I can rewind time to prevent death

As the detection range rapidly expanded, Yan Junze did not concern himself with how much energy it would consume. Instead, he maximized his ability to perceive every corner of Huaying City.

After a substantial consumption of energy, the effect was immensely significant. Soon Yan Junze felt a response, but it was only the feedback from spacetime fluctuations and not an actual location of the space-time rift.

He felt the spacetime fluctuations were coming from outside the detection range, in the southwest direction, that is, in the southwest corner of Huaying City District.

Looking at the energy consumption, because he spared no expense and disregarded the optimal range and positioning deviations for each detection, expanding the search area, just one attempt had already used up nearly 10,000 points of energy.

Not long after, Zhang Xiaomo and Luo Wenli went to rest in the bedroom, and Yan Junze sat on the sofa, alone, pondering the feasibility of his plan.

This time, initiating the Great Rewind, he felt that the development of events might not unfold as he had anticipated.

After all, many uncontrollable factors had emerged, such as the mutation of the God of Death, whose mutation had surprisingly created an Absolute Territory that restricted his own Rewind within a certain range.

Unlike the Half Moon Association of the Great Capital of USA which initiated the summoning unbeknownst to gods and demons and succeeded, now posing a serious threat to the entire world.

Now it appears that the entity summoned isn't like Possession Demon Luo Zhong from before; preliminary conjecture suggests it should be even more powerful and more difficult to control.

But why can Olay Great Capital control it?

Thinking this, he took out the documents from his backpack, Yan Junze carefully reviewed them and within the Demon Hunter Groups of Olay Great Capital, Claudia IX Demon Hunting Group, Payne Cross Demon Hunters Group as well as the Iron Blood Demon Hunter Group all had the potential to be the summoners of the Demon Spirit.

And the Claudia IX Demon Hunting Group is actually Olay Great Capital's Royal Demon Hunter Group, and the only God of Death from Olay Great Capital came from within the Royal Demon Hunter Group.

The "Book of Change" mentioned in the documents has always been hidden within the Royal Museum, and is supposedly under the control of Claudia IX.

As for why they would join hands with the Cross Demon Hunting Group and Iron Blood Demon Hunter Group, it is likely that these three parties needed to utilize each other at some level.

The breakthrough in Yan Junze's plan for now was a person named Lin Yishan.

He needed to understand what exactly the relationship between Lin Yishan and these people was, and this time for the Great Rewind, it was certain that he didn't just need to go back to one place.

To thoroughly understand the sequence of events and effectively prevent them, it may require several trips, similar to the previous organization of the Half Moon Association's Summoning Ritual.

Therefore, at this moment, Different Dimension Energy is extremely important to him, which is why he summoned Ku Zai and Magnetic Pile Monster over.

The mutation event of the God of Death has already taken place, if he were to Rewind right after stepping out of the building, it would only exchange lost energy for temporary peace of mind.

Wu Mayun's mutation would still occur, and if it happened on the street, it would likely cause the deaths of more people and possibly an immediate outbreak of large-scale disturbances.

This is something Yan Junze had also thought of at times.

Carefully examining the data, the bedroom door gently opened at this moment, and Zhang Xiaomo, in her pajamas, walked out. She actually had not fallen asleep.

With a sorrowful expression, she had forced herself to hold back in front of her mother, but now, after coming out of the bedroom, she could not hold back anymore, as tears rolled down quietly, yet she forcefully refrained from making a sound.

She came to the sofa and sat down beside Yan Junze.

Yan Junze sighed softly, put his arm around her shoulder, and noticed that her body was trembling slightly.

The day's ordeal was truly a subversion of what a normal Exorcist had known, and it was natural to feel fear, helplessness, and worry.

"Why didn't you tell Mom?" Xiaomo asked.

Yan Junze gently turned her shoulders towards him, looked into her eyes brimming with tears, and spoke firmly, word by word: "I might have a way to save your dad, even though he might already be dead."

"Ah!" Zhang Xiaomo was immensely surprised.

"I won't tell you the specific reason for now, but please believe in me, and try to cooperate with me during this period," Yan Junze said seriously.

"You mean, you're going to go into the building to bring back my dad's soul?" Zhang Xiaomo guessed.

"No, I'm talking about real Resurrection." Yan Junze shook his head. "Once the creatures who are coming with me arrive tomorrow, we will start taking action."

Zhang Xiaomo stared at him blankly, silent for a moment.

After a while, she nodded and said, "Just tell me what I need to do."

"Stay at home from now on to protect your mom, don't go anywhere else, and wait for my message," Yan Junze instructed.

Zhang Xiaomo paused, fell silent again, then nodded, "Be careful yourself."

After speaking, she tilted her head slightly and leaned on Yan Junze's shoulder.

Yan Junze held her, and in that moment time seemed tranquil, neither of them spoke again, yet they clearly understood each other's thoughts.

Gradually, Yan Junze felt Xiaomo's body begin to calm down and stop shaking. Time passed, and unwittingly, the two fell asleep on the sofa.

The next day when they woke up, they found themselves covered with a thick blanket. Looking at the open bedroom door, Luo Wenli was already up.

Worried that her daughter and Yan Junze had not slept well the previous night, she had not made any noise, only quietly covering the two with a blanket.

After eating breakfast, the phone rang soon after. It was a call from Xiang Er, they had arrived at Huaying District airport and were currently undergoing inspection by the Exorcists and security officers guarding the area.

