Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life.

As Tony finished speaking, the machine tools in the underground garage began to operate under Jarvis's control, and in less than three minutes...

A 'black gun'—without any serial number, without any means of verification, and carrying three loads of ammunition, and which did not even exist in this world—was placed perfectly before Sherlock, leaving him utterly dumbfounded.

Sherlock now had a basic understanding of Tony's industrial capabilities. From a design perspective, the 3D stereoscopic projection design, coupled with Jarvis's assistance and modifications, was virtually unmatched.

In terms of manufacturing capacity, the industrial machines hidden underground, under Jarvis's command, were essentially a small super factory.

If Tony's equipment represents modern civilization, then Sherlock's auxiliary alchemy equipment at home can at most be considered equipment from the early Industrial Revolution.

Sherlock wasn't envious of Tony's immense wealth, nor of Tony's mansions and beautiful concubines, nor of Tony's garage full of luxury cars. But looking at Tony's "private super factory," Sherlock was truly envious beyond words.

Of course, despite his envy, Sherlock's pride as a man prevented him from admitting defeat, so he immediately demonstrated his alchemy skills.

Sherlock took out the capsule, pressed the button, and casually tossed it onto the open ground. The next second, the raptor that Tony recognized so well appeared in front of him. Sherlock calmly picked up the black gun that Tony had just made, put it in the car, and pointed at his raptor, saying to Tony.

"Great, now you can start modifying my car!"

Little did anyone know that, thanks to Sherlock's actions, the expression of shock gradually shifted from Sherlock's face to Tony's.

The reason is simple: Tony can only dream of Sherlock's space capsule technique, which allows for a level of spatial application that Tony can only dream of.

If Sherlock felt like he was living in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution when comparing himself to Tony, now it's Tony's turn to feel like he's living in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution.

Both of them were seething with anger, and soon they each went about their own business.

Tony gave Sherlock Jarvis the permissions and went to start modifying Sherlock's Bird of Raptor.

Sherlock wasn't idle either. After gaining Jarvis's access, he immediately asked Jarvis to bring out those machines with micron-level precision and start modifying them.

The two of them were working feverishly in the garage. For Tony, having him modify Sherlock's Bird of Raptor was as easy as sending the professor to kindergarten.

For Sherlock, using alchemy to modify industrial mother machines to give them the ability to inscribe magic circles was just routine.

In a strange competition, the two of them finished their respective tasks in less than a day.

Sherlock stared wide-eyed at his completely transformed Raptor 6*6007 with Baja trim, touching it left and right as if he'd never seen anything like it before. After all, in Tony's words, this car was capable of running Baja races or going to the battlefield to crash into tanks.

Needless to say, its off-road performance is superb, but its defensive and offensive capabilities alone far exceeded Sherlock's expectations. Tony even bluntly stated that if given more time, he could modify the car to be waterproof.

Tony was equally dumbfounded, watching as the machines in his super factory turned colorful and even acquired some mystical properties.

Especially after Jarvis's diagnosis, Jarvis bluntly told Tony that the private factory's precision and production capacity had doubled in ways he couldn't comprehend.

Most importantly, Jarvis couldn't detect what these machines were, so he could only say they were unknown.

When Sherlock demonstrated the so-called mysterious properties, Tony almost popped his eyes out. Anyone would be wide-eyed when they saw a pile of useless iron blocks being fed into the machine, but a glittering gold coming out.

Tony, still not giving up, even had Jarvis conduct atomic-level testing. After confirming that the thing was indeed gold, he was completely dumbfounded.

Of course, this wasn't what surprised Tony the most. What surprised him the most was Sherlock's alchemy's "welding properties".

To put it simply, it's a splicing technique used when the conversion is not yet complete.

Take the half-converted iron block as an example. Tony was surprised to find that the atoms between the gold and the iron block did not permeate each other. On the contrary, the two were clearly separated. The iron block was the iron block, and the gold was the gold block.

But in this very situation, the two are still tightly connected without any trace of welding, appearing as a single unit, which almost shattered Tony's worldview.

In Tony's words, even welding technology thousands of years from now cannot achieve this state; it is impossible to combine two completely different substances together with clear distinction and without any welding marks.

Sherlock simply replied that it was nothing.

Both sides were utterly astonished by the skill the other displayed during their duel.

After a simple dinner and rest, the two gathered in the garage early the next morning and began their second round of competition in perfect unison.

This time, the competition between the two was no longer limited to the prescribed themes, but began to focus on their respective areas of expertise.

With the help of Tony's machines, Sherlock began frantically producing some alchemical products that he had designed long ago but could not be implemented due to precision issues.

Meanwhile, Tony focused entirely on studying his Mark II armor.

Sometimes the two would discuss and prove things with each other, or help each other solve small problems, but most of the time they would go about their own business.

With the two of them so busy, almost a month had passed quickly.

The two hid in Tony's mansion, spending their days either delivering takeout or working. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Weike and his wife hadn't decided to go home after enjoying a month of capitalist decadence, Little Pepper would have almost forgotten that there were two men who had disappeared without a trace.

When Pepper Potts, who had been taking care of Doro for a month and was deeply in love with him, thought of Tony and Sherlock, she came to Tony's mansion again and pushed open the door.

Little Chili was stunned by what she saw, and instinctively pulled out her phone and dialed the emergency number to ensure she could call the police immediately if anything went wrong.