I can rewind time to prevent death

The Qishan Public Cemetery under the night sky exuded an eerie silence, as if a monster lay dormant in the darkness, ready to extend its claws and bare its fangs at any moment.

Choosing this place again was out of necessity, as nowhere else could be found in such short notice with a high quantity and quality of strangeness occurrences.

Though some places seemed to have a higher number of strangenesses, for Yan Junze they were all of the "Anxiety-Inducing" level. Even if these strangenesses were cleared out or driven away, the Different Dimension Energy obtained would not be significant, and it would take a long time to accumulate the amount he desired.

The weakening space-time rift waits for no one, and to gain a large amount of Different Dimension Energy in a short time, this cemetery remained the best choice.

However, persuading Qian San to return to the Qishan Public Cemetery cost Yan Junze quite a bit of talking, and of course, an increase in the fees.

Although Qian San received a decent personal reward this time, he made it clear that after taking them to the cemetery, he would leave the place and wait in a nearby populated area.

If Yan Junze and the others were about to come out soon, they would call him in advance so he would go over.

As the three of them walked into the cemetery, Yan Junze noticed that Ku Zai was constantly shivering uncontrollably.

He stopped and looked at Ku Zai without speaking.

Seeing Yan Junze look over, Ku Zai was stunned for a moment, then his expression firmed up; he did not speak, merely nodding his head.

Yan Junze reached out to embrace him, gave a pat on the shoulder, and said softly, "Thank you."

As if greatly acknowledged and encouraged, Ku Zai gradually stabilized after a while, and his trembling body began to calm down.

Yan Junze checked the time. From the moment they discovered the space-time rift, to returning to the cemetery, and the delay until now, it was almost eleven o'clock. They could not drag their feet any longer.

He said to the two, "Let's go! Xiang Er, choose a different section of the graveyard, let's not go to the section from the daytime."

Mainly because Yan Junze remembered Xiang Er once mentioned that the section of the graveyard they chose during the day, especially the hilltop location, had a strangeness that even Xiang Er found bothersome.

Now, with time pressing, although Xiang Er might not necessarily be afraid of the other party, it was best to reduce unnecessary trouble. They should avoid further delays in other places.

Xiang Er quickly picked a direction and set off. Before long, she lit her mobile phone at a fork in a path, waving it in the direction of Yan Junze and Ku Zai as a signal for them to come closer.

For Yan Junze, the weather was good tonight, with no moon in the sky. But since they had been exposed in the open air, he still held the big black umbrella in his hand, just to be safe.

When the two reached her, Xiang Er said, "This place will do, this section has more strangenesses, and we should be able to collect 'Fear Value' faster here."

"Are there any strangenesses here that make you feel agitated or oppressive?" Yan Junze asked.

"No," Xiang Er shook her head. "But overall, the strangenesses here are not weak."

That implied they would not be short on energy collection this time, Yan Junze interpreted her subtext.

The three chose a relatively flat and clean area, and Ku Zai clenched his fists, took a few deep breaths, then plopped down sitting cross-legged. Then Xiang Er went into hiding.

Yan Junze stepped back a distance and quietly watched Ku Zai.

Ku Zai had always worn Magnetic Shielding Clothes, but because Yan Junze had commanded, and with Xiang Er constantly with him, the jacket was turned off and not activated.

Even though there was no moonlight tonight, it wasn't completely dark. After turning off the phone screen, the silhouette of Ku Zai was still visible.

Yan Junze had dimmed his phone screen to the lowest brightness to easily keep an eye on the time. The period of extreme debilitation of the space-time rift was just after midnight, so they needed to make it around that time. Otherwise, no one could guarantee that approaching the rift in the latter part of the extreme debilitation wouldn't result in some instability, possibly causing issues with the Great Rewind or even causing it to fail outright.

Soon after Xiang Er left, there were rustling sounds coming from not far away.

Yan Junze focused his attention and saw it was a strangeness hidden in the underbrush.

However, this strangeness didn't seem very strong, as Ku Zai merely frowned without showing any severe frightened tension.

Time passed by the second, and more strangenesses kept appearing.

Soon, five strangenesses had reached Ku Zai, with one appearing just over two meters behind Yan Junze. However, they were all attracted by Ku Zai's aura and didn't care about Yan Junze, who was within an arm's reach. They dragged their heavy steps and shuffled toward Ku Zai.

In the meantime, the first strangeness that appeared had been scared off by others joining in, disappearing into the unknown.

Xiang Er did not show up, as more strangenesses were still approaching. This area indeed had enough strangenesses with generally higher quality, and they balanced each other out without any exceedingly powerful ones.

Yan Junze's eyes were wide open, watching more and more strangenesses join, greed apparent in his eyes.

Soon, Ku Zai was completely surrounded by at least eight strangenesses that were among the stronger ones to appear. The other unescaped strangenesses merely stood two steps away, not daring to come closer.

After a while, three strangenesses lay on Ku Zai, and one used its damaged head to gently rub against Ku Zai's head, humming softly as if a mother had found her son.

At this moment, Ku Zai was steady, with no tremble, but his eyes were tightly closed.