BOSS Event Officially Begins!

Under the resentful gazes of the employees, Du Mu strode confidently toward the elevator. Seeing that he wore the face of Stane, the guards naturally dared not step forward to question or block him, allowing him to swipe his access card and enter the elevator without obstruction.

With the perfect cover of Stane's identity, Du Mu had a green light all the way and soon arrived at Tony's luxury office.

He walked straight to the desk, turned on the computer, and inserted the silver USB drive Tony had given him into the host port.

A prompt immediately popped up on the screen.

[Cracking security protocols...]

[Cracking successful, searching for hidden drives...]

Soon, a deeply encrypted hidden drive was unlocked, and a large number of classified files popped up.

One video in particular was striking; it was footage of Tony being kidnapped by terrorists in the Middle East.

According to the narrative in the video, the mastermind behind the scenes was none other than Tony's uncle, Stane. He had not only been conducting long-term arms deals with terrorists but had also directly ordered the attack on Tony.

"Good grief, is this the simple and unadorned workplace struggle of America?"

Du Mu exclaimed at the spectacle, but the even more spectacular part was yet to come.

Stane had used some unknown method to collect the wreckage of the Mark I created in the Middle East and had secretly mobilized the top engineering team at Stark Industries to conduct reverse engineering. The goal was to build a suit of Steel Armor called "Iron Monger"!

Judging from the project progress and blueprints in the files, the development of this Steel Armor was nearing completion.

After browsing through the files, Du Mu reported the findings to Nick Fury.

Nick Fury was silent for a moment before saying sternly: "The strategic significance and potential threat of Steel Armor technology are too great. We absolutely cannot let it fall into the hands of an ambitious person like Stane or any other forces with ulterior motives. I will immediately send Coulson to lead a team to Stane's R&D factory. S.H.I.E.L.D. will take over and secure the facility and all its technology."

As for where it would be secured, although Nick Fury did not say it explicitly, the intention was self-evident: it would, of course, be brought back to S.H.I.E.L.D.!

There was no place safer than S.H.I.E.L.D.!

Whether others believed this or not, Du Mu believed it; after all, they in Hydra were no pushovers either.

Following Nick Fury's instructions, Du Mu made two copies of all the hidden files, then pulled out the USB drive and left the office.

Who would have thought that as soon as he pushed the door open, he would see a sexy beauty in office attire walking toward him.

"Mr. Stane, I heard you were back. It just so happens that there is an urgent funding request for an important research project here that needs your signature for approval."

Du Mu took one look at her attire and guessed she might be Stane's assistant. He took the document she handed over and glanced at it.

Good grief, a full fifty million dollars.

"Ahem!"

Du Mu kept a straight face and said sternly: "This research project is temporarily shelved. Transfer all the money into this account; I have a new project that needs funding even more."

As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper, quickly wrote down his bank account number, and shoved it to the beautiful assistant.

The beautiful assistant was clearly stunned and asked suspiciously: "Shelved? Mr. Stane, this project has a very high priority... then what is your new project?"

"Graduate hair growth technology."

"...Alright."

The beautiful assistant looked at Du Mu's bald head, understood everything in her heart, and added: "By the way, you haven't forgotten about tonight, have you?"

"What matter?"

"A date, of course! Didn't we agree yesterday to have dinner together tonight?"

The sexy beauty licked her lips and gave an alluring expression; it was clear that tonight's meal would be a seafood feast.

Du Mu exclaimed in his heart, "Good grief!"

Do the high-level executives at Stark Industries have some special tradition? Why do they all like to have office romances with their female assistants?

Du Mu prevaricated: "Let's do it another day; my wife is coming home tonight."

"Liar! Mom clearly told me she went to Hawaii for vacation this week!"

"???"

Is your circle really this messy?

After a great deal of effort, Du Mu finally shook off Stane's female assistant... or rather, his daughter.

Afterward, he returned once again to Tony's seaside mansion.

"Jarvis, open the Space Gate!" Du Mu arrived at the mansion gate and shouted habitually.

However, Jarvis did not respond.

Du Mu immediately sensed that something was wrong. He quickly pulled a Diamond Pickaxe from his game inventory and struck the wall next to him a few times with heavy blows.

The hard wall shattered like tofu in front of the Diamond Pickaxe, and a square hole was instantly opened.

Du Mu crawled through the hole into the hall and saw a figure with no blood in its complexion crawling gloomily on the floor. Its chest was hollow, which was quite terrifying.

"Holy crap, Kayako?" Du Mu was shocked.

The figure on the ground heard the sound and made a weak noise: "It's... it's me... quickly... help me get to the lab... get the reactor..."

"Tony?"

Du Mu recognized the voice. "Alright, wait for me."

He immediately grabbed his Diamond Pickaxe, smashed through the floor, and jumped directly into the laboratory below.

He quickly found the old-style Arc Reactor Tony had originally used, returned the way he came, and leaped back into the living room through the hole.

"Here! Catch!" Du Mu tossed the reactor toward Tony.

Tony used his last ounce of strength to catch it, as if grasping at a life-saving straw, and with trembling hands, pressed the reactor into the cavity in his chest.

Light shone from his chest once more, and a hint of color finally returned to Tony's pale face. His breathing gradually steadied, and he collapsed onto the floor, gasping for air, his clothes already soaked through with cold sweat.

"Hoo... hoo... Thanks, pal. You saved my life again." Tony said gratefully.

"Small matter."

Du Mu waved his hand dismissively and asked curiously, "By the way, how did you end up in this state? Where is your reactor?"

Tony's eyes turned instantly cold and furious as he gritted his teeth. "It was Obadiah Stane! He broke into my home and stole my new reactor!"

Du Mu asked again, "Then why didn't you put on your armor?"

"I didn't have time..."

A flash of embarrassment crossed Tony's face; this was already the second time he had been attacked without wearing his Steel Armor.

Thinking of this, he said bitterly, "Damn it! Sooner or later, I'm going to develop an armor that I can wear close to my body and activate at any time!"

"As it happens, I've finished your task as well."

Du Mu pulled out the silver USB drive and tossed it to Tony. "Everything was done by Obadiah Stane, including ordering the terrorists to kidnap you. The evidence is all in there."

[Quest "Stark Industries Mole" completed!]
[Rewards obtained: EXP +500, Tony Favorability +10, Item "Honesty Bun"]
[Item: Honesty Bun (After eating the Honesty Bun, you will uncontrollably speak the truth for one minute)]

"That bastard! I'll make him pay for this!"

Tony took the USB drive, his face filled with uncontrollable rage.

He immediately reactivated the Jarvis system that Obadiah Stane had shut down, then struggled to his feet and walked quickly toward the underground laboratory, preparing to suit up in his Mark III.

At the same time, the system's voice rang out in Du Mu's mind.

[Player attention, BOSS event officially started!]
[Target: Defeat "Iron Monger" Obadiah Stane!]
[Reward: Depends on the damage dealt to the BOSS by the player; the higher the damage, the richer the rewards!]

"A BOSS event!?"

Du Mu's eyes lit up, and he grew excited at once.

After playing this game for so long and fighting so many mobs and minions, was he finally about to face a real BOSS battle?