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Yan Junze stood next to Fat Uncle, watching as the exorcist in a suit listened intently to the old man's description.

At the end, the exorcist asked, "The young man who brought the cat out to you, if you see him again, would you be able to recognize him?"

Just then, a message popped up before Yan Junze's eyes.

[This is the first point where the Butterfly Effect has occurred, correction is about to proceed, would you like to view the uncorrected clip once?]

"Hmm, let's watch it once," Yan Junze replied curiously.

To be honest, he was also curious to see what would have happened without the Butterfly Effect Stabilization.

As the message popped up earlier, Fat Uncle, the exorcist, and everyone else in the surrounding scene had all frozen as if the frame had paused.

It wasn't until Yan Junze gave his affirmative reply that the scene started playing again.

Fat Uncle told the exorcist, "I remember, of course I remember. That young man probably doesn't live in this neighborhood, I had never seen him before."

"Then, can you come back with us to do a composite sketch?" the exorcist asked again.

While stroking Bai in his arms, Fat Uncle hesitated, "Although I can recognize the man if I see him again, I'm not sure if I can do a composite sketch exactly like him."

"Approximately accurate is fine," the exorcist said.

"I remember, I can assist you," Fat Uncle's son came over at that moment and spoke to the exorcist.

"Are you sure?" the exorcist asked.

"Sure, I have a good memory," Fat Uncle's son nodded.

The scene paused again.

Yan Junze looked up at the new message that had just popped up.

[This is the first ripple event of the Butterfly Effect, would you like to watch the remaining 571 ripple events?]

Yan Junze was astonished; there were still 571 clips to watch, but he didn't have the time to delve into all of them. He shook his head, "No need, proceed with correcting the Butterfly Effect here."

The scene instantly returned to the moment the exorcist was questioning Fat Uncle about recognizing Yan Junze.

This time, Fat Uncle frowned deeply and after a long thought, he shook his head, "I can't remember clearly, it seems that it was the owner of that house who brought the cat out to me. After handing the cat to me, he went back inside and didn't come out again."

"Are you sure? Think hard," the exorcist said.

Fat Uncle's son came over at this point, and Fat Uncle looked up to ask, "Son, did you see the young man who brought the cat out to us? Was it the young guy living in that house or someone else?"

His son blinked, then showed a regretful smile, "Sorry, I was so concerned whether Bai was injured or not, I didn't pay attention to him. Plus, I haven't come to see you for a month. I'm really not familiar with the people here."

[The first Butterfly Effect has been stabilized.]

A message popped up, and just then, the scene where Yan Junze stood started to shift rapidly.

Fat Uncle and his son disappeared along with the exorcist. The onlookers were also nowhere to be seen. The scene shifted, and Yan Junze found himself standing in a room.

He was familiar with this room because it was here that Cheng Jingting had exploded.

The door of the room had been cordoned off with yellow police tape, but there were no police inside; they were all standing outside the tape, not entering the room.

Inside, there were only three people, two men and one woman. The men were one fat and one thin, and the woman was pretty with an air of scholarly grace about her.

At that moment, the woman was squatting at the spot where Cheng Jingting had exploded. She wore white gloves and was speaking as she slowly stood up, "Confirmed, the explosion occurred after the cadaveric qi had expanded."

"Is it from this dismembered white-haired corpse?" the thin man asked from the corner, pointing at a part of Shen Wanqiu's body.

This piece of the body was part of the back with a lot of white hair still attached, which allowed the exorcists to quickly determine her powers.

"No," the woman shook her head, her gaze moving to the bathroom and the walls, "There's something odd, there are signs of impact in these places. There must have been someone else in this room."

Everyone suddenly froze.

A message appeared in front of Yan Junze.

[This is the second point where the Butterfly Effect has occurred, correction is about to proceed, would you like to watch the uncorrected clip once?]

Yan Junze thought for a moment and felt there was no need to watch the clip before repair, so he shook his head, indicating his decision.

The scene continued.

The fat man pointed at the blood and flesh residue left by the Blood Infant on the bed and said to the female exorcist, "There were others. If I'm not mistaken, the person living here, in addition to refining a corpse, also refined an infant. Look at this, these should be left by the infant."

"Most likely, the guy was too greedy and got backfired upon," the thin man nodded in agreement.

The woman still had her brows furrowed, but said nothing. Instead, she walked over to the bed and carefully examined the remnants left by the infant.

A few moments later, she nodded, "Yes, that's right."

"Then, is there any need to run another strangeness magnetic field detection?" the fat man asked.

Without much thought, the woman shook her head, "No need. It's just an unlucky Spirit Cultivator; there's no involvement of Wandering Spirits or Sculpting Spirits."

The scene came to a halt once more.

[The second Butterfly Effect has been stabilized.]

As the information popped up, Yan Junze's location remained unchanged; he was still inside the room. However, the scene within the room was rapidly shifting.

Once the scene had stabilized, the three exorcists had vanished, darkness enveloped the outside, the scattered corpses had been cleared away, and the traces of the explosion were cleaned up.

