What the hell?
Their home, Olympia, was fake? It never existed from the start?
They, the Eternals, were actually created by the Celestials, just like the Deviants they had spent their entire lives eradicating?
And this planet they were on... it had been hiding a Celestial, waiting to awaken?
Once it awakened, the entire planet would turn to ash?
So that was the truth!
It was shocking!
"So, in other words, we're not Eternals, but a group of super robots?"
"Like the 'Destroyer' that super-rich kid built?"
Kingo's voice echoed, and he couldn't help but make a self-deprecating joke.
The other Eternals felt heavy-hearted.
Although Kingo's comparison wasn't entirely accurate, it was a bit self-deprecating.
In a way, that's not entirely wrong!
"All this time, I thought we were heroes, but I never expected that in the end, we would be the bad guys, the executioners."
Gilgamesh also shook his head and sighed, his expression a tangled mess.
"No, we're not the bad guys!"
Makkari, unable to speak, began signing rapidly, "We didn't know the truth; we're victims too."
"That's right, we're not!"
Kingo strongly agreed, "We helped the Celestials spread life throughout the universe; bad guys wouldn't do that."
The Eternals began to voice their opinions, one after another.
"Ikaris, do you have something to say?"
Finally, Sprite turned her gaze towards Ikaris, who was standing at the door with his arms crossed, remaining silent.
Whoosh!
As Sprite looked at him, almost all the Eternals present also turned their gazes towards Ikaris.
No reason. Ikaris was the strongest among them all.
Besides their leader, Ajak, Ikaris was the most authoritative.
Even Ajak placed great importance on Ikaris's opinion.
"Ajak."
Ikaris turned his gaze to Ajak. "Why? Why did you choose to tell everyone the truth at this moment, after so long? Tell me, tell us, what are you thinking!"
This was indeed the question in Ikaris's heart.
Unlike the others, Ikaris had known this ultimate secret for a very long time.
He thought it would remain a secret between himself and Ajak forever.
Until Tiamut's creation was complete, Arishem would erase his memory again.
Yet now, Ajak had suddenly revealed this secret?
What the hell!
What exactly was Ajak trying to do?
Revealing this news would do far more harm than good!
So Ikaris really wanted to know what Ajak was up to.
"You want to know what I think?"
"You all want to know what I think?"
Ajak glanced at all the Eternals present, then didn't hesitate, and decisively stated her thoughts, "I want to save this planet!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene became lively.
The Eternals reacted differently, but they were all genuinely surprised by Ajak's decision.
After all, Ajak was the leader of the Eternals.
The only one who could contact Arishem.
As a result, she actually decided to betray Arishem?
"Do you know what you're saying? You want to betray Arishem?"
Ikaris's gaze immediately became sharp, openly expressing his doubts about Ajak.
"No, I haven't considered betraying Arishem."
Ajak immediately corrected Ikaris, adding, "Our mission is to ensure Tiamut's emergence, and that won't change."
"But before that, we need to find a way to avoid sacrificing this planet!"
Ikaris wasn't so aggressive.
This method didn't touch Ikaris's bottom line.
And strictly speaking, this method was also the only one that could have the best of both worlds.
"How long until the Celestial arrives?"
Druig, who hadn't said much, spoke up at this moment, asking a key question.
"About eleven years, give or take."
Ajak gave this answer. "We have eleven years to figure something out. I think we can do it."
"We're talking about saving a planet here."
Thena wasn't so optimistic.
"Okay."
Ikaris spoke again. "So Ajak, what's your plan?"
"We find a new planet for Tiamut! Before it awakens!"
Sersi immediately chimed in, this had been her idea since learning the truth. "That way Earth won't have to be sacrificed."
"Are you sure we can do this in eleven years?"
Sprite wasn't optimistic at all. "This isn't as simple as finding a good restaurant."
"Even if we can find it."
Phastos, the scientist among the Eternals, also pointed out the key flaw. "But does anyone know how to transfer Tiamut? I mean, a transfer that doesn't affect Tiamut?"
One sentence left Sersi speechless; she didn't know how to answer at all.
"That's why we need you."
Ajak continued, making a heavy request of Phastos. "Phastos, can you do this?"
"Ajak, I'm not Arishem, I'm just an Eternal like you!"
Phastos shrugged helplessly.
Next, the scene became lively.
Everyone began to express their opinions on how to deal with Tiamut.
Although they couldn't come up with an effective method in a short time, there was one thing that was quite gratifying.
Looking at all the Eternals, one by one, everyone's stance quickly reached a consensus.
They were all considering how to save this planet.
Even someone like Druig, who was relatively indifferent to Earth and didn't care much about its fate, didn't raise any objections.
As for Ikaris?
This was also true for those who staunchly supported Arishem.
After all, this wasn't the same as the plot in the movie. With less than a week remaining, the situation was extremely critical.
What everyone was discussing now wasn't preventing the Celestial from emerging, but rather saving Earth while ensuring the emergence wasn't affected.
These were two completely different things.
Of course, the difficulty of this matter was far, far greater than preventing the Celestial from emerging.
One constructive proposal after another was put forward, only to be rejected immediately.
Until...
"Could we perhaps try collecting the Infinity Stones?"
Sersi proposed another method.
A relatively reliable method that she came up with after being reminded by the diary.
"Infinity Stones? What's that?"
Gilgamesh, whose muscles were even more exaggerated than Thor's, turned into a question mark in a second.
He had never heard of this name before.
It wasn't just Gilgamesh; most of the Eternals present hadn't heard of it either.
