Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"This won't work, that won't work, so what should we do?!"

Aside from the three Seafood Admirals, neither Sister Flower, Gandalf, nor even Sherlock showed any unusual calmness in response to Red Star's question. After exchanging glances, Sherlock finally smiled and spoke to Red Star.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem. The Eternal Night Star, or even the entire Infinite City, isn't entirely in that fat man's hands. There's always darkness where the lights don't reach."

As Sherlock spoke, he pointed downwards, which instantly calmed Akahoshi down.

Just as Sherlock said, the Eternal Night Star is not a flat surface, but a three-dimensional planet. The Infinity City is just located at the very top. No one knows what is hidden in the pitch-black darkness beneath the Infinity City.

Even if the fat man had a very precise grasp of the Infinite City, he would definitely not notice the movements in the darkness.

Seemingly to reassure Akahoshi, Sherlock continued.

"And it's not just our spaceship. If all else fails, we can sneak into other people's spaceships. Once we leave this nebula, it won't be a problem for us to take our spaceships out, modify them, or even find new star maps!"

Of course, such an action is too risky, with too many uncontrollable factors, and is not the best option.

In short, what we should be doing right now is gathering as much information as possible about Infinite City and Eternal Night Star, and then trying to get a star map to leave this nebula. Once we leave this nebula, we'll be free to roam the world.

Hearing Sherlock's words, Akahoshi didn't say much, only pursed her lips and said "troublesome." Zhang Zhi helplessly pulled down her blindfold, and Huang Mian sighed "Wow!" before saying nothing more.

After a brief discussion about the intelligence tasks each person would be responsible for the next day, the group went to their rooms to rest.

It wasn't until the morning of the next day that Black Death Eyes knocked on the door of the group's room. After Sherlock walked out in a daze, Black Death Eyes had already left, leaving only some clothes piled up at the doorway.

Sherlock was completely dumbfounded as he looked at the pile of clothes with the tags still on.

"what's the situation?"

In response to Sherlock's question, Gandalf replied with amusement.

"It's nothing. That fat guy just had someone send over some clothes from Infinite City, saying they match the style of Infinite City better. It seems that fat guy really likes your so-called Japanese style."

After hearing Gandalf's explanation, Sherlock glanced at the cyberpunk kimonos by the door and his lips twitched involuntarily.

Chapter 388 Beneath the Abyss

Sherlock briefly examined the so-called clothes using alchemy and, finding no tracking devices, handed them over to Gandalf and the others. Sherlock himself had no intention of changing the clothes.

Hua Jie simply strolled out wearing her original skin, while Gandalf, the old man, looked awkward no matter how he changed his clothes and carried that thing that was either a hammer or a staff.

Fortunately, when discussing the mission last night, the old man took on the most difficult task: taking care of the two little girls, Doro and Lilith, taking them for a stroll in the Infinite City, and letting them eat some of the Infinite City's delicacies along the way.

Sherlock, the three Seafood Generals, and Sister Flower were responsible for gathering intelligence. Sherlock even volunteered to investigate what was going on in the abyss, which was not illuminated by the lights of the Infinite City.

Therefore, after seeing everyone off, Sherlock directly summoned Kokushime and handed the first five chapters of Demon Slayer to this bootleg Kokushime before returning to his room, claiming that he had been drawing all night and needed to catch up on sleep.

After staying in the room for a while and making sure no one would disturb him, Sherlock pushed open his window and jumped out.

Although strictly speaking, the area shrouded in blue light is called the Infinite City, Sherlock still refers to the place where the pirate boss lives as the core area in order to distinguish it.

Thanks to the special nature of the core area, there is actually a huge moat-like chasm between the core area and the inner city, which makes it easier for Sherlock to act.

After leaping into the chasm, Sherlock, swallowed by darkness, took out a bamboo dragonfly, put it on his head, and then swallowed a homemade night vision pill.

The world beneath the light of the Infinite City left Sherlock speechless.

Even in the darkness beneath the lights, there are still all sorts of houses and ruins piled up together.

There are still traces of human habitation in these ruins, although most of the houses are now empty.

The further down you go, the more dilapidated the stacked houses become, and the more chaotic their shapes.

Sherlock had no idea how long he had been descending before he finally stepped onto the ground of this so-called 'abyss'.

The 'ground' beneath our feet was still steel, covered in rust and sewage. Even the surroundings were eerily quiet, as the once-wide moat had now shrunk to the size of a sesame seed.

