Chapter 1334: Silicon-Based Life, the Concept of Immortality, and Thena

The next day.

Sumerian gathering place.

The sky was azure, without even a wisp of cloud, as if everything impure had been filtered out, brilliantly and dazzlingly shining.

Sersi used her abilities to help the people irrigate their fields. The magic of matter transmutation was revered by the people as a miracle, cheered and sung about.

Phastos, Kingo, Sprite, and Druig were walking around observing, pondering how to help the people here live better and safer lives.

Ikaris, Thena, Gilgamesh, Makkari, and Wanda were acting separately, clearing out nearby Deviants with a strong sense of competition.

On the invisible *Domo* starship, Su Quan looked with an ambiguous gaze at Ajak, who was putting on her uniform.

Honestly, he had originally thought that the person who would help him achieve the "Grass Hero" achievement would be Sersi or Thena, and Makkari was also possible, but he hadn't expected that Ajak would be the one to take the lead.

How should he put it? Ajak really hid things too deeply. For others, "one white hides a hundred uglinesses," but for her, "one big covers everything." Even though Su Quan had seen and experienced much, he couldn't help but say to her: "You are my International Klein Blue."

International Klein Blue is a color named after the French artist Yves Klein. Klein believed that only the purest colors could evoke the strongest psychic resonance.

Moreover, blue itself symbolizes the sky and the ocean, symbolizing no boundaries. International Klein Blue is so pure that it is difficult to find a matching color, so it has extra impact!

Noticing Su Quan's strange gaze, Ajak asked in confusion: "Do, do you have any instructions?"

Su Quan shook his head. He was just a bit impressed that Arishem could use the World Forge to create Eternals that were no different from humans.

Strictly speaking, the Eternals were actually robots, cyborgs, or artificial beings of some kind. Their bodies were essentially a special mechanical metal, but after being modified by cosmic energy and the World Forge, they became no different from humans.

They could eat, drink, defecate, and urinate just the same; they needed to sleep and rest just the same. If they were injured, they would bleed just the same, and they would reveal flesh and blood just the same...

Only when they died would they show their difference from humans.

It was also...

In a sense, the Eternals were also intelligent life, and life itself had diversity; otherwise, the Eternals could not have left descendants on Titan—the Titans.

The cosmic tyrant Thanos of the Titans would not have been born!

Su Quan felt that the Eternals and the Cybertronians were very similar. Cybertronians, also known as Transformers, were considered robots in the public perception of humans, but in reality, they were bona fide silicon-based life forms in a metal form.

The Eternals and Deviants were also a type of silicon-based life!

Su Quan suddenly became curious about the essential nature of the Eternals' form. If he figured out the structural principles, could he create new Eternals or new silicon-based life?

Thinking deeper, if a human or non-human were about to die, could he manufacture a metal body according to the construction of silicon-based life, and then transfer their soul, consciousness, or some form of core into the metal body, turning them from a carbon-based life form into a silicon-based life form?

Then, by using cosmic energy and matter transmutation to turn the silicon-based life back into a carbon-based life form, and cycling like this, would it mean—immortality?!

In the movie, Sersi connected to the power of the sleeping Celestial and used the remaining power to turn Sprite into a human, fulfilling Sprite's wish of never being able to grow up.

Sersi could only transform Sprite's life form, but could not create true carbon-based life and silicon-based life.

Su Quan was different. Transferring souls, consciousness, or some form of core was not difficult for him.

He also had the ability of matter transmutation.

The cosmic energy that drove matter transmutation went without saying.

In layman's terms, as long as he figured out the structural principles of the Eternals, he could turn any person or non-person into a robot, and then turn the robot into a human!

For example, the little Green Goblin in the *Amazing Spider-Man* world—he had a hereditary disease and didn't have long to live. He could create a metal body, then transfer his soul and consciousness into the metal body, making him a silicon-based life form.

Then, use matter transmutation to turn his metal body into a flesh-and-blood body, transforming his life form into a carbon-based life form, and he could live on healthily in a human body.

Uh, from the perspective of heredity and DNA, the reborn little Green Goblin might not be the old Green Goblin's son anymore.

However, this question depends on the perspective. From the perspective of soul and consciousness, he was still him, still the old Green Goblin's son, but from the perspective of body, bloodline, and genes, it was hard to say.

This thing was just like possession or soul-transmigration; he was still him, yet he wasn't him...

Quite philosophical!

……

"Boom!"

Thena held up a shield constructed of golden light, blocking the Deviant's violent impact, and immediately after, a spear manifested in her other hand and stabbed fiercely toward the Deviant's eye.

"Hmm?"

Thena raised her eyebrows in surprise; this spear had actually missed.

No, it hadn't missed.

It had been grabbed by a hand and blocked.

Thena looked expressionlessly at Su Quan, who had suddenly appeared between her and the Deviant, and asked in confusion: "Why?"

"I have other uses for this Deviant..." Su Quan released the spear, turned around, and sent the Deviant into his pocket dimension.

Thena glanced at the vanished Deviant, then looked at Su Quan's unscathed hand, and said in a deep voice: "Fine, but you have to fight me."

In terms of ability, Thena was not the strongest in the Eternal squad—currently, the strongest was Ikaris—but as the female god of war in the squad, Thena was extremely skilled in combat. The eighteen types of weapons could be manifested at will during battle, giving her extremely strong combat power and lethality.

As for her beauty, that went without saying, and her personality was also fierce, dashing, and clear about what she loved and hated.

It could be said that she had both strength and beauty. If it weren't for suffering from Mahd Wy'ry, which often caused her to underperform in battle, her expressiveness and appeal in the movie would definitely be second to none!

"Are you sure?" Su Quan asked.

Thena nodded affirmatively: "Sure!"

Su Quan smiled and asked curiously again: "You know you're not my opponent, right? This kind of battle has no meaning."

Thena shook her head, manifested her weapons into dual short blades, and said seriously: "It has meaning!"

The greatest meaning of this battle was to let her know whether she, or they, had any possibility of defeating Su Quan!

Ajak chose to submit, perhaps to successfully complete the mission, or perhaps because she didn't want the squad to suffer casualties. As a member of the squad, Thena did not oppose Ajak's decision, but her pride did not allow her to submit directly without even trying once.

She couldn't do it!

Perhaps this battle wouldn't change anything, but she had to try!

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PS: The picture is Thena. ===== CHAPTER 1336 =====