The family members present turned toward Mason in astonishment. They did not expect the previously dejected Mason to suddenly spring to his feet with renewed energy. Mason looked around the room with widened eyes before hurriedly placing the call on speaker. “Hello. Am I speaking to Mason Gomez?” the caller asked professionally from the other end of the line. “Yes! This is Mason Gomez!” Mason answered energetically. “I’ll repeat what I said earlier,” the caller continued politely. “My name is Alaric from zenith holdings Int’l, and I would like to invest in your company.” Everyone present, including Mia, stared at Mason in complete shock. Invest in their company?! Hope instantly reignited within them, but they still forced themselves to remain calm. Although it was good news that someone wanted to invest in Gomez Corporation, they didn’t dare think too highly of it. At best, they assumed it would only be a small investment in exchange for a percentage of the company’s

Lorenzo had just finished meeting with the top executives of Century Enterprises, one of the leading companies in Veridian Group operating under the Byers Consortium, when his phone suddenly rang. He checked the caller ID and noticed it was an unknown number. After a brief pause, he decided to answer the call. “Hello,” Lorenzo said calmly. There was a brief silence before the caller finally spoke. “Hello… is this Lorenzo Byers?” the caller asked softly. Lorenzo was slightly taken aback the moment he heard the voice. The caller was definitely a woman. The situation instantly piqued his curiosity. The voice sounded strangely familiar, yet he couldn’t immediately place where he had heard it before. “Yes, this is Lorenzo Byers,” he answered. Another awkward silence followed. When the caller still didn’t speak after several seconds, Lorenzo finally broke the silence himself. “Who is this, and how may I help you?” he asked. There was a slight trace of impatience in

“Zenith Holding?” The figure asked domineeringly. Beads of sweat formed on Richard Vale’s forehead as the figure spoke. The man’s aura was simply too overwhelming, and Richard felt as though he had been plunged into a bucket of ice. “Y-yes,” Richard stuttered nervously. Another brief silence followed before the figure finally withdrew the suffocating pressure filling the room. “Tell me more about this company.” Richard secretly heaved a sigh of relief before quickly explaining everything he knew about Zenith Holding. As Richard spoke, the mysterious figure listened attentively. By the time he finished speaking, a faint unreadable smirk had already appeared on the figure’s lips. “Interesting,” the figure commented calmly. According to Richard, Zenith Holding was a newly established investment company based in Capital City, and its sole chairman was a young man in his twenties who appeared to have connections with Elijah Greenfield. Perhaps the young man possessed an extraordin

Lorenzo couldn’t clearly track the masked man’s movements, but the instant the figure vanished, a powerful sense of danger exploded inside him. When the masked intruder suddenly appeared right in front of him again, the warning bells in Lorenzo’s mind intensified several times over. His instincts reacted immediately. Without thinking, Lorenzo threw both arms forward to block the incoming strike. Boom! A deafening impact rang throughout the room. The force behind the attack sent Lorenzo flying backward before he slammed violently into the wall. His arms went completely numb from the collision, and for a moment, he could barely feel them anymore. So powerful… Lorenzo’s expression darkened. Had he reacted even a second slower, that strike would’ve either crippled him or knocked him unconscious instantly. At the same time, the masked figure was equally stunned. Before tonight, he had thoroughly investigated Lorenzo and confirmed that Lorenzo hadn’t fully awakened his Qi yet, m

Lorenzo was consumed by a mix of devastation and frustration over the deaths of the police officers. The weight of responsibility pressed heavily on him, and he couldn’t help but blame himself for not reacting quickly enough. In his mind, if he had foreseen that the attacker would resort to such a desperate and extreme measure—attempting to wipe out everyone in the room in one final act—he would have done everything within his power to prevent the loss of life. In the aftermath of the explosion, the situation quickly drew attention. Several individuals who had been nearby at the time of the incident hurried toward Lorenzo’s apartment almost immediately. The severity of the blast made it impossible for them to ignore what had happened. Within moments, emergency calls had already been placed to the police, alerting them to the unfolding crisis even before authorities arrived on the scene. When the police reviewed their dispatch records and confirmed that two officers had already b