I can rewind time to prevent death

At the dinner table, upon hearing Li Man's account, Yan Daguo felt that his son had matured a lot.

Moreover, it seemed that when it came to strangeness, Yan Junze, whether in terms of courage, actions, or thought, truly had the makings of an exorcist.

If it weren't for the fact that they were not at all wealthy and had no spare money, Yan Daguo might have to consider how to send Yan Junze for professional exorcist training.

The premise was that he didn't know how many exorcists died each year while dealing with strange incidents.

Of course, this was a secret within the exorcist organizations, unknown to outsiders.

After dinner and watching TV for a while, Yan Junze claimed to be going back to his room to review and, upon entering, closed and locked the door. Then he summoned the Lockdown Evil Spirit—the unfortunate Crawler Monster.

This entirely wrinkled, hairless creature lay confused on the ground, glanced up at Yan Junze, and then looked around at the room's environment.
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As a lockdown evil spirit, its master Yan Junze had absolute control over it, and with just a thought, he could seal it in the 12th node if it disobeyed.

However, once this guy was let out, his innate desires would still drive him to flee from this dangerous place and pursue the freedom he longed for.

Yan Junze also had the idea of comparing him with Ke'er when letting this creature out.

Because even among wandering spirits, there were distinctions of high, medium, and low.

Not long after the Crawler Monster was let out, he knew where it stood in comparison to Ke'er.

The Crawler Monster began to crawl around the room; all this time Ke'er paid no attention, remaining on Yan Junze's back.

It wasn't until the Crawler Monster suddenly went under Yan Junze's bed and tried to climb up that Ke'er stirred and raised her head.

Please note that since her head was tilted, it's basically as if, when she raised her head, Ke'er's head would be pressed tightly against Yan Junze's head.

To an onlooker, this scene of intimate closeness could send a chill down to their very bones.

The Crawler Monster froze abruptly, like a little mutt encountering a wolfhound, hanging its head low, crawling on the ground and remaining motionless.

"Ke'er, it looks like you're the more formidable one," Yan Junze said.

"Eh."

"Maybe I should just lock you down too, save me the trouble of you always clinging to my back."

"Eh."

"Forget I said anything."

...

The next day in class.

After the morning classes ended, using the lunch break, Yan Junze, Zhou Dali, Bao Jie, and Jiang Ruixin gathered together.

Bao Jie opened up the video on her laptop that had been preliminarily edited the day before.

Following Yan Junze's suggestion, the video was titled "Peeking From the Crack in the Wall," and its duration had been shortened to about fifteen minutes.

It retained the terrifying atmosphere encountered upon entering the Jianye Building, the scenes where everyone took turns staring down the eyes in the wall crack, and the clever finale where they failed to escape with the body but managed to kill the strange body of the corpse.

The completeness was even higher than "The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night."

This time, because they were well-prepared, the video included footage shot by Bao Jie with a portable camera and by Yan Junze with his phone mounted on his chest, the combination of which created a perfectly crafted atmosphere of terror.

After some suggestions from everyone, Bao Jie adjusted several details.

After watching it twice, Yan Junze frowned and said, "I still feel like something's missing."

"Is it still not clear enough?" Bao Jie asked.

"Could it be that the picture is too dark, giving a very oppressive feeling?" Zhou Dali said.

"It's not that." Yan Junze shook his head.

"Maybe it's because of me. You should just mosaic my glaring eyes," Jiang Ruixin suggested, "I feel that the ghost in this video isn't scary, but I've become the scariest one."

"You can't mosaic your face." Yan Junze shook his head again.

"Why not?" the three asked in unison.

"Netizens these days are very malicious. It's better if you don't add a mosaic. Once you do, the style and feeling of the video immediately changes, and then who knows what they will say. Even if Jiang Ruixin doesn't drown in spit, she would probably die of shame," Yan Junze stated confidently.

Bao Jie and Zhou Dali suddenly understood.

Only Jiang Ruixin looked blankly bemused, "Why would I die of shame?"

Bao Jie leaned in and whispered a few words to her, causing Jiang Ruixin's face to change immediately.

Pating her ample chest with palpitations, she said, "Then definitely don't add a mosaic!"

Zhou Dali chuckled, then looked up at Yan Junze, "So what's still missing?"

Yan Junze didn't speak for a moment, pondering for a while before saying, "I feel... what's missing is an introductory quote for the whole video. Something that exudes philosophy, a masterstroke that encapsulates the entire video."

"I'm not smart, what kind of masterstroke could there be?" Zhou Dali scratched his head.

Bao Jie and Jiang Ruixin seemed to realize something and began to think, resting their chins on their hands.

Soon after, Yan Junze spoke, "How about this? Before the video starts, before the title comes out, we introduce the following phrase: 'All along, our greatest enemy has been ourselves, different aspects of ourselves. Therefore, there's a murder that's never been punished, and that's the killing of a part of oneself.'"

"Hmm, good, this is a good line!" Bao Jie's eyes lit up and she immediately agreed.

"What does that mean?" Zhou Dali scratched his head. At this moment, his life's shortcomings were laid bare.

However, no one paid him any attention.

"Then, after the security guard declares himself the Strange Body from within the wall, and after my analysis comes out, we throw in the second line of text," Yan Junze said, tapping his forehead with his index finger as though searching for the right words.

"What does the second line say?" Bao Jie asked.

Yan Junze thought for five long minutes before finally lifting his head and saying, "There's a type of Revenge that leaves no trace, that part of oneself that was killed... has come back."

"Good!"

"Well said!"

Bao Jie and Jiang Ruixin applauded in unison.

"With words like that, this video titled 'Peeking From the Crack in the Wall' is definitely worth watching!" Bao Jie nodded excitedly, "If I ever become a director, I will definitely hire you as a scriptwriter."

Zhou Dali said, "Although I don't know what you're talking about, Junze, I always feel like it's very impressive."

"Alright, adding this will definitely score points," Jiang Ruixin said with conviction. "Even Dali, who's slow to react, feels it's impressive, so other netizens watching it will definitely have a much stronger reaction."

"I didn't offend you, did I, Ruixin?" Zhou Dali said grievously.

Jiang Ruixin shrugged, "I don't know, but I always feel like you did something annoying to me in the past."

"Hold on a second, the video will soon be edited," Bao Jie acted swiftly.

Before long, the complete "Peeking From the Crack in the Wall" video was finished. After everyone checked it, they logged into Yan Junze's account "Night Traveling Puppy" on the "Open Your Eyes" video platform and clicked to upload the video.