I can rewind time to prevent death

After waking up, he couldn't fall asleep again.

Because his state of mind had been fuzzy, Yan Junze also couldn't be certain whether he was dreaming or had suddenly shared a perspective with the Back-faced Woman at that moment.

He lay in bed, attempting to activate his Semi-Spirit Body, but there was still no response.

This only made Yan Junze even more uncertain whether what he had seen was real or not.

After getting up in the morning, he entertained the idea of forming a team to investigate Zhen City in the Luoxia District to see for himself. Whether it was Zhen City or not, at least he could go and have a look. He then called Zhang Xiaomo to get a better understanding of the situation.

However, Zhang Xiaomo, upon hearing this, said, "Uncle Guo just had an old friend return from Zhen City. I'll ask him for you."

"What a coincidence!" Yan Junze was surprised, "Then let me do it, I'll directly call and ask him."

After hanging up, he immediately called Guo Youliang, only to find the phone ringing without any answer.

Yan Junze's heart was racing as he sat down with his mother for breakfast. No sooner had he put down his chopsticks than Guo Youliang's call came through.

Answering the phone, Guo Youliang's unfamiliar voice resonated from the Ancient Corpse Mo Da: "Junze, sorry, I just entered the Ultimate Thought state and didn't hear the ring."

"Ultimate Thought?"

Yan Junze recalled Guo Youliang mentioning something about the Ultimate Law mastered by five-star Exorcists. This Ultimate Thought must be something along those lines, but he didn't understand, and so didn't inquire further.

"Old Guo, I heard your friend just made a trip to Zhen City in the Luoxia District."

Yan Junze always addressed Guo Youliang in this manner, and Guo didn't find anything improper, especially considering Yan Junze was his lifesaver, such trivialities were immaterial.

"Yes, my friend is a four-star Exorcist. He just completed a mission in Zhen City. What about it?" Guo Youliang asked.

"I want to know, are there still many strangenesses there now?"

"Not too many, strangenesses capable of causing C+ and B- level events have been almost entirely cleared out, and those capable of B+ level events are scarce. So far, only one has been found in Zhen City and it's being pursued relentlessly by our five-star Exorcists. Right now, there's no telling where it has hidden."

"Are there any other humans living within Zhen City?"

"There are, but not ordinary ones, they're some Spirit Cultivators," Guo Youliang said: "My friend was actually tasked with assassinating Spirit Cultivators, and this time it seems the harvest was quite good. Three of them were eliminated, one of which was a group cultivation."

Guo Youliang didn't treat Yan Junze as an outsider. These matters were supposed to be confidential among Exorcists, but he didn't hesitate to tell Yan Junze.

"In Zhen City, did they discover any place that's always ablaze, or are there any areas with active volcanoes?" Yan Junze asked.

Guo Youliang pondered for a moment and shook his head: "As far as I know, there are no volcanic areas there. As for any large fires, I'm not sure, but wait, I'll ask for you right now."

Yan Junze quickly said, "Then could you also ask if your friend has noticed any peculiar strangenesses, such as mother-daughter corpses?"

Guo Youliang was somewhat surprised, but without further inquiry, he nodded: "Okay, I'll ask immediately."

A short while later, Yan Junze's phone rang again. Picking up, Guo Youliang's voice came through: "My friend said, Zhen City is now eerily silent and desolate, not to mention a large fire; they can't even find a spark. I forgot to tell you, Zhen City is a border city of the Luoxia District, where the temperature is around minus 20 degrees all year round, and these few days it's even colder."

"What about peculiar strangenesses?" Yan Junze inquired.

"In that place, lower-level strangenesses are more common. If we're talking about special strangenesses, generally speaking, they tend to be of a higher level, like the mother-daughter corpses you mentioned," Guo Youliang said: "My friend's team spent eight days and swept through Zhen City, wiped out three Spirit-Cultivation hideouts, and also exterminated some strangenesses, but they didn't find the mother-daughter corpses you're talking about. You should know, their team includes five-star Exorcists."

Yan Junze was speechless.

After talking to Guo Youliang for a few more words, he hung up the phone and sank into contemplation on the sofa.

Now it seemed, if the team of Exorcists hadn't discovered any clues in Zhen City, he didn't believe going there himself would be any more rewarding.

Besides, they had five-star Exorcists on their side.

The mother and daughter might have been in Zhen City before but not now, or perhaps they had never been there at all. Or maybe last night he had just had a dream, or even if it wasn't a dream, the scene before his eyes could have been from some earlier time.

So many possibilities!

Yan Junze held his head in his hands, his elbows resting on the coffee table in front of the sofa, his gaze somewhat vacant.

Before long, the phone rang. It was Zhou Dali calling to say that some old classmates were meeting for dinner that evening.

Despite his mood, Yan Junze didn't refuse.

When it was time to go out in the afternoon, he didn't take Xiang Er and Ku Zai with him but chose to go alone.

The weather had been good these past few days, and to be on the safe side, afraid that the moon might be too bright at night, Yan Junze also took a large black umbrella with a handle.

After greeting his mother Li Man, he left the house.

As it was still early, Yan Junze didn't take a taxi but rode on a bus instead. He got off at the stop nearest to his destination and then spent fifteen minutes walking there.