I can rewind time to prevent death

Right at eight o'clock, Big-eyed Girl Jiang Ruixin's parents came to pick her up by car, and Zhou Jiajie also drove his family's car; he was responsible for taking Bao Jie home.

Only Yan Junze and Zhou Dali shared a taxi together.

After getting into a taxi, Zhou Dali, slightly tipsy, half-jokingly said to the taxi driver, "Driver, aren't you afraid of encountering strangenesses while driving at night?"

"Afraid? Of course, I am," the middle-aged taxi driver replied, immediately prompted by Zhou Dali's question, "But luckily, ever since the outbreak of strange events, I've only encountered one strangeness during my night shifts."

"Hmm, if you don't mind, tell us about it," Yan Junze became interested, scooting forward in the back seat.

"You know, strangenesses typically happen in certain areas, and they usually don't leave those areas, so for us night shift drivers, as long as we don't drive recklessly everywhere, it's actually not as dangerous as you think."

The taxi driver smacked his lips, "The strangeness I encountered seemed to have another purpose, using my taxi to travel a distance. I remember it was a little past one in the morning, and I was driving empty. Suddenly, I realized there was someone sitting in the back seat and almost wet myself with fright.

But luckily, I've seen a lot and kept silent, not staring at them through the rearview mirror continuously, only glancing over with the corner of my eye a couple of times. Then I just kept driving, going wherever I needed to go."

"And then what happened?" Zhou Dali asked.

"Well, there was a stretch of road where the street lights were broken, and I focused more on the road conditions for a bit. When I came back to my senses, I found the person in the back seat was gone," the taxi driver explained.

"Did they leave you any fare?" Zhou Dali asked with a grin.

"Pah, pah, pah, who wants a dead person's money? I might earn it but have no life to spend it," the taxi driver waved his hand dismissively.

The taxi first arrived at Zhou Dali's community, driving him right into his neighborhood and stopping the car downstairs.

Yan Junze asked, "Do you need me to walk you up?"

Zhou Dali glanced at the taxi driver, seeming a bit embarrassed, "With all my brute strength, ghosts and spirits shall fear me, would I need you to walk me?"

With those words, he strode upstairs and stumbled on the stairway.

Yan Junze and the taxi driver burst out laughing.

The taxi drove off and swiftly reached the main road, arriving at FH Community in less than ten minutes.

Since they had been talking about strange encounters, the taxi driver was still immersed in the topic.

After stopping the car and collecting the fare, he looked up at FH Community and said to Yan Junze, "This is an old community, better hurry back inside, don't run into anything unclean."

Yan Junze smiled and walked into the community.

Now that the college entrance exam was over and all tasks had been completed, especially after dealing with the Resentful Granny and eliminating the hidden dangers, he felt much more at ease.

Of course, the scene where the Resentful Granny's head emerged from Lv Xin's chest still puzzled Yan Junze.

It was just that, according to two-star exorcist Yang Depei, Lv Xin was very likely a Spirit Cultivator.

This made Yan Junze think of what Zhang Xiaomo had once said; some people have extremely powerful special constitutions, their closeness to evil spirits far beyond normal people's imagination. After frequent contact with evil spirits, rather than losing life span, they become terrifyingly strong.

It now seemed that Lv Xin was probably one of those people, though the terror he displayed didn't seem very strong. Unfortunately for him, he encountered the Bond Evolution of the Back-faced Woman and her daughter.

Mulling over the details of his experiences, he climbed the stairs and returned home.

His parents were at home. By now, they had grown accustomed to their son going out alone at night.

To imagine that strangenesses had wreaked such havoc in their home, yet their son remained unscathed was beyond any skill the couple had ever seen.

When astonishing events keep recurring, they eventually become ordinary.
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Yan Junze sat in his bedroom, gathered all the review books from before the college entrance exam, and planned to wait for a clear, moonlit night to take everything out and burn it, celebrating the first major hurdle in life after his rebirth.

Just then, he was momentarily startled.

On a clear night with a full moon, he was reminded of a task he had never gotten around to completing, "Reflection Under the Moonlight".

With that thought, Yan Junze immediately pulled up the information for that task from the Spacetime Atlas.

[Task Name: Reflection Under the Moonlight;

Task Level: Trembling with Fear (Medium);

Task Background: It was a promise made on a night with a full moon. Fang Ning had been waiting for someone for two years. From the night of the promise until the next morning, her body was only discovered after it had been electrocuted in a fountain. However, the person she was waiting for never showed up.

Fang Ning was beautiful, but she had been electrocuted for so long that her body underwent a metallic transformation—her clothes, watch, shoes, and muscle tissues fused together. Yet, she still awaits that promise. As long as someone is willing to stand back-to-back with her, hand in hand, and make a vow under the moonlight to be everlasting.

Task Description: Make the original promise with Fang Ning;

Task Reward: 800 points of Different Dimension Energy;

Task Punishment: Become her eternal lover;

Task Tip: 1. The Evil Spirit can be lockdown; 2. You must choose a clear night with a full moon to perform the task;

Note: No matter what she says, just try responding with a "No".]

This was the task Yan Junze detected the first time he activated the Perception of Strange Events feature and remains, to this point, the only task he has yet to complete.

Although he hadn't precisely calculated it, the time span was roughly two months.

Looking at the task information, the task level was the same as the "Photographing" task, both rated as "Trembling with Fear (Medium)". The main difficulty of the Photographing task was that the strangeness was invisible, adding an additional layer of challenge.

And by the looks of it, dealing with the strangeness of Fang Ning in the "Reflection Under the Moonlight" task seemed like it might be more troublesome than the Peeping Tom.

While he was pondering, suddenly the task-related tips in his mind started flickering, the font becoming blurry. Roughly three seconds later, the task information became clear again.

A line of new tips popped up first.

[Detected changes in task information, as time has passed, the task level has shown a probabilistic increase, the following is the new task information.]

Seeing this tip, Yan Junze was taken aback for a moment and then looked at the updated task information again.

[Task Name: Reflection Under the Moonlight;

Task Level: Hair-raising (Low);

Task Background: It was a promise made on a night with a full moon. Fang Ning had been waiting for someone for two years... As long as someone is willing to stand back-to-back with her, hand in hand, and make a vow under the moonlight to be everlasting.

Task Description: Make the original promise with Fang Ning;

Task Reward: 1000 points of Different Dimension Energy;

Task Punishment: Become her eternal lover;

Task Tip: 1. The Evil Spirit cannot be lockdown; 2. You must choose a clear night with a full moon to perform the task;

Note: No matter what she says, just try responding with a "No".]

It had changed, Yan Junze stared at the task information.

Now not only had the task level increased from "Trembling with Fear (Medium)" to "Hair-raising (Low)", but the tip also indicated that the Evil Spirit could no longer be lockdown.