I can rewind time to prevent death

On the road, Zhang Chengjing suddenly said, "Today you looked at those archives in the database, which aspects did you find interesting, or particularly puzzling?"

Yan Junze replied, "I'm interested in all of it, but the one that puzzles me the most is the fourth data area; I can't get in there."

Zhang Chengjing nodded, "Giving you a travel permit to visit there was already an exception. It's impossible to let you into the fourth data area because the things inside are the core secrets of exorcism."

Yan Junze said, "I saw the signs for 'Special Items' and 'Special Humans'; I can roughly guess some things, but after seeing the signs, my curiosity only grew."

Zhang Chengjing knew what he wanted to ask and slightly smiled, "Let me put it this way. Have you ever seen someone who has a natural, extremely strong control over magnetic fields?"

Yan Junze shook his head in surprise.

Zhang Chengjing continued, "For example, Guo Youliang, whom you know, accidentally merged with an ancient corpse, and now his body is extremely cold. Therefore, he mastered the Magnetic Ice Extreme Method and became a five-star exorcist. And some people naturally possess ultimate methods; we classify these people as 'Special Humans'."

Yan Junze realized, "Are the ultimate methods of these humans very powerful?"

Zhang Chengjing's face showed a hint of regret, "I'll just tell you about one person. Before the strange phenomena outbreak, he was an insurance salesman. After the outbreak, he discovered one day that he had become a Special Human, able to change the magnetic properties of any object and harmonize it with his own magnetic field."

"The result of harmonization is..." Yan Junze asked.

"Is that it can make the object instantly lose its magnetic effect, which is death!" Zhang Chengjing explained.

Yan Junze looked at him, puzzled, clearly not quite understanding.

Zhang Chengjing continued, "For example, if he made a restaurant table harmonize with his magnetic field, anyone who touched the table afterward, if he wished, could have their body's magnetic activities stopped the moment they made contact, thus erasing them from existence. Of course, doing this consumes a great deal of energy."

Yan Junze's eyes widened in shock, "Isn't this... more terrifying than the strangenesses?"

Zhang Chengjing smiled, "I heard Xiaomo talk about the case where you caught that spirit Zhao Qi. What do you think a 'spirit' is? If Zhao Qi could stabilize, he would also be a Reaper, who can create strange Reapers out of thin air with his imagination."

"What is a Reaper?" Yan Junze asked, feeling that a door which had always remained tightly shut was finally opening, slowly."

"Above a five-star exorcist, they are called 'Reaper'!" Zhang Chengjing felt emotional, "Since the outbreak of the strangenesses, they were naturally born with some special abilities. Unlike us, although we also have a higher perception of magnetic fields from birth, when compared to them, it's like being in middle school versus having already graduated from university."

Yan Junze was astonished, "It seems that these people are scarier than the strangenesses."

Zhang Chengjing smiled again, "So, the scariest things have never been the strangenesses. Humans are the most terrifying."

"Are these people under the jurisdiction of our Exorcist organization, or are they governed by the authorities?" Yan Junze asked.

"They join us voluntarily," Zhang Chengjing said, "But there's a prerequisite: the main team has the Magnetic Impact Launcher, and if we really have to break, nobody would be better off."

Yan Junze mused, "Now I actually feel that the emergence of strangenesses in this world might not be as simple as we thought."

Zhang Chengjing also shook his head, "Unsolvable for now."

Yan Junze pondered to himself. Considering that Special Humans could be so powerful, it was possible that the highest level of strangenesses were equally terrifying, and someone like Zhang Chengjing, a five-star exorcist, should be able to deal with a real Ethereal spirit.

But if it was something above an Ethereal spirit, perhaps he would still fall short, or that would be a close call at best.

The two chatted all the way back to Zhang Chengjing's home, where Yan Junze sat for a while and greeted Luo Wenli before leaving.

He carried an umbrella with him, but on his way home, even when exposed to the moonlight, there was no reaction.

It seems Fang Ning got quite a scare at Zhang Chengjing's hands this time, nearly wiped out of existence, and probably won't dare to show up again anytime soon.

The next day, Yan Junze didn't go to the Exorcist Brigade, since Zhang Chengjing would tell Wan Shouguang the energy data, and Wan Shouguang would still spend a lot of time on simulation tests. Going there would be just twiddling his thumbs, so better to rest in the hotel.

During this time, Yan Junze checked the news from the day before, especially the sudden international incidents, and didn't find anything particularly special. There were some reports on strangenesses but nothing very serious, just some local impact.

After sitting in the hotel for half the day and strolling around the streets, and having dinner at a restaurant in the evening, he returned to the hotel and checked the news again, still finding nothing.

It looks like the only thing to do is to wait and ask Zhang Chengjing if there's any recent news about the strange altars in the Great Capital of the USA.

On the third day of staying at the hotel, Wan Shouguang didn't call Yan Junze, and Yan Junze didn't initiate the contact either.

On the fourth day, he found a live news report on his computer, reporting a major fire in a district of the Great Capital in the USA, with the fire raging for two days before it was finally put out.

Many people died in the nearby residential area, mostly in the fire.

Yan Junze pondered; perhaps they used fire as a weapon in the USA, using some special fire to encircle those strangenesses carrying Dark Poison?

But within that altar, what exactly were they attempting to summon to cause such a big commotion?