Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"Stop playing around, something's up, Natasha's started moving."

Upon hearing the captain's words, the previously bored group instantly perked up, quickly tidied themselves up, and then focused their attention on the location displayed on the television.

"At this speed, it can't be a car, it can only be an airplane! Damn it, I knew Melina couldn't be trusted. What should we do now? Should we just follow the GPS to the Red House?"

Tony looked anxiously at the rapidly moving location on the TV screen and said something, but Hawkeye quickly rejected Tony's suggestion.

"No! Let's go check on Melina's cabin first. It's hard to say what exactly happened to Natasha. We need to gather more information to support Natasha's next plan!"

Hawkeye stared intently at the rapidly moving location on the television screen and spoke to a group of people.

After hearing Hawkeye's suggestion, the captain began to arrange the mission almost without hesitation.

“Tony, keep track of the location. We need to know the exact coordinates of the Red House. This is an opportunity! Hawkeye, you drive us to Melina's house. Just like you said, we must find out if Natasha left any clues or plans.”

After saying that, the captain took the lead and walked out of the house. A group of big men squeezed into the GAZ-69 jeep, and the captain drove towards Melina's hut.

Melina's cabin is located in the outskirts of St. Petersburg, even further from the city center than Zhao Weike's safe house, but its size and facilities undoubtedly far exceed those of Zhao Weike's cabin.

When the group arrived at Melina's cabin, a team of Black Widows were inspecting something inside.

Without saying a word, the group of people took down the Black Widows and then began searching Melina's cabin, hoping to find out if she had left any useful information.

It has to be said that Black Widow is indeed a veteran spy. After Hawkeye went inside and took a look around, he quickly found the clues left by Black Widow.

But what's puzzling is that the clues left by Scarlett Johansson point to the pigs in Melina's yard.

Faced with this situation, Sherlock and Tony, the only two highly educated people in the team, almost immediately began to inspect the pigs in the yard.

However, after the examination, both Sherlock and Tony had extremely solemn expressions.

"A powerful neural control technology! Its effects are exceptionally strong, ensuring complete control over the target while the user remains conscious!"

Tony summarized his test results with a dark expression, while Sherlock, seeing the still somewhat puzzled looks on everyone's faces, simply explained Tony's words.

"To put it simply, it's like installing a control system on a slave. It doesn't affect the slave's consciousness, but it can manipulate all of the slave's data!"

For example, a master can order a slave to stop breathing. Until the slave receives another order from the master, no matter how much they struggle, their body will not make any breathing movements; they can only watch themselves suffocate while fully conscious.

Upon hearing Sherlock's explanation, everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief. The reason was simple: even Hydra back then wouldn't have dared to imagine such an evil technology.

Hawkeye, having experienced more within S.H.I.E.L.D., clearly had a longer-term perspective, and looked at the pigs in front of him with a serious expression.

"Perhaps we really underestimated that bastard Drake. We originally thought that Drake just wanted to use Black Widow to manipulate the economy and power."

But now it seems that Drekoff may want to use Black Widow as a springboard, with the ultimate goal of becoming the king of the world with the technology he has now! His ambition is far greater than we think.

I feel that this kind of technology is beyond our ability to solve on our own; we should contact God…

Hawkeye was interrupted by Sherlock before he could finish speaking. Sherlock had never looked so serious and focused before, staring intently at Hawkeye.

"We should seal off this technology and then completely destroy it! Not even S.H.I.E.L.D. can interfere! We ourselves can't keep it! Barton, don't gamble with humanity!"

Chapter 254 Finally Arriving at the Red House

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, everyone fell silent for a moment, especially Hawkeye.

This was the first time Sherlock had called him by his name, and with Sherlock's reminder, Hawkeye understood Sherlock's concerns to some extent. Just as Sherlock himself said, one should never gamble on human nature.

Once this technology is revealed, it may be shelved now, but what about the future? Who can bet on what the future holds?

Seeing that no one responded, Sherlock no longer hesitated. He activated his alchemy, and under the crimson lightning, the seemingly cute experimental pigs turned to ashes and vanished into the air almost instantly.

