Free Web NovelChapter 511: Chapter 511: The Beginning and the End
Felix Ford was stunned by the sight of the space, but Sylvia Lancaster, standing beside him, was just as shocked.
She was only just now realizing that the space could actually look like this!
In her past life, after getting the space, she had discovered the healing properties of the stream’s water. She realized it was a business opportunity and subsequently focused entirely on selling the water. She couldn’t even be bothered to farm, so she never unlocked any of the space’s other areas.
By the time she died, she had only unlocked The Arcadian Fields and The Arcadian Stream. She never imagined that the space also contained forests, high mountains, lakes...
Gazing at the fruit-laden trees in the distant forest, Sylvia thought, ’No wonder Melody Summers didn’t sell water in this life! She could make a fortune just by selling fruit!’
Just as Sylvia was practically drooling at the sight of the fruit in the forest, Melody Summers suddenly spoke up. "Felix Ford, were you killed by Sylvia Lancaster in your past life?"
Before Felix Ford could answer, Sylvia instinctively retorted, "What are you talking about! How could I have killed him!"
But to her surprise, the moment she finished speaking, Felix Ford replied, "Yes..."
’Just as I thought,’ Melody mused.
She stared at Felix Ford and asked in a cold voice, "How did you die in your past life, and how do you know about the space? You’d better explain everything from beginning to end, or else..."
Melody Summers patted the Leopard lying beside her and threatened in a low voice, "Or else, I’ll let you know what it feels like to be disemboweled. You know, large predators prefer organs. It’ll tear you open while you’re still alive... You might not even be dead by the time it’s eaten your entire abdominal cavity."
As if to confirm Melody Summers’s words, the Leopard let out a low growl at Felix Ford and Sylvia Lancaster, sending a shiver down both their spines.
Under Melody Summers’s scrutinizing gaze, Felix Ford began to explain the whole story in a low voice.
In his past life, Felix Ford had been a refugee who fled to Anworth City from a neighboring province. Hearing that the reconstruction area behind The Metropolis Residences was hiring, he applied and found a job hauling bricks.
The job paid, but not much. Felix Ford didn’t exactly have clean hands to begin with and often snuck around The Metropolis Residences, stealing things.
One day, he was chatting with his co-workers and heard them talking about the prestigious Lancaster Family of Anworth. The workers said the family’s story was the stuff of legends.
The Lancaster Family had been a leader in the tourism industry but went bankrupt after the cataclysms began. Unexpectedly, however, they had developed a potion that could cure diseases.
The Lancaster Family raked in a fortune selling the potion and returned to their peak, more prominent than ever. They were even commended by the government for their contribution to medicine.
After hearing his co-workers’ stories, Felix Ford learned that the Lancaster Family now lived in The Metropolis Residences right in front of them, and he immediately hatched a devious plan.
Under the cover of night, he snuck near the Lancaster residence, planning to slip inside and score some "extra cash."
But he never would have guessed that as soon as he got close to the Lancaster house, he was targeted by Sylvia Lancaster.
At that time, Sylvia Lancaster was just about to implement her "slave-rearing plan." She wanted to capture people to work as slaves in her space, farming for her, and she wanted to test if the space could even pull people in. Felix Ford, who had walked right into her lap, became her first target.
Sylvia Lancaster didn’t know how to pull someone into the space and only succeeded after several attempts.
While she was trying, she muttered phrases like "Activate space," "Confirm target," and "Pull him in." Finally, when she touched Felix Ford, she managed to successfully pull him inside...
After being pulled into the space by Sylvia Lancaster, Felix Ford died. He only remembered an agonizing pain wracking his entire body, as if his very soul was being torn apart. The next thing he knew, he opened his eyes and had been reborn before the cataclysms began.
Felix Ford was an avid reader of novels. Combining Sylvia Lancaster’s muttering with the story of the Lancaster Family’s comeback, he quickly figured it out—Sylvia Lancaster had a portable space!
At this thought, Felix Ford was filled with regret.
His knowledge of the space was limited to the fact that it could kill people and that it contained water capable of curing diseases.
So, after being reborn, he constantly watched the market to see if anyone was selling this miraculous water. He figured that as long as no one was selling the water, no one had obtained the space.
Now, seeing the true form of the space, he was filled with remorse!
’I never imagined the space was actually like this! Melody Summers doesn’t even need to sell water! There’s so much more she can sell!’
’If I had known, I never would have come looking for trouble with Melody Summers! Not in a million years would I have walked right up to her door just to get myself killed!’
After listening to Felix Ford’s story, Melody Summers nodded. She could guess what happened next—
After his rebirth, Felix Ford used his past-life memories to commit all sorts of crimes while simultaneously getting close to Sylvia Lancaster, trying to get his hands on the space before she did.
In his past life, Felix Ford had suffered through three years of apocalyptic torment and was withered and emaciated, a stark contrast to his pampered and privileged appearance in this life. Coupled with his talent for disguise, Sylvia Lancaster never recognized him as the man she had killed with her space.
Listening from the side, Sylvia Lancaster also began to understand the gist of it and burned with anger. ’This Felix Ford claimed heaven had sent him to help me, but he turned out to be nothing more than a liar after my space!’
Sylvia Lancaster glared at Felix Ford and demanded, "So that’s how it was! You lied to me! You liar!"
"You shut up!" Felix Ford glared back at Sylvia Lancaster, his face contorted with rage, and snarled, "You killed me in our last life! I haven’t even settled that score with you yet! You bitch!"
If it weren’t for the fact that he needed to use Sylvia Lancaster to get the space, Felix Ford would have torn her limb from limb.
Sylvia Lancaster’s eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at Felix Ford. She cursed through clenched teeth, "How dare you curse at me?! You’re nothing but a gutter rat! Dreaming of becoming some kind of king? In your dreams! And you have the nerve to pretend to be some ’master’ here? You’re shameless!"
Sylvia Lancaster’s words hit a nerve. Felix Ford’s face flushed crimson as he screamed back at her, "Bitch! Shut up! You’re even worse off than me in this life. Don’t think I don’t know you’re just a slut who sells her body to anyone!"
Listening to them trade insults back and forth, Melody Summers felt a headache coming on. She yelled, "Both of you, shut up!"
The moment Melody Summers finished speaking, the Leopard let out a timely, low growl.
The fear of a large cat’s roar is etched into the human psyche. Felix Ford and Sylvia Lancaster immediately fell silent.
Understanding his current predicament, Felix Ford turned to Melody Summers with a miserable expression and pleaded, "I was wrong, miss. I shouldn’t have had any crooked ideas about you. I’m begging you, please have mercy and let me go!"
At this moment, Felix Ford’s face was a mask of supplication. Gone was the arrogance he had displayed when he pointed a gun at Melody Summers and spoke eloquently of establishing a new order. There was not a trace of Mr. Caelus left in him; it was as if he had reverted to the destitute refugee from his past life.