Sherlock kept looking around at his surroundings, and even felt a sense of unease. This was because the environment here was just too perfect for a scene of horror where ghosts and monsters roamed.

The only scenery here is a mixture of wreckage and buildings, garbage, sewage, and slimy bacteria. The pitch-black environment, the whistling sound of air currents, and the sounds of arthropods and rodents crawling and gnawing in the darkness all contribute to the unique landscape.

You can film those ghost movies here without even needing special effects!

Sherlock shuddered violently, repeatedly reassuring himself that there were no ghosts in the Marvel world before finally mustering the courage to explore this world that seemed to have been strangely descended upon him.

The more Sherlock explored, the more surprised he became, because while traces of intelligent life were rare, they were certainly not entirely absent.

However, Sherlock never discovered any intelligent life. Instead, he found traces of rodents and arthropods that had mutated countless times. Even as Sherlock explored the area, the sounds hidden in the dark corners echoed in his ears.

Looking at the extremely concentrated toxins in the external environment monitoring system inside his armor helmet, Sherlock's lips twitched slightly.

It's absolutely impossible to say that this place is unsuitable for secretly modifying spaceships. You probably can't find such a secluded place in the entire Infinite City.

But to say that this place is suitable for modifying spaceships is absolutely nonsense.

If it weren't for the special materials used in Sherlock's armor, the toxins here would have already begun to corrode and permeate it.

Of course, the environment here is not completely unsuitable for survival, but people living here would likely have extremely short lifespans and an extremely low birth rate, which would ultimately lead to the existence of such a 'ghost realm'.

It's obvious that the piracy boss doesn't care about the lives of these 'lower class' people.

Sherlock didn't know how long he had been wandering in this 'ghostly realm' before he finally found a passage to the top and began to climb. As Sherlock climbed higher and higher, the environment began to change little by little.

In short, the higher the altitude, the better the living conditions.

Of course, this is only relatively good compared to the bottom level. Compared to the brightly lit areas above, this place is still synonymous with chaos, poverty, and even madness.

To Sherlock's surprise, he didn't encounter any living people along the way. Or perhaps his armor was so conspicuous that those who saw him kept their distance.

Sherlock stopped at the entrance of the passageway only when he was nearing the brightly lit top floor.

The reason is simple: not only was the main door to the brightly lit upper floor sealed off, but even the sealed entrance was guarded by unmanned armed guards.

Although Sherlock cannot continue upwards, it does not mean that Sherlock cannot move forward.

After walking for a while longer, Sherlock finally saw another door. Compared to the door leading to the upper level, this door looked much more spacious, and Sherlock finally saw a 'living person'.

Two oddly shaped, armed guards with four arms were lounging together, smoking.

Sherlock put on a stone hat and the invisibility cloak he had borrowed from Gandalf before passing the guards and entering the gate.

The scene inside the gate was almost worlds apart from that outside. Inside, it was bustling with activity, with countless ragged people working like cattle in all sorts of chemical pools. A pungent smell filled the air, and these people didn't even have basic protective gear.

Moreover, the workers, who were treated like cattle and horses, were all ragged, emaciated, and even numb, working under the watchful eyes of the armed personnel.

The slightest negligence would be met with whips or bullets! They were more like slaves than workers!

Here, you can see people of any race, and all kinds of aliens forming a huge slave army, working numbly, ruthlessly, and even dullly like gears, until they exhaust their last bit of strength and collapse.

Those who fall will be picked up without any mercy by the guards and thrown into the abyss outside the gate, becoming the lowest level of garbage and food for rodents and arthropods.

Chapter 389 The Rules of the Infinite City

This is not the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing is that after all this hard work, all these people got in return was a dark, murky thing to fill their stomachs and a few bottles of water.

While everyone was distracted, Sherlock used alchemy to test the chemicals and the dark, gooey food.

Without exception, those chemicals were all illegal drugs from outer space. As for that dark, murky food, it was made from the carcasses of the lowest-level rodents and arthropods!

It is obvious that beneath the dazzling exterior of the Infinity Castle lies a darkness akin to that of Mary Geoise, the holy land inhabited by the Celestial Dragons of the One Piece.

Sherlock didn't alert the enemy. After a brief exploration, he quietly withdrew, leaped back into the abyss, and used a bamboo dragonfly to return to the moat at the bottom, flying back to his room.

