I can rewind time to prevent death

After greeting Zhang Chengjing, Wan Shouguang said to Yan Junze, "If you're coming over, head to the research base on sublevel two later. I'll let the security there know, you can just report your name and go right in."

Having said that, Wan Shouguang hurried towards the elevator.

Yan Junze and Zhang Chengjing also reached the elevator, one pressing the button to go down, the other to go up.

Shortly after, the two took the elevator up to the 17th floor. Once out of the elevator, they faced a long and deep corridor. Rarely encountering anyone else, the bustling office scene they had imagined was nowhere to be found.

When they arrived in front of double doors that seemed to lead to a meeting room, Zhang Chengjing pushed them open, ushering Yan Junze inside.

Yan Junze stood at the door, taken aback, as he realized this was not a meeting room, but a vast office space with relatively few people. What caught his eye were the many virtual projections displayed throughout the large office.

Each projection was active, with images flowing within, some showing a person interacting with this side, others surveying a certain location.

After observing for a while, Zhang Chengjing introduced him, "This is the central control room where we communicate with exorcist teams from different districts of the Great Capital. Of course, this includes exorcist teams from overseas."

"We have exorcist teams overseas?" Yan Junze asked curiously.

Zhang Chengjing pointed to one of the virtual projections which showcased a building in Olay Great Capital, likely a church.

The people in the projection were talking to someone beside them, and in groups of three, a total of three groups headed toward the church. Clearly, they were on a mission.

"Those exorcist teams abroad cannot operate openly," explained Zhang Chengjing. "They must carry out their work in secret and cannot reveal their true identities."

He paused before adding, "That intense magnetic field fluctuation from the Great Capital in USA was intercepted by one of our overseas exorcist teams and sent back to us. Then we aimed a large detector in the specified direction and indeed captured more magnetic field values."

Zhang Chengjing pointed at a row of electronic screens displaying various arc-shaped fluctuation values. Yan Junze didn't understand them but felt quite curious.

"Your thoughts yesterday reminded me, so I had already sent an overseas exorcist team to investigate last night," said Zhang Chengjing as he summoned an image from a virtual projection, "This is the footage we just received from there."

The sky in the image was still dark, which had to do with the geographic distribution of the Great Capital in USA and Huaying Great Capital. As a result, one could see flames burning in the distance, while the exorcist team from this end could only watch from afar.

Indistinctly, one could see a very wide platform surrounded by flickering flames and swarms of people.

This was why the exorcist team from Huaying Great Capital dared not get too close.

"It's confirmed to be the people from Half Moon Association," stated Zhang Chengjing. "They seem to be conducting a ritual, causing the strong magnetic field fluctuations."

"Do we know what kind of ritual they're performing?" Yan Junze asked.

Zhang Chengjing fell silent for a moment, then pointed at the flickering sites in the projection, at the center of the platform, "If we knew what the medium for the ritual was, we might be able to guess something."

"But..." he shook his head, "we can't let our exorcist team over there get any closer to the target. If they were exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable."

He then spoke to a young worker sitting in front of the console, "Could you zoom in the camera a bit more?"

This worker was a rather handsome man who, upon hearing the request, shook his head, "That's the closest we can get."

The Half Moon Association had significant influence in the Great Capital of USA; even official institutions were riddled with their people. In terms of eliminating and controlling the strangenesses, the exorcists from the Half Moon Association were also the major contributors.

So getting too close to them, if the exorcists from Huaying Great Capital were discovered secretly infiltrating, not only would Huaying's exorcism devices be seized, but their fate would probably be very grim.

Zhang Chengjing could only analyze based on what he had seen so far, "Judging by the gradually diminishing flames on the platform, it should be nearing the end. The ritual has lasted at least five to six days. And the moment we detected the strongest magnetic fluctuation was probably the climax of the ritual. The purpose of their ritual this time may have already been achieved."

Yan Junze stared at the screen, bewildered, unable to discern anything unusual.

However, just then, a large number of black shadows suddenly appeared in the direction of the platform. These shadows seemed to be a flock of birds that spread out from the platform as the center.

The footage then began to shake, as if the exorcists from Huaying who were covertly filming now started to retreat. The screen was tumbling up, down, left, and right, accompanied by the sound of heavy breathing.

Since the audio and video were one-way, only being transmitted back, normal communication was impossible.

Zhang Chengjing also could not ask what was happening over there.

The frequency of the shaking didn't lessen; it became faster, and the exorcists were all heaving, clearly panicked.

Suddenly, the screen jolted and froze.

After about ten seconds, a dark head appeared in front of the camera, seemingly looking around, shook twice in front of the camera, and then the image went black.

Yan Junze, Zhang Chengjing, and the surrounding workers stared blankly at the scene.