Over two hours later…
Tony Stark, having cleared the battlefield, dragged his exhausted form towards the Camp. He staggered with each step, the Humanoid Mecha taking care of any remaining monsters along the way.
Clearing a battlefield was truly a tiring task. Sifting through the gruesome remains to find sellable parts tested both one's eyesight and mental fortitude.
If Tony Stark hadn't brought five Humanoid Mecha with him, he wouldn't have been able to clear the battlefield in just over two hours, given his ordinary physical condition.
During the cleanup, Tony Stark had tried doing it himself for a while, fifteen minutes, half an hour…
The result, as you might have seen before…
He was hunched over, his steps uneven, and utterly exhausted.
"Cleaning up the battlefield is really tiring!" Tony Stark, maintaining his High-Jump Locust transformation, tilted his head towards the Humanoid Mecha guarding him, a few ideas popping into his head. "Maybe… transferring the data from the encyclopedia into the Humanoid Mecha to create a support robot would sell for a lot of money."
The money from individual sales, the money to replace the energy source, the money for repairs…
"Worth a try."
Tony Stark's spirits lifted, and his slow, weak steps suddenly became swift and powerful. He briskly walked into the Camp.
Inside the Camp, the three who had lured away the monsters had already returned.
The Iron Man suit, with its damage exceeding forty percent, stood silently in front of the Camp's Tavern. Ethan, his suit slightly disheveled, sat with Steve and Bucky, both in tattered clothes, at a window-side table.
As soon as Tony entered the Camp, he easily spotted Ethan and the others with a glance, and immediately headed towards the Tavern.
The distance of less than fifty meters only took twenty or thirty seconds to walk.
Tony pushed open the door to the Tavern, and a rich aroma of alcohol assaulted his nostrils. The complex, blended fragrance of various liquors made him involuntarily inhale deeply, wanting to savor more of the scent.
All the alcohol sold in the Tavern came from the system.
As the saying goes, anything produced by the system is a premium product. Mu Long sold Spirit Wine from the Xianxia world in the Camp's Tavern. It had a potent aroma, was drinkable by mortals, and beneficial to the human body, strengthening the body, relaxing muscles and joints, promoting blood circulation, and beautifying the skin...
Use the aroma to attract the alcoholics, and the effects to attract the women.
Tony Stark, who had many precious wines in his home bar, wasn't an alcoholic, but he did enjoy drinking.
The moment he smelled the aroma, he forgot all about business, and headed straight for the counter.
At a table by the window, Ethan saw Stark enter and was about to raise his hand to greet him. However, he watched Stark's left leg turn in mid-air, pointing towards the counter.
He landed, took a step, and went straight for the counter.
Ethan: "???"
Buying wine, drinking wine, savoring the flavor… Tony was completely absorbed.
Tap! Tap!
Feeling a light tapping on his right shoulder, Tony, holding his wine glass, wore an expression of annoyance at being disturbed. His fierce gaze shifted to the right.
Ethan?
The fierce gaze softened slightly, but the displeased expression remained… Even Ethan couldn't interrupt his… drinking… wine…
As if remembering something, Tony's displeased expression gradually stiffened, slowly transforming into embarrassment…
Ethan didn't bother saying anything, raising a finger towards the window seat.
'OK!' Stark made a gesture with his hand.
Tony Stark, holding a bottle in his left hand and a glass in his right, sat down next to Ethan. He looked at the stranger across the table with a puzzled expression.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Mu Long. I'm a new member of the group and just arrived in Hell. I'm here to ask the seniors for some advice."
Mu Long, a character created by Mu Yang. His current job is to have fun.
"Advice, huh!" Tony Stark's hand holding the glass trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched. "As a senior, I'll give you some advice: team up if you can. Don't go solo."
The monsters in the wild, they don't care about honor, they gang up on you!
"You're right. Fighting monsters alone is a complete rip-off," Rasa, who was at the next table, agreed, holding his glass.
He had gone to the wild alone to fight monsters, but was surrounded and beaten by a horde of them, resulting in serious injuries. He escaped by using a one-click return to town function, which teleported him directly to the hospital in the Camp.
Not only did he not collect any loot, but he also had to pay for medical fees and teleportation fees. It was a complete loss.
"Team up to fight monsters is also a trap! There are too many monsters outside the Camp. If you can't deal with them quickly, once you get surrounded, the nearby monsters will be attracted by the smell of blood and the sound of battle, and they'll swarm over."
The people at the other tables joined the conversation, all of them having been screwed over by the sheer number of monsters outside the Camp.
"Find a high-level player to carry you," Hyuga Hiashi said. He'd seen how a high-level player (referring to Hashirama Senju) farmed for money.
He'd put his hands together, and whatever he called out, it happened.
He just used all kinds of terrifyingly powerful moves to wipe the area clean. The monsters couldn't even gather as fast as he killed them.
He watched the whole time, his only job being to use his Byakugan to find materials dropped by the monsters.
Even just doing the job of picking up materials, he got over thirty thousand in gold.
Carried by a big shot, it was terrifying!
The others gave him a look.
"The monsters are too numerous out there. You brought this on yourselves. Knowing there are a lot of monsters, you still make such a big fuss, practically begging to die," Jiraiya said, rolling his eyes as he listened to the group's conversation.
Something about creating a ten-meter-high golden sand wave, something about an explosion that shook the heavens, something about a giant, fat monster dozens of meters tall…
You guys are practically afraid the monsters won't know where you are!
You're all ninjas, why don't you stick to your ninja basics like stealth and assassination? Don't you know how to target lone monsters or small groups of monsters with your blades?
"The moment they see a bunch of monsters together, the first thing that pops into their heads is using a wide-area ninjutsu to wipe them all out and make a killing. They don't even think about anything else."
The group looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
All they could think about was making the most money in the shortest amount of time. They never considered killing them one by one. They always provoked a large group of monsters, planning to make a fortune in one go, and the result was usually a loss.
They exchanged glances, feeling that killing them one by one was too slow, so they collectively ignored Jiraiya and continued their discussion.
"I think we can gather a wave of monsters and clear them all at once. Then, use a barrier to hold the monsters back for a while, giving us time to collect the dropped materials."
"Good idea."
"Worth a try."
Jiraiya: "..."
What's the meaning of this! I'm seriously giving you guys advice?!
Mu Long rested his chin in his hand, feeling like the group in front of him was discussing a dungeon strategy.
So, Mu Long decided to join the discussion.
"As for the Barrier/Seal, check the Shop! They're not only plentiful but also cheap and good quality."
"That makes sense."
A group of people opened the Shop while discussing things.
Seeing this, Mu Long suddenly realized another use for his avatar, to be a shill.
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