Of course, these few pigs would not be all the experimental data, but they were important test subjects. The real experimental data must have been concentrated in the red house.

The captain made his decision after Sherlock destroyed the experimental pigs.

“Tony, you’re the most technically savvy among us. Once we find the Red Room, your only task is to erase all the research data inside, leaving nothing behind. We’ll take care of the rest.”

Upon hearing the captain's arrangement, Tony nodded solemnly in agreement. Although Tony was obsessed with technology, he had his own bottom line, and clearly, this kind of technology had crossed that line.

After thoroughly inspecting Melina's cabin to ensure no other clues were missed, the group fed the unconscious Black Widows the antidote, gathered them all in Melina's cabin, locked it up, and then began heading towards the location of the Red House based on the location.

Sherlock used the leftover materials from the helicopter to heavily modify the GAZ-69, significantly improving its performance. Then, Captain Tony drove the group eastward at high speed.

After driving for nearly an hour, the group finally arrived at the location that Scarlett Johansson had located. However, to everyone's surprise, there was no red house there, only an ordinary birch forest.

"Damn it, we can't find any trace of the red house. They couldn't have just vanished like that, could they?"

Hawkeye and Captain America searched frantically but couldn't find any trace of human intervention. They said this with some frustration. Only Tony stared intently at the screen on his arm. After a long while, Tony finally stopped the two who were cursing each other.

"Stop looking, something's not right. Natasha's location is still moving, but at a very slow speed. At this speed, if the Red House were really underground, the surface shouldn't be so calm!"

After saying this, Tony looked up at the sky, frowned, and without saying a word, put on his mask and flew into the sky.

Upon seeing Tony's actions, everyone instantly understood his meaning. It was obvious that the Red House was in the sky, which explained why no one had discovered it for so long. It had been floating in the sky the whole time, so how could anyone have found a trace of it?

Seeing that Tony had already taken the lead and flown off, Sherlock didn't hesitate. He took out four three-pointed stars from his four-dimensional pocket, threw them to the other three, and then took one for himself.

"The pointer has changed direction due to gravity!"

After briefly explaining the name of the item, Sherlock poked himself with the pointer. The next second, Sherlock felt the world flip up in an instant, the sky beneath his feet turned into an endless abyss, and he began to fall downwards.

From the perspective of the others, after Sherlock poked himself with the pointer, he suddenly seemed to lose gravity and began to fly upwards rapidly. Combined with the name of the gadget that Sherlock had told them, almost instantly everyone understood how to use Sherlock's gadget.

Even the final method for slowing down was understood in an instant.

Without further hesitation, everyone imitated Sherlock by poking themselves with the pointer and began to rapidly 'fall' towards the sky.

After falling for nearly a minute, the red house finally appeared before everyone's eyes, a huge floating base coming into view.

The base looked like a tall tower with several huge connecting corridors, which was incredibly impressive.

Rather than calling it a floating base, it should be more accurately described as a floating castle.

Countless aircraft circled around the base, moving in and out of its connecting corridors, and a large number of escort aircraft surrounded the entire base.

Meanwhile, in mid-air, Tony had already begun fighting the escorting aircraft.

This gave Sherlock and his group an opportunity. In addition, unlike Tony who was wearing armor, Sherlock and his group were able to safely reach the legendary red house after several decelerations caused by changes in gravity.

The moment they entered, the team leader immediately began assigning tasks.

"Sherlock, you take care of the ventilation system and let the antidote spread throughout the Red House to free the controlled Black Widows. Hawkeye and Zhao Weike go together, and I'll go alone. Split up and search for Natasha and Drake. Make sure Natasha is safe."

After the captain finished speaking, the group almost immediately dispersed as ordered. It wasn't until this moment that Sherlock seemed to remember something and spoke to the others over the communicator.

"By the way, if you see a man you don't recognize, just kill him. He's probably not a good person. If I'm not mistaken, Drekoff is probably the only man in the entire Red House."

As soon as Sherlock finished speaking, a series of angry curses rang out in the communication channel.

"F*** you! Scumbag!"

"Damn it! What a scumbag!"

"He deserves to die!"

