"RG003" was the invitation code Merlin had given him at the banquet. Once he added his personal information, he could join the platform.
However, after obtaining the invitation code, he had become more cautious and had not entered it immediately to join the platform.
He did not want his location to be tracked.
Therefore, he wanted to investigate further and confirm everything before deciding whether to join. He had indeed followed the clues to Hell's Kitchen.
But before he could find out more, he had already been brought to this dim cave.
Now, he had no other choice. Instead, he hoped the game platform Merlin had mentioned could pinpoint his location precisely.
The area was covered in surveillance cameras. Sooner or later, they would discover that he was building armor.
The small computer screen entered a loading page after he entered the invitation code and personal information.
Soon, an R-Star icon flashed, followed by a pop-up page.
The R Star Store appeared first. Although he desperately wanted to examine all the strange items inside, he knew what he urgently needed right now.
Remembering that Merlin had said tasks could be posted on the platform, he immediately swiped the screen and searched.
Before long, an option to post a task popped up.
Seeing this, he grew slightly nervous. He glanced at Yinsen, who was still putting on an act to fool the Ten Commandments Gang members, then his expression became firmer as he tapped it.
A page quickly appeared on the screen.
[Welcome, Mr. Tony Stark. Please write the task you wish to post.]
Stark swallowed. The sight of hope dawning before him left his mouth dry.
[I was kidnapped by the Ten Commandments Gang in the Middle East. Please, someone save me.]
After writing the task, he uploaded it.
The loading page spun for a while, then a line of text appeared.
[Task generated successfully. Please select the task reward.]
"Task reward?" Stark froze. Then, seeing the zero balance displayed on the platform, he was dumbfounded.
"Stark, are you done yet?" Yinsen, who was acting nearby, urged quietly.
Stark had been crouching there for too long. If this continued, the Ten Commandments Gang members in the Surveillance Room would notice something was wrong.
Hearing Yinsen's urging, Stark no longer hesitated. If that was the case, he could only sell knowledge first.
However, when he entered the technical data for the Jericho Missile, it was rejected, and the platform stated that it already possessed the relevant technology.
After that, he tried entering technical data on other Stark Industries weapons, but nearly all of them were rejected by the platform, which stated that it already possessed related or more advanced technology.
In the end, he could only look at the energy source in his chest and the armor design in his mind.
He hesitated, but then thought of his current situation. Taking it with him to Hell after he died was not his style.
With that thought, he immediately began compiling the technical data and sent up the technology for the Cold Fusion Reactor.
"Bang!" A loud sound suddenly came from the massive iron door. Then the leader burst in with men carrying AKs.
Stark's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to remain calm and continued entering the technical data.
Even though it was only palladium, writing it all down still took some time.
What surprised him was that the R-Star Platform already possessed Controllable Nuclear Fusion technology, though it was still rather large.
It was not reduced to palm size like the one in his chest, nor was it the safer, more stable Cold Fusion.
"What are you doing?" The leader tried to keep his expression gentle. The man before him was his cash cow.
Yinsen immediately stepped forward to translate.
"I'm writing a program for the missile. A Cluster Missile needs program commands while it's in the air," Stark said casually. Since he had developed the Jericho Missile himself, he could say whatever he wanted.
Yinsen immediately translated it for the Ten Commandments Gang leader.
"Very good. Truly professional."
The leader watched Stark seriously writing something for the missile. He did not understand any of it, but he could sense Stark's professionalism.
Thus, with a broad smile, he said something to Yinsen in Arabic, offering praise and a few urging words before leaving the cave.
"Bang!" The iron door slowly closed. The Ten Commandments Gang had come quickly and left just as quickly.
Stark finally let out a breath of relief.
"What are you doing?" Yinsen seemed to have noticed something was wrong and hurriedly asked.
"Posting a task to get someone to rescue us," Tony said casually.
"What? You can contact the outside?" Yinsen immediately became excited.
Stark did not answer him. Instead, he focused on compiling the data.
[Upload successful. Estimating value...] [Estimated value: 1.3 quadrillion] [Congratulations on becoming an R Star Five-star Technician.]
Stark did not even look at the amount before immediately entering a figure into the generated task.
[Task generated...] [Rescue R Star Five-star Technician Tony Stark.] [Reward: 300 million] [Task issued. Waiting for players to accept.] [Merlin's Beard has accepted your task. The Punisher has accepted your task. Don't Provoke My Dog has accepted your task. Black Widow has accepted your task. Bullseye has accepted your task. Erica has accepted your task.] [Maximum number of participants reached.]
Not long after the task was issued, six people accepted it.
Stark stared blankly at the names of the players who had accepted the task.
Aside from the Punisher, whom he knew a little about, what the hell were the others? Could they not use real names? They could at least list their professions so that he, the employer, could feel a little more at ease.
But Merlin's Beard... could that be Merlin, that kid?
"Mr. Stark." Seeing him lost in thought, Yinsen reminded him.
"Coming." He knew he could not stay there for too long. He immediately pretended to exit the Love App, then switched to a data page. This was his only way to contact the outside world.
Still, no matter what, he had to prepare for both possibilities.
He returned to the workbench and continued hammering iron.
Hell's Kitchen.
Natasha, who was stealing a car, saw that the task involved Tony Stark and accepted it without hesitation.
Recently, intelligence agencies everywhere had been thrown into chaos over Stark. Everyone was looking for him, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was no exception.
But she had not expected him to appear in a game.
Meanwhile, Bullseye and Erica accepted because of the reward, while the Punisher and John had been brought in by Merlin.
As for Daredevil Matt... he was sitting in his law office, having just listened to the task announcement on his phone, when he heard that the task had already reached its participant limit. He sat silently in his chair for a long time... How were these people so fast? Were they picking on him for being blind?
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