I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 309: Chapter 268: Sudden Shock (4200 words)

Lantern?

Lantern Woman!?

Yan Junze’s heart was in turmoil. After completing the mission involving “the woman with the lantern,” he had been feeling an inexplicable sense of unease, but couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

However, after completing the higher-level task of “Red Coffin,” that feeling of unease faded away.

Now it seemed there were two possibilities: either his intuition was right and the Lantern Woman really was coming after him, or this was all just a dream, his fears unfounded.

Upon further reflection, Yan Junze couldn’t be sure if this was real or not.

If the Lantern Woman really had set her sights on him, her way of making her presence felt was much stranger than Fang Ning’s, appearing in his dreams.

Could she be trying to emulate Freddy the Demon Killer from “Fierce Ghost Street,” entering his dreams to kill him?@@novelbin@@

With this thought, Yan Junze couldn’t help but shudder. If that was the case, how would he ever be able to sleep again? Would he be killed as soon as he fell asleep?

It couldn’t be that powerful, Yan Junze shook his head.

The Lantern Woman wasn’t very high-level in her white dress; it was only when the lantern turned red that she would become ferocious.

The lantern was her husband’s head, meaning that only with the combined power of the couple, the Lantern Woman would turn red and unleash more powerful attacks.

As for the ability to enter one’s dreams, if that were really possible, it might be unique to them, but if they could kill a person in their dreams, then no exorcist could defeat them, nearly an invincible state.

Because Yan Junze couldn’t be sure if his ability to rewind would still work if he was killed in his sleep.

Most likely, it was impossible.

It wasn’t long before his dormitory roommates, Zhao Zheng, He Bishou, and Huahua, returned one after another. They were very happy to see Yan Junze back at school, immediately showing concern for his well-being.

The weather was gradually cooling down, with the beginning of autumn winds and falling leaves.

In dormitory 411, Yan Junze and his three roommates chatted for a while and only realized it was late when He Bishou brought it up, mainly because he was getting hungry quickly, and although he wanted to chat more with Yan Junze, his stomach protested.

The canteen’s dinner time had already passed, but there was still night-time food for sale, which would close promptly at 9 o’clock.

The nighttime offerings were also plentiful, with noodles, vermicelli, and wontons, but surely no barbecue.

The four discussed and decided that the external restaurants probably didn’t have much fresh food left at this time, so it would be simpler to eat in the canteen.

Thus, they all left the dormitory and headed to the canteen.

The twilight had passed, and the sky was nearing night, but not yet completely dark, giving an obscure feeling.

The four descended the stairs and walked toward the canteen.

Occasionally, they saw students walking back from the canteen, but hardly anyone was going there with them.

As they neared the entrance of the canteen, on the right side of the steps under the canteen’s main door, near the corner, someone was squatting.

Initially, Yan Junze hadn’t noticed, but when his gaze inadvertently swept over the squatting person, he paused, and a sense of alertness rose in his heart.

That person was squatting indeed, but with her back facing out and her face turned inward, such an odd posture, as if she had fallen asleep while squatting.

Moreover, it was the silhouette of a woman.

Although she wasn’t dressed in a white or red dress, but in a very ordinary pink blouse, jeans, and a pair of white sneakers, her manner of squatting couldn’t help but draw Yan Junze’s attention.

In the dimming evening light, it seemed all the more eerie.

Just then, He Bishou also noticed the woman squatting with her back turned out. He nudged Zhao Zheng with his elbow and signaled to Yan Junze and Huahua with his eyes.

Huahua looked in the direction and was immediately struck with a mix of surprise and barely concealed fear, covering her mouth and not forgetting to point with her elegantly curled finger at the squatting woman, “What’s she doing squatting there? It’s getting dark; isn’t she scared of scaring someone to death?”

Meanwhile, the four kept walking forward, each sneaking glances at the squatting woman above, feeling as though they were getting closer to her.

With the faint light seeping out from the canteen, Yan Junze took a closer look and noticed the woman remained motionless with her back to them, which was indeed very strange.

“I feel like this person looks a bit like… Liao Jing?!” Zhao Zheng suddenly spoke up.

Liao Jing was one of the two female members of the Strangeness Association, the other being Zhang Ying. Both girls had attended Yan Junze’s induction ceremony and were quite frightened by the sudden appearance of the eleventh person.

At the time, both were curious about Yan Junze’s ability to sense strangenesses, and even Zhang Ying took a particular interest in Yan Junze for a while, coming to dormitory 411 a few times to find him.

But soon Zhang Ying realized Yan Junze wasn’t interested in her, and since Zhao Zheng was always the one entertaining her, they started talking and discovered they had quite a few common topics.

Yan Junze heard lately that the two were hitting it off, although he wasn’t sure if they had made it official. Zhao Zheng had gone out with Zhang Ying a few times, and almost every time Liao Jing was there, which is why he could recognize Liao Jing’s silhouette at a glance.

Hearing Zhao Zheng say this, Yan Junze noticed the squatting woman indeed resembled Liao Jing.

Nevertheless, he grabbed everyone and pulled them to the other side of the staircase: “Let’s go this way, try not to get too close.”

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