I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 155 Tricky Silk Sub-Quest (Part 1)

Of course, where Night Traveling Puppy actually went to film videos was just a guess by Cheng Jingting, and he wasn't completely sure.

But this guess was already worth a try.

After some thought, Cheng Jingting walked over to a row of clay pots in the corner, opened one of them, and reached inside, stirring something around as if mixing it.

Then he scooped out a large blob of pitch-black liquid that was extremely viscous, resembling the mucus sprayed out by some giant monster, and dropped it on the floor with a splat.

The child who had been standing behind him began to tremble slightly at the sight of the black, viscous liquid, as if some desire inside him was surging, with more green liquid seeping from his eyes, nose, and corners of his mouth.

Cheng Jingting ignored the boy's changes and squat down, extending his index finger to stir the viscous liquid, seemingly trying to make it more even.

Then, he started writing in it with deliberate strokes.

In no time, the three characters for "Yan Junze" were messily inscribed in the thick liquid.

Cheng Jingting looked at his handiwork, seemingly pleased, stood up, and while admiring the three characters without looking up, he spoke to the boy standing by the bed, "Little Su Jie, it's your turn to go on stage. Remember to bring back all those chaotic video cameras and other equipment."

The boy named Little Su Jie silently walked towards the black sludge, his shivers growing more violent. Approaching it, he suddenly pounced to the floor and started greedily sucking it in mouthful after mouthful.

Soon, he had licked all the viscous liquid clean, and the three characters for Yan Junze were all consumed into his belly.

Cheng Jingting watched in silence as Little Su Jie stood up, then leaped soundlessly to the wall next to the window, clinging to it like a large spider, and quickly crawled out through the open window.

Thud thud thud...

The sound of knocking suddenly arose at that moment.

Cheng Jingting was slightly startled, walked to the door, peered through the peephole, then frowned and opened the door.

Outside stood a haggard woman in a earthy yellow dress, around her early thirties, with a rather dull and lifeless gaze.

After Cheng Jingting opened the door, she spoke mechanically, "My child, my child is missing. Have you... have you seen my child?"

"Er, sorry, I haven't seen him," Cheng Jingting was about to close the door but then thought better of it and opened it a crack again, saying, "This is the 37th time you've asked me, and I don't want there to be a next time. Otherwise, I will report you for neighbor harassment. Thank you."

With an indifferent face, as if she had lost her spirit, the woman turned silently away. However, instead of leaving, she went to the door across from Cheng Jingting's room and knocked on that family's door.

Cheng Jingting closed the door, muttering, "It's only a child, can't she just have another one at her young age? She's a crazy woman indeed."

...

Even though there was no moonlight, Yan Junze still carried an umbrella when he left the house.

The objective of this mission was simple, to locate the underground space in Mountain Park, and, without touching the creator of Tricky Silk, the main mission's Boss, clear out the Tricky Silk that connected the four families and complete the side quest.

For now, he didn't plan on completing the Tricky Silk, the high-level horror task.

That would have to wait for later, and, at the very least, it wouldn't happen until Exorcists of four or five stars hadn't already discovered and dealt with the culprit behind the Tricky Silk.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be his turn.

After registering at the Spectacular Courtyard's security duty room for a visit, naturally to Bao Yunjing's family, Yan Junze ran over to Bao Yunjing's place to inform them that he would solve their problem that night.

Around ten o'clock, he left the house and headed towards Mountain Park No. 2.

There were still people moving about at night in the Spectacular Courtyard Residential Area, but far fewer in number. Yan Junze had changed into a black tracksuit that day to avoid being spotted as he roamed around Mountain Park.

He arrived at the closed iron gate at the back of the park with practiced ease, following the locations he had previously scouted.

At this time, the open ground in front of the gate was deserted; the old men and women who had been spinning tops there had long dispersed, but the marks left by the spinning tops on the ground were still very clear.

Standing before the gate, Yan Junze activated the Rewind and kept it cycling, then he took the camera out of his backpack, placed it on his chest, and set the video camera on a flat stone facing the gate.

Next, he took out a pair of portable bolt cutters and slowly approached the gate.

As he neared the gate without yet attempting to snip the iron lock, a mission information suddenly popped up in his mind.

[Tricky Silk]

The content of the mission information was exactly the same as what he had detected on his own last time. It seemed that this place was indeed the Underground Space mentioned in the mission.

However, at this moment, Yan Junze hesitated slightly; if he opened the gate, would he simultaneously trigger the main mission?

But on second thought, since the mission prompt included these four sub-missions, it indicated that the sub-missions could be completed separately, as long as he was careful.

If it was too dangerous, he could just Rewind to the present and think of another strategy.

Lifting the bolt cutters, he clamped onto the iron lock, and with a snap, the lock was easily cut through.

Yan Junze placed the bolt cutters on the ground behind him, gently removed the broken iron lock, handled it with care, and then pulled on the right side of the gate, slowly opening it outward.

To his surprise, the iron gate made no sound as it opened, very quiet.

After the iron gate was opened, a pitch-black space was revealed, where nothing could be seen.

Of course, this didn't faze the clever Yan Junze, who exuded a strong air of youthful bravado. He took out two flashlights, turned them both on, fixed one to his waist, and held the other in his left hand.

Then, he released the club with his right hand.

He didn't plan to release Long-tongued Zhenzhen and the Crawler Monster again; there was no way around it. After facing the instigator behind the Tricky Silk, aside from exposing the fact that their levels were too low and they were more bother than help, they were almost of no use.

For now, Yan Junze didn't want to waste Rewind Energy on this, as the mission prompt was clear: before provoking "it," he had to ensure he had enough Rewind Energy.

In the dark space near the gate, a large amount of messy tables and chairs were placed. Most of these tables and chairs were already damaged, along with discarded wooden boxes, some construction waste left from building Mountain Park, rusty pipes, and discarded decoration parts, among other things.

From the outside, it was impossible to tell what was there, but Yan Junze felt intuitively that this underground space was larger or deeper than what met the eye.

Thick layers of dust covered the numerous items, which were webbed over with cobwebs.

Yan Junze proceeded to put on the prepared mask, sidestepped the stacked tables and chairs, stepped onto the discarded construction debris, and walked in.

The light from the flashlights in his hand and on his waist, after going in about four or five steps from the direction of the gate, could no longer be seen from the outside.

It was as if he was instantly swallowed by darkness.

At the same moment, a small, withered body that crawled like a spider approached the open gateway of this underground space.

But as it was about to near the iron gate, this purplish-green body suddenly shivered and retreated frantically more than ten steps, hiding fearfully behind a large flat boulder.

Your journey continues at empire

Quietly, it did not move again.

Atop this large flat boulder was a running portable video camera with its lens pointed straight at the gate.