I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 242 - 232: High-Level Task from the Village

Chapter 242: Chapter 232: High-Level Task from the Village

These people acted quickly and soon gathered at the entrance of the Mo Family Village.

Including the Spirit Detector in Yan Junze’s hand, almost all of the Spirit Detectors were flashing red signals, indicating the presence of strangeness nearby.

Finding strangeness in this place was no longer unusual, it would have been more surprising if not even one was detected.

Yan Junze checked the blinking indicator on the Spirit Detector, and according to the size of the strange magnetic field displayed, the phenomena they had just detected were not serious; the exorcists present were confident they could eliminate them one by one.

Of course, their current priority was to find the others, not to perform exorcisms, unless absolutely necessary.

They tried the satellite phone, and the middle-aged man leading them looked embarrassed. The phone had worked at the entrance of the village, but now, just ten meters into the village, there was no signal.

He called a halt to everyone and then instructed two people to step out of the village entrance, and the two of them made calls to each other. The calls connected.

Then, one of the people at the entrance made a call to the middle-aged leader’s phone, but there was no response.

“It’s possible that the strange magnetic field of the Spirit Bridge is interfering with all the ranges within the village, while outside it is not affected,” guessed the middle-aged leader.

The others nodded in agreement.

This also explained why the exorcists had lost contact with those outside. Of course, if it were just a loss of satellite phone connection, it would have been manageable, but now not only had they lost contact, none of the exorcists had left the Mo Family Village.

This was very peculiar.

Therefore, at the work meeting they had on their way here, team captain Huo Zhisen hypothesized that, according to the signals from the large detectors outside, the Spirit Bridge had undergone significant changes over a short period, which might be why those exorcists were trapped.

“You two, stay outside the village,” the middle-aged leader ordered. “If you notice anything unusual, immediately contact the event team with the satellite phone. Don’t wait for us to come out.”

The two exchanged a glance, clearly relieved.

Not having to enter the Mo Family Village was something they had never openly admitted, but in reality, they were very reluctant to go inside.

Both of them were one-star exorcists, and they knew their own limitations well. Once inside, it was more likely to be fraught with peril than not. At this moment, just staying at the entrance to the village was like holding a golden ticket to safety.

The others followed the middle-aged leader further into the village, soon approaching the two houses closest to the village entrance.

The middle-aged leader pulled out a map and said, “We must all stick together and not spread out. There are only just over seventy households in this village, so we can search quickly. If anyone disperses on their own, the danger will increase exponentially.”

The others just nodded, staying silent. Their gazes seemed to pierce the thick fog, maintaining high concentration and paying attention to every plant and tree around them.

The middle-aged leader continued, “Two-star exorcists, take out your Hidden Buckles and be ready to defend against dangers around us. One-stars, stay close to me and prepare your Hidden Buckles for combat.”

As he said this, he suddenly glanced at Yan Junze not far away and added, “Some of you can also follow the Semi-spirit. His strength is no less than mine.”

Yan Junze pretended not to hear, mainly because he didn’t like others calling him “Semi-spirit” directly.

The middle-aged leader was a three-star exorcist, the only one in this squad, and the exorcists’ team on this side could not deploy anyone more powerful than him.

The group chose one of the houses, sending four people inside to check it while the rest waited outside.

The group quickly emerged, shaking their heads.

The house was so close to the village entrance that it was obvious by sheer logic that the missing exorcists would not be found there; otherwise, they would have already walked out of the village.

But they couldn’t skip any houses, as the middle-aged leader feared missing some critical information.

They quickly searched from one house to the next, and before long, they arrived at the farmhouse where Guo Youliang had encountered the Half of a Skin.

They were startled by the corpses scattered all over the ground at first, but after a closer examination, they realized only some of the exorcists were there; at least more than half were not present.

However, after discovering the situation there, the middle-aged leader began to hesitate about whether to venture further into the village.

The situation now seemed very dangerous, and if anything went wrong, the team he led might be completely wiped out.

He looked up at the houses outside; the fog here was a bit thinner, allowing a clear view of the house opposite.

Pointing to the slightly smaller courtyard across the way, the middle-aged leader said, “Let’s settle over there first, then Liang and De will go to the entrance of the village to relay the situation here, so the people waiting outside can immediately inform the Tianmeng through satellite phone.”

The few were reluctant to linger in the courtyard full of corpses and immediately entered the opposite farmhouse, while the two young men named Liang and De headed back towards the village entrance.

The middle-aged leader told the others to rest for a while and have some water.

Yan Junze found an oval stone bench in the courtyard to sit on, unconcerned about the dust covering it, and took a gulp from the bottled water he had brought in his backpack.

He noticed that two people had been following him closely, no matter what he did. Both were one-star exorcists, and upon realizing Yan Junze was observing them, they immediately put on a pleasing smile.

Clearly, in the current situation, such individuals were likely to live a little longer than most.

Yan Junze felt a certain fondness towards them.

After sitting down, one of them even passed him some cream-filled biscuits and said, “Big Brother, becoming a Fake Spirit Body has always been my goal. I really admire you!”

In response to such an opening line, Yan Junze chuckled and shook his head, “Actually, I’m still more interested in the delights of the human world.”

