I can rewind time to prevent death

Because the Black Spirit Umbrella doesn't differentiate between friend or foe, Yan Junze had to summon all of his strangenesses and explain the situation to them clearly; otherwise, once they got enveloped by the Black Spirit Umbrella, it would be extremely troublesome.

Hmm, although he could Rewind.

Back at school, he gathered with his roommates, and his studies and life returned to normal.

The next day, Zhang Xiaomo specifically came to the school to find Yan Junze and talked to him about her impression of her foster parents.

Yan Junze suspected that Zhang Xiaomo must have received a call from Zhang Chengjing or Luo Wenli, and they might have shared their opinions of him with her. Judging by Zhang Xiaomo's current attitude towards him, they seemed very pleased.

Otherwise, Zhang Chengjing wouldn't have gone to such lengths to create the Black Spirit Umbrella for him.

Yan Junze relayed Zhang Chengjing's words to Zhang Xiaomo, advising her to stick with Guo Youliang in whatever tasks she undertook during this time.

And evidently, Guo Youliang had already been instructed by Zhang Chengjing.

In the following days, the locations where Zhang Xiaomo carried out her tasks were not far from Tianmeng, and she didn't travel far. This made it convenient for Guo Youliang to protect her.

Every now and then she would meet up with Yan Junze to inquire about the movements of the strangenesses in the various Great Capitals.

In his mind, the Spacetime Atlas felt like it was more than half lit up, although the unlit portions had not fully revealed themselves, making it hard to estimate accurately. But up to this point, Yan Junze hadn't acquired any new abilities.

This didn't mean there were no more abilities to gain from the Atlas; Yan Junze speculated that a major ability might appear later, and he held out some hope for this.

As for the summoning of the terrifying Possession Spirit from the Book of Oath, Yan Junze was actually very concerned, but he couldn't possibly keep calling Zhang Chengjing about it, so he had to be patient.

That day, upon returning to his dormitory, he saw the chubby He Bishou sprawled on his bed, with his fat little pig trotters curled behind him, wiggling back and forth.

Yan Junze thought he was reading a comic book, but when he looked closer, he realized the guy was watching a smartphone video.

The video was shot from a first-person perspective, and because it was being filmed handheld, it was constantly shaking, making viewers dizzy, but He Bishou was watching intently, even clenching his chubby fist tightly.

"What are you watching?" Yan Junze asked curiously.

He Bishou, knowing it was Yan Junze asking, didn't look up and replied, "A strangeness video. It's had a lot of views these past few days. I heard about it from others, so I downloaded it to see."

"What's it about?" Yan Junze asked.

At that moment on the screen, someone was breathing heavily, and others were running behind, with a girl occasionally emitting suppressed screams of fright.

He Bishou extended a finger, as plump as a caterpillar, pointing at the screen and said, "This is a group that specializes in filming strangenesses videos called 'No Action, No Death.' Their video quality is pretty high, often trending. Although I don't really follow the platforms for strangenesses videos, I've also heard about these guys. It's said they're genuinely skilled, likely able to perform exorcism themselves, but they pretend to be average people in the videos to set the ambiance and attract viewers. In reality, they have estimated the strangenesses in advance and have plans and schemes in place before they start their so-called 'adventures.'"

"Then what's the point of that?" Yan Junze laughed.

He Bishou said, "It might seem pointless at first, but every encounter 'No Action, No Death' has with the strangenesses is incredibly thrilling, and they don't confront the strangenesses head-on. Each time, they ingeniously kill or capture the strangenesses, with the whole process being nerve-racking, making your heart race."

"That just shows their planning is excellent!" Yan Junze nodded.

"But this time they hit a snag." He Bishou finally looked up, smiled at Yan Junze slightly, clearly relishing the drama.

"Oh?" Yan Junze crouched down, leaning on the edge of the bed and looked at the phone video that was playing, "Is it this video?"

"Right." He Bishou nodded and quickly rewound the video, saying, "This time, 'No Action, No Death' planned to enter a mass grave, rumored to be home to a Big-headed Strange Baby that was somewhat famous around there. Everyone was speculating that they must have arranged everything beforehand, and although the entire adventure was pre-planned, it was still akin to watching a movie, enjoyable in its own right. But the trouble happened right here..."

"At first there was indeed a Big-headed Strange Baby in the Mass grave, but after a few harrowing encounters, the 'No Action, No Death' crew 'coincidentally' took out the Big-headed Strange Baby. They were about to wrap up when they suddenly encountered a Possession Spirit."

"Oh?" Yan Junze was startled and turned to look at the screen.

He Bishou pointed at a blurry shadow on the screen: "Look, right here. At the time, this Possession Spirit was standing to the right of that tomb, hunched over like a humpbacked old man."

"And then?" Yan Junze asked, indeed seeing the vague dark figure.

He Bishou pressed play.

In the video, everyone cried out in surprise, and someone yelled, "There's another one?" clearly indicating that what was happening was not part of their plan.

Immediately after, the camera jolted, and the black shadow disappeared. During the jostling, a square-faced man appearing utterly terrified was caught on camera, looking in the direction where the shadow vanished.

The man holding the camera urged, "It's gone; let's leave this place and upload the Big-headed Strange Baby's video first."