I can rewind time to prevent death

Yan Junze heaved a sigh of relief internally. Right from the beginning, during the first task, "Hair Washing," he had seen prompts indicating whether "the evil spirit can be locked down" or "the evil spirit cannot be locked down."

At first, he didn\'t understand, but later he guessed from the literal meaning that it probably referred to locking down evil spirits in some way.

Now that the "Evil Spirit Solid Lock" feature was activated, this skill, which seemed quite practical, could finally be put to use in the future.

At this moment, after the corpse had crumbled away bit by bit, the weird magnetic field in this space had completely dissipated, and the ordinary strangenesses that were trapped here due to the search for substitutes scattered one after another.

Some strangenesses dissipated into puffs of smoke, some escaped through the cracks of the windows, and a few, like crawling reptiles, were slowly making their way out of the corridor\'s doorway.

As they crawled, their bodies became increasingly transparent, ready to vanish at any moment.

"Gotcha!"

Yan Junze walked up to one of the "Crawler Monsters," blocking its path: "I recognize you. You\'re the one who grabbed my ankle earlier, right?"Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

The Crawler Monster was all skin and bones, slick and clean, without a single hair, its skin sagging. As it crawled, it squeezed out a lot of wrinkles, which at first glance seemed quite disgusting.

Anyway, when Bao Jie and Jiang Ruixin, the two girls, saw the Crawler Monster, they both felt like vomiting.

Upon hearing Yan Junze speak, the Crawler Monster, with a bald head and a bewildered face, looked up. In its memory, it didn\'t seem to have provoked this young man before, they had never met, had they?

Yan Junze waved his hand dismissively, "Explaining to you is useless. It\'s just your bad luck."

He summoned the Spacetime Atlas\'s "Evil Spirit Solid Lock," and before Yan Junze could operate it himself, the "Evil Spirit Solid Lock" mode had automatically activated.

A line of small text appeared below: A common Wandering Spirit detected, would you like to lock it down? This lockdown will consume 50 small energy points.

The "small" indicated the strength of the lockdown – for locking down a common Wandering Spirit, the smallest level of strength was enough.

After initiating the lockdown, the bewildered bald Crawler Monster instantly turned into a puff of white vapor and appeared inside the twelfth node of the Spacetime Atlas, displaying a pattern that matched the true form of the Crawler Monster. However, the pattern was so small that it was almost indistinguishable unless looked at closely.

Bao Jie, Jiang Ruixin, and Zhou Dali stared dumbfounded at Yan Junze as he completed all these actions.

After dealing with the Crawler Monster that dared to grab his ankle before the last Rewind, Yan Junze slung his backpack over his shoulders again and casually said to the others, "I said I might have the potential of an Exorcist. That makes sense, right?"

"Yeah, it makes sense," the three of them said in unison.

"That\'s what Security Officer Bai said last time," Yan Junze added with a smile.

Zhou Dali swallowed and gave a thumbs-up: "I\'ve always said Junze is the best! Look at you, you didn\'t even need to use the Hidden Buckle!"

Yan Junze scratched the back of his head and chuckled awkwardly.

By this time, the other strangenesses looking for substitutes had all fled the building.

The four of them left quietly along the way they came and when they exited the courtyard of the Jianye Building, the security booth was deserted, although the television was still on.

The TV screen showed a commercial, with an advertisement countdown timer on the upper right corner.

It looked like there was an ad break during a TV drama, and the guard probably took the opportunity to go for a break and would be back soon.

Yan Junze and the others quickly left through the small iron door beside the sliding gates.

Although it wasn\'t very late, it was rare to see anyone on the streets.

Taxis were scarce as well.

The four of them didn\'t hail a cab outside the Jianye Building but walked a few steps in the direction of Yan Junze\'s FH Community before they managed to flag down a taxi.

Yan Junze was not quite at ease and followed them into a taxi. After dropping each of them off at their homes, he then returned to the FH Community with the taxi.

After all this, by the time he got home, it was already past eleven o\'clock.

After washing up, his mother Li Man was still sound asleep. Yan Junze checked the doors and windows before quietly returning to his own bedroom, charged his phone, and soon fell asleep.

At exactly half-past four in the morning, the alarm on his phone rang out. Yan Junze, bleary-eyed, sat up, glanced at the time, suppressed his fatigue from not having enough sleep, got out of bed, dressed, and opened the bedroom door.

At this moment, the bathroom light was on. Li Man, who was preparing for the early shift, had already gotten up and was washing up.

Hearing the noise, Li Man poked her head out in surprise and looked down the hallway. With her mouth full of toothpaste foam, she mumbled unclearly, "Son, why are you up so early? Go back to sleep, it\'s only half-past four, it\'s still early."

"It\'s okay, I\'m getting up to see you off. I\'ll go back to sleep after you get on the car. It\'s been quite restless in the community these past few days," Yan Junze said while rubbing his eyes.

Li Man was stunned for a moment, her eyes quickly filling with affection and emotion. After rinsing her mouth and wiping it with a towel, she said, "The company\'s car picks me up right at the community gate. It\'s very safe."

"Mom, don\'t say anything more. I have to walk you out of the community to be at ease," Yan Junze said in an indisputable tone.

Li Man, feeling helpless, ruffled her son\'s hair and quickly finished getting ready, not wanting to delay him from sleeping.

Putting on their coats, they left the apartment one after the other.

However, just as they stepped out the door, Yan Junze, who was walking in front, suddenly paused, feeling Ke\'er, which had been clinging to his back, silently slide down and turn to look.

Ke\'er had already crossed through the living room door that had just been shut, and returned inside the house, clearly not willing to venture out with him.

A sense of unease instantly surfaced in Yan Junze\'s heart.

Although Ke\'er\'s favorability towards him was already "friendly," that didn\'t mean it was willing to risk itself for him at any given moment.

Now he understood that usually, Ke\'er would follow him, but if it had a strong premonition of danger, the little creature would run faster than a rabbit.

It had been the case before encountering the Exorcist, and also before encountering the Back-faced Woman.

And this time, within Building 7, only the Back-faced Woman could presumably make Ke\'er avoid being out.

"Could it be Granny Ren is back?" Yan Junze began to entertain whimsical ideas.

According to the unreliable Exorcist, Huang Chen, if Granny Ren had suspicions for killing her own second son and his wife, then she was no longer an ordinary Wandering Spirit and might have evolved into a medium, or perhaps a high-level Wandering Spirit.

For Ke\'er, a regular Wandering Spirit, encountering such a being would certainly mean avoidance.

"What are you doing?" Sensing that something was off with her son, Li Man asked from behind.

"Mom, be careful when we go out, stick with me," Yan Junze whispered.

Li Man was surprised but said nothing, just nodded her head.

The mother and son made their way to the staircase and began descending.

At each floor, Yan Junze would gently stomp his foot, causing the voice-activated lights to come on, swiftly scanning the surroundings before hurrying on with his mother.

The pre-dawn darkness was silent, save for the sound of footsteps, and the air carried a coolness.

In the eerily quiet stairwell, the two of them unconsciously lightened their steps, making their way down to the third floor.

As they turned to go down to the second floor, Yan Junze stomped his foot, and the voice-activated light at the corner of the second floor lit up, dispelling the darkness.

However, at the same time, Yan Junze, who was leading, abruptly stopped in his tracks without proceeding further. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to stop his mother behind him.

Under the corner\'s voice-activated light, the Back-faced Woman in a white short-sleeved shirt and shorts, hair disheveled, stood facing the wall, motionless.