Chapter 367: Chapter 323: You Are Not God

In the underground hideout.

John Chris Morgan’s heart raced again, and his breathing became labored.

In utter terror, he glanced to the side, truly unable to believe that the demon, Mr. Ancestor, had actually found him!

John Chris Morgan struggled with extreme fear, trying to get up, but his heart disease struck again, rendering him immobile.

Even so, he forcibly squeezed out a sentence from his mouth, “How… how did you find this place?”

Here, in Niger.

Near the southern part of the Sahara Desert.

One of the world’s most underdeveloped regions.

In other words, a godforsaken place.

No one would ever think John Chris Morgan would hide here.

The most important thing is, to avoid detection by satellites or other devices, John Chris Morgan had hidden in the underground hideout.

A desolate place!

And in a cellar twenty meters deep!

To think he could still be found?

No wonder John Chris Morgan was so shocked it triggered his heart disease!

Lu Li stood by the spring bed, acting like nothing happened.

With an expressionless face, he said, “I advise you not to let your emotions fluctuate so severely, otherwise, if your heart disease acts up, you will die immediately!”

As he spoke, he reached out his hand towards John Chris Morgan’s heart.

When Lu Li extended his right hand, John Chris Morgan clearly saw a faint red glow seemingly emanating from his palm.

John Chris Morgan wasn’t sure if the red glow was real or a hallucination.

Because at this moment, his heart disease was acting up, the pain was unbearable, and he was so confused—how could he think about discerning reality from illusion?

However, unexpectedly, as soon as Mr. Ancestor’s glowing hand touched the area of his heart, John Chris Morgan felt his wildly beating heart calm down.

The discomfort from the illness vanished without a trace!

John Chris Morgan’s eyes widened, and in disbelief, he said, “You… you can actually treat acute heart disease?”

Lu Li, as if he had done something trivial, said softly, “I can not only treat acute heart disease, but just now, I took a look. Your congenital heart disease, if I want to cure it, should be very simple.”

Wha… what?

Even congenital heart disease, you can cure?

John Chris Morgan’s eyes widened when he heard this.

According to current mainstream medical technology, congenital heart disease is not incurable.

But those that can be cured are all mild congenital heart diseases.

Such as ventricular septal defect, mild mitral valve prolapse, etc., can be repaired through medication or interventional treatment to improve heart function and achieve a cure.

If it is very serious congenital heart disease, like heart valve malformation, Tetralogy of Fallot, tricuspid atresia, etc., surgical treatment or cardiac catheterization may be needed, but even after treatment, it cannot be completely cured, only relieve symptoms, and improve quality of life.

John Chris Morgan suffers from a congenital heart disease called Eisenmenger syndrome, a “terminal illness” among heart diseases.

With current medical technology, it cannot be truly cured.

Eisenmenger syndrome is congenital heart disease in which atrial or ventricular septal defect, or patent ductus arteriosus causes left-to-right shunt, progressing to pulmonary arterial hypertension, leading to right-to-left shunt due to organic pulmonary arterial obstructive changes.

This may not sound intuitive, but it shows how terrifying this congenital heart disease is.

In fact, Eisenmenger syndrome has very adverse effects on both mother and fetus.

The mortality rate at birth alone can be as high as fifty to sixty percent.

Furthermore, the probability of fetal miscarriage is as high as seventy-five percent.

Even being born is so dangerous.

Let alone the fact that John Chris Morgan is already over thirty years old?

It’s fair to say, if not for the Morgan Clan’s top-notch medical care, John Chris Morgan wouldn’t have survived until now!

Precisely because of this, John Chris Morgan knows that without doing something to save himself, he may not have long to live.

So he took such a risk, daring to provoke Mr. Ancestor, hoping to obtain a blood sample to see if he could discover the secrets of “superhumans” to cure his heart disease.

In the end, despite all his calculations, John Chris Morgan never expected Mr. Ancestor himself had the ability to cure Eisenmenger syndrome!

This made John Chris Morgan see hope for surviving for the first time!

At the same time, he also felt some regret; if he had known Mr. Ancestor was this capable, why provoke him in the first place?

…

On the other side.

George was in the middle of a heated conference call with a group of syndicate representatives.

Steven Rockefeller III said, “One billion US Dollars is a lot, but if we syndicates collectively contribute, each entity doesn’t need to put up too much, maybe just a few hundred million, I’m in favor of this.”

Lady Koch Du Pont followed closely, “Agreed.”

Marcus Locke pondered for a moment, “I shouldn’t have any issues.”

“Agreed.”

“A few hundred million is small change.”

Almost every syndicate tycoon expressed agreement.

Those who can sit in this position, naturally, understand very well what money must be spent.

For what we’re discussing right now, if they don’t come up with the money, they’ll lose more in the future, so they’re prepared to pay up.

