Marvel: Little Genius - Chapter: 411 (Patreon)

"Capsule?" Baymax looked at the contents of the box with curiosity.

"That's right, a Hoi-Poi capsule. This is something Mark gave me five years ago before he disappeared, but I never had the courage to open it and see what's inside. But I think now is the time," Tony said as he picked up the capsule from the box.

When Mark handed this to Tony, he was on Titan, and the main Baymax unit was within Earth's magical network. Naturally, they were unaware of this exchange. Furthermore, the alternate Baymax was still with Thor and hadn't returned from Nidavellir at the time, so it was impossible for him to know about this either.

Under the watchful gaze of Baymax, Tony finally mustered the courage to open the universal capsule, and with a pop, a familiar white mist surged and then dissipated, revealing the item that Mark had compressed into the capsule.

"Is this... Vibranium?" Tony looked at the strange metallic substance in his hand with some confusion. It resembled Vibranium, the material used to make Captain America's shield, in texture, but it was incredibly soft and had a somewhat rubbery feel when squeezed, unlike conventional metals that were cold and hard.

But why did Mark leave behind such a peculiar piece of metal, and what significance did it hold, especially in the face of the Infinity Stones?

Tony was perplexed by the mysteries of this metal, but for Baymax, it wasn't unfamiliar. This was something Mark had been researching and developing. Just before the start of Infinity War, they had made some preliminary progress on this technology.

"It's not exactly Vibranium. To be precise, it might have been Vibranium initially, but after undergoing a quantum Realm's energy transformation, it has become a form of quantum-state matter."

"Um... What are you talking about? What was Mark researching, and why am I finding it hard to understand?" Tony admitted that he was finding Baymax's explanation rather confusing. He felt like he was falling behind Mark's scientific advancements in this field.

In response to Tony's question, Baymax didn't hold back. As Mark's father, Tony had been granted access to the database's information on this subject.

"Before heading to Titan to stop Thanos, Mark was conducting research in the lab on something called the 'Third Magic.' In simple terms, this research aimed to materialize the soul, allowing humanity to break free from the constraints of time and resources, achieving greater wisdom and transcendence.

At the time, we had successfully completed theoretical feasibility verification for our research. However, in the practical implementation phase, due to safety concerns with the experimental procedures, we hadn't made much progress.

It wasn't until one day Princess Shuri of Wakanda visited us and shared her research on using Quantum Realm energy to transform Vibranium to create a unique metal capable of carrying a soul while preserving thoughts and memories. That's when our research broke through the bottleneck.

And this metal, which can serve as a medium for souls, is the one you're holding in your hand."

"By using energy from the quantum void to transform Vibranium into a medium capable of carrying souls...

According to what you're saying, I have a bold guess. Could Mark have left a duplicate backup of his soul inside this? Tony exclaimed with excitement, staring at Baymax, hoping for an affirmative answer.

Baymax nodded and replied, "Indeed, before our master participated in the Infinity War, he did complete a duplicate backup of his own soul. Since the soul medium is a quantum-state matter transformed by the energy from the quantum realm, even the cosmic-level energy unleashed by the Infinity Stones cannot affect the soul backup within it.

In other words, if this truly contains a duplicate backup of the master's soul, it would remain unharmed even after Thanos' snap. However, the current issue is that I cannot confirm if this particular soul medium is the one that originally stored the master's soul. To verify this, we would need to return to Mark's research center headquarters building's rooftop laboratory.

But if it does turn out to be our master's soul backup, then through the success he achieved in the Third Magic research more than five years ago, although we cannot truly transform the soul into a material form, there is more than a ninety percent chance that our master's soul could be reborn in a certain sense by altering its life form."

"Through a transformation of life form, achieving a rebirth effect?" Tony stared blankly at the altered metal in his hand, feeling the weight of it in his grasp. "So, is this what you meant by the 'Endgame,' Mark? Do we really have a chance to reverse the outcome of five years ago?"