I can rewind time to prevent death

Ding!

The B level, where the cargo hold is located, was reached, and the elevator doors slowly opened, revealing a pitch-black space before them.

Duan Ning looked carefully but couldn't see anything. He pulled out his flashlight and switched it on, casting its beam into the darkness as he stepped out of the elevator.

The light from the flashlight could only disperse a tiny portion of the darkness and, by contrast, seemed to make the surrounding area even darker.

At the elevator entrance to the cargo hold, the captain, leaning against the opposite side of the corridor, fell silent after Duan Ning descended, lost in thought.

Soon, his walkie-talkie suddenly crackled to life with a voice from an unfamiliar man.

"Captain? Can you hear me?"

The captain, startled, picked up the walkie-talkie and replied, "I am here. Who's this?"

"I am a passenger on this plane, and also an Exorcist," came the voice of Yan Junze from the walkie-talkie.

"An Exorcist?" The captain exclaimed with unexpected joy.

If there was an Exorcist among the passengers, that would be the best possible scenario under the circumstances, considering he could help Duan Ning deal with the strangeness in the cargo hold and ensure absolute safety.

"Hello, hello, Mr. Exorcist," said the captain cheerfully.

Yan Junze said, "There has been some strangeness in the economy class, but I have managed to contain it for now."

"Ah!"

The captain was taken aback and before he could speak, Junze continued, "I need you to inform all the staff on board to stay at their posts, not to go anywhere, especially not to the cargo hold. The hold is temporarily sealed off, and no one should enter it, including the plane's Exorcist."

Junze was well aware that the strangeness he had detected was close to an Ethereal spirit. Not even a three-star Exorcist, let alone a four-star level like Guo Youliang's before his rebirth, would find dealing with such a creature anything but extremely troublesome.

Even eliminating it would come at a high cost and might equally result in losing their lives, let alone on a plane that could easily pose a threat to everyone aboard.

Eliminating such a creature here would be even more problematic.

"Ah!" Hearing Junze's words, the captain was stunned and said, "But... he's already gone down there, to the cargo hold."

"Where is the cargo hold?"

Inside the cargo hold.

As the elevator doors closed behind him, the entire cargo hold was enveloped in an even denser layer of darkness. The light from the flashlight in Duan Ning's hand was like a struggling, solitary boat in a dark ocean, growing weaker and seemingly on the verge of being engulfed at any moment.

It was too quiet here, far too quiet.

Duan Ning, who had remained calm up till now, found his heartbeat accelerating involuntarily.

The flashlight's beam swept over rows of shelves, some of which were empty and some held items.

Duan Ning also had to watch for anything unusual on the ground. He advanced cautiously, sensing the surroundings for any movement. At that moment, however, a faint popping sound came from not far away.

He immediately turned the flashlight in that direction, illuminating the ground.

If he wasn't mistaken, it should have been something that fell to the floor.

Just as the light reached the spot, he saw a bloodied foot dragging a high heel with a broken heel disappear behind a row of cardboard boxes.

"High heels? Blood? It must be that stewardess," Duan Ning deduced and immediately adjusted his direction, heading toward that row of cardboard boxes.

He quickly reached this side of the boxes, and his flashlight revealed not the figure of the stewardess but rather a man in a police officer's uniform standing there with his back to him.

"Officer Xia?"

Duan Ning recognized him as the air marshal at a glance.

Seemingly hearing the call, Officer Xia lifted his right hand and waved to him without turning around.

In his right hand, Duan Ning gripped the magnetic knife, and in his left, the flashlight, as he slowly moved forward, his eyes fixed on Officer Xia and never straying.

Upon reaching Officer Xia's side, Duan Ning tilted his head and saw no trace of strangeness from his profile, just that it was too dark to make out his complexion.

"What are you doing here?" Duan Ning asked.

Officer Xia didn't respond but slowly turned towards him, revealing the other half of his face.

On this side of his face, the flesh was gone, leaving only half a bloody, fleshless skull visible, even the eye socket was empty.

Such an appearance was not that of someone who could still be alive and standing here.

The next second, a flash of the knife, Officer Xia's head fell from his shoulders, cleanly severed by the magnetic knife.

His body twitched twice and then collapsed to the ground.

"Already turned into a strangeness so quickly," Duan Ning muttered to himself, but before he could finish his thought, a mechanical "ah ah ah" sound suddenly came from behind him.

He twisted around to see Guan Hongna, who had lost her jaw, standing behind him. She lunged, toppling Duan Ning to the ground.

Duan Ning quickly flipped the knife around, its tip aimed at Guan Hongna's stomach. Grasping the hilt with both hands, as he fell backward, the entire magnetic knife instantly pierced through the body pressing down on him, a magnetic glow flashing as it blew a bloody hole through it.

However, Guan Hongna didn't get thrown back as he expected. Instead, the place where her jaw had been suddenly began to wriggle, and a grotesque face of a man emerged right before Duan Ning's eyes, the voice now more chilling than ever.

Although Guan Hongna was hurt by the magnetic knife, it seemed not to have struck anything vital. The man's face squeezed out quickly, fell upon Duan Ning's chest, and continued to move.

Thud!

A baton descended, knocking Guan Hongna off Duan Ning's body with a blow. It was swung again, hitting and ejecting the wriggling face from Duan Ning's chest.

Yan Junze approached, extended his hand, grabbed Duan Ning's arm, and yanked him up forcefully, "Don't panic, I am also an Exorcist. I just happened to be on this flight."