I can rewind time to prevent death

However, the first time, adding up the energy used for nine small-scale rewinds along with the space-time positioning, the energy consumption wasn't high, leaving a total of 12,400 points remaining.

Now, with the second space-time positioning, another 4,100 points were consumed, leaving 8,300 points.

The energy was still abundant, but he didn't want to return to the Void of the space-time rift for a third time-space positioning. Although there was still energy left, it would be best to eradicate the root of the problem directly this time.

Muttering "Enter" to himself, his vision flashed, dizziness and weightlessness hit him almost at once, but his feet quickly landed firmly on the ground.

Yan Junze opened his eyes and found himself standing next to one of the shelves in a fairly large supermarket.

The shelves on both sides were filled with snacks such as potato chips, dried fruit, chocolate, and biscuits.

But the merchandise was not complete, few items remained on the shelves, and the floor was littered with torn food packaging and crushed powder.

It looked as though, before Zhen City was abandoned, this place had experienced significant upheaval, the order of life had definitely turned into chaos, and the supermarket looked as if it had been through a battle, with trash left in disarray after looting.

There was no electricity here, only that the supermarket doors were open, allowing the outside light to filter in, preventing the interior from being too dark.

Yan Junze stood still and looked around, but he could see nothing.

He walked deeper into the supermarket, calling out in a low voice, "Ke'er? Back-faced Woman?"

The supermarket was eerily quiet; after calling out a few times, there was no response at all.

Outside the supermarket, on the street, a strong wind picked up, swirling up dust clouds and tossing discarded newspapers and wrapping paper in the air.

Yan Junze averted his gaze from the street and refocused his attention on the darker corners inside the supermarket.

"Ke'er? I'm here. Where are you? Come out!"

As he walked, Yan Junze kept calling out softly.

There was a reason for returning to the supermarket now; since the Half Moon Association had laid a trap in the hospital, he decided to cut the source off directly before they discovered Ke'er and her mother.

That way, these people wouldn't find the Back-faced Woman and Ke'er again, and the scene in the hospital wouldn't happen.

Initially, Yan Junze's thoughts were confined to the hospital, pondering over how to escape, but now, returning to this point in time effectively prevented the incident at the hospital from happening, a more direct approach.

He believed that no matter how much he struggled recently, the "Butterfly Effect Stabilization" would eventually give him a satisfactory resolution.

As for why he didn't choose to go back to the moment right after the Back-faced Woman first recognized Ke'er, when they left FH Community, to lock them in place then to avoid the current situation...

It wasn't that Yan Junze didn't want to, it was that he couldn't.

Even if he chose to lock the mother and child in place at that time, when leaving that space-time, he would only take away an empty replica from the node; the Atlas would strictly filter the mother and daughter back into their own space-time according to the rules.

And if he chose not to impose a Lockdown, but instead let his past self do it, that wouldn't work either.

Because at that time, he had no ability to lock a Sculpting Spirit-level strangeness.

Moreover, the Back-faced Woman had just made contact with him and wasn't familiar with him; embedding a Semi-Spirit in him was not only a gesture of gratitude but also to keep an eye on him.

Persuading the Back-faced Woman to stay by his side was extremely difficult; angering her would mean it wasn't just a Semi-Spirit Body he had, but he would never be able to return to a normal person's True Spirit state.

Temporarily setting aside these thoughts and continuing to walk and call out, the rustling sound of movement came from behind a row of shelves not far away.

Yan Junze stopped in his tracks and said softly, "Ke'er?"

No sooner had he spoken than footsteps sounded, and a short figure emerged from behind the shelf, wearing a skirt, tilting its head, and stretching its neck to look in his direction.

"Ke'er?"

Upon seeing the small figure, Yan Junze smiled, stepped forward, and stretched out his arms in a welcoming gesture, about to speak.

Suddenly, he froze and stopped moving, shifting two steps to the right to allow the daylight, which was initially blocked by him, to shine on the small figure in the skirt.

Soon Yan Junze saw clearly that it was a dwarf wearing a kitchen apron and a pink lace-edged sun hat.

The dwarf slowly lifted its head, revealing a set of distorted features as if they had been pressed by something, gazing back at Yan Junze.

Just then, a crawling sound came from not far behind the dwarf, followed by a voice in a pitch that was incredibly familiar to Yan Junze.

"Huh?"