“By the way, what’s your main food now, big brother? Can you tell me?”

“Right now… I’m almost equivalent to a bug,” Yan Junze said with a helpless smile.

He meant that he was nearly turning into a mosquito, living on a diet of blood, but the thought of drinking blood always felt hair-raising and not exactly an easy topic to broach, so he didn’t find it convenient to say it outright.

One of the group’s eyes lit up as he cleverly guessed, “Big brother, is your main food eggs?”

Yan Junze was taken aback: “Why would you think of eggs?”

“It’s simple,” the man said. “When it comes to bugs, the most likely is the fly, and as the saying goes, flies don’t sting flawless eggs. So your main food must be eggs!”

Yan Junze: “…”

Another person muttered softly to the side, “I fucking guessed it’s shit.”

Yan Junze: “…”

The two sensed that the atmosphere was off and quickly changed the subject, trying to curry favor.

Yan Junze was both amused and irritated, too lazy to listen to more of their nonsense.

After thinking it over, he simply sat on the stone bench, ready to activate “Perception of Strange Events.”

However, this time, he planned to widen the coverage area. Mo Family Village was not that large, and with Yan Junze’s current energy, covering the entire village wouldn’t be difficult.

Of course, he would selectively discern, not blindly accepting every task that came his way. If he were to take on a task, it would have to be at least at the “Trembling with Fear” level.

The energy radiated out quickly, covering all directions, and soon a flurry of information about strangenesses came flooding back to him.

At this moment, Yan Junze was completely immersed in the information being received by his brain, still hearing the incessant chatter of the two who followed him, but he ignored them.

He kept filtering through, at a rough glance, there were at least over a hundred task notifications.

Under normal circumstances, he would lower his acceptance criteria for tasks, mainly because these tasks represented full points of Different Dimension Energy. Furthermore, they were not high-level and relatively easy to complete—it would be foolish not to capitalize on them.

But now he was powerless to do so. With one too many eyes around and considering the dangerous environment here, he couldn’t afford to tackle them one by one as he pleased.

In a short while, he took interest in a few tasks. These tasks were all of higher levels and scattered in different areas of the village—not too concentrated, preventing the situation where he might not have finished the first task before already entering another strangeness event’s coverage area.

[Coordinates determined: Mo Xiaofeng’s old house in Mo Family Village.]

[Task Name: Half of a Skin;

Task Level: Hair-raising (High);

Task Background: Eight hundred years ago, the Yin-Yang Technique was flourishing, leading to the emergence of many self-proclaimed Onmyojis, and he was one of them. Except he was a charlatan, living by swindling and deceiving. Passing by this place, he took advantage of the villagers’ naivety to swindle a large sum of money, then defiled the village head’s just-of-age granddaughter under the pretense of a Spirit Body Passing. When the deception was exposed and the villagers discovered his actions, they beat him to death, skinned him, pulled his tendons, and broke his bones. His Obsession after death turned into a catastrophe as he intended to possess 77 people during the eruption of the Spirit Bridge, take a human form, and continue to live a carefree life among humans;]

Task Instructions: Eliminate the cunning spirit, which only has half of a skin, while he is completing the possession process with others;]

Task Reward: 1400 Dimensional Energy points;

Task Punishment: He may also possess you;

Task Tips: 1. The Evil Spirit cannot be Locked Down; 2. The corpse of the village head’s granddaughter, Mo Sheng, is his Achilles’ heel; 3. Do not let this half of a skin get too close to you;

Remarks: Anyone you see could be him.]

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Yan Junze was very satisfied with this task, mainly because the level was high, and based on the task tips, the victory didn’t solely depend on brute force as long as he could exploit the weakness of this piece of skin.

Moreover, he had already activated the Rewind loop before entering the village, so he wasn’t afraid of any bizarre accidents happening in this village.

He then looked at the second task that made him feel a chill in his heart.

[Coordinates determined: the dried-up well in Mo Family Village.]

[Task Name: Corpse Qi Spread;

Task Level: Hair-raising (High) ~ Terrified (Low) ~ Terrified (Medium);

Task Background: Mo Da, who had retired to civilian life after serving as a military officer in the Imperial Court, had intended to live out his days in peace upon his return to his hometown. However, during one trip to the well to fetch water, he accidentally fell in. Because the mouth of the well was too deep, no one knew or came to rescue him. Coupled with an undercurrent hidden in the well, Mo Da drowned and his body remained hidden there. The bottom of the well happened to be a Land of Extreme Yin that appears once in a thousand years. Mistakenly entering it, Mo Da’s corpse has been well-preserved, continuously nourished by the extreme yin cold air;]

Task Instructions: Kill the Yin General Mo Da, otherwise, the beings of Tianmeng will suffer great calamity;

Task Reward: 1500 to 1600 to 1700 Dimensional Energy points;

Task Punishment: Death;

Task Tips: 1. The Evil Spirit cannot be Locked Down; 2. Mo Da hated everyone deeply due to the lack of rescue after his death, so his Obsession is profound and cannot be communicated with; 3. The task level will likely increase with the passage of time or after certain events are triggered once Mo Da appears, potentially upgrading to Terrified (Medium);]

Remarks: Proceed with caution.]

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