The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 217

Alex blinked in confusion.

"I'm sorry-what did you say, Master?"

The old man smirked.

"You heard me, boy. This so-called 'world' is a grand fake but. A cheap illusion. Have you ever bothered to question why you're alive? What's the purpose of life? Where do you go after death-and do you really believe you'll live again once you're dead?"

A chill seized Alex's spine. "Master, are you talking about reincarnation? We die, then return... but with a new life, right?"

The old man's laughter rasped through the room like a rusted nail scraping metal.

"Don't flatter yourself, kid. Who says you get a fresh start each time? What if, after you keel over, you snap right back to day one in the same tired script? Over and over. Like some glitchy video loop that never stops replaying because you're too blind and clueless to notice."

Alex swallowed hard. "That's... horrifying."

"Horrifying?" The master's lip curled, contempt dripping off every syllable.

"What's really scary is that you're alive right now and know absolutely nothing about what that means. You stumble around in a daze, clueless, day after day. Do you even realize how pitiful that is?"

Alex clenched his fists but said nothing.

"Get it through your thick skull, Alex." The master shifted, then swung the staff

with surprising force, smacking the top of Alex's head.

"Find your way out before you waste another eternity."

A flash of pain shot through Alex's skull-and then, darkness.

When he finally opened his eyes, the stark fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, and he realized he was hunched over a steel table in a modern research lab.

food containers

memory of the old man's scoffing voice and the crack of that blunt staff still echoed in his

his head,

teeth clenched. But it had felt far too real. Far too vicious to

quick glance around the lab, the computer screens blinking like a silent

Alex muttered, rubbing the lingering ache on his scalp. "I don't know what you were trying to show me,

he had work to do-a mountain of it. There was no time to dwell

Chapter 217

One Week Later

it buzzed for

up to see Kelly's name blinking. "Kelly, this better be good," she snapped, the toll of sleepless nights making

excitement crackled through the line, ignoring Jasmine's

it off-he actually synthesized the Emerald Elixir!" "You're kidding." Jasmine struggled to keep

real. I've got it in front of me," Kelly said breathlessly "We even tested

in Jasmine's chest. "On my way.

racing through the pristine corridors

her with a grin wide enough to split her face. She held

uncorking it. Inside lay a single emerald-green pill

for a test drive?" Kelly

hard.

mouth,

the crisp snap of

was instantaneous. A soothing tingle flooded her limbs,

tighter, as if

a small

was...hers, but improved-bright-eyed, vibrant, as if she'd just had a top-tier

eyes? Gone. Her skin

this is how a single dose

"All

it's paying off big time.

a grin slowly curving. "He did it. That genius actually did it." All her worries-about Jericho Kane, about