I can rewind time to prevent death

Despite his fear, Ku Zai was no longer trembling.

He was all too familiar with this scene. Having escaped the nightmares of the past few days, his heart had finally begun to calm down slowly. Yet, the arrival of this scene still triggered the fear within him at the beginning.

But this fear was something he had grown accustomed to. Once it emerged, he was still able to adapt quickly.

The obese woman with deformed feet was the first to approach Ku Zai, wrapping her arms around him in a slow embrace, her face revealing a look of enjoyment and yearning.

The crawling man, although a bit slower than the woman, quickly reached the feet of Ku Zai. He struggled to prop up his upper body, hugged Ku Zai's legs, and began to lick his shoes and pant legs with his tongue.

This was a true act of groveling!

Ku Zai is mighty!

Yan Junze took another step back. With Ku Zai present, he became the brightest kid on the block, and none of the strange beings paid any attention to him.

Behind Ku Zai, an old man in a security guard uniform emerged from the pile of steel ruins.

The old man held a flashlight in one hand, its front end already shattered, and a baton fastened at his waist. Most importantly, his lower jaw and upper jaw had come apart, and as he walked, his jaw bounced rhythmically with his steps, looking extremely creepy.

Not only that, but a large number of maggot-like creatures crawled out of his mouth, occasionally falling onto his jaw and being tossed out by its shaking.

After the appearance of the security guard, a clear oppressiveness filled the air. The obese woman and the half-bodied man hesitated slightly, but they still did not let go of Ku Zai, though they dared not cling to him too closely anymore.

Then the security guard moved closer. He paid no attention to the other strangenesses, instead standing behind Ku Zai and leaning in to sniff the back of his head.

During this, his dangling jaw repeatedly collided with Ku Zai's neck and shoulders. Some of the maggots fell off, crawling on Ku Zai's body, causing him to shake once more.

"Ugh..."

At that moment, a strange noise emanated from the depths of the abandoned factory.

Yan Junze had been keeping an eye on Ku Zai's condition, ready to stop immediately if he sensed the situation might spiral out of control.

Upon hearing that strange noise, he looked up to see a thin, short man stumbling out of the doorway of a factory building that had collapsed halfway.

The man was Baldy. At first glance, one might have thought he was drunk and had been sleeping in the abandoned factory.

However, it quickly became apparent to Yan Junze that something was wrong.

Baldy suddenly opened his mouth, making a retching sound, as a large mass of yellow filth spurted from his mouth. He lifted his head, not bothering to wipe his mouth, leaving his body and chin smeared with the filth.

Immediately after, instead of walking, Baldy ran madly in Ku Zai's direction. His speed was astonishing; after running for more than twenty meters, he tilted his head and spewed out a large amount of filth again, yet his running speed did not decrease.

At the same time, the three strangenesses beside Ku Zai wore faces of terror and quickly retreated, including the old security guard, who moved away swiftly.

However, due to their attachment to Ku Zai, the three strangenesses only backed away a few meters and, after stopping, looked reluctantly in Ku Zai's direction.

Soon, the retching man stood behind Ku Zai, gazed at the back of his head, and a smile spread across his face.

His smile was eerie; no other facial feature responded except for his mouth, which split at the corners at a terrifying rate, extending to the roots of his ears. The remaining yellow fluid in his mouth dribbled out.

He raised a hand, the coiled index finger extended, edging closer to Ku Zai's back, and lightly tapped Ku Zai's lean, trembling body.

Then Baldy's gaping mouth opened wide, his lips parted so much that at a glance, it looked like his head had split in two. He was about to bite down on Ku Zai's shoulder.

"Xiang Er."

Yan Junze shouted loudly. The man before him was clearly very powerful and, unlike other strangenesses, he posed a real danger to Ku Zai. Should he bite down, Ku Zai would either be killed or, at the very least, be gravely injured.

Almost simultaneously with his shout, Xiang Er appeared, leaping directly from behind Yan Junze, her feet barely touching the ground as she charged to face the retching strangeness, her foot hitting squarely in its chest.

The chest collapsed instantly, and before the creature could be flung away, its neck was seized tightly by Xiang Er in the very next second.

"This one must be killed. The other strangenesses are not dangerous," Yan Junze instructed.

Xiang Er nodded, slammed the retching creature to the ground, and pressed it down, rubbing it hard against the floor.

Xiang Er was already known for her explosive strength, and this kind of friction was intense. After just a few moments, the creature's outer layer of skin had peeled away, followed by chunks of flesh, and then splintering bones.

In about ten seconds, the short, thin creature was completely reduced to ash under Xiang Er's hands, vanishing amid shrill screams.

Meanwhile, the other three strangenesses had already scattered like bees from a hive, running far away until they disappeared. Even the man-creature with only an upper body, who had been frightened out of his wits by Xiang Er, managed to use his hands as feet, fleeing upside down at a breathtaking speed, even faster than the obese woman, leading way out in front.