I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 226 - 221: Spirit Guarding (3) (4000 words)_2

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The time still had a while, so the alarm hadn’t rung yet, and the bald man was sleeping soundly.

After the old man approached him, he just stood in front of him, motionless.

The man was still in his dreams, seemingly feeling the cold, as he subconsciously tightened the coat around his neck, but he did not open his eyes.

At the same time.

Zeng You called over a staff member from the funeral home office and, following Sun Guodong’s reminder when he left, he also summoned the exorcist who was sleeping in the office.

This exorcist was probably in his early forties, somewhat short and stout, yet he walked very quickly. To be stationed in the funeral home, he must be at least a two-star exorcist.

To reach the funeral hall where Ren Susu was located, it was necessary to pass through Miss Hall, and Zeng You, being in a hurry, did not look closely but just focused on the way ahead.

The three of them quickly passed through Miss Hall, and after a few more steps, the exorcist suddenly said, "Wait a moment."

Zeng You and the staff member turned their heads in puzzlement.

The exorcist’s face showed surprise as he stepped back several paces, then turned his head, his gaze landing on the interior of the Miss Hall funeral hall.

Zeng You and the staff member exchanged glances and also walked back, following the exorcist’s gaze towards the funeral hall of Miss Hall.

On one side of the funeral hall, a man was lying across a bench, deeply asleep.

Next to the bench stood an old man dressed in funeral garments, his head lowered, as if silently watching the person sleeping on the bench.

"Ah!"

Zeng You and the staff member both cried out in surprise because they also saw that the lid of the ice coffin inside the funeral hall was open.

Connecting this to the old man in the funeral clothes made everything clear.

The exorcist, already moving towards Miss Hall, gripped two hidden buckles in his hand and stepped into the funeral hall.

Just then, the sound of the alarm rang out, vibrating from the pocket of the trousers of the sleeping bald man.

The man woke up startled, his eyes flying open to see an old man in funeral clothes standing before him. At first, he was confused, but after a few short seconds, he realized what was happening. He turned his head, saw the open coffin lid, and the bald man was so frightened he jolted like he’d been electrocuted and leaped from the bench.

"Mama mia!"

At that moment, a hidden buckle hit the old man in the funeral clothes.

With a bang, a white mist spread out and the old man took a few stiff steps to the side before steadying himself and turning his head toward the person entering the door of the funeral hall.

Unlike Ren Susu, the old man’s eyes were open, but they appeared grey and cloudy.

Just having steadied himself, the second hidden buckle hit his body, sending up another puff of white mist. The old man toppled backward, rigidly falling to the ground with no further reaction.

Zeng You, the staff member, and the bald man standing on the bench were all left gaping at the scene.

The exorcist then crouched in front of the old man and searched around with a spirit detector, then stood up and said, "It’s all right now, but this body must be cremated as soon as possible."

"No... no problem, I’ll arrange it immediately," said the staff member behind him, his face pale with fright as he quickly nodded and took out his phone to make a call.

The exorcist said to the bald man, "First, notify your other relatives to come over, and for now, no one should touch this body."

Turning his head to Zeng You, he said, "Lead me quickly to the funeral hall on your side."

The two left one after the other.

The staff member stayed behind.

In the restroom.

Yan Junze, wielding a mallet that was grossly disproportionate to his body, struck at the half-person-tall shadow of Cheng Jingting on the ground over and over again.

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Meanwhile, Ren Susu’s lifeless body lay nearby, motionless.

After being struck countless times by the club, Cheng Jingting’s shadow began to visibly split apart. Without making any sound, it shattered into pieces right before Yan Junze’s eyes, and then dissipated.

Empowered by the strength of the Great Strange Baby, Yan Junze felt no fatigue from the continuous beating. He thought, had he not had the club, he could have relied on the instinct of the strange baby to tear apart Cheng Jingting, who had just possessed a corpse to resurrect.

After waiting for about a minute to ensure that the shadow had been dispersed, Yan Junze put away the club and walked out of the restroom.

"Was it really that easy?" At this moment, he was a bit puzzled. It seemed much easier to rid of Cheng Jingting, who had possessed a corpse to resurrect, than he had imagined.

Because Cheng Jingting had just possessed a corpse to resurrect and was in an unstable state, he could easily be taken care of once discovered.

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After leaving the restroom, Yan Junze did not return to the Funeral Hall. Instead, he turned a corner and stood against the wall beside the restroom, ready to wait for the Atlas’s prompt to return to the space-time rift.

However, as he waited, not only did he not receive any prompts, but he also heard several people rushing into the restroom.

At this time, knowing that someone had come back from the dead and still daring to enter the restroom surely meant that exorcists were involved.

Yan Junze quickly made this guess.

Funeral homes, like hospitals, are considered high-risk areas for strangenesses to occur in the current situation, so there must be exorcists stationed there. Their prompt arrival confirmed their identity as exorcists.

Luckily, he had already resolved the issue with Cheng Jingting, so there was no risk of exposing himself to the exorcists.

If he interacted with them, the minor ripples that arose could be stabilized by the Atlas on its own; however, it was of course better to avoid contact if possible.

The voices coming from the restroom were clear to Yan Junze.

These people were talking amongst themselves; they had not detected the presence of any strangeness, Ren Susu’s corpse was now stable, but they needed to cremate it as soon as possible.

Listening in, Yan Junze recognized the voices of Ren Susu’s family members from the Funeral Hall, as well as the unfamiliar voice of an exorcist who probably belonged to the funeral home staff.

But soon, Yan Junze was startled when he heard the stranger say, "This corpse and the one in Miss Hall need to be cremated immediately. I suggest you simplify the procedures and let your loved one rest in peace as soon as possible."

"Could there be other corpses that have been possessed to resurrect?"

Just then, Yan Junze recalled the Atlas’s prompt, stating that because more than three strangeness events had occurred, he needed to personally correct the Butterfly Effect. This meant that Cheng Jingting was not just using one corpse to resurrect, but was simultaneously possessing three corpses.

Yan Junze didn’t know how Cheng Jingting managed to do it, but if he wasn’t mistaken, it was indeed possible for him to use more than three corpses to resurrect at the same time.

After all, this was a funeral home; there was no shortage of people who had just passed away.

As these thoughts crossed his mind, people began to leave the restroom. Someone went to notify the office, while the exorcist continued to converse with Cui Zhiyong.

"Mr. Exorcist, you just mentioned, besides my wife suddenly returning to life, there was another corpse that also came back to life?" Cui Zhiyong asked.

The exorcist replied, "It’s not really coming back to life. The reason is complicated. It could be due to a Possession Spirit invasion, so for the safety of the corpses, they need to be cremated as soon as possible. Just now, a corpse of an old man in Miss Hall was in the same situation as your wife, but it has been dispatched for clearance.

You should expedite the procedures and proceed with cremation."

Cui Zhiyong nodded, "That strange, naked kid from just now might also be a strangeness. Now we don’t know where he’s gone."

The exorcist said, "There haven’t been any other cases of resurrections for the time being, I will take a look around. If there’s any abnormality on your side, immediately notify me or the office."

The two continued talking as they left the area.

Soon, a corpse transporter arrived at the restroom to take care of Ren Susu’s corpse and headed towards the cremation area.

Yan Junze stood still, having not moved from his spot. The exorcist said there were no other cases of resurrections discovered, which meant that the third possession to resurrect had not happened yet.

Not necessarily.

He quickly dismissed this thought. If the possessions were happening simultaneously, it was very possible that they had already occurred, just not in the Funeral Hall.

Where then, could the third location of possession to resurrect be?