In fact, ordinary Exorcists could not detect Xiang Er's real situation at all. And facing those strangenesses, as long as Ku Zai wore Magnetic Shielding Clothes, he would also appear as a normal person. Only the Magnetic Pile Monster would be a bit more troublesome.

Xiang Er received a location pin from the mobile phone, and right then, Luo Wenli was getting ready to go shopping for groceries and daily necessities.

But Zhang Xiaomo immediately stopped her.

It's just that they were really running out of supplies at home. The supermarket was just across the street, so after a brief discussion, Yan Junze and Xiaomo headed out to shop, leaving Luo Wenli at home.

The two moved quickly, made a list, and soon purchased daily essentials and food from the supermarket, where they noticed very few people. Similarly, on their way back across the street, there were hardly any pedestrians to be seen.

Perhaps some anomalies had already occurred somewhere, Yan Junze speculated.

About ten minutes after they returned home, Xiang Er, Ku Zai, and the Magnetic Pile Monster arrived.

Upon seeing Xiang Er, Luo Wenli's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly invited her into the house to sit, saying with a smile, "This girl is truly beautiful. Junze, who is she to you?"

"My cousin," Yan Junze said.

Glancing at the emaciated Ku Zai, Luo Wenli's mood that had been lifted by the sight of the handsome newcomer immediately declined, but she still greeted the two with a smile.

Now to Yan Junze, it seemed that no matter how much Ku Zai ate, he just couldn't gain weight. Although he was slightly plumper than before, he was still on the skinny side.

Yan Junze and Xiaomo could see the Magnetic Pile Monster standing in the yard, but Luo Wenli couldn't, and with her around, it was also inconvenient to greet Yao Long.

Yan Junze gave Yao Long a meaningful glance. Yao Long nodded slightly and walked over to the flower bed at the side of the courtyard. During this process, black liquid continued to drip from his body, but as far as ordinary people were concerned, those drips were invisible as long as he willed it so.

Without much time to spare, after sitting in the house for a bit, Yan Junze quietly instructed Zhang Xiaomo a few words, then led the others to the garage and drove out with one of Zhang Chengjing's silver sedans, heading directly towards the southwestern part of the city district.

About half an hour later, the car stopped at the mouth of an alley.

Yan Junze did not get out of the car immediately, but rather turned back to look at the people and the strangeness seated in the car—Yao Long in the passenger seat, and Xiang Er and Ku Zai in the back seat.

Yan Junze looked back at them, letting his gaze linger momentarily on each individual.

After a short while, he spoke gravely, "The situation is severe, you must have realized something on your way here, that's why I called you here—to give me some assistance. This time, I may need to kill even more of the other strangenesses to meet the demands of my actions."

"You say, we'll do," Xiang Er was as she always was.

"No problem," Ku Zai nodded emphatically.

He had been keeping his Magnetic Shielding Clothes activated this whole time, precisely because Xiang Er had detected a large number of strange magnetic fields all along the way, including after entering Huaying City District from the airport—a path riddled with them.

It seemed that the strangenesses within the city had increased, but bizarrely none were seen roaming the streets, only an overwhelming and jumbled sensation of strange magnetic fields.

Yan Junze looked at Yao Long.

Yao Long paused before saying, "I'll listen to you."

"How much anger have you accumulated now? Will you explode here?" Yan Junze asked.

"Big Brother Yao just had an outburst in that little grove over there, scared me to death!" Ku Zai took over the conversation.

In reality, he had been so frightened at the time that he'd nearly passed out, but fortunately, right before losing consciousness, he called out "Yan Junze's" name, and was later revived by Yao Long.

Yao Long said, "No problem now, I can control it for fifteen days. Only after that will it reach my control limit."

Yan Junze nodded, then looked at the group: "I'm now going to enter the alley. You wait outside. Maybe when I come out, I'll do as I did last time, harvesting strange energy. You just need to follow my instructions and coordinate with me."

As he stepped out of the driver's seat, Yan Junze looked left and right, noticing two passersby on the street, but not a single security officer.

In Huaying City District, such a scene was very unusual.

Just now in the car, when they were about to exceed the range where the space-time rift was detected yesterday, he activated the detection once more and quickly located a space-time rift in the southwestern direction, right in this alley.

This time he was lucky; the space-time rift was at its peak, likely a newly formed rift that had not been there for long.

Standing outside the car and glancing back inside, Yan Junze added, "Keep an eye on the area for me, especially this alley. Don't let anybody in for the time being. From the moment I vanish inside the alley, that's when the most dangerous moment begins. Be on the lookout for any suspicious people approaching."

Xiang Er and Ku Zai got out of the car one after another, taking positions on either side of the alley's entrance. Yao Long remained in the car, on alert.

The alley was home to two large green trash bins and was quite shallow, with no residential presence.

Yan Junze took one last look back and glanced up at the grey, overcast sky, feeling the same oppressiveness that had arisen the night before.

He tightened the straps of the backpack he was wearing and moved to the back of the second large trash bin, expending 200 points to activate the Spacetime Fixed Point Insertion.

[Detected a space-time rift, insertion possible, activate Butterfly Effect Stabilization simultaneously?]

"Activate."

A stable space-time rift appeared out of nowhere, Yan Junze stepped inside, and with a flicker of space, the rift vanished without a trace.

The familiar Void reappeared before his eyes, but just as that long-absent sense of familiarity filled his heart, Yan Junze's expression congealed in horror.

In his sight, another Yan Junze was sitting beside a time marker in the Void, smiling helplessly and looking right at him.

"You finally arrived!" he shrugged, "Uh, actually, I also just sat down to wait for you."