He pretended to get up again and hid in the room for a while before taking out all the previous storylines from Demon Slayer: Kyogai and having Kokushime take him to see the bootleg gluttonous boss.

The character with the large appetite is incredibly fond of Sherlock's Demon Slayer series. After watching Sherlock's latest 'drawn' episode, he didn't even need Sherlock's persuasion; he immediately asked if he could be drawn in as well.

Sherlock, of course, readily agreed, saying that only the villain's design was still unfinished. The gluttonous creature, not minding this, happily agreed and even gave Sherlock a considerable amount of money. In its words, it subtly hinted to Sherlock to draw well, saying that if he drew well, it could get the courtesan to accompany him!

Sherlock could only feign ignorance and brush it off, saying he had done his best.

After dealing with the gluttonous boss who was an anime fanatic, Sherlock returned to his room and waited quietly.

The first to return were Gandalf and his party, who were with Doro and Lilith. When the old man left, he still looked like a wise and venerable man, but when he returned, it was as if he had fled a disaster.

Gandalf's beard was unkempt, and he was covered in shopping bags, each of which looked quite heavy.

Most importantly, Gandalf, who usually remained calm even in the face of a collapsing mountain, now had a look of utter terror in his eyes.

Sherlock was completely baffled by this scene. Surely, taking care of children was terrifying, but surely it shouldn't have led Gandalf to this state? Besides, this wasn't the first time Gandalf had taken care of two little ones; he often did so on the spaceship. What was going on today?

"What happened? You bought so much stuff?"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Gandalf finally came to his senses somewhat. He threw the various shopping bags he was carrying on the ground, pulled out a large wad of banknotes and a note from his pocket, and stuffed them into Sherlock's hand.

Putting aside the jumbled notes with phone numbers, room numbers, and addresses, Sherlock simply couldn't understand why Gandalf, after going out, not only returned with so many things but also with significantly more money.

No, did this old man go out to sell himself or something?

Sherlock's gaze toward Gandalf was incredibly complex, but Gandalf paid no attention, instead speaking to Sherlock with utter terror.

"Terrible, absolutely terrifying! Those women have gone mad! They not only want to recruit Lilith, but they also want to recruit Doro! And after I refused, they even tried to take the two little ones away in a deal!"

What happened next is a mystery. Those women acted as if they had never seen a man before, and they actually tried to seduce my penis! I risked my life to get out of here!

If I hadn't run into that chef from that day, not only would I have lost my reputation in my later years, but I might even have been drained of my life!

Gandalf grabbed Sherlock's shoulders, like a wronged young woman, tearfully recounting her ordeal.

Sherlock, meanwhile, was completely bewildered by Gandalf's words, having no idea what had happened, and didn't even have time to ask the two little ones what they thought.

Seeing that the two little ones had eaten their fill in the bag and their faces were all dirty, Sherlock gave up on figuring out what had happened first.

However, the return of Sister Flower and the three seafood generals soon made Sherlock understand what had happened.

The entire Infinite City is divided into a core area, an inner city, and an outer city, centered around the place where the gluttonous boss lived.

The core area is exactly the same as the Infinity Castle in Demon Slayer. It is divided into two levels. The upper level is where Sherlock and his group are currently staying with the gluttonous boss, while the lower level is open to the public for residence.

The inner city was used for commerce and residence, while the outer city was the area outside the city walls.

The people in the three places are clearly divided into different ranks. The closer one is to the core area, the higher one's status in the Infinite City. Naturally, the outer city exists to handle the many undignified jobs within the walls of the Infinite City.

Of course, for those in the outer city, they were not actually the lowest of the low. Those who lived underground were even lower than them and were called 'Abyss Demons'.

The entire Infinite City has only two pillar industries: one is the adult entertainment industry, and the other is illegal drugs.

The Abyss Demons, as slaves, almost all work in factories producing illegal drugs and are not allowed to set foot on the ground. In contrast, those in the visible Infinite City are engaged in the sex and entertainment industries.

The four regions are clearly defined and strictly hierarchical, simply a transplant of the race-based system from India on Earth.

Surprisingly, the gluttonous boss did not block the path for people from all walks of life to rise. He left two avenues open: either make significant contributions to the Infinite City or be able to continuously pay large sums of taxes, then one could advance in rank.

After you are promoted, the staff of Infinite City will take you to a basic-level residence in the corresponding rank and provide you with a job that is relatively enough to make a living.