The door of the room had been knocked off its hinges, so it remained open, allowing a clear view outside. At the moment, the blockade outside the door was still in place, but beyond the stairwell entrance, there was a deathly silence, not a sound to be heard.

Judging by the looks of it, the current time was at least two or three in the morning.

Yan Junze didn't understand why the third Butterfly Effect Stabilization appeared at this time. It seemed that the police and exorcists had already surveyed the scene, everyone had retreated, and it was now the middle of the night.

About a minute later, the sound of rustling footsteps came from the bottom of the stairs, and soon enough, a man dressed in black with a duckbill cap, the brim pulled down very low, appeared at the stairwell entrance.

The man first looked around to make sure no one was there, then crossed the police line and walked into Cheng Jingting's room.

As he passed by Yan Junze, Yan Junze noticed the man was somewhat slim and short, but each step he took was very firm, giving the impression of a robust physique.

Not only was the man's hat brim pulled down low, but he also turned up his collar to cover half of his face so his features were unclear.

After entering the room, the man neither used a flashlight nor turned on the light. Instead, he walked around the corners of the room, noticed the imprint of the earthen jar, but what was left of the jars were either broken or taken away by the exorcists.
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After circling around, he walked to the middle of the room, extended a finger, and produced some black powder from somewhere, sprinkling it around in a circle at his feet.

He stood within the circle of powder without stepping out, and soon after, the man's shoulders began to shrug.

Yan Junze watched curiously, wondering what kind of trick this fellow was pulling.

As the man's shoulders moved up and down, to Yan Junze's eyes, it seemed as if they started to rise as if bones were stretching out.

But upon closer inspection, it wasn't so.

Yan Junze walked closer to the man, up to his face, and carefully observed his features.

Although the man's lower face was obscured, the distance allowed Yan Junze to still make out the man's general appearance.

The man's eyes were very small, and even when they were open, they seemed as if they were asleep.

As the man continued to shrug, Yan Junze stepped back several paces, knowing full well he didn't need to retreat, that he and the man were in entirely different dimensions.

The man's shoulders appeared to have a double image, but soon Yan Junze could see clearly that it was another person's shoulders, slowly rising from within the man's body and standing up. The black shadow and the man's body overlapped and merged so that at first glance, it appeared the man's shoulders had extruded bones.

The shadow looked somewhat fierce and terrifying, with two horns growing from its head and a skeletal structure of immense size. Its arms were excessively sturdy, totally out of proportion to its body and legs, and a bone spur protruded from each of its elbows.

After the black shadow completely stood up from the man's body, it looked left and right, and its hollow gaze swept over Yan Junze's direction.

Even though it couldn't see Yan Junze, it still caused him to shiver silently, feeling a chill surge from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Suddenly, the shadow seemed to find something and brutally grasped toward the darkness in the front right side, seizing an oval pebble that was placed on a computer desk.

The pebble was somewhat large, usually used as an ornamental stone on the table, and rarely caught anyone's attention.

However, after the shadow seized the pebble, it crushed it without a second thought.

The scene abruptly stopped, and a message appeared before Yan Junze's eyes.

[This is the third Butterfly Effect origin point. Correction will commence. Would you like to view the uncorrected footage once?]

Yan Junze was totally stunned; he had not expected that this seemingly Spirit Cultivator who was a thin, middle-aged man would show up, and judging from the Monster Spirit strangeness inside him, it was clear that this man was even more terrifying than Cheng Jingting.

Who was this guy? Why did he come here? Was he part of the exorcist team, or did he have some connection with Cheng Jingting?

At that moment, Yan Junze's mind was filled with questions.

This time, he definitely chose to first view the footage before the Butterfly Effect correction.

As the thought to watch it arose, the paused scene resumed.

At the moment the Monster Spirit shadow crushed the pebble, a half-human-sized black figure emerged from the shattered stone but was immediately seized by the Monster Spirit shadow, unable to move.

Upon seeing the half-human-sized black figure, Yan Junze was taken aback and couldn't help but blurt out, "Cheng Jingting!"

It was indeed Cheng Jingting's fleeing soul that had escaped. Yan Junze thought he had left, little knowing that it had hidden inside the pebble, unnoticed even by the exorcists.

As Cheng Jingting was discovered by the stranger, at first, he was terrified, but then he came to a realization, and looking at the Monster Spirit shadow holding him, the half-human-sized figure gradually became calm.

"What's going on?" the thin man asked.

"The corpse I was refining was disrupted and destroyed by a guy named Yan Junze, who set a trap for me," Cheng Jingting replied.

"How could you be so careless?" the thin man rebuked.

"Teacher, you must save me," Cheng Jingting said.

The thin man sighed softly and after a moment of silence, spoke, "There appeared a Spirit Bridge in Tianmeng District, and I was about to try my luck there. So for now, follow me and when the opportunity arises, I'll help you with a Possessing a Corpse to Resurrect."

At that moment, the scene paused again, and a message appeared in front of Yan Junze.

[This is the first ripple event of this Butterfly Effect. Do you wish to play the remaining 768 ripple events?]

"Teacher?"

Yan Junze stared at the information prompt, though in his mind he was recalling the conversation between Cheng Jingting and the thin man.