I can rewind time to prevent death

Tianmeng Science University.

After his morning class, Yan Junze had just picked up his books and left the classroom when his phone began to vibrate in his pocket, the moment he was out of the range of the mobile signal blocker.

He glanced at his phone, it was a call from Zhang Xiaomo. As soon as he answered the call, Zhang Xiaomo's urgent voice came through, "Junze, something terrible has happened."

"What's wrong?" Yan Junze asked with a start, standing in the corridor at the classroom entrance, his brow furrowing.

"If someone sends you a video, don't open it. Don't watch any videos," Zhang Xiaomo's voice was grave, "A Possession Spirit can spread and possess the viewers through videos."

"You're saying... it replicates itself through this method?" Yan Junze asked.

"No," Zhang Xiaomo shook her head, "It's killing people, killing indiscriminately. Anyone who watches the video and becomes possessed dies, without exception."

"What is its purpose? Do you know?" Yan Junze guessed it had something to do with the viral video linked to the phrase "No Action, No Death".

"Not clear yet, but my dad said the headquarters is currently analyzing the situation to see if it has anything to do with a powerful Possession Spirit that the Great Capital branch in the USA has been looking for recently," Zhang Xiaomo explained.

"Where are you now?" Yan Junze asked.

"Heading to 'Open Your Eyes' video's Tianmeng Branch, the area has been cordoned off," Zhang Xiaomo seemed to be hurrying, her breath slightly labored as she spoke.

Taken aback, Yan Junze said, "If they're worried about the video spreading, why not just shut down the video company's servers?"

"The video has already been downloaded and spread," replied Zhang Xiaomo, "Although we blocked the server and banned the official 'Open Your Eyes' website as quickly as possible, netizens have already downloaded the video, and it's circulating wildly online. Web monitors and security agents are all on the move, catching and suppressing each instance, but people are still dying nonstop."

After a pause, Zhang Xiaomo added, "We suspect some are using the video for revenge, but it has a high chance of causing collateral damage. Right now, all public place video advertisements have been stopped, and we're tracking down the source of the video to see how to contain it."

"Got it, I understand," Yan Junze nodded.

He hung up the phone and looked up to see rows of electronic screens in the middle of the school's teaching building, with lines of red text on black background popping up.

"Emergency notice, emergency notice, this announcement is jointly issued by the Tianmeng Security Bureau and the Exorcist team. All teachers and students are advised to refrain from playing any videos of unknown origin from now on. Do not click on video links out of curiosity, as your life could depend on it. Everyone must take this seriously and try to inform family, friends, classmates, and those around you."

At this moment, Yan Junze noticed that the phone signal had vanished again. It seemed that a comprehensive signal blocker had been activated throughout the school, for fear that some students couldn't resist the temptation to click on the video.

When Yan Junze returned to his dormitory, he found Fat He Bishou appearing totally unsettled, constantly patting his chest, with his phone cast aside on the desk, screen down.

"Did you watch that video?" Yan Junze asked.

Fat He nodded, "Just now... I was watching it when I heard the broadcast and quickly turned it off. I'm not sure if it was off. Anyway, at the moment I closed the video, I flipped my phone screen down onto the desk."

Yan Junze looked at the phone lying face down on the desk and leaned in to listen for any sound from the video.

"There's no sound. The video volume is very low. I had turned it up to maximum, but I could barely hear a bit," said Fat He.

Yan Junze glanced at him and asked, "What was shown in the video?"

"It picked up right where the last video ended, with Ding Jun possessed and meeting up with his three teammates. The four of them stood together, holding hands, and then the other three fell, leaving only Ding Jun standing. That's when I heard the broadcast and panicked, dropping my phone," Fat He recounted, still shaken.

Yan Junze reached out and touched the phone on the desk. Fat He hurriedly said, "Don't pick it up. I'm not sure if the video was actually turned off. What if it's still playing?"

Yan Junze pressed the power button on the side of the phone, holding it for a few seconds, and then forcibly restarted the device.

He handed the phone back to Fat He, "It's okay now. After restarting, delete the video you downloaded right away, so you don't accidentally open it again."

After stuffing his textbooks into a drawer, Yan Junze added, "I'm going to step out for a while. Notify Huahua and Zhao Zheng not to randomly open unknown videos."

"Okay, sure." Fat He pinched the phone between two fingers, as if it contained a demon possibly ready to leap out and claim his life any moment.

Yan Junze left the dormitory and hurriedly made his way to an off-campus rental house.

At the same time.

Ku Zai sat in his rental house browsing through news on his phone, his interests predominantly revolving around strangenesses, likely due to a long-standing habit.

That was also why he followed several popular paranormal exploration videos and had discovered the one where the Possession Spirit could possess viewers through the camera.

Just then, he received an email. He opened it and found it to be from an anonymous sender, mass-mailing a video link.

He casually opened the link and an emergency notice popped up on his screen just as he did so. Because the notice and the clicked link appeared almost simultaneously, the video that opened was overlaid by the notice the moment it appeared.