I can rewind time to prevent death

As for what would happen after lighting up the atlas, even Yan Junze did not know.

But no matter what, he had to try now!

So he drained a massive amount of energy, unleashing [Space-Time Scene Overlap: Form 3] one after another. All he needed to do was temporarily trap the Void Demon.

This was the final and most powerful function of the atlas. In the first form of Space-Time Scene Overlap, he could perform simple scene overlaps, meaning any scene that Yan Junze had experienced could be overlapped into the space-time of the target's current scene.

The second form built on the first, adding entities from the overlapped scene. This was unlike the first form, which was just a simplistic and hollow scene. Instead, simulated characters, animals, or even strangenesses from the overlapped scene could appear.

Of course, these entities were merely superficial, only capable of influencing the mindset of the person trapped in the space-time. They had no real ability to cause substantial harm.

The third form, however, was different. Here, the characters, animals, and strangenesses that appeared out of nowhere did have the ability to inflict some degree of genuine harm on the trapped individual.

The severity of the harm depended on how much the trapped individual believed in the scene's authenticity.

Right now, it was the third form that was restraining the Void Demon.

And during this period of entrapping the Void Demon, those passersby it had controlled and transformed into Corpse Spirits became Yan Junze's current source of Different Dimension Energy.

"Zhuang Sisters, Back-faced Woman, Ke'er, Yao Long—kill the strangenesses in the streets!" Yan Junze commanded grimly, his eyes filled with ferocity.

At this moment, he only understood that after being alienated by the God of Death, those transformed passersby could become Enchanted Beings. However, after this Void Demon appeared, the passersby similarly turned into strangenesses. What kind of strangenesses remained a mystery.

But just as Yan Junze spoke, those Corpse Spirits that had been standing motionless on the street moments ago suddenly turned, after the Void Demon was trapped by the Space-Time Lockdown and Space-Time Scene Overlap. They now faced the community, their mouths open to reveal ghastly pale fangs, as they lunged toward the community gate.

Of course, with Aunt Mei the Ethereal Spirit's top-tier magnetic field protecting the area, these Corpse Spirits could not breach it any time soon. But Yan Junze wasn't going to wait for that moment. He needed Different Dimension Energy—large amounts of it!

"Attack!"

With a thunderous shout, he immediately activated the Control Field and rose, hovering a foot off the ground. He charged toward the community gate.

The Zhuang Sisters, Yao Long, Back-faced Woman, and Ke'er all followed suit, rushing forward, while Xiang Er stayed at the gate's edge, ready to intercept any stragglers that might slip inside.

A brutal melee erupted. Waves of magnetic collisions gathered into black mist, shrouding the strangenesses fiercely battling one another. Combined with the dim atmosphere under the Spirit Bridge, only the sounds of ripping bites, blows, and shrieks could be heard emanating from the darkness. Residents hiding within the community shivered with dread, each one frozen in petrified silence.

[Cause-less Corpse Spirits, Hair-Raising (High), Completed, 1500 points of Different Dimension Energy acquired.]

[Cause-less Corpse Spirits, Hair-Raising (High), Completed, 1500 points of Different Dimension Energy acquired.]

...

After an intense fight that lasted a while, notifications of completed tasks began popping up in Yan Junze's mind.

Currently, the strangenesses rushing out of the community were the strongest under Yan Junze's command, all at least at the Sculpting Spirit level.

The Zhuang Sisters launched a counteroffensive against the Corpse Spirits with unparalleled strength. Back-faced Woman and Ke'er, following their Bond Evolution, were equally terrifying, with Ke'er's "ah-ah-ah-ah" cries ringing out every now and then. The duo's movements were like phantoms.

As for the Magnetic Pile Monster, he was practically a Different Dimension Energy harvesting machine, his fury finding the perfect outlet in this moment.

Even though massive amounts of Corpse Spirits were streaming in from nearby streets, and even buildings, a scene comparable to a real-life zombie apocalypse, whenever Yao Long's rage exploded, everything within a hundred meters of him was instantly cleared of Corpse Spirits.

Even Corpse Spirits outside the hundred-meter range were affected—losing limbs or being dismembered. However, even without legs, they still crawled relentlessly toward FH Community.

At this moment, Yan Junze had already retrieved the Black Spirit Umbrella, propping it up with his Control Field to cover the surging Corpse Spirits. Black mist poured out in abundance, absorbed by the Black Spirit Umbrella.

The energy lost from the Spacetime Atlas was being replenished at a frantic pace, the atlas's energy capacity shooting upward nonstop.

Within the region under Space-Time Lockdown and Space-Time Scene Overlap—

A Void Demon, whose face resembled Yan Junze's, suddenly realized that at some point, it had found itself standing in an unfamiliar room.

This place was the choir chamber of the Olay Great Capital Palace Cathedral.

Jeffrey stood stiffly in the middle of the room, holding an open Book of Change, completely motionless. The True Word Demon Sylvanus stood beside the book, a hand pressed against its pages.

On the other side of the room stood Claudia IX, Papasa, Payne, and Lin Yishan.

Yet, each of them was like a wax figure, utterly still, seemingly fake.

Feeling the flow of air within the room, the Void Demon doubted it was fake. The scene felt too real—he could even hear their heartbeats and breathing.

But no one moved.

Wait!

The Void Demon looked again and noticed that Sylvanus was moving.

The gray, short, wrinkled-skinned figure had one hand placed on the book and was turning his head to look at the Void Demon. On his face was the same insincere, sinister, and mocking smile that had always infuriated the Void Demon.