I can rewind time to prevent death

In fact, Huang Chen had already watched the video Yan Junze shot of the incident once; now, by listening to Yan Junze\'s personal account, he mainly wanted to understand his perspective and feelings.

Furrowing his brows, Huang Chen listened intently and then said, "Now we have some evidence. If you hear any noises from the floor above in the next few days, don\'t take matters into your own hands and go up there."

"Are you afraid that... Granny Ren\'s spirit might have come back?" Yan Junze asked.

"It\'s possible," Huang Chen nodded. "But we can\'t be sure. Granny Ren\'s spirit might have become stronger now, and we cannot touch her as easily as we did last time, or it would be extremely dangerous."

"Got it, I know," Yan Junze replied.

Yan Junze felt a chill running down his spine as he quietly speculated that if Granny Ren could truly cause a Level D strangeness incident, what level of existence it would be considered in his task display.

Trembling with fear? Probably not just that. It\'s very likely to be at least as hair-raising as the Back-faced Woman task.

However, regarding Huang Chen\'s self-perceived reasoning abilities, Yan Junze had already discounted them in his heart, feeling that this exorcist, apart from looking somewhat cool when throwing the Hidden Buckle at the Possession Spirit, didn\'t seem to have done anything particularly impressive.

"Oh right," Yan Junze reminded, "When you just came up the stairs, did you see any other strangenesses?"

Huang Chen looked at him with a slight astonishment and shook his head: "No."

"Well, since you are here, take a look," Yan Junze said with a smile. "It\'s a female ghost wearing a white tee and shorts, with disheveled hair, a slender figure, facing the wall, and she keeps her back turned to everyone who sees her."

"Did you report it to the strangeness incident team?" Huang Chen asked.

"I did, a long time ago, but it\'s probably still in queue," Yan Junze nodded.

"I\'ll check it out later," Huang Chen promised promptly. "But if she doesn\'t show up, and I can\'t find her, I won\'t stay here forever. Here, take down my number first."

After their conversation, Huang Chen did not greet Yan Daguo and his wife and instead turned and walked directly to the stairwell.

"Son, how come I feel like you\'ve known him for a long time?" Yan Daguo sat at the dining table, his food cold, as both he and his wife had lost their appetite.

Yan Junze came back to the room, sat down with a grin, and replied, "Just met, it\'s just that we wished we\'d met sooner. Oh right, mom and dad, if you see Granny Ren\'s spirit again in the next few days, don\'t engage with her. That unreliable exorcist guy just told me this, be sure to remember."

The couple looked at each other with expressions of alarm and fear.

Right after dinner, Huang Chen called. He had made a round in building number seven and hadn\'t seen the Back-faced Woman Yan Junze mentioned. However, not seeing her didn\'t mean she wasn\'t there; Huang Chen said he would move the strangeness incident\'s priority up when he got back, so that the authorities could deal with it as soon as possible.

Not long after Huang Chen left, Ke\'er returned.

That made Yan Junze suspect that the little rascal Ke\'er was actually going out to avoid Huang Chen.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Before going to bed, Yan Daguo and his wife again grilled Yan Junze about Granny Ren. Yan Junze didn\'t tell them that Granny Ren\'s son and his wife had been killed; otherwise, his parents would be even more uneasy.

As for the exorcist becoming acquainted with their son, the couple considered it a pleasant surprise. If they were to encounter a strangeness incident in the future, they might be able to call on this connection.

Of course, they generally wouldn\'t exploit it, as owing someone a favor meant having to repay it.

Back in his bedroom, Yan Junze logged onto the "Open Your Eyes" video platform on his account "Night Traveling Puppy." His main page featured only one video he had uploaded.

The name of the video is identical to the task name displayed in the Spacetime Atlas, titled "The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night." At the moment, it has over 3,000 views and more than 500 likes, a rough ratio of 6:1. The number of comments has also exceeded 100, and the overall response looks pretty good.

The reason for only having this many views is that the video hasn\'t been promoted at all. It just quietly sits among countless other short videos, relying entirely on passersby who happen to click in for a look.

Yan Junze glanced at the comments below the video.

User "Birdshot vs. Plane": This video is pretty good, with a high level of completion!

User "Satan Descends": It exudes an inexplicable sense of tension, but it always feels somewhat staged.

User "2038779412": I stumbled upon this by accident, what a pleasant surprise! Puppy, your video is good, keep it up...

User "My Girlfriend is called Yamedie": It can\'t be staged, that\'s a real corpse. Even though the face is pixelated, there\'s no denying that the comb was pulled out from the position of the heart.

After a while, Yan Junze felt that the comments were mainly of two types: praise or skepticism, largely revolving around whether the video was a staged fabrication by a professional team.

The main reason is that the story of "The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night" is complete, with cause and effect, background information, and under Bao Jie\'s perfect control of the "One Cut Gone" app, the atmosphere is tense, the plot is tight, and there\'s even a free grand finale for the audience\'s emotion—couldn\'t be more on-point.

Although the video isn\'t trending, Yan Junze suddenly felt confident that as long as the quality of the videos wasn\'t bad, uploading a few more in the future would eventually draw attention.

Yan Junze opened the "We Aren\'t Afraid of Strangeness" group chat and shouted, "Tomorrow, all members of the Spirit Exploration Team prepare the tools you need to bring. Take your positions, we\'ll meet at the entrance of FH Community—my neighborhood—at 9 p.m."

Jiang Ruixin: "Ah, at 9 p.m.! I don\'t know if my mom will let me go out, it\'s so late and there are hardly any people on the streets, I\'m scared..."

Bao Jie: "I\'ll call a taxi to pick you up then, and we\'ll go together."

Dali: "Jiejie, don\'t worry, I\'ll pick you two up tomorrow night. You\'ll be fine with big brother Dali here."

Bao Jie: "I\'m about to throw up, don\'t call me Jiejie, use my full name."

Dali: "Okay, Jiejie."

Bao Jie: "Thanks!"

Dali: "You\'re welcome, Jiejie. By the way, Jiejie, what are you doing?"

Bao Jie: "Ugh!!!"

After closing the group chat, Yan Junze went to the bathroom to take a shower and changed into darker clothes to facilitate moving in the darkness the next night.

Bath time was when Ke\'er was most active, constantly crawling on Yan Junze, making "Eh eh eh" noises.

Regarding the operation the next night, he wondered if this little guy would follow him.

The next day, Yan Junze took out a canvas backpack and prepared items like a lighter, a multifunctional army knife, clean cloths, and made sure his phone was fully charged.

Even though Bao Jie was responsible for filming, he still kept his own phone camera on. This would be a double insurance to ensure there were no blind spots in the filming.

His father, Yan Daguo, would not be home because of the night shift at the factory, and his mother had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. for the early shift, so she went to bed early.

After Yan Junze packed his stuff, he put on his canvas backpack at 8:45 p.m., gently closed the living room door, and left the community.