I can rewind time to prevent death

This man was none other than Yan Junze.

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Standing within the Space-Time Rift.

A message about Butterfly Effect Stabilization popped up before his eyes.

[This "Spacetime Fixed Point Insertion" has created a total of 3 Butterfly Effects. The energy consumption estimated for processing the first Butterfly Effect is 800 points, with 1471 ripples generated. For the second Butterfly Effect, the estimated energy consumption is 1100 points, with 2203 ripples generated. For the third Butterfly Effect, the estimated energy consumption is 1500 points, with 2860 ripples generated.]

Yan Junze looked closely, noticing that this "Great Rewind" didn't produce many Butterfly Effects, but each one contained numerous ripples, leading to a significant increase in the energy needed for repairs.

[You may choose to handle the first and second Butterfly Effects yourself, or let "Butterfly Effect Stabilization" complete it automatically. During the automated process, the host may opt to observe from a third-person perspective. Would you like to start now?]

Yan Junze was intensely curious about the events and timeline of this Great Rewind because, unlike before, he had not just undergone one Great Rewind within the Space-Time Rift, but two.

During the second Great Rewind, he had disrupted the timeline from the first one, meaning that the event which had initially drawn him to perform the Great Rewind to rescue Ke'er and her mother would no longer occur. Yan Junze needed to see what could have prompted him to make the decision to return.

However, the first and second Butterfly Effects that followed weren't necessarily meant to correct that particular event; he would need to observe them to know for sure.

"Begin."

[Initiating the stabilization of the first Butterfly Effect. Would you like to handle it personally, or shall the Atlas correct it automatically?]

A prompt appeared in his mind.

"Let the Atlas correct it automatically. I will observe from a third-person perspective," Yan Junze silently commanded in his heart.

The stars in front of him were suddenly torn apart by a rift, revealing the scenery of Zhen City.

Yan Junze's body hadn't moved, but he felt as if he had entered the scene before him, experiencing it firsthand as an observer.

This was the place he had just left, the entrance of a supermarket in Zhen City, where Dwarf Mickey had been killed.

Some time must have passed since Mickey's death, at this moment seven or eight members of the Half Moon Association clad in brown uniforms were standing where Mickey had been slain.

The leader, a man with a gun at his waist, stood at the forefront, his hand stroking his chin covered by a head hood, his brow furrowed as he gazed at a dark area on the ground.

Yan Junze took a few steps closer to get a clearer view.

Only then did he notice that although the leader was also wearing a brown uniform, there was a red stripe on each arm, differentiating his uniform from the plain brown ones.

The leader said, "Mickey's magnetic field vanished right here. We used a detector, and besides his magnetic field, the magnetic fields of two strangenesses also appeared here."

"Boss." A slightly overweight man by his side spoke up, "Could it have been those two strangenesses that killed him? But Mickey was very fast. I remember you saying that he could keep up with Teleport when running at full speed."

The leader shook his head, "Could it be that those two strangenesses are very strong?"

The man to his left glanced at the magnetic field collapse emitter in his hand and said, "They can't be that powerful, or our emitter would definitely sound an alarm."

Yan Junze's gaze dropped and he caught a glimpse of the metal rod in the man's hand, thinking to himself that it apparently also had a function to alert them to the level of the strangenesses.

"Can we find these two strangenesses?" the leader asked.

A slender brown-clothed person stepped forward from the second row, carrying a box-like device resembling a communications kit on his back, square and with raised triangles, likely a signal transmitter.

"I'll try," the slender brown-clothed person nodded, then pressed several buttons and began adjusting the signal with a transmitter in his hand.

The communication box emitted a beeping sound.

At the same moment, a text message popped up before Yan Junze's eyes.

[This is the site of the first Butterfly Effect occurrence and is due for correction. Would you like to view an uncorrected segment?]

All the scenes before him, including the movements of the people and the sounds of speech, came to a standstill, waiting for Yan Junze to decide.

Without hesitation, Yan Junze thought, "Watch it once."

The next second, the paused scenes resumed movement.

Beep—

Just then, a prolonged beep sounded from the communication box, and the slender brown-clothed person's eyes lit up as he pulled out a display screen and tapped it several times.

A real-time map appeared on the screen. He zoomed in by spreading his fingers.

Pointing at a lit red dot on the map, the slender brown-clothed person said, "Boss, found them."

The leader looked at the screen, and the slender brown-clothed person explained, "Based on the magnetic field left here and comparing with the places we just passed, we found matching magnetic traces in this location. Hmm, the two strangenesses seem to be clung to one another right now, the fields are overlapping, which likely indicates a special strangeness."

"Clung to one another?" the leader speculated, "Could they have burned to death together?"

"Or could it be a pregnant strangeness?" another man suggested.

"Whatever the case, this strangeness does seem special, no wonder it could kill my Mickey!" the leader nodded slightly, "Where are they now?"