"Let’s begin," Mu Rufeng said as he closed the large door to the lab, addressing Mumu Ya.
The latter nodded and then began searching.
The task’s instructions were already very clear, so Mu Rufeng didn’t need to explain further.
One minute, five minutes, ten minutes later, Mumu Ya’s excited voice rang out, "I’ve found it, Butler Mu, I’ve found it."
Mu Rufeng, who had been sitting on the sofa, stood up immediately and then appeared right behind Mumu Ya.
At that moment, Mumu Ya was squatting in a corner.
There used to be a table in this corner with an ornament placed on it.
Now the table had been moved aside, and Mumu Ya had lifted the floorboards to reveal a black metal safe.
"It’s actually here? But I definitely scanned this area with my Ghostly Powers before, and I remember there was nothing underneath," Mu Rufeng frowned.
He deployed his Ghostly Powers again, and this time, the safe under the floorboard was detectable.
After a moment’s thought, Mu Rufeng covered the floorboard again, and instantly, the safe disappeared from within the Ghostly Powers’ view.
This made Mu Rufeng realize that the material of the floorboard must also be quite special.
As long as it was covered, his Ghostly Powers couldn’t detect the safe below.
Immediately, Mu Rufeng took out the safe.
Just as Mu Rufeng was preparing to try each key from the bunch he had, he began to feel frustrated.
Not a single key matched the lock of the safe.
In other words, the key that Mumu Ya needed was actually for the lab’s main door, not the safe.
Mu Rufeng looked at Mumu Ya, "Have you received another task?"
"Yes, Butler Mu, this new task requires me to place the safe in a red trash can inside a storage room on the fourth floor," Mumu Ya said.
Mu Rufeng stared at Mumu Ya and then used his ability to question him multiple times, confirming he was not lying.
"Go back and rest, I will call for you again," Mu Rufeng said, waving at Mumu Ya.
Without waiting for Mumu Ya to respond, Mu Rufeng used his Ghostly Powers to transport him to the staircase on the second floor.
Mumu Ya, realizing belatedly that he was back, walked toward his own room with a smile on his face.
To be honest, he was quite happy, because the rewards for those two extra tasks were exceptionally generous.
The base reward was twenty thousand soul notes plus a two-hundred percent completion rate; doubled, that was forty thousand soul notes and a four-hundred percent completion rate.
Soul notes were a minor matter, but the completion rate was crucial.
The completion rate affected the final settlement reward.
You see, the highest completion rate he had ever achieved was only three hundred percent.
And now, these two extra tasks already amounted to four hundred percent, which was more than double his previous record when combined with the first phase of the task.
It was that time, with a three hundred percent completion, that he acquired a decent attack item, which had helped him through several tough challenges.
So, if he could successfully complete the Death Game this time, he would definitely rise to prominence.
The safe wasn’t very large, about the size of two shoeboxes stacked together.
Mu Rufeng took out the safe.
[Old Safe]: This is an old safe from many years ago, which has become a bit worn out.
Effect: Level 5 item, requires the correct key to open; forcing it open will destroy the items inside.
"Good thing I have the Universal Key," Mu Rufeng said with a smile as he took out the Universal Key.
With a "click!", the safe was opened.
Mu Rufeng first kept the Universal Key away, then looked inside, but to his surprise, it was a heart that was beating inside.
A heart that was still pulsating.
Mu Rufeng was momentarily taken aback.
He couldn’t figure out why there would be a heart inside the safe.
Mu Rufeng thought for a bit, reached out to touch it, and tried to inspect its attributes.
[Beating Heart]: A pulsating, unidentified heart.
A plain description, yet it provided no information to Mu Rufeng.
Mu Rufeng attempted to place it in his Item Slot, and to his surprise, the heart actually could be stored in it.
"So, is this item actually a heart?" Mu Rufeng felt even more confused about the Ancient Castle.
Mu Rufeng pondered a bit more and then took out a corpse from his Item Slot, which was used to enable cheats.
He peeled open the chest of the corpse and removed the decayed heart inside, replacing it with the one from the safe.
Afterward, Mu Rufeng stored both the corpse and the safe back into his Item Slot.
He then released his Ghostly Powers and transported Mumu Ya, who was lying in bed thinking about things, to the lab.
"Ah... Butler Mu, do you need me for something else?" Mumu Ya was startled but relaxed after seeing Mu Rufeng.
He knew now that Mu Rufeng was not going to harm him.
Or rather, Mu Rufeng would not act now, because Mumu Ya still held an additional task that was of use to Butler Mu.
Once again, a violent roar came from outside, and the Ancient Castle shook.
Neither Mu Rufeng nor Mumu Ya reacted anymore; they were used to it.
"Take this safe, and when the opportunity is right, you carry out your task and place it at the targeted location," Mu Rufeng said.