I can rewind time to prevent death

Zhang Chengjing released his hand and backed away to the side of the door.

At this moment, Shi Yanan opened the door from outside. Yan Junze and Zhang Chengjing walked out one after another, and Shi Yanan immediately closed the door again.

The Black Spirit Umbrella still stood erect in the isolation room, swaying slightly but not as violently as before. At this moment, the magnetic field in the entire room had reached its peak, and even standing outside the isolation room, one could hear the buzzing sound.

The surface of the umbrella occasionally bulged and then collapsed, repeating this action. After about ten minutes, it finally began to slowly subside.

Five minutes later, Zhang Chengjing looked back at Wan Shouguang and signaled him to turn off the magnetic field stabilizer.

The buzzing sound disappeared instantly, and the Black Spirit Umbrella that had been standing in the isolation room fell over uncontrollably and ceased all movement.

Zhang Chengjing reentered the isolation room alone, not allowing others to follow. He carefully picked up the Black Spirit Umbrella, glanced at the people outside, and then slowly opened the entire umbrella.

During the process of opening, one could see that he was being very careful.

Everyone held their breath and saw him open it and then immediately close it again, carrying the Black Spirit Umbrella out of the isolation room.

"Yan, it's done," Zhang Chengjing handed the Black Spirit Umbrella to Yan Junze upon exiting the isolation room and said, "The magnetic energy field inside the umbrella has reached a balanced state, with the energies restraining each other, preventing any from breaking free. Because the balance remains constant, if any strangeness attempts to break through, it will be instantly retaliated against, enduring the force of an attack from two high-level strangenesses plus three Black Spirit Pearls."

He paused then asked, "What do you call these black pearls?"

Without hiding anything, Yan Junze replied, "Black Spirit Pearls, so this umbrella is called the Black Spirit Umbrella."

Zhang Chengjing patted his shoulder and said, "You must use this weapon cautiously; it is very powerful when utilized properly."

Yan Junze opened the Black Spirit Umbrella to inspect it closely, realizing now it looked no different from an ordinary umbrella, except for being a bit heavier.

He folded and unfolded the umbrella several times until it felt comfortable in hand. Then, tucking it under his arm, he asked Zhang Chengjing, "Uncle Zhang, do you have any ready-to-use strangeness? I want to try it out."

Zhang Chengjing pondered briefly before responding, "Even if there are strangenesses in this building, they are either subdued by an exorcist or being cultivated. They can't be handled at will. I'll have someone from the information department check. What kind of strangeness do you want for testing?"

Yan Junze said, "Uncle Zhang, you must have heard from Xiaomo; I start exorcism by resolving the strangenesses' Obsession, but there are exceptions where I directly destroy them. Generally, in such cases, I believe they belong to an unforgivable category."

"Understood." Zhang Chengjing nodded, dialed the information department, and gave a few instructions.

Minutes later, he received a call back and, after answering, sent an address to Yan Junze: "This is the location of Yan Family Gully, 37 kilometers outside of Huaying District. Over two hundred households live there; we always have a dedicated exorcist stationed there. But last Wednesday, the stationed exorcist was found dead, his body completely drained of blood. We immediately dispatched a team who discovered a strangeness capable of creating a C+ level event. That team has attempted to surround and capture the strangeness in Yan Family Gully several times but failed, each time allowing it to escape. I've informed them that you are joining the hunt now."

"This strangeness…" Yan Junze hesitated.

Perhaps if the strangeness was only acting out of unresolved grievances from its past life and was attacked by an exorcist, it might retaliate, causing the exorcist's death by draining their blood, but that didn't necessarily mean it was irredeemable.

Zhang Chengjing dispelled Yan Junze's doubts, "According to what we've verified, this strangeness was a serial killer in life. After being fatally shot by security while hiding in Yan Family Gully, it turned into a strangeness in merely three days—it may also be due to the accumulation of tremendous resentment before death."

Yan Junze nodded, "Then I'll head over now."

With that, he signaled to Wan Shouguang with his eyes, instructing him to go back into the isolation room and carefully pick up the Turquoise from the ground.

Wan Shouguang subtly nodded without a sound.

Zhang Chengjing didn't notice any private deals between the two and continued, "This Black Spirit Umbrella won't emit even a hint of magnetic fluctuation prior to contact with other strangenesses, thanks to the balanced magnetic energy, and it will appear utterly ordinary. But if activated by another strangeness, it will completely reverse its effects. You should be careful while using it in such instances."

...

That night at eight o'clock.

37 kilometers north of Huaying District, Yan Family Gully.

The exorcism team, designated C11, consisted of four people: one four-star exorcist, two three-star exorcists, and one two-star exorcist.

The team leader, Kuang Haibo, was a newly advanced four-star, having just passed his test and attained the qualification of a four-star exorcist. And C11 was originally his team; now that he'd been promoted, as the previous leader had been transferred, it fell to him to temporarily take over as the new leader.

However, since the official order for the captaincy hadn't been given yet, Kuang Haibo could only be considered as acting captain for now.

This mission was Kuang Haibo's first as a four-star exorcist, and it was expected that despite the power of the targeted strangeness, this team wouldn't need to expend too much effort to handle it.

But the reality was, after three consecutive days, C11 had searched through multiple places in Yan Family Gully and set several traps in the most suspicious locations. They had nearly exterminated the strangeness twice, but it still managed to escape.