I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 295: Chapter 259: Seeing through the Conspiracy

When Yan Junze said this, it was clear that Zhang Xiaomo was bewildered.

The person is already dead, how can they still be saved?

“You stand here and don’t move, be careful and keep watch, I’ll go and have a look,” Yan Junze spoke as he passed Zhang Xiaomo and walked towards the blurred body on the ground.

As he approached the lower terrain, Yan Junze paused slightly, seeing two other bodies, also not far away.

One of the bodies looked somewhat familiar, he took a few more steps forward, then stopped and did not advance any further.

On closer look, he suddenly realized, only to see that one of the bent “bodies” seemed to be Cheng Jingting’s teacher who he had seen in the Great Rewind—Yan Long, the thin man whose Semi-Spirit Body was a monstrous spirit.

Glancing at the body next to Yan Long, dressed in ancient clothing and seemingly holding something in his hand, but that arm was pressed underneath his body, making it unclear what exactly was pinned down.

However, the person’s ancient attire made Yan Junze’s heart skip a beat, reminding him of the mission prompt he had received earlier.

The mission was called “Corpse Qi Spread,” with the mission level potentially escalating probabilistically from hair-raising (high) to Terrified (medium).

And the mission’s main target was a general named Mo Da, who, having fallen into a well by accident, harbored resentment towards everyone, and whose body was preserved by the extreme cold energy in the well, making him a rare Ancient Corpse.

Looking around now, there had been an explosion nearby the house opposite Little Wind Zhai, which was why Guo Youliang rushed over to check, and thinking about it now, this place must be the source of that tremor.

Seeing Yan Long here and then recalling the discussion about the Spirit Bridge of Mo Family Village during the Great Rewind, since Cheng Jingting was also nurturing spirits, it made sense that Yan Long would specifically come for this ancient corpse.

“It’s very likely that Old Guo encountered the combined attack of the Ancient Corpse Mo Da and Yan Long here,” Yan Junze surmised. “Maybe Old Guo was late, and Yan Long had already subdued Mo Da before he arrived.”

Facing both the Yin General Mo Da and Yan Long at once would indeed lead to the outcome Guo Youliang met.

Yan Junze felt regret.

Moreover, now that Guo Youliang’s body had already been destroyed like that, from Zhang Xiaomo’s reaction, such a body, even if found, would be of no help.

At this moment, Yan Junze did not approach any further.

He suspected one possibility; now that Guo Youliang was dead, Yan Long lying on the ground was likely the victorious party, likely feigning death so close to Mo Da.

At the same time, Yan Long, who had been pretending to be dead all this while, felt something amiss. Squinting his eyes, he faintly saw a man approaching but he suddenly stopped and just stood there, not coming any closer.

The man was a stranger; Yan Long was sure he had never seen him before.

Meanwhile, Yan Junze’s gaze now turned to the Exorcist’s body he had just seen, realizing it was that leading middle-aged man.

After having a rough understanding of the situation here, Yan Junze turned to look back at Zhang Xiaomo behind him, then initiated a Rewind!

Everything blurred, and he and Zhang Xiaomo were back at the corner of the wall where they had discovered Guo Youliang’s strangeness.

Right now, Guo Youliang’s strangeness had just been locked into the Spacetime Atlas, Yan Junze looked at the time, estimating that the leading middle-aged man and De probably had not yet reached the depressed area of the ground.

But even if they hadn’t arrived yet, according to the estimation of time, they should be close to reaching it.@@novelbin@@

Trying to catch up now at their current speed to warn the leading middle-aged man and his group would definitely be impossible, which Yan Junze felt was a bit troublesome.

Though they had Rewinded, and the leading middle-aged man wasn’t dead, he wasn’t far from death either; they needed to find a way to notify them.

The complex magnetic anomalies in Mo Family Village, combined with the interference of the Spirit Bridge, made all electronic signals inoperative here, even satellite phones couldn’t get through.

After a bit of thought, Yan Junze said to Zhang Xiaomo, “Do you know about the dried-up well under the old pagoda tree on the east side of the village?”

