Hufflepuff in the Marvel Universe

The planet Vormir is very similar to the scene in the movie. On the back of the planet, there are several huge craters that go directly into the core of the star. A large amount of energy leaks out at all times. Looking from a distance, it looks like the planet is continuously emitting radiation.

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This planet is covered with wind and sand. Because the star is blocked by other stars, the light is reflected, making the surface of the planet appear a little dark.

Gu Chongyan was not at all uncomfortable with this environment. After landing on the surface of the planet, he closed his eyes slightly, and then followed the connection between several infinity stones and flew towards the east of the planet.

Soon, he appeared in front of a steep mountain and walked up slowly.

"Welcome, Sean Gu, son of Paul Langton."

Suddenly, an erratic voice came from afar, and on the steep cliff, a figure wearing this tattered robe, floating in the air, appeared on the broken stone steps.

Looking at the floating ghost in front of him, Gu Chongyan said frankly: "I'm here to get the soul gem."

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Red Skull nodded clearly, "Everyone who comes here comes for the soul gem. I am their guide to the gem. Come with me."

As he spoke, he slowly floated upwards, all the way to a towering cliff.

The stone pillars on both sides have long been eroded by the years, and no trace of their original glory can be seen. The star facing the cliff in the distance has reached the end of time, and the orange light cannot pierce the haze surrounding the planet.

Pointing at the altar-like thing under the cliff, the Red Skull's voice was erratic and seemed particularly strange.

"The thing you seek, the thing you fear, is under this cliff, but if you want to obtain the soul gem, you must give up your true love, use his life as a sacrifice, and exchange souls for souls."

Gu Zhongyan glanced down the cliff. It was really high enough. Whether it was this steep cliff or the huge pillar one thousand meters high on the top of the mountain, none of it was naturally formed.

This is the place where Gamora and Natasha lost their lives during Infinity War.

The two heroines, both men and women, left their lives in this cold place forever.

The former was forced by Thanos, but the latter was self-sacrifice.

People all remember the ending battle, when Iron Man snapped his fingers when he shouted "i am iron man!", but how many people remember that the red-haired girl who smiled and said "see you in a minute" disappeared forever.

Not even a single funeral was left under this cliff.

With a sneer, Gu Zhongyan's eyes had never been so cold. He was staring at the Red Skull, or to be precise, staring at the place behind the Red Skull.

"Exchanging souls for souls, sacrificing loved ones, are the soul gems so powerful?"

The Red Skull did not understand where Gu Zhongyan's anger came from, and only regarded his anger as incompetent rage.

"I don't know what you are talking about. These are the rules for exchanging gems. I am just a messenger and I am also powerless." Red Skull said.

Gu Zhongyan sneered. In his opinion, the so-called sacrificing a loved one and exchanging souls for souls was not a necessary way to obtain soul gems.

Each of the six infinite gems has its own function. Although each gem has its own threshold for use, in terms of acquisition, anyone can get it as long as they don't touch it with their hands.

Why is the soul gem an exception and requires a sacrifice?

Moreover, to obtain the soul gem, you must sacrifice your beloved. So the question arises, can a person who can be sacrificed still be called your beloved?

In the East, "Sentiments don't know where they come from. They go deep and deep. The living can die, and the dead can live."

There is also a saying in the West that "life is precious, but love is even more valuable."

It can be seen that in the cognition of ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, true love almost transcends everything.

In this way, if a person can sacrifice his true love for the soul gem, then the so-called true love is basically not true love. Since it is not true love, how can he exchange the soul gem that needs to be exchanged by his true love?

Isn't this a paradox?

Moreover, in the original work, the soul gems were obtained twice, and one of them was due to Thanos' persecution, which can still be regarded as a sacrifice.

But in the latter case, Natasha sacrificed herself, not Hawkeye. In the end, Hawkeye still got the soul gem.

It can be seen from this that the conditions for obtaining the soul gem, whether it is a sacrifice or a true love, are completely unstructured.

The only thing that can be taken seriously is the exchange of souls.

Therefore, Gu Zhongyan guessed that the so-called exchanging souls with loved ones was most likely the result of the Red Skull secretly doing it.

After all, he was sent here because of the Space Stone, became the envoy of the Soul Stone, and was bound to the Soul Stone for life.

When the Soul Gem is ownerless, as the envoy of the Soul Gem, the Red Skull is the actual controller of the Soul Gem.

Although he can't mobilize the power of the soul gem, he also won't have another master just because the soul gem is controlled by others.

After all, the function of the soul gem is to control all souls, including the Red Skull.

Gu Zhongyan made this speculation not without reason. In addition to the various paradoxes in the development of soul gem exchange, it is also because the soul gem is just a gem no matter how special it is.

Although he has a certain sense of autonomy and greedily desires the soul, he has no real consciousness in the end.

Just like the growth of the universe, there are biases, but there is no absolute wisdom at all. Rules like this that require limited conditions for sacrifices are basically not made by soul gems.

That's why he guessed that all of this was a lie created by the Red Skull using the mystery of the Soul Stone.

After all, every time the Red Skull appears, he is like a paternity testing machine, reporting the father's name, creating a mysterious image of knowing everything.

In this way, the credibility of what he said will naturally increase greatly in people's minds.

Then he outputs the rules for exchanging gems, so no one will doubt him.

After all, there are only a few people who can exchange their loved ones. Apart from lunatics like Thanos, there are only superheroes who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the world.

Others, even if they want to sacrifice their loved ones, may not have the ability. After all, most strong people walk on a single-plank bridge and rarely have loved ones.

Without true love, exchange is impossible, and with true love, it is often impossible to sacrifice one's beloved.

In this way, the Soul Stone will never have an owner, and the Red Skull will always exist.

Of course, all this was Gu Zhongyan's guess, and he didn't know whether it was true or not. However, regarding the confusing exchange rules of soul gems, he had prepared a backup plan.