I can rewind time to prevent death

As they approached the staircase to the sub-second floor, the man labeled No.2 who was crawling on the ceiling suddenly let out a hiccuping noise, as if two rows of teeth were frantically grinding against each other.

Everyone looked up, and Yan Junze shone the flashlight at him to find the guy obviously on guard, looking toward something at an angle in the near distance.

Following his gaze, the flashlight beam moved forward, sweeping over the ceiling and down the wall, and to the right of a stack of wooden boxes, there lay a person face down on the ground, motionless.

This person was dressed in orange work clothes and seemed to be a repairman, but it was unclear whether he was dead or alive.

After a slight hesitation, Gao Meng ordered, "First go down to the sub-second floor."

Their purpose in coming here was to turn off the backup power supply. On the premise of not affecting the completion of the mission, there was also the responsibility to rescue any survivors.

But now, the sub-second floor was clearly the most important. No matter what, they needed to execute the main task first. Only after ensuring the main task could be completed would they consider rescuing any survivors who had not died.

All of them no longer paid attention to the repairman. Under Gao Meng's lead, they quickly reached the staircase and were just about to go in when Yan Junze, walking in the rear, suddenly had a premonition. He halted, immediately turned around, and shone the flashlight back to where they had discovered the repairman.

Under the flashlight beam, they saw that the repairman, who had just been lying down, had now slowly risen, his movements somewhat stiff as if his limbs had lost their agility.

The others noticed Yan Junze stop and also halted their steps, turning their heads to look at everything revealed in the flashlight's glow.

The repairman had now stood up, but his appearance was odd. His head was completely drooping to the right on his shoulder, unable to leave it. If it slid down, it might well drop directly onto his chest.

When the repairman got up, he was completely facing away from everyone. He slowly turned his body in that strange posture to face the group.

"He might have died from a broken neck," declared the woman labeled No.4.

Yan Junze nodded slightly, "This is probably not a Possession Spirit, but a repairman who accidentally died in this building."

Gao Meng agreed with this speculation and instructed, "No.2, keep an eye on him. If he approaches us, take him out immediately."

The man on the ceiling, No.2, turned his body around and lay there, motionless.

The rest continued their descent down the staircase toward the sub-second floor.

Emergency lights were placed at intervals along the sides of the staircase. Yan Junze glanced back to see that No.2 had not followed them. Instead, heavy footsteps resonated from the first sub-level.

Suddenly, there were sounds of a scuffle followed by a muffled roar and No.2's distinctive giggling noise.

Gao Meng didn't pay attention to the sounds behind them and said, "From here everyone must be careful. A team of Exorcists has already gone down ahead of us, led by the four-star Exorcist Lin Guo. They should have completed the task the fastest, at least faster than the team shutting down the server above, but the backup power supply has not been turned off until now."

After a pause, he continued, "Something must have happened down here, causing even the four-star Exorcist Lin Guo to encounter difficulties. But I don't believe they would fail here. Everyone, from now on, be vigilant and careful."

Everyone remained silent.

Gao Meng turned his gaze to Yan Junze and the No.4 woman by his side, "Don't be overconfident. It's time to activate your Semi-Spirit Bodies."

As soon as he finished speaking, the No.4 woman seemed to vanish with a whoosh. Yan Junze glanced to the side and saw that the woman, who had just been solid, had now turned into a human-shaped black shadow, with her long hair fluttering without any wind.

The next second, as the woman took a step forward, her shadow turned into a black spectral entity again, but with the next step, the entity dissolved into a shadow once more.

Yan Junze couldn't help but be taken aback, feeling that this Semi-Spirit Body was quite impressive with its mix of the tangible and intangible, striking unexpectedly!

He noticed Gao Meng's blood-red eyes shift toward him. Without haste, he held the Black Spirit Umbrella in his hand and gave Gao Meng a slight nod.

"Transforming the umbrella?!" Gao Meng's pupils contracted slightly, his mind filled with doubts as he murmured to himself.

They quickly descended the stairs, with Gao Meng still in the lead. The group of people passed through a slightly damp corridor and walked into a spacious hall.

Though called a hall, the area was littered with electrical boxes and thick, winding pipes that crisscrossed overhead, emitting steam.

To reach certain places, they had to climb up temporary steel staircases, sometimes ascending or descending a few steps, making the space on the sub-second floor complex and interwoven.

After carefully climbing a few steel stairs, Gao Meng halted.

Because the passageway with steel railings was narrow and about three meters above the ground, Yan Junze's flashlight couldn't illuminate what lay ahead, and it was unknown what had happened.

Suddenly, the No.4 woman cocked her head and said, "There seems to be something below the staircase in front."

Yan Junze asked, "What is it?"

"Some black shadows," the No.4 woman replied, shaking her head. "I can't see very clearly."

As she finished speaking, her body turned into a shadow, passing through the Semi-Spirit in front and positioning herself beside Gao Meng.

Immediately, the No.4 woman's body trembled slightly as she stared toward the area beneath the steel staircase ahead of them.

There stood about five people, with their shoulders touching, forming a circle. Their faces couldn't be seen, nor could their figures be distinguished.

It wasn't because of the darkness that they weren't visible. For Gao Meng and the No.4 woman, seeing in the dark was as if it were daylight.