I can rewind time to prevent death

Jiang Yaofei kept his back against the wall, watching the white-clad figure of Sadako slowly move to one side, her shoulders unevenly rising and falling, wandering farther and farther away until she disappeared into the darkness.

He felt fortunate, for with the Magnetic Shielding Clothes, she hadn't noticed him at all.

It was only when Sadako's white silhouette had completely merged with the darkness that he slowly exhaled, adjusted his breathing, and once again glanced at the doorknob beside him.

The door seemed to be broken and couldn't be opened by normal means.

Moreover, there surely had been a colleague here just a moment ago, but now there was no one to be seen. The clear crack on the door indicated it had been forcibly damaged, suggesting that he might be experiencing the same fate as his colleague had before.

"How can I get out?"

Jiang Yaofei's mind raced, concluding that violence likely wouldn't be successful, or the chances of it would be slim, so he needed to come up with another method.

With a thought, he looked down at his Magnetic Energy Clothing, reached up to the magnetic clasp at the neck, and unfastened it with a click. The bat-like garment no longer clung to his body, instead draping softly over his shoulders without falling off.

He then cautiously moved into the darkness, clutching the Strangeness Interferer.

His rationale was simple: the oppressive might of the Red Coffin was intense; a lower-level strangeness wouldn't dare roam about inside a room nearby.

Therefore, Sadako's appearance suggested that this strangeness must have originated from the Red Coffin.

By that logic, not only was the lid of the Red Coffin open at this moment, but it had also released peculiar entities like Sadako.

Jiang Yaofei's thoughts coincided with those of Fang Zun a short time ago; closing the coffin lid would at least temporarily halt the appearance of more strangenesses.

Plus, with the Magnetic Energy Clothing and the Strangeness Interferer on hand, his chances of leaving the place were significant.

After activating the Strangeness Interferer and walking into the darkness, Jiang Yaofei became even more cautious. He could vaguely make out the exact location of the Red Coffin and thus didn't switch on his flashlight.

Along the way, he kept an eye out for any movements in the dark, particularly listening for sounds similar to Sadako's crawling.

But aside from his own soft footsteps, everything was eerily quiet.

Upon reaching the Red Coffin, Jiang Yaofei took a careful look and saw that the lid was indeed open. He steadied himself and, with his right hand not holding the Strangeness Interferer, reached out to close it.

Suddenly, a dark figure stood up on the side of the coffin that was open.

This shadow had been crouching on the exact spot below where the lid opened. Its small stature and lack of movement had kept it hidden from Jiang Yaofei's perception until it stood.

The figure seemed to wear dark clothing, short in height, making it immediately apparent that it wasn't Sadako.

As soon as the shadow stood, Jiang Yaofei froze, holding onto the coffin lid, daring not to make any sudden moves.

The figure straightened up and remained silent, standing still and facing the direction of Jiang Yaofei, as if gazing directly at him.

Jiang Yaofei was well aware that this strangeness didn't attack not because it didn't want to but because he held the Strangeness Interferer, whose influence prevented the strangeness from forming an attack magnetic field against him.

But this standoff wasn't a solution, and he had to make a move. Besides, Sadako, who had just appeared, might be standing right behind him.

With that thought, Jiang Yaofei felt a hair-raising sensation rise within him. He decided to switch on the flashlight and immediately shine it behind him.

He confirmed that his childhood fear—Sadako—was not there before turning back around with the flashlight to illuminate the dark figure standing beside the coffin.

In the process, Jiang Yaofei knew that even if the shadow was caught in the light, it couldn't attack him because of the Strangeness Interferer. At this moment, he felt a certain audacious security.

Regardless, even with the strangeness in front of him, he had to close the coffin lid; otherwise, there was no telling what other things might crawl out of this ominous casket.

But the moment the flashlight's beam hit the person in front of him, Jiang Yaofei jolted with such fright that he almost dropped the flashlight, exclaiming involuntarily, "Mom?!"

The person standing on the other side of the coffin was a short, plump old woman dressed in gray, her countenance somber as she stood there, staring unwaveringly at Jiang Yaofei from the darkness.

Indeed, this person looked exactly like Jiang Yaofei's mother.

At the age of 18, Jiang Yaofei's mother had passed away due to a severe illness.

Back then, Jiang Yaofei couldn't articulate how much sadness he felt, not because he was an only child, but because his temperamental mother believed strictly in physical discipline. He had been beaten from a young age all the way through his upbringing.

So, if asked who Jiang Yaofei feared the most in life, his mother was the obvious answer.

He remembered, it was at around the age of twelve, a time when his mother treated him the most harshly.

Due to his adolescent rebellion, he was almost beaten daily, violently so, to the point that sometimes he limped when walking, or could only sit as standing was too much to bear.

It was also during those times, when his adolescence was forcibly suppressed, that he didn't know how he ever survived. To this day, he had no desire to remember.

Now, at the sudden sight of the old woman standing before him, Jiang Yaofei instinctively trembled. It wasn't fear of the strangeness that shook him but a profound dread arising from the depths of his heart for his own mother. Enjoy new chapters from My Virtual Library Empire