Chapter 763: Chapter 763: Mom

"No need. Rusty is fine. Save those other names for someone else."

Although Rusty was dejected, he accepted the name. Seeing his miserable-but-unable-to-complain expression put Evelyn Ford in an excellent mood. ’After all, the kid had it coming for crossing me before. If I didn’t teach him a little lesson, I wouldn’t be me.’

Naming him that was partly to get back at the kid and partly just a prank. Evelyn Ford wasn’t good at thinking of names, so she had passed the task on to Officer Graham.

After a two-day rest, everyone got back to work. Rusty and the other newcomers weren’t idle either; Evelyn Ford had them stay by Officer Graham’s side to help out. Once they were fully healthy, they would join the main group in planting trees.

To help everyone build up their strength, each person had to eat red fruits daily to supplement their nutrition. This led Evelyn Ford to a surprising discovery: the red fruits could purify the toxins people had inhaled, and their effect was even better than the special antidote. No matter how potent the antidote was, it was still a drug, and taking too much would surely have side effects. Now that they could use the red fruits instead, Evelyn Ford wasn’t stingy. She brought out a large basket every day and let everyone eat as many as they wanted.

After Rusty and the others arrived at the camp, they not only got to eat their fill, but each of them also received clean clothes. The three youngest children were only two or three years old, so Officer Graham’s duties now expanded from cooking to include babysitting.

Evelyn Ford remained as busy as ever. Apart from being seen at breakfast and dinner, she spent all her other time working inside her space.

In her spare time, she researched how to open an entrance to the space so Ronan Kendrick could enter and exit freely.

The golden blood drop had already been tried, but to no avail. Looking at the pile of jadeite rough stones in the corner, Evelyn Ford suddenly had a bold idea.

She made a light cut on her finger with a small knife, letting a bead of blood drip onto a Raw Stone. Evelyn Ford closed her eyes and focused her will. Three minutes later, her forehead was beaded with sweat. She had failed.

But she wasn’t discouraged. Grabbing a Raw Stone, she left the space and returned to her tent. Evelyn Ford planned to wait for Ronan Kendrick to get back and then try combining their blood.

When Ronan Kendrick returned that evening, Evelyn Ford eagerly tried to pull him into the tent.

"Ronan Kendrick is exhausted. Give him a break."

Evelyn Ford was happy to see Quincy back in high spirits, but his infuriating smart mouth was as annoying as ever. Reaching into her sleeve, she pulled several venomous scorpions from her space and tossed them at him. Quincy shrieked in terror.

Evelyn Ford huffed and retrieved the scorpions. "Ronan Kendrick, beat him up for me later."

Ronan Kendrick nodded. "Alright."

Quincy was furious but dared not speak. Miles Vaughn walked over, patted him on the shoulder with a gloating smile, and said, "Stay away from lovestruck people. They’ll only bring you misery."

Everyone knew there was only one lovestruck person in the entire camp: Ronan Kendrick. He seemed perfectly normal most of the time, but the moment he saw Evelyn Ford, it was like his brain just switched off.

"Then again, you had it coming. When are you going to fix that habit of yours of running your mouth?"

Quincy felt aggrieved. "I wasn’t running my mouth, I was telling the truth! I saw he was exhausted after a long day and I was just trying to help him out. And for my troubles, he wants to beat me up."

Miles Vaughn was speechless.

"You totally had it coming. Why do you talk so much? Ronan Kendrick would only see it as you interrupting his private time with Evelyn Ford."

Quincy was at a loss for words.

Inside the tent, Evelyn Ford handed the knife to Ronan Kendrick. He understood immediately, taking the knife and making a slice across his wrist.

As beads of blood welled up and dripped down, Evelyn Ford quickly caught them with the Raw Stone. She then pricked her own finger, mixing her blood with Ronan Kendrick’s.

"Ronan Kendrick, let’s try to absorb it with our minds."

"It’s rejecting me."

Evelyn Ford was confused. "But why?"

"I feel like it’s angry with me."

Evelyn Ford grew even more puzzled.

"The space is angry with you? It’s not a person, how can it get angry?"

Ronan Kendrick chuckled softly. "I remember you telling me your space originated from a jade bracelet your mother left you. Perhaps it’s playing the role of your mother, and you’re like its child. When the fireballs fell, the plane was high in the air. If the space hadn’t saved us, we might have ended up in pieces, just like the wreckage of the plane. And even though it did save us, you were still seriously injured. You were even in a coma for a month, which caused the space to go dormant."

Evelyn Ford found it hard to believe, yet she felt Ronan Kendrick had a point. When her body was injured, the space couldn’t be activated. As soon as she recovered, the space returned to normal on its own. She and the space truly were one and the same.

’What’s amazing is what Ronan Kendrick said about the space having a consciousness, that it’s playing the role of a mother. In the space’s mind, I’m its child. And because Ronan piloted the plane into the air, it blames him for everything. That must be why it’s rejecting him.’

Evelyn Ford touched her wrist. ’So, the reason I’m alive today isn’t because I’m so capable, or because I’m just lucky. It’s because the space has been protecting me, like a mother.’

Evelyn Ford’s eyes welled with tears. "I can’t believe I never thought of this. Ronan Kendrick, it never even crossed my mind."

Evelyn Ford closed her eyes and tried to communicate with the space using her consciousness. The next moment, she felt a hand stroking the top of her head, as if to soothe her restless anxiety.

Evelyn Ford thought of her mom, and tears began to stream down her face. At that moment, with a dizzying lurch, both she and Ronan Kendrick found themselves inside the space. A faint, resigned sigh seemed to linger in the air.

A cool sensation touched her wrist. Evelyn Ford looked down and saw a lustrous green jade bracelet encircling her left wrist.

The caress on her head vanished, and the jade bracelet began to radiate waves of warmth.

"Mom." Evelyn Ford sank to the ground, pressing the jade bracelet to her cheek as she broke down, sobbing uncontrollably.

’There’s no such thing as a jade bracelet that can turn into a pocket dimension. It was just a sliver of consciousness, left behind by a mother who couldn’t bear to leave her daughter to face the world alone.’

An embrace as gentle as the wind enveloped Evelyn Ford, as if comforting her, telling her not to be sad.

The embrace eventually faded, and the warmth from the jade bracelet subsided. Evelyn Ford wiped away her tears as Ronan Kendrick helped her to her feet.

"It was Mom. It was really her. I’m so stupid. How could I have never considered this? I’m the biggest idiot in the world."

"Evelyn, she loves you very much."

"Yes, she loves me so much. That’s why I have to be strong. I can’t cry. I can’t disappoint her."

Evelyn Ford took a deep breath, then raised her wrist and gently pressed her cheek against the jade bracelet.

"I’ll live a good life. Don’t worry about me."

Even though Ronan Kendrick could now enter the space, Evelyn Ford still decided to give all the Raw Stones to it.

The Raw Stones no longer required blood; she only needed to focus her will, and the space would absorb them.

Over ten tons of Raw Stones vanished completely. The space began to tremble violently. Three seconds later, it underwent a world-altering transformation. The farming and animal husbandry zones merged into one and expanded countless times over. What was once a river had become a massive lake.

The space had become a miniature world.

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