I can rewind time to prevent death

Hearing his words, Yan Junze's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he thought of the book he had seen on the altar in Great Capital during the "Great Rewind," which resembled an ancient tome.

"What if a mediator object appeared during this ritual?" Yan Junze asked.

Zhang Chengjing furrowed his brow and replied, "That depends on what kind of mediator object it is."

Yan Junze shrugged, "Don't know, it could be a sword, an antique, or... a book."

Zhang Chengjing said, "It's better that the mediator object is not a book."

"Why?"

"Because in most cases, books contain knowledge, whether that knowledge comes from good or evil. Once it serves as a mediator object, it means it possesses some sort of powerful ability. The mediating effect produced by knowledge is probably the most formidable among all mediator objects," Zhang Chengjing explained.

Yan Junze fell silent.

He remembered that the object placed in the center of the altar was not just a book, but also looked like a substantial classic tome.

It was just that at the time, the ritual couldn't proceed because they had lost the Back-faced Woman and Ke'er, lacking the strangeness capable of forming a Tibam Co-evolution effect.

The dignified elder from the Half Moon Association in charge of the ritual even ordered that every strangeness's quality must be ensured; therefore, he commanded a postponement of the current ceremony until a suitable replacement was found to continue.

Now, after such a long time, Yan Junze guessed that the strangeness that fit the Tibam Co-evolution effect might have already been found.

Just then, Zhang Chengjing suddenly patted his thigh, seemingly inspired by Yan Junze's words, "Right, how did I not think of that? The strong magnetic field appearance and intense variations could possibly be from some kind of sacrificial ritual, especially one targeted at strangenesses! Otherwise, the fluctuations in the strangeness magnetic field should not have been so powerful."

"Perhaps we can focus our investigation on the largest exorcist organization in Great Capital - the Half Moon Association," Yan Junze suggested, coming close to the truth, "Otherwise, I don't think a small organization could pull off such a big operation."

Zhang Chengjing nodded, "I'll have them focus on this direction immediately."

With that, he stepped outside to make a phone call.

Upon returning, he told Yan Junze, "Tomorrow, you can come with me to the Exorcist Brigade office. There are some materials there that I can authorize for you to access."

Yan Junze's eyes lit up, "Sure."

After scrounging another meal at Zhang Chengjing's house that evening, Yan Junze returned to the hotel.

Before bed, he called Zhang Xiaomo, and after some light teasing, Yan Junze said, "Tomorrow I'm going to the Exorcist Brigade. Your dad's letting me in, said I could get authorized to look up information."

Zhang Xiaomo asked, "Have you found your weapon yet?"

"Yes, Wan Shouguang promised he would make it for me in the next couple of days. With your dad supervising, there shouldn't be a problem," Yan Junze nodded.

Zhang Xiaomo laughed, "When you're back, I'll teach you how to maximize the effectiveness of your weapon against strangenesses. In this area, I'm the veteran, so you'll have to call me teacher."

"Alright," Yan Junze also laughed, "Teacher Zhang, I look forward to your guidance on my first use of the weapon."

Zhang Xiaomo chided, "Why does that sound so weird?"

Yan Junze laughed heartily.

Early the next morning, before work hours, he arrived at Zhang Chengjing's front door, where a black car was already waiting outside.

Shortly after, Zhang Chengjing came out, greeted Yan Junze and together they got into the car and drove to the Exorcist Brigade.

Surprisingly, only half an hour later upon arriving at the destination, they just got out of the car when they saw Wan Shouguang, dressed casually, approaching them.

"Huh, Yan Junze, how did you know I came early to make your weapon?"

Wan Shouguang was also surprised when he saw Yan Junze. He was carrying a document bag filled with Yan Junze's copious hand-drawn drafts of the Black Spirit Umbrella. Of course, there were also his own overnight drawn manufacturing diagrams.

As an expert in the field, just having Yan Junze's hand-drawn images as reference was not enough, so Wan Shouguang dissected the Black Spirit Umbrella himself, adapting it closer to his own work style, making sure it could be constructed better and faster.

Now at the research base, the drawings needed to be entered into the computer. After personal constructions were done by Wan Shouguang, he would make adjustments, simulate, tweak, simulate again, then produce a model, test it, adjust again, test again, and only then could the final product be determined.