Zhang Xiaomo was marveling at how Yan Junze had collected Guo Youliang’s strangenesses and wanted to ask why when she suddenly hesitated, thought for a moment, and nodded, “I’ve been there once before, I have some impression.”

“Do you have any fastest method to reach that place?” Yan Junze asked further.

Zhang Xiaomo said, “Run, running there is the fastest, there are no means of transportation in this village, not even a motorcycle.”

“No,” Yan Junze shook his head, “that won’t be quick enough.”

As he spoke, he suddenly paused and said, “I am going to release one of my spirits now, don’t be surprised, and don’t try to kill it, I need it to help with something.”

Zhang Xiaomo looked at him in astonishment, then nodded, inevitably wondering to herself how this lad actually knew how to cultivate spirits.

That Yan Junze himself was a Semi-Spirit went without saying, but it was unexpected that he also secretly cultivated spirits.

Of course, Zhang Xiaomo knew Yan Junze’s character. For someone like him to cultivate spirits, it was actually of help to Exorcists, not like those cultivators with vile natures and exceedingly fierce, bringing unpredictable upheaval and instability to this world.

The next second, Yan Junze released two strange infants.

One of the strange infants was larger and the other smaller, but it was nearly impossible to tell from their appearance which was which.

The strange infants were not crawling on the ground; instead, they stood slightly upright, their heads hanging low to avoid Yan Junze’s gaze.

Even now, they were still very sensitive to the gaze of humans and had almost never looked directly into Yan Junze’s eyes.

Yan Junze could tell that the two little ones were somewhat normal when they first came out, but upon sensing Zhang Xiaomo’s presence, they began to tremble slightly, deliberately drawing closer to him and keeping away from Zhang Xiaomo’s direction.

“Infant One, Infant Two, to the east side of this village,” Yan Junze pointed in the direction of the ancient well, “there are several Exorcists closing in there, and someone has already been killed. You can follow the scent of blood to find your way there. Once you’re there, lure the Exorcists close to that place over to us, we will follow shortly.”

He had a reason not to release the Crawler Monster; the guy with the parted hair was methodical and unhurried in his actions, so waiting for him to get there would take longer than if Yan Junze himself ran over.

But the strange infants were entirely different. Once they started to run wildly, using all four limbs like crazed, foraging beasts, not even the Back-faced Woman could catch up to them. Only Aunt Mei could subdue them, using her Monster Spirit pressure to make them too scared to move.

At first, when Yan Junze came into contact with these two strange infants, he was afraid that due to their playful nature, they would run off and disappear as soon as they were released.

However, after they had stayed inside the Spacetime Atlas’s 12th node for a while, they found it incredibly comfortable and didn’t need to eat candles anymore, instead, being nourished by Different Dimension Energy every day.

So even when they were released, they would not run away again. In fact, they became very obedient to Yan Junze’s commands; the last time they helped Yan Junze kill the Blood Infant cultivated by Cheng Jingting was a case in point.

Upon receiving Yan Junze’s order, the two strange infants immediately turned around, stood still as if searching for traces of the bloody scent.

About seven or eight seconds later, they suddenly moved swiftly in the same direction, charging forward with all fours.

Yan Junze called out from behind, “Remember not to cause any conflict, just lure them over, that’s all.”

Whether the strange infants heard him or not, they were out of sight in no time.

“Their names are… Bear One, Bear Two?” Zhang Xiaomo asked in surprise.

“It’s Infant One, Infant Two,” Yan Junze chuckled.

“Such a lowbrow name, obviously your work,” Zhang Xiaomo commented with a suppressed laugh.

“Let’s hurry after them. If we’re late, I’m afraid the lead guy might take out those two on the spot. If that angers Aunt Mei and she comes over to take him out, and incidentally takes me out as well, that would be bad,” Yan Junze urged.

Zhang Xiaomo listened, puzzled, staring blankly at Yan Junze.

However, without asking further, she followed Yan Junze, and the two of them ran quickly toward the direction of the collapsed dry well.

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