"It's a pity I don't have a mental illness. If I did…"
Syd sighed to himself.
As for the Space Stone, or the Tesseract, its side effect was instability—it could occasionally twitch uncontrollably.
Thinking about the Reality Stone…
Syd reflected on it.
When the Reality Stone is in its Aether particle state, it would automatically seek out a host and invade their body. If the host couldn't endure the immense power, it could lead to their death. "I wonder what would happen if the Reality Stone bonded with me?"
Syd was curious and recalled an incident.
In "Thor: The Dark World," Jane Foster, who had encountered the Aether while fighting the Destroyer Armor alongside Thor, ended up being infected by it.
Being an ordinary person, Jane's fate was sealed as soon as the Aether entered her body. Without intervention, she would have died. Although the Aether was eventually removed, Jane later developed cancer, likely due to the radiation from the Reality Stone.
Scientifically speaking, it was the gamma radiation emitted by the Infinity Stones that caused her cancer. Eventually, this cancer led to her death.
"If it were me, I wouldn't care…" Syd thought dismissively.
Cancer was trivial—more of an annoyance than a threat. Even if it became more severe, it wasn't a big deal.
He glanced at his remaining lifespan and noted that due to the blessing of the divine light, it had increased to 141 days.
In general, cancer couldn't kill him at the moment. The so-called old gods might be feeling quite confused by now.
Syd found it amusing.
As for the Soul Stone and the Mind Stone…
The side effects of the Soul Stone were unclear, but it likely required a sacrifice of a loved one to obtain it, or perhaps it had its own consciousness.
The Soul Stone could steal, manipulate, or modify souls. It could control living souls and even command the undead. It could even fabricate souls if the user had the ability. Furthermore, unlike other stones, it had a consciousness that was extremely hungry and desired souls.
Syd furrowed his brow in thought.
In the future, Thanos sacrificed Gamora to obtain the Soul Stone, falling into a coma during the process. When he woke, the Soul Stone was in his possession.
What that peculiar stone did in the meantime was anyone's guess.
Syd scoffed at this.
"Following the rules? Who knows what tricks the Soul Stone might play? Only a fool would do that…"
Following the rules was only something a weak person would do. If it were him, Syd would destroy the planet Vormir where the Soul Stone resided. He didn't believe the Soul Stone would just vanish.
Even if it didn't appear, with the aid of the Mind Stone and other stones, he would find it. Once located, Syd was confident his Chaos Magic could obliterate any consciousness it harbored.
After all, Chaos Magic could destroy the stone itself under normal circumstances, let alone its embedded consciousness.
Moreover, Chaos Magic involved mental power, and once it reached a certain level, even Professor X wouldn't stand a chance against it.
Looking at the Tesseract in his hand, Syd couldn't help but feel the urge to test it.
With an image of the environment in his mind, the Tesseract could take him to Vormir where the Soul Stone was!
Unfortunately, his current power wasn't sufficient. At most, he could just enjoy the view and might even face tricks from the Soul Stone.
He needed to wait until his Chaos Magic reached Level 5 to be confident in making the trip.
As for the Mind Stone, Syd glanced at the scepter in his hand and furrowed his brow.
This scepter could not only control minds but also subtly influence its wielder.
Of course, due to the presence of Chaos Magic, the Mind Stone alone couldn't affect him without his awareness.
Compared to the Mind Stone, Chaos Magic was the real game-changer.
Syd pondered deeply.
He felt that all the Infinity Stones had issues. It was possible that, besides the Soul Stone, the others also had some form of consciousness.
For instance, decades ago, during a battle between Captain America and the Red Skull, the Red Skull touched the Tesseract and was transported to an alien system.
He was probably transported to Vormir, where the Soul Stone was. In the process, he died and became undead.
Clearly, he had been enslaved by the Soul Stone, becoming its guardian, tasked with explaining the cost of obtaining the Soul Stone to those who sought it.
Everything revolved around the Infinity Stones. Syd remained skeptical that the other stones wouldn't have similar issues.
"Never mind. Once my Chaos Magic reaches Level 5, I'll cleanse them all."
Syd thought dismissively.
He was confident that Chaos Magic would be able to purify the Infinity Stones.
For now…
Without hesitation, Syd picked up the Mind Scepter.
After some time, he captured a large black boar and began his experiment.
As expected, he successfully used the Mind Scepter's mind control abilities. Under his command, the boar was extremely obedient.
However, this ability wasn't particularly useful. Whatever the Mind Scepter could do, Chaos Magic could do as well.
Syd knew the primary reason was that the method of using the Mind Stone was too crude and shallow.
To truly harness the power of the Mind Stone, it required specific magical conditions, similar to the Time Stone.
Despite this, using the Mind Scepter allowed Syd to feel his mental power had increased.
From this moment on, no one could influence him mentally.
It was as if his mental capabilities had reached Level 5 ahead of schedule.
After testing the Tesseract and the Mind Scepter, Syd's attention turned to his energy points.
"The energy points have accumulated over twenty thousand. I wonder if I can unlock new abilities for Badar?"
"Divinity, authority, or something else?"
Syd's curiosity was piqued.
As he prepared to allocate his energy points to unlock new progress, a rumor began to spread across distant star systems.
No one knew who started it, but the rumor claimed that on Planet C-53, also known as Tesseract, two very powerful beings had appeared.
Even the major alien powers, such as the Kree and the Supreme Intelligence, had heard about it.
Even the Guardians of the Galaxy, far off in space, had caught wind of this rumor.
(End of Chapter)