Marvel Magic Event Book

Chapter 1726 The Future of the Eternals
After nearly a month of preparation, the Praetorian Guard thoroughly understood how to use the scientific research spacecraft according to the manual left by the Kree. At the same time, the expeditionary soldiers placed the bodies of their dead compatriots on iron plates, then lifted them up with iron chains and placed them behind the engine of the Kree scientific research spacecraft, using the engine tail flames produced when the Praetorian Guard started the spacecraft to burn the bodies of the dead soldiers.

During this time, the emperor issued a directive that members of the Holy Shield Brotherhood, including the Turquoise Stairs (Sinai Peninsula), were also heading towards Egypt, preparing to board this spaceship to return to Eridu. This meant that Eridu's thirty years of preparation had come to an end, and all the emperor's power spreading to the earth began to shrink. Reports on the development of the "well-field system" and commerce had been accumulated for thirty years, and Eridu's sociological experiment at this stage had come to an end.

The next step was to move the grain warehouses in Eridu into the Kree Empire's scientific research spacecraft, and transfer all the educated students, their families, and all officials in the administrative system (excluding the religious administrative system) in Eridu's public schools to the spacecraft. After all, the number of members of the Guardian Order was too small, and they could only rely on educated humans to operate the spacecraft.

The Emperor did not stay here forever, and Captain Miller and the Praetorian Guard can handle what happens next.

Inanna set out first as requested and found Ikaros who was still in the Sinai Peninsula.

As agreed, Ikaros met with the King of the Eternals, Kronos, to relay the Emperor's thoughts and requests, and to meet with the Emperor with the King of the Eternals' reply. When Inanna found him, Ikaros was staying in the simple house he built in the Black Desert. As an Eternal with superhuman strength, Ikaros could reach the location of the Earth Machine within a day, but he was unwilling to reveal the information he had communicated with Kronos.

Inanna thought that the emperor had guessed that things would turn out like this, so he sent her here - Ikaros chose to regret after hearing the truth - so the goddess from the wilderness chose the simplest and most direct way, which was to speak with fists. When the emperor found Inanna, he discovered that she had imprisoned Ikaros in a mountain in the black desert. This black mountain exuded a burnt smell, as if it was located in the underworld.

There were no caves in the low mountains before, but now the traces of melting are clearly visible on the rock walls, just like the magma that gradually solidified after the volcanic eruption. This can only be done by the large hot melting mining tools manufactured by the future Martian foundry.

Inanna once quietly revealed her power to the emperor.

The authority born out of the Mesopotamian humans' worship of her was not as simple as casting love magic and creating aphrodisiacs. Although in this era, the power over fertility and sex could completely dominate the fate of mankind, it was less intuitive than her other powers.

She was worshipped as the goddess of Venus, and whenever the people of Mesopotamia looked up at the night sky, they could pray to the bright star. Inanna could borrow the power of Venus, or more precisely, the power of Venus imagined by humans at that time, which had nothing to do with the physical properties of Venus. Because of her honesty, the emperor filled Inanna's treasury with gems and gold. It can be said that Inanna is now one of the richest people on the planet.

This was a very powerful magic that Inanna had never used before.

Ikaros was lucky to be the first person in the Milky Way to be hit on the head by a miniature Venus, and he survived. In contrast, the ecosystem of the Mesopotamian Plain was not so lucky. Although the energy released by the miniature Venus created by Inanna with her psychic power did not cause a mass extinction of species, the black desert that took thousands of years to form has now become a veritable black desert.

From a distance of several kilometers, the emperor could smell the burning stench of the land. All the plants and animals within a few kilometers were carbonized. The silicon dioxide crystal storm was like hundreds of millions of microscopic daggers, biting every rock in the desert frantically for thousands of years. A wasteland Gobi would soon form here. The carbonized bones of dead animals would be ground into powder in just a few years, dancing with the crazy glass storm. There were humans here before, and those who failed to escape in time before Inanna released the stars also died, and the process of civilization development was forcibly interrupted.

This forced the emperor to allocate some budget for post-disaster work. After all, in order to relocate the human tribes that had suffered the disaster to the Kree spacecraft, they had to prepare enough food for these humans to survive. Inanna did not feel sorry for this. She was not even aware of the plight of these humans, and would not care even if she knew.

The emperor would not blame her for this. Although she has a human appearance, she is essentially the product of a deep combination of an extradimensional entity and a real body. Humanity has no meaning to her for the moral code formed through social norms and endocrine hormones. She is essentially the same as the emperor, but she lacks the education that the emperor once received. The emperor's humanity was given by the Supreme Sorcerer, while Inanna's humanity comes from beasts and nature.

She is a deity, a natural disaster.

Heaven is merciless and treats all things as straw dogs. All living things are nothing more than sacrifices to the gods. The gods will not have mercy on the innocent, only humans will. The emperor realized this very early. Even if he forced Inanna, she would not change. Even if she accepted more beliefs and completely completed the transformation from a natural god to a social god, Inanna's nature would not change.

This was not all he told Inanna.

