I can rewind time to prevent death

After he spoke, Yan Junze didn't turn on the light, nor did he speak again.

At this moment, both Ma Dun's group and Xia Kai's group were truly terrified, but after a brief panic, they immediately began to feel the hand they were holding to see if there was anything odd.

Everyone still remembered who had been standing by their side, so as long as they paid a little attention to their sense of touch, they could almost be 100% sure whether the hand they were holding was normal.

Seven or eight seconds later, voices of confirmation began to rise.

"No problem, I'm holding onto Yang Yang and Zhang Ying," Ma Dun said.

"Yeah, I'm fine too," Zhang Ying said, the other hand of hers was holding Liao Jing.

Liao Jing quickly added, "I'm with Xu Yongqiang here."

"Yes, it's me," Xu Yongqiang said, "and I'm certain on the other side is the president."

The first group was clear.

"Second group?" Yan Junze asked.

At this moment, the darkness in the activity room reached its apex, and even though their eyes could adapt to the dark, they still couldn't see anything and had to rely on the sense of touch.
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In the second group, Li Bin felt the left hand he was holding, which felt normal and belonged to Jin Wei, while on the other side was Mao Jin'an.

Jin Wei was holding onto Xia Kai and now he squeezed Xia Kai's somewhat slender palm a bit too hard due to his nervousness, but he still confirmed it was him and hadn't changed.

"Sorry, I'm just too tense," Jin Wei quickly apologized, afraid that he had squeezed Xia Kai too hard.

But Xia Kai didn't say a word, for his feet were shaking as if he were dancing the ghost step, focusing on the hand in his right.

He remembered that he had clearly been holding Mao Jin'an's hand just before, but now the hand had changed in the instant when the light went off and everything plunged into darkness.

It seemed...wet!

At this moment, Xia Kai focused all his attention on this hand, so he didn't hear Jin Wei's apology at all.

He slightly moved his fingers, and a drop of water from the hand he was holding rolled over, reached the tip of his thumb, and then dripped off.

He confirmed it, the hand was indeed covered with water.

In this moment, Xia Kai felt his entire right hand go numb, completely powerless, as if it no longer belonged to him.

On the other hand, Mao Jin'an had not made a single sound, as he too felt something was off with the hand he was holding, causing his entire body to tremble.

The trembling was so intense and rapid that it was as if he had turned on electric shock mode.

Li Bin, who was holding onto Mao Jin'an's hand, sensed something was amiss, squeezed Mao Jin'an's hand, and said, "Dude...wait, no..."

Li Bin got a shock, thought of something, and suddenly felt a chill rise up his spine.

Fearing that Mao Jin'an's fear might cause him to leap up at any moment, Li Bin was about to speak to remind him when he suddenly felt his hand go loose; Mao Jin'an had abruptly let go of his hand.

At the same instant, the terrified Mao Jin'an also let go of the hand belonging to that female ghost.

But the moment after he let go of the wet hand, the already fully trembling Mao Jin'an suddenly felt a stench-laden chill hit him in the face.

What was getting close to him?!

In the darkness, Mao Jin'an did not notice that his face had already twisted in fear, his eyes bulging, but he could see nothing.

Suddenly, completely unprepared, he felt a coldness on his face, as a frigid face pressed up against his own right cheek, sticking closely and motionless.

A brief silence for two seconds.

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"My God!"

A bloodcurdling scream of terror erupted.

The cry was so horrifying, so piercing, that for a moment the other group couldn't make out who was screaming.

Thump! The screaming stopped abruptly as someone collapsed to the ground.

Yan Junze immediately turned on the light.

The blinding light made everyone's eyes unable to open at first, taking nearly three seconds before they could finally see clearly.

They all turned towards the second group and saw Mao Jin'an lying rigid on the floor with nothing around him.

Xu Yongqiang, Jin Wei, and Li Bin hurriedly gathered around, propped Mao Jin'an up on a chair, and began to stimulate the philtrum to revive him.

Xu Yongqiang then suddenly turned his head, glanced towards Ma Dun, and then to Yan Junze, "He... his left hand... is wet."

The others were jolted with surprise, and only then noticed that Xia Kai was still standing in the same spot, pale as a ghost, his pupils seemingly unfocused, blankly staring into space, completely out of sorts.

Then, their eyes dropped to his right hand, which was also dripping water at this moment.

"It seems it's appeared in the second group, hmm, intruding between Mao Jin'an and Xia Kai," Yan Junze approached, "However, this doesn't mean that the female ghost is looking for Xia Kai and Mao Jin'an specifically. It could be the other people in the second group, or maybe everyone in it."

Approaching Mao Jin'an, he observed that the man was likely in a temporary faint due to an excess of shock and was now beginning to stir weakly, humming unconsciously but could sit on the chair by himself.

Liao Jing went to the water dispenser to pour him a cup of hot water, and brought it over to Mao Jin'an; Jin Wei, who was beside him, took it and carefully fed it to Mao Jin'an sip by sip.

However, everyone could see that Jin Wei's hands, holding the cup, were also trembling.

"He fainted from the shock, should be fine after resting a bit," Yan Junze said.

"What do we do now?" Yang Yang asked.

"It's got nothing to do with the first group anymore," Yan Junze glanced at him, "If anyone in the second group is willing to admit to or realizes that they recognize that female strangeness, I think we could avoid further trouble."

With that, he turned to look towards the four men of the second group: Xia Kai, Mao Jin'an, Jin Wei, and Li Bin.

Apart from Mao Jin'an, who had just come around and was still humming, the other three appeared unable to conceal their terror, showing no signs of concealment.

So there were two possibilities: the first was that none of these four men recognized the woman, or they couldn't identify her; the second was that someone had already recognized her, but they were desperately concealing it and not admitting to it.

The first scenario was somewhat easier to address, since it meant no one was hiding anything. However, if it were the second scenario, it would require some effort.

Yan Junze sighed and checked the task notification that popped up in his Inner Vision.

This task notification had appeared just as he had entered the activity room and saw these people sitting there.

[Task Name: Kiss;

Task Level: Anxiety-Inducing (High);

Task Background: That person no longer loved her, trapped by emotion, Ling committed suicide by throwing herself into the river, and even as she died, that person never gave her one last look. Ling was gentle and kind throughout her life, never malevolent. After drowning, her body sank to the bottom of the river, caught among the water weeds and never surfacing;

Task Description: All she wants now is to kiss him one last time;

Task Reward: 500 Different Dimension Energy points;

Task Punishment: If she does not receive this kiss, she will continue to exist (not targeting the host);

Task Notes: 1. The Evil Spirit cannot be locked down; 2. Ling is very good at intruding;

Remarks: Help Ling find this person, but do not use means that would harm him, because Ling has always cared about him deeply.]

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