As everyone knew, every player was a walking arsenal.
When it came to firepower, Du Mu wasn't afraid of anyone.
Looking at the terrorists frozen in shock before him, Du Mu grinned and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
The six thick barrels began spinning at high speed, emitting a low, terrifying whir as they warmed up!
Seeing this, the bald strongman's pupils shrank. He roared at the top of his lungs, "Fall back! Move—!"
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!
Before his shout had even faded, a raging storm of metal tore through the air!
The Gatling gun unleashed a torrent of fire at the terrifying rate of 6,000 rounds per minute. The terrorists caught in its sweep didn't even have time to react before they were torn to pieces by countless bullets.
One terrorist tried to raise his gun and fight back. The next second, he was swallowed by a barrage of fire, and after being turned to ashes, he'd still have had at least half a pound of bullets in him.
Du Mu, wielding the Gatling gun, didn't even bother pretending. He activated Eye of Death and swept away every target within range!
Even the terrorists hiding out of sight were blasted to pieces, along with their cover, beneath the Gatling gun's devastating assault.
In front of a Gatling gun, all were equal!
But before long, the gunfire suddenly stopped.
The surviving terrorists thought Du Mu had run out of bullets. Delighted, they poked their heads out, ready to counterattack.
Instead, they saw Du Mu put on a pair of sunglasses. He said sheepishly, "I knew I'd forgotten something. It's fine now. Let's carry on."
"You son of a—"
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!
A few minutes later, not a single terrorist remained in sight.
Even the bald strongman, who'd gotten a bit of screen time, had died beneath Du Mu's merciless barrage, earning him 100 experience points.
"I thought he'd be a mini-boss. That was it?"
Disappointed, Du Mu checked the minimap. Only after confirming there were no red dots did he lower the Gatling gun.
He walked up to Tony and knocked on his steel helmet. "Hellooo, you dead?"
"Not dead."
Tony opened his faceplate, unable to hide his shock. "Who are you, exactly?"
"Didn't I tell you? I'm a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. You can call me Du Mu."
"An agent..."
Tony's mouth twitched.
If you hadn't told me, I'd have thought you were a Terminator. One man takes out dozens of terrorists—is this guy even human?
"Tony, are you all right?" Yinsen ran over.
"I'm fine. The armor's just out of power, so I can't move. Help me get this thing off."
With Yinsen's help, Tony struggled out of the steel armor, revealing the dazzling Arc Reactor in his chest.
"Holy crap, cyberpunk!"
Du Mu's eyes lit up. Looking at Tony, he asked, "Are you selling that thing? Put one in me too."
"Sorry, it's not for sale."
Tony thought Du Mu was a little off. After all, what normal person would willingly have a reactor installed in his chest?
If he could, he'd rather be rid of the thing himself.
Tony suddenly thought of something and said to Du Mu, "Hey, Du Mu, could you do me a favor?"
"What favor?"
"Destroy the weapons here. Every last one."
Tony's expression was serious. He didn't want the weapons he'd made to become instruments of slaughter again.
[NPC Tony Stark has given you a new quest] [Quest: Destroy the weapons] [Objective: Destroy all weapons made by Stark Industries in the camp] [Reward: 500 experience points, Tony Stark's favorability +10]
The reward wasn't much, but at least the task was easy.
"No problem."
Du Mu readily agreed. He pulled a sticky bomb out of his Game Inventory and casually stuck it to a crate full of missiles.
Tony recognized the missiles in the crate. They were Jericho Missiles, his latest design, and one of them was powerful enough to level a mountain.
And there were a full six Jericho Missiles in that crate!
"Motherfucker!"
Seeing the bomb blink red and beep, Tony's face turned green. He immediately yelled for Yinsen, who still had no idea what was going on, and they both turned and ran like mad.
Rumble—!
A deafening explosion rang out, and towering flames rose between the mountains!
Even though Tony and Yinsen had gotten far away, they could still feel the searing heat rushing toward them.
Tony and Yinsen gasped for breath, their hearts pounding. Their legs were about to give out from running.
Du Mu, on the other hand, looked completely unfazed. He hadn't even broken a sweat, and he didn't look like he'd just run over a kilometer.
"You lunatic!"
Tony glared at Du Mu through gritted teeth. "You nearly got us killed!"
Du Mu looked confused. "Why?"
Seeing that look on Du Mu's face only made Tony angrier.
"Why? It's a good thing you set the timer long enough. If we'd been any slower, we'd have been blown to bits!"
"Who said it was a time bomb? It's remote-controlled. It only goes off when I press this." Du Mu waved the controller in his hand.
Tony and Yinsen: "..."
Why the hell didn't you say that earlier?!
Before long, a Quinjet appeared overhead and landed in front of them.
Coulson stepped out of the cabin, his expression complicated as he looked at Du Mu. "Didn't we agree to keep a low profile?"
Du Mu looked innocent. "I was keeping a low profile."
The explosion could be seen from dozens of kilometers away. And he called that keeping a low profile?
Coulson sighed helplessly and let the matter drop. He walked straight up to Tony and held out a hand in greeting. "Hello, Mr. Stark. I'm Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. I'm here to take you back."
Looking at Coulson's warm smile, Tony relaxed. So there were normal people among S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents after all.
If they were all lunatics like Du Mu, they ought to rename S.H.I.E.L.D. the Agency of the Insane.
Du Mu paid no attention to the two of them talking. His focus was entirely on the system notification that had just sounded.
[Main quest "Birth of Iron Man" complete!] [Rewards: 10,000 experience points, equipment "Frying Pan," equipment "Golden Desert Eagle," skill "Breathing Regeneration," item "Bowtie Voice Changer"] [Equipment: Frying Pan (indestructible; can block all firearm attacks and protect your ass)] [Equipment: Golden Desert Eagle (a Desert Eagle made of gold; once you use it, you'll be the coolest guy in the room)] [Skill: Breathing Regeneration (you recover health simply by breathing; after 10 seconds out of combat, you automatically recover 5% of your health per second)] [Item: Bowtie Voice Changer (you can switch freely between a little girl's voice and a mature woman's voice)]
Holy crap?!
Du Mu could hardly believe his eyes.
It was the first time he'd ever seen such generous quest rewards.
Never mind the whopping 10,000 experience points. The rewards also included several skills, pieces of equipment, and items.
Most of the daily quests he'd done before only gave a little experience, or junk items like C4 Bombs. He'd only had a chance of getting equipment, skills, or slightly better items from difficult quests.
But completing a single main-story quest had earned him far more than months of grinding daily quests!
So what had all those hardships he'd endured before been for?!
Du Mu said mournfully, "Coulson, tell Nick Fury I can't go back anymore."
Coulson: "???"