out my end. Please make sure you’re clear about this.”Christopher’s comple
If you wanted to harm someone, you had to be mentally prepared for being harmed by others. Nobody in the world was born to be harmed.Lucas became silent.Did he not want to deal with Thomas?He wanted to, of course.Since Lucas had been released from prison, he had thought about countless methods to deal with Thomas. Yet, every time he dealt with Thomas, there was always a force in the dark that helped Thomas.Lucas lost terribly in every battle.If this went on, he might not be able to keep his position as the head of the family. The problem was, even if he wanted to resist at this point, he had the intention but lacked the power.Thomas was like a monster. He was so powerful that he made Lucas lose hope.At this time, the ignorant Wilbert grinned as he walked over. He even asked Jade, “Ms. Hill, now this thing is settled. Should you pay me the money that you’ve agreed to?”Jade was extremely furious.She had seen shameless people, but she had never met a shameless person l
While Lucas drove on the asphalt road, he thought of one question. At this point, who could still deal with Thomas?He could not do it anymore.Regardless of whether he wanted to admit it or not, there was a huge gap between Thomas and him.Lucas used to think that he was a gifted and incredible person. He thought that his wisdom was beyond everyone else’s.However, he no longer thought like that now.It was only after he experienced Thomas’ brilliance that he understood what people meant by “there would always be someone better than you.”Perhaps he should not have taken the position of family head. The position looked great, but it was in fact a hot potato. After he took over, he felt extremely uncomfortable.If he were just a normal person, he did not need to fight with Thomas all the time.But, what else could he do at this time?Lucas narrowed his eyes. He came up with names after names before they were rejected by him one by one.These people were either incapable or un
It was not hard to imagine the ending.How was it possible for Lucas to accept her?He already did not accept her in the past. Since Britney became the mistress of the Martin family’s young master, it was even more impossible for him to accept her.No matter how bold Lucas was, he dared not be with Britney.Then, the incident of Lucas betraying his family happened. He lost terribly and was imprisoned. At that time, Britney went to Lucas for the last time.She told Lucas that if he said he was willing to be Britney’s lover on the down-low, she would get him out of jail using the Martin family’s connections.Not only that, but she would even help him become the head of the family.However, Lucas rejected her once again.Firstly, he still feared the young master of the Martin family. Secondly, Lucas had a huge ego. He would not allow himself to become the head of the family with a woman’s help.Moreover, he did not like Britney at all.After that, he and Britney did not contact
“Lucas, have you really decided?”“Yeah.”“I’ll go with you.”Lucas was stunned. He turned sideways and looked at his sister. “That place is too dangerous. You can’t go there and expect to avoid accidents.”Jade said, “That’s exactly why I have to follow you there. Besides, I’ll tell my husband so that he can get ready. Once anything happens, I still have a chance to save you with his help.”Lucas felt very touched.“Let’s go together.”The two of them made their way to the luxurious villa that belonged to the Martin family’s young master without saying much.They were stopped from far away. After they reported their names, the security guard went to pass the message to the villa, and he came back only after a few minutes.“Our Madam said only Lucas Hill alone is allowed to go in.”Lucas nodded and said to Jade, “Wait for me in the car. Don’t go anywhere.”“Lucas, please be careful,” Jade replied.Then, the two of them parted ways.After the security guard led the way for
This was against his will.However, he was willing to agree just to deal with Thomas and obtain more profits.But, Lucas had not thought it through.Would she spare him simply because he said that?It was not that easy!Britney giggled. She opened her arms wide and said, “So, let’s start.”Lucas was stunned. “Start? What?”“Doing something that lovers should do.”“Um… what would that be?”Britney smirked. “How can I say such a thing so obviously? I want you to carry me into the room on the second floor, put me on the Simmons bed, and do the thing that lovers do.”Lucas was not an idiot. How could he not understand what she meant?But, he really could not do that.Not only did he have no feelings for Britney, but the power behind this woman was too high. He just wanted to agree with being her secret lover. He never thought of doing it for real.But, Britney did not give him the chance to be two-faced.If you said that you agreed, you had to execute it physically. Only then
In the morning, Thomas arrived in the most luxurious hotel in the Southland District alone, and he booked a big private room that could accommodate up to twenty people.At the same time, he arranged for the chef to start preparing food.Today, he had decided to do something.He took out his phone and gave Samson a call.“Hello, Boss, do you have any instructions for me?”Thomas remained silent for a while before he said in a deep voice, “Help me call the head of every department over. I’ll give you the exact location later.”Samson was shocked. “Boss, what are you planning to do?”Thomas let out a long sigh.“I’ve been in the Southland District for so long, but I haven’t shown myself in public before. It’s time to show up and arrange some work.”After Samson heard this, something felt off to him. He had been working with Thomas for so many years, so he knew Thomas’ character very well.“Boss, are you planning… to quit?”Thomas laughed. “You understand me so well.”“No, Boss
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