"Mom, it's fine. I'll talk to you about it when I come back tomorrow. It's not clear over the phone," Mu Rufeng began.
"Tomorrow? You're not coming back tonight?" Liu Meizhu caught the key point.
"Yeah, I got something to do tonight, need to stay over here," Mu Rufeng said.
"I bought a lot of your favorite food, there's old duck, yellow croaker, and your favorite shrimp..." Liu Meizhu nattered on.
"Mom, I really can't get away from here. Just keep the yellow croaker and shrimp in a bowl, I'll eat them when I come back tomorrow, okay?" Mu Rufeng said.
"Okay, okay, tomorrow, tomorrow, but, Rufeng, you really need to be careful," Liu Meizhu advised.
"I know, Mom, just let Dad know, I'll talk to you both when I get back. That's it for now, I'm hanging up."
After hanging up the phone, Mu Rufeng sighed.
"Brother Mu, what's up? Your aunt and uncle still don't know what you're actually doing?" Wu Peng asked.
"Yeah, I only became a Contractor not long ago, and I was in Changsha until now. I just got back and haven't figured out how to tell my parents yet," Mu Rufeng nodded.
"Hey, what's so hard to tell? Look at me, after becoming a Contractor, I showed off my certificate to my parents."
"And took them to the house provided by my unit. Once they saw the property deed, my parents were overjoyed."
"Even if they still didn't believe me, I just showed them my ability and then they believed," Wu Peng said with a chuckle.
"Heh, that's one way to do it," Mu Rufeng smiled and said.
"That's right. Plus, I used the opportunity to educate my parents and my sister about the Mysterious World, so they could be prepared for the future."
"And, I heard that the higher-ups are planning to release some information soon," added Wu Peng.
"Mm, you've got a point," Mu Rufeng nodded, making up his mind.
As Abnormal instances were becoming more frequent, it was time to tell his parents some things.
"Brother Mu, we've captured the Corpse Turtle," at that moment, Bai Jingwei reappeared at Mu Rufeng's side.
Bai Jingwei had the six Corpse Turtles hanging from her arm.
All alive, biting onto Bai Jingwei's sleeve, refusing to let go, utterly at her mercy.
"What did you call me?" Mu Rufeng looked at Bai Jingwei.
"Brother Mu, of course," Bai Jingwei said playfully.
"Mm?" Mu Rufeng looked at Bai Jingwei with a cold gaze.
"Alright then, Brother Mu, here are your Corpse Turtles, I'm going back to rest," Bai Jingwei said, bored, dropping the Corpse Turtles before heading straight back to the Contract Slot.
Wu Peng looked at Mu Rufeng with envy.
Clearly, he really liked these types of beautiful, well-built Contract Demons with such quirks.
Mu Rufeng paid no attention to Wu Peng's gaze and instead looked at the Corpse Turtles on the ground, trying to scuttle away in all directions.
Mu Rufeng shook his hand, and the Bandage shot out, wrapping up the Corpse Turtles in an instant.
Mu Rufeng lifted his foot and stomped one of the Corpse Turtles dead.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, no reaction.
Mu Rufeng frowned slightly, then lifted his foot again and crushed another.
Mu Rufeng found this strange.
He crouched down to inspect the pulverized corpse worm.
Mu Rufeng didn't sense any ghost qi from the remains, clearly, it was thoroughly dead.
But why didn't it trigger the "get stronger by killing monsters" attribute if it was indeed dead?
After all, even when Little Ying consumed the Cannibal Demon, he had gained a 0.1 increase in Constitution.
Just as Mu Rufeng was about to kill another, Wu Peng next to him said, "Brother Mu, we can't kill all the Corpse Turtles, we need to research why they emerged from Liu Yi's body."
"That's true, Wu Peng, tell me, do these Corpse Turtles count as creatures from the Mysterious World?" Mu Rufeng asked.
"Of course, they count. There's still ghost qi inside them. I just can't figure out why the Corpse Turtles appeared in the real world."
"It can't possibly be that someone made a Contract with the Corpse Turtle King, and these little ones were born in the real world, right?" Wu Peng joked.
"Mm? What you said... sounds quite sensible," Mu Rufeng said, pondering for a moment.
"But, even so..." Mu Rufeng started but then stopped.
"Find something to lock them up with," Mu Rufeng said.
"Right, I'll go find something."
Soon after, Wu Peng placed the remaining four Corpse Turtles into a glass box.
The glass seemed to be made from special material because even the Corpse Turtles' impacts could only leave a faint mark.
"This glass is quite sturdy," Mu Rufeng remarked.
"Mm, it's high-strength bulletproof glass, even submachine gun bullets can't penetrate it," Wu Peng said.
"Right, where is your training room? I haven't worked out yet today, need to get some training in," Mu Rufeng said.
"Here, Xiao He, you take Brother Mu down," Wu Peng instructed.
"Sure. Brother Peng, Mr. Mu, follow me," Xiao He, who was sitting in front of the monitors, quickly got up.
Led by Xiao He, Mu Rufeng arrived at the third basement level's training area.
The training area was bustling with a dozen people going through routine exercises.
They were all sweating heavily; there was no air conditioning here.
Despite being underground, the temperature outside was scorching, and even down here, it was around 34-35 degrees Celsius.