More than a decade ago, the Emperor and Inanna once joked that if they encountered a flying steel man whose eyes emitted heat rays, the best way to deal with it was to find a glowing green stone. Inanna never understood the Emperor's joke, but Ikaros was not Superman Clark Kent, nor was he the Kryptonian next door.

Ikaros's strength is not much less than that of normal Superman. The thickness of this rock mountain cannot stop Ikaros. As long as Ikaros wants, he can punch through the mountain with his fists or melt the rocks with his thermal vision. Now Ikaros is lying on the ground dejectedly, and he is unwilling to turn his head even if the emperor walks in.

Inanna stubbornly believed that this was a disguise and kept trying to intimidate Ikaros so that he would reveal his true identity.

The emperor glanced at the bitter-faced Eternal warrior, then turned around and touched the head of the big black panther beside him. The panther was wearing golden jewelry, decorated with lapis lazuli and turquoise all over its body, and a crimson silk ribbon was wrapped around its head. This was Inanna. In order to guard Ikaros and chase him when necessary, Inanna chose to transform herself into a cat, but the psychic light she released could easily distinguish her from ordinary animals.

Even without the second vision, these gorgeous gold jewelry and gems are enough to show that this leopard is different from others. After all, ordinary leopards cannot afford these expensive gem jewelry. The emperor learned this magic of transformation from Bayonetta, and then he taught it to Inanna, allowing her to fully exert the "beast" authority of the wilderness god-entering Eridu to accept human worship did not reduce her former power, but made her more powerful-after that, the magic of turning into a cat will be passed down from generation to generation of shadow witches, until the last witch captured a young mystic from Kamar-Taj with her long legs and love.

It's just that the emperor can't tell Inanna about this future. Even though Inanna and Bayonetta are very similar, the emperor can't see the guidance of fate now, nor can he figure out the subtle connection between Inanna and Bayonetta. Only time can give him the answer, and he has a lot of time now.

The Emperor did not show any courtesy to the prisoner. He gently kicked Ikaros' thigh with the tip of his boot. The Eternal War King sat up with his eyes half closed, not intending to look up. The Emperor's tone was still as calm as always, and no emotion could be heard. "You didn't come to me, Ikaros, you broke your promise."

"You're right." Ikaros snorted. He stood up and brushed the dust off his thighs. "And then?"

"You have verified my statement." The emperor said calmly, not caring about Ikaros's nonchalant attitude. He was angry because Ikaros broke the contract, and it had nothing to do with Ikaros' attitude, because the latter's emotions could not affect the established facts. "What did Kronos say?"

“He told the truth.”

"Your thoughts?"

"I know what you think." Ikaros sneered. His hair was messy. For the first time, the demigod, who looked like a sun that had fallen into the human world, ignored his appearance and let dust and solidified rock fragments mix in his hair. "The goal of the gods is the souls of humans. The Eternals are just farmers of the gods. All the self-righteous honor and justice of the Eternals are just to protect the future harvest of their masters!"

Ikaros became more and more angry, and in the end he even roared, the blood vessels under the skin of his neck bulged, bright golden light overflowed from his eye sockets, and a storm gathered around him. According to human standards, Ikaros is undoubtedly a god, and the anger of the gods in mythology is undoubtedly terrifying. Inanna can destroy this grassland and create an eternal desert, and Ikaros can do the same. "That's right, we are all fools! The Eternals can't even break free from the collar! The Eternals are just the hounds of the gods, and they will always be!"

The Emperor calmly watched the Eternal Warlord fall into a rage. He looked at Ikaros's expression and saw the anger hidden deep inside. He knew what Ikaros wanted. "You want death," the Emperor said, "complete death."

Ikaros said nothing and chose to accept.

The cave calmed down again, and the dust raised by the storm slowly settled down.

He has lost all his glory. As the most brave and combative individual among the Eternals, he was created to protect the Earth and uphold the cause of the Eternals. All the honors of justice are like a crown, which is generously placed on his head. He has defeated powerful psychic entities from other dimensions, defeated alien exploration fleets that attempted to colonize, and eliminated unstable genetic hybrids created by the gods.

But Kronos admitted the Emperor's definition of the Eternals, and the cruel truth told him that he was just protecting this experimental field from interference, just like protecting the glass lid of a petri dish. All his pride was shattered, and the honor was just to tie up his fighting hound. The praise he had heard from Kronos and other Eternals was just bloody meat hanging in front of him. He could no longer deceive himself and wear the ugly facts as praise.

The Eternals cannot take revenge on the Celestials because they must submit to the genetic program set by the Celestials for the Eternals. The Eternals cannot even obtain eternal peace and truly die. The first generation of Eternals created by the Celestials themselves are true immortals, but the Celestials used incomprehensible technical means to create the Earth Machine, and then used the Earth Machine to bind the Eternals, so that every Eternal can be reborn from the depths of the Earth Machine in the shortest time after death.

The Emperor longed for such technology. The gods were the pinnacle of physical cosmic technology, possessing many technologies that were beyond common sense and like magic. As long as they possessed these technologies, the humans under the Emperor's rule would achieve an extremely high level of productivity. As long as they possessed these unparalleled technologies, the destiny of mankind to conquer the galaxy would become a reality.