Of course, if luck is on their side and they rescue a Morgan Clan member or two, the money will surely be charged to the Morgan Clan.

As for if they can’t be rescued…

That’s even better!

With the Morgan Clan wiped out, wouldn’t the remaining fortune be something they secretly devour by their skills?

Naturally, everyone is willing to put up the money for the rescue.

George saw everyone agreed and a smile appeared on his face, “Alright, since everyone’s willing to put up the money, let’s discuss the rescue plan. Actually, I’ve already thought of a plan, let’s see what you all think.”

Steven Rockefeller III asked, “What plan?”

Lady Koch Du Pont and Marcus Locke, along with the remaining bigwigs of all the financial groups, all perked up their ears, wanting to hear if George’s plan would work.

George maintained a smile on his face, “I’ve told you earlier, I called Mr. Ancestor and expressed no intention to be his enemy, so our rescue definitely can’t target Mr. Ancestor, otherwise we can’t handle the consequences of his wrath.”

Everyone lightly responded in agreement with George’s statement.

George continued, “In fact, we all know it’s absolutely impossible to rescue a hundred or so people from Mr. Ancestor’s grasp, so my plan is…”

At this point, although a smile was still on his face, his gaze became extremely cold, “Kill all members of the Morgan Clan!”

Marcus Locke was dumbfounded!

Lady Koch Du Pont gasped!

Steven Rockefeller III and all the remaining financial group representatives were all shocked to their core!

No one expected George’s plan to be so vicious!

Rescue?

Is this a rescue?

This is clearly reclaiming the turf!

Your Mr. Ancestor said to annihilate the Morgan Clan at the designated time, didn’t he?

Then when we carry out the “rescue,” accidentally killing all Morgan Clan members just disrupts your promise, doesn’t it?

Yes, George’s point is, we admit we can’t beat you, but you can’t possibly achieve a Death-like control over the time of everyone’s death!

One can imagine if George’s plan succeeds, perhaps Old Ugly and these financial groups will still be extremely humiliated, but not as much as being wiped out entirely like Mr. Ancestor proclaimed, equaling out a victory.

Most importantly, this effectively weakens Mr. Ancestor’s intimidation.

Proving he’s neither a “god” nor a “death,” unable to determine others’ time of death!

In short, George’s plan just needs to prove one point, your Mr. Ancestor is not God!

…

In the cellar.

Lu Li certainly didn’t know how ruthless Old Ugly’s financial group had become on the other side.

He was having a brief conversation with John Chris Morgan.

John Chris Morgan hopefully asked, “Honorable Mr. Ancestor, do you truly have the ability to cure my congenital heart disease?”

Lu Li replied softly, “Yes.”

John Chris Morgan’s eyes became blazing hot, “Save me! As long as you’re willing to save me! One hundred billion US dollars, two hundred billion US dollars, you name it! Even if you want the entire fortune of my Morgan Clan, I’m willing to give it all without hesitation!”

Upon hearing this, Lu Li chuckled and asked in return, “Do you think wealth has any meaning to me?”

John Chris Morgan was about to say something.

Suddenly, Lu Li lifted his hand slightly.

A stream of particles gathered from all sides.

It condensed into a square block of gold in his palm.

Like tossing away trash, he casually tossed the gold block to the ground, making a soft “clang” sound.

Lu Li said dispassionately, “Wealth to me is like passing clouds, it’s not even as significant as a drop of water.”

John Chris Morgan was completely stunned.

Even having witnessed it with his own eyes, he still couldn’t believe Mr. Ancestor could casually conjure such a large block of gold out of thin air!

But now he knew it wasn’t the time to think about these things.

John Chris Morgan just wanted to live and humbly said, “What must I do for you to be willing to save my life?”

Lu Li replied, “No matter what you do, I won’t save your life, because you have offended me.”

John Chris Morgan’s face turned pale and puzzled, he asked, “Since you said under no circumstance would you save me, why did you extend a helping hand when I was about to die?”

“Do you want to know why?”

Lu Li revealed a strange smile.

John Chris Morgan, seeing his hope dashed again, was in turmoil internally, and didn’t notice the strangeness in Lu Li’s smile.

He eagerly asked, “I want to know, why?”

Lu Li laughed softly and said slowly, “Because I have announced to the outside world that five or six days from now, I will wipe out the entire Morgan Clan, and since the time hasn’t come yet, naturally I won’t let you die now.”

Upon hearing this, John Chris Morgan felt as if he’d been struck by lightning!

At first, he thought Lu Li came from afar to save his life, and that everything could still be negotiated.

After all, since the man had saved his life, what couldn’t be discussed?

In the end, no matter how John Chris Morgan thought about it, he never imagined Lu Li saved his life not to negotiate anything, but to play “God” and decide the specific time for him and all Morgan Clan members to perish!

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