[Infinite] To Retire, the Investigator Has No Choice but to Become a God

As an investigator, Su Huo's greatest dream is to stay sane and make it to retirement. But on her very first solo investigation, she is brutally killed by something supernatural. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in a world a thousand years in the future.

A disaster known as the Black Sea has engulfed the world, leaving human civilization on the brink of collapse. Only four towers remain as places of refuge.

Inside the towers, omnipresent corporations control everything. Randomly appearing instances keep capturing new players, while players can mutate into monsters and go on killing sprees at any moment.

Unfortunately, Su Huo is an ant-city resident at the very bottom of the tower, and is forced into one dangerous instance after another.

When other players are agonizing over whether something is safe to eat, Su Huo uses her extensive experience to identify the poisonous food outright.

When other players are chased around by monsters, Su Huo uses her professional close-combat skills to take them down herself.

When other players are scared witless by ghosts and monsters, their sanity plummeting and their minds unraveling, Su Huo thinks it's all downright mild compared with the bizarre cases investigators have faced.

From a lowly resident to an idol admired by everyone, and then a god among mortals, Su Huo insists that all she ever wanted was a peaceful retirement.

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Every player who takes part in the Black Sea game awakens a unique [Class] and [Skill].

Su Huo's skill is... Character Card.

She can take other players' [Classes] and gain their [Skills].

As Su Huo makes her way through the game, she collects countless [Classes] and becomes a legend in the Black Sea game.

Some say her real skill is theft, allowing her to steal other people's abilities. Others say she merely uses items to disguise herself. Some even suspect that Su Huo is a name shared by an entire organization...

No one knows where she came from. They only know that every instance that has tried to kill her has been conquered, and every enemy who has tried to stand in her way has been cut down.

She came from the lowest rung and climbed, step by step, to heights no one else dared imagine.

Instances:

1. [Dawn Hope]: An exploration ship stranded in the far north, where the only food is the people around them.

2. [Exile in the Stars]: What would happen if the stars in the sky all vanished one day?

3. [Kola Superdeep Borehole]: The deepest hole humans can explore. What secrets are hidden inside?

Reader's guide:

1. The instances range from horror to pure puzzle-solving. I'll mark the horror ones clearly. There are lots of clues to pick up on, so feel free to speculate.

2. The heroine grows from a lowly person into a god. She won't be very strong at first, and her personality leans toward lawful good.

3. The male lead appears in the third instance.

4. Please don't give writing advice. Keep your comments friendly.

Blurb dated 2026.08.30

Theme: Overcoming everything