After all, the Infinity Stones hadn't surfaced yet, and except for Ajak, the Eternals' memories had also been erased by Arishem.
Their current memories only contained the seven thousand years since they came to Earth to eliminate the Deviants!
Most of it was related to the Deviants.
But Ajak, who still retained millions of years of memories, knew exactly what level the Infinity Stones were.
"I don't know their exact origins, but they existed before time was recorded."
"They contain the most powerful forces in the universe. Each stone possesses enough energy to destroy an entire planet."
"If we find the Infinity Stones, if we can properly use the energy within them, I think we might be able to do this."
Ajak explained the origins of the Infinity Stones to the Eternals present.
Phastos nodded. "The essence of the universe is energy exchange. Tiamut's creation requires a tremendous amount of energy, and that energy comes from Earth."
"And if Earth loses that energy, it will be destroyed."
"But if we can provide that huge amount of energy for Tiamut from other sources, Earth might indeed be saved."
"Of course, things can't be as simple as they sound."
"Using that energy isn't a simple matter."
Phastos' words immediately perked up Ajak and Sersi.
This was valuable advice from the tech expert.
"So, we're going to start meddling in human affairs?"
Druig couldn't help but sneer, "Isn't that the principle we've always upheld!"
Druig had wanted to control humans long ago, to eliminate the meaningless wars between them, those unnecessary deaths, but Ajak had strictly forbidden it.
The reason was that, except for the Deviants, the Eternals were not allowed to interfere in human affairs.
But now…
That really stung.
"Sometimes, for the greater good, we have to make difficult decisions."
Ajak's attitude remained resolute, unmoved by Druig's mockery.
"How are you going to explain this to Arishem?"
Kingo then asked, "Although we're not exactly betraying Arishem, I think this deviates somewhat from Arishem's orders, doesn't it?"
"Leave Arishem to me."
Ajak had already thought it through. "I am the leader of the Eternals. Everything you do is under my orders, and that's all there is to it."
The discussion had reached this point, and the general tone was essentially set.
After all, collecting the Infinity Stones did seem like the most reliable method.
Before they found a more reasonable approach, Ajak, Sersi, and the others still considered this plan their primary one.
"Alright."
Thena's voice drew everyone's attention. The Eternals' most beautiful member asked, "So, where are the Infinity Stones?"
"There are two on Earth."
Sersi, who had carefully read the diary during this time, immediately explained to Thena.
"One of the stones is in a place called Kamar-Taj."
"And the other stone is in a place called S.H.I.E.L.D."
It's worth mentioning that Sersi didn't know the Tesseract had been taken back to Asgard by Thor, nor did she know that Loki's scepter was left at S.H.I.E.L.D..
The gem she mentioned at S.H.I.E.L.D. actually referred to the Tesseract.
Kamar-Taj?
S.H.I.E.L.D.?
These were two completely unfamiliar names to the Eternals.
But regardless, having a lead was better than nothing.
And everyone was quite surprised that Sersi actually had clues to two of the Infinity Stones.
"Sersi, where did you get this information?"
Ikaris looked at Sersi curiously, asking a question.
Sersi hesitated.
After exchanging glances with Sprite and Ajak, she told her companions about the diary.
The Eternals were all stunned.
And just like Ajak and Sprite, none of them could see where the "mysterious object" was.
"Zhou Cheng?"
"That sounds like a very ordinary name, doesn't it?"
"Yes, it does."
And Zhou Cheng, the owner of the diary, along with that "mysterious item," immediately became the core of discussion among all the Eternals.
The Eternals then made another logical decision.
While temporarily investigating the Infinity Stones, they would also vigorously investigate that "mysterious item" and the mysterious "Zhou Cheng."
Zhou Cheng naturally didn't know that he'd been targeted by the Eternals.
Currently, he was still living the simple, unadorned, and boring life of a top-tier wealthy man.
However, due to the online availability of the intelligence, all traces of him on the internet had been completely erased.
Furthermore, for a long time, he had also used the memory-erasing stick to erase the memories of anyone who had seen his "true face."
Therefore, three consecutive months passed, and Zhou Cheng hadn't encountered any trouble at all.
The Eternals investigated, but couldn't find anything on him.
Meanwhile, Zhou Cheng's attention was drawn to something else.
Or rather, a piece of news that no one else would have cared about.
"Regarding the recent tidal phenomenon, related scholars suggest it may be linked to celestial movements, a normal natural astronomical occurrence."
"The major planets in the solar system all exert varying degrees of 'tidal force' on Earth, and this 'tidal force' changes accordingly with the movement of the nine planets."
"..."
Zhou Cheng naturally didn't care about the tides.
However, the news mentioning the movement of the nine planets gave Zhou Cheng a reminder.
The Battle of New York had been over for a while.
Thinking about it, the plot of Thor: The Dark World was probably about to begin, right?
Zhou Cheng thought to himself and recorded these thoughts in his diary.
"If I calculate the time, the day of the Convergence should be coming soon, right?"
"This should be an incredibly important day for Asgard, no, for the entire Nine Realms."
"The Dark Elves are about to awaken, and Malekith is about to see the light of day again!"
"Thor is about to face the darkest moment of his life."
"Watching his mother and brother die tragically before his eyes."
"And whether it's Malekith or the Cursed Warriors, they'll beat Thor to a pulp."
[To be honest, the Malekith from Universe 199999 is just so-so. The Malekith from the main universe is the real freak.]
[That guy single-handedly started the War of the Realms. He could only be defeated by three Thors from the past, present, and future, plus a female Thor!]
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