"Can you guys stop cursing?! I feel like you're cursing me! And are you sure you're not just envious of that old bastard Drekeff? Finally, Sherlock, hurry up and find a way to send some reinforcements! I'm fucking about to collapse, there are just too many of them on the other side!"

Amidst the angry shouts, Tony's complaints and cries for help were also heard.

To Tony's utter surprise, the entire communication channel fell silent for a moment after he finished speaking. After a while, the voices of the people who had been cursing wildly came through the communication channel again.

Hawkeye: "Sherlock, I suggest we just let Tony fend for himself."

Zhao Weike: "That's right, Hawkeye, you finally gave a useful suggestion, I think it's great! What do you say, Captain?"

team leader:"……"

Sherlock: "Tony doesn't deserve this. Just record the conversation and forward it to Pepper."

Tony: "Maybe you shouldn't save me..."

Chapter 255 The Final Battle 1

Sherlock knew that Tony was joking, but he couldn't just let Tony ignore it. After teasing Tony for a while, Sherlock used alchemy to create a hole in the wall and walked directly to the top of the extended covered bridge.

As Sherlock stepped out of the tower, the Spear of Longinus appeared in his hand. Sherlock swung the Spear of Longinus a few times, as if he were experiencing the feel of the spear.

As Sherlock swung the Spear of Longinus, a crimson light began to flash in his left eye, and tiny bolts of lightning burst forth from within it.

The crimson lightning gradually increased, spreading along Sherlock's body towards the Spear of Longinus in his hand. In just a few breaths, the Spear of Longinus in Sherlock's hand began to emit a dazzling red light.

Back in Asgard, Sherlock had already merged his spear with the Spear of Eternity, but he had never used the Spear of Eternity's power. This was the first time Sherlock had used the Spear of Eternity's power.

A devastating energy began to gather between the two tips of Sherlock's spear. The blinding red light caused alarms not only to Tony in mid-air, but also to be heard in the base beneath their feet due to the massive energy gathering.

"Tony, watch out, dodge!"

After Sherlock gave Tony a simple instruction, the immense energy of his spear poured out like a flood in an instant. In less than a second, the planes that had been chasing Tony in the sky turned into dazzling fireworks almost simultaneously.

Amidst the explosions of planes near the tower, Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief and planted his still-steaming lance into the ground.

To be fair, the Eternal Spear's built-in ray is indeed useful, but unfortunately, Sherlock can't use it often, at least not on his own.

One reason is that he himself is not an Aesir, and another reason is that the computational load and energy consumption when using the Eternal Ray after combining with Lang's spear are simply too great.

If you want to use maximum output for a long time, without the Seven Deadly Sins' support, Sherlock's limit is probably only three to five seconds.

However, this is enough for Sherlock. After all, only by knowing one's limits can one better predict the future. In any case, Sherlock will never rashly use this move again without the Seven Deadly Sins.

Just as Sherlock caught his breath, Tony landed beside him with a complicated expression. After the Doctor Doom mask was removed, Tony looked at Sherlock with immense excitement.

"Sherlock, that move was absolutely awesome! Let's study it together sometime!"

Hearing Tony's teasing, Sherlock's only response was to give Tony a middle finger, and he complained to Tony in an annoyed tone.

"If you're so keen on that, you'd better hurry up and go to the server room in the Red House and delete the data on neural control technology!"

Tony wasn't angry at all in the face of Sherlock's counterattack. After all, Tony, who knew Sherlock very well, also knew that the power of that move meant that Sherlock's side had also suffered a great loss.

Tony knew that it was an equivalent exchange.

The reason Tony flew over to tease her was simply because he was worried about Sherlock's health. Seeing that Sherlock could still joke with him, Tony knew that the little rascal was probably perfectly fine!

In fact, Tony's guess was correct. If that attack hadn't used the power of the Philosopher's Stone, and had directly consumed it, Sherlock alone would have been exhausted and unable to withstand such a drain. Even with the Philosopher's Stone as an energy source, that attack still consumed a full one-fifth of its energy.

Sherlock could only conclude that the Aesir were terrifyingly powerful.

Just as Tony was putting his mask back on and preparing to take off, Sherlock seemed to remember something and called out to Tony.

"Tony!"

"Ok?"