The emperor drew out his holy sword and pointed it at Ikaros. The cold and gloomy cave suddenly became hot and bright.

"Tell me where the Earth Machine is, and I will give you a complete death." The Emperor said sincerely. He knew very well that a long life was no different from a curse, and a bound eternity was even more so. The Sorcerer Supreme's mind was more determined than that of an ordinary person. Without the mission and lofty sense of responsibility to protect the real universe, such a long time would be nothing but torture. The same is true for the Eternals. When Ikaros discovered that his once lofty mission was nothing more than a self-deceiving lie, all he desired was true death.

"I promise you eternal peace. This sword was forged in the forge of this planet. You know what it stands for. This sword will fulfill its promise."

The Warrior King of the Eternals gritted his teeth and said, "Who can guarantee that you will not cause harm to humans?"

"No one, I will not allow anyone to stand in the way of my plans."

"You will destroy the Eternals whether they agree with you or not, right?" Ikaros laughed at himself. "No matter what, you will destroy the shackles that the gods have placed on the Eternals. Why should I make it easier for you? If I reject you, you will threaten me?"

"No, I'm not threatening you, Ikaros." The Emperor looked down at Ikaros. "Arras planned to create new Eternals through technological means, but Zuras objected, and the Eternals split. In fact, Arras' plan is likely to succeed. I believe that the split led by the two sons of Kronos was instructed by Kronos. In order to prevent other Eternals from realizing the truth and trying to get rid of the control of the Celestials, they deceived all of you."

There is no detailed record of such a major event as the split of the Eternals in the Kamar-Taj Library. It is very likely that Agamotto, who was watching all this at the time, did not regard the Eternals as his target - Agamotto's attention was focused on preventing outer dimensions from invading the real universe, and the Eternals, these artificial immortals, were not enemies - the conclusion that the Emperor now told Ikaros was entirely deduced by him based on the information he already had.

But Agamotto told the Emperor something that was not recorded in the Kamar-Taj Library, which was the cause of death of Kronos, the King of the Eternals. As immortal Eternals, they can be reborn even after death. The only exception is Kronos. After his death, his soul became an extradimensional entity and his mind merged with the machines on Earth. The reason why he was so special was that when he tried to isolate the energy given by the gods, he triggered the program set by the gods. The violent explosion killed Kronos, and even the activation chamber for the rebirth of the Eternals could not reshape his body.

Therefore, the Emperor believes that the Great Split of the Eternals was most likely led by Kronos, who lost his body. The leaders of the two factions of the Great Split were both his sons. Regardless of the outcome, the Eternals can continue. Deducing from future facts, Alas's experiment of creating the second generation of Eternals through technological means is very likely to succeed, because the second generation of Eternals gave birth to the future dark overlord Thanos through natural reproduction.

The second generation of Eternals, who had lost a lot of advanced technology, were trapped and died on a planet for unknown reasons during the Eternals' Great Schism, until resources were exhausted and society collapsed. Ikaros didn't know this information, let alone that the most successful "work" of the Eternals would become the enemy that humans must defeat in order to move toward the universe.

The Eternals hid the Earth Machine very well. Agamotto had no interest or time to look for it. If Ikaros could tell him, he would not have wasted a lot of time. In eight thousand years, every minute and every second must be used to the greatest value.

The emperor never thought that he had done anything wrong in hiding this information. Maybe someone would accuse him of the crime he had committed, but as long as that person could breathe, it meant that the emperor's work was effective. This was the truth that Nick Fury taught him. There was no morality in protecting humans. Murder, kidnapping, torture, lies, as long as it was beneficial, then anything could be done.

When Nick Fury first heard Salomon talk about the philosophy of Kamar-Taj, he thought that Kamar-Taj was also an organization that adhered to the philosophy of protecting the world, so he always intentionally or unintentionally instilled S.H.I.E.L.D.'s style of doing things into Salomon.

This tore apart the last shackles imposed on him by Kamar-Taj and the Sorcerer Supreme.

At that time, Nick Fury did not know what this meant. When Salomon and Victor von Doom launched the Yugoslav Unification War and Salomon was transformed into the Emperor, the Lord of Kamar-Taj and the Lord of Humanity recognized by Asgard, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was left with only endless regret.

Nick Fury tried to remedy the situation, but even his most elite female spy was won over by the Emperor. Because of the Emperor's hunting, only a few Skrulls were left who cooperated. At this point, Nick Fury completely lost control of the Emperor.

No one in this world can control the emperor, no one can stop him, and no one can stop him from putting his sword to anyone's throat, not even Bayonetta and Jenny.

"Your choice is not whether to tell me the information of the Earth Machine, but the future of the Eternals. If you choose to cooperate, the Eternals still have a future." The Emperor pointed his sword at Ikaros. Ikaros felt that the Emperor's eyes were sharper than the sword, and the glance across his throat almost pierced him. "If you refuse to cooperate, the Eternals will pay the price for the time I will waste. You must make a choice, now."

"Now?"

"Now!"