I can rewind time to prevent death

Yan Junze, as if he hadn't seen anything, stared at the Crawler Monster and suddenly spoke: "Partial Split, whether you like it or not, starting now, you are free!"

The trembling body of the Crawler Monster froze for a moment, and it raised its head to look at Yan Junze floating mid-air.

Ever since the moment it was captured by Yan Junze in Jianye Building, the Crawler Monster had always yearned for freedom. However, later, because it was nourished by the nodes in the Atlas, it tasted the sweetness of it, making it reluctant to leave Yan Junze's side.

But deep in its subconsciousness, the Crawler Monster's obsession had always been to escape Jianye Building, to no longer be under anyone's control after that moment, and to attain true freedom.

So all along, it had merely been forcibly subdued by Yan Junze. Its obsession, in truth, had never been fulfilled.

Among the other strangenesses following Yan Junze, apart from the Crawler Monster, all their obsessions had been completely fulfilled without exception. Thus, they could no longer provide energy to the Spacetime Atlas.

The only one left was this Crawler Monster.

And at this moment, whether it was willing or not, Yan Junze had decided to set it free. This creature's obsession, at this precise moment, had been forcibly completed.

[The life I yearned for, Anxiety-Inducing (High), is completed. Awarded 500 points of Different Dimension Energy.]

In an instant, as the task completion notification popped up, the entire Atlas lit up abruptly in Yan Junze's mind.

Although the current energy wasn't fully replenished, the energy upper limit of the Spacetime Atlas had been maxed out. The moment over five hundred nodes lit up, the energy within all timelines could finally flow seamlessly and without hindrance.

A delicate Atlas, like a painting scroll, unfolded in Yan Junze's mind.

Each node glittered and shone brilliantly; each timeline resembled the meridians and blood vessels of a human body. A deep, resonant roar echoed in his mind, as a line of text emerged.

[Spacetime Atlas fully loaded. Host has obtained the ability to ignore energy requirements and bypass the need for a Space-Time Rift to return to any time point once. This Super Spatiotemporal Fixed Insertion is a one-way entry and will require consuming all Atlas energy for the next activation.]

At this instant, the Void Demon's index finger touched Yan Junze's forehead, causing his entire body to tremble violently, beginning to blur and become transparent.

This body no longer belonged to him. His gaze calmly fell upon the crowd below, toward the small neighborhood, toward his home already blocked by tree shadows.

At home, he could vividly picture Yan Daguo, Li Man, Zhang Chengjing, Luo Wenli, and Zhang Xiaomo anxiously watching in this direction by the window.

"Xiaomo."

The image of Zhang Xiaomo appeared in his mind, seemingly smiling, yet seemingly worried, her brows tightly furrowed as she looked at him.

Two streams of tears burst forth uncontrollably. Her eyes grew misty, and the anguish on her face froze in that moment.

In Yan Junze's mind, his consciousness was gradually fading. At this moment, the singular thought that emerged was:

"Activate Super Spatiotemporal Fixed Insertion!"

Swish!

The next moment, everything before him plunged into darkness. The previous scene vanished entirely, including the Void Demon's finger that had been touching him.

In this darkness, Yan Junze discovered that his thoughts had become unusually clear.

A line of text appeared before his eyes.

[Please describe the spacetime you wish to insert.]

Staring at the text, memories flashed continuously in his mind.

Laboratory explosion, Atlas merging into himself, the explosion creating a one-way channel between the current world and Strange Space, the invasion of strangenesses, his rebirth and descent, strangenesses everywhere, Spirit Bridges constantly emerging, his endless exorcisms.

Wandering Spirits, Sculpting Spirits, Ethereal Spirits, and even Demon Spirits endlessly formed, the world in ruins, riddled with scars...

"Once more, return to the moment of my rebirth?"

As the thought crossed his mind, Yan Junze let out a bitter smile.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly shook his head.

Just at the very second he decided to activate Super Spatiotemporal Fixed Insertion, perhaps he had already made up his mind.

To restart was merely to walk the same path already traveled.

Perhaps there might be certain changes in between, perhaps an entirely new timeline could be created, but ultimately, as long as the Great Rewind is initiated, it is destined to fall under the control of the Void Demon, inescapably.

All of it seemed predetermined from the moment he acquired the Spacetime Atlas.

"Spacetime Atlas?!"

Yan Junze opened his eyes, as though enlightened by something, only to be met with an eerie darkness again.

Moments later, his lips moved as he said, "Please locate the moment before the laboratory explosion, when Assistant Director Dong Sheng insisted on pushing the real Quantum Spectrum into the 'Void State'."

[Locating, please wait...]

A line of text popped up, emitting faint white light.

[Detected that the targeted spacetime severely deviates from the current spacetime, and this event may produce paradoxes affecting the Atlas' continued existence. Correcting this event could lead to unpredictable consequences. Does the host confirm?]

"Confirm!"

The surroundings remained shrouded in utter darkness, without any sensation of spinning or shifting. Yet, from the moment the confirmation command was issued, Yan Junze realized he could no longer see his own body.

Whether he extended his hands or lowered his head, he couldn't see himself; he had turned into pure void.

Only his consciousness persisted.

The space, though enveloped in darkness, wasn't entirely pitch-black to the extent of being invisible.

Turning his head to take a closer look, he found it somewhat resembled the space where the Void Demon had once been sealed.