I can rewind time to prevent death

Shen Wanqiu, who was approaching, abruptly halted; her lifeless eyes, seemingly unable to see anything, were fixed on the smartphone screen that Yan Junze was holding up.

After approximately half a minute, her lips moved slightly, and she uttered two words: "Jie … little Jie!"

It was confirmed—the green child was indeed the very child Shen Wanqiu had been searching for.

Yan Junze's face showed a trace of regret as he spoke in a heavy tone, "This mother, I am deeply saddened right now because what I am about to tell you may be something you will find hard to accept."

He paused, letting Shen Wanqiu absorb his words, before he continued, "Your child, little Jie, is now dead and, perhaps, should, might, probably has been turned into a zombie by that fellow Cheng Jingting."

Having said this, seeing that Shen Wanqiu remained silent, standing there, Yan Junze simply waited quietly without speaking further.

He remembered the task description of "Where is my child?" that only required him "to let her know where her child was"—not necessarily to return her child to her.

Perhaps Shen Wanqiu herself was also aware that her child's prospects were bleak and had been simply unwilling to accept this guess. The obsession lurking in her subconscious was merely to find out the whereabouts of little Jie, nothing more. Explore stories at My Virtual Library Empire

Regardless, she should now be very clear.

[Where is my child? Hair-raising (Low), completed, 1100 Different Dimension Energy points obtained.]

"Damn, completing tasks like this feels so good!" Yan Junze couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He had only tried it out just now, not expecting it to actually succeed.

In truth, if one really wanted to complete this task, it would certainly not be easy. One would need to collect evidence and even investigate on-site, visit Shen Wanqiu's neighbors to gather a comprehensive analysis to reach a final conclusion.

Moreover, during the process of doing the above work, one would also need to be cautious of Shen Wanqiu, who was always looking to trouble him.

In any case, it wasn't going to be this easy to complete.

But, as luck would have it, not only did Yan Junze know that Cheng Jingting was the real culprit, but he had also narrowly escaped from the green child not long ago, and had inadvertently recorded a video.

Now, it seems that any words were superfluous since even the most eloquent rhetoric cannot compare with the naked truth of the video evidence.

Thus, this task rated as "Hair-raising (Low)" was resolved so easily by him.

A setback may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Yan Junze had not expected that after losing the Peephole Strange Creature and the 800 Dimensional Energy points that went with it, he would recover them in such a manner.

Not only that, but he had also earned an additional 300 points.

Well, not quite, there were still two tasks.

Looking at the current situation, it seems like the task has literally fallen into his lap.

After contemplating for a moment, he set the video to loop and stood up, carefully placing the phone on the chair he had been sitting on so the screen faced Shen Wanqiu, who was standing there, motionless, still staring intently at the phone.

Then, Yan Junze tiptoed behind Shen Wanqiu.

Shen Wanqiu, who hadn't seen her child in a very long time, was completely captivated by the video on the phone, her gaze fixed unwaveringly on the green child, with no tears, no movement—as a Corpse Spirit, she just stared blankly.

This one glance had become the permanent separation between mother and child.

Standing behind Shen Wanqiu, Yan Junze let out a sigh and thought to himself, "Although I know you're pitiful, I'm sorry, if I don't kill you now, the moment you finish watching the video might be when you and my Fake Spirit Body fight to the death. Otherwise, I'll have to be constantly on guard against your attacks."

As soon as the thought settled, Yan Junze activated his Semi-Spirit State.

Hair sprouted from the surface of his skin, his neck made a crackling sound as it twisted, and at the same time, the copper badge placed over his chest emitted a warm sensation.

This feeling seemed to have a stabilizing effect on his Semi-Spirit State, preventing Yan Junze from losing control and triggering an unexpected outbreak.

Shen Wanqiu sensed the anomaly behind her and abruptly opened her mouth, but almost simultaneously, her head was clamped by the hands of Yan Junze in his Semi-Spirit State with a snap, yanked away from the body.

Shen Wanqiu's chest burst open, revealing the head of the nightgown woman about to emerge and continue her attack on Yan Junze.

However, almost in the next second, Yan Junze, well-prepared, held Shen Wanqiu's head with one hand, while the other pierced through her body, and extracted the head of the nightgown woman through the chest in the same way.

Both heads were impaled by the profusion of hair growing from his palms, turned into a honeycomb-like mess.

All of this was accomplished in just a few seconds, because Shen Wanqiu's Obsession concerning her child had just been released, and taking advantage of this moment, Yan Junze struck swiftly, achieving his goal with little effort.

Shen Wanqiu, now headless, knelt forward, then fell to the ground, the peculiar medicinal scent on her unable to mask the strong stench of blood and a strange, foul odor that emanated from her.

After waiting a moment, the head of the nightgown woman in his left hand gradually dissipated, while the head of Shen Wanqiu in his right hand slowly turned rigid.

Yan Junze still wasn't reassured, so he used his hair to thoroughly impale Shen Wanqiu's corpse again, waited another moment, and there was no sign of movement. It seemed highly unlikely that she would come back to life.

He then dropped the heads and waited in silence.

About two minutes passed when a mission completion prompt popped up.

[Kill Shen Wanqiu, Hair-Raising (Medium), completed, gained 1300 points of Different Dimension Energy.]

With the foundation of the first completed mission, although the second mission exhausted his Semi-spirit power, it was relatively easy to accomplish as well.

Yan Junze began to withdraw his Semi-spirit power, and his stomach churned, followed by a craving to eat some staple food. But he quickly suppressed that thought.

Completing two "Hair-Raising" level tasks in a row was vital; both luck and timing were important, but the danger was not absent.

If Shen Wanqiu had not held such a deep Obsession for her child, it would have been very difficult for him to have the opportunity to complete the second task.

As for the third mission, "Hair-Raising (High)" level task [Revenge], it was due to the special nature of the mission that the Atlas activated the "Obsession Storage" function. Therefore, upon learning of this task, Yan Junze immediately performed "Obsession Storage."

Currently, a large amount of Energy Light Particles that represent Obsession, all 1500 points, surrounded the now-illuminated Spacetime Atlas but had not filled the timeline.

To enter the timeline, Yan Junze needed to truly complete the task and fulfill the Obsession for the energy to enter the correct path.

Although unable to claim the 1500 energy points just yet, the two tasks he had swiftly resolved provided Yan Junze with 2400 points of Different Dimension Energy, which was three times the amount for completing the Peephole Strange Creature task.

This was beyond Yan Junze's expectations.

The acquisition of this Different Dimension Energy instantly brought the total energy in Yan Junze's Atlas to 8600 points, lighting up the spacetime nodes from 42 to 58 in one fell swoop.

And upon breaking through the 54th node, a gleam of light flickered, revealing a line of text.

[Butterfly Effect Stabilization, now activated.]